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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
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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!)
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?
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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.
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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....
See what real boardgame geeks think of it:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/10640
Ranked 68th, that's very good!
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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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.
A half life 2 board game will come out later leaving the old doom game in the dust.
Unfortunately, the Half-Life2 board game can't be played in the same building as a computer running Linux or MacOS, and requires all players to call the publisher to ask for permission before playing. Most slashdot geeks clamor for a boycott against the game, but secretly play it at their friend's houses.
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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!"
> Anyone can make a High poly game that requires excessive processing power.
Pardon me for nitpicking, but how exactly is Doom 3 a high-poly game that requires "excessive" processing power? If you took Doom 3's graphics on its own and slapped it on an older engine, it would take much, much longer to draw at the same quality.
You're clearly underestimating the massive engineering effort put into making the game. If you think Doom 3's engine was just created by "anyone", think again. Setting aside who made that graphics engine (as there are already lots of Carmack fanboys in the world to emphasize that point), the algorithms used in the game are the product of years of research work by other guys who aren't even directly involved in Doom 3's making.
The shadows alone, though largely derided by most people for making the game "too dark", is only made possible due to Everitt, Kilgard and other people's groundbreaking research work on the area. I currently have their papers on my desk. Without those algorithms, Doom 3's shadows would approach *polynomial* time just to get it to render!
If you want to criticize the game itself, go ahead. (I personally liked the game's atmosphere more than Half-Life 2, but my subjective opinions rarely count for anything.) But don't discount the fact that it took real people with great minds to actually make these stuff. I could say with absolute certainty that Doom 3 is ground-breaking in the graphics arena.
Pet peeve: Profane people propagating perfunctory pedantry.
"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."
5 golden rings!
4 calling birds,
3 French hens,
2 turtle doves,
and a partridge in a pear tree.
Some assembly required.
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