tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post7547702709022019735..comments2024-03-17T23:15:08.412-04:00Comments on Freelance Genius: ObfuscationsChuckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09680171236677541103noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-87637346240103054182008-10-31T14:29:00.000-04:002008-10-31T14:29:00.000-04:00Great post, Chuckles. I love the way you wrote thi...Great post, Chuckles. I love the way you wrote this.<BR/><BR/>My D&D days are long behind me, but my friend from those days and I play Grav-Ball whenever we see each other. It's an old FASA board game that's like Rollerball in zero-gravity. <BR/><BR/>And I still play Risk once a year, usually with my brother and assorted friends and family at Christmas. My brother once made a T-shirt that had the infantry, calvary, and artillary cards on the front, and "Yes, I have a set" on the back. He kept it under a button-up shirt and unveiled it when he cashed in a valuable set of cards.Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484284471046027179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-37138532971514354742008-10-24T11:50:00.000-04:002008-10-24T11:50:00.000-04:00I have played dating games.Except I was an unsuspe...I have played dating games.<BR/><BR/>Except I was an unsuspecting contestant.<BR/><BR/>Lucky me!!!!!!!!!Adorable Girlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980315608634758758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-57224780884475522862008-10-23T03:18:00.000-04:002008-10-23T03:18:00.000-04:00I don't cheat or manipulate the rules in 40k, I pr...I don't cheat or manipulate the rules in 40k, I prefer to crush my enemies, see them driven before, and hear the lamentations of the women by outfoxing my opponent legitimately.<BR/><BR/>OR as has lately been the case, just get crushed utterly.Chuckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09680171236677541103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-79582155191324544212008-10-23T00:47:00.000-04:002008-10-23T00:47:00.000-04:00I am a fan of Arkham Horror (although I've only pl...I am a fan of Arkham Horror (although I've only played it once). We kept being so close to sealing all the gates ... and then they all got unsealed. That kind of sucked. But it was good fun.dontEATnachoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11933641188770393978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-17627296721655726082008-10-22T21:35:00.000-04:002008-10-22T21:35:00.000-04:00Two Words: Arkham Horror. It's a board game locate...Two Words: Arkham Horror. <BR/><BR/>It's a board game located somewhere between all those other games you described, except all the players play together. As a bonus, Cthulu! which means the game usually beats your group. <BR/><BR/>Worth checking out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-43695668402229532008-10-22T18:19:00.000-04:002008-10-22T18:19:00.000-04:00Nice post. Remember, some of us make these nebulou...Nice post. Remember, some of us make these nebulous beasts for a living (or, at least to pass the remaining shreds of our free time through the juicer of Work Related Stress).<BR/><BR/>No 40k mentioned though. Only marijuana. Strange...Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453511487294262978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-31688756859436705292008-10-22T12:24:00.000-04:002008-10-22T12:24:00.000-04:00That's called the Game of Free Market Life, BP.That's called the Game of Free Market Life, BP.Chuckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09680171236677541103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-65775451145924421192008-10-21T22:15:00.000-04:002008-10-21T22:15:00.000-04:00ever play a game where you are destroyed by Lord T...ever play a game where you are destroyed by Lord Tucker the Orange?zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-40161711456803759522008-10-21T17:49:00.001-04:002008-10-21T17:49:00.001-04:00Now you just play games involving the promise of c...Now you just play games involving the promise of cookies and lack of fulfillment thereof.The Uncanny Canadianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239789187782243748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-75247511244310049202008-10-21T17:49:00.000-04:002008-10-21T17:49:00.000-04:00I've played some Dark Heresy myself (I've got swee...I've played some Dark Heresy myself (I've got sweet void born imperial psyker).<BR/><BR/>We were doing one of the canned adventures (which involve you going into a mine). I would like to say that the falling rules in the game are kind of hilarious if they weren't so annoying.<BR/><BR/>Luckily, like Warhammer, there is enough randomness in char gen that I don't really mind if my guy dies and I have to go through it again.<BR/><BR/>Still, I'm kind of attached to my guy already so I'd hate for him to die before he can have any of his powers result in hilarious calamity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-16449447345168143192008-10-21T16:05:00.000-04:002008-10-21T16:05:00.000-04:00Yeah, D&D4ed can GTFO. I listened to the firs...Yeah, D&D4ed can GTFO. I listened to the first two Penny Arcade podcasts and realized that there was little to nothing I wanted in 4ed. I am currently playing Dark Heresy with my brother-opponent and a friend. It is rather...first edition-y, what with the strange rules and copy-editing errors. Seriously, the main rule book averages 1 error per page, including artwork, and there is a lot of artwork. The standards at the Black Library are rather lax.Chuckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09680171236677541103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-81333824021182306002008-10-21T15:09:00.000-04:002008-10-21T15:09:00.000-04:00awesome postawesome postKathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923975835078747456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15260078.post-91952662160521550402008-10-21T14:51:00.000-04:002008-10-21T14:51:00.000-04:00I was sure that one of your links was going to be ...I was sure that one of your links was going to be for <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Clearance_Black_Box_Blues" REL="nofollow">Paranoia</A>.<BR/><BR/>Also, if you're like me ... I'm actually more fascinated by the rules than the actual gaming. I think that co-op video games (whether they be World of Warcraft or Ghost Recon) kind of fill the niche of many of these games. It's about developing tactics that keep you and your team progressing.<BR/><BR/>The benefit of the games you list above is the fact that with the virtual worlds being entirely imaginary, it costs significantly less to produce them and allows more flexibility on the part of the person who is running them than most video games.<BR/><BR/>D&D 4.0 is kind of interesting because it goes the opposite way, it basically tries to take World of Warcraft and turn it into a pen and paper RPG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com