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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?
i guess i won't have to worry about getting a new graphics card after all
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
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!)
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.
Gee, I always thought the point of Doom was that you didn't need to play boardgames anymore....
2) Shoot down competitors product.
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4)PROFIT!!!
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Yeah, well that's just because no one will help make my game: Early American Steam Shovel Tycoon.
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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?
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?
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.
You forgot
"I attack the darkness!"
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!"
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
"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."
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.
Someone port it to the PC!
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.
But you do need a friend.
I am NOT a man!
I am a free number!
Yea, who the hell would want to play games with other people??
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Sorry, I'm only a 1336 h4x0r.
Yes I have a mod to this board game. It's the Doom3 boardgame mod. I will sell you a piece of ducttape to tape your flashlight to your gun for only $19.95!! Act now and I will throw in a piece for your friend too!! That's a $39.90 value for just $19.95!!!