King me

May 10, 2007 5:36 PM

Like checkers meets Blade Runner, Quadradius is draughts with powerups Well, with no diagonal motion or jumping, but they're checker-shaped and "Parcheesi meets Neuromancer" didn't have that ring. Pretty sure it's flash.
posted by klangklangston (27 comments total)

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

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.

I DON'T CARE! YOU HEAR ME, 2ND LIFE POLICE? I DON'T CA...

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posted by Pecinpah at 7:43 PM on May 10, 2007

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

Er, I mean, ditto.
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

Dude, what time is it?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 11:23 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