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Re: (TFT) sewers of redpoint



I am currently in the final battle of a four person arena to the death  style TFT combat game with four others on line, and it has been a lot of fun. A fifth will probably join us for the next game via Cyberboard. My warrior has done well, but he is entering the final fight pretty beat up, so I'm not sure if he'll be able to survive this last engagement. Once I get a bit more of the dust and rust off, I may want to GM a game that has been professionally released, or that I make myself---we'll see. In any case, this has been an exciting time of re-discovering TFT. Gotta run...
 
~Craig

----- Original Message ----
From: Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu>
To: tft@brainiac.com
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 5:37:40 PM
Subject: Re: (TFT) sewers of redpoint


At 18:55 -0500 3/17/06, TFT Digest wrote:
>Alan,
>
>No I do not have that one, but I recently bought all of the other 
>current Legends of the Ancient World Games throught Dark City Games. 
>I have not had a chance to go through them yet, but on a superficial 
>look they appear to be excellent I must say.
>
>~Craig

Seconded, on both counts. Have played through much of "Island of Lost 
Spells" with my family. My wife, the neophyte referee, loves it. The 
5, 9, and 13 year olds can actually be induced to do their chores 
early to leave time to play it. That says a lot. Of course, I'm 
having a ball!

**** POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW ****

At 18:55 -0500 3/17/06, DMG2 wrote:
>     My vision of followership, has a few minor distinctions that make it ...
>well ... un-normal.  The higher point character is the follower.  As in,
>followership is considered a higher level of skill.  Anyone can lead.

Well, not entirely true, the 9 year old would have run home at the 
first encounter.

The 5 year old popped up at an early encounter with "I think I should 
plug that <unknown quantity> with a heavy crossbow bolt!" (to which I 
replied, "*Well said*, lad!"). It worked great. However, he seems to 
have learned the lesson too well. At the next serious encounter, he 
repeated "I take out my crossbow and shoot the <incredibly powerful 
and dangerous foe>!" and we all had to shush him and inform him that 
sometimes, negotiation was the better part of valor.

So the 13 year old is really the only one capable of leading.

But very true, inasmuch as my "shield bearer" character is taxing my 
ability to protect the others and take the brunt of most of the 
dangerous attacks so they can have fun and get experience (both xP 
and game-playing time) without biting the dust myself.

"..to serve and protect. It's not just an adventure, it's getting to be a job!"
-- 
                    - Mark
                    Cell Phone:    210-379-4635
                            office:        210-522-6025
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