I hope you have bought this to play on Sunday night at midnight.

Hmm, I'm more than happy to do that.
Can I get it delivered to your house, Cras?

Huh. I don't really want to lug it around London, as you can probably imagine.

Suggestions?

Or to yourself of you think you can get it by Wednesday to take to the quiz.

This would work better if I was going to the quiz.

Great write-up! Sounds excellent fun.

Re-reading this thread, we really ought to sort put a board games meet this year. Just so I can thrash you all at 'Ticket to Ride'.

As in make up our own game, rather than copy one out there?

I must confess I don't know what they are, but if it's anything to do with GW I'd be avoiding it like the plague. They go after their IP very aggressively.

Ah, that's a point. I forgot it was a GW thing.

I'd love to make a boardgame, But On The Internet. I'd really like to make a copy of the Zombies! game - it's pretty much perfect because there's no need for AI, the rules and things like movement are simple, but that's not fair on the makers.
There are many disadvantages of doing it online, but there are some advantages too (no need to all be in one place, as many pieces as you like without it costing more, play over a few weeks without worrying about tidying the game away, keep track of scores). So, er, if anyone has a great idea (and ruleset) for a game, let me know

How about some kind of Chaos type battling game?

Yeah.

If you want the forum to roll a die I could happily do that for you.

Do Ludo

Nah. I want consequences to be based on decisions, not dice.

Challenge accepted!

You could have combat nearly always hurt to attacker as well as the defender, like in Advance Wars. Or Space Cows.

Or have a fixed attack (due to weapons or whatever) + a bonus that comes from a card the player plays.

The card comes from their hand of 6 or whatever, and the hand doesnt get replenished until they are all used up.

Therefore players need to size up when they think they can get away with playing weaker cards or something.

Or something.

Could I put another player on top of my head when I get to the other side of the board?

Only if he is small, like Gaywood and Alberto.

Challenge accepted!

Can you make it about zombies and superheroes so I can call it Zomgbies?

Can we make trooper in charge of design, and not rules? ;-)

So Craster, Riles, Curio and I tried Pandemic.

It was... Okay. It would have been better if we'd got the rules right. We need to try again - and we'll have to have Roda there to tell us how to play properly.

As it was, we "won" in about twenty turns.

It's a lot less easy if you read the rules.

Yes. No online multiplayer. Which is the most mental thing I've ever heard of.