Jayne, you'll scare the women.

Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'


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.


billytea - Jan 07, 2009 1:12:08 pm PST #1469 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I haven't seen anyone use the sympathizer effectively for anything. Basically it's just a turn in the brig and limited actions thereafter. It can't happen until the midpoint of the game, so there's that.

I hear there's an 'official' variant where there's no sympathiser and the humans simply start our with lower resources to balance it out. At the moment I'm inclined to try it out that way - especially for a first play, I don't want anyone to feel stuck with a second-best option.


Aims - Jan 07, 2009 1:30:21 pm PST #1470 of 26132
Shit's all sorts of different now.

So I was checking out my (58 year old) cousin's profile on FaceBook. She listed under interests "RPG video games". So I clicked it.

Imagine my amusement that omnis was the first person listed.


Laga - Jan 07, 2009 7:11:39 pm PST #1471 of 26132
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I won at Munchkin! Twice!


Kevin - Jan 08, 2009 11:29:58 am PST #1472 of 26132
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Polter-Cow, me. It's so simple and gloriously designed it's, well, glorious.


Polter-Cow - Jan 08, 2009 12:23:09 pm PST #1473 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I spent all night playing it. There was a lot of "This is IMPOSSIBLE!!!" followed by "My my, that was a clever puzzle."


omnis_audis - Jan 08, 2009 12:29:32 pm PST #1474 of 26132
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Imagine my amusement that omnis was the first person listed.
Huh what? I'm listed where? Do I know your cousin? So confused.


Miracleman - Jan 09, 2009 8:30:21 am PST #1475 of 26132
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

She clicked on the RPG video games link on her cousin's FB profile. That finds other people you may know who are also interested in whatever.

You were first.


omnis_audis - Jan 12, 2009 7:47:32 pm PST #1476 of 26132
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

My Xbox360 is randomly freezing. One time it showed three rings of red, but just that once. Tech supports answer: unplug all cables and hard drive for an hour. Reconnect. If problem persists, call back. I guess 1 hour is the time it takes to cool down, even thought I told him it's cool, as I had just tried to power it up when it made strange sound and frooze.

:: grumble grumble ::


amych - Jan 12, 2009 7:48:29 pm PST #1477 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I think an hour is when he gets off his shift and someone else has to take the call the next time.


omnis_audis - Jan 12, 2009 7:54:26 pm PST #1478 of 26132
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

That's fine with me, he sounded like a trainee.