CAP_H'S PROFILE

I actually played some games in Q4.

November
I was sick and without internet. So, I fired up Crusader Kings 2 and played the grand strategy for two or three days straight. I played with a mod focused on early medieval Britain (Western Europe 410-962 - The Winter King) as a Welsh lord and I had a good time. The mod has a sponge mechanism, so after every death of a great king defeating many Saxons, they returned. I ran out of interesting things to do and stopped eventually.
I also finished one Heroes of Might and Magic 3 scenario. Unfortunately, I got bored, because I already played the campaign once or twice. I miss expansions in the HD edition and I also suspect that I'm not as big of a fan of the game as I used to be. I might find my family's copy of Heroes IV next year as I kind of want to return to that fiction.

December
I played more than one game. So, let's make a list:

1. Mr. Platformer is a lo-rez platformer/score rush? I didn't play more than five minutes of it. It seems solid for what it is, but I know what it is not. It's not my jam.


2. Green New Deal Simulator - It's a card driven resource management game. It's good and difficult and the theme is interesting.


3. A Worker's Guide to Espionage is a very short game from my favourite communist gammaker, which serves as a pamphlet on how to organize yourself at work, find allies and detect potential threads.


4. Handshakes - Now this is an interesting one. It's a puzzle game of snaking hands. Sometimes you have to have your hand cut off in order to keep it on a button. It's clever and stylish and I liked it and recommended it to my pupils and they probably found it too difficult..


5. Klifur is a game about bouldering. And I think it captured the hobby really well and turned it into a stylish game, which is one half puzzle and one part about your mouse control. It def is both clever and addicting. It looks great too. My pupils actually got really invested in this one.


6. Keyboard Twister is a twister you play with your fingers on your keyboard. It's hard. I lost about ten times in the single minute I spent playing this proof of a concept.

7. Katti is a minimalist puzzle game with lo-rez graphics about a cat and a jar of jam. Or something like that. The puzzles are all about shifting tiles and building paths and i spent an enjoyable hour with the little game.


8. Juurru created by the same team/person as Katti is another minimalist cute puzzle. This time it's less about figuring out puzzles and just making the game annoying. The core idea about being this being and growing roots of plants while moving underground is cool, but the actual puzzles are a little bit of drag. It's still a fine way to waste an hour.


9. Visit - In this piece of interactive art, you visit an exhibition. It's very minimalist, the whole thing is about 30 seconds long, but It captures the experience well.

10. Pissed-on Petite Pervert is a very short piece of interactive art. Your avatar always dies in this one. It's funny and it's making a point I guess.


11. Die in the Dungeon: Classic - I guess it's supposed to be a dice based version of Slay the Spire. You play as a frog adventurer venturing deep into a dungeon fighting mostly insects. You use dice placement to combo hits and defend yourself and upgrade your dice to best stronger and stronger foes. Also, It's roguelike. It's really fun concept and the first few battles are really fun, but it becomes repetitive quickly. I would appreciate more narrative beats and maybe some other locations or more varied rooms, so it's not all about defeating troupes of enemies. Still, I might return to it and try another run.


12. Nowhere Prophet - Finally a proper long game! Again it's a roguelike, this time twisting the FTL formula with its narrative beats, random events and travel nodes. But this time it's a deck builder and more importantly deck battler. Also, It's set in a post-apocalyptic Dune-like world.
It definitely has an interesting curve. Because it takes a while to hook you. The first few battles are fun, then they start to drag a little, then they become satisfying and fun again with new stronger cards and abilities. The setting also unfolds slowly and you can easily miss on many of its beats. You end up visiting interesting locations and doing interesting things in them, but the on map lore is mostly very basic without a proper character. Music is banging from the start to end, tho.
Tbh, I ended up having fonder memories of my single successful run than I expected myself to have. I almost considered making another one with new unlocked content.


13. Nykra was supposed to be a paid game, but due to negative feedback, the developer decided to make it free. And it's a treat for that money. It looks game, the story is interesting and yes, it crashed on me eventually. I wrote a more elaborate review on Steam, so check it out or just try the game for yourself.


14. Convoy - I returned to this for the third or fourth time and bounced off again after losing twice in 20 minutes accomplishing nothing in the process. And that was on easy. Rage uninstalled it tbh.

So, should I get into miniature games? I've been watching a lot of videos and quite like that it's both about creating your army, painting it and than playing a game of tactics, but I also suspect I would spend a lot of money on plastics and rules and colors and just abandon it. I guess investing these money in something less nerdy might be a better choice.

I feel betrayed by not getting a discord ping on this.

Government

So..Would you be interested in another small game? This time with more powers? The theme would be another classic video game and this time I would also post some strategy tips for both alignments (one of them is clear. Using the thread to discuss and solve is a good way to win for townies).

Also, It looks like I will be representing RMN in the Mafia Championship (again). MU mods kinda forced me to join.