That's not a bug, it's a feature.
Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.
'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.
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Laga - Mar 02, 2010 10:24:11 am PST #5885 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
DeathQuaker - Mar 02, 2010 11:47:49 am PST #5886 of 26134
Illigitimi non carborundum
Thanks, Laga. Yes, BT is amazing to keep this game organized.
Re: Heavy Rain: Yeah, I gotta say if they have the nude model in the game to begin with, that's not an accident.
Kalshane - Mar 02, 2010 1:54:02 pm PST #5887 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.
Well, reading the article, it seems having the character playable while nude is the glitch. There are apparently nude cutscenes of the character. Still the article title is kind of misleading.
BSG ETA: That sounds like a pretty good guide to playing Roslin, DQ.
Laga - Mar 02, 2010 1:58:23 pm PST #5888 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I wonder if I'd be better at the game if I'd seen more of the show.
DeathQuaker - Mar 02, 2010 4:41:45 pm PST #5889 of 26134
Illigitimi non carborundum
Thanks, Kalshane.
Laga--not really. I'm still watching the show right now; I played my first game when I'd only seen a few episodes, and I've played with people who've never seen any of the show before.
The board game can spoiler you a little. (Guess who spends half of a season in the Brig because she turns out to be a Cylon?)
You get a little more out of the board game having seen the series, but entirely in the sense of, "Oh, I understand why so-and-so has that power, now." Most of the Crisis Cards are inspired by the plots of given crisis-oriented episodes (but don't show how the episode turned out) and it's fun to go "hey, I remember that one!" But it's not necessary, and in a way, you probably will end up playing more tactically if you're not letting your character's "flavor" get in the way of making the most of what you can do.
The flip side to that though is that it of course can also be fun to "roleplay" up the characters a little more (I actually thought you were a perfectly convincing Boomer, so there we are) if you know who they are--it also eases tension by being able to help differentiate character voice and player voice. Hence the roleplay notes I was making earlier.
Volans - Mar 02, 2010 4:47:07 pm PST #5890 of 26134
move out and draw fire
OTOH, I also think that some of the show rubs off on the game. People I've played with tend to be biased about who they suspect, regardless of in-game evidence. (Nobody ever wants to suspect Adama or Apollo or Helo of being Cylons, for example).
I just realized I have a game called "Deadwood"...and it's nothing like the show.
Sean K - Mar 02, 2010 5:26:48 pm PST #5891 of 26134
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Not enough "cocksucker"?
billytea - Mar 02, 2010 5:29:51 pm PST #5892 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.
Not enough "cocksucker"?
Hence the title.
Kalshane - Mar 02, 2010 5:33:59 pm PST #5893 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.
Ouch.
billytea - Mar 02, 2010 10:25:25 pm PST #5894 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.
OTOH, I also think that some of the show rubs off on the game. People I've played with tend to be biased about who they suspect, regardless of in-game evidence. (Nobody ever wants to suspect Adama or Apollo or Helo of being Cylons, for example).
In the Boardgamegeek games, the first eight games in which Helo was selected, he was a Cylon in six of them. Zarek, on the other hand, has only been a Cylon about 20% of the times he's been chosen (and at least one of those, he was given the card by a double Cylon).
Oh, in the Pegasus expansion, you can choose to play Ellen Tigh. She's been picked for 10 games, and been human in all of them.