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1999 In Games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1999. For video games, see 1999 in video gaming. Games released or invented in 1999 Game awards given in 1999 * Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société: '' Vinci'' * Origins Awards: ''Button Men'' - Best Abstract Board Game and Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game * Games: '' Torres'' * Spiel des Jahres: ''Tikal'' - Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, Ravensburger Significant games-related events of 1999 * Hasbro purchases Wizards of the Coast for US$325 million. * Z-Man Games incorporated by owner Zev Schlasinger. Deaths See also * 1999 in video gaming {{DEFAULTSORT:1999 In Games Games A game is a structured form of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Game
Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a competition between two or more players. To show a few examples: in checkers (British English name 'draughts'), a player wins by capturing all opposing pieces, while Eurogames often end with a calculation of final scores. '' Pandemic'' is a cooperative game where players all win or lose as a team, and peg solitaire is a puzzle for one person. There are many varieties of board games. Their representation of real-life situations can range from having no inherent theme, such as checkers, to having a specific theme and narrative, such as ''Cluedo''. Rules can range from the very simple, such as in snakes and ladders; to deeply complex, as in ''Advanced Squad Leader''. Play components now often include custom figures or shaped counters, and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roleplaying In The Yet
Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing as "the changing of one's behaviour to fulfill a social role", in the field of psychology, the term is used more loosely in four senses: * To refer to the playing of roles generally such as in a theatre, or educational setting; * To refer to taking a role of a character or person and acting it out with a partner taking someone else's role, often involving different genres of practice; * To refer to a wide range of games including role-playing video game (RPG), play-by-mail games and more; * To refer specifically to role-playing games. Amusement Many children participate in a form of role-playing known as make believe, wherein they adopt certain roles such as doctor and act out those roles in character. Sometimes make believe adopts an oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobolds Ate My Baby!
''Kobolds Ate My Baby!'' (also known as ''KAMB'') is an indie role-playing games, independently published role-playing game from 9th Level Games, a small-press publisher and designer of humour, humorous role-playing games (RPGs) based in Pennsylvania. The name is a derivative reference to the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance and the famous misquote, "A dingo ate my baby!" The ''Super Deluxx Edition'' was still designed by 9th Level Games but is published by Dork Storm Press. Game play The players assume the roles of kobolds, creatures who are often used as weak but numerous "cannon fodder" characters in fantasy role-playing games such as ''Dungeons & Dragons''. ''KAMB'' supposedly refutes this role, while at the same time playing up this and other stereotypes of fantasy role-playing. The game takes a generally humorous look at the genre and encourages joking and ludicrous, boisterous behavior among the players, the chief of which is the rule that whenever the name of the kobolds' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
