Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by AsenRG

Happy Easter!
И освен това, Христос Воскресе!

OK, I laughed at the quote at first.
Then I stopped and thought...
Then I laughed some more at the examples I'd just remembered.

Ви благодарам. Навистина воскресна!

My response to the quote from Bren was exactly the same as yours

Shemek

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Last time I spent a wad was when WoTC came out with the "Star Wars Spaceship Game" with some really nice, but expensive, miniatures.

I knew they were "collectible" miniatures (an idea I hate) but they were still nice Star Wars spaceships. So one day over at Chez Thornley four of us, all long-time miniatures gamers, sat down for a game.

Worst excuse for a rule set I ever saw. Range didn't matter, maneuver didn't matter, and there was only one ship in something like six sets I bought where facing mattered. The combat system was "Roll this number (usually 14 to 16) on a d20." Your ship had a bonus of +2 or +3, usually.

In other words, the entire game system was "Roll high numbers on a d20."

After about an hour I actually said, "Is it just my imagination, or does "tactics" in this game amount to "roll big numbers?" " My compatriots agreed unanimously.

Haven't bought any gaming stuff since.

I have never heard of this game, but Star Wars: X-Wing, and Star Trek: Attack Wing, both by Wiz Kids, are quite good. They're the closest I get to actual miniature wargaming these days, and the minis are pre-painted and pretty detailed. Really good beer and pretzel games IMO, but still not as fun as Battletech. Those old lead miniatures sure fly when you give them a little help .

Shemek

Originally Posted by AsenRG

... after all, Edmonton might be closer to some of you than some place in Austin

35 hours of driving to Edmonton; 22.5 hours driving to Austin...Austin is closer. Not close. But closer.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Miniatures were a very different story, but that was because of the very intense marketing effort and the very low barriers to having product.

Plus the miniatures were cool looking. I modified one for a favored PC in Glorantha and often have fun pulling out my squad of Ssu. They've occasionally substituted as centaurs in a Mythic Greek game and most recently one was used as a multi-armed bartender in my Star Wars campaign.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

(I don't really disagree with the theology of the filioque, but the council that added it was not ecumenical in any meaningful sense.)

Separation in the Church is a wound in the body of Christ.

Zounds that's terrible.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

I remember that thing. You can't MAKE stuff like that up. And against non-metal-armored targets it would have been very, very nasty.

And since most of the people in that part of the world didn't have armor - well, metal armor, although leather was unusual - it made sense. He had some really weird stuff, he did...

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

Chirine,

A good weekend is a wondrous thing. We finally got some nice weather up here yesterday and I was able to cut the grass, to take a good look at the yard and see what's the damage from the winter, and what's needed to get it it up to speed. The Spring just won't come this year. Today barely reached 11, and it was a rainy, misty, damp cold day. Terrible day to grill, unless you have a steady supply of wine and beer on hand of course.
Stay the course. I for one find this thread great. Where else can you get TWO great contemporary sources? If you are willing to keep providing the answers, I am willing to keep asking the questions! I know that I am not the only one on this thread that feels this way.

Shemek

Thank you for the vote of confidence! I keep trying to be useful, that's all.

Great weather here, today; got out on a little excursion and got groceries bought. Very quiet, and that's the way I like it.

Well, take care of yourself, nobody else is going to. Glad it's been a good weekend for you. Keep drinking water; I think "enough sleep" and "enough water" are probably the two greatest health care shortages in US society today.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Last time I spent a wad was when WoTC came out with the "Star Wars Spaceship Game" with some really nice, but expensive, miniatures.

I knew they were "collectible" miniatures (an idea I hate) but they were still nice Star Wars spaceships. So one day over at Chez Thornley four of us, all long-time miniatures gamers, sat down for a game.

Worst excuse for a rule set I ever saw. Range didn't matter, maneuver didn't matter, and there was only one ship in something like six sets I bought where facing mattered. The combat system was "Roll this number (usually 14 to 16) on a d20." Your ship had a bonus of +2 or +3, usually.

In other words, the entire game system was "Roll high numbers on a d20."

After about an hour I actually said, "Is it just my imagination, or does "tactics" in this game amount to "roll big numbers?" " My compatriots agreed unanimously.

Haven't bought any gaming stuff since.

'Scuse me while me eyes bulge out. No ranges, no maneuvers, no facing? And this is a 'miniatures game'?

I have come to hate 'collectable', 'premium', and other such marketing hype words. just sell me the bleeding figure, will you?

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

Today was wonderful, even though I drank too much wine and beer, ate too many kebobs, and had too much pecan pie (my all time favourite pie, right up there with apple pie), and scoffed one too many baclavas. It's only once a year that I eat too much, well actually twice if you include Christmas. She who must be feared was not impressed. Fortunately I'm not working tomorrow (rank doth have its privileges and all that rot) so I can finish off that last bottle of wine that is looking at me so mournfully as I type this reply. Ahh, one more dead soldier.

Shemek

And what else are holidays for, if I may ask...