Wow, this is a whole lotta fun. Thanks! posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:51 PM on May 10, 2007
Darn, one game would take a while. My opponent quit after about 10 minutes; we had each captured only 3 pieces. I was just starting to figure out some strategy to use against him, too! posted by Khalad at 6:13 PM on May 10, 2007
Yeah, it is a time sink... I'm playing as Klang Guest if you see me. posted by klangklangston at 6:17 PM on May 10, 2007
This is quite interesting. Sadly, my first opponent was extremly unpleasant. As it was my first time playing the game, I took a little while before moving. This led to much abuse.
Still, I'm definitely going to give it another go. posted by aladfar at 6:21 PM on May 10, 2007
I can't believe i just spent 40 minutes on this. One game only, but I'll come back later! posted by bkudria at 6:52 PM on May 10, 2007
pretty fun. Could spend/waste a lot of time on this one. posted by pmbuko at 7:37 PM on May 10, 2007
Wow, that was woeful. My playing, I mean. I was so eager to see what my powers did that I used to them at every opportunity and ended up dying a horrible death in the process.
Let's play again! posted by liquorice at 7:37 PM on May 10, 2007
Just a heads up... Does't work on corporate networks with pretty much everything but port 80 (and a couple others) blocked... posted by Samizdata at 7:40 PM on May 10, 2007
I got spanked pretty bad, and I loved it. Maybe the 2nd life police'll get on me for this but I don't care.
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Cool, I won my first game. posted by yhbc at 8:07 PM on May 10, 2007
Man, I just got totally destroyed. I had this elaborate plan and everything, and then my opponent uses "bomb" and turns everything into utter shit. Just like real life. posted by tracert at 8:54 PM on May 10, 2007
Quite a bit of randomness. Too much so for it to be satisfying... one luckily placed power-up can end the whole game.
Might work better if the games were about a tenth as long as they are; that way it'd feel less depressing to see a complicated strategy go down in a hail of bombs. Just like real life. posted by ook at 9:27 PM on May 10, 2007
Yep, that was a fun time sink. Think it would be more fun with a smaller playing field, fewer pieces. . . posted by flotson at 9:34 PM on May 10, 2007
This would be a more fun if the board was 2/3 the size and you only had half as many pieces. It takes way too long as is. posted by jaysus chris at 9:36 PM on May 10, 2007
Flotson, I think I just played you. We quit halfway through? posted by jaysus chris at 9:40 PM on May 10, 2007
This is good. It's got Checkers simplicity, Go strategy and enough randomness and explosions to make it fun. Before I knew it I had spent two hours on this. posted by chemoboy at 10:57 PM on May 10, 2007
Fantastic! Thanks for the link. posted by fraying at 11:05 PM on May 10, 2007
jaysus chris-- oh, cool, yes.
Well played, sir. Consider this the equivalent of a handshake. posted by flotson at 11:13 PM on May 10, 2007
And here I thought killing zombies was fun. Great game. posted by IronLizard at 12:09 AM on May 11, 2007
oh crap. posted by Artw at 12:11 AM on May 11, 2007
Wow, this has eaten up some time. Thanks. posted by apathy0o0 at 12:19 AM on May 11, 2007
I won my game, yay! posted by Justinian at 1:41 AM on May 11, 2007
I just finished my first game against quadog. We ended up with one piece each, and after I'd tripwired his/her last, I returned to my safe spot and smiled broadly. What an awesome game--we spent at least an hour playing. posted by endermunkee at 1:49 AM on May 11, 2007
Well, that's addictive. Played for 3 hours before realizing it! posted by Zarya at 3:10 AM on May 11, 2007
cool, but a bit too random. my opponent got 3 jump-proofs versus none for me, and I had picked up more power ups than he had up until that point. that game was sooo mine until he got the second jump proof. posted by juv3nal at 10:28 AM on May 11, 2007
I think my final analysis is about the same as juv3nal's - cool and fun for a while, but waaaay too random. posted by Justinian at 11:16 AM on May 11, 2007
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