ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli) (11/04/85)
Anybody out there play monster games? -- --rick heli (... ucbvax!ucdavis!ccrrick)
jeff@hpcnoe.UUCP (11/07/85)
> Anybody out there play monster games?
No, what are monster games?
-- Jeff Wu
wilde@apollo.uucp (Scott Wilde) (11/12/85)
>Anybody out there play monster games? >-- > --rick heli Are we talking monsters as in "Campaign for North Africa" or "Fire in the East", or as in "Godzilla vs. Megalon"? -- Scott Wilde ...decvax!wanginst!apollo!wilde
ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli) (11/14/85)
> >Anybody out there play monster games? > >-- > > --rick heli > > Are we talking monsters as in "Campaign for North Africa" or > "Fire in the East", or as in "Godzilla vs. Megalon"? We're talking Campaing for North Africa (CNA), Fire in the East (FITE), War in Europe, War in the East, War in the West, War in the Pacific, First World War, Korsun Pocket, Atlantic Wall, etc. etc. etc. Anyone ever delve into any of these things? say over a lunch hour? With what results? As to those other types of games, I hear BEM (Bug-Eyed Monsters) is a good game... "They want our women!"
rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) (11/14/85)
>> Are we talking monsters as in "Campaign for North Africa" or >> "Fire in the East", or as in "Godzilla vs. Megalon"? "Monster Game" usually refers to a wargame which takes longer to set up than the original battle/campaign took to fight. However, there are a few "monster" board games, like "Crush, Crumble and Stomp", or "The Awful Green Things from Outer Space". In addition there is a very cute roleplaying game called "Monsters Monsters", where you get to play the monsters in the dungeon, going out to trash out the towns where all those damn adventurers come from. I always liked the idea of doing that, and have used "role reversals" a couple of times with other gaming systems. I can't really tell you how good MM is, tho, as I haven't played it personally. Friends who played told me that it was fun, but that ultimately they wanted a campaign with development/plot/roleplaying, where the "get points for commiting atrocities" rules wear thin. Caveats: names may be slightly misquoted. I don't have pricing info on any of these games. Some may be out of print. Ask at your local gaming shop, where the info will be more up to date than endless "me too" requests to the net. Thank you. -- Rick Keir -- right next to the Oyster Tank -- UWisc - Madison {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!rick
gray@hound.UUCP (B.GRAY) (11/16/85)
<They're monsters 'cause they eat all your time & money.> I played War in Europe up through 1943. By that point, Germany had overrun the Middle East (they attacked Turkey in 1941) and, naturally Egypt, then in '42 attacked Russia from Europe and Asia (no more Caucasus oil fields) and took Leningrad and Moscow in '43. Meanwhile, by building the max amount of U-boats, they had delayed the Western Allies reinforcements by an entire year (they were getting their '42 units in '43). Spain joined the Axis, and a German force was trying to take Gibraltar. A weak amphibious invasion in'43 was quickly sealed off and pummeled. It seemed pointless to go on (but it WAS fun).
german@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (11/17/85)
On the other hand there is Titan which AH now sells. You send your Titan and a few monsters out into the world to recruit other monsters and then jump on opposing players monster stacks. A truely Monster game. Quite enjoyable.
ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli) (11/18/85)
> I played War in Europe up through 1943. By that point, > Germany had overrun the Middle East (they attacked Turkey > in 1941) and, naturally Egypt, then in '42 attacked > Russia from Europe and Asia (no more Caucasus oil fields) > and took Leningrad and Moscow in '43. Meanwhile, by > building the max amount of U-boats, they had delayed > the Western Allies reinforcements by an entire year > (they were getting their '42 units in '43). Spain joined > the Axis, and a German force was trying to take Gibraltar. > A weak amphibious invasion in'43 was quickly sealed off > and pummeled. It seemed pointless to go on (but it WAS fun). Hmmm, did you think the game unbalanced? I knew a group of guys (Axis) who took on 4-5 of the SPI designers (Allies). It seems that the Axis pretty much had the game won by 1942... The interesting thing about the way they played was the division of responsibility. Members of the team were assigned specific fronts, e. g. Eastern, Western, Mediterranean, etc. and one player was designated to be in charge of supply, new construction (the Home Front, if you will). It seems to me that this would be an interesting way to play a game. I would think it would lend another dimension of realism, i. e. that of the left hand not always knowing what the right hand is doing.