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Top 5 Adventure Games: The Definitive List
“Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
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jeb wrote: "not the most streamlined" LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
When you mash everything together with the expansion-expansion, it plays as smooth as butter
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engineer Al wrote: I LOVE Arkham Horror! My second favorite adventure game after Talisman. But for years I have known this guy named Jeff Luce that claimed he hated it! What are you hiring a ghost writer now?
Well the thing is, this is The Definitive List not my favorite list. As an analogy, I can recognize the greatness of Frank Zappa while never wanting to hear or own any song of his.
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Tales of the Arabian Nights: No good unless you use the Uba Rose Quest Variant and then it becomes great.
Magic Realm: Too inscrutable to learn. A break through game for sure. Honor it? Yes. Play it? No.
War Craft the Adventure Game: Dig this game a lot but only had five spots.
I had some criteria that kept other games which might be considered Adventure Games off the list such as multiple role choices, multiple career paths, game shouldn't have a turn limit and some others. Games like Robinson Crusoe which is a great game didn't qualify.
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Do not deprive yourself of I.L.B.Tsrepoman wrote:
engineer Al wrote: I LOVE Arkham Horror! My second favorite adventure game after Talisman. But for years I have known this guy named Jeff Luce that claimed he hated it! What are you hiring a ghost writer now?
Well the thing is, this is The Definitive List not my favorite list. As an analogy, I can recognize the greatness of Frank Zappa while never wanting to hear or own any song of his.
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1. Eldritch Horror
Everything else.
Seriously:
Top 5 Adventure Games, definitively:
- Eldritch Horror
Was what Arkham Horror wished it was.
- Runebound 2ed
Actual adventuring never felt so adventury
- Talisman 2ed
Because time travel is where adventure begins
- T.I.M.E. Stories
This game may actually be the best as it has such a narrative adventure system, and now has more expansion modules than even Talisman does.
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I'll have to agree with Pete a bit in that Eldritch Horror should be there, mainly because I consider EH an adventure game (mysteries to resolve) and AH basically a dungeon crawl (buff up before taking on the boss) but you're still having an adventure so no harm.
You did mention though Warcraft the Adventure game, I don't too much about that one but would Runebound be in the same boat and if so did it make your final list ?
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Warcraft Adventure Game, and you must not make the mistake of confusing it with the Warcraft Boardgame which is also by FF but comes in a coffin box and sucks, is really good. Evoking a lot of the cool things of the MMORPG computer game or at least the things that were cool about it 10 years ago when I was sucked into that veritable addiction. Not sure how easy it is to come by now but Uba and Al have a copy with expansions. Just remember "square box" not "coffin box".
It has much akin with Talisman in its mechanics and so with there being limited space, Talisman gets primacy of place. Plus all the Talisman expansions give it far more variety than WOW.
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