Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.

Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'


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.


Sean K - Oct 31, 2009 6:56:52 pm PDT #4887 of 26134
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

If he ships it ground, it will be a couple of weeks before it gets here.


billytea - Nov 01, 2009 2:41:24 am PST #4888 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

What sucks about the wrap up is it points how pivitol my idiot " xo means you do what I say" blunder was. The irony being the mistake made from tired long hours, and with the grand opening last night... Oh well. It was fun.

It hurt, certainly, but I wouldn't put too much at your door. At that point Population was already down to 4 and Fuel to 2 - this game was always going to be a difficult, desperate struggle for the humans. You lost 6 Population after getting hit with three attack cards in a row, and 5 Fuel travelling 5 distance. That was just bad luck, made worse by Apollo (Population) and the Chief (Fuel).


ThomasW - Nov 01, 2009 6:10:25 pm PST #4889 of 26134
Anything for a weird life.

The BSG game and the Delurking thread expiring on the same day means that I have to go find other threads to procrastinate by reading. Any suggestions?


omnis_audis - Nov 01, 2009 7:31:57 pm PST #4890 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Bitches? Usually pretty happening.

Or, you could GM a game in here.


Kalshane - Nov 04, 2009 6:24:07 pm PST #4891 of 26134
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.

Anyone picking up Dragon Age? It looks pretty cool, but I don't know where I'd find the time to dedicate to CRPG. "Spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate" catches my interest, though.

ETA: I will say the limited character race and class options are kind of disappointing, but I understand the first couple hours of the game deal with your character's backstory based on those options, so I can see them putting a limit on just how much of that they want to program.


Laga - Nov 04, 2009 6:35:40 pm PST #4892 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

D wants to run a Star Wars campaign. It sounds like you can be just about any race but you do get the extra feat for going human.


amych - Nov 05, 2009 4:09:04 am PST #4893 of 26134
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Kalshane, the hub picked it up the other day and he's really liking it so far. From the halfway sorta watching while doing stuff on the laptop seat, the first part seemed even more talky than a lot of CRPGs, but on the other hand, all that backstory really looks like it has a lot more depth to the characterization and story than you sometimes see. If that impression is right, I'll take fewer initial choices (as I am a HOOR for a game that's not totally eyerolly writing-wise). I haven't played it myself yet, but I'll let you know if I do (or maybe get him to log in here for the first time in yonks.)


Pete, Husband of Jilli - Nov 05, 2009 9:39:49 am PST #4894 of 26134
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd

BSG

I... and then I...

...

oh frak.

I caught the end of the game but wasn't able to log in, and then got swallowed by a tough deadline.

So the fleet makes merry while it drifts in space, out of fuel, waiting for the Cylons to nab them and throw them into a breeding program? Cheery.

President Tigh is probably missing in action, having commandeered the Colonial One. He's off getting thoroughly drunk and hoping no one works out the secret ingredient in his "Booster Fuel" brand of moonshine...

Thanks again, BT!

*Hic*


Kalshane - Nov 05, 2009 6:06:27 pm PST #4895 of 26134
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.

Kalshane, the hub picked it up the other day and he's really liking it so far. From the halfway sorta watching while doing stuff on the laptop seat, the first part seemed even more talky than a lot of CRPGs, but on the other hand, all that backstory really looks like it has a lot more depth to the characterization and story than you sometimes see. If that impression is right, I'll take fewer initial choices (as I am a HOOR for a game that's not totally eyerolly writing-wise). I haven't played it myself yet, but I'll let you know if I do (or maybe get him to log in here for the first time in yonks.)

Cool. The review I read mentioned re-playing the game with a different background and the reviewer found himself playing through events that NPCs had talked about in his first run through. Which is kind of neat.

Yeah. The D&D geek in me misses the wide array of classes and races, though I only really play humans, elves and dwarves anyway (well, and half-elves) so not having a half-pint racial option doesn't really bother me. Having the class choices only be three kind of sucks, but the specializations you can choose later may help with that. Though I'm not sure how different a Rogue-Bard and a Rogue-Ranger, for instance, will actually play out in the game.


Laga - Nov 05, 2009 9:27:03 pm PST #4896 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I used to always choose human for that extra feat but lately I've been trying all sorts of races including dragonborn and goliath.