The Doctor Posted March 18, 2005 Posted March 18, 2005 I'm still the primary game player in our house. My wife's MS has effected her hand-eye coordination to the point that most computer games aren't fun anymore, and our kids are horses and cats. I was a huge Tempest player, back in the day. And, like Fancy, I still love pinball. There's just something about the fact that there's a real ball hitting real flippers. Call me an old fogey. That's OK. Yo ho ho! Or does nobody actually say that?
lady snow Posted March 19, 2005 Posted March 19, 2005 over on my ren faire site, we're batting around an idea for developing a renfaire game. don't have anything yet, just in the brainstorm phase yet, but if it should come to anything, i'll let you know. ~snow with faith, trust and pixiedust, everything is possible if it be tourist season, why can't we shoot them? IWG #3057 - Local 9 emmf steel rose player - bella donna, 2005 improv cast member and dance instructor - fort tryon medieval festival lady neige - midsummer renaissance faire
Patrick Hand Posted March 19, 2005 Author Posted March 19, 2005 over on my ren faire site, we're batting around an idea for developing a renfaire game COOL.... renie pinball...... "BONK"...."BONK"......" POiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnng"
Patrick Hand Posted March 24, 2005 Author Posted March 24, 2005 The thing that I miss... not a computer game, but Role-playing games..... (I liked Rune Quest and Traveller ) haven't played one in about 20 years......
Mission Posted March 24, 2005 Posted March 24, 2005 While I don't miss Role Playing games, I sure liked to plan them out. I was the default Dungeon Master because I so enjoyed setting adventures up. I created a whole story arc for a group... I wrote up one of the adventures in publishable form - it was set in a castle overrun with gremlins and the undead (I even created the gremlin monster complete with line art, stats and behavior patterns). Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
Captain Jacob Badger Posted March 24, 2005 Posted March 24, 2005 I still do table top rp...and live rp when i can....but the playstations my main game flavour......kickin' arse on Gran turismo 4 at present..also likes playin' 'black Kat' ...just fer the sea battles....aye! Yes, it be pointy…..and ye be at the wrong side o’ it.
Rummy3 Posted March 24, 2005 Posted March 24, 2005 Snow: I still like pinball there's one at the pizza place we frequent, and I would play more if my boys (including hubby) would let me! I'm a Pinball Player meself. Pays to be Irish - fer I rely on luck for the free games~
Diego Santana de la Vega Posted March 24, 2005 Posted March 24, 2005 Darts be as old as the centuries of the need, be they not? Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a knife in your back.
Patrick Hand Posted March 29, 2005 Author Posted March 29, 2005 I was the default Dungeon Master because I so enjoyed setting adventures up I've spent more time writing a Traveler computer program (ok ... in BASIC) than I've played .... Now I only have part of it.... lost most of it when my last pewter died..... dang .... it was a cool program..... generated the main star ( and secondary if present) and all the planets and thier satalites in a system..... I was then going to fix it so with "cut and Paste" it would write a web page of the system... so I could do "stellar cartography" in HTML format...... jump links and all......
Patrick Hand Posted March 29, 2005 Author Posted March 29, 2005 OH YAH.... I wrote a basic Program that creates pyrate characters for a game that I was writing...... (using an unregistered version of Liberty Basic.... gotta send them thier $39.00 one of these days....) The Pyrate game, (what I have blocked out) is very simple, and fast.... I've set-up an "Aftermath" game.... (a character with a shotgun, turns and fires down a hallway.... half an hour later, I got very acurate results..... but that wasn't worth the effort.....) I'm using the "handfull of D6" for results .... makes it more fun to play, and everyone has D6...... Basicly..... playability over reality..... quick results, and fast play......
Diego Santana de la Vega Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 of course there is always Risk to fall back on! I would play Risk on line if there were a place to challenge others at one table, like texas hold-em! Oh! OOOPS! I play alot of texas hold-em on line toooo.... Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a knife in your back.
Rumba Rue Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 My absolute favorite game is Uno. Anyone care to come to my place for a rollicking good game? Rumba Rue
lady snow Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 if we weren't on opposite coasts, i'd be over there in a heartbeat. way back when (in the old days before children) a bunch of used to play hazy crates with double deck of cards and teams. had a blast. snce uno made the scene, no one plays crazy eights anymore. used to play pinochle and canasta all the time too. sometimes i really miss those days. and it will be a sad day when all the pinball machines vanish from arcades and other places. i have extreme pinball on playstation, but it just isn't the same. you need the hands on control on the real thing. ~snow with faith, trust and pixiedust, everything is possible if it be tourist season, why can't we shoot them? IWG #3057 - Local 9 emmf steel rose player - bella donna, 2005 improv cast member and dance instructor - fort tryon medieval festival lady neige - midsummer renaissance faire
Mission Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 My absolute favorite game is Uno. Anyone care to come to my place for a rollicking good game? Uno is a fine game for campouts. (Of course, when I camped, we used to play AD&D...) I always liked Mille Bornes a little better than Uno, though. It has more strategy to it. And it has vehicles on the cards. Risk is a great board game. I loved to play Risk when I was a kid. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
Fancy Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 my hubby and friends used to play risk on a regular basis, leaving games set up for as long as it took... but that was before kids (but still, they aren't that bad, mission) I liked Pictionary, because I can draw adequately, and lately I've been liking hearts. even my kids can play that, well, not my 4yo, but she thinks she can... she can play dominos, tho :) we all enjoy uno a lot too! Fancy
Mission Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 but that was before kids (but still, they aren't that bad, mission) Now hold on a second...I don't think I ever said kids were bad (well, they're not always bad, only sometimes). [Er, this is from an email conversation, folks.] I believe said they're not what I want in my life. Kids add elements C&D to your life... chaos and drama. Don't need 'em, don't want 'em. _______________ "I'm a quiet living man, who prefers to spend the evening in the silence of his room, who likes an atmosphere as restful as an undiscovered tomb, A pensive man am I, of philosophical joys, who likes to meditate, contemplate, far for humanities mad inhuman noise, A quiet living man..." -the wise Professor Higgins Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
Fancy Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 Duh!.... I remember.. i was teasing you. I do that, you know... hon If you thought they were really bad, I doubt you'd even let your namesake visit you. Spoil him, send him home with his C&D, right? That is one thing you're right about, kids do bring a certain amount of C&D to one's life, but also a lot of L. You know, there are many things that can bring elements of C&D to one's life.... Fancy
Diego Santana de la Vega Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 "STRATEGO" That was a game there kids! Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a knife in your back.
Patrick Hand Posted March 31, 2005 Author Posted March 31, 2005 I liked Pictionary, because I can draw adequately They wont let me play Pictionary anymore..... I think it has something to do with being a cartoonist.... I can draw realy fast and well.....
Fancy Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 I can draw realy fast and well..... hmm... really.... I'm not that good... at drawing... but I draw well enough that when we played in teams, I was always the chosen draw-er. I think you'd be really fun to play Pictionary with. Fancy
Diego Santana de la Vega Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 My major was art all the way through school at seventeen my draft number came up 37 I changed my major to theology I wasn't drafted (thank God) not that I am not proud of every man and woman who served our country and fought in Viet Nam I hold their patriotism closest to my heart. I am just not a gun carrier and if I could have written the words to create a more peaceful time in our history I would have. I liked pictionary though! I like hangman when i'm sittin in airports too! Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a knife in your back.
Patrick Hand Posted April 1, 2005 Author Posted April 1, 2005 I think you'd be really fun to play Pictionary with. Fancy... I'm fun to play all kinds of games with... (Bad Patrick...Bad... ) Sorry...... One time, I got typewritter (easy)... but the team I was on didn't let me finish the drawing.... rats... they guessed it to quickly...... Famine was kinda tricky..... drew a bunch of potbellied starving kids with empty plates, and farms from the "dust bowl" in the background..... the group got that one also..... Like I typed..... they wont let me play anymore.......
Fancy Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 Hmmm... I like all kinds of games... It always griped me a bit when I couldn't finish a picture, I mean, you get a good idea of what to draw, and 10 seconds into it they're yelling out the answer... Fancy
Rogue Mermaid Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 Uno is a fine game for campouts. (Of course, when I camped, we used to play AD&D...) D&D rules. Whoops, did I say that outloud?
Mission Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 There are still folks out there playing? All my fellow AD&D campaigners married, moved away or became socialists. *Sigh* Now the big thing in this realm seems to be minitures gaming or card games. I don't much care for them. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
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