Topic: What Are Your Favourite Table Top Games?

So, a friend of mine is leaving for pastures new and their house of trouser are going their separate ways.

This has prompted a planned 'final' game of Talisman.

We're intending to run an 8/9 player game of 4th Edition with all of the expansions (well, at least all of them that won't break the game used together).
We're projecting a 12 hour runtime, though I'm planning on winning within 4

Well - been a while here hasn't it?!

Regarding my last post - I did win, though it took more than 4 hours and we played some pretty crazy house rules for streamlining. It was a good time. EDIT: One of those house rules being a vertical table...

But that was then, and this is now (when?), and there's new version of the rather rare Dune table top board game coming out this month.

Long story short - I must have it!

I watched a pretty lengthy review of this new version of the game. Having never played the original or any of it's revisions, expansions or fan works - it really does come across as the most thematically accurate licensed games I've ever seen. I've just started the final main sequence Dune novel, I've had a blast reading them and this game really seems to evoke the spirit of the first novel - and sentiment of the series whole. Spice, factions, alliances, secret plans, Shai Hulud, traitors... Really can't wait.

@KALofKRYPTON bleedin heck that talisman game is huge!

The dune game looks cool. I love the film and the old Westwood games. I've got the novel but haven't had time to read it yet. I might show the game to my board gamerly inclined friend to see if he's interested but generally his wall of board games doesn't include many if any licensed games unfortunately.

@ralphdibny We used pretty much every expansion apart from the Cataclysm! 😂

I'd very much recommend reading Dune (and the entire main sequence, I'm debating reading the prequels/offshoots), certainly if you'd like to get the most out of the game. I love the film - for all of it's issues, after reading the book it's clear to see that it must have been such an overwhelming undertaking, it gets plenty right, but it misses so much and there are a few changes made for screen that really don't sit very well. The mini series did better, but looked pretty awful and the cast wasn't all that great either.

My roommates and I started a weekly D20 campaign a few weeks ago. We Actually found a Fallout PnP RPG that was created about 10 years ago, however due to Bethesda being jerks, the company had to pull all references to Fallout at the 11th hour so the game became known as Exodus. Sadly it's really hard to find the books for the game due to it not selling well years ago. I suspect because the Fallout references got pulled from it and naming it Exodus which makes it sound like some sort of Christian RPG rather then a post apocalyptic one had something to do with the poor sales. However due to the internet we were able to find PDFs of them.

For all intents and purposes it is Fallout just without the Fallout names like Super Mutants are called Atomic Mutants and Rad Roaches are Giant Roaches and Power Armor is Exodus Armor etc.

Currently we are traveling from Almagordo to Las Vegas because my character is a postal Rider and is on a mission to deliver a secret package. While traveling we came.across a slave carvan which we stopped and rescued the slaves, and are now exploring an old military base (at least that's what we think it it) from the old world.

So far I am really enjoying it and it's great playing a Tabletop RPG again.

@KALofKRYPTON it's in my backlog along with 9 months of comics, hundreds of games and my household chores lol (oh and the new series of archer)

The film blew me away, probably because it's just a barrage of information and it's so fascinatingly confusing. Like one minute you have narration, the next minute you hear what someone's thinking, then someone's talking psychically (or with their inner voice or whatever it is), not to mention all the regular dialogue. I love the cast and their characters and the bene Gesserit are fascinating and I especially love the main older one (I forget her name now).

I really want a t shirt adorned with a sillouhette of Kyle machlachlan, arm raised with the words 'I am the kwizats haderach" across it. Sadly, no such t shirt exists lol.

I had to read the wiki page after I watched the film just to help me process all of it. So I am looking forward to the book when I eventually get around to it!

@ralphdibny Honestly - bin off everything else and read Dune

I'm properly annoyed that I waited such a long time to read it. The voice overs in the film are an absolute fraction of what the book conveys; it is by-and-large inner monologue and philosophy, with the latter taking an even bigger portion from Dune Messiah onward.

The Bene Gesserit would be Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam.

@Tasuki I've never really gelled with full on RPGs - it's usually a bit of a pain gathering the same people together consistently for games for me.

I'm facing the challenge of 'forcing' as many friends as possible to read Dune so they'll be as (ridiculously) excited about the game as I am

@KALofKRYPTON haha yeah that's it. The reverend mother, what a suitably epic name/title. She had some great lines in the movie!

@ralphdibny Just to bang the drum once more - read the book!

The sisterhood are a really fun group to read throughout the series - not completely portrayed fully in the film.

@KALofKRYPTON Yeah I know what you mean. Before starting this campaign it was almost 20.years since the last time I played D&D with a few oneshots here and there but yeah the main reason is getting people together on the same day at the same time. Back when I was in Jr. high and high school that was easy but as we all grew up got jobs, had families not so much. Now really the only reason we can is cause we live together lol.

@KALofKRYPTON I thought I'd give you a shout because the newest series of South park had a bizarre/funny/unexpected Dune parody episode. I think it was called Turd Burglars from season 23. I just watched through the rest of the series last night as it's leaving NowTV soon. Matt and Trey seem to have watched some random films lately as there is also a There Will Be Blood parody in another episode!

@ralphdibny Thanks for the heads up - I'll look out for it.

@Xianders See it about a lot but never tried it.

Been ages since I good sit down table top game - might have to arrange something.