CF PbP Gaming Index

Darian

Here at Critical Failures, we like to play games. We also like to talk about games and introduce them to other people. Sometimes, when we're talking about the games, it would be helpful to provide a link where new people can see the old games to get a feel for how they play.

Thus, I offer to you an index of all the play-by-post boardgames in Critical Failures:

1000 Blank Cards - crazy randomness

Spoiler:

Game 1: GM EvilBadman; fizzled
Game 2 IG/OOG: GM Hylianbunny; fizzled
Game 3: GM EvilBadman; fizzled
Game 4: GM simonwolf; fizzled

Game 5: GM MrBlarney; fizzled

1870 - classic train game
Game 1: GM Riemann Lives; never started

Android - scifi murder mystery
Game 1: GM Mordenthral; fizzled

Apples to Apples - party game of comparisons
Game 1: GM robotsunshine; fizzled
Game 2: GM summeryclept; fizzled

Arkham Horror - holding on to sanity while cooperatively stopping a Great Old One from consuming the world
Game 1: GM PolloDiablo; Investigator Victory
Game 2: GM Mordenthral; Investigator Victory
Game 3: GM mi-go hunter; ongoing

Battlestar Galactica - cooperative game with traitorous toasters - discussion

Spoiler:

Game 1: GM Akinos; fizzled
Game 2: GM Darian; Cylon
Epic: GM Valkun; Cylon
Game 4: GM MrBlarney; Cylon
Game 5: GM Darian; Human
Epic 2: GM Valkun; Cylon
Game 7: GM Hippie; Cylon
Epic-est, part 1: GM Gandalf_the_Crazed; fizzled
Game 9: GM Hylianbunny; Human
Game 10: GM Darian; Human
Game 11: GM Hippie; Cylon
Game 12: GM pablo_price; Human
Role-play: GM Nosaji; Cylon
Game 14: GM Darian; Human
Game 15: GM Hippie; Cylon
Game 16: GM pablo_price; Human
Epic 3: GM Valkun; Cylon
Game 18: GM Osvik; Human
Pegasus 2: GM MrBlarney; Cylon + Leader
Pegasus 3: GM HylianBunny; fizzled
Pegasus 4: GM Osvik; Cylon + Leader
Pegasus 5: GM Osvik; Human
Game 22: GM Rius; Cylon
Pegasus 6, GM Capfalcon; Human
Game 24: GM Tenek; Cylon
Pegasus 7: GM Osvik; fizzled
Pegasus 8: GM Tenek; Cylon
Pegasus 9: GM Tenek; Cylon + Leader
Exodus 1: GM MrBlarney; Cylon
Exodus 2: GM XiV; Cylon + Leader
Exodus 3: GM MrBlarney; Human
Exodus 4: GM Tenek; Human + Leader
Exodus 5: GM Korsakovia; Cylon
Exodus 6: GM Tenek; Cylon
Exodus 7: GM Tenek; Human
Pegasus 10: GM Capfalcon; fizzled
Exodus 8: GM Tmoiy; Cylon
Exodus 9: GM FelixSomethingSomething; Cylon + Leader
Game 25: GM artadius; Cylon
Exodus 10: GM FelixSomethingSomething; Cylon
Exodus 11: GM FelixSomethingSomething; Cylon

Betrayal at House on the Hill - cooperative exploration of a spooky manor

Spoiler:

Game 1: GM bistream; Player Win
Game 2: GM bitstream; Player Win
Game 3: GM bitstream; fizzled
Game 4: GM ThatDudeOverThere; fizzled

The Big Idea - inventing and promoting your products
Game 1: GM robotsunshine; completed

Blank Card Adventures - homebrew cross of 1000 blank white cards and MSPaint Adventures
Game 1: GM Winky; fizzled

Blood Bowl - football in the Warhammer fantasy universe
Original thread: moderated by lightreaper with games played through FUMBBL

Bushido - resource management and conflict in medieval Japan
Game 1: GM Mordenthral; completed
Game 2 (Tanin Expansion): GM Mordenthral; ongoing

Chaos in the Old World - area control game with battle, set in the Warhammer Fantasy universe
Sign up for future games in the CitOW discussion thread

Spoiler:

Game 1: GM Rend; fizzled
Game 2: GM Darian; Slaanesh
Game 3: GM Darian; Slaanesh
Game 4: GM Darian; Khorne
Game 5: GM Darian; Khorne
Game 6: GM Darian; Nurgle
Game 7: GM admanb; Tzeentch
Game 8: GM Darian; Slaanesh (just 3 rounds)
Game 9: GM admanb; Slaanesh
Game 10: GM Mordenthrall; Slaanesh
Game 11: GM Darian; Tzeentch
Game 12: GM Darian; Slaanesh
Game 13: GM admanb; Nurgle
Game 14 (1st Game of Champions): GM Darian; Slaanesh
Game 15: GM Darian; Nurgle
Game 16: GM admanb; Nurgle (45 point turn)
Game 17: GM Darian; Nurgle
Game 18: GM Darian; Tzeentch (VP tie with Slaanesh)
Game 19: GM Nought; Nurgle
Game 20: GM Darian; Slaanesh
Game 21: GM admanb; Slaanesh
Game 22: GM Nought; Nurgle
Game 23 (newbies): GM Darian; Slaanesh
Game 24: GM admanb; Khorne
Game 25: GM Darian; Nurgle (43 point turn)
Game 26: GM Darian; Khorne
Game 27 (2nd Game of Champions): GM Darian; Nurgle
Game 28 (newbies and host-training): GM Darian; Nurgle
Game 29: GM Darian; Khorne (VP!)
Game 30: GM stever777; Slaanesh
Game 31: GM stever777; Slaanesh
Game 32: GM Darian; Khorne
Game 33: GM stever777; Nurgle
Game 34: GM Rorus Raz; Khorne
Game 35: GM Darian; Khorne
Game 36: GM visiblehowl; Khorne
Game 37: GM stever777; Khorne
Game 38: GM Darian; Khorne (VP)
Game 39: GM Darian; Nurgle
Game 40: GM Darian; Tzeentch
Game 41 (Horned Rat 1): GM Rorus Raz; Horned Rat
Game 42 (3rd Game of Champions): GM stever777; Khorne
Game 43 (Horned Rat 2, Expert deck): GM Rorus Raz; Horned Rat
Game 44: GM blahmcblah; Khorne
Game 45: GM Rorus Raz; Tzeentch
Game 46 (4th Game of Champions): GM stever777; Khorne
Game 47: GM SeGaTai; Khorne
Game 48 (Horned Rat 6, Expert deck): GM Rorus Raz; Tzeentch
Game 49: GM Darian; Slaanesh
Game 50 (Base Championship): GM stever777; Nurgle
Game 51: GM blahmcblah; Nurgle
Game 52: GM Darian; Tzeentch
Game 53: GM FunkyWaltDogg; Khorne (VP)
Game 54: GM stever777; Khorne
Game 55: GM pesky; Khorne
Game 56: GM Wylder; Nurgle
Game 57: GM Darian; Slaanesh
Game 58: GM DevoutlyApathetic; Nurgle
Game 59: GM SeGaTai; Slaanesh
Game 60: GM stever777; Tzeentch
Game 61: GM blahmcblah; Tzeentch
Game 62: GM SeGaTai; Khorne
Game 63: GM stever777; Nurgle
Game 64: GM blahmcblah; Khorne
Game 65: GM Ardor; Khorne
Game 66: GM blahmcblah; Tzeentch
Game 67: GM pesky; Khorne
Game 68: GM Overhamsteren; Horned Rat
Game 69: GM doldari; Tzeentch
Game 70: GM doldari; Khorne
Game 71: GM doldari; Slaanesh

Game 72: GM Gorden858; ongoing
Game 73: GM Darian; ongoing
Game 74: GM doldari; Nurgle
Game 75: GM Lykouragh; ongoing
Game 76: GM doldari; ongoing
Game 77: GM doldari; ongoing
Game 78: GM pesky; ongoing

Chess - classic abstract

Spoiler:

2007 League and Tournament: GM Thanatos; fizzled
2009 Tournament; GM elkatas; fizzled

2010 Thread; created by Michael H; recruiting players

Diplomacy - world war 1 area control alliance building and betrayal

Spoiler:

Game 1: GM Aroused Bull; completed
Game 2: GM Metal Gear Solid 2 Demo; completed
Game 3: GM Metal Gear Solid 2 Demo; completed
Game 4: GM JustPlainPavek; completed
Game 5: GM Kayne Red Robe; completed
Game 6: GM Hermenegilde; completed
Game 7: GM Evil Multifarious; fizzled

Doom - space marines v. invading aliens
Game 1: GM krylon666; Invader Victory

Dune - intrigue in a sandy world
Game 1: GM Mordenthral; Completed
Game 2: GM Mordenthral; ongoing

Dungeon Lords - build your dungeon and field monsters to fight off invaders
Game 1: GM blahmcblah; completed
Game 2: GM blahmcblah; completed

Eat Poop, You Cat - Pictionary party variant; often played in SE, as well

Spoiler:

Game 1: GM Ryadic; completed
Game 2: GM Ryadic; completed
Game 3: GM Ryadic; completed

Eclipse - space empires battling for supremacy
Game 1; GM Icerimp; completed

Formula D - race around the track
Game 1: GM InkSplat; completed

A Game of Thrones - area control set in George R.R. Martin's fantasy world
Game 1: GM Hermenegilde; completed
Game 2: GM Hermenegilde; fizzled
Game 3: GM Mordenthral; completed
Game 4: GM Mordenthral; fizzled
Game 5 (2nd ed.): GM MrBody; ongoing

Horus Heresy - 2p (or two team) space marine combat
Game 1: GM Mordenthral; Traitor victory
Game 2: GM Mordenthral; Imperial victory
Game 3: GM Farangu; Traitor Spaceport victory

Hour of Glory - stealth missions against Nazis in WW2
Game 1: GM tofu; fizzled

Junta - political game scheming to line your pocketbook on an island
Game 1: GM PolloDiablo; fizzled

Mornington Crescent - famous trip through London's underground
Game 1: GM Arivia; Cardboard Tube victory
Note: This game has been banned, and may no longer be played on the PA forums

Nanofictionary - card-mediated storytelling
Game 1: GM summeryclept; completed

Nomic - the game of rules
Game 1: GM Zombiemambo; fizzled

Pandemic - cooperatively save the world from disease
Game 1: GM PMAvers; final turn victory
Game 2: GM Darian; CDC success

Puerto Rico - build in San Juan and ship goods back home
Games played through the pr-game.com website; PM Darian or ask in the main Boardgame thread for details

Darian

Race for the Galaxy - card-based developing and colonizing space
Game 1: GM Valkun; completed

Republic of Rome - diplomacy and backstabbing in the Roman Senate
Game 1: GM Pollo_Diablo; fizzled

Rex: Fall of an Empire - the classic game of intrigue Dune, reimagined in the Twilight Imperium univers
Game 1: GM MrBlarney; ongoing

Risk: Legacy - HERE BE SPOILERS - campaign version of the classic game of war
Campaign 1: GM Rorus Raz; ongoing

Roborally - robots having fun after hours by racing (and shooting one another with lasers)
Game 1: GM Papillon; completed

Runewars - fantasy battle
Game 1: GM Vercrucio; fizzled
Game 2: GM MrBlarney; Uthuk Y'llan victory
Game 1 restart: GM Mordenthrall; Waiqar victory
Game 3: GM Mordenthrall; Latari victory

Small World - area control with fantasy races and powers

Spoiler:

Game 1: GM Valkun; completed
Game 2: GM Gandalf_the_Crazed; completed
Game 3: GM Rorus Raz; completed
Game 4; GM Rorus Raz; completed
Game 5: GM Rorus Raz; fizzled
Game 6: GM Rorus Raz; fizzled
Game 7: GM Darian; completed

Tales of the Arabian Nights - storytelling adventures across the middle east
Game 1: GM desc; fizzled

Twilight Imperium - galactic empire building
Game 1: GM Rend; completed
Game 2: GM Orange Soda; fizzled
Game 3: GM Rend; fizzled
Game 4: GM MrBlarney; completed

Wiz War - magic battle arena
First tournament (Discussion/Game 1/Game 2/Game 3/Game 4/Game 5): GM ObiFett; Ongoing

Zendo - logical reasoning
Game 1: GM Summerclept; never got off the ground

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Upon special request of Thanatos, I'm going to attempt to also make a list of the active PbP RPG games that are going on. Wish me luck!

DnD 4E discussion thread

Spoiler:

Builders Cry (game): DM @Aegeri
Council of Thieves (IC/OOC): DM @TiamatZ
Curse of the Crimson Throne (IC/OOC): DM @TiamatZ
Dark Prophecy (game): DM @Aegeri
Depths of Madness (IC): DM @dresdenphile
Fantastical Contraption (IC): DM @Farangu
Giant Ants (IC/OOC): DM @tastydonuts
God is Dead (IC/OOC): DM @hippofant
Hunters (game): DM @Denada
Point of Light (IC): DM @susan
Raiders of the Lost City (game): DM @Aegeri
Residuum Revolution Arcane (IC/OOC): DM @daniant
Scarlet Brigade (IC/OOC): DM Gideon
Serpent Swallows its Tail (IC/OOC): DM @Snowdown
Sharn Noir (IC/OOC): DM @streever
Seige of Underdeep (IC/OOC): DM @SkyCaptain
Seven Siberys (Game): DM @Goumindong
Temple of Elemental Evil (IC/OOC): DM @Illianthar
Tomb of Horrors (IC/OOC): DM @JamWarrior
Vale of Buried Shadows (IC/OOC): DM @Aegis
Vanguard Tower (IC/OOC): DM @Squints
Worldship (IC/OOC): DM @Aegof
Zephyr (IC/OOC): DM @tastydonuts

Deathwatch - Warhammer 40k roleplay
Vigil of the Dark Hunters (game): DM @SanderJK


Eclipse Phase - discussion thread


Exigency
The Embassy Incident (IC/OOC): DM @Edcrab (completed)


Fate
Strands of Fate (game): DM @INeedNoSalt - recruiting


GURPS
New game (game): DM @Grey_Chocolate - recruiting


Mutants and Masterminds
All Star JLA (IC/OOC): DM @Shinyo
Hall of Mirrors (IC/OOC): DM @Thomamelas
Trinity City (IC/OOC): DM @Arivia


New World of Darkness
Rhapsody (IC/OOC): DM @DJP3710


Pokemon Tabletop Adventures: general discussion thread
Kanto (1st/2nd): DM @Marshmallow
Hoenn: DM @Rawkking Goodguy


Rogue Trader
Ave Imperator (game): DM @Fondor_Yards


Spirit of the Century
Classic Pulp (game): DM @DavidalBaron
Death's Oddyssey (game): DM @DavidalBaron


Star Wars Saga Edition - discussion thread
Clone Wars (IC/OOC): DM @Horseshoe
Dark Times (IC/OOC): DM @Sakutian
Rebel Flight (IC/OOC): DM @Heir


World of Darkness - discussion thread

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And we might as well try to index some of the other random games that happen here that are not quite Phalla but not quite boardgames or RPGs either

Battle Royale
2010 Game 1: hosted by @Ardor
2010 Game 2: hosted by @Kitano (Ardor/FWD)


Fiasco - small time capers gone disastrously wrong
Thread: hosted by @Actinguy1; aborted


Infinity - manga inspired SciFi miniature battle
Discussion thread and Maptool games


Magic the Gathering - discussion thread
Gaming League on Magic: Online: organized by @metaghost


Pokemon Action Game - developed by SUPERSUGA
Initial Playtest: GM SUPERSUGA


Warhammer Fantasy Battles discussion thread


Warhammer 40k discussion thread
Gaming League via VASSAL: hosted by @Gabriel_Pitt
Season 2.5 via VASSAL: hosted by @ElderCat
Season 3 via VASSAL: hosted by @ElderCat


Warmachine and HORDES
Gaming League via VASSAL: hosted by @Nechriah

krylon666

Don't forget my DOOM game! The invaders won :evil:

edit: good idea, btw

Darian

Making use of this post to offer MrB's list of recommended colors for the new forums:

MrBlarney wrote: »

I was actually just thinking about what X11 web colors would be good to use under both the default new-forum scheme and the Stylish old-forum schemes, and came up with the following list of 15. Some are more readable than others on each of the schemes, but overall, they might make for a good rule of thumb?

red
brown
chocolate
darkorange
goldenrod
olive
limegreen
forestgreen
darkcyan
darkturquoise
dodgerblue
mediumorchid
deeppink
crimson
gray

Photobucket image (made in GIMP, not a fair comparison)

krylon666 wrote: »

Don't forget my DOOM game! The invaders won :evil:

edit: good idea, btw

Not quite sure how I missed that when it happened; I'm going to give it a read soon, since I've never played it.

krylon666

Darian wrote: »

krylon666 wrote: »

Don't forget my DOOM game! The invaders won :evil:

edit: good idea, btw

Not quite sure how I missed that when it happened; I'm going to give it a read soon, since I've never played it.

I think it went pretty well, especially since it was all of our first time playing the game. I found it a lot of fun but definitely demanding of teamwork and planning on the marines part - and sometimes that's not even enough.

Darian

Looking back through some old threads for useful stuff, and this post stood out to me, as a good way to handle Diplomacy (where so much of the action happens outside the thread). This method would let a player take over a country mid-game and still have access to all the conversations that went on earlier. Plus, the host actually gets to see what is happening.

Aroused Bull wrote: »

Basically, I assigned a Gmail account to each player - England.padip@gmail.com for Britain, France.padip@gmail.com for France and so on. Each player could then use the accounts to communicate with each other, make deals and so forth. The accounts were set up so that all messages were forwarded to the judge's account, so that I could watch what was going on. Before the end of each turn, the players submitted their moves to me at the judge account.
The map was a Photoshop file, with an image of the board lifted from Wikimedia on one layer and the markers, etc on a layer above. When I updated the map, I just cut and paste the markers to move them around. There are programs like Realpolitik available for download that can do the same thing, but they produce rather ugly maps so I did it by hand instead.

SlickShughes

Sounds like something crying out for google wave.

JustPlainPavek

Ah, Diplomacy, good times.

Are we going to do a sticky of these for all the pbp RPG threads too, or is that overly ambitious?

Darian

JustPlainPavek wrote: »

Ah, Diplomacy, good times.

Are we going to do a sticky of these for all the pbp RPG threads too, or is that overly ambitious?

That's definitely overly ambitious for me; however, if someone wants to do it, I imagine it would be well-received. That's a much bigger project than this was, though.

JustPlainPavek

Me too, and I don't even play in them. I just love indices!

Aegeri

Darian wrote: »

JustPlainPavek wrote: »

Ah, Diplomacy, good times.

Are we going to do a sticky of these for all the pbp RPG threads too, or is that overly ambitious?

That's definitely overly ambitious for me; however, if someone wants to do it, I imagine it would be well-received. That's a much bigger project than this was, though.

It would probably be too depressing due to the numbers of games that ended prematurely.

ThatDudeOverThere

I'm really glad you're doing this, Darian. :^:

Darian

Now recruiting for CitOW game 6; I'll select players sometime Monday afternoon EDT.

EvilBadman

Blank Cards always Fizzles, that's the appeal. No fuss, no muss. A fantastic distraction.

Darian

Republic of Rome PbP now recruiting

Darian

Added Evil Multifarious' new Diplomacy game.

Dunadan019

could you possibly post in bold or in a differnt section the games that are joinable as opposed to those that aren't?

Darian

Well, if any game is currently recruiting, I put the status in orange. Generally, though, games don't stay recruiting for very long; I do make a post in this thread anytime I spot a new game, so if you're subscribed you'll hear about it when I do.

Ryadic

Eat Poop You Cat game is recruiting.

Please post this in the OP Darian.

Darian

CitOW game 7 is about to start, with admanb hosting.

Darian

Hour of Glory (stealth missions in WW2) added.

kuhlmeye

Don't know if you wanted to add it or not, but we played a game of Mornington Crescent a couple months ago.

Mornington Crescent

Cardboard Tube won.

Darian

kuhlmeye wrote: »

Don't know if you wanted to add it or not, but we played a game of Mornington Crescent a couple months ago.

Mornington Crescent

Cardboard Tube won.

Wait... someone won a game of Mornington Crescent. How peculiar. Adding it now.

Also, the Blank Cards Adventure game has unfortunately fizzled out from time constraints for the host.

Darian

Runewars PbP now recruiting.

Darian

Nanofictionary is also recruiting for both players and Jurors

Ryadic

Darian wrote: »

kuhlmeye wrote: »

Don't know if you wanted to add it or not, but we played a game of Mornington Crescent a couple months ago.

Mornington Crescent

Cardboard Tube won.

Wait... someone won a game of Mornington Crescent. How peculiar. Adding it now.

Also, the Blank Cards Adventure game has unfortunately fizzled out from time constraints for the host.

Yeah, I don't quite understand Mornington Crescent. I don't think I ever will.

Darian

2nd Eat Poop, You Cat game has started. Well worth a sign-up or just looking at the results when it is done.

Darian

Sadly, both of the Betrayal at House on the Hill games, along with the second TI:3, seem to have been abandoned. Switching them to fizzled for now; maybe we'll get lucky and they'll start back up.

Ryadic

Hey! Thanks Darian.

Forgot to notify you of the second post.

MrBlarney

Signups are currently open for a second Runewars PbP.

samurai6966

Looks like Bitstream's Betrayal at House on the Hill has started back up. Might want to remove the fizzled status.

Darian

samurai6966 wrote: »

Looks like Bitstream's Betrayal at House on the Hill has started back up. Might want to remove the fizzled status.

Since I'm playing in that one, you would think I would have thought to do that. Thanks for the reminder!

Delmain

Signups for Eat Poop You Cat Game 3 are going on at the end of the Game 2 Thread

admanb

Runewars Game 2 is now ongoing.

Darian

Nanofictionary plug:

summeryclept wrote: »

ATTENTION! LAST CHANCE FOR JURORS TO SIGN UP! IT'S EASY AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING, JUST DECIDE WHO WROTE THE BEST STORY AND FEEL SUPERIOR!

Darian

Apples to Apples accepting sign-ups briefly.

Darian

CitOW game 8 is starting; players already chosen, though, since we had 50% drop-out last game.

Darian

CitOW game 9 is recruiting

Darian

CitOW game 10 is recruiting. Maybe someday we'll manage to get everyone a chance to play this glorious game.

Edit: And now it's moved on to pregame.

Darian

New Chess thread is up, care of Michael H

Darian

Chaos in the Old World game 11 is recruiting, through Saturday morning