Tag: Board Games

BATTLE CHESS IN SPAAAAAAAACE!!!

by Alxala

I decided to torture myself with some Battle Chess 4000, which is a board game where the standard chess pieces have been replaced by alien creatures and space humans on a giant chessboard inside a space station. Here’s what the gameplay looks like:

The game features an opening library of 300,000 moves and SVGA graphics. For example, this is a Ruy Lopez opening.

Just like any other chess game, the objective is to checkmate your opponent’s king before they do the same thing to yours.

For instance, I managed to beat the computer player by capturing his King with my Rook after checkmating him.

This is a really fun intergalactic chess game, and what I like about it are the awesome battle animations and certain features like rewinding or fast forwarding to any played turn. There’s also a feature where the player can take back a move every time they make a mistake. But yeah, I enjoyed playing it. 🙂

I Got The Monopoly Fever

by Alxala

Been playing an old-school board game Monopoly (not for the PC) with my mother San_San earlier this afternoon since it’s been a long time for the both of us. San_San chose Dog as her game piece because she gets the Dog just about every game on Monopoly, and I went for the Shoe as my game piece. We have been collecting various property assets in hopes of getting a Monopoly, buying houses and hotels, and paying rent money to each other for about an hour. But in the end, I am the winning champion of Monopoly because San_San was on St. James Place and she rolled 7 on the dice and then landed on my red-colored property Indiana Avenue for the third time which she owed me $1,050 for rent with a hotel on the property but she declared bankruptcy because she didn’t have enough money to pay me after she sold her houses and mortgaged all of her properties.

Then I get to put the Monopoly game away as part of my great victory. It sure was fun playing that game. 🙂 Maybe next time we play Monopoly we should con my sister Tomala to join us.

Oh, and speaking of, here’s a picture of a ‘Player Bankrupt’ cutscene from Monopoly for the Game Boy Color but I replaced the Monopoly guy’s pants with a pink skirt and the Monopoly guy’s face with a female face with pink hair and ponytail to make it look like San_San’s face:

Credit goes to Nintendo and Parker Brothers for the ‘Player Bankrupt’ cutscene picture.

Yep, it sure was fun being a good thousandaire in this game. 🙂