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Oldie but goodie
There is something to be said about older games and LAN parties. They kick ass!’
At the last LAN party we busted out and oldie call Homeworld. It’s and RTS set in space, you can you can choose from two races. Once the game starts, the race is on to gather resources (asteroids, dust clouds) and build your fleet. The type and class of ships are determined by what you invest into Research. The more research, the more options for building bigger, stronger ships.
There are newer game that are similar (Sins of a Solar Empire) Homeworld, and Homworld2 do not have a steep learning curve. Two player, including me, had never played the game but found it easy to catch on to and were able to participate without getting our asses handed to us.
In summary, some of the less complex, older games really are well suited to LAN parties. Easy to learn and quick to get into action keeps the LAN experience high energy.
Warhammer 40,000?
I’ve recently started to help my friend Ryan work on a new Warhammer terrain. He’s got two armies and we have played a couple of small games to get acquainted with the rules. Is this something that anyone else would be interested in? We are thinking about doing it on Thursday nights in my garage. Check out Ryan working on the table!
Game night
Recently, some people have commented on my lack of online availability. In an effort to not always get my ass kicked and to hang out with friends in the virtual world, I proposed a weekly game night. Every Wednesday from 7PM to 930PM I am available for some gaming via the interweb. It is on the calendar, look to the left of this post to see it.
We now have our own Hamachi network to help facilitate LAN based games. It can support up to 16 concurrent connections. Maximillian and I tested it last night and it seems pretty fast. It was not laggy at all when playing Homworld 2. I will email the details on the network.
Last LAN party was awesome!
Looking back at yesterdays LAN party I feel like it went really well. We are getting to gaming faster and seeing less upfront technical issues. Maximillian is working on an web app that we can inventory our individual games. This will be really helpful as we can get a tentative road map for each LAN party based on who is coming. A little insight like that would help us install and patch accordingly helping us maximize game time.
Food was great, games were awesome. What does everyone think about July 17th for the next one?