Below is a poll I made to poll which minor games made by GTG folks own/play. A “minor game” is defined as any game whose Forum is in the #other-games category, rather than the #games category, which is pretty much everything other than Spirit Island and most of the Sentinel Comics games.
I own only Sentinel Tactics from this list, but I also own Compounded from GTG… but have yet to actually play it, so I couldn’t vote for it by the rules of the poll anyways.
I played Sentinel Tactics a couple times and was underwhelmed; I ended up giving it away. I do still wish the game had continued to develop, but it wasn’t for me.
“Own” and “play” are two very different questions. I bought Tactics because I really enjoyed the skirmish demo I played, but it never hits my table because of the setup time and bad co-op. I got Bot9 digital for free but haven’t even loaded it up yet.
I definitely own a lot of these but not all of them have seen a lot of play. Bottom of the Ninth and Fate of the Elder Gods are the two I’ve probably played the most of.
I’d like to hear about that one when you do try it. I’d seen another game called Covalence in my local game store a few years ago, but never did check it out. Bet I’d be interested in either of those, being a chemist myself!
My wife is a biochemist by education, and this was a Christmas present… two years ago… and then another kid sapped all our evening energy for games. One day!
It’s been eight days. Here are the results so far:
Sentinel Tactics: 8 votes Bottom of the 9th: 6 votes Galactic Strike Force: 3 votes Lazer Ryderz: 3 votes Dice Hate Me Games: 2 votes Exoplanets: 2 votes Fate of the Elder Gods: 2 votes
I voted for Fate of the Elder Gods, because that’s the only one I own or have ever played. Although I have looked into Galactic Strike Force and Sentinel Tactics, but I have learned that their quality has something to be desired.