Re: Dragon Strike (in Depth)
Posted by Billiam Babble on May 23, 2010; 6:19pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/Dragon-Strike-in-Depth-tp5036968p5091403.html
An engrossing review. You do the game a lot of justice compared to the meagre offerings I just been clicking through on the web - be careful you don't become known as the world authority on DragonStrike!
(sneaks off to add a this thread to the links on the Wikipedia page...)
Triggering a "crap". Fabulous!
I like the idea of the sliding markers - makes me want to invent my own game systems with stats demarked with paper clips.
The photos remind me of a dark time of experimentation for TSR. I have a Gangbusters module with some nice art but the pre-gen characters have very cheesy photos of guys in fedoras with bad moustaches and so on.
In a home brew version of the game would it play okay if variable damage was worked out from the difference in Attack and opposing Armour rolls? Perhaps only heroes could deal variable damage?
The use of polyhedral dice sounds inventive and works as a good intro to other RPGs/D&D. I have a copy of the Player's Handbook for the Alternity RPG uses a progressive scale which combines different types of dice*, but it's not often you see different sizes of dice used in the same game mechanic. Heh heh, suddenly d12s are macho - imbued with powerful smashing strength! Stand aside, puny d8!
*Last minute edit: quote from wikipedia:
"Difficulty is scaled in die types of -d20, -d12, -d8, -d6, -d4, +d0, +d4, +d6, +d8, +d12, +d20, +2d20, +3d20."
It looks like TSR tried to pull out all of the stops to create a "gateway" game (what's that term you used about getting kids hooked?) but too many ideas were all thrown in at once - it's a shame the VHS is so poor and is what this game is remembered for. But what an special antique this game is.
(Which reminds me, that at the local tip the other day, I saw a massive skip devoted to video tapes alone!)
Board Game Geek have a gallery of images here:
(but I must say that I'm always impressed with the quality in the photos you use to illustrate games and figures in threads)
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/images/thing/1149/dragon-strike
.... Are you feeling hammy, tonight?
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/Dragon-Strike-in-Depth-tp5036968p5091403.html
An engrossing review. You do the game a lot of justice compared to the meagre offerings I just been clicking through on the web - be careful you don't become known as the world authority on DragonStrike!
(sneaks off to add a this thread to the links on the Wikipedia page...)
Triggering a "crap". Fabulous!
I like the idea of the sliding markers - makes me want to invent my own game systems with stats demarked with paper clips.
The photos remind me of a dark time of experimentation for TSR. I have a Gangbusters module with some nice art but the pre-gen characters have very cheesy photos of guys in fedoras with bad moustaches and so on.
In a home brew version of the game would it play okay if variable damage was worked out from the difference in Attack and opposing Armour rolls? Perhaps only heroes could deal variable damage?
The use of polyhedral dice sounds inventive and works as a good intro to other RPGs/D&D. I have a copy of the Player's Handbook for the Alternity RPG uses a progressive scale which combines different types of dice*, but it's not often you see different sizes of dice used in the same game mechanic. Heh heh, suddenly d12s are macho - imbued with powerful smashing strength! Stand aside, puny d8!
*Last minute edit: quote from wikipedia:
"Difficulty is scaled in die types of -d20, -d12, -d8, -d6, -d4, +d0, +d4, +d6, +d8, +d12, +d20, +2d20, +3d20."
It looks like TSR tried to pull out all of the stops to create a "gateway" game (what's that term you used about getting kids hooked?) but too many ideas were all thrown in at once - it's a shame the VHS is so poor and is what this game is remembered for. But what an special antique this game is.
(Which reminds me, that at the local tip the other day, I saw a massive skip devoted to video tapes alone!)
Board Game Geek have a gallery of images here:
(but I must say that I'm always impressed with the quality in the photos you use to illustrate games and figures in threads)
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/images/thing/1149/dragon-strike
.... Are you feeling hammy, tonight?
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