Castle Paradox

[Camdog]

Ok, I've reviewed our discussion on game selection and have put together some (hopefully) simple and workable rules.

Wheneven a bookclub discussion is opened, voting on the next selection will also begin. The voting period will last one week after the beginning of the discussion thread, after which the next selection will be announced, to be discussed three weeks from then (for a total length of 1 month between each bookclub "meeting"). Voters will select from the big list of games we've agreed are worthy of discussion. The list is compiled very simply: anyone, at any time, can add a game they think is worthy of discussion to the list, provided we haven't discussed it before. If the addition is obviously a troll and several people comment on it, I'll remove it from the list, but otherwise anything goes.

As always, the rules are meant to facilitate, not enforce, so they are meant to be as easy and informal as possible. If you have any suggestions about the rules, don't hesitate to speak up. In particular, I liked JSH's idea of alternating between specific 'types' of games (classics, new releases, etc.), but I couldn't think of a good way to classify games in a way everyone would be happy with. If anyone has ideas on implementing the idea, let me know.

And, without further ado, the list (with a few additions of my own):

Missing
Fat Frog
Fantasy Under a Blue Moon X V4
Crescent Dream
Thanksgiving Quest
Darkmoor Dungeon
Lolsidothaldremobine
Bliss

Add more titles, and vote!

[Onlyoneinall]

Vote: Missing

I think this will be the next choice of discussion, given how much attention it's been given simply after it's release.

I thought I would recommend MLAAP: The Kevin Chronicles as it is a game worth some attention which, it doesn't seem to have been given. You can find that I have reviewed it if you look at my profile thingy.

I think any of Friend's games are definitely worth discussion, and at one point or another should be discussed, as they are all worthy plays.
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[Bob the Hamster]

Suggestion: If you are participating in the book club, invite a friend. Try to find one other person outside the OHRRPGCE community and ask them to play the game and comment on it. I think the perspective of people with no (or less) OHR experience would be valuable.

[JSH357]

I think some of these have been discussed to death in reviews, but it wouldn't hurt to touch on them again.

FUABMX gets my vote, I suppose.

[Moogle1]

Missing has already been discussed to death in its proper thread. It's a great game, but is there a month's worth of material to cover that we haven't already?

I'd kind of like more people to play Bliss (Mattgamerr). It's a short game, a 48hr contest entry IIRC, but it's interesting for several reasons and has quite the interesting ending.

Speaking of 48hr contests, haven't held one for awhile. We should do one labor day weekend.
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[Iblis]

[TwinHamster]

Bliss is Camdog's game.

[Camdog]

I'm interested in doing a 'classic' OHR game, so I'm going to vote for FUABMX too.

Updated list:

Missing
Fantasy Under a Blue Moon X V4
Crescent Dream
Thanksgiving Quest
Darkmoor Dungeon
Lolsidothaldremobine
Bliss
MLAAP: The Kevin Chronicles
Purgatory
City of Dreams
Boundless Ocean

(I think those are all of Friend's games, let me know if I missed one.)

I ditched Fat Frog since I gather the only interesting thing about it is the unmitigated hubris of the creators trying to market a piece of garbage.

[Moogle1]

o snaps yes

I was thinking of Grief. Y'know, grief, bliss, it's all the same. This is what I get for trying to think after midnight. Those who played SCHMP when it was released know what happens to my cognitive ability that time of night.

I'll vote for

October's after that, no? I vote Scary Game 1 & 2 jointly for October, then Thanksgiving Quest for November (even though it was a Halloween game). I'm kind of interested in seeing if the SGs hold their own after so many plotscripting advances. (They are half an hour and an hour respectively, so it's still not a huge time commitment.)

There have been some excellent Christmas games, too, but I can only remember OHRer's Noel and that one by Retro before he was Retro that was kind of like Mario 64.

Walthros and Walthrus would make a great joint discussion sometime.
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[TwinHamster]

I strongly suggest both Ends of the Earth I and II. Of all of the OHR games that I've played, these are the only memorable ones with some replay-value.

[Moogle1]

Do we have the same definition of "replay value"? It means you play the game more than once, yes? Are you saying you actually did this for EOTE and EOTE2?

Don't get me wrong: they're probably the most well-known of any OHR games and certainly worth discussion at some point. But I take issue with them being the only games with replay value, especially when you've clearly stated that you're on at least your second playthrough of Darkmoor Dungeon.
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[TwinHamster]

What I meant was that EOTE games were the only non-mentioned games that I could remember at the moment in which I ocassionally get the urge to play again.
Yes, DD certainly has plenty of 'replay value', but I figured enough people already mentioned it.

[note to self: avoid extremes in future]

I suppose the post should've come out like: "I RLY LKIED EOTE! WE SHOUDL TALK ABOUT EOTE SOMETIME!"

[Moogle1]

Hmm, that's probably more precise... ;)
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[Valigarmander]

Friend is a god among us.

[Shadowiii]

Pitch Black or OHR-Date could use a good blab.

But I vote for Thanksgiving Quest. That game was boss hog.
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But enough talk, have at you!