Subj : RE: Gamelists
To   : All
From : yl112@cornell.edu
Date : Thu Dec 07 2000 03:16 pm

From: yl112@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: Gamelists



On 4 Dec 2000, Kay Shapero wrote:

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

Cheapass!  Some friends of mine own practically all of them and have held 
two Cheapass parties so far.  They're great fun.

BTW, as far as the interface between computer games and "tabletop" 
roleplaying goes, has anyone heard anything about the Vampire: The 
Masquerade computer game that came out and its mode for "GMing" a game?  
The way I understood it, in multiplayer the GM can generate monsters, 
levels, etc. but can also facilitate player interaction and storytelling 
through the text, and this leaves the computer to handle other 
mechanics.  While I imagine there are limitations to what you can do, it 
sounds closer to a "real" roleplaying experience in a computer game than 
anything I've heard of before.

YHL

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