How many people play Angband?

[Jungle_Boy]

Hah! I made it clear to Edoras, (the second time), now it's bedtime.

[Nick]

That's great. I just read all the way to the battle of Helm's deep on that site. in one sitting.

Yeah, I got as far as Lothlorien before tearing myself away. Damn you, Magnate.

[will_asher]

It was indeed good. I trust you will all enjoy this, if you haven't already.

That's great. I just read all the way to the battle of Helm's deep on that site. in one sitting.

[Magnate]

Agreed, matches my experience as well.

I've started playing some "narrativist" games with groups recently (The Shadow of Yesterday, Spirit of the Century, Diaspora, etc) which do a lot to try to remove irrelevance and focus on the narrative. Even so it's easy to get distracted by e.g. quoting Monty Python.

Did anyone else here play Everway? Its tagline was "diceless role-playing", and IMO it very successfully moved the focus from stats and tables to narrative. Unfortunately it bombed, and disappeared after a few years.

[d_m]

That's great. I have played real pen and paper RPG:s quite a lot and that sounds a lot what would happen if I would play LoTR with my friends. DM has real trouble keeping plot going in direction he wants it to go, real humans are very good at inventing ways of doing things they should not be able to do.

Agreed, matches my experience as well.

I've started playing some "narrativist" games with groups recently (The Shadow of Yesterday, Spirit of the Century, Diaspora, etc) which do a lot to try to remove irrelevance and focus on the narrative. Even so it's easy to get distracted by e.g. quoting Monty Python.

[Timo Pietilä]

It was indeed good. I trust you will all enjoy this, if you haven't already.

That's great. I have played real pen and paper RPG:s quite a lot and that sounds a lot what would happen if I would play LoTR with my friends. DM has real trouble keeping plot going in direction he wants it to go, real humans are very good at inventing ways of doing things they should not be able to do.

[Magnate]

That's excellent - a shame it seems to have died.

It was indeed good. I trust you will all enjoy this, if you haven't already.

[Nick]

or, or... you could try this Silmarilion alternative instead. It's unfinished and entirely blasphemous, but I found it mildly entertaining.

That's excellent - a shame it seems to have died.

[buzzkill]

After them you can try The Silmarilion which is a much tougher read but has a bunch of the uniques in Angband.

or, or... you could try this Silmarilion alternative instead. It's unfinished and entirely blasphemous, but I found it mildly entertaining.

[bio_hazard]

A little bit more than 5 minutes...The Hobbit is a good read first (although you can get the important points from the LOTR introduction). The main 3 are Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. After them you can try The Silmarilion which is a much tougher read but has a bunch of the uniques in Angband.

Sil not only tells the story of many of the uniques, it also mentions Angband!

(but I agree, don't read it first)

[sethos]

My Reading Levels good enough to tackle anything I've come up against. so far, that is. and I recall reading the Hobbit as a child - But I think I'll start there anyway. Library before work tomorrow then.

I'd imagine there are several others out there who just might be ready for a re-read as well. Anyone else Going to pick them up (you know you want to!)

[Monkey Face]

Okay, I've been meaning to do that for a long time now anyways.
Rather than trust the 70 year old librarian Gamer lady at my local branch, Who here can tell me the order to pick up the books - I'll read em all.
I Bet I get the answer in 5 minutes flat

A little bit more than 5 minutes...The Hobbit is a good read first (although you can get the important points from the LOTR introduction). The main 3 are Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. After them you can try The Silmarilion which is a much tougher read but has a bunch of the uniques in Angband.

[Jungle_Boy]

I recommend starting with The Hobbit myself.

[sethos]

Okay, I've been meaning to do that for a long time now anyways.
Rather than trust the 70 year old librarian Gamer lady at my local branch, Who here can tell me the order to pick up the books - I'll read em all.
I Bet I get the answer in 5 minutes flat

[Timo Pietilä]

Yeah, The password took me a google search and Realizing which word meant friend. A bit frustrating, but 2-3 minutes and 5-6 attempts made it all work out.
Sorry, Haven't watched LOTR for years now (Please don't crucify me!)

Read the book. It is way better than the movie (though movie wasn't bad). Kind of slow starting, but once things get happening you are hooked.

I think I was 10 when I first read those books. Took me three days. I lost count how many times I have read it since. It seems every time I read it I find something new that I missed previous umpteen times. I can almost remember every poem/song that is in the book (translated in Finnish).