Octopus Overlords

Jaymann wrote:What's the difference between a kickstarter and a crowd funded?

Jaymann wrote:What's the difference between a kickstarter and a crowd funded?

Kotaku wrote:The truth is that we’ve been cut off from Bethesda since our December 2013 report detailing the existence of the then-secret Fallout 4. Ubisoft has been nearly radio silent since our December 2014 report detailing the existence of the then-unannounced Assassin’s Creed Victory (renamed Syndicate). When we ask representatives from either company for comment or clarification regarding breaking news, we hear nothing in response. When we ask them about their plans for upcoming games or seek to speak with one of their developers about one of their projects, it’s the same story. Total silence.

hepcat wrote:God, I miss TI3. I don't miss the 14 hour games that you, me, Seppe, Lawnboy and (the long absent) Snow used to endure. But I do miss the game itself.

Blackhawk wrote:I'm going to be playing in a one-shot game of Spirit of '77 this weekend.

The DM and other players are all grown adults. They're married, have teenaged kids, and professional jobs.

I'm going to be the only one there with any actual memories of the 1970s.

Goddamn that makes me feel old.

Wayne England, one of the most iconic tabletop gaming artists of the past few decades, has passed away. Known for his illustrations in Warhammer rule books, on the pages of White Dwarf magazine, Dungeons and Dragons manuals and Magic the Gathering cards, England helped define the artistic style of many a game’s universe.

Europe has announced the summer release of Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Board Game.

The new game, created in partnership with The Jim Henson Company, features five beautifully crafted figures capturing the likeness of the major characters from the movie. The game, designed for up to four players aged 6 and up, is a fast-playing family game with an emphasis on simple game play and evocative art.

In addition to the figures, the game also includes a 2' x 2' game board, 32 Labyrinth cards, over 30 game tokens, 6 polyhedral dice, 6 reference cards, 4 character sheets, 4 Ability cards, 4 Weakness cards, 4 card stand-ups, a Goblin Clock and Clock hand, and a rules booklet.

Europe has announced

Holman wrote:The core of the expansion is a whole separate campaign, so its missions wouldn't fold into the original campaign anyway. Some of the random optional missions might, but they're generic enough to fit in either storyline.

AWS260 wrote:This is a great longform piece on the ancient Egyptian board game Senet. It's a delightful read, filled to the brim with quirky old Egyptologists.

After gameplay, each child provides structured notes on winning tactics, losing lessons, and ideas for new elements and mechanisms — then the students stand and present these thoughts, after which they vote for their favorites — all with the goal of reinventing the game.

In the case of New York 1901, after two weeks of work we had whittled five hundred submissions down to 98 distinct ideas for modifying the game. These included things like airports, day and night phases, taxes, eminent domain, and of course zombies. The heavy-hitting classics made the cut, too: Godzilla, King Kong, and a "gigantic worm".

9/10
Pros:
+Easy to comprehend
+Best workshop support on Steam hands down

Cons:
-Trolls are too frequent
-Guy watched porn on tablet while playing risk with us, but I was winning so I didn't want to quit.

hepcat wrote:I'm trying to figure out the best way to play mansions of madness with a friend in China using tabletop simulator, the MoM app, and FaceTime.

I suspect just setting up a webcam to display the table and allow communication is the way to go though.