Thursday Thirteen: Lists Are Fun

Apparently there are a lot of people doing this Thirsday Thirteen thing. I know that, one thin that people used to comment about my posts was that I would often list things. I don’t do the bullet thing as much recently, but I still do it sometimes. I’ve picked up a bit on the “firstly, secondly, thirdly” to not have to break it up as a list, but sometimes it’s just better to put things into that form. If nothing else, it seperates things out for people to read it a bit better, and makes the tangents a bit better. Then again, I don’t know how many times I’ve started a list before realizing I only really have two points … and that it probably doesn’t really warrant a list. Anyway, I’m not sure if I will keep up on the Thursday Thirteen or not, but let’s try anyway. This week’s topic will be a relatively simple list of “games I play”. I recomend most of these games as well.

1. Vs. System which I am working on some decks to hopefully attend the City Champs in Toronto this weekend.
2. Raw Deal, which is being reimagined by the Raw Deal Player Committee
3. Dungeons & Dragons, and I am anxiously anticipating 4th edition
4. Guitar Hero, extremely addictive, every game should give you things to “buy” and unlock … it’s huge for replay value to make a difference between good, great and perfect. And whammy bars.
5. World of Warcraft, hopefully I will get close to 70 before the next big expansion comes out, so that I can start up a Deathknight and have a second character to pimp him out with cool gear
6. Vampire: The Masquerade, they have a new expansion but with play the older version. Ultimately though, an RPG is all about the DM, or in this case, the Story Teller. And ours is just plain awesome.
7. MechWarrior/BattleTech, it’s another cool RPG that we are involved in, and it’s tons of fun. Everyone loves giant robots.
8. Kobolds ate my Baby! It’s a fun little romp where you have to play as the loveable little monsters that live to be killed by low level adventurers. Only one thing tastes better than chicken, and that’s Kobolds. Only one thing tastes better than Kobold, and that’s baby. So, you better find a baby to bring back to King Torg (All Hail King Torg!).
9. Risk, it’s an oldie but a goodie. If you have a day to kill, a few solid friends around, and want to spend the day acting like a megalomaniac, there are few greater games. The variations can be fun as well, but most involves ways to making it quicker. And few games better exemplify the lesson to be learned from Princess Bride. Never have a land war in Asia.
10. Zombies, is a fun little board game variant. The play board consists of random tiles that builds up as play goes on, so the city is rarely the same. Add to that the various expansions and you can recreate tons of horror movie scenarios. The mall, the school, the military base, the cabin in the woods, the sewers, etc, etc, etc …
11. Talisman, they have recently released the game again, but we have an older version including a few expansions. It’s a board game that has some aspects comparable to fantasy RPGs. It’s another game that can take a while, but it can be tons of fun as well
12. Illuminati, it’s a crazy game of building up massive conspiracy networks. It’s a game that requires lots of players as you need to fore temporary alliances to prevent other players from winning, while trying to keep other players from doing the same against you.
13. Pai Gow Poker, thought I’d finish off with a casino game. When friends come down from out of town, we will sometimes hit the casino. Blackjack is more of my game, but this poker variant is a fun little one. Everyone gets 7 cards, you build a 5 card poker hand and a 2 card poker hand, and the 5 card must be the better one. The best part is, if one hand wins and the other loses, you keep your money, so it can be possible to play longer on the same bet because of it.