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Hmm....if I could have only 4 skills in a game, what would they be?
It's d20 bare bones to the point of ridiculousness, but it seems to in turn make it so much easier to customize, working from such a humble beginning.
Signed, Totally Not Trying to Get People to Come Help Us Move.
AHA! The real motive finally comes out!
Well, it wouldn't happen any time soon, as we've already got a bunch of large trips planned, but S keeps telling me how much she'd love to visit DC and see the monuments.
Probably won't be in time to help move, though.
Just for the heck of it, my Oblivion characters. I fired it up last night after a long period of not playing.
My fighter type character for the main quest and a few side quests:
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My thief type character for ignoring the main quest completely:
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Question
Has anyone played or used the Lost World solitaire fighting books?
Has anyone played or used the Lost World solitaire fighting books?
The ones where you each have a book and a card with actions and you call out page numbers and see what reaction you get?
Yeah, I've played with those a few times.
I'm reading a lot of stuff about virutal worlds these days.
I, Avatar
has some interesting points about "rules" and "roles" that might show up in my posts during the next minor role-playing vs. combat kerfluffle. Fair warning against geekspeak.
Best line in the book so far: "Unlike in The Sims, where participants organize parties and invite the neighbors, in World of Warcraft participants organize parties and go kill the neighbors."
"rules" and "roles"
Very interesting. I await more with baited breath.
Yes, please do share the geekspeak (as I'm not sure when/if I'll get to the book).
Connie, liked, disliked it, quickly got bored with it?
CaBil, I remember having hours of fun playing the Lost Worlds games. I also enjoyed playing Ace of Aces, a similar kind of game about WWI biplane combat.
Connie, liked, disliked it, quickly got bored with it?
They're not something that stands up to hours of play, depending on the person you're playing with, but it is fun to run various pairings and see how badly your Halfling gets chopped up by the wraith creature.
I've played the fantasy versions, the Battle Tech versions, and the Ace of Aces version.
They're a good introduction to gaming for people, because they're simple and quick.
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