tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post4628308021668915559..comments2024-03-24T21:54:49.518+09:00Comments on Hexsides and Hand Grenades: Odds & Ends - The Unusual or Funny in Gamesbradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676567236378987679noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-48976215861188981312017-01-26T21:49:28.310+09:002017-01-26T21:49:28.310+09:00There is also an Australian computer game 'Car...There is also an Australian computer game 'Carriers at War' that featured a 'Final Countdown' scenario as one of the options for Pearl Harbor, quite a relief from the hammering you get on the historic scenario.<br /><br />I agree with your comment about the film, that ending was a bad mistake.Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885769183690278872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-21108170374840110802016-07-15T10:29:27.750+09:002016-07-15T10:29:27.750+09:00Haha! Wow...that could only have been from the ...Haha! Wow...that could only have been from the '90s. People would freak out nowadays.bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676567236378987679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-69691085662916554452016-07-15T10:19:24.506+09:002016-07-15T10:19:24.506+09:00There is the bit from the Albedo RPG that advocate...There is the bit from the Albedo RPG that advocates real world homicide:<br /><br />"Players who insist on giving their characters "cutesie" names should be ritually killed as a warning to the others."Chakat Firepawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02002352879959672258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-62593191785727736872016-03-22T03:22:41.028+09:002016-03-22T03:22:41.028+09:00Of course, the John Carter names are ones Burrough...Of course, the John Carter names are ones Burroughs 'invented' in the series.<br /><br />Interesting to see this though.Calandalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785315083937042946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-17660148285594182972016-02-17T19:44:20.266+09:002016-02-17T19:44:20.266+09:00Wow...just wow. That is very interesting! I see th...Wow...just wow. That is very interesting! I see that it was designed by Mark Herman too - yet another bizarre twist! bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676567236378987679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-74620831575366754432016-02-17T18:39:52.412+09:002016-02-17T18:39:52.412+09:00I'll give some details, event though they'...I'll give some details, event though they're a little rude ;)<br /><br />Two lavishly (un)dressed female characters in the game were:<br />Valla Dia, italian assonance to "Dalla via" (give it away)<br />Sanoma Tora, italian assonance to "Sono una troia" (I'm a whore)<br /><br />Considering that the main game function for those characters was to be abducted and raped by villains and subsequently rescued by the hero, the names were perfect :)Fabrizio Vianellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04566056256115509256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-5302530553626093732016-02-16T23:14:37.082+09:002016-02-16T23:14:37.082+09:00Thank you! That is terrific!Thank you! That is terrific!bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676567236378987679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-660111526093802142016-02-16T23:07:35.798+09:002016-02-16T23:07:35.798+09:00Took some time, but I found it: https://boardgameg...Took some time, but I found it: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4275/pea-ridge-gettysburg-west-march-7-8-1862<br />Pea Ridge, from SPI<br />Also see his comment on this Geek-List:<br />https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/10491/item/432711#item432711<br />Clydwichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962577839342573760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-85703525669187932532016-02-15T21:22:43.938+09:002016-02-15T21:22:43.938+09:00That is great! I love the meta-rules like the gre...That is great! I love the meta-rules like the great grandfather rule. I would so target the hell out of that unit or put it in harm's way just to fluster my opponent. This sort of rule is exactly what makes me love wargaming. Thanks for that! I have to find that game now.bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676567236378987679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-75371055942126444962016-02-15T21:16:57.495+09:002016-02-15T21:16:57.495+09:00There is this ACW game that has the Designers Grea...There is this ACW game that has the Designers Great-Grandfather rule. If a particular unit was destroyed, the game stops at once, as that was the unit where the designers ancestor served in, and as he was presumably no longer there, the game would also not be made.....<br />And the descriptions for the victory levels for Beachhead, from Yaquinto, were also humorous. If you failed to capture the island, or with stagering losses, you would be demoted, and then parachuted into Burma.Clydwichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962577839342573760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-12477872400530004842016-02-15T10:21:09.014+09:002016-02-15T10:21:09.014+09:00Thanks Fabrizio - will check out John Carter. I co...Thanks Fabrizio - will check out John Carter. I could always use a good laugh in any language!bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676567236378987679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366189854010071552.post-75396285570386703042016-02-15T07:20:54.619+09:002016-02-15T07:20:54.619+09:00Freedom in the galaxy was one of of the funniest g...Freedom in the galaxy was one of of the funniest game I've ever played....another good one was John carter, warlord of mars; some character's names had wonderful double meanings in Italian :-)Fabrizio Vianellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04566056256115509256noreply@blogger.com