Topic: The Table Top Gaming thread

@Tyranexx Yeah I was being driven to school when I heard a plane had hit the World Trade Center and made it on time to school to see the second plane. It was insane how that day unfolded……..I take it that’s all you watched that day Im school.

Those setting are really cool. Dark Sun is one I wish they did more with. They did revive it during the fourth edition days, but as far as I know they have not done much with it I’m fifth edition. I like how it was essentially fantasy Mad Max. And that’s right you are a drake warden. That fizban book is pretty cool, what fifth edition books do you own?

Sent you a fried. Request on switch.

@Themagusx1 Both planes had already crashed into the towers by the time I was able to watch, but we viewed the ensuing aftermath. A very tragic day, one that definitely sticks to memory. There was footage of the other two crash sites too, but I don't remember them as clearly. I think we tried to do some lessons later in the day, but I don't recall any of that at all.

Dark Sun is fantasy Mad Max you say? Now I'm intrigued lol. Though I like a lot of fantasy settings in general if they have work and care put into them. The drake warden thing was funny, I'd already tamed a guard drake in our travels (that took several attempts), and it was noted after the copy of Fizban's arrived that the drake warden was already similar to my beast master setup. The sub-class was a perfect fit! The only fifth edition book that I own so far is the Player's Handbook. Not sure if I'll pick up much else due to the prices I found; I picked it up to make character creation easier to do on my own if I needed to.

On the FC: Awesome! I'll be sure to check my Switch this evening.

@Tyranexx I remember from what I understand is there were no classes just people watching the coverage and that’s all they did that day, that’s what a friend told me we did after I had left. That day was just really crazy.

That’s cool how everything fit in together and your Drake warden came together. That fizban book rocks, I got it for Christmas, and it is really a killer book. And it’s always good to have a players handbook, especially if several people have one I’m a group. So what dnd books I’m 5e interest you?

Awesome I will check my friends list later on.

@Themagusx1 Crazy, weird, abnormal, sad....So many descriptions for that day. While I don't condone some of the aftermath that ensued over the years, I do think the people of the USA were relatively close around that time.

If it pertains to dragons, I'll probably like it unless it's way too saccharine lol. Definitely among my favorite mythological creatures. Besides Fizban, I'd also like to read some of Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, the Monster Manual, and maybe Xanathar's. I love the different names. XD

@Tyranexx yeah everyone bonded it seemed afterwards but that did not last long. Look where we are at today, and what not.

Nice, then you may like one of the campaign settings aside Council of Wyrms, called Drsgonlance. They even have some books set in that world or I should I say a lot of novels set in that world. I think you would enjoy reading those books, since you are into dragons,,,,,

@Themagusx1 To that first bit in your post....Yeah, look where we're at today. I won't get too into it, but I don't think news "analyses" on whatever stations people choose to follow, not to mention social media echo chambers, help matters.

I believe I've heard of the Dragonlance book series. Definitely more reading material for me to look into when the time comes.

Btw, if you're curious about how my one-shot went this past weekend, feel free to visit the Dungeons and Dragons thread.

Hey folks, just a friendly reminder that we also have a general chit chat thread for anything off the topic of tabletop gaming https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/general_discussion/the_ch...

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On the subject of tabletop.gaming, I was at my State Fair yesterday and they had a display about the history of Monopoly include with actual Monopoly sets from throughout the years. It was interesting to see the evolution of the game throughout the years.

Now THAT would've been cool to see. While I don't have the patience and funding to collect vintage sets - my mom's 1970s version of The Game of Life is about the limit - it's neat to see how popular board games used to look like.

@Tyranexx I still have alot of my mom's old board games. The 1960's version of Life I want to say a 50s version of Clue a 60's version of Monopoly as well as a few other games that their names escape me now. I just retired my mom's Life set as I was able to find a Life Retro edition a few months ago.

But yeah it was interesting. I knew that the original Monopoly board was in a circle instead of a square but I never saw an actual board of it till yesterday.

@Tyranexx I will definitely check out the dnd thread about your latest adventures. Dragonlance had a lot of stuff and it had even more tabletop supplements than expected.

@Tasuki That sounds like a cool exhibit! I would of liked to see something like that at my state fair.

@Tasuki Honestly, that estimate for The Game of Life was a guess lol. I'd have to get a hold of the actual game to see when the material was copyrighted next time I'm at my parents' place. Which might be this coming weekend. It would be neat to see an old Clue set too; I believe it was originally called Cluedo in the UK?

Conversely, I didn't know the original Monopoly board was a circle. I just looked up an image of the original board, and that is crazy neat in a retro sense.

@Themagusx1 Dragonlance had a lot of tabletop supplements then? That's something I like about D&D; it's so custom that you can incorporate almost any fantasy setting, both existing or homebrew, if you put in the work.

@Tyranexx I belive so that it was called Cluedo. I am not sure if it was changed for the US release or the UK nor do I remember why. I know that with my mom's Clue set all the weapons are metal while the rope is an actual piece of rope!! The characters are all wood as well.

@Tasuki I think Clue is the localized North American name. To quote a bit from Wikipedia:

It appears there are some name changes too, such as Reverend Green becoming Mr. Green. I fell in love with the game after playing the PC variant back in the 90s. That's crazy that the original sets used metal and true rope! Though I can see why the former are now plastic.

@Tyranexx Interesting, I knew the game name was different but I didn't know the characters were. I always enjoyed Clue it was always one of my favorites. I have an original Clue and by original I mean just your ordinary Clue game with your standard parts, a D&D Clue Edition and Clue Master Detective which adds more rooms, more weapons and more suspects. I have also played several video game versions ra ranging from the NES to SNES PC and Playstation, but that's a conversation for a other thread at least about the video game versions.

@Tyranexx oh yeah I believe it even had a recipe book, or at least a book with one or two and songs in it callers leaves from the inn at the last home. I need to look it up. But it had a lot of stuff in it. The supplements for dragonlance were unique in itself too.

Probably the hardest game I've played is Pandemic: Call of Cthulhu. I was exposed to it on New Years Eve. A fun collaboration game, though it's VERY hard to win.

@Tasuki I think Reverend/Mr. Green was the main change. Otherwise, some of the spellings appear to be different. I've played original Clue but none of the other editions; I'd definitely try that D&D Clue Edition and the Master Detective variant!

@Themagusx1 Heck, I'd take the recipe book just to try some of the simpler concoctions lol. I'll have to research the Dragonlance add-ons.

@Tyranexx I own pandemic Cthulhu and it is fun as all heck. It is tough though, my sister, gf, and son only beat it twice. It’s been a while since I busted it open. Have you played other pandemic games?

@Tyranexx Yeah I am a suckered for Clue and Life variants. As popular as Monopoly is I don't really care for the game itself. Although I did like the Gamer Edition of Monopoly they put out a few years ago, I have both the Overwatch version and the Mario version.