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Black Death spell

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:53:56 +0000

I was also wondering. If you are going up against an enemy with a high probability of having the Black Death spell. Is it preferable to go open field rather than set peice or does it matter? It seems to me that open field is dring the stratigic movement phase, do they still have time to cast this spell?

LC

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:09:56 +0000

I was just wondering how LC stacks up against MI? It seems to me that they should be roughly egual or the calvary a little better but given the reputation of light troop in this game I'm guessing that LC doesn't measure up too well.

Hi!

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:51:05 +0000

Hello everyone,

I am Robin, 29 years old (going on 30 in a few months, good lord!) and I live in the Netherlands, Europe.
Have been a long time Conan fan ever since I saw a copy of an issue of the comic when I was little. After that the movies with Schwarzenegger were my first real visual experience with Conan and they still have a special place in my heart, eventhough there has been lots of argueing about wether or not they tie in with Howard's tales.
Needless to say I also own the books with the work of Howard.

On top of that I am actively playing the online MMO Age of Conan. Have been there right from release and I am still active and very much enjoying the game.
It's very close to Howards work and a real work of art.
It even received its first expansion pack a few months back.

Anyway, in my search for more background info on Hyboria I came across an article about this PBEM wargame called Hyborian War.
Eventhough it's old, the review said, it still has an active playerbase and it still is a very good wargame.
As I am a wargame fan myself I just couldn't resist and dug up more info.

That has led me to this webpage as well, so I thought I should sign up here too!

My Friday the 13th

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:01:52 +0000

The general rule is: you must be at least 15% smarter than the equipment in order to use it effectively.

This includes motor vehicles, even parked, unmoving ones.

Last Thursday afternoon, I had an incident with a vehicle, and a person who failed the aforementioned rule.
The other party was quite upset that I had damaged the armrest on the driver's door upon impact, and was adamant that the whole thing was my fault, ignoring the fact that I'd just done a swan dive from 6 feet and used my arm to brace the fall. My leg was bruised and had a 3" slash; I was bleeding all over.

Of course, this was compounded by the only medical facility for 30 miles (50 km) being closed and a job interview at 9AM on Friday. So, I ignored the jerk hobbled home and got cleaned up.

I went to the interview in a great deal of pain, then to the local "urgent" care facility, which, incidentally, is only open 8AM to 6PM M-F.
I arrived at 10:12AM. The 295 lbs cow of an admitting nurse took my info, and I waited. Three moms with kids and two seniors came in after me. All were admitted before I was.

The kids were whiny and sniffling, obviously triggering the neurotic maternal instincts of a woman (and I use the term loosely) who should never, ever procreate. Evidently, it made her lose all objectivity. There was even a sign on the wall indicating triage is based on the severity of the injury, not first come first served. I could understand it if the kid had anthrax or flesh eating disease, but an overprotective mother and her mutant offspring with the flu does not take priority over a guy with a painful, massively swollen and likely broken arm.

Both of the seniors had routine blood work done. How do I know this? It was discussed for 5 minutes by the cow/nurse and the patient publicly in the waiting room. How ethical.

In my younger days, I would have said something rude. I kept my mouth shut though. It doesn't help to aggravate the fat, lazy incompetents when you need something from them. Must... wait until... after...

My iPhone battery died around noon from all the tetris and poker. At 1PM, I finally got in. The doctor had just left for lunch, so I waited another 40 minutes in the exam room, followed by X-rays (which they could have done while the doc was away), bone setting and a cast.

So, to anyone who isn't superstitious about Friday the 13th, you're a damned fool and should be.

A spiritualist once told me that we create reality with our thoughts. The whole day, I thought of a bean bag chair dressed in teal scrubs with an idiot driver trapped in its folds rolling down a flight of stairs.

Questions about peacing and avoiding influence

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:51:44 +0000

HI everyone. I've got afew questions about peacing your neighbors in HW. I'm not sure i get it fully. The rules state that if you gain a peace treaty with someone they cannot invade you and if you invade them then you break the peace treaty. But what about raids can you still raid them? And they you? will this break the treaty. If I wanted to get a peace treaty and raid a kingdom on the same turn would that be possible? or should I just not peace treaty them if I think it worth raiding them? This is one area I had no clue about in my first two games as I had no one to talk to except the few people I was in correspondence with during the game. I never even tried to get a peace treaty or avoid influence. Does avoid influence require diplomacy as well?

Black Clouds and Thunderbolts!

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:48:50 +0000

My day has run the gamut from Gattitown to plasma cosmology. It has dealt with buffalo, flying pigs, and the War of Currents.

Rajan was a powerful spice lord who possessed the Clockwerk wings. This is from the video game Sly Cooper 2: Band of Thieves, which my son has developed a great affinity for.

I haven't posted here much of late, preferring to post, instead, elsewhere. We do seem to have a couple of new users here that seem to have taken an interest in what we do. I suppose that's a plus. Welcome, Jack Straw and Skadbergjl!

I quote Rajan, because the book Thunderbolts of the Gods, a radical reinterpretation of human history and the evolution of the solar system, made me think of JD and his interest in the not-quite-pending apocalyptic end of the world in 2012. I could probably never bring myself to read the book, but it caught my eye, just the same. JD needs to explore this book, and then get back to me on what he learns from it.

Where the hell is Josh, anyway? Off loitering in a pasture admiring the latest in bovine hosiery, I suspect. I need to write a story about him. It's been a while.

Introduce yourself

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:45:20 +0000

Hello, I am not exaclty brand new to hyborian war as i have played for a short while in two games both of which were cut short by my moving and susequently missing a couple of turns and then feeling kinda down about the position i was in I dropped them. I was looking for some advice on how to choose a kingdom off the bat. I have read the new posts to Jack i think it was but grimfingers and snowdogs advice seem to differ quite a bit. I do very much like Pictland. The idea of screaming hordes of savages coming out of the wood work appeals to me however i also like vikings quite alot and was thinking of playing either Vanaheim or Asgard this time and try my luck with one of those. The two kingdoms I have played are Pictland and Hyperborea. Neither time did I fare very well, and while I'm Ok with not winning I would like to do atleast fairly well. I was wondering if choosing a kingdom had a whole lot to do with ones chances in the game or if it is primarily up to the player, as Pictland seems to be at a real dissadvantage. when I palyed it the single successful military action I had was a raid against Zingara everything else I tried was a defeat. It was real disheartening to say the least. Andplaying Hyperborea was not much better I couldn't stand up to Asgard's troops it seemed no matter what I tried. I guess mostly this time around I like to to for one finish a game and atleast not get totally creamed. I think I will do better already having read alot of posts on this site but would much appreciate any friendly advice anyone may have

Your Valued Opinion!

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:19:43 +0000

Greetings! I am absolutely new to the HW world. I am intrigued by the game, and I'm looking forward to ruling my first kingdom soon. First off, Im grateful for all the advice and observations I've read on the site so far...you guys really have it wired tight here. Reading some of the posts is what convinced me I should be playing this game, and be a part of this community as well. Now here's where Im gonna be a pest...as a new player about to start out, which kingdom do you guys think is the best for learning this game? I saw from one of the posts that I get to give three choices, and RSI will issue me one of them. I don't want to just randomly pick and end up with a difficult kingdom and end up learning nothing from the experience. I can see you guys are pretty salty, so I'll defer to your judgements. Thanks in advance!

Novitiate

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:09:46 +0000

Hello! Im Jack Straw. I found this site after stumbling onto the game of Hyborean War. I started out reading the Conan novels and comics when I was a kid. I remember the ads for HW in the SSOCs, but never really looked into it. I came upon HW while tooling around online at work. Im figuring it must be pretty good if people still play it. This site came up after I started looking for more info. You guys seem really passionate about the game, and willing to help other players out. So, here I am! Look forward to meeting you.

The Sinking of the Titanic

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:58:16 +0000

We played two games of "The Sinking of the Titanic" board game from Ideal. last night - myself, Titan, and my wife. I won both games. It's an old board game, but it was still nice to play it all of the way through, as a family.

Hopefully, Santa will start bringing Titan some board games, each Christmas.

iam new.. how do u start...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:06:21 +0000

hi
I played way back in the day aboot 18 yrs ago.. Can i start a play by mail game tho here.

ty
CB_Pilsner

PlayByMail.Net

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:28:09 +0000

I created a new website, tonight, one dedicated to the play-by-mail genre. Flagship magazine is in no rush to gets its website back up and running again, it seems, so this new site will provide a place for PBM genre individuals to congregate - and maybe to catch a tidbit or two, from time to time.

Click here to go to the PlayByMail.Net website

I have a friend

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:33:39 +0000

I have a friend
Who is stupid
His name is JD

The Predicament of the Dire

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:11:53 +0000

I like games. I really do. I like them a lot. Yet, I rarely ever play any. Such a grim dilemma this be. The predicament of the dire.

My thoughts drift back to the days of yesteryore, back when I was trying to figure out how to make Starforce Battles work, as a Play-By-Mail game. Other ideas popped into my head, too, of course. Isn't that how it works with everyone?

It was much easier to concentrate back then, I think. Or, perhaps there was simply much less to distract me. Not that it matters, since the end results tend to be the same, regardless of cause or origin.

Ryan is a bastard. He is a programmer, and all programmers are bastards. All hail the bastards that are programmers!

Long ago, I pondered a more terrestrial version of Starforce Battles, one that focused primarily upon ground combat between diverse alien species. It was a way to allow for wars over planets which would not all require the same duration of time, in order to bring conquest of worlds to fruition.

The testbed for this was to use a county-based approach to mapping the individual worlds of the game. I started with South Carolina, but then veered off to a map of Texas. I never finished the goal of hand-linking all counties in the contiguous 48 states. It was a monstrous undertaking, since it required more than just inputting each county name in each of the 48 states in question. I also had to hand-link which county in each state linked to neighboring counties in nearby states.

If successful, it could have led to projects such as a Second Civil War game. Pick your hometown (or home county, to be more precise), and expand outward from there.

These days, I tend to think about how to create this board game or that board game, even as I put off bringing Starforce Battles III into the Plane of Reality upon which we currently dwell.

It would be easier for me to just go out and buy a dozen board games or two, than it would be for me to create a board game from scratch. But, does a Bigfoot board game exist of the type which would appeal to me? There are lots of space and alien board games on the market, but wouldn't it be more fun just to create my own? Furthermore, when it comes to comprehending rule sets crafted by others, my brain appears to still be somewhere between the Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon stages. I love games. I hate rules. Even being in between the proverbial rock and a hard place could make for a neat game, I think.

I can comprehend intricacies of constitutional law, but I can't grasp rulebooks for board games. Go figure.

Recently, I was playing a game of Chutes and Ladders with Titan, and I then proceeded to quickly toss together a couple of quick make-shift board games. The second of the two was a tad more elaborate than the first, incorporating diverse elements ranging from Dr, Seuss to Monopoly to the Wizard of Oz. I did no justice to any of the incorporated elements, but incorporated them primarily to serve as prehistoric eye candy for my son's consumption.

My son's favorite video game, of late, is Sly 2: Band of Thieves, which feature Sly Cooper and his two friends and colleagues in adventure, Bentley and Murray. How do I compete with that?

I don't. But, I don't aim to. My interest lies further down the road, assuming that I make it to that juncture in time.

Randomization Scripts for Organizing Games of Hyborian War

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:59:29 +0000

I thought that I had already posted these, previously, but odds are, I had posted them on an older incarnation of the site's forums. So, here are a few randomization scripts that you may find useful in organizing your own games of Hyborian War. I have also added these links on the Hyborian War section of the site.

http://grimfinger.net/HWOrganizerScript1.htm
http://grimfinger.net/HWOrganizerScript2.htm
http://grimfinger.net/HWOrganizerScript3.htm

Celebrity Match Game

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:22:18 +0000

BC

Bearing more than a mere passing resemblance, site user BC was clearly the inspiration for Mike Myers being cast in the lead role of the film adaptation of the book, "The Cat in the Hat," a perennial Dr. Seuss favorite.

Eerie, spooky, and altogether kooky, the cosmic netherverse is clearly aligned, for all that that forebodes and portends. First, it was JD with his universally acclaimed identical exactness with Jim Nabors of Gomer Pyle fame, and now hither comes BC, professional gopher hunter and goat aficionado.

The Zombie-Orc War

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:56:40 +0000

CHAPTER ONE

Zombies were the least of their problems. Sure, there were zombies all over the place, but they mostly just milled about, finding a meal wherever they happened upon an unsuspecting fool or two. In this day and age, if you wanted to live, then you had to be alert. Vigilance was its own reward.

Nobody was sure where the orcs came from. Oh, there were theories, all right. Lots and lots of theories. Enough damned theories to drive a man mad. Unlike zombies, orcs were intelligent. Even worse, they enjoyed killing.

The Age of Man was waning. The glory of its heyday youth was behind us. Humanity wasn't on the verge of extinction. Not yet, anyway. Things are more stable than that. Actually, they're a lot more stable than that. Some of us even think that we are winning this war.

But, that's what bothers me. It's reached the point where we now routinely refer to it as war. In the beginning, there were isolated incidents. We thought that we were hunting wild animals. Maybe a few packs, here and there, but nothing more serious or widespread than that.

Boy, we're we ever wrong!

The orc populations continued to swell. They became more and better organized. They're smart fuckers, these orcs are. Like rats, only smarter. They mimic us. They copy our tactics, and have even begun to use our own weapons against us. Tell me that's not smart. I'm telling you, they're not just animals.

They're more vicious than animals. They do things that animals would never do. Animals will kill you. They may even eat you. But, orcs - orcs take pleasure in cruelty. They delight in viciousness. They crave the taste of our blood like you wouldn't believe! Not even vampires like blood this much.

There's talk of nuking them, but I don't know. That's just talk, right? Jesus, what the Hell are we thinking? Who ever imagined a nuclear war between us and a bunch of damned orcs. For crying out loud!

There's been some progress, of course. There have even been instances were we've wiped out entire legions of them. Hordes, they call them. Me? I call them legions, because I think these sons of bitches want nothing less than to form an empire - with us as their slaves! That's all that we need. An orc who proclaims himself Caesar.

At least the zombies don't discriminate. They help keep the orcs' numbers down. I think that they're just on the sidelines, waiting to see which one of us - orcs or men - win the first round. Thank god they're a bunch of stupid bastards. If they ever learn to communicate, we're all fucked.

Hyborian War Credits Poll

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:24:30 +0000

Here's one for you adventurous site visitors that I don't think has been done before by anyone. Below is a list of the credits for those who created Hyborian War all those many eons ago.

Of the credits listed in this list, which of these individual teams or groups do you feel did the best, considering that each team or group were working on different aspects of the game?

Credits:

DESIGN
Edward Schoonover -- Game Design
Charles Kraver -- Systems Design
Paul W. Brown III -- Game Development

INSPIRATION
Robert E. Howard

ART
Richard Becker -- Folder Cover Art
Brian McCrary -- Illustrations
Liz Danforth -- Maps
Dunn & Hill -- Graphic Design

PROGRAMING
William Young
John Rundle
Gloria Schoonover
Michael Webb
Lee A. Kline
Markus Roberts
Jon Kline

IMPLEMENTATION
Jim Cooper -- Staff Writing
Linda Tewell -- Staff Writing
Rick Lambert -- Processing Systems
John Jordan -- Data Proofing
John Myler -- Data Proofing
Barbara Cummings -- Second Edition Revisions
Judith Solberg -- Second Edition Revisions

WEB SITE
Sue Solberg
Game Design 1985, 1993 Reality Simulations Inc. All rights reserved.

Gardening on the West-sai-eed

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:50:18 +0000

This is a test of the emergency broadcast system. If a picture of a garden appears, then all is well. If not, then our system (and Grim's technical assistance) is in need of an overhaul.

My Garden, 2k10:

Ok, here's another:

And my wife insists that I include a picture of the barn she's been painting while I toil in the earth:

And speaking of the wife, here she is refilling the flytraps to get them away from our horses. Hmmm, what's that she's wearing? Could it be a Hyborian War shirt in cannary yellow? Why yes indeed it is!

PokeMon

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:04:51 +0000

Poke Mon is a best and very popular game than other game thus it is a played by online thus it has a many part of version like Blue, Black & white etc thus it is a very interesting game.It is a very popular in children .