bmg@mck-csc.UUCP (Bernard M. Gunther) (11/12/85)
> > Anybody out there play monster games? > > No, what are monster games? > > -- Jeff Wu A Monster game is any game which is extremely large/takes an inordanent amount of time to play. Generally any game which take more than 20 hours to complete. Good examples are: War in the World [SPI] - actually War in the East, War in the West and War in the Pacific. Campaign for North Africe [SPI] - 2 teams of 5 for 200 hours. To name just a few. They can be losts of fun, but VERY time consuming. Bernie Gunther
myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster) (11/13/85)
> > > Anybody out there play monster games? > > To name just a few. They can be losts of fun, but VERY time consuming. > > Bernie Gunther Indeed. I've played two mini-monster games, *Highway to the Reich* (a simulation of Operation Market-Garden) and *Terrible Swift Sword* (Gettysburg). I've also dabbled with various pieces of GDWs Europa series (WWII European theatre). PBM, anyone? Jeff Myers
bmg@mck-csc.UUCP (Bernard M. Gunther) (11/15/85)
> >> Are we talking monsters as in "Campaign for North Africa" or > >> "Fire in the East", or as in "Godzilla vs. Megalon"? > > However, there are a few "monster" board games, like "Crush, Crumble > and Stomp", or "The Awful Green Things from Outer Space"... > Rick Keir -- right next to the Oyster Tank -- UWisc - Madison What about "The Creature that ate Sheboygen"(sp?) by SPI. It was a nice little game for about $5. You could design a monster and pit it against national guard, police, fleeing populace, fire departments and even helocoptors. Your monster could knock down buildings and depending on the special abilities chosen could set fire to buildings (which could spread), could fly, jump grab helocoptors and crush them, spin webs, control humans. A really great game for an hour or two of play. Bernie Gunther
ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli) (11/16/85)
> What about "The Creature that ate Sheboygen"(sp?) by SPI. It was a nice > little game for about $5. You could design a monster and pit it against > national guard, police, fleeing populace, fire departments and even helocoptors. I think the game was a further development of the excellent Microgame Ogre, designed by Steve Jackson and put out by Steve Jackson Games. I remember actually finishing games during lunch hour in high school... It is a similar situation in that a single, huge cybernetic tank (size of a football field, I think) takes on these smaller armored vehicles and men in powered armor. Sells for about $5. Well worth the money in play value.