tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515370117455717203.post3161709239518255241..comments2023-10-23T04:29:31.061-10:00Comments on Sam on Maui: The difficulty of cooperative games.~Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11626454836533423356noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515370117455717203.post-74755928510152802572010-09-22T04:13:48.251-10:002010-09-22T04:13:48.251-10:00As Christine said on Facebook, I have probably clo...As Christine said on Facebook, I have probably clocked in close to 50 hours of conversations on this topic. Here's my take:<br /><br />I won't play a co-operative board game. There are three reasons -- 1. I find the game design philosophy to be disengenuious. 2. None of the co-operative board games appeal to the deep reason that I play a board game. 3. The true strength of these Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515370117455717203.post-42664854548496759672010-09-21T18:04:08.998-10:002010-09-21T18:04:08.998-10:00@Silverlion: I can understand the enjoyment from b...@Silverlion: I can understand the enjoyment from both sides, although I will have to admit the amount of work a GM puts in doesn't necessarily dictate the players will enjoy the game. A non-refereed game is less flexible, but there's less work and less at stake in some regards.<br /><br />@Carlisle: True, true. I was thinking more "cost prohibitive" in terms of getting everyone ~Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626454836533423356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515370117455717203.post-34599153972540832662010-09-21T15:40:27.154-10:002010-09-21T15:40:27.154-10:00A good cooperative game [imo] is Arkham Horror by ...A good cooperative game [imo] is Arkham Horror by Fantasy Flight Games. Either the players win or the players lose. Sure there might be a "lead" investigator in the end, but collecting trophies doesn't matter if your soul is gobbled up by Cthulhu. At the moment there is the base game, 3 card expansions, and 3 board expansions. Best way to play is the base game & one of each typeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418759699911783159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515370117455717203.post-29492541820966479902010-09-21T12:59:54.943-10:002010-09-21T12:59:54.943-10:00As far as avoiding "cost prohibitive" el...As far as avoiding "cost prohibitive" elements, there are a couple of ideas my friends and I have used to be able to play D&D and/or Rifts despite the fact that most of us live hundreds of miles away from each other. 1) OpenRPG is a free virutal tabletop; it includes dice rollers, a chat window (typing, no voice), and a grid window (in case you want/need to use miniatures - which Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041779231305925809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515370117455717203.post-23825405055094513412010-09-21T12:48:17.778-10:002010-09-21T12:48:17.778-10:00I think one of the things I like about RPG's i...I think one of the things I like about RPG's is their storytelling aspects. Even games you think might be cooperative "Once Upon a Time: Storytelling Game" turns out to have a competitive aspect.<br /><br />Even many RPG's create some competitiveness (the Gm role is an "opponent" to some players I've met, rather than a collaborator, which I find odd.)<br /><br />I Silverlionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583360477162019419noreply@blogger.com