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Noticed this place has been a tad quiet lately, so I am trying to breath a little life into the place. Although without a little necromancy, as that is not my thing.

What you folks playing at the moment?

Me?

On the video game side of things I have a friends PS3 hooked into my TV with Borderlands in it (Fracking Fantastic, like a 1st person shooter on an alien world with Diablo 2 skill tree and weapon generator built into its guns).

Also playing through an odd Japanese game on the PS2, Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call. It's a weird post apocalyptic Tokyo setting where you play a half demon, battling demons (ala final fantasy battle system) which the chance that the random demon enemies will join you and fight for you. Tis fun.

Role Playing wise currently playing Warhammer Fantasy Battles. Got an Initiate of Morr who has just spent all the EXP I can in that career. Next time I play I should have the option to move to my next career, Agent of the Shroud. (Undead Hunter of Morr).

Also got a Dwarven Inquisitor in Pathfinder. Pathfinder is rockin'! Beats 4th edition dnd hands down in my books, but that's just me.

Yeah. I really don't have time for anything online anymore. Well appart from forums and comics that is. I wish I got payed for over time, but I guess being on a Salary, rather then a Wage had other pros and cons.

Bounty said:

Salaried trumps unemployed. I just got laid off on Friday.

Before that I was starting to take up Warhammer 40K, but minis are hard to buy without Salary.

What force Bounty?

Also check http://www.maelstromgames.co.u…..re=min-40k from memory their prices are about 40% cheaper then standard

Oh and Imperial Guard rocks the house.

Never been a Guard man myself. Started off the Tyranids when I first got into 40k. Got the urges to get tanks, so at the moment I am trying to decide on either Marines of some sort or Grey Knights . . . That's just me though

Warhammer Fantasy I likes the Empire. Warmachine I like Khador and Hordes I like Circle. Bit of a mixed bag I am

If's it's any consilation Spork, I haven't started them yet either.

SporkBot said:

There's another game I haven't finished, which I may trade in without completing it…Secret Agent Clank. I actually liked the stealth aspects, but right around the card game where you have to press certain buttons in sequence, it became far too infuriating. Shame, since I enjoy the series.

Yeah, never played much Ratchet and Clank myself. I assume that is the series you're talking about?

Tain said:Sadly I'm way too poor for the real thing so I need to resort to the Dawn of War games for my IG fix.  Just something about entrenching myself and pounding everyone else into the dirt with artillery and Leman Russ tanks.  I dig the Tau too but I suspect I'd get funny looks if I ever ponied up the brain power/cash to play the real thing with the Tau.

Tau are getting re-released soon from what I hear.

Also, why would you get funny looks? I have seen them do nasty things!

Tain said:

They're not quite… Orky.  Heh.  On Dawn of War at least a few squads of Fire Warriors with a spotter can turn just about anything into dog meat.  The whole Anime thing doesn't really appeal to me but the combat style does.

The only race I had problems with is the Necrons and that's because in Dawn of War they have a wild requisition system that's slower then hell.  You have to be fast on getting it up and running or suffer the death of a thousand enemies to your two or three squads.

Yeah, this is true. But if you manage to pump your power stations out (10 in total) you can giggle as your Monolith teleports around the map nuking things for you. Although, be sure to have a second HQ build to max so that when the first is destroyed, you can upgrade it while your 1st is being repaired.

Also, Shift+click is a GOD!

Jacobus said:

Yeah, never played much Ratchet and Clank myself. I assume that is the series you're talking about?

Aye. All the other games have been equal in fun and humor, and when they get "darker and edgier", they don't over do it. You can pick any one up and not really feel as if your missing out, though the games do have connections in one form or another. A lot of replayability with each of them. Secret Agent Clank…not so much.

Post edited 2:32 pm – April 22, 2011 by Tain

Bounty said:

I'm playing Tau, though I suspect that the guys I'm playing with play a heavily homebrewed set of the rules, which is negating some of the benifits of playing shooty armies.

Haven't got to play dawn of War, but I don't get much game time that can't be had on a Mac.

As far as the first games go the original and Winter Assault are awesome!  The rest I believe were done by a different company and naturally they screwed some stuff up.  If I want 10 Leman Russ Tanks I damn well should be able to have them.  Grumble grumble unit caps.

Haven't played the second one yet but that was more from being forced into Space Marines only for the single player.  It's next expac will let you play just about everyone.