Subj : Re: Gamelists To : All From : mbottorff@sprintmail.com Date : Wed Dec 13 2000 01:22 am From: mbottorff@sprintmail.com (Michelle & Boyd Bottorff) Subject: Re: Gamelists Organization: | > KS> Actually this isn't a computer game echo, though you're right that > KS> those are fun. How are you on role playing games of the type that > KS> you play with other people, paper and pencil and sometimes dice, > KS> cards or whatever? Dungeons and Dragons, Runequest, Shadowrun, GURPS > KS> (and all of the multitudinous worlds Steve Jackson Games have > KS> published using GURPS as the base rules) and so forth. As for other > KS> games played between people, I'm rather found of the CheapAss Games > KS> series of board games, which assume you already have the dice and > KS> counters that make up so much of the cost of boxed games, and just > KS> sell you the rules at $6 or so each. They run heavily to the silly - > KS> I just recently acquired a copy of one set in a shopping mall where > KS> you run around collecting stuff, running down other players, and > KS> swiping things from each other. Haven't played it yet. > > I'm not too good with the paper-and-dice kind of RPG, but I have fun on > MUDs, MUSHes and MOOs. :) Those kinds of systems allow you to interact > with other players in a Virtual Reality World, but it's text based. :) > I've played Magic: The Gathering, but I prefer the computer version. I > really hate learning the rules from players, they always screw around with > your head, constantly coming up with new rules that they conveniently > "forgot" to tell you about before you started the game. GRRR!!! > > I dislike Board games and card games for the most part. You probably don't have the right group. Or the right game. Or the right lighting... Arrrh. The last one sounded desperate. Seriously, I've been doing board games a lot more now that I have kids and a job that calls at odd hours. You can miss a board game and not lose track of what you're doing. I find MOOs/MUDs rather restricting, but if you like it, then enjoy, man. > Have I wrongfully posted off topic on this echo? If so, I apologize, I > will try to stay on topic. Don't worry too much. I don't know that a lot of people here do much in the way of computer RPGs, though. Personally, I work with video games professionally, so I'm kind of blasse about the whole thing. Been there, done that. So unless the game has long-term strategy, I tend not to play it much. Sadly, I know the limitations of computer programming, and keep wishing that someone would overcome them. -- Boyd -- |Fidonet: mbottorff@sprintmail.com |Internet: scott@conchbbs.com | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. --- # Origin: (1:106/357.99) * Origin: ConchGate (1:106/357.0) .