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EternalWinter sent me a copy of Arkham Horror :) I think those are the only two we have.

Arkham Horror is a great way to kill an entire evening. Fun game, but it does take a while to set up and play, especially if you have the supplements.

Munchkin is a great, fun, goofy game that doesn't take too long, so you can get in multiple games in a night. And there's enough pure luck in it that anybody can win if they're paying attention and get decent cards.
 
Arkham Horror is a great way to kill an entire evening. Fun game, but it does take a while to set up and play, especially if you have the supplements.

Munchkin is a great, fun, goofy game that doesn't take too long, so you can get in multiple games in a night. And there's enough pure luck in it that anybody can win if they're paying attention and get decent cards.

I'll have to get a copy of Munchkin. That's what's so fun about Talisman, it's random and very quickly deadly, so you can just start a new character when you want and your odds are probably as good as anybody else's.
 
What is Castle Age like?

I've been with Warcraft since it started on and off and Everquest 2 since it started on and off. Since I work at home on the computer I'm technically able to play while on salary. So that's a lot of characters. I'm an altomaniac and I have 22 WoW chars and 25 EQ2 chars. Gotta have one of each. My husband's playing Neverwinter, he really likes it.

Castle Age is one of those Facebook games. What is nice I can spend my stamina/energy and then return hours later after they refresh. If you PvP it can be a drag as guild battles last 5 hours. I just monster hunt. I do not have 5 hours to spend in guild battles.

I played WoW for two years. I liked PVP but raids is just to time consuming. WoW battlegrounds is fun. I may start playing again but just PvP.
 
I'll have to get a copy of Munchkin. That's what's so fun about Talisman, it's random and very quickly deadly, so you can just start a new character when you want and your odds are probably as good as anybody else's.

Oh, our group has had some epic Talisman games back in the day. Been a while since I've played it, though.
 
Castle Age is one of those Facebook games. What is nice I can spend my stamina/energy and then return hours later after they refresh. If you PvP it can be a drag as guild battles last 5 hours. I just monster hunt. I do not have 5 hours to spend in guild battles.

I played WoW for two years. I liked PVP but raids is just to time consuming. WoW battlegrounds is fun. I may start playing again but just PvP.

Oh! Cool. I did a lot of flash games for a while.

It's funny that Warcraft now has daily farming quests...as a crafting addict I'm able to maintain a farm and literally grow my own metal, leather, cloth...it's a beautiful thing.

I'm pretty much solo. Although Warcraft now has the best game organizing system anywhere and I'm able to just pop into a level 90 raid when I feel like it. They also added "scenarios" at level 90 that are very quick three-person instances.

I'm the only one in my guild now, with my husband in Neverwinter. He'll wander back come next expansion no doubt.
 
Oh, our group has had some epic Talisman games back in the day. Been a while since I've played it, though.

When I get the Prophetess I can almost always win. I can also very effectively intimidate my kids. It's a good deal. In the summers we have a cabin and at family reunions I get a bunch of my nieces to play also.
 
I used to hate tomb raider but the reboot was really fuckin good. So was the last of us.

I'm playing that now, it's my first Tomb Raider game. I get a bit bored with the linear gameplay after a while, but *sigh* I wish I could be Lara Croft in every game I play.

Can't wait to play the Last of Us. I'm hoping to pick up a cheap PS3 when the PS4 comes out.
 
I'm playing that now, it's my first Tomb Raider game. I get a bit bored with the linear gameplay after a while, but *sigh* I wish I could be Lara Croft in every game I play.

Can't wait to play the Last of Us. I'm hoping to pick up a cheap PS3 when the PS4 comes out.

As a real Sony fangirl, I was surprised at how very little use I got out of the PS3. I haven't played a console game in a very long time.

Although I was kinda happy to see that Final Fantasy VII was available now for the computer from Steam.

Our PS3 was a Bluray player for a little while and then I just volunteered it to help crunch numbers for charity projects, then it died and we didn't replace it.
 
As a real Sony fangirl, I was surprised at how very little use I got out of the PS3. I haven't played a console game in a very long time.

Although I was kinda happy to see that Final Fantasy VII was available now for the computer from Steam.

Our PS3 was a Bluray player for a little while and then I just volunteered it to help crunch numbers for charity projects, then it died and we didn't replace it.

What do you play on mostly? PC?
 
What do you play on mostly? PC?

Pretty much, yes. I used to always have to have Sony because I always needed to be able to play the next Final Fantasy. And I always had to have an X-Box because I wanted to play the Morrowind series and Fable.

I think the last console game I played was the original Dragon Age: Origins, then I went and got it on the computer. You can also play Skyrim and get the Fable series on computer too.

My son has a Kinect, but I haven't really done anything with it. At one point we had about three X-Boxes, three Playstation 2's and a Playstation 3. But most things are now released with computer capability and since I work on the computer, it means I've always got to have a computer game.

Though I used to have a PS2 set up on my desk just so I could replay Romance of the Three Kingdoms over and over again. But now that's available on the computer too.
 
How Dragon Age is like Star Trek:

Qunari = Borg - "Fixing your mess is not the demand of the Qun and you should all be grateful!"

Dwarves = Ferengi - "It's a product, there's a demand, you have to sell!"

Elves = Bajoran - "Watch your step, Shemlen!"
 
DA2 spoiler alert:


















The Saarebas that lights himself on fire is one of the most effective and queasy parts of the game.

I mean, short of having your mom's head grafted on scavenged Fereldan parts.
 
Has anyone been keeping up on the upcoming next gen console wars? I've made my decision, PS4 all the way. What's your take on the Xbox One controversy?
 
Has anyone been keeping up on the upcoming next gen console wars? I've made my decision, PS4 all the way. What's your take on the Xbox One controversy?

Catch me up. Other than knowing they're coming out, that's all I know. We do have Wii's and Kinect here.

I'm just not sure the multi-hundred dollar price is justified any more if I'm only going to want to play a few games, and they're probably available in a more moddable customizable computer format.
 
Catch me up. Other than knowing they're coming out, that's all I know. We do have Wii's and Kinect here.

I'm just not sure the multi-hundred dollar price is justified any more if I'm only going to want to play a few games, and they're probably available in a more moddable customizable computer format.

Sony announced the PS 4 would be a games machine, basically the PS 3 just more powerful. Microsoft announced the Xbox One would be a multi media home entertainment system for television as well as games, and that would ship with Kinect and not function unless Kinect was active. That raised some privacy issues because it has a camera that people can spy on you with or something like that.

It would also require a permanent internet connection in order to function. This kicked up a lot of furore... "I don't want to watch tv on my console because I have a data cap." And "What do I do if I don't have a reliable internet connection because of where I live?" Microsoft brilliantly responded to this by saying if you don't have a reliable internet connection where you live then you should move somewhere where there is one.

So a public outcry and an Angry Joe rant later and Microsoft back peddled on everything. Now you don't have to have Kinect on, you don't have to have an internet connection. The whole thing is considered a public relations and marketing disaster.

All Sony had to do to take the lead was say their machine was designed simply to play games on. And that they have redesigned controllers like the Xbox and they've done away with the weird CPU architecture that made it very difficult for developers to program games for.

I have a 360 but I will certainly be switching to Play Station. The only thing that would make me reconsider is if the PS 4 doesn't have enough USB slots. I need three, one to plug in a wired controller, one for my surround sound emulator and one for my flash drive so I can watch all my downloaded internet porns in my room.

Oh and the PS 4 will be cheaper. But Microsoft might still out sell Sony simply because they can out produce them.

I can see why you wouldn't want to get a console if you do most of your gaming on a PC. I was a PC gamer for years and switched to a console because I couldn't justify or afford upgrading it every few months. If I had a grunty PC I could play my Skyrim with mods and finally turn off that infernal auto health regen.

Oh and by the way, are you like on this board 24/7? When do you sleep?
 
Sony announced the PS 4 would be a games machine, basically the PS 3 just more powerful. Microsoft announced the Xbox One would be a multi media home entertainment system for television as well as games, and that would ship with Kinect and not function unless Kinect was active. That raised some privacy issues because it has a camera that people can spy on you with or something like that.

It would also require a permanent internet connection in order to function. This kicked up a lot of furore... "I don't want to watch tv on my console because I have a data cap." And "What do I do if I don't have a reliable internet connection because of where I live?" Microsoft brilliantly responded to this by saying if you don't have a reliable internet connection where you live then you should move somewhere where there is one.

So a public outcry and an Angry Joe rant later and Microsoft back peddled on everything. Now you don't have to have Kinect on, you don't have to have an internet connection. The whole thing is considered a public relations and marketing disaster.

All Sony had to do to take the lead was say their machine was designed simply to play games on. And that they have redesigned controllers like the Xbox and they've done away with the weird CPU architecture that made it very difficult for developers to program games for.

I have a 360 but I will certainly be switching to Play Station. The only thing that would make me reconsider is if the PS 4 doesn't have enough USB slots. I need three, one to plug in a wired controller, one for my surround sound emulator and one for my flash drive so I can watch all my downloaded internet porns in my room.

Oh and the PS 4 will be cheaper. But Microsoft might still out sell Sony simply because they can out produce them.

I can see why you wouldn't want to get a console if you do most of your gaming on a PC. I was a PC gamer for years and switched to a console because I couldn't justify or afford upgrading it every few months. If I had a grunty PC I could play my Skyrim with mods and finally turn off that infernal auto health regen.

Oh and by the way, are you like on this board 24/7? When do you sleep?

Ah! I see. I think this really is an issue of Microsoft, one more time, trying to bundle everything together and make sure nothing functions until everything functions. I'm glad they backed down. They want to push Kinect. But the camera thing is a real privacy concern.

Bioware and Steam have somewhat of the same model. You can't play single player games entirely offline. Dragon Age is an example. And it was disastrous with The Sims, so I hope companies back off on it. I'm sure it's also to help prevent piracy because if you can monitor the game build...you also can't use more than one instance of the game at a time if it blocks connectivity.

I work online and my husband builds my computers, so I'm all set.

I work from 6 am to 2 pm, so I'm on early. But I get to sleep by 9 pm. So not 24/7. I just seem that way! *smoke bomb, coughing*
 
I've mostly been playing Path of Exile in the last couple months. It's a lot like Diablo 2, but skills aren't restricted by class- anybody can use any skill or piece of equipment, given you meet the stat and level requirements.

I don't do the endgame stuff- I have yet to beat merciless difficulty with a single character, but that's mostly because I play solo most of the time so I can go at my own pace, and the game is a lot easier but more hectic with more people. I'm having fun anyway, trying out a bunch of different stuff, even if there's something that eludes me about playing an effective ranged character.
 
I've mostly been playing Path of Exile in the last couple months. It's a lot like Diablo 2, but skills aren't restricted by class- anybody can use any skill or piece of equipment, given you meet the stat and level requirements.

I don't do the endgame stuff- I have yet to beat merciless difficulty with a single character, but that's mostly because I play solo most of the time so I can go at my own pace, and the game is a lot easier but more hectic with more people. I'm having fun anyway, trying out a bunch of different stuff, even if there's something that eludes me about playing an effective ranged character.

Oh Diablo! I seek a soul in search of answers!

...I've played a lot of games.

Yeah, usually for me once a character gets to endgame I stop playing them. Really creative dallies help, but I really don't like just improving gear. I might work on cash or faction (like on Warcraft now) if it means recipes and mounts, etc.

It's interesting how people have natural affinities to certain characters. My husband usually doesn't like pet classes if the pet does most of the damage. Though he REALLY loved being a Necromancer in EQ, because, well...sucking the life out of people is fun.

My husband is phenomenal at PVP and I really get no joy out of it.

I tend to love the classes where a pet can do all the damage. That means I can go AFK and multitask.
 
Oooh. I just got the Unstoppable Achievement. Spend a year in Kirkwall without anybody in my group going unconscious. I'm just that awesome.

Who knew that roleplaying the fact that I don't tolerate mages would be so lucrative. I'm also rich because I'm a complete asshole and demand coin for everything.
 
My husband has a beta invitation to Final Fantasy XIV this weekend. Looks like I'm going to be watching over his shoulder.
 
I've mostly been playing Path of Exile in the last couple months. It's a lot like Diablo 2, but skills aren't restricted by class- anybody can use any skill or piece of equipment, given you meet the stat and level requirements.

I don't do the endgame stuff- I have yet to beat merciless difficulty with a single character, but that's mostly because I play solo most of the time so I can go at my own pace, and the game is a lot easier but more hectic with more people. I'm having fun anyway, trying out a bunch of different stuff, even if there's something that eludes me about playing an effective ranged character.

Is there a story and quests, or is it pretty much all hack n slash?
 
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