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Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.

PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.


megan walker - Apr 25, 2008 7:44:48 am PDT #126 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

LOTR Risk is an AWESOME game. Great variation on the basic Risk game.

I've only ever played it with 3, which is a bit uneven. But yeah, I think it mitigates the main problems with the original Risk.


Jessica - Apr 25, 2008 7:47:04 am PDT #127 of 26133
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Then there's this game I mentioned called Republic of Rome. It's a lot of fun, too. Each player plays a faction of early Roman Republic political families, with between three, four and five cards, representing the individual families. And these are historic families, like the Julii, the Fulvii, the Cornelii, the Sulpicii, the Aurelii, and so on.

Ooh, that sounds like fun. Except I have a feeling I'd find it really hard to put the HBO versions of everyone out of my head.


Sean K - Apr 25, 2008 7:54:02 am PDT #128 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I also have been itching a little to play Cosmic Encounter, which I have, and Talisman, which Drew has (a full set, no less).

My Cosmic is a full set of West End's Cosmic and More Cosmic.

I had a friend back in Michigan who once had a full set of Eon Cosmic, including the 9th expansion set with the Aristocrat power. It's now long gone, and Eon sets are collectors items that only leave their owner's hands for obscene sums of money.


Sean K - Apr 25, 2008 7:58:15 am PDT #129 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Republic of Rome (the Middle Republic game) is SO MUCH FUN, Jess. And actually, though I haven't seen any of it, the HBO series is probably good to keep in mind while playing. I played it with a lot of fans of Roman history, and we were always discussing and inventing juicy details about what was going on.

Civ was fun too. They are both Block Out A Whole Day games, though.


NoiseDesign - Apr 25, 2008 8:01:10 am PDT #130 of 26133
Our wings are not tired

Yeah, I'm really itching to play a big game of Talisman too.


Fred Pete - Apr 25, 2008 8:03:24 am PDT #131 of 26133
Ann, that's a ferret.

I spent many late nights playing Civilization and Talisman. I vaguely remember Cosmic Encounter -- isn't that one where you play one of a number of alien races, each of which has special (and often very off-center) powers?

I was very good at Empires of the Middle Ages, which was a conquer-Europe-during-the-Middle-Ages game. Not least because the game was set up so your empire had natural language and, to a lesser extent, religious limits. I played then with a very attack-minded group. So they'd develop large empires and spend the rest of the game losing and regaining. While I'd stop at my natural limits and have a smaller, but more cohesive and prosperous, empire.


Laga - Apr 25, 2008 8:43:29 am PDT #132 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

where's the love for Word Sandwich?

I think is was Sean who mentioned it earlier- I have indeed played the Order Of The Stick game. I found it very similar to Munchkin but more fun as it incorporates the personalities of the comic-strip denizens into the play of the game.

I also have spent many hours in love with Arkham Horror . Though I have found the denoument to be frustrating it always leaves me wanting to play some more.


SailAweigh - Apr 25, 2008 9:04:49 am PDT #133 of 26133
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I'd love to play the board version of Civilization. I've been playing Sid Meier's computer versions since the beginning. I still think Civ II was my favorite. I loved building underwater bubbles and tunnels, along with the space stations. They did away with those when they reverted to Sid's original format in Civ III. Sometimes, I think the original version of the game was best. They keep adding so many new techs and wonders and such, the game has gotten horribly bloated. I almost never play to the end anymore. Just 'til I get bored with the current iteration of whichever civ I'm playing and kill the game.


Sean K - Apr 25, 2008 10:05:51 am PDT #134 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Sail, the original Civ board game is very similar in many ways to the video game. It stops well before the modern age, even with the expansion set. But still lots of fun.


Connie Neil - Apr 25, 2008 10:11:55 am PDT #135 of 26133
brillig

In Age of Empires II, is there a way to play in "I just want to see what happens" mode without having the computer outbuild me on every single point? I just want to track the development of my community without getting my butt kicked all the time.