West of House- You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
- There is a small mailbox here.
Posted on 04/18/2012 7:29:22 PM PDT by Black_Shark
Edit: It is also grid-based movement. Go to the website for more info.
What is this post doing on Free Republic.
Someone’s trying to sell game software.
No. I’m not. Look at my posting history and where I’m based. I thought that maybe some of the PC gamers here might like a game that doesn’t have a huge marketing team behind it pushing it. I could care less if anyone buys it but maybe someone, like me, was interested in dungeon crawlers?
I found it by chance so I thought I would help out other gamers by giving them a heads up.
West of HouseAre there any “Ping Lists” for RPG fans?
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
Cast a “evict current resident” spell!
:D Zork is before my time! haha
Open the mail box...
What bothers me more is that, if the post is to be believed, I am way older than the average FR poster.
Me Grimrock..
Not that I am aware of. I thought the same thing when I posted this!
If there is, let me know. I too have saved many a princess over the years ;)
I took an educated estimate based on my 7 year experience with FReepers! I am most likely off by at least 1 standard deviation...
Just curious, but where did you find at the demographic info to assess age ranges of FReepers?
Educated guess based on 7 years of FReeping exp. I have no quantitative data to back my guess up either. Call it gut.
If you are carrying a lantern then you probably are:)
Opening the mailbox reveals: A leaflet.
“plays LoG Intro music”...
LOLOLOLOL!!!
I just realized my post really did sound like I was selling software... I’ve spent way too much time on the business major floor of my college. Need to spend less time there more time on econ floor obviously so I can write more compactly!
Sorry if I gave off the wrong impression with the post!
I’g guess around 60ish average (46 here). I seem to talk with/see people around my age or older. Mostly older. There are some young’uns to be sure though.
Like me. I’m only 22 :D
Don’t read it; Cast the die....the leaflet is probably from the IRS announcing foreclosure proceedings;-)
Leaflet recruits mercenaries wanted for an upcoming campaign of the Grey Death Legion. Dropship provided. Must provide own Mech. Atlas preferred.
A babe in the woods...wet behind the ears... and other old guy talk ;)
I am still playing Ultima-On-line even after almost 15 years the game came on line. It is by far the most complex game ever made.
Thanks for the laugh. In this depressing political climate, laughs are few and far between.
I found it in general and well general means .... well ... general. So I found it generally interesting and it sent me looking it up.
So I don’t know why you would be concerned something like this showed up in free republic under the general section.
You’re not one of those that believes RPG gamers are satanic worshippers are you?
today, no doubt, but in my case it pretty much said "Chode, if i catch you playing Dungeon again not on your lunch hour, you lose your VAX account for a week. Signed SYSOP...
I’m not a huge fan of online games due to the fact that WoW took over my life. I founded and ran a 300+ member raiding guild for over a year before quitting cold turkey and vowed to never return to online gaming!
On the other hand, games with massive modding communities are a whole nother story. I have put well over 1000+ hours into The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and am still actively playing it. Grimrock, once the modding scene kicks in, looks to be the same along with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (hopefully, if not it’s still a great game).
Yes, I have no life outside of school and games. My girlfriend reminds me daily of that :D
Dude, that’s not old school. Ascii based dungeons with alphabet characters representing monsters .... Now that’s school.
Rogue
Hack
Nethack
tooo damn funny...
Haha, my gaming exp. started with TES III: Morrowind and Grimrock had me looking up Dungeon Master, EOTB, etc.
This thread is giving me an excellent education in the history of PC gaming!
Kinda like the good old days with Larn and Bard’s Tale?
As long as we’re `fessing up, I play BattleTanx (1999) on a Nintendo 64 occasionally when I feel the need to blow stuff up.
Ya lost me. The oldest games I’m familiar with are Dungeon Master and EOTB. I’m only 22 ya know! :D
He wasn’t even born when those games were made ;)
Side note - For the console gamers out there, look into the PS2/3 games Xenosaga (and Xenogears for the PS1), the “Tales of XXXXXX” games and the JRPG Shin Begemi Tensi Persona series.
VERY in dept plotlines and hundreds of hours of entertainment at used game prices.
Side note 2: I often get into discussions with people on gaming and how it’s for kids. Funny when it’s usually with people who grew up on them, stopped at Nintendo 8 bit and have no idea what an Elder Scrolls type game actually is.
Imagine the dollar per hour entertainment value alone. But what’s really funny to me is that these same people think nothing of reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy/ watching the Star Wars series.
Kid stuff indeed ;)
I remember playing text based games via cassette drive on my tandy trs-80 many, many moons ago.
Also played Wizardry on something at some point in time.
Currently playing The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion beta on PC as well as Dark Souls on ps3.
Never too old for video games.
I’ll check this out on Steam, ty for the tip, saw pics of this the other day and thought mmmmmmmmm, but I didn’t pullt he trigger.
Edit Shin “Megami” Tensi
Those were some I played when I was college freshman a bazillion years ago. I was also into MUDs back in the day.
He lost me, too. How do you roll dice and mark up graph paper on a computer?
Good choice of games! I have “The Witcher” sitting ony my hard drive from when I bought it at the $2 sale during christmas but haven’t played it yet. Been too busy with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Skyrim, and Morrowind.
If you like old school dungeon crawlers, you’ll love Grimrock! Minotaur rogues ftw!
“How do you roll dice and mark up graph paper on a computer?”
Roll 2d10 and consult a table in the DM’s Guide :)
Just another add-on for game haters.
A lot can be learned playing online games. I have an MBA and a PHD in aberrant sociological disorders and I got them both from playing Eve online.
Hmmmm? Grimrock has an automap feature that graphs the maps for you or you choose “old school” and do it by hand and rolling dice? If your referring to DnD rules, it’s done “behind the scenes” so to speak in games like Neverwinter Nights and NWN2.
A couple years back I looked up the value of the original ‘Fiend Folio’ I lost somewhere along the way. I then rolled 2D10 and cried...a lot.
I agree with that. “umadbro” will make me try to jump through my TV and don’t even get me started on the “Leeeeeeeeeerrrroooyyy Jenkins” of the WoW world...
Who thinks that’s funny 4 hours into a raid? Seriously.
I’ve still got mine :) I played 1st Edition AD&D well up until 3rd Edition came out. I’ve looked at the 4th ed books but consider it to be a dumbed down game unworthy of my attention.
Rub it in ;)
Picture this (ah the memories)...
We lived up in the mountains and used to drag all our stuff out to my uncle’s hunting camp and play over the weekend. Well, that and drink ;). One night I grabbed the fire extinguisher and put it under the table while a couple others went to find relief in nature. When they came back I led the hardy adventurers into a cave with a frost dragon...who breathed upon them the breath of CO2...
I still crack up at the results of that night. Lots of jumping and screaming ;)
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