BSG
Sorry I didn't realize it was my turn already. I'm looking at locations to decide my move but I'm open to input from other humans.
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Laga - Jun 16, 2009 9:00:25 am PDT #2317 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Laga - Jun 16, 2009 10:47:24 am PDT #2318 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
BSG
OK I've decided. Since we're not directly under attack I'm going to attempt to build my hand. Baltar moves back to the Research Lab and and for my action I draw one Purple card.
I'm off to work in a bit. I should be back around 11:00 board time.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 16, 2009 11:41:27 am PDT #2319 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
In MyBrute news...
Covenborn appears to be having an identity crisis, take a look at these two opponents - [link] and [link]
And here's Ill Omen in the toughest fight of his career so far - [link]
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 16, 2009 11:49:23 am PDT #2320 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
And here's Peeeeeeeeev's new record for damage in a single attack - [link]
Sean K - Jun 16, 2009 12:00:25 pm PDT #2321 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Conquer Club....
Why is it that half the random strangers I play with bitch when I attack them? If you don't want to be attacked, or lose, don't play the damn game.
Most often it seems to happen when I'm just making attacks to pass time on the way out of a game I'm losing. Sorry dude, but I'm going to attack somebody. I don't care how much the game is lost, I'm not going to just lie here and wait for you to roll over me.
And frankly, if I attacked the other guy, he'd whine too, so it's really choosing between two (or more) people who don't want to be attacked. TOO BAD!
Volans - Jun 16, 2009 12:29:37 pm PDT #2322 of 26133
move out and draw fire
Why is it that half the random strangers I play with bitch when I attack them?
Everybody I've ever played RISK against bitches when they get attacked. Even when they know it's coming.
megan walker - Jun 16, 2009 12:41:55 pm PDT #2323 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Everybody I've ever played RISK against bitches when they get attacked. Even when they know it's coming.
I don't get that, it's the point of the game (as long as people don't gang up explicitly, which I hate), what else would you do?
Random McNasty - Jun 16, 2009 1:23:20 pm PDT #2324 of 26133
AKA Raq's Husband
I don't get that, it's the point of the game (as long as people don't gang up explicitly, which I hate), what else would you do?
::pulling on balaclava::
This is thread hijack! The Masters of Eurogame Hijinks will now pontificate about game design theory! No one attempt to stop us and everyone gets out of this thread unharmed!
The MEH decrees RISK a poor and uninteresting game because you are right -- there is nothing else you would do. Leaving aside the sheer randomness of the combat system, whining in RISK is amplified because losing positions get established very quickly, it is very difficult to engineer come-back wins without poor play by someone else (which usually elicits accusations of game-throwing), and there is only one possible route to victory.
Teh MEH sees oppression where players who find themselves on the wrong end of a couple unlucky dice rolls or bad RISK card draws have little recourse other than whining or quitting. That is NOT GOOD design.
Throw out your Ameritrash, Gamers! Rise up and embrace the Eurogame! Balanced design, inherent breakaway brakes, and multiple paths to victory can be yours! Eurogames are meeples! EUROGAMES ARE MEEPLES!
::run off thread::
megan walker - Jun 16, 2009 2:28:27 pm PDT #2325 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I guess it's true, all the good ones really are taken...
billytea - Jun 16, 2009 2:54:29 pm PDT #2326 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 guess it's true, all the good ones really are taken...
Or, y'know, insane. Especially since he's currently in an online game of the latest Ameritrash darling. Risk isn't just a bad game, it's a bad Ameritrash game.
BSG
Dr Baltar has been sent his new Tactics card. Crisis Card:
Rescue the Fleet
Admiral's Choice
Admiral Adama, when you are ready please post your choice.