Quote from: StormBringer;556280Well, if that didn't work, I had Snowbird Games' Caribbean! on standby.

While the subject matter is appealing, of course, I'm not much of a computer gamer.

Even more intriguing, however, is Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword. That's one of my favorite novels.

Quote from: John Morrow;555838Don't worry.  Barbie has you covered.

I want to cry.

Okay, I'm curious whether anyone has tried Regime Diabolique.  Every time I stop by one of the local FLGS, I see it there and am tempted.

that barbie thing reminds me of sailor moon :rotfl:

Quote from: beeber;559426that barbie thing reminds me of sailor moon :rotfl:

My youngest daughter caught a glimpse of it over my shoulder and said "Oh, crappity crap crap crap."  

Yeah, I think she's over the Barbie stage.

Quote from: Gib;555948I only watched the first 10 seconds; I died a little inside.

You really must watch the whole thing.  Words cannot express how hilariously, delightfully awful it is.

Rhythmic gymnastics as a fighting style (watch out for the ribbons).  A training montage set to EMF's "Unbelievable".  With a Yoda clone.

Seriously, get friends and booze.  It's an evening well spent.

Quote from: daniel_ream;559437Seriously, get friends and booze.  It's an evening well spent.

Or have some young daughters who beg you to buy them Barbie videos.  Yes, indeed, I actually have that DVD.  Some of them aren't that bad (I watch most of them with them), though I've never sat through much of that particular one and my daughters haven't asked to rewatch that one, which is telling.

Quote from: flyerfan1991;559430Yeah, I think she's over the Barbie stage.

How old is she?  I'd like to know how many more years of that I'm going to have to endure.

Quote from: John Morrow;559475How old is she?  I'd like to know how many more years of that I'm going to have to endure.

She just turned nine, but she also enjoys watching the LOTR trilogy and had a blast watching The Avengers.  She got her geek going last year learning to play MtG, Star Wars d20, and Pathfinder with her older siblings.  As with kids in general, YMMV.

Quote from: Black Vulmea;556340While the subject matter is appealing, of course, I'm not much of a computer gamer.

Even more intriguing, however, is Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword. That's one of my favorite novels.

I've read (somewhere) that the Fire & Sword version isn't as good as Warband, which was the second version. Don't remember the reasoning.

Hint: hereabouts, I've seen Warband for sale at Half Price Books, for less than the download price.

While I'm here, I won't ply you with a dozen games that I've sort-of-read but never played...well, I will agree that a dueling system is a nice feature, and give Swashbuckler a mention in this regard. But another feature that seems particularly suitable to this genre, and which is found in a few games, is some sort of "thematic scenario/random event generation" system. IIRC Flashing Blades has something like this, which lets you progress your character outside of realtime gameplay. Crimson Cutlass has a great set of tables for this, but it's very hard to find.

Quote from: jadrax;555576Lace and Steel has some ok stuff, but I don't really like cards and the background is a bit to focused on weird monster shagging for my tastes.

The thread pretty much covers anything I would have wrote anyway, but dude. A throwaway line about satyrs not always being too picky is excessive focus on weird monster shagging?

Quote from: flyerfan1991;559479She just turned nine, but she also enjoys watching the LOTR trilogy and had a blast watching The Avengers.  She got her geek going last year learning to play MtG, Star Wars d20, and Pathfinder with her older siblings.  As with kids in general, YMMV.

I've been showing them more serious (and better) stuff, including Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra, The Last Unicorn, The Black Cauldron, The Incredibles, and various Miyazaki movies (including Nausicaa and [Laputa] Castle in the Sky, both of which they were fine with).  I'm thinking about trying the Rankin Bass animated The Hobbit next.

Quote from: John Morrow;559487I've been showing them more serious (and better) stuff, including Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra, The Last Unicorn, The Black Cauldron, The Incredibles, and various Miyazaki movies (including Nausicaa and [Laputa] Castle in the Sky, both of which they were fine with).  I'm thinking about trying the Rankin Bass animated The Hobbit next.

Never underestimate the power of The Princess Bride too.

Quote from: flyerfan1991;559488Never underestimate the power of The Princess Bride too.

I actually tried that, and it didn't interest them.  They're pretty opinionated little girls and good about telling me what they like, don't like, and what scares them (which is how they wound up watching Nausicaa, which I was concerned might frighten them).  Maybe it's time to ask again if they have any interest in that.

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