I'm out this round.
Oh, Pacey! You blind idiot. Can't you see she doesn't love you?
Spike ,'Help'
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.
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Liese S. - Apr 23, 2014 11:21:25 am PDT #22860 of 26134
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Kalshane - Apr 24, 2014 1:35:23 pm PDT #22861 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.
So, I haven't played a Civilization game since Civ 2, but I downloaded Civilization: Revolution when it was free on Xbox Live last month. Finally fired it up last weekend...
It's amazing how easy it is to fall into losing sleep because of the "Just one more turn" mentality I had 20 years ago. Of course now days the pain of that missing sleep is far, far greater.
At least I should go to bed on time tonight. I have to prep my Pathfinder game so we can actually play tomorrow night.
omnis_audis - Apr 24, 2014 6:49:11 pm PDT #22862 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
It's amazing how easy it is to fall into losing sleep because of the "Just one more turn" mentality I had 20 years ago.
Oh yeah. Totally. The iPad version doesn't help with that problem either.
chrismg - Apr 24, 2014 7:56:16 pm PDT #22863 of 26134
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
BSG
I'll jump back in!
I vote for the Demetrius, since we haven't tried that before.
billytea - Apr 24, 2014 8:24:18 pm PDT #22864 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.
It's amazing how easy it is to fall into losing sleep because of the "Just one more turn" mentality I had 20 years ago.
Oh yes, I remember that one. Always just one more tech advance to reach.
BSG
I'll jump back in!
Excellent! That's four people so far. I seem to recall a lurker mentioning sometime around the start of last game that they'd like to join in sometime. New players are always welcome, anyone else want to give it a try?
I vote for the Demetrius, since we haven't tried that before.
Laga - Apr 25, 2014 3:49:23 am PDT #22865 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I fired up CIV a few days ago but the computer froze around the time I got Iron Working and mostly I felt relieved.
Kalshane - Apr 25, 2014 5:43:18 am PDT #22866 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.
I made the mistake of seeing what the more recent Civ games are going for these days and they're pretty cheap. I'm tempted, but the logical part of my brain is saying I really don't need a more in-depth time-sucking version of the game I'm already spending way too much time on. (Civ Rev basically being the light version of the series.)
That, and I think my gf would murder me as soon as the box arrived.
omnis_audis - Apr 25, 2014 7:00:24 am PDT #22867 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
And the iPad version is the light version of it. Is that the diet version??
billytea - Apr 26, 2014 7:11:30 am PDT #22868 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
At this moment, it looks like we'll be having a four-player game. Now, we have one player in favour of Demetrius, so here are some more details. The Demetrius option is The Search for Home. Warning up-front: to me, this option looks brutal for the humans. It adds a new ship, the Demetrius, with four locations and a new option. Humans can use the Demetrius to activate missions (maximum of one per jump cycle). They're not easy - similar difficulties to super crises. Passing one offers good things to the humans; failing them causes bad things. In addition, the humans get a new destination, Earth. It's a lot like Kobol, except you need to travel a total of 10 Distance instead of 8. What could possibly go wrong?
Let's put it to a vote. The Search for Home, aye or nay?
Polter-Cow - Apr 26, 2014 7:25:15 am PDT #22869 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
BSG
Hm, brutal for the humans, but only one Cylon. I'm torn. What do you suggest is the best expansion with a four-player game?