GTX765Roll a D6 for armour save on the head on collison, +1 modifier for the snow blade attachment.
armor save? whats that?... I played orcs!!!
A friend of mine introduced me to D&D and down the road developed DMing skill, along the way computers came around, a thing called PLATO, prolly the best example of the internet before the internet (circa 1975-1980+ ) had interterminal stations on colleges and I sure played my games worth of computerized D&D on it.
The board game style isn't limited for that, lots younger my father had this game called "Dispatcher" from Avalon Hill, 2 players set up the board with cardboard tabs representing trains. It had no dice but had play "event" cards that described trouble situations on trains or tracks whatever. (train 21 derailed east of yards, cannot move this turn, bad weather between MP20 and Taney, all trains reduced one track section this turn, and so on) gave you a simulated train operation.
Our model railroads do a similar kind of functioning, challenges, puzzles, role playing.
Let's see, Railroad Tycoon 2 orig. through 3, MSTS, Trainz, Incredibots, (Where I make locomotives and freight cars) Airport Tycoon, Zoo Tycoon, and Risk.That is all I can think of as of the moment.
Nik
I was playing D&D back when it was being decried as the bane of youthful society and all you had were some funny dice, a couple of books, and grid paper. Also very much enjoyed playing the Avalon Hill war games, like Squad Leader & Third Reich. I'd probably still enjoy them if I had the time & knew anybody else who played.
Don't know how much influence those played in my growth into a model railroader, other than putting me in touch with my nerdy self.
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
I am a 1st edition Warhammer 40k player with multiple armies, tanks, and yes a Baneblade. I still have all the minatures and tanks that i painted when i was like 13 years old. The building and painting does assist me in the MRR world and I still am using the same Xacto knife set and even some of the paints. 40k was fun but they change the rules and minatures every 2 or 3 years and over retailed it out of my interest. The skills I learned then i do use now, i was not a good painter at 13 but i did build models well.
Roll a D6 for armour save on the head on collison, +1 modifier for the snow blade attachment.
I'm not a gamer but have wondered if there's any similarity to Model Railroad Operation. Some of my kids teachers hada developed role playing game to teach kids history ,which I thought was kinda cool,and so did they. BILL
ScarpiaFASA, Warmachine, Flames of War, etc - and a whole lotta Warhammer (Fantasy and 40k). Grew pretty disalusioned with the continual crappy codecies aimed at imbiciles with deep pockets and rule changes designed to only increase quarterly profits.
Scarpia, thats pretty much the reason I stopped playing warhammer, albeit after i finished my third army. All well, I had a lot of fun at the time. I used to even play warhammer from time to time on my old layout. I always had trouble justifying the old bombed out bunkers and heavy weapon pits along my mainline....
Maybe some of you guys dont see it the same way, but I see a lot of the same qualities in model railroading and miniature gaming. For the most part I have stopped gaming often and just play the occasional casual Magic: the Gathering game, or a short weekend D&D campaign.
I've dabbled a nice bit in miniature and board games. I played Mage Knight for quite a while, right up until Wizkids killed it with all the new gimicky rules. I also played Axis and Allies Minis for a little bit but never found anyone to play with around here consistently. However, both of those I picked up in middle/high school, whereas I've been model railroading since I was 6.
Guilty.Or is my picture not enough of a give away?
FASA, Warmachine, Flames of War, etc - and a whole lotta Warhammer (Fantasy and 40k). Grew pretty disalusioned with the continual crappy codecies aimed at imbiciles with deep pockets and rule changes designed to only increase quarterly profits.
Now spend most $$ on trains, and a board game or two a month. - I still meet every couple of weeks to game with friends, and working on my LGS to carry railroading stuff.
Cheers!
I'm trying to model 1956, not live in it.
I'm currently writing a system based on actual failure percentages for different manufaturers first generation diesels.
Each time a trian starts from a stop on my layout, engineers will roll a percentile dice and (as an example) have 5% chance of turbocharger failure if using Alco or Baldwin (proceed at 2/3 speed,or setout 1/3 of train), 2% chance of electrical failure if using a Baldwin (call dispatcher for "protection" engine), etc,etc.
Well its a, rolls 3d6, great day. I try to find any traps in the message and, rolls 1d20, don't find any....
We host regular game tournaments - Silverton, RailBaron, Railroad Tycoon, all the 1830 series(tile games), Rails Through the Rockies, all the Empire Builder series(crayon games), Railroad Rivals, Stephen's Rocket, Age of Steam, Santa Fe, Transsib, C&O-B&O, Dampfrost (English rules), Dispatcher, Northwestern Rails, etc.
Developed my own extension to Rail Barons that adds a lot of railroads like the Erie, D&H, KCS, MKT, CoG, etc.
I invented the Lenny NPC type for AD&D first release while Dragon Magazine was still in double digit editions. Wrote a series of adventures published locally in St. Louis. Mastered a weekly regular game at the local hobby store on Tuesday night and one at my house on Saturday afternoon.
I've got a brand new copy of "The Pillars of the Earth" sitting here that I can't wait to learn to play.
Killer Bunnies.
My young children started me in Pokemon earlier this year, sure does beat Candy Land, Shoots and Ladders, and Jr. Monoploy.
etc, etc, etc.
Of course, I am opposite of you. I was a serious model railroader long before I started playing games.
I have a really random question, but does anyone else here have a background in miniature games? I played a lot of warhammer, d&d, d20 system games, and built armor models before I re-approached model railroading seriously. I dont know if there is any correlation with my hobbies, but it would be interesting to see if anyone else on this forum ever played (or plays) tabletop games.