Except that Richard Hatch DIDN'T win by backstabbing and lying.
He won by building the one and only stable coalition in the game, while the rest of the players bounced around randomly, never thinking to build voting blocs.
The only significant lying was that he denied the existance of the coalition, as did every other member of it. He didn't even deny it that vociferously.
In fact, Hatch was one of the most HONEST players of the game ever -- precisely because a pure coalition building strategy was possible in the first season in a way it was not so much as seasons progressed (in part because of tribe swaps and other twists).
Can anyone tell of even ONE incident of lying or ONE incident of backstabbing that Richard was responsible for during the game?
El Grande has at least as much chance as Settlers of Catan!
The action card mechanism of El Grande leads to massive swings in the game situation, and can lead to quite chaotic outcomes. Settlers die rolls at least settle into a bell curve.
Have you tried the Cities and Knights variant of Catan? There is just as much die-rolling, but the increased roll of development cars lets you plan ahead for a big combo. You may find it more to your liking if your group wants a meatier game.
I don't see anyone having linked to it yet, so here is a pitch for boardgamegeek.com, which has excellent discussions on this and other topics.
They bought 40 one-minute chunks of commercial airtime on KFRC-AM radio in San Francisco, and played every track of their brilliant 1980 LP The Commercial Album.
"Commercial Radio" was the perfect format for The Commercial Album because every track is exactly 60 seconds long.
Caridi has yet to be charged, but after he's admitted to supplying Sprague with screeners for the last 3-5 years, I highly doubt his innocence will remain unchallenged for very long."
I don't know, seems to me that Caridi flipped and gave the cops the man they really wanted. I'll bet you they'll be some fines, community service, etc., but I doubt he's going to prison. Sprague is going to be sent up for a long time though.
What did Caridi get out of the arrangement? He denies receiving money, and says he just thought Sprague was a film buff. I wonder if all Caridi ever got from Sprague was praise and adoration: "I've always *loved* your work."
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Thank you so much, I've been looking for this reference for years!
When I first saw stills from the Eames and Morrison work, I kept looking for the girl in the chair holding a cat with a little bit of salt left on her hand from lunch, that the ant was getting ready to feast on.
I had encountered the book at a pubic library 25+ years ago and have been trying to get a copy of it for years, but could never remember the title or author.
I really enjoy Boeke's bemused captions to his drawings.
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Except that Richard Hatch DIDN'T win by backstabbing and lying.
He won by building the one and only stable coalition in the game, while the rest of the players bounced around randomly, never thinking to build voting blocs.
The only significant lying was that he denied the existance of the coalition, as did every other member of it. He didn't even deny it that vociferously.
In fact, Hatch was one of the most HONEST players of the game ever -- precisely because a pure coalition building strategy was possible in the first season in a way it was not so much as seasons progressed (in part because of tribe swaps and other twists).
Can anyone tell of even ONE incident of lying or ONE incident of backstabbing that Richard was responsible for during the game?
This article left out the best parts of WotC history: the corporate retreats full of bongs and banging.
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See this article for more details:
http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/03/23/
El Grande has at least as much chance as Settlers of Catan!
The action card mechanism of El Grande leads to massive swings in the game situation, and can lead to quite chaotic outcomes. Settlers die rolls at least settle into a bell curve.
Have you tried the Cities and Knights variant of Catan? There is just as much die-rolling, but the increased roll of development cars lets you plan ahead for a big combo. You may find it more to your liking if your group wants a meatier game.
I don't see anyone having linked to it yet, so here is a pitch for boardgamegeek.com, which has excellent discussions on this and other topics.
Called Motor City Online.
You would race for pink slips (that's Yank for certificate of ownership of a car), build up money to mod your car, and so forth.
Here is a Gamespot review. Little point in buying it now, though.
I never played it, but at its peak it in Summer of '02 it had around 36,000 subscribers according to this study of MMORPG subscriber trends.
It fell sharply from its peak and Electronic Arts shut it down a year later.
They bought 40 one-minute chunks of commercial airtime on KFRC-AM radio in San Francisco, and played every track of their brilliant 1980 LP The Commercial Album.
"Commercial Radio" was the perfect format for The Commercial Album because every track is exactly 60 seconds long.
Viva The Residents!
Caridi has yet to be charged, but after he's admitted to supplying Sprague with screeners for the last 3-5 years, I highly doubt his innocence will remain unchallenged for very long."
I don't know, seems to me that Caridi flipped and gave the cops the man they really wanted. I'll bet you they'll be some fines, community service, etc., but I doubt he's going to prison. Sprague is going to be sent up for a long time though.
What did Caridi get out of the arrangement? He denies receiving money, and says he just thought Sprague was a film buff. I wonder if all Caridi ever got from Sprague was praise and adoration: "I've always *loved* your work."
Thank you so much, I've been looking for this reference for years!
When I first saw stills from the Eames and Morrison work, I kept looking for the girl in the chair holding a cat with a little bit of salt left on her hand from lunch, that the ant was getting ready to feast on.
I had encountered the book at a pubic library 25+ years ago and have been trying to get a copy of it for years, but could never remember the title or author.
I really enjoy Boeke's bemused captions to his drawings.