Failed Game?

[Melan]

I would say Basic Editions released in the 2e era after the Rules Cyclopedia failed, as you very rarely see someone who had picked up gaming with them. It is not like TSR didn't try, either - there was a bigass box, a box with pewter Ral Partha figurines, a set with CD-tracks... they just failed to engage the imaginations of a new generation.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Games failing... Maybe when they're no fun at all. Of course, this is a very subjective thing, so the closest you get is when most people think it's no fun. But even that doesn't mean that it has failed...

what is the sound of a dice that falls but does not strike the table?

Depends on where it lands instead. Often, it's a *plop*. A *splash* is always a very bad thing. The worst, of course, is *splurge* This sound is all the chthonian horror found in the Cthulhu Mythos distilled. I saw people dying of fright after hearing that sound!


Anyway, another question is: What is the sound of a gamer who's die falls but does not strike the table. Tell me what you do when one of your dice drops and I tell you what kind of person you are.

 

[Sammael]

You did some interesting product reviews.

Those product reviews aren't mine... and I can't get rid of them. I've asked the admins to remove them at least three times.

 

[Mark CMG]

Those product reviews aren't mine... and I can't get rid of them. I've asked the admins to remove them at least three times.

They'd get it fixed pretty quick if you could edit them, I'd bet.

 

[Mark CMG]

Hey! Where did you get this picture of me?

You left your webcam on again . . .

 

[Garnfellow]

Hard to say much without any context. Is this from an EnWorld discussion?

 

[Mark Hope]

Whoosh? My dice don't go woosh! Must. Look. For. Dice. That. Goes. Woosh. Must. Look...

I have another one that goes "vrooom!" And a Torg d20 that goes "mwahahahahahaa!"

Oh, wait. That's just me... :\

 

[molonel]

Just recall that the person you are quoting has played D&D an average of 3 hours per day, every day, for 35 years. So you'd best listen to him.

So somebody who's played WoW 5 or 6 hours a day since the game came out is always necessarily right on business decisions made by the company that distributes it, game structure and design, or comments about the game itself?

 

[Umbran]

Folks,

Just so you are aware, the original post includes material that was removed for being insulting. It should not have been repeated here at all, honestly.

I have to ask that this past offense not become part of the discussion here. Feel free to discuss the failure of games, but don't get personal, and leave the context of the quote in the past. Thank you.

 

[an_idol_mind]

No version of D&D that I know of has failed. They've all sold well, and they've all had a very strong fan base.