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
Game 1: GM EvilBadman;
fizzled
Game 2
IG/
OOG: GM Hylianbunny;
fizzledGame 3: GM EvilBadman;
fizzledGame 4: GM simonwolf;
fizzled
Game 5: GM MrBlarney;
fizzled1870 - classic train game
Game 1: GM Riemann Lives;
never startedAndroid - scifi murder mystery
Game 1: GM Mordenthral;
fizzledApples to Apples - party game of comparisons
Game 1: GM robotsunshine;
fizzledGame 2: GM summeryclept;
fizzledArkham Horror - holding on to sanity while cooperatively stopping a Great Old One from consuming the world
Game 1: GM PolloDiablo;
Investigator VictoryGame 2: GM Mordenthral;
Investigator VictoryGame 3: GM mi-go hunter;
ongoingBattlestar Galactica - cooperative game with traitorous toasters -
discussion
Betrayal at House on the Hill - cooperative exploration of a spooky manor
Game 1: GM bistream;
Player WinGame 2: GM bitstream;
Player WinGame 3: GM bitstream;
fizzledGame 4: GM ThatDudeOverThere;
fizzled
The Big Idea - inventing and promoting your products
Game 1: GM robotsunshine;
completedBlank 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;
completedGame 2 (Tanin Expansion): GM Mordenthral;
ongoingChaos 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
Game 72: GM Gorden858;
ongoingGame 73: GM Darian;
ongoingGame 74: GM doldari;
NurgleGame 75: GM Lykouragh;
ongoingGame 76: GM doldari;
ongoingGame 77: GM doldari;
ongoingGame 78: GM pesky;
ongoingChess - classic abstract
2010 Thread; created by Michael H;
recruiting playersDiplomacy - world war 1 area control alliance building and betrayal
Game 1: GM Aroused Bull;
completedGame 2: GM Metal Gear Solid 2 Demo;
completedGame 3: GM Metal Gear Solid 2 Demo;
completedGame 4: GM JustPlainPavek;
completedGame 5: GM Kayne Red Robe;
completedGame 6: GM Hermenegilde;
completedGame 7: GM Evil Multifarious;
fizzled
Doom - space marines v. invading aliens
Game 1: GM krylon666;
Invader VictoryDune - intrigue in a sandy world
Game 1: GM Mordenthral;
CompletedGame 2: GM Mordenthral;
ongoingDungeon Lords - build your dungeon and field monsters to fight off invaders
Game 1: GM blahmcblah;
completedGame 2: GM blahmcblah;
completedEat Poop, You Cat - Pictionary party variant; often played in SE, as well
Eclipse - space empires battling for supremacy
Game 1; GM Icerimp;
completedFormula D - race around the track
Game 1: GM InkSplat;
completedA Game of Thrones - area control set in George R.R. Martin's fantasy world
Game 1: GM Hermenegilde;
completedGame 2: GM Hermenegilde;
fizzledGame 3: GM Mordenthral;
completedGame 4: GM Mordenthral;
fizzledGame 5 (2nd ed.): GM MrBody;
ongoingHorus Heresy - 2p (or two team) space marine combat
Game 1: GM Mordenthral;
Traitor victoryGame 2: GM Mordenthral;
Imperial victoryGame 3: GM Farangu;
Traitor Spaceport victoryHour of Glory - stealth missions against Nazis in WW2
Game 1: GM tofu;
fizzledJunta - political game scheming to line your pocketbook on an island
Game 1: GM PolloDiablo;
fizzledMornington 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;
completedNomic - the game of rules
Game 1: GM Zombiemambo;
fizzledPandemic - cooperatively save the world from disease
Game 1: GM PMAvers;
final turn victoryGame 2: GM Darian;
CDC successPuerto 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
Posts
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
Please post this in the OP Darian.
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.
Forgot to notify you of the second post.
Since I'm playing in that one, you would think I would have thought to do that. Thanks for the reminder!
Edit: And now it's moved on to pregame.