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On Sat, 07 Nov 2015 09:23:03 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:44:54 -0500, Ross Ridge
><rri...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
>>Susana Pope <susan...@vamosrafa.com> wrote:
>>>Talisman
>>
>>Spalls Hurgenson  <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>Wasn't that an adventure game from the '90s?
>>
>>It's a board game from the '80s, with a recent port to the PC on Steam:
>
>
>Oh, /THAT/ Talisman. I remember it from back in the day. I couldn't
>stand it. Then again, I much preferred the freedom of a full RPG and
>being constrained to a board annoyed the hell out of me, regardless of
>the game.
>
>There seem to be a lot of digital recreations of board games these
>days: Talisman, Pandemic, erm... some other ones that I can't remember
>now ;-)
>
>I guess it's a quick way to tap into the nostalgia factor (e.g., easy
>cash) but I've yet to see one that was 1/10th as much fun as playing
>it with a bunch of friends around a real board...
>
>Say... anyone up for a game of Shogun?
>https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/221/ikusa
>
>(I loved that game; it took something like three hours just to set up
>and by the time everyone finished their first move everyone had to go
>home ;-)
>


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Nah - I tried Total War Shogun 2 on the PC but it was too complicated
for me.  The only board game I am playing right now is Chess.  I am
trying to relearn it as it has been 30 years or more since I've played
it.  Good for the brain! :-)

-pw