tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156215.post114948256927608100..comments2023-10-02T01:57:31.854+13:00Comments on multi-dimensional: Hot or Not - Boardgameshixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587761743163619803noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156215.post-1149739236916618722006-06-08T16:00:00.000+12:002006-06-08T16:00:00.000+12:00I was not aware of an updated book. I MUST obtain ...I was not aware of an updated book. I MUST obtain one ! <BR/><BR/>The traitor mechanic is certainly a very cool idea. And like I said - I do enjoy BATHOTH. Viv HATES in on the other hand... I'm not entirely sure why. <BR/><BR/>Hix - you must come round and we'll have a game. You'd like it.Seraphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10590372127970386795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156215.post-1149735344996330102006-06-08T14:55:00.000+12:002006-06-08T14:55:00.000+12:00Definitely check it out. For your interest the won...Definitely check it out. <BR/><BR/>For your interest the wondeful "traitor mechanic" works as so:<BR/><BR/>At the start of the game each player controls one character exploring the House on the Hill. At a random time in the game, the Haunt starts in which one player becomes the traitor. The game then turns into the traitor vs the survivors. The specific Haunt is determined by a cross reference between an item and a room each forming a part of the Haunt's story.<BR/><BR/>The game advises that no player read the Haunts before the playing them, leaving each haunt a complete surprise. With 50 Haunts in the game, the unepxected yet inevitable betrayal and the variety of games is tremendous.<BR/><BR/>My favourite was one where a character found themselves invisible and realising the power they could have provided nobody knew i.e. they had to kill all the other characters. The ensuing melee of one invisible character stalking the others was very creepy and unique to this one haunt. <BR/><BR/>We have also had inheritance disputes, interdimesional jumping, chess with death, mummies, the Worm Ourbourous, organ inducing madness, alien mind control rays and zombies :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156215.post-1149731040258793512006-06-08T13:44:00.000+12:002006-06-08T13:44:00.000+12:00I'm obviously going to have to check out Betrayal ...I'm obviously going to have to check out Betrayal at some point.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, I came up with a board game* in the early hours of this morning, and am now wrestling with these sorts of issues - does the colour reflect the mechanics? Does the game have an interesting point?<BR/><BR/>*Working Title: Alien Prison Escape. I think it's my entry into the Badass Space Marines sub-genre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156215.post-1149728273314979042006-06-08T12:57:00.000+12:002006-06-08T12:57:00.000+12:00As an aside, Serpah have you downloaded the revise...As an aside, Serpah have you downloaded the revised books for BATHOTH? It has all the errata included. Check it out at http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/downloads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156215.post-1149716269944237382006-06-08T09:37:00.000+12:002006-06-08T09:37:00.000+12:00Errata, this is a topic on itself :)I played about...Errata, this is a topic on itself :)<BR/><BR/>I played about 30 games of BATHOTH without errata and never once had an issue with game play. As with many RPGs, errata can appear much worse than it actually is IME<BR/><BR/>I think this highlights my earlier point though. BATHOTH is loathed by a number of board gamers as it has the odd hiccup from a purely mechanical POV. However, the game is also loved by others as it oozes atmosphere and the traitor mechanic is perhaps the best atmos creating mechanic ever written IMO.<BR/><BR/>I love the game even to the creepy throw away bios in the book. You can tell the game was written by a group of RPGers who were also writing CoC d20 at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156215.post-1149566093865431102006-06-06T15:54:00.000+12:002006-06-06T15:54:00.000+12:00puI can see your point on Caylus - but the beauty ...puI can see your point on Caylus - but the beauty of that game is in it's fluidity. There are a LOT of different approaches you can take to win. Do you focus on building the castle ( getting lots of points QUICKER, and possibly more rolay favours - at the sacrifice of spending all your resources on it ) or do you go for buildings ( lower VP's initially - but with the added bonus of cashing in when other people use them ), or how about them prestiege buildings ? I also like that no two games will be the same. Your initial strategies will have to change consistently. Not by a great margin - but enough to be interesting. However - I will admit that I LOVE interesting mechanics ! <BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong - I am loving 'Fury' too ( you and Richard hounding me over Europe was pretty damn freaky - especially when you came close to getting me during the day ! ) - but Caylus does seem to me to be the stronger game of the two so far. <BR/><BR/>But that's just me. =) <BR/><BR/>Don't get me started on BATHOTH. I like it - but have you read the errata on that sucker ? There were so many errors in that game it wasn't funny ! Still cool though I guess.Seraphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10590372127970386795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156215.post-1149539479360361692006-06-06T08:31:00.000+12:002006-06-06T08:31:00.000+12:00:) I am exactly the same. Abstract board games are...:) I am exactly the same. Abstract board games are often built around innovative and sublime mechanics that some people really enjoy. I tend to find them less interesting as a result as they feel much like a mechanical exercise. I tend to play games with atmosphere even at the expense of mechanics. Recent examples are Fury of Dracula, Betrayal at the House on the Hill, Arkham Horror and War of the Ring. <BR/><BR/>As an aside, I highly recommend Betrayal at the House on the Hill as probably the best example of a board game that successfully conveys atmosphere (in this case a horror movie).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com