Comments on: I Was A Magical Senior Citizen https://fort90.com/i-was-a-magical-senior-citizen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-was-a-magical-senior-citizen The homebase of Matthew Hawkins Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Matt https://fort90.com/i-was-a-magical-senior-citizen/#comment-286 Matt Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:17:12 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=161#comment-286 At this point, I have pretty much given up on card based games entirely. I'm just so piss poor at them. Hell, I can't even play poker without asking the same dumb questions over and over again, like <em>"Hey, what does this card and this card mean again? Is that good?"</em> And don't get me started on card based <em>video</em> games, I simply don't see the appeal. There's been just too many games that could have been perfectly decent, but only to be marred by the saddling of card based gameplay. Not only do I find virtual deck shuffling extremely boring, but often totally nonsensical. I can accept the collection of fruits and berries to be used as ammo of some sort, but not cards. no sirree. At least the makers of Metal Gear Ac!d have offered a valid reasoning behind the decision to go with cards, but do I like it? Hells no. As for tonight, well, I just wrote about it, and... At this point, I have pretty much given up on card based games entirely. I’m just so piss poor at them. Hell, I can’t even play poker without asking the same dumb questions over and over again, like “Hey, what does this card and this card mean again? Is that good?”

And don’t get me started on card based video games, I simply don’t see the appeal. There’s been just too many games that could have been perfectly decent, but only to be marred by the saddling of card based gameplay. Not only do I find virtual deck shuffling extremely boring, but often totally nonsensical. I can accept the collection of fruits and berries to be used as ammo of some sort, but not cards. no sirree.

At least the makers of Metal Gear Ac!d have offered a valid reasoning behind the decision to go with cards, but do I like it? Hells no.

As for tonight, well, I just wrote about it, and…

]]> By: David Goldstein https://fort90.com/i-was-a-magical-senior-citizen/#comment-285 David Goldstein Thu, 20 Jan 2005 06:14:23 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=161#comment-285 Card games: You <i>need</i> to try SlugFest Games' "Night of the Red Dragon Inn", which will become available for purchase at GenCon this year. The game's been in the works for years, and been playtested in various stages at the last few I-CON's. How was the C-TRL thing? -David Card games: You need to try SlugFest Games’ “Night of the Red Dragon Inn”, which will become available for purchase at GenCon this year. The game’s been in the works for years, and been playtested in various stages at the last few I-CON’s.

How was the C-TRL thing?

-David

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