Mal ,'Trash'
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.
Weren't the creators of the core big into the Scandinavian LARP scene, and basically writing for that crowd's playing style even though tabletop gamers were the actual customers they were trying to sell it to?
Dark themes aren't necessarily a dealbreaker for me (hey, I've played Call of Chthulhu and KULT!), but nothing I heard about the new version sounded like it would be any actual fun to play. I've yet to spend a penny on it.
Can I just take a moment to say "Thank God for VTTs?" We've got a potentially nasty winter weather system hitting us this weekend and the fact that I can just tell my players "Hey, let's play online tomorrow night so everyone can stay warm and safe at home" is huge.
Ooh yeah we use Tabletop Simulator and Skype (somehow skype ended up being the thing that works best with our group).
Hey so you may have seen my post on Facebook but I was wondering if anyone would pay to have D&D brought to your facebook. I have lots of details how it would work if anyone is interested.
Right. Tell me about Tabletop Simulator. Asking for a friend.
My buddy who's a DM said it was challenging to set up properly for the kind of campaign they wanted to run -- so there's definitely a notable learning curve. It seems like if you put enough hours in you'll get the experience you want.
Just finished Horizon Zero Dawn (I know I'm 3 years late to the party.) Holy shit was that a good game.
As if I didn't love him enough!
Playing the Final Fantasy 7 Remake. (Spoilers for around the 15-20 hour marks.)
Even though I knew it was going to happen, Jessie's death broke me. The whole sequence with her blaming herself for the unintended destruction created by her bombs (not realizing that Shinra intentionally created a larger explosion to turn the people against her team) and being upset that she was making Tifa cry. And then her and Biggs' deaths essentially being for nothing. At least Wedge got to save a bunch of civilians before he went out and died while trying to save his cats.
I don't know how I'm going to handle it when the original game's most infamous moment happens.
Damn video game giving me feels.
My covid video game addiction has been XCOM2. I even have a video of one of the missions. [link] It's not exactly an impressive thing to watch, but my son had heard of it, but didn't know what gameplay was like so I recorded it.