Is anyone else planning on picking up the game (Chronicles of Mystara)? My friends and I made many many treks to the one arcade an hour away that had the full 4-player setup of the second game back in the day.
But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?
Fred ,'Smile Time'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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Kalshane - Jun 18, 2013 5:22:55 am PDT #19867 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Laga - Jun 18, 2013 11:06:28 am PDT #19868 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Hmm I dunno. I hope it's more fun to play than it is to watch.
billytea - Jun 18, 2013 4:40:09 pm PDT #19869 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
BSG
This Friday, I sit my exam in Quantitative Analysis of Finance II. My life has been consumed by esoteric factoids relating to such matters as principal component analysis, Markov chain Monte Carlo integration and of course multivariate generalised autoregressive conditional heteroskedastic models. If you understood any of that, my deepest sympathies.
However! Come Friday, their baleful hold on my life will be broken! Except for the part where I use this stuff at work pretty much every day. But at least there, no one else understands it well enough to give me pop quizzes. There, I give the pop quizzes! Which everyone else ignores, and occasionally my supervisor asks if I'm making these on company time. But that's not the point. The point is that soon my thoughts shall turn once more to the imminent destruction of all humanity, and the flight of Buffistica 18 - Space Camel will begin!
First question, of course, is: who's up for it? Sign up in-thread or send me an email. Veterans and newbies both welcome.
Second question: which game options shall we use this time around? Last game, we tried out the Ionian Nebula for the first time. That means we've tried all the available game options, at least until the Daybreak expansion comes out later this year. Let me know, either in-thread or by email, which options you'd like to use this time around.
1. Ionian Nebula/Cylon Fleet/Neither.
2. Conflicted Loyalties - Y/N?
3. Cylon Leader - not available if 5 players, optional if 6 players, mandatory if 7 players.
4. New Caprica - Y/N? (Not compatible with Ionian Nebula)
Once we have the crew sorted out, and everyone is good to go, we'll get the party started.
-t - Jun 18, 2013 4:51:26 pm PDT #19870 of 26134
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
BSG
I think I can play, if checking in once or twice a day will be enough. I'd like to try out the Ionian Nebula, and I love Conflicted Loyalties, not sure about the rest.
Polter-Cow - Jun 18, 2013 4:51:37 pm PDT #19871 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
BSG
I'm game for the setup we had last game.
billytea - Jun 18, 2013 5:12:24 pm PDT #19872 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
BSG
I think I can play, if checking in once or twice a day will be enough.
That's enough. If you can manage twice a day, that would be great.
chrismg - Jun 18, 2013 5:13:40 pm PDT #19873 of 26134
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Not me, sorry.
omnis_audis - Jun 18, 2013 8:36:50 pm PDT #19874 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
bsg
Count me in. It's summer time. When my schedule is the slowest. If we have too many, I'll sit out, so newbies can play. See, I can share.
1. Ionian Nebula/Cylon Fleet/Neither.either. I'm game for any of the scenerios.
2. Conflicted Loyalties - Y/N?I'm game for that too.
3. Cylon Leader - not available if 5 players, optional if 6 players, mandatory if 7 players.Game for this one too.
4. New Caprica - Y/N? (Not compatible with Ionian Nebula)Hmm. I think I'd prefer Nebula.
Laga - Jun 19, 2013 12:54:56 am PDT #19875 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
BSG
I'm in. I like all flavors. I vote Ionian Nebula for sure.
Kalshane - Jun 19, 2013 5:19:36 am PDT #19876 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Hmm I dunno. I hope it's more fun to play than it is to watch.
I personally would say so, but I would say that's true for most games, IMO. (GTA being one of the rare games I enjoy watching, but have no desire to play.)
Honestly, if you enjoy playing side-scrolling beat-em-ups, like Final Fight or the TMNT arcade game, the games are a lot of fun (though the second game, Shadows over Mystara is far superior to the first in terms of gameplay and controls.) If not, then the D&D flavoring likely won't be enough to keep your interest.
SoM is probably my favorite arcade game of all time. It's a great beat-em-up with a pretty deep combat system (you can combo jumping attacks, regular attacks, slide attacks and aerial attacks on different ways, plus characters with shields can block and perform a counter attack) combined with spells, equipment and magic items from D&D as well as the option of several paths through the game, as well as some hidden treasure rooms and the like.
My only real complaint with it is the "spell freeze" (whenever a spell is cast, the rest of the game freezes while the animation plays out) and because of that boss fights generally involve everyone else twiddling their thumbs while the casters spam their magic button.
You can always download the demo and give it a whirl.