Question
Has anyone played or used the Lost World solitaire fighting books?
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CaBil - Jun 26, 2008 6:44:31 am PDT #1069 of 26133
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Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2008 11:44:50 am PDT #1070 of 26133
brillig
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.
Volans - Jun 26, 2008 12:32:23 pm PDT #1071 of 26133
move out and draw fire
I'm reading a lot of stuff about virutal worlds these days.
I, Avatarhas 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."
Sean K - Jun 26, 2008 12:39:25 pm PDT #1072 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
"rules" and "roles"
Very interesting. I await more with baited breath.
amych - Jun 26, 2008 12:42:32 pm PDT #1073 of 26133
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yes, please do share the geekspeak (as I'm not sure when/if I'll get to the book).
CaBil - Jun 26, 2008 12:54:01 pm PDT #1074 of 26133
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Connie, liked, disliked it, quickly got bored with it?
Sean K - Jun 26, 2008 1:06:33 pm PDT #1075 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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 Neil - Jun 26, 2008 2:12:18 pm PDT #1076 of 26133
brillig
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.
CaBil - Jun 26, 2008 4:31:25 pm PDT #1077 of 26133
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Interesting.
It turns out that a Japanese company licensed Lost Worlds from Flying Buffalo aka FBI, and has a series of 20 or so nice hardcover books, with the art done by name character designers. Downside of course that there are in Japanese, but there are sites that have translations of the books/character sheets.
FBI has sold some of them at gaming conventions, but I have been suggesting that they try anime/manga conventions. They tried it once a local con, but I have been asking if I could rep them at Otakon, the 2nd largest US anime con. Figure that would be a better representation of the interest in it than some local con in the Arizona area, far from the major US anime/manga con centers.
But despite them looking interesting, and having a feel for what might be interesting to anime/manga fans, I never actually have played Lost Worlds. Thought I would see what people thought...
Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2008 4:41:09 pm PDT #1078 of 26133
brillig
Hard cover seems a bit excessive for the Lost Worlds game play, because you have to flip back and forth to choose your action, then to see the reaction of the other person. I don't know enough about the Japanese gaming world to figure out if they're aiming at an art thing or a game thing. Also, for effective game play, you need a pile of the books so you can have several different matches.