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Author Topic: what board games would you like to see retro-cloned?  (Read 3906 times)

kregmosier

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« Reply #30 on: August 11, 2009, 09:51:26 PM »
ok, seriously, we need Fortress America already.

also, all the Wham stuff...all of it. (i seem to remember steve jackson reprinting a bunch of these?)

a new Car Wars (more like the old car wars, please), Divine Right, and Knights of Camelot.  i never got to play it, but i'm also wondering if TSR's Lankhamar game was any good?

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« Reply #31 on: August 12, 2009, 06:30:16 PM »
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I've got a copy of Dungeon. It's not crap, but it's not as good as you might imagine, either. It's a very simplistic game where you wander around, kill monsters, and take their stuff. (Heck, sounds like an early version of Munchkin! ;))


Ah, okay. Guess I'll stick with Talisman, then. :D

And to go back to the topic, I just remembered one I keep thinking of buying off eBay except that shipping from England (the only place this seems to turn up!) would cost more than the game: Escape From Colditz!
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« Reply #32 on: August 13, 2009, 04:44:09 AM »
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Along with Space Hulk.

And throw in old school Car Wars for good measure.
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Warhammer Quest.
All 3, please.  I have a nice set of WQ but I'd love to get my hands on the rest of the characters and expansions.  Newer versions would be fine.  :)

Hmm, come to think of it I want these reprinted.  I don't wanna make the pieces and boards myself.  :(

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« Reply #33 on: August 13, 2009, 05:04:56 AM »
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Hmm, come to think of it I want these reprinted.  I don't wanna make the pieces and boards myself.  :(


That was the idea. I was looking for games to do paid clones of, not free print-and-play versions.
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« Reply #34 on: August 13, 2009, 08:02:03 AM »
Oh, how could I forget Survive! (which also was published under the name Atlantis if Boardgamegeek is to be believed)?

Fun game, fun premise, and its a hoot to see how nasty people get with each other as the clock ticks down.
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« Reply #35 on: August 14, 2009, 03:23:22 AM »
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That was the idea. I was looking for games to do paid clones of, not free print-and-play versions.
Well rock on, then.  :D

I'm a boardgame super whore so OOP stuff that was always hard to get coming back would sell me instantly.  Speaking of which, I still need to get the newest release of Cosmic Encounter...

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« Reply #36 on: August 14, 2009, 09:15:59 AM »
HeroQuest, totally...that WAS the game I used as an into to RPGs, and my son is getting old enough now...
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