Me too, though I've done at least some in the last year b
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
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.
Sean K - Jan 27, 2009 11:27:06 am PST #1553 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Miracleman - Jan 27, 2009 11:28:59 am PST #1554 of 26132
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I miss gaming, too.
Sean K - Jan 27, 2009 11:31:05 am PST #1555 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I miss gaming with *you*, MM.
NoiseDesign - Jan 27, 2009 11:34:06 am PST #1556 of 26132
Our wings are not tired
I love you guys!
omnis_audis - Jan 27, 2009 11:39:13 am PST #1557 of 26132
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I miss gaming too. And miss y'all in general, gaming or otherwise.
Miracleman - Jan 27, 2009 11:41:45 am PST #1558 of 26132
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I miss gaming with *you*, MM.
Aww, GIMME A HUG YA BIG PALOOK, YA!
Seriously, I miss gaming with you all, too. Best gaming group I've ever had.
Connie Neil - Jan 27, 2009 12:09:15 pm PST #1559 of 26132
brillig
The most recent incarnations of D&D feel like they're trying to recreate a video game, get from one fighting sequence to the next as quickly as possible. I *LIKE* spending three hours trying to sneak past the palace guard just to see if you can let all the king's horses loose in the garden.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jan 27, 2009 12:44:30 pm PST #1560 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Not to start a huge fight, but 4.0 sucks, and is seriously broken as a p'n'p game.
FIGHT!
I'm playing in two campaigns, one using each system. Honestly, I like 3.5 and 4.0. Unfortunately, I liked the previews of 4.0 more than the actual game. The combat improved but I really hate sorting through my powers for each round to decide what to do. Somehow they reduced combat to accounting with a hint of resource management.
I kind of want a 5.0, but I won't see that for awhile. Well, unless 4.0 sales really begin to tank. I suspect the game is not going to encourage as many returning sales as they hoped, even with their paired down release schedule, offset as it is by a subscription based online element (which has had over six months of teething troubles and seen a lot of people quit).
Mostly I think people like 4.0 better.
Not really true. There's still a lot of debate on the subject and a lot of people who liked 4.0 when it started but found it didn't have legs and returned to 3.5.
Volans - Jan 27, 2009 12:50:01 pm PST #1561 of 26132
move out and draw fire
connie speaks for me. 4.0 is pnp Diablo; I prefer some modicum of role-playing.
Man I wish you guys lived closer, or we all didn't work as much. My local gaming group is down to one guy, who may be getting married in the spring (currently she's expressing interest in RPGs and happily plays things like BSG and Betrayal at House on Hill, but you know how marriage changes people...)
OK, over to the Xbox. Some of my buddies say they are sending me chat invites, but I'm not getting them; do they not come thru if you are in a game?
Also, what's the deal with Fable 2? I've lost yet another friend to it. What makes it so good?
megan walker - Jan 27, 2009 12:54:56 pm PST #1562 of 26132
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I've never been into RPGs but I realize now that I was very lucky in my tiny town on the Eastern Shore, having a regular big group for more social games and also having a few couples who were always ready for German-style games.