bucsfan333 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Dnd is quite fun if you get the right people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 On 5/10/2020 at 2:32 AM, bucsfan333 said: Dnd is quite fun if you get the right people. Agreed, and even at a distance it works well. I'm running for three people on Zoom and it's been a lot of fun even only being two sessions in. The first session was unique, had them at level 0, so they sucked at everything, but there was a Tower that gave them their powers that they had to complete some challenges in. Now they've joined a school of Dark Arts and Assassination, because of course players would pick that option, and we spent a whole session just on role play with them trying to figure out who might be a spy in their class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBURGE Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) Do you guys play stuff on Boardgame Simulator? I just got it and find the controls so clunky Edited May 11, 2020 by JBURGE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 9 minutes ago, JBURGE said: Do you guys play stuff on Boardgame Simulator? I just got it and find the controls so clunky I've done TableTop Simulator. I thought it was a bit clunky, but the ones that have scripted mods work better, anything where they just put up the game pieces/images but didn't script it to do some set-up/clean-up for you, it takes a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucsfan333 Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 It seems pricey, but Matt Colville walks through why Fantasy Grounds is pretty dope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBURGE Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 54 minutes ago, The Gnat said: 1 hour ago, JBURGE said: Do you guys play stuff on Boardgame Simulator? I just got it and find the controls so clunky I've done TableTop Simulator. I thought it was a bit clunky, but the ones that have scripted mods work better, anything where they just put up the game pieces/images but didn't script it to do some set-up/clean-up for you, it takes a long time. Oops, I meant tabletop simulator. I didn't know they had ones that had scripts! The only one that I played that did was a mini golf one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 I'm going to try playing Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game tonight via Zoom with some friends. It should work pretty well, we'll just all have to keep notes, but it's 100% cooperative, and we can go back and look at previous information that we've gathered. I'm curious about it, because it's supposed to be an in depth detective game, each case is only 35 cards, but should take about 3 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 This is a Kickstarter that definitely has my interest, but will it get my money. I like the Viking theme and the horror theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game worked quite well via Zoom last night. We didn't do great on the case, went down a rabbit trail for a little bit at one point, but overall thought the game as a ton of fun. I think it'd be a bit easier in person, but definitely one that isn't bad online. The first case took about 3 hours to get through, and that's with it having 35 cards of which we saw 23 of them, but time went by so quickly. The story is very rich and engaging and you always feel like you're learning more, and while we could guess at parts of the story pretty early on, getting the details of it was a lot of fun. Definitely recommend it for a cooperative deduction and mystery game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucsfan333 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 20 hours ago, The Gnat said: This is a Kickstarter that definitely has my interest, but will it get my money. I like the Viking theme and the horror theme. Looks pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 D&D was good last night. Got in a little more role play and roll play. They got to do some combat for the first time with having a level, was 4 on 3 because they'd antagonized their fourth into wanting to leave their group, and it was their chance to be able to pick. It was close, but in the end they fell in combat. But definitely some interesting things being set-up that came out of it, and while I'd scripted the session to as how I thought it was going to go, I wasn't disappointed when it generally did go that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 GenCon is now officially cancelled. No surprise there, was just a matter of time. I guess that means I'll back a few more Kickstarters this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Just ordered this game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrplChilPill Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 On 5/11/2020 at 8:20 AM, bucsfan333 said: It seems pricey, but Matt Colville walks through why Fantasy Grounds is pretty dope. I like it a lot, but no longer have a license. We are using Roll20, but The Foundry releases next week, I may try that for $50...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 I'm through three cases of Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, and if you want to feel like you're in a cop show, it's a great simulation of that. A case can really only be played once and takes 3 hours, but they are amazing thematic experiences, and they do a good job of changing up what you're doing, but creating a fairly coherent story throughout all of the cases. Definitely a good time, and with a little work, one that anyone could play with people over Skype/Zoom/Hangouts right now if you wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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