glennr@rruxo.UUCP (G. Robitaille) (02/13/86)
Attention game lovers, I purchased the DR. WHO board game (c) 1980 BBC TV.
I have found it to be a very good game. It is a medium complexity, medium
luck game which non DR. WHO fans can enjoy. In fact my friends I play with
In PA. do not watch DR. WHO, but they bitch and moan if I don't bring the
game with me when I visit.
The game doesn't get into trivia or the sort, if that is wat you like, but it
does utilize a lot of The Doctors powers (with jelly babies and all neet kinds
of things to use). There are from two to six incarnations of the doctor
(hence two to six players) who move around a board trying to build a Key
of Chronos to get into the Domain of the Time Lords. Key parts are protected
bye various "aliens" such as Daleks, Androids, Cybermen, etc. Those aliens
also protect items which are used for strength, mobility, etc. When attacking
aliens one rolls a dice (but don't worry, it isn't all chance) and, using
various weapons, strengths, and tricks one has up one's sleaves one attempts
to defeat the alien(s) and snatch his belongings.
On a scale of one to ten for board games, I give DR WHO a NINE (though I must
admit, the only other board game that comes close to matching DR WHO's rating
is Cosmic Encounters, which I would give an eight.) I have nothing bad to
say about the game, and the game is flexible in that one can create new aliens,
new rules, new powers, etc with some blank game pieces that come with the set
(although the instructions don't suggest keeping these pieces or using them
for such purposes). Hope I don't mislead anyone. Enjoy.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~rlw@philabs.UUCP (Richard Wexelblat) (02/28/86)
> Attention game lovers, I purchased the DR. WHO board game (c) 1980 BBC TV. > I have found it to be a very good game. It is a medium complexity, medium > luck game which non DR. WHO fans can enjoy. In fact my friends I play with > In PA. do not watch DR. WHO, but they bitch and moan if I don't bring the > game with me when I visit. > > The game doesn't get into trivia or the sort, if that is !WHAT! you like, but > it does utilize a lot of The Doctors powers (with jelly babies and all !NEAT! > kinds > of things to use). There are from two to six incarnations of the > doctor (hence two to six players) who move around a board trying to build a > Key of Chronos to get into the Domain of the Time Lords. Key parts are > protected !BY! various "aliens" such as Daleks, Androids, Cybermen, etc. > Those aliens > also protect items which are used for strength, mobility, etc. When attacking > aliens one rolls a !DIE! (but don't worry, it isn't all chance) and, using > various weapons, strengths, and tricks one has up one's !SLEEVES! one attempts > to defeat the alien(s) and snatch his belongings. > > On a scale of one to ten for board games, I give DR WHO a NINE (though I must > admit, the only other board game that comes close to matching DR WHO's rating > is Cosmic Encounters, which I would give an eight.) I have nothing bad to > say about the game, and the game is flexible in that one can create new aliens > new rules, new powers, etc with some blank game pieces that come with the set > (although the instructions don't suggest keeping these pieces or using them > for such purposes). Hope I don't mislead anyone. Enjoy. > /_______/| > |[] | []|| Glenn H Robitaille > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was in London several Christmases ago and happened to see the Dr. Who game in Hambley's, a large toy store. The salesman said it really wasn't selling as it was neither fish nor fowl: too complex for children, too repetitive for adults. Later, at the Games Centre, a major UK games chain, the salesman said that they dropped it because it wasn't considered challenging. I'm glad to hear from Glenn that it is playable after all. PS. Glenn: don't you have a spelling checker? --Dick Wexelblat (philabs!rlw)