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Brynweir
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 30 Nov 2008 : 19:35:08
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I have to agree that turn-based is on the way out. My husband and daughter play Age of Mythology and were upset to find out that to play together on DS it was turn-based. I don't play any of that so I'm pretty clueless about turn-based vs RTS - I know what they mean but it doesn't mean anything to me  .
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Anyone who likes to read something that's really dark and gritty and completely awesome ought to read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. You can check out a little taste at www.BrentWeeks.com I should probably warn you, though, that it is definitely not PG-13 :-D
He also started a new Trilogy with Black Prism, which may even surpass the Night Angel Trilogy in its awesomeness.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2008 : 23:43:01
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Originally posted by Markustay
What I said there was that the prospect of new maps excite me, not you in particular, but Sage's suggestion touched in me in ways men shouldn't touch other men. 
I'm a man? Cool. 
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The Sage:- "My Lady Love, you know how you're always saying I'm still a boy at heart because of all the toys and comics I buy?"
Lady K:- "What mindless prattling are you bothering me with now Sage?"
The Sage:- "Well, that's not true any longer. Look at what Markustay at Candlekeep said."
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2008 : 02:21:28
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Buying comic books and 'toy soldiers' doesn't make you a child... it just makes you a nerd.
And I'm damn proud of it.
Now which way to that Star Trek convention..... |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3765 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2008 : 17:03:38
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| -Real Time, then. A Real Time Forgotten Realms game would be pretty cool. |
(A Tri-Partite Arcanist Who Has Forgotten More Than Most Will Ever Know) |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2008 : 00:16:39
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Originally posted by Dagnirion
-Real Time, then. A Real Time Forgotten Realms game would be pretty cool.
Agreed.
I like the suggestion of Realms Risk--that would be killer. I'm neutral as regards the whole Risk thing, but I played LotR Risk one day and was positively hooked, snagged, and gutted.
If they did something real time (like D&D Online for the Realms, rather than Eberron), well . . . that would be pretty cool. I would have starved long, long ago.
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3765 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2008 : 00:23:03
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| -The closest thing to a MMORPG in the Forgotten Realms would be an online Neverwinter Nights server thing. I'll admit, I've never actually played one online, or downloaded one from online (my modem was always slow when I had the game installed), so I don't have personal experience, but I can vouch that, according to others, some are pretty good. |
(A Tri-Partite Arcanist Who Has Forgotten More Than Most Will Ever Know) |
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Neil Bishop
Learned Scribe
Singapore
100 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2008 : 10:31:30
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Risk: Realms. Oh, please, sign me up right now. C'mon, Hasbro, you have some great properties now you just need to get creative...! ;)
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Tyranthraxus
Senior Scribe
Netherlands
423 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2008 : 15:12:12
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| I saw the game a days ago on marktplaats (sort of dutch ebay), but the person selling it never replyed. I love the miniatures that are included ^^ |
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 05:36:10
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
P.S. And dude, I would SO buy a Waterdeep monopoly. 
No, no, no...
Risk: Faerūn would be the ultimate game-board experience. 
Ooh, I'd buy both of them!
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As would I, even if the gameboard for Risk: Faerūn is post-Sellplague... they might be the only good FR products we see from Wizbro. I'm still having visions of Waterdeep Monopoly: "Castle Waterdeep" and "Piergeiron's Palace" for "Boardwalk" and "Park Place" would be my first thoughts.
I'm really glad I missed this scroll when it first appeared; I was too worked up over non-publication of lore at that time to enjoy something like this. I'm in a much happier place now, or I was until I read about theories regarding 5e in another scroll somewhere... 
Edit: This was an entirely appropriate scroll for me to hit post #500. Yay for me! |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 16:56:10
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I believe you meant pre-Spellplague, but I could be wrong.
One of the things that got me into Risk long ago (I won 1st place at a con once) was the beautiful map.. and I really don't think the 4e one would have consumers sleeping on the sidewalk to get a copy, like they did Tickle me Elmo. 
Maybe I'll apply my skills to that little project someday - once the world map is done. I'm thinking NEXT Christamas, realistically...
I could just see Osse becoming te new Australia. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 22:54:27
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Originally posted by Markustay
I could just see Osse becoming te new Australia.
I don't.
Aside from a few obvious examples in the Lady of Poison novel, I wouldn't say that Osse is a direct translation of, or heavily influenced by, Australian Aborigine culture -- Gunggari's mannerisms aside [as well as his dizheri], the supposed "ways" of the Osse people could very well be associated with many other examples of Polynesian tribal cultures.
I always thought the actual name "Osse" was a bit of a joke as a matter of fact...
*waits for Dagnirion*
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ranger_of_the_unicorn_run
Learned Scribe
USA
292 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2008 : 03:26:27
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| Y'know, D&D clue is actually out of print. We've been looking for it ever since they first started advertising it a few years ago and never found it. I haven't even been able to find it on the internet for a price that is anywhere within the realms of reasonable. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2008 : 20:57:35
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Originally posted by The Sage
I always thought the actual name "Osse" was a bit of a joke as a matter of fact...
Me too: Osse, Aussie. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3765 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2008 : 21:03:31
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Originally posted by The Sage
*waits for Dagnirion*
-Osse. Happy? The things I do, the things I do... |
(A Tri-Partite Arcanist Who Has Forgotten More Than Most Will Ever Know) |
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 24 Dec 2008 : 07:15:35
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Originally posted by Markustay
I believe you meant pre-Spellplague, but I could be wrong.
Nope... I would much prefer pre-Spellplague, but I might even consider buying FR Risk if it is otherwise, which is more than likely if it even gets done... but we have LotR Risk, so it's possible... |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 24 Dec 2008 : 15:12:49
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Ah, sorry... I misread that at first, and thought you meant you only wanted it if it was post-Spellpolague. I don't think I'd buy something like that, unless that did a nice, new map for the thing.
Anyway, I tried hunting this down everywhere for Christmas and couldn't find it. The kid at Toys 'R' us even tried to tell me it doesn't exist.
I guess he figures if they don't sell it, no-one does. Found Harry Potter Clue, though.
Maybe its something you can only get online, or from a LGS.  |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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ranger_of_the_unicorn_run
Learned Scribe
USA
292 Posts |
Posted - 26 Dec 2008 : 04:38:48
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Originally posted by Markustay
Ah, sorry... I misread that at first, and thought you meant you only wanted it if it was post-Spellpolague. I don't think I'd buy something like that, unless that did a nice, new map for the thing.
Anyway, I tried hunting this down everywhere for Christmas and couldn't find it. The kid at Toys 'R' us even tried to tell me it doesn't exist.
I guess he figures if they don't sell it, no-one does. Found Harry Potter Clue, though.
Maybe its something you can only get online, or from a LGS.
No, it went out of print so you can pretty much only find it if someone else is selling theirs. The one I found on Amazon was $255 so it will probably be difficult to find one that isn't really expensive. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2013 : 22:02:47
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| I SO need this. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Galuf the Dwarf
Senior Scribe
USA
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36966 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jun 2013 : 04:12:31
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| ThinkGeek says they'll have it back in stock in 1-3 weeks, for the $40 price tag. |
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Galuf the Dwarf
Senior Scribe
USA
744 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jun 2013 : 18:36:52
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
ThinkGeek says they'll have it back in stock in 1-3 weeks, for the $40 price tag.
Eh, just thought I'd find it on Amazon for the sake of confirming whether or not it still was on Amazon.  |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Col. Mustard, in the Study, with the vorpal sword
