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Huh? What? Yes you can. I invite friends over for beer, pizza, and video games all the time...
by shocks 14y ago
Huh? What? Yes you can. I invite friends over for beer, pizza, and video games all the time...
- barbs 14y agoI totally agree, though obviously has to be particular games. I think the whole 4-controllers-1-tv formula works best here. Games like Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., Bomberman, Goldeneye, Mashed/Wrecked/Micro Machines make for great times, although they provide a much more energetic vibe than boardgames, which may or may not be a good thing. Also, LAN parties :).
- eru 14y ago> although they provide a much more energetic vibe than boardgames, which may or may not be a good thing. Depends on your boardgames. Some can be rather vicious, and since people usually take longer to think about their actions, backstabbing and then turning the dagger, is even more fun and meaningful. (But I guess, I like the American dinosaur of a game, Diplomacy, way too much.)
- elemeno 14y agoI think that Diplomacy is a rarity as being a Board Game which actually plays better on the internet and by e-mail just because it gives you that bit more time to think and plan and communicate. If you're a fan, then I'm actually running a series of games at the moment on the DPPD judge (http://www.floc.net/dpjudge/ http://www.floc.net/dpjudge/) - if you look at http://www.diplom.org/openings/openings.html#USDP http://www.diplom.org/openings/openings.html#USDP for openings on the judge they're the vole_xxx games.
- eru 14y agoThanks for the invitation! I agree, and I was pretty involved with the pbem hobby for a few years now. At the moment, I just moved to Singapore and am still settling in. I've mostly played the 1900 variant recently, and even introduced the Cambridge University Diplomacy Society to that variant and made it their mainstay. 1900 is a definite improvement over standard. I prefer pbem over ftf, but ftf is a good pastime in its own right.
- qznc 14y agoI have recently player Diplomacy as a board game with some friends. WebDiplomacy.net is much more enjoyable, even if everybody would be in the same room. Never tried pbem, but i believe you would need something like jDip to visualize the map anyways.
- phatbyte 14y agoYes, if most of your friends are dudes, most female friends I have don't know/care about video games. However that changes when it comes to board games.