PopTop. Railroad Tycoon 2&3 and Tropico 1&2. They got bought by 2K, which eventually killed the studio. The Railroad Tycoon series is dead. Tropico is still around, but I’m not excited about the latest interation. Some of the guys tried to kickstart a new Railroad Tycoon but it didn’t fund. Phil Steinmeyer was an underrated developer, though I believe he’s retired today.
It’s too bad it worked out that way. I think they could have been on the level with Paradox as far as strategy games are concerned, but focusing more on economic games, city builders, and the like. On Steinmeyer’s blog he said he didn’t think there was demand for heavier games anymore about mid 00s. That might have been true then, but so many games out now prove that wrong.
I was trying to find some games the other day, using advanced search and filters, and I’ve noticed some categories feel not so useful. This is the actual main categorization:...
Yeah, mechanism is a lot more objective way to classify board games. We can argue all day about, say, what exactly a wargame is, but what games have hex grids, area control, and resource managements is a lot easier to agree on.
Tip: If you have visitors wandering around your base, you can go under the knowledge task to see what all books they’ve read in their lifetime and what kind of books they are. That way, you can search for somewhat unusual types like novels, chronicles, cultural histories, biographies, autobiographies, dictionaries, dialogues,...
So, the rule is that if you have a single character speaking across multiple paragraphs, you don’t use end quotes on those paragraphs. I get the intent of the rule, but I think it looks awful and is jarring....
I feel like I’ve seen paragraphs end with quotation marks and then pick back up with more quotation marks on the next paragraph in serious literature, so I’d say write how you want. That said, it is good to break up walls of dialogue every now and then to set the scene with small details like that.
I’d say it depends on the length of the dialogue. If we’re talking about 2-3 lines, then yeah, it should only be done on switching. If we’re talking about a speech that lasts several pages, I would think that it should be clear from context clues who is speaking.
Anyway, don’t get hung up on rules! Write how you want! Have a style!
Yeah, modded Minecraft is still a big deal. You can join us over at !moddedminecraft if you want. The mod Create is a big deal right now, and rightfully so. It may well be the greatest of all time, as far as Minecraft mods go.
When I mean “specific,” I mean things like something dedicated to a certain genre, a certain video game, to gaming suggestions, to asking whether you should buy a certain game… anything that isn’t just one catch-all for any video gaming topic. So I’m not including the various !games@instance or !gaming@instance links....
As the server host guy I wanted to know if you had some ideas to stop a server from dying by changing the servers goal and not by modding the server ( Create Mod, … ).
Mostly just Minecraft out of the box. I feel that resource packs and certain performance mods like optifine could be accurately referred to as “vanilla with optifine” or “vanilla with such-and-such pack.” Once you get into datapacks or Forge or Fabric or hacked clients, it’s not vanilla.
Serverside, it’s a little more dodgy. How many server plugins can you have before it’s not vanilla?
That said, I don’t think there’s much reason to play Java Edition over Bedrock other than mods or wanting to play on older, pre-bedrock versions. Then again, I almost solely play modded anymore so I don’t have a lot of vanilla Bedrock under my belt to compare the two.
The trigger happy mergers probably helped me more than they hurt. At one point I dumped a spice company in the chaos and took the cash lead, letting me get a bargain on a rubber merger. It put me back into the game, but it wasn’t enough to take the win.
I have played Bus at three. It’s been awhile, so I can’t say too much about it. That said, I do remember having fun at that count.
As far as expropriation, I felt confusion more than anything. It got better as the game went on, but it does take a moment to wrap your head around it. Still, I though it was an interesting mechanic.
Imagine that your friendly local game store has a sale and you see a great deal on a game by one of your favorite designers. You know nothing about the game besides the designer’s name and that it’s a decent price. You are in a hurry, no time to research, buy it now or miss out....
My list looks similar. Splotter is at the top. I did preorder Horseless Carriage back before we had much info about it and don’t regret it. John Bohrer would be up there as well, but though various connections I’ve played enough Winsomes to know they aren’t an instant buy. (Iberian Railways, Italian Railroads, and 1836)
Tangent, but I’m very split on 1836. The opening is incredible, but once you get past the first stock round all the interesting decisions have been made.
Horseless Carriage is great. SoPac is one I still need to try. There was a copy at DoamCon last weekend, but I didn’t get a game in. I did get West Riding Revisited in, which is excellent. It’s one of the few cube rails to have minor and major railways. I’d like to see it licensed, but it’s a little unlikely
Many times when writing, I get a very specific image in my head of the way I want something to look, or the way I want something to move. Particularly with actions where objects are moving in a very specific way, I want to describe them accurately so that most readers would see the same thing that I’m seeing in my head. The...
It’s hard to say. You definitely don’t want to be too specific, but you do want to hit the high notes. What parts of the movement are important later, even if “later” is only a sentence or two away?
I haven’t played many, but it does lead to some interesting cases of board games being adapted to video games and back to board games, like Civilization and Europa Universalis.
I’ve always found myself bouncing off hard on “make your own fun” type games like Minecraft or the newer Zeldas. This extends to any type of game that has no clear goals or motivators....
I love obscure and overlooked games and want to share a bunch with all of you. Most “hidden gem” threads end up listing titles with thousands of reviews or that got some level of marketing. I aim to mostly avoid that. While you may see a few familiar games here, everything in the list below has under 1500 reviews on Steam...
What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness?
I was thinking about how I remember Maxis fondly, and I got to wondering what other people’s experiences were like!...
Asmurboshkuc, champion of the crundles (sopuli.xyz)
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What, it's just a little... OH MY GOODNESS (sopuli.xyz)
And it just gets worse...
To experienced players: are BGG categories good?
I was trying to find some games the other day, using advanced search and filters, and I’ve noticed some categories feel not so useful. This is the actual main categorization:...
Cities: Skylines 2 review (www.pcgamer.com)
What have they done to the game?...
The Sea Mourns (sopuli.xyz)
Tip: If you have visitors wandering around your base, you can go under the knowledge task to see what all books they’ve read in their lifetime and what kind of books they are. That way, you can search for somewhat unusual types like novels, chronicles, cultural histories, biographies, autobiographies, dictionaries, dialogues,...
A tip about paragraph breaks inside of character speech
So, the rule is that if you have a single character speaking across multiple paragraphs, you don’t use end quotes on those paragraphs. I get the intent of the rule, but I think it looks awful and is jarring....
Are there still any solid, updated minecraft modpacks around?
What the title says....
List of specific video game communities on the Threadiverse, feel free to comment with more
When I mean “specific,” I mean things like something dedicated to a certain genre, a certain video game, to gaming suggestions, to asking whether you should buy a certain game… anything that isn’t just one catch-all for any video gaming topic. So I’m not including the various !games@instance or !gaming@instance links....
Red Junglefowl hen with lots of chicks! (imgur.com)
Ok basically chickens lol.
US-Sino tensions help spawn China card game craze (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/7415121...
2 Week Minecraft Phase
As the server host guy I wanted to know if you had some ideas to stop a server from dying by changing the servers goal and not by modding the server ( Create Mod, … ).
What exactly is considered "vanilla" Minecraft?
I see “Vanilla Minecraft” referred to a lot, but it seems to have different definitions here and there....
DoamCon 2023: An AAR (boardgamegeek.com)
Who is your most trusted designer?
Imagine that your friendly local game store has a sale and you see a great deal on a game by one of your favorite designers. You know nothing about the game besides the designer’s name and that it’s a decent price. You are in a hurry, no time to research, buy it now or miss out....
Pileated Woodpecker - Venice, FL (lemmy.world)
What do you do when trying to describe something very specific?
Many times when writing, I get a very specific image in my head of the way I want something to look, or the way I want something to move. Particularly with actions where objects are moving in a very specific way, I want to describe them accurately so that most readers would see the same thing that I’m seeing in my head. The...
I missed photographing male scarlet tanagers this year, so here's one from last year (mander.xyz)
Ohio, May 2022
What are your thoughts about Video Game to Boardgame adaptations?
In recent years the trend to adapt video games into boardgames is just increasing....
Are you an intrinsically or extrinsically motivated gamer?
I’ve always found myself bouncing off hard on “make your own fun” type games like Minecraft or the newer Zeldas. This extends to any type of game that has no clear goals or motivators....
Forge has been forked (sopuli.xyz)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/1249481...
Actual Hidden Gems on Steam
I love obscure and overlooked games and want to share a bunch with all of you. Most “hidden gem” threads end up listing titles with thousands of reviews or that got some level of marketing. I aim to mostly avoid that. While you may see a few familiar games here, everything in the list below has under 1500 reviews on Steam...