Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'


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.


Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2016 5:51:59 am PDT #25269 of 26133
brillig

Not if it's just two people.


omnis_audis - Jun 24, 2016 7:30:33 pm PDT #25270 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Steam is having a summer sale through july 4th. Including table top simulator.


Tom Scola - Jul 18, 2016 6:26:22 am PDT #25271 of 26133
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Codenames takes home top "Board Game of the Year" award


omnis_audis - Aug 18, 2016 6:50:56 pm PDT #25272 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Anyone here?


chrismg - Aug 21, 2016 5:01:29 pm PDT #25273 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Ommis, have you ever played the Portal 2 co-op levels?


omnis_audis - Aug 22, 2016 6:40:51 pm PDT #25274 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Ya! Loads of fun.


omnis_audis - Aug 23, 2016 6:42:36 pm PDT #25275 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I haven't looked in awhile. Can Portal2 Xbox allow 2 player non-local?


Laga - Oct 16, 2016 10:35:31 am PDT #25276 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I'm here. Super sad but here.


omnis_audis - Oct 16, 2016 4:39:52 pm PDT #25277 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

:: sits next to Laga ::


Kalshane - Oct 18, 2016 6:32:18 am PDT #25278 of 26133
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.

On the subject of TT RPGs (because I'm always willing to geek out about gaming to not think about other stuff): what has everyone's experience been with the process of getting the players to create their characters and backstory?

The reason I'm asking is I decided to try to run Rise of the Runelords again with a different group of players. I've never done a re-run of a campaign before and was excited at the prospect of seeing how things went differently.

I got the new players on-board a few weeks ago, but no one has made a character yet (the first session is still 3 weeks out, so it's not the end of the world yet) and I'm not getting any response when I ask them (individually or as a group) what their character concepts are or even if I make a "what about this?" sort of suggestion. Is this typical?

I'm beginning to wonder if I was just spoiled by my first group who spent the month leading up to the game in constant discussion with me and the other players about what everyone was playing and who they were and ways I could tweak their characters to match the AP (or vice-versa.)