Confession

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:13 pm

I'm seriously considering running a solo game for myself (haven't done any meatspace gaming in a while due to scheduling difficulties and kinda miss it). Any advice on doing this sort of thing?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:51 pm

Lone Wolf. Start with book one.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:58 pm

Hmm... hadn't considered gamebooks. Thanks.

Huh, quite a few seem to be available for free, legally.

Concise Locket · Post by **Concise Locket** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:05 pm

fbmf wrote:
Count Arioch the 28th wrote:I don't think Anime is all that great. Also, not a Dr. Who fan.
Me neither, but my wife is a fan of both. She will sometimes recycle anime plots when she GMs for me because she knows I won't have a clue.

As opposed to chick flicks, she makes me watch the weeping angel episodes with her because they scare her.

Game On,
fbmf

I don't like anime either.

Well, that's not true. I like Akira and Ghost in the Shell, but that's more a genre thing.

I used to like Dr. Who and stopped when I realized the show was zero-stakes. Here's an interesting plot rule about time travel whoops just kidding.

JonSetanta · Post by **JonSetanta** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:58 am

It took me 15 years to get around to beating Final Fantasy Tactics.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:01 am

I finally caved in and bought a sword.

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:04 am

Ancient History wrote:I finally caved in and bought a sword.

What kind?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:08 am

Model 1914 US Cavalry sword - the last issued cavalry sword for US forces, designed by Patton after studying with the French Master of Arms in Europe. This one is a rather well-preserved 1918 issue from the Springfield Armory.

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:55 am

Ah, good choice. You have taste and understand quality.

A lot of people I know, when they say that they've bought a sword, mean crappy pakistan made stainless steel katana with fake gold fittings and a made in pakistan stamp.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:57 am

Nah. I didn't want a piece of crap or a wallhanger.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:24 pm

What does one exactly do with a real sword? Slice meatstuffs? Fillet the mailman?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:13 pm

Solo fencing exercises. Less annoying than calisthenics.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:42 pm

Makes fence.

TOZ · Post by **TOZ** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:29 pm

radthemad4 wrote:Hmm... hadn't considered gamebooks. Thanks.

Huh, quite a few seem to be available for free, legally.

If you're willing to spend the money, there is a German publisher rereleasing the series in updated hardbacks. They are very pretty books, but understandably pricy for it.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:36 pm

The director's cuts of the first two books (esp. book 1) are well worth it.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:04 pm

Shrapnel wrote:Makes fence.

OW OW OW

DAMMIT SHRAPNEL

MY EYES

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:28 pm

I can't afford to spend much at the moment, but I'm pretty happy with the free version. Being able to play it in a browser with clickable links is quite convenient. I downloaded the website version of the first book on my laptop (so I can even play it when not in wifi zones) and got some good use out of it.

Since this is a confession thread... I 'rolled' 10s on starting Combat Skill and Endurance, often chose from a list of outcomes I'm supposed to roll for, ignored inventory limits and save scummed like crazy...

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:29 pm

sigma999 wrote:It took me 15 years to get around to beating Final Fantasy Tactics.

I never played it again. I got tired of having to save every time I moved somewhere because the random encounters would beat the living crap out of me even though I was slaughtering the story missions (except for the few missions where you have to protect an NPC and it walks up to the baddies and hits them with a stick on the very first round, then gets swarmed and killed before any of your guys even gets to go). Lord knows if I saw NPC chocobos in the random enemy party I might was well reset because they would all one-shot me to death.

I can't get into it.

MGuy · Post by **MGuy** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:08 am

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:
sigma999 wrote:It took me 15 years to get around to beating Final Fantasy Tactics.
I never played it again. I got tired of having to save every time I moved somewhere because the random encounters would beat the living crap out of me even though I was slaughtering the story missions (except for the few missions where you have to protect an NPC and it walks up to the baddies and hits them with a stick on the very first round, then gets swarmed and killed before any of your guys even gets to go). Lord knows if I saw NPC chocobos in the random enemy party I might was well reset because they would all one-shot me to death.

I can't get into it.

FFT is probably my favorite Final Fantasy game. It's been quite a few years since I first played it but I know I spent about an hour going through the tutorial just to learn how to play the damn thing. After that the toughest fights I had were one or two early story missions, missions I had to protect people, and very few random encounters. Other than that the game wasn't too difficult. I know for sure I beat the final boss the very first time.