Bontãgo - Unusual Puzzle Game
<div class="IPBDescription">SUPERB multiplayer</div> Just came back from a large scale lan, not less than 2 hours ago.
All day I have been playing a game called Bontãgo. It was linked to on Penny Arcade a few days ago and is easily the most fun I've had in a multiplayer game in months.
It's kind of hard to explain... it's like an the bastard son of Jenga and Perimeter. The main goal is to reach the flags in the middle from your starting point on the side of a large circular table-top. To reach the flag, you need to increase your 'area' by creating towers of blocks. The bigger your tower, the bigger your area.
The catch is that you can only build inside of your area.
As if trying to balance blocks as quickly as you can in a mad dash to the middle wasn't enough, there are a host of weapons. Earthquakes, missiles, bombs, and a few others. Earthquakes in particular are a right pain in the arse, because as soon as someone activates it, the precious tower you spent all your time erecting comes toppling to the floor below.
It all makes up for a great lan experience. Even games on a small board with 1 flag to reach can take half an hour, due to people constantly throwing bombs at your bloody well constructed towers. (Oh yeah. I HIGHLY recommend playing this with bombs only. Earthquakes and volcanoes and tilters only distract from the gameplay and annoy you no end. TRUST ME)
So what are you waiting for?
<a href='http://www.bontago.com/' target='_blank'>GO AND DOWNLOAD IT RIGHT NOW</a>
P.S. Sandbox mode is great as well. Get to make whatver structures you want. Maybe I'll post a pic or 2 tomorrow once I get some sleep.
All day I have been playing a game called Bontãgo. It was linked to on Penny Arcade a few days ago and is easily the most fun I've had in a multiplayer game in months.
It's kind of hard to explain... it's like an the bastard son of Jenga and Perimeter. The main goal is to reach the flags in the middle from your starting point on the side of a large circular table-top. To reach the flag, you need to increase your 'area' by creating towers of blocks. The bigger your tower, the bigger your area.
The catch is that you can only build inside of your area.
As if trying to balance blocks as quickly as you can in a mad dash to the middle wasn't enough, there are a host of weapons. Earthquakes, missiles, bombs, and a few others. Earthquakes in particular are a right pain in the arse, because as soon as someone activates it, the precious tower you spent all your time erecting comes toppling to the floor below.
It all makes up for a great lan experience. Even games on a small board with 1 flag to reach can take half an hour, due to people constantly throwing bombs at your bloody well constructed towers. (Oh yeah. I HIGHLY recommend playing this with bombs only. Earthquakes and volcanoes and tilters only distract from the gameplay and annoy you no end. TRUST ME)
So what are you waiting for?
<a href='http://www.bontago.com/' target='_blank'>GO AND DOWNLOAD IT RIGHT NOW</a>
P.S. Sandbox mode is great as well. Get to make whatver structures you want. Maybe I'll post a pic or 2 tomorrow once I get some sleep.
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and yes, a HUGE fan of NS helped to create it, me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I myself am so horrible at it that I never got into it.
That is absolutely not true, we had some great games over the internet already.
That is absolutely not true, we had some great games over the internet already. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah I was there. And I got lagged to hell and back. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Sadly I have no one but my self and my computer to blame for this.