Author Topic: If Not For BattleTech, I'd Play.... (Voting closes Sunday, 30 June 2013) (Read 36444 times)

jimdigris · « **Reply #120 on:** 10 May 2013, 16:04:24 »

Leviathans, and read some more.

Molossian Dog IIC · « **Reply #121 on:** 11 May 2013, 06:18:02 »

Everything Battletech gone? Well I guess then I would really have to start to pay that therapist guy.

No. Wait a minute...

Continuing to play in our Pen&Paper RPG group. (Fantasy) It is going on since 14 years or so.

Hearts of Iron III and Europa Universalis III are good ways to battle boredom and steal my spare time too.

Elaborate Board Games like Civilization (not the newer Risk-Clone, the old one with trading cards and stuff!) Macchiavelli (you want 8 hours packed with adrenaline and backstabbing? That fun to you? Hell yes!) or tackling with non-euclidic geometry in Arkham Horror. (Fthagn!)

Maybe I´d finish my WH40K army. (And curse the company for their outrageuous prices and "balancing efforts")

Dwarf Fortress. Downloading the latest Skyrim add-on.

Waiting even more impatiently for Star Citizen.

General308 · « **Reply #122 on:** 11 May 2013, 18:12:16 »

Paintball
CAV
WWII Micro Armor

Rim Worlder · « **Reply #123 on:** 13 May 2013, 19:22:26 »

Dystopian Wars by Spartan Games in the UK.

mostly Naval games but some land games as well.

It's what we are playing at present as a break from BT

Deadborder · « **Reply #124 on:** 13 May 2013, 23:20:30 »

No idea. BT was what got me into P&P gaming to begin with

Otherwise? Probably the HERO system

Dropkick · « **Reply #125 on:** 14 May 2013, 10:11:06 »

WWII Micro Armor (Mien Panzer)
Federation Commander. With a quick glance at the Starmada version.
Board Games.

I've been suckered by other SciFi universes in the past with game companies going bankrupt or "updating" their rules in under a year of me purchasing it. I still have several armies for Warzone and Chronopia.

Firesprocket · « **Reply #126 on:** 14 May 2013, 15:24:30 »

Assuming I could find a group I would go back to playing L5R in either an rrap or CCG setting. I enjoyed both, but travel time to play either is what killed it for me. I could potentially give 40k another go around since I only sold off 3 of my 5 armies. That experience probably would not last long when people started complaining about how old my minis are.

rebs · « **Reply #127 on:** 14 May 2013, 16:51:48 »

DnD/Pathfinder

Beyond the Supernatural

SimCity (or Civ, or some other epic strategy game, like I already kind of do)

btp2k2 · « **Reply #128 on:** 14 May 2013, 18:54:36 »

well....if you could find expansions, I might be playing X-Wing.

Wrayth · « **Reply #129 on:** 14 May 2013, 22:32:44 »

To be honest, I'm not much of a wargamer. If not for Battletech (love the setting, the story, and giant robots that aren't totally ridiculous like most anime mecha are), I probably wouldn't be playing any wargames, just tabletop and video. I tried real life once, but it sucked so I put it back on the shelf.

For tabletop games, I'd have to say, in no particular order:

Pathfinder (classic fantasy roleplay; used to be D&D, 2nd Ed through 3.5)
Shadowrun (awesome setting, awesome rules)
Rifts (awesome concept and setting, execution is sometimes flawed)

Video games would be hard to classify, mostly because new games keep coming out and some of them even dethrone previous favorites (though that keeps getting less frequent as time progresses). I think the only game I keep coming back to time and again is EVE Online (9 years).

HMS_Swiftsure · « **Reply #130 on:** 15 May 2013, 03:48:37 »

Tabletop games? Nothing. Battletech is the only game that I've tried thusfar that is interesting enough to make it okay to put up with those certain individuals on the fringes of the tabletop gaming world.

Any type of game goes? I'd probably be playing whatever half-baked attempt at re-creating the magic that Jagged Alliance 2 was. Technically, that's what I'm doing right now, but whatever. I'm assuming Mechwarrior went to dust too, but that's okay. I can't get invested in MWO - just not my cup of tea. WoT is fun.

Frankly, without BT, I'd have to try some other hobby. Maybe learn to tinker with cars. Who knows.

[edit] So I read this earlier in the thread:

Quote

-Determine possible cross-licensing deals. If people are into the BT universe in particular, then they're likely to watch a BT movie, buy BT comic books, drink BT-branded scotch, etc.

YES

Neufeld · « **Reply #131 on:** 15 May 2013, 05:13:10 »

Well, to me there is really two issues:

- What do I replace BT the game with?
and
- What do I replace BT the universe with?

The first question is easy to answer: World of Tanks, since that game has already edged out BT in competition for my time. Other games also, of course, but they are more for when I want something different. WoT does compete in the big metal warmachines with a lot of crunchy numbers category.

Now, the second question, regarding the fluff of the universe is harder. I think I would study the Eclipse Phase setting and see if I like it, maybe get into nWoD or Eberron (in case they haven't ruined it in 4th ed). Really, it depends on what really would catch my attention and pull me in.

Rtifs · « **Reply #132 on:** 15 May 2013, 15:49:02 »

GW's Lord of the Rings/Hobbit (already do play it)
Fishing - not a game, but it’s what else I'd be doing

wellspring · « **Reply #133 on:** 15 May 2013, 20:15:26 »

I think much of it is finding the right group. I've got a very good circle of friends I game with. It took years to accumulate just the right set of people. Even a great tabletop game will suck when it's played with bad or even just mediocre players.

Quote from: HMS_Swiftsure on 15 May 2013, 03:48:37

So I read this earlier in the thread:
Quote
-Determine possible cross-licensing deals. If people are into the BT universe in particular, then they're likely to watch a BT movie, buy BT comic books, drink BT-branded scotch, etc.
YES

LOL I was wondering when someone would notice that.

You know, some liquor companies do let you buy runs of custom labelled adult beverages. And many retailers sell custom labels you can stick onto an existing bottle.

Considering what I'd imagine is the typical age of a BT player, it's actually not insane if it's done by fans as a one-off and for fun rather than profit.

Konig-Wolf · « **Reply #134 on:** 16 May 2013, 12:19:05 »

Heavy Gear. It's the best science fiction mecha game next to BattleTech.

RGCavScout · « **Reply #135 on:** 16 May 2013, 15:45:56 »

Russian Roulette? :'(

Firestorm Armada

Panzer Leader/Panzerblitz type games

If Battletech did not exist it would be necessary to invent it - I can't remember who I am stealing this from at this time.

SteveRestless · « **Reply #136 on:** 16 May 2013, 16:16:41 »

homebrew some kind of super robot wars game
heavy gear
D&D/Pathfinder

Fatebringer · « **Reply #137 on:** 17 May 2013, 10:33:29 »

B-Tech is my favorite game so I play it so much in different ways. Multiple online games and a our local group so when I think of what I'd replace it with, it's in those fashions.

Vampire the Masquerade - Online Campaigns
Pathfinder - On Line or Local Game
World of Warcraft - Time Waster

Saint · « **Reply #138 on:** 17 May 2013, 14:19:02 »

Warhammer 40k

Warmachine/Hordes

Dust off my old Babylon 5 Wars

No other mecha game has ever interested me, and historical based games just seem blah ( I know who wins).

Lissette Woo · « **Reply #139 on:** 19 May 2013, 06:28:55 »

Family : More time with my daughter

Boardgames : D&D (Classic and Alternative Space/Future Settings)

PC Games : Civilization (From 2 to 5, plus both Colonizations), Fallout (1,2,Tactics,3 and New Vegas), Defiance or Guild Wars 2 (which goes better over the first year)

A world without BT, that means also a world with a lot more space in our closets (books, minis, paper sheets, inks,...). What the hell to do with that space ???

Ruger · « **Reply #140 on:** 19 May 2013, 17:18:14 »

My top three would likely be, right now:

Rifts (or other Palladium games)
Deadlands (with a preference for the classic version)
Edit: Spot 3 is likely a tie between Pathfinder, Star Wars, and Shadowrun

Ruger

DarkSpade · « **Reply #141 on:** 19 May 2013, 18:56:54 »

Quote from: Lissette Woo on 19 May 2013, 06:28:55

A world without BT, that means also a world with a lot more space in our closets (books, minis, paper sheets, inks,...). What the hell to do with that space ???

Fill it with other games.

Daemion · « **Reply #142 on:** 20 May 2013, 13:12:13 »

Catan! Can't forget Settlers of Catan. Big in my social circles.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #143 on:** 20 May 2013, 21:45:43 »

1) Shadowrun

2) Leviathans

3) ...Er, I don't have a third one, probably be on the streets selling crack.

Sigma · « **Reply #144 on:** 20 May 2013, 22:15:01 »

I need mechs in my life, but I really can't think of something that has the same crunch I would play.

Probably would run some kind of Homebrew mod on Mekton or Heavy Gear if I could.

Otherwise

1. Star Wars D20 OT+EU
2. D&D (# ED) alternating with Shadowrun for "future" era games
3. Something post-apocalyptic Fallout style (Deadlands maybe?)

AbeSargent · « **Reply #145 on:** 21 May 2013, 13:06:05 »

I'd probably just play what I normally play even more - games like Magic,<Heroclix, and Heroscape.

MadCapellan · « **Reply #146 on:** 21 May 2013, 21:14:23 »

Without Battletech, I'd probably be doing a lot more role-playing, but the three games that would try to fill the Battletech void would probably be Heavy Gear, Star Fleet Battles, and some combination of Super Robot Wars or SD Gundam G Generation on whatever console is handy.

bblaney · « **Reply #147 on:** 22 May 2013, 08:09:28 »

So let's see

1) Dungeons and Dragons, been playing it since '75

2) Dark Heresy and others in that series, just plain cool stuff there

3) All the other games I loved are discontinued, like Aftermath and Twilight 2000

So there ya have it

Acecrew135 · « **Reply #148 on:** 22 May 2013, 15:00:22 »

Warhammer 40k

Warmachine

Shadowrun

BTW - Please don't let there be a world without Battletech. PLEASE!!!!!

Fatebringer · « **Reply #149 on:** 22 May 2013, 16:33:05 »

Quote from: Daemion on 20 May 2013, 13:12:13

Catan! Can't forget Settlers of Catan. Big in my social circles.

In our circles, we replace Catan with Munchkin