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prog ([personal profile] prog) wrote2005-11-07 04:25 pm
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Gameshelf: More players plz

I might have to do camera for this Wednesday's (as in day-after-tomorrow's) Gameshelf shoot, knocking us down to three Gnostica players. This is workable but I'd rather have four. Any volunteers? Call time is 7 pm Wednesday at the SCAT studio in Union Square. Reward is everlasting fame &c. Current players include [livejournal.com profile] magid, [livejournal.com profile] queue and [livejournal.com profile] taskboy. Contact me if you're interested. (You can just show up if you want, but in that case your role will probably be relegated to Silent, Brooding Off-Camera Audience.)

There might be a game of Memoir '44 in it for you too, if that's your bag. If you want to play M44 and not Gnostica, that would work too.

[identity profile] ruthling.livejournal.com 2005-11-07 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
yours is the second mention of M44 on my friends page today. What is it??

[identity profile] prog.livejournal.com 2005-11-07 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a lightweight World War II themed wargame with a cool card-based mechanic and a play-time of only an hour or two. I discovered it last year and love it, as do pretty much all my tactical board-game-fan friends.

If someone's posting about it now, I bet it's regarding the expansion sets that just came out. I haven't gotten them yet because they're stupid-expensive. (Being a Days of Wonder product.)

[identity profile] keimel.livejournal.com 2005-11-07 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
of course distance in the way... but I will comment that I'm going to swing by the local game shop tomorrow. That new one in WTVL. Think they're have M44? What's the player count for M44?

[identity profile] prog.livejournal.com 2005-11-08 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
I have never visited this store so I don't know. If they have any Days of Wonder titles (like Ticket to Ride) then they probably will have M44 too. It's also undergoing a big re-marketing campaign right now due to expansion sets coming out.

[identity profile] prog.livejournal.com 2005-11-08 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, and it's a two-player game. The box claims that it is 2-4 players, but this is dumb: it suggests that players break up into teams. This is therefore as true as saying that Chess is 2-4 player game too.

[identity profile] karlvonl.livejournal.com 2005-11-08 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Hey! You're not giving away my Memoir 44 slot, are you?

[identity profile] karlvonl.livejournal.com 2005-11-08 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Dang it, rereading that it comes across angry. I should've added a smiley :-)

But are you planning multiple Memoir 44 shoots? I likely won't be able to make it for a shoot until Thanksgiving week, because of work stuff. Long story, but this is the first time in the 3 years I've worked there that there's been a crunch where people are expected to put in extra hours to meet a looming deadline.