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Games you want other people to like...

Started by Silverlion, April 30, 2011, 01:45:44 AM

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two_fishes

#15
April 30, 2011, 11:12:07 AM
Storming the Wizard's Tower: more people need to pester V. Baker to finish it.

Prime Time Adventures.

The Butcher

#16
April 30, 2011, 11:33:26 AM
My players are fairly receptive and will give almost anything a shot.

Nonetheless, I wish my usual group had warmed up to Traveller (Mongoose, to be precise). As it was, reactions were mixed, but even those who liked it weren't as psyched as I was.

Akrasia

#17
April 30, 2011, 03:06:56 PM
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Tetsubo

#18
May 01, 2011, 02:00:20 AM
Quote from: Ladril;454677Many come to mind, but to name just one:

Tales of Gargentihr

http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/52974/tales-of-gargentihr

First I have ever heard of this game. It doesn't seem to be readily available though.

arminius

#19
May 01, 2011, 02:13:17 AM
Quote from: Tetsubo;454843First I have ever heard of this game. It doesn't seem to be readily available though.

There are a couple copies on Amazon quite cheap.

danbuter

#20
May 01, 2011, 02:23:10 PM
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jeff37923

#21
May 01, 2011, 02:43:22 PM
Traveller, any version.

I keep running into the "But it uses maths and maths are hard!" excuse to not wanting to even try it.
"Meh."

Cole

#22
May 01, 2011, 02:45:07 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;454910Traveller, any version.

I keep running into the "But it uses maths and maths are hard!" excuse to not wanting to try it.

Traveller is one of the most obvious lacunae in my gaming experience, but, even putting the difficulty of the math aside, doesn't only one person in the party really even need to know it?
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jeff37923

#23
May 01, 2011, 02:46:19 PM
Quote from: Cole;454911Traveller is one of the most obvious lacunae in my gaming experience, but, even putting the difficulty of the math aside, doesn't only one person in the party really even need to know it?

Yup. Only the Referee, and even then there are tables with all of the common instances solved for you to use.
"Meh."

Peregrin

#24
May 01, 2011, 05:12:31 PM
But...don't you just plug in numbers for the equations in Traveller?  I thought most of it was just basic algebra or simple vector addition (and the latter can be done graphically with some string)?

I mean it's not like anything involves matrices or 3-dimensional vectors (at least that I'm aware of).
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#25
May 01, 2011, 06:13:55 PM
I'd love to see people play any version of Traveller in my area, even though I've never played it myself. I've been wanting to try it ever since Mongoose's version of it was released.

Burning Wheel is another one I'd like to see get more playtime. I played it twice at a FLGS Gameday a couple of years back, once as BW and the other as Burning Empires (I definitely prefer the former), and became intrigued.
 

3rik

#26
May 01, 2011, 06:25:10 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;454910Traveller, any version.

I keep running into the "But it uses maths and maths are hard!" excuse to not wanting to even try it.
I don't think Traveller is that mathy really, is it? There's just lots of tables.
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jeff37923

#27
May 01, 2011, 07:32:40 PM
Quote from: Peregrin;454923But...don't you just plug in numbers for the equations in Traveller?  I thought most of it was just basic algebra or simple vector addition (and the latter can be done graphically with some string)?

I mean it's not like anything involves matrices or 3-dimensional vectors (at least that I'm aware of).

Quote from: HombreLoboDomesticado;454936I don't think Traveller is that mathy really, is it? There's just lots of tables.

It really isn't that bad. The only equations you had to use are simple algebra that I as a 12 year old could do. They even give examples of how to solve them. No calculus, matrices, or 3-D vector addition.


Quote from: Pete;454931I'd love to see people play any version of Traveller in my area, even though I've never played it myself. I've been wanting to try it ever since Mongoose's version of it was released.

It is an elegant system that is a lot of fun, IMHO. Problem is that it has been around in various incarnations for over 30 years, and has the accumulated urban myths to show for it. Just look up the claim that "Traveller is the game in which you can die during character generation."
"Meh."

stu2000

#28
May 01, 2011, 08:47:09 PM
There are a bunch of games I'd love to see get mre play, but the one I really enjoy and have struggled to get people to play is Metal, Magic, and Lore. Even among people who like this sort of game, it seems hard to get the fire lit. Maybe I'm just not as persuasive as I used to be.
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#29
May 01, 2011, 10:46:18 PM
I really wish more horror fans played Kult (second edition specifically). I've always wanted to see more Aberrant and Harn get played, too. I would like it if a local con or shop hosted a one-shot Nobilis game, too, since I've always wanted to try it out.

Trail of Cthulhu should be a lot more popular amongst Lovecraft fans, too. I've still not had the chance to play it, and I'd love to. It might be the fact that my GM is diametrically opposed to me (he's a Lumley fan, I'm a Lovecraft purist), but I've grown increasingly burned out on Call of Cthulhu in recent years (could be the fact that I work on weird fiction professionally, though).

And yeah, I wish more gamers knew about Over the Edge.
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