Comments on: #916 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:57:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: JediBear http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/#comment-8361 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:19:29 +0000 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/#comment-8361 To enhance my previous, I think it's going to come down to how much the randomness bugs you, as it's a key feature of gameplay. It didn't trouble me enough to kill my enjoyment of the game, but it would seem you had a different experience. To enhance my previous, I think it’s going to come down to how much the randomness bugs you, as it’s a key feature of gameplay. It didn’t trouble me enough to kill my enjoyment of the game, but it would seem you had a different experience.

]]> by: JediBear http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/#comment-8360 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:13:03 +0000 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/#comment-8360 I was introduced to Talisman only a few years ago, and I still found it quite amusing. Different strokes for different folks, I expect. I was introduced to Talisman only a few years ago, and I still found it quite amusing. Different strokes for different folks, I expect.

]]> by: hjo3 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/#comment-8359 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:45:33 +0000 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/#comment-8359 > <i>If you’re going to make fun of people following whatever the government tells them, why would you set it in the 1950’s? Is that really the only era that filmmakers thing people were fooled by propaganda?</i> I think the 50s setting had more to do with pushing the Lassie/Old Yeller parody than the 1984-esque themes. They might also have been trying to emphasize the parallels between WWII and "World War Z." I thought the stuff with Mr. Theopolis/Tammy was gold. I wonder if the Hunter S. Thompson resemblance was intentional. Hey, did you know Fido was played by Billy Connolly? I had no idea till I saw the IMDB listing. Re: Infernal Contraption: BTW, an Infernal Contraption expansion is coming out this month -- Infernal Contraption 2: Sabotage!. Re: Talisman: Yeah, I think Chuk's right on the money. It was probably (relatively) awesome in 1983; in 2007, not so much. > If you’re going to make fun of people following whatever the government tells them, why would you set it in the 1950’s? Is that really the only era that filmmakers thing people were fooled by propaganda?

I think the 50s setting had more to do with pushing the Lassie/Old Yeller parody than the 1984-esque themes. They might also have been trying to emphasize the parallels between WWII and “World War Z.”

I thought the stuff with Mr. Theopolis/Tammy was gold. I wonder if the Hunter S. Thompson resemblance was intentional. Hey, did you know Fido was played by Billy Connolly? I had no idea till I saw the IMDB listing.

Re: Infernal Contraption: BTW, an Infernal Contraption expansion is coming out this month — Infernal Contraption 2: Sabotage!.

Re: Talisman: Yeah, I think Chuk’s right on the money. It was probably (relatively) awesome in 1983; in 2007, not so much.

]]> by: Chuk http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/#comment-8357 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:20:42 +0000 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/#comment-8357 I loved Talisman when it was new-ish. The thing is that it seems to have been overtaken by advances in gaming technology -- newer games have less of a random aspect to them for one thing, so there's less wandering around hoping you happen to land on the right space or draw the right card. And some of the characters were way unbalanced (like the Monk). We played Talisman this summer and it was still fun (this was 2nd edition with most of the expansions (except the Dungeon)), but we certainly didn't have time to finish a game. I loved Talisman when it was new-ish. The thing is that it seems to have been overtaken by advances in gaming technology — newer games have less of a random aspect to them for one thing, so there’s less wandering around hoping you happen to land on the right space or draw the right card. And some of the characters were way unbalanced (like the Monk).

We played Talisman this summer and it was still fun (this was 2nd edition with most of the expansions (except the Dungeon)), but we certainly didn’t have time to finish a game.

]]> by: Logan http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/#comment-8356 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:44:35 +0000 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2007/10/30/916/#comment-8356 Moonspeak. Heh. Talisman was definitely not what I expected. The guys who were pumping it as this great thing all seemed to be gamers - and old copies were selling for huge amounts on eBay. It had to have ~some~ appeal, right? The evil, blinding power of nostalgia... Fido I didn't get. I lent it to other friends and they seemed to love it. What was their point? If you're going to make fun of people following whatever the government tells them, why would you set it in the 1950's? Is that really the only era that filmmakers thing people were fooled by propaganda? In any case, it failed on that front - and then it also failed on being a decent zombie movie. Maybe the part I slept through saved it...I don't know. As for being busy - yeah, that weekend was obnoxiously busy. I would have liked to have been slightly more awake and free to game. Now that we're out of Infernal Contraption, it is basically the only game anyone wants. Sounds fun. I ordered it because I liked the name and artwork. Moonspeak. Heh.

Talisman was definitely not what I expected. The guys who were pumping it as this great thing all seemed to be gamers - and old copies were selling for huge amounts on eBay. It had to have ~some~ appeal, right? The evil, blinding power of nostalgia…

Fido I didn’t get. I lent it to other friends and they seemed to love it. What was their point? If you’re going to make fun of people following whatever the government tells them, why would you set it in the 1950’s? Is that really the only era that filmmakers thing people were fooled by propaganda? In any case, it failed on that front - and then it also failed on being a decent zombie movie. Maybe the part I slept through saved it…I don’t know.

As for being busy - yeah, that weekend was obnoxiously busy. I would have liked to have been slightly more awake and free to game. Now that we’re out of Infernal Contraption, it is basically the only game anyone wants. Sounds fun. I ordered it because I liked the name and artwork.

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