tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post6412625000416593240..comments2024-03-27T21:17:25.335+11:00Comments on The Stronghold Rebuilt: Six by Six - November - Part 2Kaptain Koboldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-10783210712717579032017-12-14T23:20:57.058+11:002017-12-14T23:20:57.058+11:00For me the challenge was to finish 6 games with mo...For me the challenge was to finish 6 games with more than 2 sets of rules. I knew I was a bit of a butterfly but the challenge has shown I am a huge flutterer! It would be fairly easy (and it was this year) for me to play 6 or more games with 2 rules, but it has been hard sticking to something to play for the other 4. I think 6 plays with one set of rules is the key and so a 3x6 or 4x6 comp would be preferable. But it has the disadvantage of not having a nice ring to it, compared to 6x6 or 10x10, and 4x6 does not seem to really a stretch target (but see the next paragraph on why that is not really relevant). <br /><br />I really think 6x6 was, and is, a great idea. Not that many of us made it (although the year is not over yet!). It did achieve its main goal of getting people to play and post. So in reality setting a smaller goal would still achieve its aim.<br /><br />I am unlikely to join in next year due to I have too many small side projects that fell by the wayside that I would have liked to have given a go but didn't as they were not on the list of 6; and I and the family will be moving and renovating a house for the first 6 months of next year, so "spare" time will not be gaming :-) But if something was happening in 2019 then I think so. Also if KK did not want to run it, I think a blog with a page that people can update with where they are at may work, or something similar with collaborative editing e.g. a Google Doc. .Shaun Travershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691522858410783769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-66336987237415607142017-12-14T12:42:42.323+11:002017-12-14T12:42:42.323+11:00From the learning standpoint I think that four pla...From the learning standpoint I think that four plays gives you a good idea of the game six gets you to the point of do I still want to devote time to this. Our last few games of Chain of Command went well from a mechanics point of view but we're not overly enthused about playing them again. <br /><br />I would think a 3x6 or 4x6 may be an option.This still leads to 18-24 games in a year which for some is a challenge in it's own right and allows you to play some other games you already know you like. This was a great event to be part of and I look forward to how it works out next year. Dan Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162537595366441464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-53387559912929924782017-12-14T09:49:34.250+11:002017-12-14T09:49:34.250+11:00It's not a rubbish idea at all, and would cert...It's not a rubbish idea at all, and would certainly generate game reports. I picked six by six as a fairly arbitrary number and because I felt it was achievable (it's three games per month).<br /><br />The original challenge this was derived from was 10x10, and was designed to get people playing games, especially unfamiliar ones, more than once or twice because it was felt that multiple plays are the only way to get a feel for how the game truly plays out. A case in point; we spent over a year playing Maurice before we clicked how the game actually worked (as opposed to just following the rules), and our games after that have been richer and more interesting based on this understanding. Obviously if you pick games you're familiar with (like my choice of HOTT) then this isn't an issue, but I picked DBA 3.0 for example, something I'd only dabbled in up until this year, and by being required to play it intensively have a much better feel for how it works now. I don't think I would have acquired this understanding with only four plays.Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-10802478223005483072017-12-14T03:52:27.941+11:002017-12-14T03:52:27.941+11:00Hi Kaptain,
How about 4 x 4 as an option? I ought...Hi Kaptain,<br /><br />How about 4 x 4 as an option? I ought to warn you - I have not thought this through in any way, shape or form so I am sure you will tell why it is a rubbish idea!<br /><br />I have enjoyed reading the reports though - it makes up for my own lack of table action over the year.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DC David Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-11671862912023185922017-12-13T13:52:45.021+11:002017-12-13T13:52:45.021+11:00I also felt that the challenge drove me to play, o...I also felt that the challenge drove me to play, or advocate playing, certain games. That kind of worked out, since the games I chose were ones that I was hoping to get to the table. Despite coming up short, I'd be up for doing the same again for 2018. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487819789867185529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-37188481180034058242017-12-12T21:32:37.484+11:002017-12-12T21:32:37.484+11:00I have felt the same so I was going to drop out if...I have felt the same so I was going to drop out if it were run again. However, it was a good experience because I tried out games (Spandau and Lewis; Machinas) I may not have otherwise tried.<br /><br />For next year, I pondering a greatly scaled down challenge where I try out 4-6 new games (just 1 game each). I already have a thought of trying Galleys and Galleons and Dragon RampantKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17132852154504487574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-89900050621487160872017-12-12T13:39:38.294+11:002017-12-12T13:39:38.294+11:00It was very hard to choose a set of games at the b...It was very hard to choose a set of games at the beginning of the year which I was likely to play throughout it. The fact that I made about three changes of game during the course of the year is a testament to how hard this was to stick to, although more to my inability to stay focused on a particular game :)Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-15513254192022609602017-12-12T12:07:42.174+11:002017-12-12T12:07:42.174+11:00"I have also sometimes felt that the challeng... "I have also sometimes felt that the challenge has driven the games I've played"<br /><br />Good point there. I had tried to pick games the group I was in were interested in but even still we missed a few of them. I have played about 40 games so far this year with a chance of one or two more. Also one point of the challenge was to gain knowledge of the rules by playing them more than once or twice. For the games I completed this was done and I found that we played and enjoyed some games beyond the number of the challenge.<br /><br />Dan Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162537595366441464noreply@blogger.com