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DOOM: The Boardgame
Ant writes "And I thought I had seen it all from DOOM world. Nope, there is a boardgame! It is for 2 to 4 players, playable in 1 to 2 hours, based on the groundbreaking DOOM 3 computer game by id Software. Seen on Blue's News." There's also Frag, which IMHO isn't a very good boardgame. The Doom game looks like it might work, though.
66 Plastic Miniatures, including:
6 Archvile figures
6 Demon figures
6 Hell Knight figures
6 Mancubus figures
6 Custom Dice
Wow, they really took that to heart, didn't they?
Anybody made a mod like Quake Chess yet?
i guess i won't have to worry about getting a new graphics card after all
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Here's a look at the roll result matrix:
Roll a 1: You are unable to see shit; lost 5 HP
Roll a 2: You are unable to see shit; lose 5 HP
Roll a 3: You are unable to see shit; lose 5 HP
Roll a 4: You are unable to see shit; lose 5 HP
Roll a 5: You are unable to see shit; lose 5 HP
Roll a 6: You are unable to see shit; lose 5 HP
Roll a 7: You are unable to see shit; lose 5 HP
Roll a 8: You are unable to see shit; lose 5 HP
It would be cool if it didn't suck.
... i hope it comes with a roll of duct tape!
(PS: I loved D3!)
Somehow I just don't think that a board game is going to be able to capture either the immersive atmosphere of the game. The game was all about being alone, how can you play it with other people?
Besides, its hard to play a board game in the middle of the night with the lights off.
"Any man who says he can see through women is missing a lot" Groucho Marx
The author is quite kind. I'd hardly call a very pretty FPS "groundbreaking." Then again, with the extremely low amount of groundbreakery in video games lately, perhaps it is.
-- I prefer the term "karma escort."
Now if it were Demonslayers of Catan they might be onto something...
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Since when has Doom3 been considered "Ground Breaking"? People have been running around in the dark with flashlights since I was a kid, and no doubt long before that.
Anyone can make a High poly game that requires excessive processing power. There's not really anything "Ground Breaking" about it aside from the process of burrying it under ground.
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Anyone remember Space Hulk? This reminds me of that... Which is cool, that was a fun game.
you know, i could have swore i read about this in PC Gamer.. about a year ago.
personally i like the civilization board game more
I loved Space Hulk when I was younger but it has been out of print for a while. Gene Stealers and Space Machines on a re-configurable maze. When I saw Doom at my local mall my first thought was Space Hulk.
Doom is nearly identical to the core of Space Hulk. More weapons, more monsters, and more tile types is all.
If you liked Space Hulk you will like Doom.
Is there something I am not getting here?
Most board games have some sort of Role-Playing element to them, not just "You walk into a room with 3 Cyberdemons. You died." Doom is a GREAT video game as most hack and slash games like it. How does gameplay flow?
Are there character goals? Can you build up your marine to rule the underworld?
Then again, perhaps I just don't get it...
Coding my way to the next BSOD!
Does it come with a chainsaw or do we have to bring our own?
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
You just landed on Park Place, which has 2 Hell Knights, a Cyberdemon, 8 Imps, and a hotel. You owe me $1750 and a case of shotgun shells.
k.
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." - Anne Frank
You will have to upgrade your table in order to play.
How about Kill BillG board game ?
2 Flashlights
3 Pistols
4 Diapers
1 Gate to Hell
Gee, I always thought the point of Doom was that you didn't need to play boardgames anymore....
it is now successfuly slashdotted. way to go
I remember a D&D board game. You had the little player figures, dice (Neo: LOTS OF DICE), and the fun part, a Dungeon Master :)
I don't know, but this sounds like your typical board-playable RPG.
As an off-topic side note, I also remember the Spy vs Spy board game, we had lots of fun with that one (not that it's related, just a thought)
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I'm really surprised this is "news"... not only was it released a while ago, it had been rather publically in development for a least a year prior.
For those wondering, it's made by Fantasy Flight Games, the same company that did the board game based on Warcraft, as well as the CCG and board game based on the A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels by George R.R. Martin.
It's actually much more accurate to compare it to Space Hulk than Frag. Frag was based on the multi-player aspects of FPSes, while Doom is based on the single-player element (although you work on a team with other Marines in this version).
>>I thought about overclocking but I'm too afraid I'll fry something.
The paper will catch fire.
Can someone tell me how I can roll "IDDQD"? These scary imps have surrounded my marine and about to give him 666 scratches of death!
Clearly this is a direct port of Doom 3 multiplayer to the boardgame platform.
-Supports 2-4 players
-Playable for 1-2 hours
I wonder if they also ported the "absolute shit gameplay" feature aswell?
An old Warhammer 40K spin-off, Space Hulk. The board looks damnned similar. I wonder if Doom 3: The Boardgame (dah dah DuuuHHHMMM!!) allows you to put your characters on "overwatch".
[pink beam of light]
See what real boardgame geeks think of it:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/10640
Ranked 68th, that's very good!
Not to restate the obvious but... Are they nuts ? How could something like this ever be even remotely profitable ?
I mean, what's the market ? Probably people who know what DOOM3 is and have played it. Then narrow it down to silly people who for some reason thing board games are as cool or cooler than one of the better FPSes ever created.. wow... pot's getting pretty small, isnt it ?
The place to check this out is the BoardGameGeek Doom: The Boardgame page, which has reviews, scenarios, and other good stuff.
Jeff
Commence one hundred "HAR HAR DOOMZ REALLY DARK" jokes now.
You may see:
"Yeah, but you can only see 1 space ahead"
"WTF WE nEed duct taPe"
or "OMG DICE ATTACK YOU FORM KNOQWERE".
We get it. Doom's dark. Enough already.
Since when has this country used intellectual elite as a pejorative term?
yeah, that would be cool,
~me walks away from the keyboard for the night, not sure if I'm serious or joking....
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Looks like these guys will stop at nothing to make a quick buck.
The rules provided in the box aren't always clear, but the game does have a lot of replayability. In fact, playing a mission you haven't played before can be extremely difficult, as it's easy to waste too much time and too many respawns exploring.
Some people would argue that the ammo system is rather sucky, though. You collect ammo counters and lose them on the basis of the dice, not for every shot you make, so you may get no opportunity to use the bigger weapons with two dice that have chances to miss. This is especially crucial when you consider some monsters can't even be harmed by most weapons. Oh, and the losing armour on respawn really, really sucks, because there's so little of it in most missions, and without it, pretty much everything that attacks you will do damage.
If you play it much, you'll probably want to establish some tailored rules for your group.
Other stuff: the miniatures are decent and painting allows you to see the nice amount of detail they have on them; the playing pieces and cards are all heavy enough stock that should last a fair while.
Give it a try, though!
Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Gates M'dna wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Now if it were Demonslayers of Catan
To appeal to the more casual American gamer, they'd have to rename it to "Slayers of Satan" or something.
How's the deathmatch? Do just players stand up and throw their pieces at each other? Whoever rolls the bigger number scores a hit? Do I hide my piece behind the sofa to "camp?"
Next up... The computer game based on the groundbreaking DOOM 3 board game based on the groundbreaking DOOM 3 computer game! (Minimum Requirements: Your monthly paycheck and firstborn)
Do you have to turn out the lights to play it?
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What you got this time michael? Oh don't go away just now! We have this brilliant boardgame based on Doom. Yes, you heard it right! Doom! The features are excellent, namely ...
The Counter-Strike: Source Boardgame. /rolls dice /draws a card
"Terrorists win."
Damn.
Warning: Could be fatal if taken seriously
id should port Doom3 to the original GBA. With no backlight and no duct tape on mars the two are a perfect match.
Maybe if they release Duke Nukem Forever as a board game, they can manage a release within my lifetime.
this are the things that will happen:
Nobody will talk about it 2 months after release.
The dice will move VERY slow unless you upgrade your hand with a multi-million dollars bionic one.
You'll have to play it in a real dark room.
The game will drop its price dramatically after 3 months of release.
A half life 2 board game will come out later leaving the old doom game in the dust.
Actually, the boardgame community has been anticipating this title for quite some time. You can find more details, discussions, and mods (yes, mods!) on Doom from the perspective of boardgamers here:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/10640
Regards,
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I remember being in the dorms and playing the new version of Risk (Risk 2210) for hours, usually twice a week. I think it would be cool to have a Doom version of Risk. The map could be of Mars with several bases on the map and posssibly even an orbiting station. I can see great potential for such a game.
-Sumdog
You forgot
"I attack the darkness!"
If you look here, http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=12203& mode=thread&order=0, you can see that the game was suppost to be released in October and be $39.95.
Doom: The Boardgame - now with the Big Fucking Pop-o-matic Bubble 9000!
Some unmentioned rules:
1) The game must be played in the dark.
2) Fortunately, it provides a flashlight with unlimited battery power.
3) Unfortunately, you cannot equip yourself with the flashlight while rolling the dice.
4) Yes, the game's designers *intended* for it to be this way.
Then you've never played it around a table with 4 or 5 other people. Beats computer games any day.
Some other videogame to boardgame conversions that exist are Age of Mythology: the Boardgame, Sid Meier's Civilization - The Boardgame, Sid Meier's Pirates!: The Boardgame, and Warcraft - The Boardgame
Doom: the Boardgame actually has a 7.82 rating (7.52 Bayesian average) at www.boardgamegeek.com, which is actually quite decent (the highest rated game, Puerto Rico, is 8.75 and 8.72 respectively).
Finnish gaming site, Peliplaneetta, just posted a review of it today (in Finnish only).
http://www.peliplaneetta.net/artikkelit/451/
Basicly, it's good fun.
Recently somebody also created a Doom roguelike game.
That would be A Game of Thrones + its expansions. The game actually got me into the books. FFG publishes quite a few high-quality component games (read: expensive). They published the War of the Ring game (heaviest game I currently own) and their latest offering is Twilight Imperium 3rd edition, which is even bigger than the War of the Ring box. I think it's something like 12" x 24" and costs $80 ($50+shipping from various online game retailers). They're also renowned for rather nice customer service, like shipping you missing or damaged components for free (although ideally, these shouldn't be problems to begin with).
Cheat codes:
GOD MODE: "roll" dice by placing them down carefully on the number you want
KILL ALL MONSTERS: Place your hand firmly on your playing pice. With the other hand grasp the playing board with your other hand and shake vigorously.
UNLIMITED AMMO: Point behind the other players and say in a loud voice, "Hey, what the heck is THAT over there!?!?!" When other player look away to see what you are looking at, grab all unused game tokens.
CHANGE LEVELS: With a broad sweep of your arm, clean the board. Then set up again in the configuration of the level you want to play.
EASTER EGGS: IDDQD, many easter eggs will become hidden in your house. (This only works on Easter morning)
They've already come out with a see-through-walls hack too, in fact, it looks like it's pre-built into the game...
"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
There are at least 10x more imps than any other piece.......
One notes that Doom, The Board Game, costs $54.95. At this point, Doom, The Video Game, is cheaper.
I am NOT a man!
I am a free number!
PS. You can actually see something in this game!
This is nothing compared to the brilliance of the Milton Bradley (tm) Pac-man Board Game!
1-4 players have their own coloured pacman as they attempt to eat as many dots out of the maze as possible. You have two 6-sidewd dice. One roll moves your pacman around the maze. The other roll moves one of the two ghosts around the maze. A player using a ghosts to eat a players results in a trade of pellets with the unlucky player. There are 4 power pellets which act as get-out-of-jail-free cards should you get munched... but you have to get them before everyone else.
And believe it or not, the board game was quite fun to play back then! (cue lots of swearing when one of your friends makes the ghost eat you)
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You are (fortunately) incorrect.
In Doom (the board game), one player always plays the monsters. So with 2 players, the marine player is "alone".
Also, when played with 4 players (=3 marines), it really freaks you out when/if you are far away from your own team - for example your team decides to enter a room and when you step in the door suddenly closes cutting you off from your team.
If you're interested in board games, you could view a list of Games By Rating.
How many games in the top 100 have you even heard of?
...to get it, and replace all the enemy pieces with POKEMONS!
66 minatures including
2 striders
3 gunships
2 attack helicopters
10 resistance soldiers
10 combine soldiers
5 metrocops
5 elites
2 combine missile trucks
2 combine dropships
1 combine generators
2 combine energy barriers
4 civilians
1 barney
1 eli vance
1 vortigaunt
2 antlions
1 alex
1 dog
1 G-man
1 spin-the-crowbar decision wheel
Where can I see screenshots!?
While this is not a board game, you'll certainly want to take a look at Doom2D (google for it). Too bad, it's semi-legal software (that is, it's pirating pirates: the guys who did it didn't care the slightest about any copyrights), but it's pretty much a must see for any former Doom2 maniac.
The deathmatch is pretty good as well (hot-seat only).
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
"Okay, I slowly -- SLOWLY -- enter the room. What do I see?"
"It's dark. There's some blood on the ground."
"And that's it?"
"Yes. ROWR!"
"What? What? I spin around!"
"There's nothing there. Just a scary noise. Oh, but you see a box of shotgun shells."
"OK, motherfucker, I know what's going to happen. I sneak up, and JUST AS I GRAB THE SHELLS I spin around!"
"A closet opens up and an imp pops out!"
"I shoot the bastard! BLAM1 I rolled a 12! He's dead!"
"Good job, marine. So what now?"
"I walk toward the door..."
"And just as you do so, three Hell Knights teleport in behind you!!"
"What the..."
"GRROWR! ROAR! SLASH! BOOM! You're dead."
"Motherfucker... OK, I hit Alt-tab."
"What?"
"You heard me. I navigate to the DOOM directory and hit unistall.exe . You backstabbed me for the last time, bitch."
Probably be short, but what the heck.
Is it just me or does the icon for this story (and other FPS games) remind you of something else?
"One credit card receipt for a Swedish-made..."
I'm telling you though, baby, it's just an observation based on pictures I've seen. Really!
"What do you despise? By this are you truly known." --Princess Irulan, Manual of Muad'Dib
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It's just Monopoly except the first rule says it must be pitch black in the room before you start playing.
-R
I saw this board game at my local bookshop here in Aarhus, Denmark in December.
"Live free or don't."
you are likely to be eaten by a grue
Conservatism: The fear that somewhere, somehow, someone you think is your inferior is being treated as your equal.
Looks just the same to me
Very good game though if you've got some free time and you're a games workshop fan
When I was Christmas Shopping for the D&D freaks in my extended family.
...because people will want the figurines.
Though it is now officially the stupidest board game idea I have ever seen, It probably has a better chance of getting good sales than runner-up: "Blood Bowl" http://boardgames.about.com/cs/bloodbowl/
Someone had to do it.
Someone port it to the PC!
I remember that ages ago, it was announced that a board game was also to be created for Sid Meier's Pirates!. I've just noticed it's been out a short while now. I might buy myself a set. :)
oooohhh... It's a "Hell Card" space - collect a card from the pile and see what thrills are ready and waiting for you!
Plays best on nVidia(R).
Pros:
- Constant FPS in all environments and on all platforms (tables, desks, floors,
...)
- You don't have to wait for the intro to finish
- Once word gets out people will pity you and donate money so you can buy a computer
Cons:I think I'll give it a try...
Duke Nukem Forever boardgame due out soon too... yep... any day now....
This boardgame seems to look and work like Hero Quest, which we played for years.
Take a break from those tiring video games with a nice boardgame to help you fight the fatigue. Doom 3: the Boardgame will give you hours and hours of zombie spankin' joy without those pesky computers!
AND!Coming soon: Linux the board game!
Spend those hours while linux installs with your friends. Be an open source Tycoon. Use every Curse word in the slang dictionary when Redhat doesn't start. eat chips and code all day. And of Course, Look down on all those silly, silly windows users. By Milton Bradley.
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Here is where some *real* info :
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/10640
There is also a Doom RogueLike: http://http//chaos.magma-net.pl/doom/
A) When they were going to get sued either by id, or by the Aliens franchise holders.
B) When either id or the Aliens franchise holders would get around to ripping off and re-publishing the same game without giving royalties.
It might have been the friends I was with, or it might have been the vibe in the room at the time, but Spacehulk was easily one of the most entertaining board games I've ever played. And the fact that everybody could play co-operatively against a common alien threat put it right over the top with me. --I have a hard time enjoying games which pit friends against friends. I find such things make for unhappy energy in the room. The people I compete with in life are called "Enemies", and I do not eat pizza and watch movies with them.
-FL
However, if you truly want to simulate the effect of a chainsaw (to scale) on the little miniatures, I find a dremel works wonders.
Sod that, I'm not buying the Doom 3 computer game until they update it to include an actual Dremel. With little interchangable heads.
...when are they going to bring out a computer simulated version so I can play it on the network! ;-)
. . . that the price of the board game is the same as that of the PC version? $54.95.
C'mon, baby, kiss The King.
What's a 'Board Game?'
My parents talked about something called 'Monopoly' many years back, and they used to play it after they parked their horse and buggy...
And they said zombies weren't real!
Those have got to be the UGliest pieces I've seen in a game in a while. The actual sculpturing of the figures might be okay, but those colors...OMG!
I'd gladly pay a little more for figures that were painted to look a bit more like their digital counterparts.
GET FREE APPLE STUFF!
"Looks like a rolled for a BFG 9000... I hit an Imp, so I kill everything and I win again!" Sounds like fun.
Did anyone notice that it costs freaking $55. I could buy Doom 3 for that.
all the shadows cast on the board will be totally realistic! and you can totally play lag free multiplayer!
That's as much as the software version of the game.
I can understand the Software costing that much due to the enormous ammount of man hours involved in the engine creation, and everything else.
But 55$ for this piece of shit? That is just insulting!
Back in the ancient days when football players looked like individual red dots, a friend and I played a videogame in school with pencil and paper.
Draw a river horizontally across a sheet of paper. Draw a bridge on the left and right sides. Each player draws a tank on his side. Take turns moving or shooting.
To move or shoot, put the point of your pencil on your tank, hold the pencil in place with your index finger on the eraser. Press down until the tip slips and draws line. Where the line ends is where your new position is or where your shell landed.
$54.95 for a lousy BOARD GAME? You gotta be kiddin! You can blow 3 hours on Monopoly for under $15 any day of the week. Ya, moms from all over are gonna run right out and grab that one for little Timmy lickety-split...
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Coming soon, a skillful rendition of the award-winning Doom : The Boardgame, specifically designed for your PC!
- Stop worrying about losing plastic monster pieces or rolling dice under the sofa. Doom : The Boardgame : The Computer Version takes care of all that for you!
-Never worry about running out of table space for maps again; D:TB:TCV comes complete with many custom-designed maps specifically engineered for optimal entertainment.
-In addition, new "single player" feature allows you to play Doom : The Boardgame : The Computer Version against the computer, so you can still play even when your friends are unavailable or nonexistant!
As you can expect, a computer game is a bit more expensive than an old cardboard-and-plastic board game. However, by outsourcing to India, we've managed to keep the price as low as possible. Only twice the price of the board game: $120!
Download the game from here: Doom : The Boardgame : The Computer Version
We will be sending you a bill as soon as we clear up a few issues with our legal department.
Friend of mine picked it up not too long ago, its pretty cool really, though its not like most board games. The marines work together and, at least according to my friend, the demons are "supposed to lose".
... but that's beside the point.
Of course he said this after I played the demons and kicked marine butt all over the map in the first level
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or does it seem strange to anyone else that the boardgame is more expensive than the computer game?
From 0 to drunk in $20
Doom was one of the greatest coop games ever created. Why they left it out of the D3 PC version is beyond me.
Hopefully, they didn't make the same mistake for the board game!
That said, is anyone else reminded of the Day of the Dead boardgame? (link can't be checked, at work and the filters don't allow anything with "game" in it. Alt link or use Google to find it yourself)
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There is also a Warcraft III board game and a Civilization one, both based on their predecessor computer versions.
I laughed when I saw the headline, but after thinking about it, I believe this think has the potential to take off (Not that well, but still could prove to be a success for the manufacturer).
After looking at the link provided by Warlock48 (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/10640), it looks like they are taking the base elements of Magic the Gathering (playable cards leading to in-game results), and packaging them into a Heroquest-like environment (D&D-type miniature play). This looks like it's a prime example of how recycling ideas can make money......
I do feel sorry for the company that's putting this out, however. Most of the target market for this will simply play it on the computer......however I can see a bunch of pimple-faced teenagers having 'Doom' parties. The joke'll get changed from 'I'm gonna cast......MAGIC MISSILE!' to 'If there are any girls on Mars, I WANNA DO 'EM!'.
Is it just me, or does this game resemble the old Space Hulk board game? The board layout and pieces look awfully familiar.
"If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?" --Seymour Cray
It looks like GW's SpaceHulk.
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I'd suggest either D&D Miniatures or Star Wars Miniatures as good mini games (Star Wars is faste r to play)
D&D Miniatures
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/minis
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20040
Star Wars Miniatures
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/arti
Rules - http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/arti
The best part of Star Wars is beating someone with an Ewok.
The board game looks quite like Game Workshop's SpaceHulk:
http://www.gamenight.com/html/Games/space_hulk.ht
After looking over the link and reading the comments here, it sounds a lot like the old game Space Crusade (link goes to first hit on Google).
:)
In both games, up to three players control marines searching through a map, with another player (controlling the nasties) able to drop new things in places the players can't see.
Space Crusade was fun, but fiendishly hard for the marines...which is where I think they got the idea
Why do you think Zombies is seriously flawed?
Hail Eris, full of mischief...
E pluribus sanguinem
I played the Doom boardgame a couple of weekends ago and although I was a fan of the video game, I really didn't care for the board game version. We played a game with 3 Marines against the evil baddies, and here's a microreview of the game.
The first thing I noticed was the game had approximately a metric buttload of figurines, dice, cards, and widgets. Heck, I think there are even some out-of-state fireworks and dancing girls in the box. So, if you're into games with lotsa bits, Doom has some serious heft to it.
With those bits comes a lot of dice-rolling. Each weapon has an array of dice to be thrown, each with varying damages, ranges, and ammo-usage. We found ammo to be extremely scarce. Each player starts out with a small amount of ammo, and it tends to run out quickly -- at least one out of every three attacks. Due to some bad die rolls, our "sharpshooter" marine was constantly running out of ammo, and had to often resort to the classic "fist" attack. (Which, strangely enough, seems to be more effective than the pistol.)
The line-of-sight rules combined with Evil's spawning rules seemed a little out-of-line. Evil was able to use a constant supply of cards in his hand to spawn new bad guys (which is a departure from the video game). Evil could spawn anywhere he could put a critter out of our "line-of-sight". Unfortunately, even one or two little critters could block line of sight for a big critter. When we finally started working carefully to cover every corner, being careful of line-of-sight, Evil played a "Darkness" card which allowed new baddies to spawn. Twice. This was all great fun for the Evil player, but irritating and frustrating for the players. (In the original game, a player could "clear out" an area and use it as a safe zone. Nothing doing in the board game.)
The game allows 6 respawns of the players before the evil player wins. Which is a good thing -- us players had lost 3 lives before we got out of the first room. The game also took a long time to play. We played for nearly 3 hours before we gave up the ghost, but none of the players except for Evil seemed to have a good time.
Earlier the same day, we played the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" game, which is along the same lines as Doom. A similar theme, a similar style of play (one player versus the rest), but Buffy seemed much better for some reason. Buffy kept things simple, which Doom bogged down with the details.
I'm not really looking forward to playing the Doom boardgame again, but I'll probably give it another shot to see if there was something that I missed. Although it had lovely pieces, I think the gameplay was a lot of dice-rolling for three hours, with the odds stacked frustratingly against the Marines to the point of being "not fun." Maybe the dice were just not with us. If you like the pretty bits, and like slapping a bunch of dice and figures around the table, then you might want to check this out.
Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
Not the end product.
Things based on stupid ideas come out good in the end all the time.
Someone had to do it.
is this available for Linux yet?
Start with 3 or more RISK boards. Add the rule that you can exchange 20 armies for 1 nuke (can clear any adjoining country) and have movement to either adjoining countries or to the same country on another board. It helps if you picture in your head, the boards stacked over each other. One game took over 30 hours to play. I lost.
Now that there are RISK variants out there, it could get really interesting on how different types of armies would interact.
I drank what? -- Socrates
Does it have the Bio Force Gun and humans mutated into zombies by a virus so that it adheres to the "spirit" of the DOOM games?
--
"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
I was playing it the other day, and my friend accused me of aimbotting and wallhacking!
It wasn't in the original game.
I can't wait until someone makes a COMPUTER SIMULATION of this game!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
The polygons in Doom3 are the most ordinary aspect of the graphics. The lighting model and the use of dynamic textures are both revolutionary.
The lighting models in other PC games tend to use a variety of more visible hacks. Only some objects have shadows, and those shadows are highly pixelated. And a lot of light comes from unknown sources. Doom3 has a consistent, top-quality lighting model that makes things look more real.
The dynamic textures I am thinking of are the control panels and video displays scattered all over Mars base. You never have to break out of the main interface to interact with the base controls. It doesn't seem like much unless you've played other games where the various controls are in a separate interface or don't look real.
The processing power is only excessive if you have older hardware. Otherwise it's nice to finally play a game that takes advantage of modern processing capabilities.
Doom's boardgamegeek.com entry shows the following stats:
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Average Rating:
7.79
Bayesian Average Rating:
7.52
Overall Rank:
75
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It has made the top 100 already, looks promising.
Wow, so now we've combined the blood and guts that our girlfriends hate with the board-game format they're always trying to force us to play at casual get-togethers. Wonderful!
People shape laws. Not the other way around.
I've got both games and have played both of them. Frag has four pages total of rules. It's fast paced and easy to pickup and play.
Doom has two rule sets. They total around fifty or sixty pages. The player controlling the demons is working as the DM and reads the room descriptions. He also has to place the tiles. It takes a while to learn the rules, sort all of the pieces and run the game. Doom is more like a dungeon crawl with miniatures and is not a game that you can just pick up and play in a few minutes.
Both games are fun though.
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It's substantially better than Doom 3 the video game. Maybe not as much eye candy, but vastly better gameplay. Kevin Wilson, the designer, is SOLID - he did Game of Thrones - the best wargame in years.
Gameplay is extremely good, and features a pretty innovative dice mechanism and a fair amount of roll playing flair. I played with several folks this weekend who wouldn't touch the videogame, and they were all pretty impressed.
It bogs a little with 4 players, but 2-3 it is truly an excellent game, and one you will be playing long after Doom3 is gathering dust.
I think you mean "R'dmd," not "R'chmd."
Breakfast served all day!
Evil could spawn anywhere he could put a critter out of our "line-of-sight". Unfortunately, even one or two little critters could block line of sight for a big critter.
From the rulebook, "Exception: For purposes of spawning new invaders, other invader figures do not block a marine's line of sight."
So that may be the source of some of your problems.
"Before starting play please ensure you have a flashlight handy and turn out all lights. All 'to hit' dice rolls are to be made in the dark."
And on the back of the box, "Duct tape not included".
Let me tell you a secret. I have absolutely no idea what you're blathering on about!
I have absolutely no idea what you're typing, i would arrive at a pathetically small number.
Socrates was a chinese actor and expert in kung fu who popularised the martial arts in the hand is worth two in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A bard was a great voice out of the cheap motor car.
The arm is a living organism which does not want to play.
A house is a house licensed for the real issues, slashdot, and retain your credibility in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". Thats it.
A bayonet is a small portable musical instrument with a stick.
I cant wait for the SDK for this. Now is my chance to come out with a really cool mod like making cyberdemon into GW. When is the Halflife board game coming out? -got nuthin :)
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This looks suspiciously like the old Games Workshop game Space Hulk. Which might not be a bad thing, since Space Hulk was a blast to play and has been out of print for years.
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where do we find the Doom: The Boardgame done quick video?