Kristoffer's encouragement thread

[Gandalf Parker]

My favorite, and one that Kristoffer might like alot, is Magic Realm. Random board, random treasures, rock-paper-scissors balance. It cried out for computerizing before there were PCs
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/22

I keep watching the efforts to recreate it and some other favorite games of mine to try and get them to let Shrapnel publish it.

[Warhammer]

Gandalf Parker said:
My favorite, and one that Kristoffer might like alot, is Magic Realm. Random board, random treasures, rock-paper-scissors balance. It cried out for computerizing before there were PCs
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/22

I keep watching the efforts to recreate it and some other favorite games of mine to try and get them to let Shrapnel publish it.

MagicSpeak (computer version of MR) is your friend....

[Theonlystd]

Its unlikly im sure but a nation id always wanted to see would be one that kind of shuns magic in favor of Technology.

Focus would be more on Ranged units.. Recruitable artillery units with AOE damage.. Improved Precision ect..

The melee units they have would be low morale units that could lore wise maybe be mercenaries from other nations to represent there dislike of "dirtying" their hands..

Ahhh i can hope =p

[Beorne]

Magic realm is a great game, but the very high complexity, and the long setup time (not helped by that very small paper chit) make it a very niche game. I'ts a pity. The last revision of the rules seem to ease the accessibility alot, but I don't have found yet players brave enough to learn that amount of rules.
Someone knows if Is there a rework-update of the game on the way?

[Gandalf Parker]

Beorne said:
Magic realm is a great game, but the very high complexity, and the long setup time (not helped by that very small paper chit) make it a very niche game. I'ts a pity. The last revision of the rules seem to ease the accessibility alot, but I don't have found yet players brave enough to learn that amount of rules.
Someone knows if Is there a rework-update of the game on the way?

There are projects out there for it but they dont seem to get very far. Its on my watch list with Master of Magic (MoM), Stars!, King of Dragon Pass (KoDP), and VGA Planets 4 (VGAP4). Im trying to stear them toward Shrapnel.

[Cor]

I have started an OT thread on board games, please have your say:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...vc=#Post529316

[Methel]

Its alive!
New updates looking scrumptious

[lch]

Theonlystd said:
Its unlikly im sure but a nation id always wanted to see would be one that kind of shuns magic in favor of Technology.

Focus would be more on Ranged units.. Recruitable artillery units with AOE damage.. Improved Precision ect..

You might want to try out the Hoburg nations (in the Mods forum) about that. Ulm shuns magic, too, especially mid age and the Ulm Reborn mod nation, I think.

[Sombre]

Juzza was making the nations from arcanum, one of which is tech rather than magic based. Indeed I believe he's already made the tech nation called Tarent/Tarant, so maybe you should give that a look.

Edit: Also, Ulm Reborn has a reasonable amount of magic. As much as LA Ulm anyway. And access to more via summons. In the future I'll do the warhammer dwarves who will have either no magic or very restricted magic.

[Theonlystd]

Sombre said:
Juzza was making the nations from arcanum, one of which is tech rather than magic based. Indeed I believe he's already made the tech nation called Tarent/Tarant, so maybe you should give that a look.

Edit: Also, Ulm Reborn has a reasonable amount of magic. As much as LA Ulm anyway. And access to more via summons. In the future I'll do the warhammer dwarves who will have either no magic or very restricted magic.

Ooooooo cant wait for the Dwarfs and the Skaven...

And ill look for the Tarant or whatever thanks..