House Rules

[phil_]

Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

Battle Monopoly.

You mean Dokapon Kingdom? I've been wanting to contribute to this thread, but I can't decide which is actually house rules to that game; being able to physically attack other players or not being able to physically attack other players. Those of you with any experience in the game will understand what I mean.

Also, "Cluedo?" We in the states call it by it's real name, Clue. I believe that the rest of the world's inability to call it by its real name speaks to some deficit in your national characters.

[Melfice]

Originally Posted by phil_

Also, "Cluedo?" We in the states call it by it's real name, Clue. I believe that the rest of the world's inability to call it by its real name speaks to some deficit in your national characters.

No, it's just a matter of translation.
Clue translates to "aanwijzing" in Dutch.
Cluedo is simply the nicer sounding alternative, even if it is a made-up word.

In that line of thought, why aren't you guys calling gin "jenever".
That's the original name for the drink.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by phil_

Also, "Cluedo?" We in the states call it by it's real name, Clue. I believe that the rest of the world's inability to call it by its real name speaks to some deficit in your national characters.

You do realise it was invented in Britain and it's name is actually Cluedo. It was shortened to Clue for Americans because they struggle with two syllable words obviously.

[Mirai Gen]

Originally Posted by phil_

You mean Dokapon Kingdom? I've been wanting to contribute to this thread, but I can't decide which is actually house rules to that game; being able to physically attack other players or not being able to physically attack other players. Those of you with any experience in the game will understand what I mean.

It might be Dokapon Kingdom, but it got pretty awful reviews all over the board despite the fun concept so I never played it.

'Sides it's 90% Monopoly and 10% DND, since there's only battles once you land on the same square.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

It might be Dokapon Kingdom, but it got pretty awful reviews all over the board despite the fun concept so I never played it.

Dokapon really doesn't fit the mold of normal video game review schedules, as far as I understand them (a few weeks at most, mostly alone). So this leads to negative reviews because, and I'm assuming here, they were playing against the cheating AI that yells annoying crap before it takes its turn, which is frustrating and robs the game of much of its satisfaction. A "proper" round of Dokapon requires human opponents and days of play, but under those conditions it's a really fun game that requires thought and planning and feels satisfying when you win and only lets you blame yourself for losing.

Honestly, it has to be planned out like pen-and-paper RP sessions to be really fun, but if you can corral enough people to play regularly, then it is really fun. But that's a lot to ask when you just want to play video games.

And, uh, house rules or something.