Search the Community

Hi, Here is my entry for this year's Lynx Coding Competition hosted by AtariGamer. Download link (cartridge sticker made by KevinMos3) Asteroids chasers is a boardgame based on tiles (the most eminent representant of this kind of game is Carcassonne), based on Cheese Chasers, a free print & play game by Bran McMillin : This is a little tactical game, easy to understand, hard to master... The game has a tutorial, it is best to see it at least once before playing. It is display before every game (use left/right to switch between screens). Once used with the game, you can skip the tutorial in option. Your goal is to get the biggest score, but you will get a score only if you manage to complete the game. You win if you put every tile of the game. You lose if you get 3 active mines in play, or if you have no move left. In Easy game, there are 3 mines, so you only need to deactivate 1 in order to win (be careful of the other condition). There are 4 mines in a Basic game, and 5 in a Plus game. The game manage all the rules : placement (green shadow = legal move, red shadow = illegal move), activation / deactivation of mines and probes. The score is calculated on 2 levels : a ingame score depending of the placement of the tiles, a bonus calculated at the end of game, based on the size of the asteroids fields you manages to surround. Note : as the game uses EEprom to track progress, it is better to play it on a real Lynx with an EEprom enables cart, or with an emulator which emulates EEprom. Tracking progress enables : high score boards full stats (number of play, win, winning streaks, total score, total number of mines deactivated...) progression via achievements unlocking new feature such as : High score Plus mode with some nice additions (bigger asteroids for bigger points, hyperscape enabled probe to move elswhere around the gaming area) Undo last action Mini map New musics Beautiful artworks (if you manage to unlock 1, press Option 1 on main menu to see it) New backgrounds. Come on, it is better to play with this gorgeous background rather than the original purple one, isn't it ? You can follow your achievements progress via a dedicated screen, which gives you also some indications on your progress. And yes, some of those achievements are secret, try again and harder if you want to complete them ! You can download and rate every game of the competition here: https://itch.io/jam/lynx2020/entries I hope you'll enjoy all of them - 6 great games, 6 different flavours of gaming ! N.B.: The competition depends on public votes, so be sure to rate all entries !

My Mega Man board game set just got a little bit bigger!

I played this at a local vintage game swap meet / fair today and found it both cleverly designed and impressively crafted. The board weighs in at almost 20 lbs. and feels rock solid. The "dots" are solid little columns that retract easily when "Pac-man" moves over them and they can be reset with two big, solid levers arching over the tunnel. "Lives" are simulated by having three Pac pieces and energy pills allow the Pac player to move three times in a row. Moves are by (20-sided?) die. The Ghosts player has two dice with one determining the colour of the ghost to move and the other the number of paces. The ghosts' maximum movement is less than Pac's for balanced gameplay. If you don't play it can be hanged on a wall as decoration. Looks like a must-have den deco for any Pac-man fan to me, although it's quite steep. They asked 300€ at the fair with the regular price even higher. The craftsmanship is superb, though, and I'm sure it's well worth the money. You even get a plaque with a serial number.

I've decided that my board game hoarding habits need to come to an end. I started snapping up board games via multiple channels because I was making a humorous blog about all the bizarre, strange, and downright cool board games out there, but now I've started school full-time on top of working full-time, which means no-time for board games! Disappointed as this makes me, as I'm missing out on some really cool stuff out there, my storage has gotten so packed full of these things I'll just never get the time to realistically play all of them and give them the good run-through they deserve. So it's time to pass it along in the hopes of helping out my storage situation. Basically I'm narrowing down my collecting goals to the 3M, Avalon Hill, and other company bookshelf-style games. They're compact, easy to store, and all the games are fun -- I'll probably keep buying other stuff, but I'm severely narrowing down that scope as well. The games vary in condition and 95% of them are complete, with 1 or 2 being incomplete. Due to the sheer mass of games I'm listing, it's going to take some time to go through them again and ensure everything is there. However, I did this when I first purchased them and if anything IS missing from them, it's a minor part that is easily replaceable. Anything that wasn't complete or near-complete didn't get purchased. When you express interest, I will go through it and take pics via PM of the contents of said game to show you what's there. Honestly, the rule of thumb here is assume everything is complete; I'm meticulous about what I keep in my collection so aside from I think 1-2 of these games they should be 100%. I am willing to TRADE for any of these. If you are interested in trading, here's what I'm looking for: #1 the aformentioned 3M/Avalon Hill bookshelf games, #2 a 5200 system with games, #3 a C64 setup, and of course #4 digital money in the form of PayPal, LOL. I know this is not a board game site and I know these would move faster and do better via other channels such as BGG or eBay, but I figure a lot of members here are also interested in things like board games, so it can't hurt to list 'em here. For prices, I am looking for $10 ballpark plus shipping for each of these with the exception of Hotels and Fireball Island, which will have listed prices. I say "ballpark" because I know prices on these vary a lot and some of them definitely aren't in the $10 range, so I'm willing to entertain offers on just about anything. I do know what should go for $10 though, so expect me to be firm on a couple of these, but honestly most of them for the $5-$7 range or less won't hurt my feelings at all. A couple are honestly $1 material, and I will gladly let those go for that. I will ship them by packing them in bubble-wrap and wrapping them with kraft paper; this is the most inexpensive yet safe way to ship these games, and I've done it for years without any problems. The varying size of boxes makes it nigh-impossible to find boxes to put them in. Alright, I am currently taking pics of the boxes themselves for listing the titles, so bear with me for a while so I can get everything listed and we'll get started on this. First up: Fireball Island by Milton Bradley. Game is with good shape box, all pieces, only thing missing is the instructions, which you can print out on Hasbro's site. I am asking $160 plus shipping for it. Next: Hotels by Milton Bradley. Game is in fairly good shape box and is 100% complete. I am asking $65 plus shipping for it. Everything else from here on out falls under the "ballpark rule". Sealed Parcheesi by Selchow & Righter Hog Tied by Selchow & Righter Conspiracy by Milton Bradley Showdown Yahtzee by Milton Bradley Splat! by Milton Bradley Arch Rival by Parker Brothers Call It! by Ideal Games Classic Concentration by Pressman (I forget which edition, I think 8th or 7th) High Rollers by Parker Brothers Infection by Earwig Enterprises Dinosaurs Gotta Love Me 3-D Game by Milton Bradley I Dream of Jeannie Game by I can't remember what company Roller Coaster Tycoon Game by Parker Brothers Don't Bug Me by Hasbro CB Radio Game by Parker Brothers This Game is Bonkers! by Parker Brothers Domination by Milton Bradley DoubleTrack by Milton Bradley Kreskin's ESP by Milton Bradley Trust Me by Parker Brothers Grape Escape by Parker Brothers Masterpiece by Parker Brothers Gambler by Parker Brothers Bargain Hunter by Milton Bradley Electronic Mall Madness by Milton Bradley (Yes, the big-haired early 90s "looks like Blossom" version) Jurassic Park by I can't remember who right now Tetris Tower 3-D by Radica X-Men: Under Siege by Pressman/Marvel X-Men: Alert! by Pressman/Marvel Batman Returns 3-D Game by Parker Brothers Magma Monster by LEGO 1313 Dead End Drive by Parker Brothers Zathura: Adventure is Waiting by Fairview The Generals by Ideal Ramses Pyramid by LEGO Lava Dragon by LEGO G.I. Joe Commando Attack Game by Milton Bradley Marvel Super Heroes Game by Pressman/Marvel Six Million Dollar Man: Bionic Crisis by Parker Brothers Conflict by Parker Brothers (this game is the 1946 edition!) Attack! by Eagle Games Alright, that's it. This, of course, represents the more family game/bizarre-type stuff I've collected, so apologies for those of you thinking I was offloading my Euro stuff or my strategy stuff, I'll be keeping those. As I said, I know prices vary and marketplace shifts so I'm more than willing to entertain ANY OFFERS on these. Some of these games are hardly worth the shipping and price, so believe me, if you offer $1 I will probably take it for certain titles, though the bulk of them are worth the $5 range. As stated there are a couple in there that at $10 are actually really good bargains (though I won't state which games), and I do know which ones they are so if you offer $1 for 'em be prepared for a decline. My main motivation is to get this stuff out of my storage so I can start cleaning up all the other stuff I've got and have been working on. These are all cool games in themselves but they're not something I'm overly excited about when I look at, so I've kept all the stuff I really enjoy and am focusing my board game collection out of the bizarre realm and into the more "within my interests" realm. There really is some weird stuff in here, and this whole thing represents just 1 closet in my house and probably about 1 year's worth of collecting. Please PM me for additional information or pics, I'm more than happy to answer any questions. Thanks!