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Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Squall Griever Leonhart on November 16, 2003, 08:01:19 PM
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Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Say on November 16, 2003, 08:09:20 PM
hahaha, Im so glad Im not your friend then :P
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Jeysie on November 16, 2003, 08:15:10 PM
I'm lousy at checkers but good at tic-tac-toe... what does that make me? Never heard of Hexic, though.

Peace & Luv, Liz
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Storm on November 16, 2003, 08:22:16 PM
I'm great at tic-tac-toe. I could alway win or at least force a tie when I got the first move. If not, I could still force a tie.
I don't play much checkers though, and never heard of hexic  8)
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Say on November 16, 2003, 08:26:33 PM
Quote from: Jeysie on November 16, 2003, 08:15:10 PM
I'm lousy at checkers but good at tic-tac-toe... what does that make me? Never heard of Hexic, though.

Peace & Luv, Liz

that doesnt means anything! hahaha, that probably makes you someone that has more things to do than knight :P


lol, I never heard of hexic either btw :P
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Jeysie on November 16, 2003, 08:36:20 PM
Quote from: Say on November 16, 2003, 08:26:33 PMthat doesnt means anything! hahaha, that probably makes you someone that has more things to do than knight :P

Hee. Well, I did play checkers quite frequently with my father as a child, but he always won. Come to think of it, he always won in pretty much every game we played. I still remember the time we were playing Monopoly, and I had him down to $1, and a couple non-mortgaged properties, and he came back and kicked my butt.

Peace & Luv, Liz
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Say on November 16, 2003, 08:37:49 PM
omg monopoly rules!!! I also liked to play a lot risk!!!! :D
ever played it? :)
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Jeysie on November 16, 2003, 08:43:39 PM
Quote from: Say on November 16, 2003, 08:37:49 PMI also liked to play a lot risk!!!! :D
ever played it? :)

No, unfortunately. Looks like a neat game, but I've never been friends with anyone who would want to play that sort of game. Although considering my crappy planning-ahead skills, I'd probably get my butt kicked anyway. (laughs)

Peace & Luv, Liz
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Post by: Say on November 16, 2003, 09:22:06 PM
haha well I do admits its super fun, and addictive! :P
I do remember when I used to play it with my brother and his friends, wtf they were like all in their lates 20's (28 and such) and I was a little kiddo of like 18 years old hahaha :D, wtf I got my ass beated up baaaadly, and more than once!! but it was super fun anyways :), and I dont believe its like that much different from monopoly or other table games actually, I mean yeah it requires planning but most of the times its just about luck too! :P
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Yonkey on November 16, 2003, 10:17:43 PM
Quote from: The Knight on November 16, 2003, 07:26:42 PM
But Yonkey isn't that great at Tic-Tac-Toe, Checkers or Hexic.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Heheh, I haven't played those games in years!  It took me a while to figure out wtf to do in Hexic.  As for Checkers, I made it much farther than I expected. :P  Tic-Tac-Toe isn't fun when the person you're playing against memorized the spots where you can win two ways.   ;D

Oh, and I noticed you forgot to mention that I kicked your ass in Bejewelled.   :suffer:  8)
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Post by: Yonkey on November 16, 2003, 10:25:15 PM
I played Risk a few years ago, it was fun but it is pretty much a game of luck more than strategy.  It's a long game too!   :o

I used to play Monopoly when I was little too, but I'd always lose to my sister and older people who would buy all the good properties!  Again, it can become a really long game too.  I think one time we played it over the course of two days hahahah.  :)
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Oldbushie on November 16, 2003, 10:54:19 PM
I liked Stratego more than Risk, partly cuz it's all laid out on one board. ::) Plus it's fun to hide the bombs in unpredictable spots. ;D
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: MangoMercury on November 17, 2003, 02:09:09 AM
Monopoly is great.  Watching the expression on your poor victims face when they land on your Mayfair with hotel square and go bankrupt! (Mayfair, I think is what you call Park Place?  I never was familiar with your Monopoly).  We also have a Monopoly based on our county, Devon.  My town is in there :D
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Drunken Chinchilla on November 17, 2003, 11:11:33 AM
yeah we have one for Birmingham too. Not sure if my towns on there tho...
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Jeysie on November 17, 2003, 02:45:55 PM
Quote from: The Knight on November 17, 2003, 02:34:36 PMI'm also deadly at Monopoly.  Too bad we can't play them via MSN.  But I do have Monopoly for the computer.  ;)

Well, I know some computerized Monopoly games offer multiplayer connection possibilities. Of course, there is the small fact that all players need to own the game...

IMHO, what they really need is to make a good online version of Scorched Earth. That would completely rock.

Quote from: The Knight on November 17, 2003, 02:34:36 PMHow about a game of Chess?  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

QuoteJoshua: Shall we play a game?
David Lightman: Oh!
Jennifer: I think it missed him.
David Lightman: Yeah. Weird isn't it? Love to. How about Global Thermonuclear War.
Joshua: Wouldn't you perfer a nice game of chess?
David Lightman: Later. Right now lets play Global Thermonuclear War.
Joshua: Fine.

And my fave:

Quote(After playing out all possible outcomes for Global Thermonuclear War)
Joshua: Greetings, Professor Falken.
Stephen Falken: Hello, Joshua.
Joshua: A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?

Sorry, it just sprung to mind.

Peace & Luv, Liz
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Storm on November 17, 2003, 03:49:55 PM
I'm also reminded of WarGames whenever tic-tac-toe comes up... but you CAN win tic-tac-toe, can't you?  ;)
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Jeysie on November 17, 2003, 04:31:47 PM
QuoteStephen Falken: Except, that I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson.
David Lightman: What's that?
Stephen Falken: Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up.
Jennifer: What kind of a lesson is that?
Stephen Falken: Did you ever play tic-tac-toe?
Jennifer: Yeah, of course.
Stephen Falken: But you don't anymore.
Jennifer: No.
Stephen Falken: Why?
Jennifer: Because it's a boring game. It's always a tie.
Stephen Falken: Exactly. There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless!

Heh. ;) Good flick. Maybe a little stereotypical in the realism department, but I think the underlying philosophy still has some relevance today. Of course, if you're interested in just a "pure" hacking romp, you can't go wrong with "Sneakers", IMHO.

Peace & Luv, Liz
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Storm on November 17, 2003, 05:26:00 PM
It's true - tic-tac-toe is pointless. Once you know how, you can alway force a tie, and the only way to win is to play someone who doesn't know "the system"  :P
Title: Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Yonkey on November 17, 2003, 06:06:45 PM
No wonder he wanted me to play so badly!  :P  ;)
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Post by: Oldbushie on November 19, 2003, 10:47:16 AM
Have you played 4x4 or 5x5 tic-tac-toe and won all the time in those? Or is ti just 3x3 that you excel in? ;)
Title: Re:Actually.........
Post by: Storm on November 19, 2003, 11:31:05 AM
Quote from: The Knight on November 19, 2003, 10:30:27 AM
I've beat plenty of people who know the system.
Obviously, they didn't implement it very well  :P
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Storm on November 19, 2003, 02:41:59 PM
Well, if they didn't know "the counters" themselves you can hardly say they know "the system"  8)
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Post by: copycat on November 19, 2003, 03:40:09 PM
Two equal players playing tic-tac-toe will always tie, no matter which one starts.  If one wins, that means the other one is simply not as good as he/she claims to be. Two equal players = tie.

Chess-related: XDFritz3, the latest chess computer, also tied      with Kasparov. Sure, they both won one party and tied the other two, but overall, they tied. A (chess-)computer is only as good as the ones who programmed him/it, and they are human. In fact, the chess-computer is lots of humans, and yet it still can't win against one human. So, a computer, playing tic-tac-toe against himself, always constitutes two equal players, thus it's always a tie.

Monopoly is a lot about luck, and 'Lady Luck' has yet to find me, so whatever I do, I (almost, sometimes luck even abandones the other players so it's even) always lose. :( Stratego is not about luck, so I won a bit more playing that game. Risk has been too long, I don't remember how I did. I know the game though. 8)
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Yonkey on November 20, 2003, 02:44:43 PM
Does "the system" work with 3D tic tac toe as well?
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Storm on November 20, 2003, 02:53:25 PM
Never tried that. Nor bigger boards for that matter  :-X
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: copycat on November 20, 2003, 04:23:42 PM
I've never even tried tic-tac-toe myself. Not very popular overhere.
Title: Re:3D tic-tac-toe
Post by: copycat on November 21, 2003, 03:05:19 PM
So, in 3d tic-tac-toe, the possiblities to make 3 in a row would be multiplied, right? Hmmm, looks like Sir Dot-a-lot will have to revise his strategy for those ones. :D
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Yonkey on November 21, 2003, 03:22:47 PM
Yeah, I used to have the DOS version of it years ago (around KQ5 or somethin), but I'm sure if you search the net you could find one.

Instead of a 3x3 grid, it's 3x3x3 and definitely requires more skill because you have to watch vertically as well as horizontally.   ;D
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Post by: Say on November 22, 2003, 01:35:36 PM
LOL... you ppl got too much free time hahaha :D
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Post by: Jeysie on November 23, 2003, 12:11:53 AM
Nah... if we had too much free time, we'd learn how to play 3D chess a la Star Trek. (You can buy boards for that actually, if you don't mind spending a few appendages, although I don't think there's currently any set of "official" rules for it.)

Peace & Luv, Liz
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: copycat on November 23, 2003, 01:52:50 PM
Quote from: Say on November 22, 2003, 01:35:36 PMLOL... you ppl got too much free time hahaha :D
If I had too much free time I'd be on the 2nd position of the top15-posters, and not the 4th. ;D (Why second? Simple, because Say has waaay too much free time so I'll never be able to pass her.)

Quote from: Jeysie on November 23, 2003, 12:11:53 AMwe'd learn how to play 3D chess a la Star Trek. (You can buy boards for that actually, if you don't mind spending a few appendages, although I don't think there's currently any set of "official" rules for it.)
I'm guessing the same rules as those for normal chess apply, it's just the figures that'll be looking different. Besides, I can't even play normal chess very well, I know how every piece moves, but that's about it. So I imagine 3D chess a la Star Trek'll be even worse, because as soon as a piece has been moved from its starting position, a few times, I won't remember which one it corresponds to on a normal chess board.
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Say on November 23, 2003, 02:54:29 PM
Quote from: copycat on November 23, 2003, 01:52:50 PM
Quote from: Say on November 22, 2003, 01:35:36 PMLOL... you ppl got too much free time hahaha :D
If I had too much free time I'd be on the 2nd position of the top15-posters, and not the 4th. ;D (Why second? Simple, because Say has waaay too much free time so I'll never be able to pass her.)

Oh... beautiful!, I've been involved in this team since february of 2002, and I dont believe you couldnt achieve second place either since storm already has it even when she is not currently as commited as many of the current posters.

Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Storm on November 23, 2003, 02:57:29 PM
Hey, you call it "commited". I call it "posting spree"  :P
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Post by: mfortunato on November 24, 2003, 10:12:57 AM
Quote from: Jeysie on November 23, 2003, 12:11:53 AM
Nah... if we had too much free time, we'd learn how to play 3D chess a la Star Trek. (You can buy boards for that actually, if you don't mind spending a few appendages, although I don't think there's currently any set of "official" rules for it.)

I own the 3D chess set and yes, there are official rules that come with it.  You CAN play it.  I love my chess set - well, I love looking at it, I can never get anyone to play with me.  I've read the rules and they seem pretty straightforward - hey, anyone want to play sometime?  ;D
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Jeysie on November 24, 2003, 12:27:52 PM
I bet you could talk my roomie into playing, Mikey... he's good at chess, and a Star Trek nut, to boot. (Which is why/how we met, actually. :suffer: ) I would play, but I'm lousy enough at regular chess as it is. ;)

Peace & Luv, Liz
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: copycat on November 25, 2003, 02:29:22 PM
Quote from: Storm on November 23, 2003, 02:57:29 PMHey, you call it "commited". I call it "posting spree"  :P
I could have done posting spree's too, if it weren't for my lack of time.
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Storm on November 25, 2003, 05:17:30 PM
I could have gone on a posting spree, if I had the knack for making lots of short, pointless posts  ;)

But hey, look at this one... I'm learning  :P
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: mfortunato on November 26, 2003, 08:23:52 AM
The chess set I have is from the original Star Trek series, although I believe they played it on TNG as well.

Now if they came out with a Farscape chess set, I'd be so THERE!  That's my favorite Sci-Fi series of all time.  I'm so sad it got prematurely cancelled (and what a horrible cliff-hanger to leave the fans with - ugh!)
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: copycat on November 26, 2003, 02:22:11 PM
Quote from: mfortunato on November 26, 2003, 08:23:52 AMI'm so sad it got prematurely cancelled (and what a horrible cliff-hanger to leave the fans with - ugh!)
Indeed, it's obvious they would have been resurrected at the start of the next series, since they were being 'neutralized' to be questioned later, but I too was devastated when I heard about the fact the series was cancelled. :'(

Quote from: Storm on November 25, 2003, 05:17:30 PMI could have gone on a posting spree, if I had the knack for making lots of short, pointless posts  ;)

But hey, look at this one... I'm learning  :P
You're not fooling me, I know you too long on these boards for that. 8)
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Storm on November 26, 2003, 04:21:18 PM
Quote from: copycat on November 26, 2003, 02:22:11 PMYou're not fooling me, I know you too long on these boards for that. 8)
Then you should look at the posts I was making when I just started on this board... hardly a one-liner in the bunch  ::)
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Oldbushie on November 26, 2003, 10:34:56 PM
What's a one-liner? ::)
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Storm on November 27, 2003, 03:15:40 AM
A post much like the previous one (or this one, for that matter)  ;)
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Post by: Oldbushie on November 27, 2003, 07:15:44 PM
I knew that, I was just joking... ;)
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Post by: Storm on November 27, 2003, 07:24:17 PM
So was I... AND practicing pointless one-liners (still am)  ;D  :P
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Post by: Say on November 27, 2003, 08:08:18 PM
hahaha, and your getting good at it :D
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Storm on November 28, 2003, 02:02:52 AM
But never as good as you are, Master!!

/me bows respectfully before Say
Title: Re:Looks like.........
Post by: copycat on November 28, 2003, 04:39:57 PM
Quote from: The Knight on November 26, 2003, 03:33:15 PMLooks like somebody double posted.  :P
No, that was a modify that backfired on me.  :-\ Anyway, the second one is removed. 8)

Say can even do a posting spree without doing one-liners. ;D
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Oldbushie on November 29, 2003, 10:19:12 PM
Eh? ;D
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Post by: Storm on November 30, 2003, 03:20:31 AM
This  ;)
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Post by: DragonSlyr on November 30, 2003, 08:23:18 AM
Humph... >:(
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Post by: copycat on November 30, 2003, 03:02:32 PM
Qué? ;D
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Post by: Oldbushie on November 30, 2003, 03:08:02 PM
Whee! ;D









PS: Yonkey, you may have to move these later posts as they are a bit more off topic than usual... ;)
Title: Re:Non-Digital Games! :o
Post by: Yonkey on November 30, 2003, 03:14:18 PM
Heheh, I know.  ;D  <That one-liner was on purpose! :P>