Subj : RE: Gamelists
To   : Aaron Ingebrigtsen
From : Kay Shapero
Date : Mon Dec 04 2000 04:10 am

02 Dec 00 15:23, Aaron Ingebrigtsen wrote to Royall@hal-Pc.Org:

 AI> Then lets put some good conversations back into this echo. :)

 AI> HI, I'm new to this echo.

Hi yourself, and great idea!

 AI> I love RPGs, and want to play the best that are out there. :)

 AI> I also like Robot Fighter games such as OMF, Space-battle Sims 
 AI> like Star Wars, and Strategy games like Total Anihilation.  I would 
 AI> like to get a game that is a good blend of all of these game types. 
 AI> :)

Actually this isn't a computer game echo, though you're right that those are 
fun.  How are you on role playing games of the type that you play with other 
people, paper and pencil and sometimes dice, cards or whatever?  Dungeons and 
Dragons, Runequest, Shadowrun, GURPS (and all of the multitudinous worlds Steve 
Jackson Games have published using GURPS as the base rules) and so forth.

As for other games played between people, I'm rather found of the CheapAss 
Games series of board games, which assume you already have the dice and 
counters that make up so much of the cost of boxed games, and just sell you the 
rules at $6 or so each.  They run heavily to the silly - I just recently 
acquired a copy of one set in a shopping mall where you run around collecting 
stuff, running down other players, and swiping things from each other.  Haven't 
played it yet.

I also recommend the card game "Chez Geek" for outright silliness.  The premise 
of the game is that you're a group of college roommates, each of whom must meet 
whatever winning conditions exist on your "occupation" card - usually 
collecting x number of points.  It's pretty straightforward (and yes, you CAN 
win by changing occupations, too...) but the real appeal of the thing are the 
really silly cards and situations.  Heck, just reading the cards can be a lot 
of fun.

--- Msged TE 06 (pre)
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