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Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Topic Start: November 15, 2017, 02:48:38 PM »
If you do, what did you think of it, and would you be interested in seeing it again?
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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #1: November 15, 2017, 03:56:06 PM »
What war Island? Was that the thing that happened over a year ago that is now just a memory in the past?

Yes, i want to see that again.,

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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #2: November 15, 2017, 04:20:10 PM »
There was a separate minigame played on the same map as the BM War Islands, but with the gameplay being effectively a version of Risk. It was...I dunno, several years ago.

It was kinda fun for a while.
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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #3: November 15, 2017, 04:33:59 PM »
I always thought it would be neat to make the mini-game a part of BM, so that nobles could challenge 2 friends to a game, like a duel, except a game like chess and multiplayer. Something neat to do to pass the time when sitting in a region under orders.

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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #4: November 15, 2017, 04:45:27 PM »
I always thought it would be neat to make the mini-game a part of BM, so that nobles could challenge 2 friends to a game, like a duel, except a game like chess and multiplayer. Something neat to do to pass the time when sitting in a region under orders.

That would actually be really cool. It could even be something a prisoner could do with a judge.
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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #5: November 15, 2017, 04:55:20 PM »
That sounds like a very entertaining idea :)
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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #6: November 15, 2017, 06:37:31 PM »
That sounds cool actually. The mini game was fun, untill you had played like 50 of them and then it became a bit repetitive. But it's been a couple of years and mixing this ingame would be awesome.

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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #7: November 15, 2017, 06:50:03 PM »
Oh yeah! I remember that thing. That was fun!

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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #8: November 15, 2017, 07:10:08 PM »
Yesssss! I haven't been around for it but it sounds awesome! Imagine two friendly generals sharing a game of chess or latrones or whatever other strategic game was popular during medieval times, or having a "strategic duel" of sorts.
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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #9: November 15, 2017, 07:23:25 PM »
I've fond memories of that. Easy to learn, not so easy to master.

Chess was a big part of medieval noble culture so it would be very cool if we had a strategy mini-game tied into BM.

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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #10: November 15, 2017, 10:23:28 PM »
Yar har, sounds great! Would also help new players have an easy, fun way to engage more deeply from the outset and learn the ropes.

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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #11: November 16, 2017, 02:54:40 AM »
Yea, I liked it a lot, but also tired of it fairly quickly, don't really remember why.
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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #12: November 16, 2017, 09:28:37 AM »
Probably because it was, truly, a fairly simple game. And there were no plans to add more to it, if memory serves.
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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #13: November 16, 2017, 07:10:35 PM »
Might that have changed?
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Re: Do you remember the War Islands mini-game?
« Reply #14: November 16, 2017, 07:14:13 PM »
Nope.
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