Comments on: What is DowntimeTown?

By: Jerome Chan

Jerome Chan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:05:56 +0000

When I was in primary school, I loved playing Careers. I wanted to get it and saw one for sale for SG$11! Score I thought! Bought it home and it turned out to be the French edition. That was why is was so cheap.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:02:53 +0000

Found a link to your review of “Hour of Glory” and then laughed for an hour as I poked around the site.

Great stuff.

Not a certified board gamer. Miniature war games, but I think we’re like cousins.

Looking forward to more.

By: Ross (87th, if you prefer)

Ross (87th, if you prefer) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:40:43 +0000

I had First Past The Post, years back. Was really disappointed that it was gone when I was getting ready to SWAP MEAT. I think I broke half the horses when I was a kid, anyway. Probably explains why it’s no more.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:38:36 +0000

Lose Your Shirt! is a belter. If you play it for real money, it can be a sweaty experience, no doubt.

By: Rev. Stuart Campbell

Rev. Stuart Campbell — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:56:05 +0000

Dude! Play “Lose Your Shirt”! (Also known as First Past The Post by Waddingtons.) It’s the finest, simplest, yet most utterly evil boardgame there is. It’s the poker of boardgames. There’s one on eBay right now for £8 Buy It Now with free shipping.

Also keep an eye out for Interplay, the best ‘Connect X’ game ever. Chad Valley made a nice plastic travel version in the UK, but there’s a wooden one on eBay atm too.

By: Boilingman

Boilingman — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:48:48 +0000

Nice to see this one complete a lift off Big Rab.

Are you going to take some time on the ends of future episodes to look at simple games, like card games and what, Uno, Ratt-a-tatt Cat etc?

Good luck to it, looking forward to Ep 4.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:35:47 +0000

Amazing scenes in the old DC Heroes game, johnny, sure enough. To the old days!

By: johnnyorgan

johnnyorgan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:28:03 +0000

I will never forget that game of “DC Heroes”, where I was Batman.

After thwarting an assasination attempt of Commisioner Gordon, Batman chases Deadshot down the stairs of a huge tower block. Deadshot changes tact and slips into the liftshaft. A pair of cleaners looked on in confusion as Batman rolls miserable numbers for about ten minutes, repeatedly smashing a soft drinks machine off the elevator doors to no avail…I haven’t laughed so hard during an rpg in my life before or since…

By: EvilNinjaPhil

EvilNinjaPhil — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:27:00 +0000

You know the last board game I played? Loopin’ Louie. This website better still be up when my boy hits 8+ so I have a list of games to buy to play with him. No one else round here wants to play these kind of games other than me so I’ll force him to like them.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:12:13 +0000

ALH, DowntimeTown will be passing along recommendations for all types of board gamers. We’ll certainly be looking at videogame versions of board games.

Iain. It’s a meeple. It’s a meeple.