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Unofficial Tabletop X-Com Game Given Away

Posted by simoniker on from the crt-therapy dept.

eebe writes "It's a common complaint that modern games are never as good as the games we all played when we were younger. Sequels never seem to do the original justice, and remakes never get finished. What Paul and myself have done is take one of the best games of all time, X-Com: Enemy Unknown (UFO Defense for the Americans) and turned it into an unofficial, freely downloadable / printable tabletop war game, 'X-Com: Tactical'. What better way to spend an evening sending your Chrysalids against your friend whose troops are only just walking out of the Skyranger?"

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  1. formula by Sparr0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) Make cool game
    2) post story on /. with link to site
    3) put micropayment donation links on site
    4) Prof^H^H^H^H^H wonder why the payment counter stays at 0

  2. The best part... by baywulf · · Score: 2, Funny

    My eyes have full screen anti-aliasing when I remove my glasses. No more jaggies!