[net.games.board] monsters!

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.