Codenames takes home top "Board Game of the Year" award
I got stupid. The money was too good.
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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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Tom Scola - Jul 18, 2016 6:26:22 am PDT #25271 of 26133
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
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.)
Laga - Oct 18, 2016 6:50:31 am PDT #25279 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
We use FB chat to discuss upcoming sessions and have set up a google site where we can post our character sheets.
For the campaign I run some people have very elaborate backstories and some are more sparse. I try to tie them together in the chat and get them to work stuff up together.
I've also asked players what their characters would see in the Mirror of Erised and what form a boggart would take when confronting them.
But yeah I've had more trouble remembering elaborate backstories and keeping them in my brain during sessions than I have getting the players to flesh things out.
Kalshane - Oct 18, 2016 6:58:30 am PDT #25280 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.
Yeah, I've got a Google Drive setup for the campaign. I don't think anyone has even looked at it yet.
These are all people I've gamed with before, though it's been 20 years since I last rolled dice with some of them. I'm not necessarily looking for huge backstories, right now I'd just settle for people to at least pick a class, race and alignment.