WTF, Jeff Rients edition?: What is Ironhedge?

Settembrini · August 03, 2007, 02:44:37 AM

Anyone ever saw or played this game?

Dirk Remmecke · August 03, 2007, 04:11:07 AM

Quote from: SettembriniAnyone ever saw or played this game?

I believe I have read a review in the good old Dragon, back when it still had reviews. I don't own the Dragon Archive CD-ROM so I cannot check that...

Settembrini · August 03, 2007, 04:17:26 AM

Uh, I have it here on loan. How do I search for that?

Dirk Remmecke · August 03, 2007, 04:23:08 AM

Quote from: SettembriniUh, I have it here on loan. How do I search for that?

I tried it once, back when it appeared. But I remember that I was able do do a search only minutes after installing the thing. Must have been pretty intuitive.

Melan · August 03, 2007, 04:57:25 AM

This looks like... games that look awesome, but really aren't. So look, but don't touch.

Silverlion · August 03, 2007, 06:54:10 AM

I owned it it was about a 3x5 sized booklet with really tiny print, and highly derivative. It begins with an odd out of context quote from the Bible (Genesis, about giants and heroes..), and isn't really much to talk about. Ironhedge was the only one to come out that I recall. (I could just be blocking the others from memory though..)

Abyssal Maw · August 03, 2007, 07:53:57 AM

I love the pixel art aesthetic of the brochure, but then again, I just love pixel art.

--all by me.

jrients · August 03, 2007, 08:36:07 AM

I wouldn't touch that product line with a ten foot pole. I have a reliable report (though it would take me a bit to dig up the source) that Ganghedge is chock full of awful bigotry. IIRC one example given was a wandering encounter chart with "faggots" as a possible result.

Nice art, Maw.

Zachary The First · August 03, 2007, 08:44:49 AM

Quote from: jrientsI wouldn't touch that product line with a ten foot pole. I have a reliable report (though it would take me a bit to dig up the source) that Ganghedge is chock full of awful bigotry. IIRC one example given was a wandering encounter chart with "faggots" as a possible result.

Nice art, Maw.

I like that Ganghedge has "radicals" as a character!

"You rolled up a college socialist! Your starting equipment includes a Che Guevara t-shirt and a VW your daddy bought for you!"

Seriously, though, that add looks like a print screen from an Apple IIe.

flyingmice · August 03, 2007, 08:57:00 AM

Love the pics, AM! Awesome! Especially that cute lil' devil gal!

-clash

Ian Absentia · August 03, 2007, 08:59:58 AM

Oh, there are just too many delightful things about that advertisement. Like the pixel art female orc/goblin/whatever, where they went to such effort to emphasise not only pixel-breasts, but pixel-nipples. Or the bold assertion that these games will provide you with "Years/Months of Fun."

"Dude, you are in for years of fun with this game. Well, okay, maybe only months."

!i!

The Yann Waters · August 03, 2007, 09:07:34 AM

Quote from: jrientsI wouldn't touch that product line with a ten foot pole. I have a reliable report (though it would take me a bit to dig up the source) that Ganghedge is chock full of awful bigotry. IIRC one example given was a wandering encounter chart with "faggots" as a possible result.

Over at RPGnet, E.T. Smith once described them like this: "The -Hedge games were the NRA lovin' 'damn the Feds' backwoods libertarian/socialist rants. Why the guy chose to express his views through a trio of pocket-sized rpg's (IronHedge, StarHedge, GangHedge), I've no idea."

Zachary The First · August 03, 2007, 09:07:43 AM

Do you think that troll/barbarian next to Nipple Girl feels sorta unmanly with the pink sword whenever he and his tribe get ready for a raid? Hell, if it's a +2, maybe he doesn't care. Or perhaps it has been stained uniformly pink with the blood of his enemies.

Melan · August 03, 2007, 12:39:11 PM

Quote from: Abyssal MawI love the pixel art aesthetic of the brochure, but then again, I just love pixel art.

So do I, so thanks for sharing. I am especially into the early 90s (Amiga?) crystals&chrome look, seen especially well in Transarctica and other Silmarils games (also known for beautiful black cardboard boxes, which I have used for a long time to store minis and random gamer crap).

Pseudoephedrine · August 03, 2007, 12:48:26 PM

"Find the Dragon Lair
A True Life Adventure!"

The more I hear about these games, the more hilariously awesome they seem.

"Hah! I rolled a ten. You encounter a pack of fags!"
"Er, I smoke one and pocket the rest."