Miller, Chris wrote:
> Let's see, there's Star Fleet Battles (which can use miniatures, and
> we all have miniatures for it), Battletech (which we all have minis for
> and just can';t stand to play without), ASL (also can use minis), Axis &
> Allies (which uses tons of plastic figures), or even Risk (plastic army
> markers).
I'm definitely moving towards an interest in simpler games. I recommend
Full Thrust as a simple spaceship game that is a lot of fun. I haven't
played recently, but I hope that will be one of the alternate games
around here.
> I begin to see a trend here...
> The only non-mini using games we play on anything approaching a
> regular basis are : Kings & Things (great game)
I'd like to try this, but it isn't very available.
> The Awful Green Things from Outer Space
This one I like. Have you tried Wiz War? That may be my very favorite
game. It is also very light, very funny, plays well with 2 to 6
players. Well, with 6 it got a little slow. It is quick, so you can
play several games. That's good, because games can be very different,
sometimes over in a few really good attacks, sometimes some great
movement spells, and sometimes long and drawn out as each side counters
with some incredible combination of cards.
> Greyhawk Wars
I've never known too much about *D&D, but I did get this game for $3
from Kaybee Toys. I only played it once.
We are possibly about to have a "group" here soon. Before I moved to
Massachusetts, I mostly played one friend I knew from work. (Though
Aaron Teske came by once with his Squats.) Here, I've played against
Elias twice and once against someone else in the area. This Saturday,
we've got 4 people coming for an Eldar&Space Marine vs Ork battle.
Although I'm hoping this will turn into a way for me to actually play
this game a bit more than I have in the past, I'm also hoping to get a
group of people willing to try a few other things. That means I'll have
to try some stuff, too, even the more complicated things people want to
try. Fair's fair. :-)
I'd think that it would be good to switch games every now and then. It
occurs to me, however, that to play a game a couple of times, I'll
either have to start playing a lot more often, or really limit which
games I'm going to try. I'll never play all the games I have! Maybe I
should take Blood Bowl off my birthday list . I want to try Full Thrust
(GZG space minis game), Dirtside II (just to compare--I'm not sure it
offers me more of what I want, though I'm interested in the activation
system), Blood Bowl, Stargrunt II (still on order, still planning to
save bucks by playing with epic minis). I want to do some roleplaying
with my wife and kids (I feel like you need some continuity roleplaying,
and they're the only people I can meet regularly enough with to do it),
and keep playing various board games I've got. There's just not enough
time! And I can't play every Saturday, or my family will feel (rightly)
slighted.
andy
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Andy Skinner
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Received on Thu Feb 19 1998 - 16:44:17 UTC