What is the Adventurer's Guild?

[rusty_shackleford]

Each month we play a game selected from a list of suggested games(suggest games here). Games are picked one week prior to the start of a new month, any games added to the list after this are ineligible until the next month.
Everyone participating plays the game simultaneously and provides feedback/assistance.

As an incentive, you get a themed badge for completion of the game during the month for the game.

[Boontaker]

Each month we play a game selected from a list of suggested games(suggest games here). Games are picked one week prior to the start of a new month, any games added to the list after this are ineligible until the next month.
Everyone participating plays the game simultaneously and provides feedback/assistance.

As an incentive, you get a themed badge for completion of the game during the month for the game.

Each game will get a detected thread? Basic rules for quest/gameplay spoilers? Rules for images/webms? Discussion of forbidden knowledge? meta gameplay

[rusty_shackleford]

Each month we play a game selected from a list of suggested games(suggest games here). Games are picked one week prior to the start of a new month, any games added to the list after this are ineligible until the next month.
Everyone participating plays the game simultaneously and provides feedback/assistance.

As an incentive, you get a themed badge for completion of the game during the month for the game.

Each game will get a detected thread? Basic rules for quest/gameplay spoilers? Rules for images/webms? Discussion of forbidden knowledge? meta gameplay

Yes, each month will have its own thread. Spoilers should be put in spoiler tags with appropriate context provided.

[Boontaker]

Also should the games be RPGs that can reasonably be completed in a month? Some good oldies and many modern RPGs would require more than 14 hrs per week to complete in a month.
40 hrs or less?

[Emphyrio]

Completion is a high bar for the badges. And frankly it's not likely I ever will have the time preference to complete one of these old, obscure games. Also, do we really want to limit ourselves to only short games just for the sake of the badges?

IMO give a badge to everyone who participates and makes reasonable progress/effort. Yes, that's a "participation award", but that's the point of the guild, isn't it?

[rusty_shackleford]

Completion is a high bar for the badges. And frankly it's not likely I ever will have the time preference to complete one of these old, obscure games. Also, do we really want to limit ourselves to only short games just for the sake of the badges?

IMO give a badge to everyone who participates and makes reasonable progress/effort. Yes, that's a "participation award", but that's the point of the guild, isn't it?

I was going to limit it to the first person who completed it.

[rusty_shackleford]

Also should the games be RPGs that can reasonably be completed in a month? Some good oldies and many modern RPGs would require more than 14 hrs per week to complete in a month.
40 hrs or less?

I beat BG3 in a week. We should be fine.

[Nemesis]

I beat BG3 in a week.

It took you longer than that

[maidenhaver]

Completion is a high bar for the badges. And frankly it's not likely I ever will have the time preference to complete one of these old, obscure games. Also, do we really want to limit ourselves to only short games just for the sake of the badges?

IMO give a badge to everyone who participates and makes reasonable progress/effort. Yes, that's a "participation award", but that's the point of the guild, isn't it?

No.

[Lich]

Completion is a high bar for the badges. And frankly it's not likely I ever will have the time preference to complete one of these old, obscure games. Also, do we really want to limit ourselves to only short games just for the sake of the badges?

IMO give a badge to everyone who participates and makes reasonable progress/effort. Yes, that's a "participation award", but that's the point of the guild, isn't it?

No, it has to be hard, or it won't be worth it.

[rusty_shackleford]

I beat BG3 in a week.

It took you longer than that

~10 days
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[Watser]

Yeah but you don't sleep.

[Emphyrio]

Completion is a high bar for the badges. And frankly it's not likely I ever will have the time preference to complete one of these old, obscure games. Also, do we really want to limit ourselves to only short games just for the sake of the badges?

IMO give a badge to everyone who participates and makes reasonable progress/effort. Yes, that's a "participation award", but that's the point of the guild, isn't it?

No, it has to be hard, or it won't be worth it.

It's not hard, it's tedious and boring. Go try to slog through Shard of Spring. If it was based on skill it would be different, but RPGs is a genre for *******.

[Emphyrio]

Personally I don't care about the badges and think they're kind of gay. Only making the suggestion because some people do care, and participation in SoS is so low.

[Boontaker]

Personally I don't care about the badges and think they're kind of gay. Only making the suggestion because some people do care, and participation in SoS is so low.

Game needs to be at least fun or participation will always be low

[Xenich]

I like this, but question on your lists, are the suggestions limited to more accessible titles and setups? I mean, I have a crap load of emulated games from the old Amstrad, Apple, Amiga that look pretty good and I am not sure all of them are on DOS.

Which then brings in the question, do people have an aversion to text based games as well?

[rusty_shackleford]

I like this, but question on your lists, are the suggestions limited to more accessible titles and setups? I mean, I have a crap load of emulated games from the old Amstrad, Apple, Amiga that look pretty good and I am not sure all of them are on DOS.

Which then brings in the question, do people have an aversion to text based games as well?

Not being able to easily install/play is probably a pretty big barrier.

[Acrux]

So, have we had any good AG games yet?

[Xenich]

I like this, but question on your lists, are the suggestions limited to more accessible titles and setups? I mean, I have a crap load of emulated games from the old Amstrad, Apple, Amiga that look pretty good and I am not sure all of them are on DOS.

Which then brings in the question, do people have an aversion to text based games as well?

Not being able to easily install/play is probably a pretty big barrier.

Agreed, there are some easy install solutions for some.

Lets see, eXo (eXoDOS) has an eXoAppleIIGS download for launchbox, as well as eXoScummVM, eXoWin3x, and eXoDream (though these are mostly adventure games, not RPGs).

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The initial install for the system is fairly easy, and then the games can be setup instantly and played similar to eXoDOS.

As for the Amiga and Apple IIe and others, a little more setup is required, but I have found that libreto has some good cores for Retroach that work extremely well with those systems and are very easy to setup.

Also, eXo is prepacked with Launchbox, so adding Amiga for instance would simply be an import of the WHDLoads into Launchbox and adding the core to Retroach (which is already pre-installed with Launchbox I believe).

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To be honest, if you know how to add mods, and install something like Starwind, this would be pretty easy as well.

Ultimately though, the biggest "config" would not be the games themselves, rather the first initial setup of these packages which as I said are pretty easy to setup. After that, its just push and play for the most part (as I am sure many of you already know).

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Just a thought, not sure how many want to bother, or if they have issues with DL speed to download the entire collections (while the games are small, the collections can still be large, I think eXoDOS is the largest with around 600gb's).

[Tweed]

I already suggested a non DOS game and Rusty started flailing his arms around and grunting so forget it.

[Tweed]

If we are going to spring for stuff like Amiga games, then the first game on the list should be Black Crypt.

[loregamer]

Oh. So that’s what those pinned threads were. Whoops

Alright, I’ll join you guys for April

[ArcaneLurker]

Oh. So that’s what those pinned threads were. Whoops

Alright, I’ll join you guys for April

April fools!

[J1M]

What are the current rules around badge acquisition? Seems like they were loosened from the initial idea, but I'm unclear where they landed.

[Acrux]

Just complete the game. It doesn't have to be in the same month that's it's the game of the month.

[rusty_shackleford]

I'd be open to special badges for completing it the same month e.g., golden border?

[Boontaker]

I'd be open to special badges for completing it the same month e.g., golden border?

Don't open that box, then you'll have people clamoring for special badges for hard mode or specialty runs or full DLC runs.

[Acrux]

Hey - quick idea: how abut special badges for hard mode or specialty runs or full DLC runs?

[rusty_shackleford]

I'd be open to special badges for completing it the same month e.g., golden border?

Don't open that box, then you'll have people clamoring for special badges for hard mode or specialty runs or full DLC runs.

I could sell badges you say?

[Oyster Sauce]

I'd be open to special badges for completing it the same month e.g., golden border?

Don't open that box, then you'll have people clamoring for special badges for hard mode or specialty runs or full DLC runs.

Mite b cool if it's something like red/blue for if you were dark side/light side in KOTOR or red/green/blue for Mass Effect 3.