I may be late, but I will I'll be on time.
However, due to all kinds of work shenanigans today, I'll be limiting myself to 2 hours probably.
Would you like to start an hour later? That probably be useful for me.
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 23, 2009 4:26:35 pm PDT #1912 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
omnis_audis - May 23, 2009 5:12:01 pm PDT #1913 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
10:30 central is fine for me. Anyone else joining?
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 23, 2009 5:26:37 pm PDT #1914 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
It doesn't look that way.
We'll run through a few more things and then head into an actual game.
I also put out a call on LJ and I'm going to give a few more people the TF2 101 in June.
NoiseDesign - May 23, 2009 6:43:03 pm PDT #1915 of 26133
Our wings are not tired
I haven't had a chance to even pick up the game yet.
billytea - May 23, 2009 8:44:47 pm PDT #1916 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.
I was wondering, would anyone here be interested in joining in a PBEM game of the Battlestar Galactica boardgame? If so, I reckon I'd be able to run one. I'd like to run it on this thread if everyone's agreeable.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 23, 2009 8:51:44 pm PDT #1917 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
No big deal, ND. We'll be trying it again in June.
Sean K - May 23, 2009 9:40:56 pm PDT #1918 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'd be down for it, BT. Would the game end up taking over the thread if you ran it here?
billytea - May 23, 2009 10:19:00 pm PDT #1919 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.
I'd be down for it, BT. Would the game end up taking over the thread if you ran it here?
Well, that's the question. It's likely to increase the volume a fair bit. The existing discussion here tends to be a few posts of back 'n' forth at a time, though, which may be able to coexist pretty well. I think BSG makes for good spectator sport too.
Nonetheless, if there are thread participants who don't want in on a game, and don't want to have to deal with its addition to this thread, I think we could manage by email. A forum such as this is ideal, but not necessary. Or, if people are willing to give it a shot here, we can see how it goes and move it to email if it becomes a problem.
On other matters, do you either own or have access to a copy of the game? The reason I ask, I know the makers aren't willing to have game text posted publicly. I can post some things, certainly enough to identify crisis cards drawn, but not others (such as the pass/fail outcomes on the crisi card). If you have a copy of the game, that'll go smoother. (I'm pretty sure I can email players privately with more info where needed, so it's not a dealbreaker.)
omnis_audis - May 24, 2009 12:23:47 am PDT #1920 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
tonight just wasn't my night. First Pete gleefully kicked my ass in OrangeBox (not unexpected, but I did give a run for the money on a few maps). Then NoiseDesign finished me off in the Texan map of Risk. And lastly, all of my Brutes got their heads handed to them. :: sigh :: at least I had fun.
Sean K - May 24, 2009 7:06:41 am PDT #1921 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Then NoiseDesign finished me off in the Texan map of Risk.
For those of you wondering at home, ND, o_a and I played three games. I won one, ND won one, and o_a won one. Very amusing. We'll see how that record keeps over time.