Comments on: And Now a Look at Mad Scientist University http://jimyesthatjim.com/2009/12/01/mad-scientist-university/ Half-crazed, introspective discourse on speculative fiction, gaming, social media and general geekery. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jim Ryan http://jimyesthatjim.com/2009/12/01/mad-scientist-university/#comment-65 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:56:02 +0000 http://jimyesthatjim.com/?p=238#comment-65 Yes, I concur! Much more experimentation! :) Thanks very much for commenting! I hadn’t thought about the teams aspect, we may want to try that next time we have a bajillionty players. Definitely looking forward to Spring Break, whenever it emerges! :)

I think I remember that Deadlands game! I was actually GMing that one and I believe Nick’s PC was the one trying to collect the books. I remember trying to start up a campaign at least twice and never quite getting it off the ground. I had more success with other campaigns after I moved but I’m sorry we couldn’t continue that one.

]]> By: Zachary Anderson http://jimyesthatjim.com/2009/12/01/mad-scientist-university/#comment-64 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:01:01 +0000 http://jimyesthatjim.com/?p=238#comment-64 Hello Jim,
Thanks ever so much for the review. I agree that at the upper limits you do have to wade/wait through a lot of stories, in which case you could split into teams or (as it seems ye did) cut down on the number of rounds. Curiously, I found alcohol to increase patience in that regard; since you found the opposite, further experimentation is obviously in order.
Not sure when Spring Break is actually going to hit shelves, but it’s the next thing on Atlas’ production line.
We played one night of Deadlands, in which I was a British “great white hunter”, and you were a gentleman interested in collecting Hoyle’s books. Sadly, we never made it further than that; lots of failed attempts to start new campaigns in that house.
Cheers,
Zachary Anderson
Dean of Mad Scientist University

]]> By: Jim Ryan http://jimyesthatjim.com/2009/12/01/mad-scientist-university/#comment-59 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:05:55 +0000 http://jimyesthatjim.com/?p=238#comment-59 Heh! Yeah, in the interest of full disclosure I should probably mention I role-played with Zach a couple of times back in those days (or at least attempted to – now that I’m thinking about it I believe we ran into some scheduling issues and I can’t remember if we ever managed to get a game going or not) and I remember those paper envelopes you’re talking about! I just wish it hadn’t taken me so bloody long to try out his game! :)

]]> By: Jim Ryan http://jimyesthatjim.com/2009/12/01/mad-scientist-university/#comment-58 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:54:20 +0000 http://jimyesthatjim.com/?p=238#comment-58 Yeah, even for the one round we played in the second game (well, 1.2 rounds, maybe) we had a really good time with it. There’s a downloadable card list for the upcoming Spring Break expansion at the Atlas Games web site and it looks like it’s going to be pretty interesting!

]]> By: Edwardo http://jimyesthatjim.com/2009/12/01/mad-scientist-university/#comment-57 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:47:32 +0000 http://jimyesthatjim.com/?p=238#comment-57 I second this game. I picked it up at DragonCon years ago when Zack, the affable creator, was selling it on cardstock in a paper envelope. It’s nice to see that his hard work paid off, and it’s a game well worth paying for.

]]> By: whopkin1 http://jimyesthatjim.com/2009/12/01/mad-scientist-university/#comment-56 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:52:02 +0000 http://jimyesthatjim.com/?p=238#comment-56 Absolutely love this game. A major favorite with my friends, especially since you can play just one round and have a great time. We like it more than Apples to Apples since it’s just more entertaining, but at this point we’ve seen almost all the goals. Need moar!

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