OT Re: What are some these co-operative games?

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:10:33 +1100, "Alan and Carmel Brain"
> <aebrain@dynamite.com.au> wrote:

> Sounds sorta kinda similar to GW's "The Fury of Dracula" - which IMHO

It's not quite the same. In Scotland Yard the spy starts in any one of a
number of locations (they may be random... not sure). The spy uses movement
chits to mark the mode of travel. At pre-arranged points, the spy
indicates his location. The players each have a certain number of chits for a
type of travel. The board is made up of a network of dots linked by lines. You
must take a mode of transportation and move from one dot to the next along
that route line. The lines represent taxi routes, bus routes, and the subway.
The subway lets you go the furthest in one shot, but it is limited in the
number of stops and you have only a very limited number of subway chits. Taxis
are the "cheapest" but you go the least distance.

It sounds very similar to Fury of Dracula, but on a simpler scale. If you like
this kind of game, I recommend "Kill Doctor Lucky" by Cheapass Games. It's
different, but the same sort of "trap a character" game. In Dr.Lucky, the
character moves on his own. You have to get him alone in a room with you and
kill him (the other players have cards to stop you or move Dr.Lucky).

I can readily and heartily recommend almost all of the Cheapass Games. Well
worth the money (and they really are cheap!).

On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 21:07:58 -0500, Allan Goodall <awg@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> In Scotland Yard the spy starts in any one of a

Oh, and I discovered the name of the other game in this "series". It's called
"New York Chase" and is currently published and selling in TRU!

Allan Goodall awg@sympatico.ca
Goodall's Grotto:  http://www.vex.net/~agoodall

"Now, see, if you combine different colours of light,
 you get white! Try that with Play-Doh and you get
 brown! How come?" - Alan Moore & Kevin Nolan,

> At 09:07 PM 1/4/01 -0500, you wrote:

<<Snipp>>

> It sounds very similar to Fury of Dracula, but on a simpler scale. If
It's
> different, but the same sort of "trap a character" game. In Dr. Lucky,

I bought this a few weeks ago and played it recently with a couple of friends.
Great game and I'm hoping to play again soon, but with more
players.  I get a sense that it would play better with 4-5 people
instead of 3.

> I can readily and heartily recommend almost all of the Cheapass Games.
Well
> worth the money (and they really are cheap!).

Seconded, at least in the case of Kill Dr.Lucky. Next payday I'm going to get
one or two more from the shop, any particular recommendations?

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