Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!

Oz ,'Bring On The Night'


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.


billytea - Jul 25, 2009 3:19:05 pm PDT #2968 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.

BSG

Time's up for interrupts (none played), so let's start the check. I have COs from Boomer and Adama, so the state of play is:

Destiny: 2 cards
Boomer: 3 cards
Adama: 1 card
Roslin:
Baltar:
Apollo:

President Roslin, you're next. Please post how many cards you're playing.


Tom Scola - Jul 26, 2009 9:07:17 am PDT #2969 of 26133
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

So Wii Swordplay is pretty fun.


-t - Jul 26, 2009 9:28:28 am PDT #2970 of 26133
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Is that part of Sports Resort?


Tom Scola - Jul 26, 2009 9:32:23 am PDT #2971 of 26133
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Yes.


-t - Jul 26, 2009 9:39:52 am PDT #2972 of 26133
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm teetering on the edge of buying that.


Laga - Jul 26, 2009 12:22:43 pm PDT #2973 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I think it's going to be a long time before I feel the need to buy something new for the wii. Mario Kart is my heroin.


Volans - Jul 27, 2009 5:29:17 am PDT #2974 of 26133
move out and draw fire

I need a name for a blog about gaming.

It will be mostly about tabletop RPG, mostly the old-school kind (D&D 1e, Judges' Guild, Runequest), but will include whatever the author feels like including.

It will be structured like an advice column, with a gangsta sensibility.

Examples of the writing include:

(On "The Tyranny of the DM") Back in the 1e day, wasn't no way I was putting myself in the hands of any tyrannical, swaggering, tin-pot DM with delusions of dictatorial grandeur. Hell no! That was my role, and I clung to it with all both my hands, thank you very much! And I assure you, there were no "good times." I didn't fucking learn every fucking rule in 1e to make "good times" for players. Shit no. I was there to teach lessons, HARD FUCKING LESSONS, about life and about trying to use NPC ONLY classes as PCs. I didn't have ISSUES! I had SOLUTIONS! I didn't put up with no mullet-headed, Metallica-listening, metal shop drop-out bringing any of that anti-paladin shit into my game. Straight up word, mofo. Fo real, aiight?

Other topics include:

On the use of NPCs as PCs in 1e D&D

"This is my anti-paladin," and 10 other things I told yo' mama when I rolled her over in bed this morning.

Traps in the 1e D&D game

Because you're a dumbass, that's why. 25 points of damage, now write it down.

Music and the proper 1e D&D atmosphere

I don't CARE if there's a song called Rivendell on it, no fucking Rush in my house!


Fred Pete - Jul 27, 2009 5:42:29 am PDT #2975 of 26133
Ann, that's a ferret.

How about "The Search for Dungeon Master"? Or, since you're looking at a broader range of games, "Game Master" instead?


Laga - Jul 27, 2009 5:49:35 am PDT #2976 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

"Half Damage" popped into my head.


omnis_audis - Jul 27, 2009 6:30:14 am PDT #2977 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

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