Nope, you just get added to the Fraggin' List.
TWO lists, babee! *I'm* on two lists!!
t does the Two List dance
Easy Bake. Flop-a-palooza. Woosh. Pop. I don't skulk.
Angel ,'Shells'
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.
Aims - Apr 25, 2008 10:30:23 am PDT #137 of 26133
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Apr 25, 2008 10:32:15 am PDT #138 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Yes, Aims, but on the Fraggin List, you get to actually meet me in video combat!
Of course, today I am so tired I can barely see straight having just finished 460 odd hours of work in a 38 day period.
Aims - Apr 25, 2008 10:33:13 am PDT #139 of 26133
Shit's all sorts of different now.
As long as I get ta meetcha, sweetcheeks.
t /Mae West
Poor Tired Petey.
Simon - Apr 25, 2008 12:30:24 pm PDT #140 of 26133
Does anybody here play Oblivion on the PC, Xbox 360 or PS3? It's amazing.
I'm about to. It'll distract me from my marking. Anyone like the Silent Hill series? I just love those games apart from Silent Hill: The Room which I don't speak about ever.
amych - Apr 25, 2008 12:32:14 pm PDT #141 of 26133
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Does anybody here play Oblivion on the PC, Xbox 360 or PS3? It's amazing.
Yep, and agreed -- although, like Pete with GTA cities, I'm kind of sad to be about to finish it. It's been an incredibly rich world to play in, so the feeling that I'm running out of things to do and find there is weirdly disconcerting.
Sean K - Apr 25, 2008 3:37:40 pm PDT #142 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I haven't played Silent Hill, but I've long loved the Resident Evil games, and have been told that if I like those, I'd like the Silent Hill series.
NoiseDesign - Apr 25, 2008 3:40:50 pm PDT #143 of 26133
Our wings are not tired
I've played a little bit of the Silent Hill games, it was back on the PS1 I think. I really liked the game, but haven't had a chance to get back to the series.
Sean K - Apr 25, 2008 3:43:36 pm PDT #144 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I definitely have a thing for the horror/survival horror genre of video games. I get into them. I get scared. It's fun.
billytea - Apr 25, 2008 3:59:49 pm PDT #145 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
My housemate thinks this is the Best Game Evar, but the theme just doesn't pull me in.
There's a rather similar game called Twilight Struggle that covers the Cold War. I don't have that one yet. Wallybee and I went through all seven seasons of The West Wing last year, so it's actually a theme that interests her quite well.
billytea, we should be co-located. The DH and I have only been able to play War of the Ring a couple times - the figures are irresistible for the toddler. I have managed to lose as the Fellowship, sadly.
I think the Fellowship is supposed to be both harder to play well, and harder to win with. So just to make it even harder to manage logistics, you really should play twice in a row, once on each side.
And agreed that Kingmaker has its issues, though I'd call it stalemate rather than balance. Grab an heir, figure out your base, and stay there.
Yep. But the initial heir grab was heaps of fun.
My brother and I played WotR via email, using Cyberboard, a number of times. I really like the way it captures the flavor of the Lord of the Rings.
Yeah, the thematic details are cool. Both players being able to win a military victory or a Ring victory gives it a great boost. (And means that both players can simultaneously be on the brink of victory and the verge of defeat.)
First and foremost is Civilization. I miss that game SO MUCH. And I no longer have a copy. I have every now and again found copies of Civ and CivII (an expansion game) on Ebay for about $60, but always when I couldn't actually afford it.
See, Sean, you need to move to Melbourne. I have both of them. (And also have a dearth of actual play-possibilities.)
Then there's this game I mentioned called Republic of Rome. It's a lot of fun, too.
I Should look into that. I love the period, studied ancient history at high school and uni.
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.
The only thing that really comes to mind for me is just to reduce the difficulty level. At the lowest level, I don't think the computer player takes much initiative for itself. But it's imperfect. Alternatively, you could put other computer players onto your team, so they spend more of their time fighting each other.
omnis_audis - Apr 25, 2008 10:34:03 pm PDT #146 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
wow! looks like Buffistas had some pent up gaming! Look at all these posts in one day or so!
So? Does anyone like backgammon? One of my fav's. Sadly the iBackgammon online one that fits iPhone screen is easy to beat. :: sigh :: Also, my uncle gave me a rather unique board. Made in Brazil eons ago of butterfly wings. dunno what kind, but it's mesmerizing. I need to find some pips for it, as he only had the board.