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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts |
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On 2013-09-02 11:33, GlenD wrote: Hi Glen, I used to play Diablo III but the RMAH and paucity of legendary drops drove me to Torchlight II. Just curious how the community is reacting to D3 going to consoles? On our worst days, The Magic Café is like a litter of kittens compared to the Diablo III forums. Best, Vlad |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
I very much enjoy Civilization V.
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jglumley Loyal user Kansas City 244 Posts |
Settlers of Catan ....Sheep for wood?
The "18"
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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts |
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On 2013-09-02 16:18, mastermindreader wrote: GREAT game! The expansions really helped it and finally IMHO it is as good as Civilization IV. I do miss Leonard Nimoy's narration though in V |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Haven't seen anyone mention Scrabble.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
Scrabble is on my short list.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On 2013-09-02 22:44, Vlad_77 wrote: I missed IV and previously played III. The changes were major- the main one, to me, being that you couldn't stack units anymore. At first I didn't like that, but in a while I decided that not allowing stacking actually made the game more realistic and added to the strategy required in waging attacks- particularly on cities surrounded on three sides by hills, mountains or rivers. The major problem with the game, though, is that it can get addictive at times. |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
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On 2013-09-01 14:41, Vlad_77 wrote: I haven't even finished a single run-through. And I was such a Diablo II addict that I literally injured myself. (Strange, but true.) The OP called FF IV the greatest game of all time. No, that would be FF VII, or Diablo II. It's a toss-up. I love games. I'm very playful, literally. I find chess to be too violent and not playful enough. Anything with cards I like, and anything on a board. But I prefer that a game not be particularly skillful. I enjoy randomness. I enjoy that roll of the dice which makes someone groan with laughter and the other laugh in delight. But as I posted in the other thread, I also love things like Wiffle ball. I enjoy games that kids make up. I spend hour upon hour playing golf with my friends in a park with a plastic golf ball and a four iron. "See that tree? That's hole number eight!" I am utterly fascinated by gambling (and a huge number of my posts are in the gambler's forum), but I'm the opposite of a gambler by nature. I'm one of the few people (it would seem) that enjoys the game rather than the winning. |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
I have one more that I bet will be on Lobo's list: Risk!
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
I like any number of games... Tripoly is up there. Several members of my family like to play Sequence. I play Liar's Dice with my son. It's a fun, fast game, meaning you can play a game in short time.
I used to like playing Mastermind, but find it difficult to find others with the patience for it. It takes a fair amount of concentration. When I was a kid... definitely Ghost in the Graveyard! And yes, I used to play Mumbley Peg. I created a board game for my son and my niece, and made one for each of them. It is a Halloween game called "Nine Lives". Up to four players move their personal black cat token around a board set up a bit like Monopoly. The objectives are to gather pumpkins and costumes which serve as wealth for certain tasks. You must also do various things to avoid or block monsters and random setbacks like punk teenagers who steal your Trick or Treat candy. Fails result in death markers. Nine death markers and you are out. It's actually a pretty good game.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
Back when I was working the cruise ships, two of the most popular games that the entertainers played with each other when we weren't working were backgammon and Mastermind.
Hans Moretti's son (Hans Pantar) and I played backgammon for nearly three months straight. |
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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts |
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On 2013-09-03 03:10, stoneunhinged wrote: Stone, I LOVE Wiffleball! Friends and I would play it all the time. We would even get in a few "innings" between classes at Penn State. The culimating Wiffleball experience for me was at the end of my sophomore year, we challenged a bunch of professors to a game. It was classic Wiffleball! The professors helped us "borrow" some lunch trays at the student union - there's nothing like seeing a bunch of top gun, commercially AND academically published full professors at the top of their field pilfering lunch trays! It was a CRAZY game! The two history professors were hilarious. One couldn't run - but he could hit a ton - so each team decided to appoint a sort of pinch runner everytime this professor was up to bat. Each time through the lineup it was either a player from the home team (the profs) or the visitors (us) who would run for the professor after he connected. The philosophy professor was a big guy with a VERY imposing presence. He is also a dear friend with whom I played in a band as his keyboardist. Anyhow, he hit what I think is the longest shot ever in Wiffleball. He hit the TOP of the library from 200 feet away! Imagine that in a baseball context and that's a Babe Ruth shot! LOL He connected and turned around and even before it hit the library, he announced to the poor "umpire" that it was DEFINITELY a home run and if it wasn't scored so, the ump's grade would be changed. The other history professor was involved in a faculty tennis tournament so, again, another prof who pulled the faculty card. He had a student signal him at the tennis court when his turn at bat came. He literally ran from the tennis court which about 300 feet from where we were playing Wiffleball, resplendent in his tennis whites, would do his at bat, then run back to the tennis court! We won that game 15-14 in extra innings but what was most important was the sheer fun of it all! It's times like these that I remember plus the amazing season that my Pittsburgh Pirates are having that make me positively ACHE to be back in America. Baseball is the ONLY sport I follow and I'm a fanatic. I feel so very disconnected from the things I love. You could find a first edition Erdnase, a first edition Discouverie of Witchcraft AND 10,000 euros here at the same time and much easier than a Wiffleball set. God I want to come home!!! I like what you said about the joy of the game itself! I am competitive as a musician and magician, but with games it's about the fun. I can't tell you how many times I have been spanked by Dragons in Runebound or murdered in the Crown of Command in Talisman; love it all!! Best, Vlad PS: I did complete one run through of Diablo III last year then started on the next difficulty level. Unlike Diablo II there is NO randomization and halfway through "act II" I just got tired of the grind. Torchlight II however is a whole different ball game. It may have a more "cartoonish" feel, but, the game has perfectly captured the spirit and the addicting gameplay of Diablo II. It's a blast! I have 50 hours in according to Steam and since I am doing a side dungeon that is 67 levels deep, it will be a while before I actually finish the main story. Everything is random, loot drops are a blast, the enemies are really good - and quite smart. In addition it has full modding support and the actual editor used to create the game is available for free and there are some excellent mods for it on the Steam Workshop. At 19.95 USD it's really a steal for hundreds of hours of play. Oh and one more thing: as cartoonish as Torchlight II looks, underneath that seemingly colorful exterior is a game that wants to eat you for lunch in the same way that Diablo II did. |
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foreva.infiniti Regular user 6 Posts a + a 6 Posts = 116 Posts |
A toss up I thinks not... FFVII is considered 1 of the greatest games of all time but I don't even think its the best FF. I mean hell yu gt a villain who heals you, twice. And you yourself start off as the villain until you fight yourself.
Colors are Foreva. Numbers are Infinite. 4 every number there's a color. HEY! Eternity! Lets smoke a beer and drink some loud. But wait! I heard you was a six a plus a 6 ahhhh.
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2013-09-03 05:05, Michael Baker wrote: In high school a friend and I would play Mastermind all the time: with duplicates and blanks. Good game! |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2013-09-03 00:45, LobowolfXXX wrote: Ditto. (Apparently when I was quite young - seven or so - I beat my mom in a game of Scrabble. According to her, I tried to console her by telling her that it wasn't her fault that she didn't know any big words.) |
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Slide Special user 533 Posts |
The only game I play is on my Ipad when I'm "in disposed": suduko. I can finish an "expert" level in about 12 minutes. Just enough time for me to "unburden" myself.
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2013-09-03 10:48, Slide wrote: Good for you. I've fiddled with sudoku a bit, but it just doesn't hold my interest. Not sure why. Now . . . give me a cryptic crossword puzzle and I'm punched as please. |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
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...and I'm punched as please. :jump: |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Sudoku I find a little tedious, but there's a nice variant called KenKen that I enjoy.
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Levi Bennett Inner circle 1778 Posts |
Scrabble is definitely one of my favorites. And we used to play Boggle a lot as a family.
Never got into Sudoku- give me just about any word type game; I'm not into numbers games. I haven't played any video games in years, but one of the coolest games ever was Metalgear Solid. I could go on for quite a while about all the cool aspects of this game, but it wouldn't mean much if you never played it. If you have, you already know! Another good one from my Army days was Dominoes. Not many people play Dominoes any more, but it can get pretty loud and fun with egos; I mean, guys, slamming the tiles on the table.
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