Nerdly Board Games?

[Kurt Russell's Beard]

The Apocalypse World petered out. The mechanics grew more and more restrictive.

We're back in our Eclipse Phase game.

And in the spring I'll be running A Song of Ice and Fire.

[a world of no]

there's a games workshop opening up down the street from me. this is not good...

[Geeheeb]

can we do an arkham horror or elder sign game over webcam?

[a world of no]

can we do an arkham horror or elder sign game over webcam?

Totally. Or Vassal

+1

[Geeheeb]

EDIT: Nevermind I googled it. Still can't commit until after Dec 20, so feel free to start without me.


never played vassal. not gonna be able to commit to a date until after Dec 20th.

[a world of no]

not gonna be able to commit to a date until after Dec 20th.

same here. most likely for same reason.

[Geeheeb]

jimmy buffet fan convention

[Cryptoplasty]

Played a game last weekend called MOB TIES. Recommended

[Geeheeb]

oh man vassal fucking rules.

[a world of no]

vassal is the only way to do this properly.

edit for download info:

for those interested...
download vassal here: http://www.vassalengine.org/download.php

download modules for arkham horror here: http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Arkham_Horror
for the modules you absolutely need the 'base game' and 'base game decks' to play. go ahead and download all the expansions under version 1.7.1 as well i guess.

RULEBOOKS:
arkham horror base game rules book: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... ternat.pdf
curse of the dark pharaoh: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... ng_1-0.pdf
dunwich horror: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... nglish.pdf
king in yellow: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... lesweb.pdf
kingsport horror: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... _eng-1.pdf
black goat of the woods: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... _Rules.pdf
innsmouth: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... _rules.pdf
lurker at the threshold: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... -rules.pdf
miskatonic horror: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... et_eng.pdf


download module for elder sign: http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Elder_Sign
rules: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... lebook.pdf
faq: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_c ... .0-web.pdf

work and school don't allow me the time to organize any gaming nights, so someone else will have to handle that shit. doad or eham probably? some of the cards in vassal seem to be missing text last time i checked. i have everything other than the revised cruse of the dark pharaoh, so if i'm playing i can check and answer any questions about missing shit. anyone else with a physical copy of the game could do similar.

you can get modules for other boardgames here as well. there's a fuckton. http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Category:Modules
would love to play og dune some time. never played... and i hate myself for it.

[a world of no]

bump for links above

also bump for fantasy flight games (get rid of shitty overstock) holiday sale http://store.fantasyflightgames.com/cli ... le2012.cfm

[a world of no]

this brings up something i've meant to sort of ask here... anyone ever play warhammer? like either the fantasy one or 40k? i've sort of flirted with the idea for fucking ever, and with this workshop opening up nearby i don't think i'm going to have a choice. is it worth it? fuck, i can't afford to get into something like this... someone talk me out of it.

[Friendly Goatus]

I'd totally be down for some online gaming with you dudes. I've never played any of these though. What game are you guys planning on doing? Vassal? Do I just need to download the Vassal boardgame engine and that's it? Or do I need all that other stuff too?

[a world of no]

I'd totally be down for some online gaming with you dudes. I've never played any of these though. What game are you guys planning on doing? Vassal? Do I just need to download the Vassal boardgame engine and that's it? Or do I need all that other stuff too?

you need vassal, as it's the software all of the game modules runs off of. install that shit and then start downloading modules. follow my instructions above for what you need to play base arkham horror.
all vassal does is supply a digital version of the game. you still need to know the rules, and place the cards, chits, bits, pieces, and whatever else. it won't keep track of the game for you. if anyone has any trouble getting shit set up ask here or message me. it's not too difficult. at the very least familiarize yourself with the module and engine. game rules can be explained in game, but they're really not that difficult. move, search, fight monsters and elders. being a coop game, webcams, or at least audio chat, would be ideal.

universal head condensed rules for the game: http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/22286 ... ary-refere

[a world of no]

we don't have to do in one session. it's possible to save games, which is good because shit can run long.

i'm more partial to bigbox expansions. dunwich for fun, and innsmouth for fucking murder, but any of them are good once we get a couple of core sessions down.

there's og netrunner on that shit, too.
http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Netrunner

[a world of no]

I guess my question is WHERE IS THE GAME BOARD?

go here: http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Arkham_Horror
download "Base Game (without decks)" and "Base Game decks"

next start vassal or double click the "Arkham_Horror_FFG" file (the "base game (without decks)" file). that should load the game up, and put it into your module library.

next you want to right click on "Arkham Horror" in your module library and choose "Add Extension". From there navigate to the "AH_base_decks_safe.vmdx" file you downloaded. now you have the cards. restart vassal and double click the arkham horror in your library and choose "Start new game offline". From there choose something other than "observer" and hit finish.

You should now have the board up. Across the top you should see a list of shit: Charts, Tokens, Mythos, Encounter, Other Decks, Heral, Phase, Players, Dice, Info, Setup.
Click on "Setup" and choose "Common Box". That should bring up your character sheets. You can right click on them to interact and choose specific ones. You can drag them to the blank space next to the board or open a new "hand" window in "Players" and manipulate sanity, stamina and what not by right clicking them.
Next click "setup" again and choose "Base Box". This will be all your item, mythos, environment, etc decks. You can shuffle them from this box, or just hit the "Put all in Play" button to put them all in their right spot.

From there the game is relatively set up. Just fuck around with buttons and stuff to get familiar with where everything is.

[a world of no]

don't fuck with expansions right now. brings up way too much shit. you can deactivate them in the module library by right clicking on them under the arkham horror menu. all you need is the base decks.

[a world of no]

that's retarded. your computer is retarded or something.

[Friendly Goatus]

I'd totally be down for some online gaming with you dudes. I've never played any of these though. What game are you guys planning on doing? Vassal? Do I just need to download the Vassal boardgame engine and that's it? Or do I need all that other stuff too?

you need vassal, as it's the software all of the game modules runs off of. install that shit and then start downloading modules. follow my instructions above for what you need to play base arkham horror.
all vassal does is supply a digital version of the game. you still need to know the rules, and place the cards, chits, bits, pieces, and whatever else. it won't keep track of the game for you. if anyone has any trouble getting shit set up ask here or message me. it's not too difficult. at the very least familiarize yourself with the module and engine. game rules can be explained in game, but they're really not that difficult. move, search, fight monsters and elders. being a coop game, webcams, or at least audio chat, would be ideal.

universal head condensed rules for the game: http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/22286 ... ary-refere

Awesome. Probably a good idea that you guys aren't planning on playing until later next month. that'll give me some time to read up on this and get used to it so I'm not a sluggish noob holding up the game.

[a world of no]

eham and i are fucking around in it now. works well bonertime.

[james]

nerd senses are tingling

[a world of no]

this is exactly like playing the physical game. anyone can manipulate everything on the board, so it's easy to fix someone's shit if they don't know what they're doing.

[james]

so could you for example send a unit of reeelapse sleeper cell agents to infiltrate another group, then hilariously sabotage everything

[a world of no]

possibly... unless we lock that shit down and don't let any motherfuckers in.

[james]

no I mean do whatever actual constructive playing here


but then also begin to play with other people from some loser place, and like move all the virtual gnomes to the wrong places and stuff, and act like an idiot and document it all for reposting here