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[GAME ON] Bontago - Blocks of Doom

Lady EriLady Eri Registered User regular
edited September 2009 in Games and Technology
So Bontago is that ancient foreign game that sometimes gets played when you want something primal and competitive.

You can download it here, and learn more about it here. Basically you are building towers of blocks to create influence. Once all the flags are under your influence you win the game. Can be played against AI or against many other players. Towers are destroyed when a larger tower's influence overruns an enemy tower's base, causing it to fall through the board.

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It is free and it is a small download, and if you can get 4 or 5 people to play it is a helluvalot of fun. Seems to work fine in Vista (and presumably XP.) Anyway for multiplayer someone needs to host and then post the displayed IP in the thread so people can join. I am pretty sure it is the WAN, not the LAN one, but hey only two options!

So lets block.

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  • Lady EriLady Eri Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    So if anyone is looking to play with me now, that would make my evening!

    Edit: Well I guess not tonight :(

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  • Lady EriLady Eri Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I am not letting this die, we are starting a Bontago community here.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Bontago is fun. It is not ancient or foreign though.

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  • A Flock of WalrusA Flock of Walrus For the Greater Good! Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Lady Eri wrote: »
    I am not letting this die, we are starting a Bontago community here.

    lol

    Sorry to bother you. I just wanted to stop by and laugh for a moment. Not at all interested in this.

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  • LagnarLagnar Halifax, Nova scotiaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    This seems like fun for at least a few minutes, gona look into it now.

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  • Lady EriLady Eri Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    TychoCelchuuu wrote: »
    Bontago is fun. It is not ancient or foreign though.

    Pretty sure it's spanish.

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  • DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Pretty sure we used to play it on this forum and it was from digipen. Its alot of fun.

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  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Lady Eri wrote: »
    TychoCelchuuu wrote: »
    Bontago is fun. It is not ancient or foreign though.

    Pretty sure it's spanish.

    This game was made by digipen. I love how it resurfaces every year or two

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  • Lady EriLady Eri Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Origins aside, it has been around for a while.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    A Flock of Walrus wrote: »
    Lady Eri wrote: »
    I am not letting this die, we are starting a Bontago community here.

    lol

    Sorry to bother you. I just wanted to stop by and laugh for a moment. Not at all interested in this.

    Sorry to bother you. I just wanted to stop by and call you fucking retarded

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  • Lady EriLady Eri Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    A Flock of Walrus wrote: »
    Lady Eri wrote: »
    I am not letting this die, we are starting a Bontago community here.

    lol

    Sorry to bother you. I just wanted to stop by and laugh for a moment. Not at all interested in this.

    Sorry to bother you. I just wanted to stop by and call you fucking retarded

    <3

    Anyone awake?

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