truly 'other games'

[Urban Ranger]

I didn't know White has creature generators... could be in the newer expansions that I don't have.

I was also toying with the idea of deck/hand destruction decks, something along the lines of 4 millstones and 4 vex machina (sp?). However this can easily be killed by just one blue card.

[Shadowstrike]

White has Sacred Mesa, which has the advantage of generating as many creatures as you can pay for. Then, there's always Phyrexian Processor (the all powerful) which generates x/x tokens depending on how much life you payed. Pay 10 life and start cranking them 10/10s out on turn 5.

[Urban Ranger]

What expansions do these cards come in?

[self biased]

look, i didn't want this to be a magic discussion. what about board games, or miniature games, huh?

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[Urban Ranger]

What's your problem?

Drink Maker is a variant of King Maker we used to play. The rules are exactly the same with these additions:

[*]Drink when there's a peasant revolt.[*]Chug when the king or a heir dies.[/list]

There's always Cosmic Encounter. It is sheer chaos when you have 5 or more players with 4 or more powers each.

[Lord Silvi]

I played lots of boardgames - Conflict Simulations. Publishers like Avalon Hill, SPI, GDW ...
The games I played most were: Civilization, OGRE (Steve Jackson Games), Imperium (GDW), Napoleons last Battles (SPI) and I loved the "Great Battles of the American Civil War" Series (SPI).
And last not least "Imperial Governor" (The Games People play)
I am a CoSim-Vet.

[Father Beast]

Personally, I'm fairly mundane. A bit of Milles Bornes with the wife on quiet nights. 3 player MB is so cutthroat though, it's a miracle if anyone ever finishes a race.

The whole family plays clue so much we bought some of those cereal boxes with the CD for computer clue inside. Couldn't stand it, though. Clue in hot seat play is a disaster area

Board games like life, Scrabble, Careers, Trivial pursuit, etc.

Card games like MIlles Bornes, Skip-bo, Uno, Phase 10.
You get the picture.

[Scouse Gits]

Me - I'm just a fanatical game player - most of those mentioned above have captured me at one time or another, but I must admit that M:TG is one that mpassed me by. I guess - seeing as it still consumes two evenings a week I must admit to Bridge as my other game of choice, but I play a mean game of Crib, pretend that I can play Chess and Go - can't get the hang of brat daughter's N64 games and therefore die frequently and messily - and adore all forms of RPG.

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[Mr Dimbleby]

quote: Originally posted by self biased on 08-14-2000 10:54 PM does anyone here play other games as in non-computer games? like board games, or collectable card games... or minitatures games? i myself have just recently gotten back into legend of the five rings, and epic card game set in a feudal japan type place. also, i have a sizeable Dark Angels force for warhammer 40k. to give an idea of exactly how big, i have recently fielded 3 land raiders. and the terminators to go in them.

I am trying to get back into wargaming, the kind made by AH, Victory Games, SPI, etc.

I have a number of Civil War & Modern Warfare games, I even have a couple of WWII games. Recently I have started acquire the out of print games through E-bay.


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[Urban Ranger]

Anybody plays Cosmic Encounter? It's a riot when you have a bunch of people, esp when slightly tipsy. You have never played it until you have tried a game with the full 9 expansion sets, but these are quite rare these days.

It simply is chaotic

[John D Ward]

I play Chess in my local league, the West Wales Chess League. I'm not much good, I still get beaten by bright ten year olds, but I play because I enjoy it. My current ELO grading is 1141. I reached 1405 once in 1994-95, but I was never really that good. The previous year had given me phenomenal results against very weak opponents, and the grading calculation didn;t take full account of how weak my opponents were.

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[MidKnight Lament]

Risk! Risk all the way!

- MKL

[ColdWizard]

I used to play Boot Hill, Victory in the Pacific, War at Sea, King Maker, Statego, Midway, and Risk fairly often.

I still play AD&D and Monopoly when I get a chance.

[Jaakko]

Well, if you want to talk about miniatures, then I'm your man. I play GW's games, a bunch of historicals and miscellaneous other sci-fi and fantasy stuff.
I also build and paint non-gaming models.

Currently I'm working on Ork Speed Freeks for 40k, 28mm Sassanid Persians for WAB (damn GB forgot my order so it had to be re-sent though ! ) and a Warmaster Dwarf army.

I'm also eagerly awaiting for Warhammer Fantasy 6th ed., and I sincerely hope it hasn't been botched up like 40k 3rd ed.

[Urban Ranger]

Miniatures are great to look at if painted well. Alas, I have never got the hang of it.