Last week a friend of mine gave me the latest copy of PC Gamer to read. I came across an article on Omerta, a browser-based gangster MMORPG set in the 1930s. I gave it a go and it was quite fun. Bit of a bad move on my part though!
After voting for the game I found masses of these things. I started playing Bulfleet - a space empire game that is reminiscent of the classic 'Supremacy' game that those of you who had a Commodore 64 or Amiga might fondly remember. Boy, the amount of hours I wasted on that game, and I never did manage to win the 32 planet game. Oh well.
I didn't stop there. I am now also playing Imperia Online, which is similar in scope to Bulfleet, but is set in Medieval times. I like the resource gathering and empire building techniques in both of these games.
The latest one that I am completely hooked on is Gladiatus. This one is different from the rest in that it is more like an RPG in which you play a Gladiator and you train, fight, and adventure. Its not a resource/builder game.
If you want something to waste a few enjoyable days on then I would take a look at one of these. The best thing is that they are free.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Back to Rolemaster
Well, we have been playing Rolemaster for at least 6 weeks now. Boy have we been having fun. At the start of this session, Johns character got a magical bow that was reminiscent of the one that you saw the Ranger with in the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. That was a bit of a mistake on Nige's part. It totally unbalanced the game and we just walked through the following adventure. The next week it was nerfed!
The first mission that we undertook was to investigate what looked to be an abandoned keep in the desert. It wasn't quite abandoned. It was fully of undead. That caused lots of fun for us. It was during this adventure that my Nightblade decided that he was good at detecting traps, and that if he couldn't detect one, instead of telling his fellow party members that he coudln't find one, he categorically stated that there wasn't one there. This went fine for the first few times, and then bam! We set off a trap. Oops.
One of the most memorable encounters in the keep was when we opened a door and there was a room full of weapons in racks - obviously an armoury. Willies character detected a blanket magic field over the room. We threw an object in the room and one of the weapons animated and flew towards the door through which we had threw the object. It was easily dodged. Willie then crouched down and waved a staff or similar object into the room above his head. Another weapon flew through the open doorway aiming for the point where the tip of the staff entered the room. This task was repeated numerous times until the entire armoury was emptied. Nige's masterpiece encounter was ruined - absolutely no challenge to us whatsoever. Well, let me just say that this triumph on our part was to cost us dearly in later weeks when Nige wreaked his vengeance on our characters. Oh well, that will teach us to be smart!
In a later mission, we were travelling through a forest and my Nightblade was scouting ahead. I came across some fire elementals setting fire to the trees. It was at this point that my Pyromania kicked in and I just stood there watching these absolutely enchanting creatures torch everything in site. The rest of the party caught up and defeated the creatures and then put the fires out, to Corvuses disgust and sadness.
The first mission that we undertook was to investigate what looked to be an abandoned keep in the desert. It wasn't quite abandoned. It was fully of undead. That caused lots of fun for us. It was during this adventure that my Nightblade decided that he was good at detecting traps, and that if he couldn't detect one, instead of telling his fellow party members that he coudln't find one, he categorically stated that there wasn't one there. This went fine for the first few times, and then bam! We set off a trap. Oops.
One of the most memorable encounters in the keep was when we opened a door and there was a room full of weapons in racks - obviously an armoury. Willies character detected a blanket magic field over the room. We threw an object in the room and one of the weapons animated and flew towards the door through which we had threw the object. It was easily dodged. Willie then crouched down and waved a staff or similar object into the room above his head. Another weapon flew through the open doorway aiming for the point where the tip of the staff entered the room. This task was repeated numerous times until the entire armoury was emptied. Nige's masterpiece encounter was ruined - absolutely no challenge to us whatsoever. Well, let me just say that this triumph on our part was to cost us dearly in later weeks when Nige wreaked his vengeance on our characters. Oh well, that will teach us to be smart!
In a later mission, we were travelling through a forest and my Nightblade was scouting ahead. I came across some fire elementals setting fire to the trees. It was at this point that my Pyromania kicked in and I just stood there watching these absolutely enchanting creatures torch everything in site. The rest of the party caught up and defeated the creatures and then put the fires out, to Corvuses disgust and sadness.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
A screaming book
Dr Leicester and Father Montalcini go to the library, where Dr Leicester casts a spell and notes there are a number of magical tomes. Father Montalcini goes to hold a book to take it down when he notices it’s made of human skin with veins that pulse with blood. He drops the book in shock and the book screams in pain when it hits the floor. Father Montalcini is freaked by the fact that the book cover is human skin, but not by the fact that the book screams. What gives?
Wooster and Captain Cullen investigate the basement and find their way into the lowest floor – the 3rd basement. The floor and walls of their floor are made of the same marble as the Temple in Egypt. They enter a room with 20 cloaks hanging around the room by their hoods. Embroidered on the cloaks is a half moon pattern similar to that on the book that Mogens has. Half the room is lit by a ‘moon lit’ glow and the other half is in darkness. This is caused by a half-moon hole in the ceiling. In the centre of the room is a rune carved altar. The plinth is made of red and white marble. The arrangement is half in the darkness and half in the moonlight. There are no chains to hold anyone down on the altar. Wooster notices that the red veins in the marble are actually veins filled with blood.
At this point Nige has rolled a natural 100 on his sanity role, and then rolls a max on his sanity loss. If this was Rolemaster that would be fantastic but as it’s Cthulhu!
Wooster recoils away from the altar uttering ‘I’m never going to get that clean!’ Captain Cullen starts casting a spell. As Captain Cullen starts to cast the spell, Wooster spots that the veins in the altar start to pulse faster and the pulsing increases the nearer the spell comes to being completed. Wooster spins around, walks away, and tries to ignore what he has seen. Captain Cullen finishes the spell and finds out that they have passed the book they are looking for.
Wooster and Captain Cullen investigate the basement and find their way into the lowest floor – the 3rd basement. The floor and walls of their floor are made of the same marble as the Temple in Egypt. They enter a room with 20 cloaks hanging around the room by their hoods. Embroidered on the cloaks is a half moon pattern similar to that on the book that Mogens has. Half the room is lit by a ‘moon lit’ glow and the other half is in darkness. This is caused by a half-moon hole in the ceiling. In the centre of the room is a rune carved altar. The plinth is made of red and white marble. The arrangement is half in the darkness and half in the moonlight. There are no chains to hold anyone down on the altar. Wooster notices that the red veins in the marble are actually veins filled with blood.
At this point Nige has rolled a natural 100 on his sanity role, and then rolls a max on his sanity loss. If this was Rolemaster that would be fantastic but as it’s Cthulhu!
Wooster recoils away from the altar uttering ‘I’m never going to get that clean!’ Captain Cullen starts casting a spell. As Captain Cullen starts to cast the spell, Wooster spots that the veins in the altar start to pulse faster and the pulsing increases the nearer the spell comes to being completed. Wooster spins around, walks away, and tries to ignore what he has seen. Captain Cullen finishes the spell and finds out that they have passed the book they are looking for.
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