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.
First and foremost is Civilization.
See, Sean, you need to move to Melbourne. I have both of them. (And also have a dearth of actual play-possibilities.)
AAAH! Must. Get. To. Melbourne. STAT!
Except that once I got there, we'd still need to get
at least
two more players besides you, me and Wallybee interested to get a good game going. The other drawback of one of my favorite games ever.
Still pricing Melbourne tickets, though...
I've long wanted to play the LotR board game(s, I know there's a few). I'm not sure what the variance is between any of them.
I've played Empires of the Middle Ages once or twice. Along with a number of other Avalon Hill bookshelf games that were played only once.
Growing up, my dad and one of his brothers got interested in Panzer Leader at just about the time I was old enough to be interested myself, and be able to understand the rules.
Yeah, gamer for life.
So? Does anyone like backgammon?
Many Buffistas are backgammon players, and I have watched many games played at F2Fs.
I myself still find it a bit of a mystery, but want to learn and play more.
So? Does anyone like backgammon? One of my fav's.
Oh yeah. I am a KILLER backgammon player. (Ask Tep - she thinks I play dirty.)
I loves me some backgammon, and I would not mind meeting up for an online game at some point (assuming I can find a place to play online).
I play the a variety of it, Acey-Duecy. Not a lot of difference, but it's what I learned in the Navy and I kinda stick with it.
I quite like the Backgammon variant (Dutch?) where you both start with your pieces off the board, so every piece has to pass every point to finish. This does favour the blocking game over the running game, though.
Does anyone like backgammon?
Backgammon was one of my favorite "need to kill five minutes" games on my Clié, but the version I had was one of the few apps. I had that doesn't run on my T|X, and I'm not happy with the replacement I found. Still looking....
I have no idea how to play backgammon.
But I love the etymology of the name.
Don't just leave us all hanging like that, P-C! What is the etymology of the name?
Oh, I thought everyone knew about it. You're Buffistas.
The word comes from a combination of
back
and
gamen.
That is, the name LITERALLY MEANS "the game on the back." Because it's on the back of a checkerboard. I find that terribly amusing.
Of course, I believe I am entirely wrong, but I know I read it that way somewhere. I like my way better.
