#Cooperative Games

[grantlyon]

I like competitive games for sure, but it's nice to work together sometimes. I also feel like cooperative games are a great way to introduce new people to the hobby!

[whimseysthrone]

Immersion & Worldbuilding in Co-op Video Games

Void Crew, Deep Rock Galactic, and Helldivers 2: three co-op games, three “shooters” (kind of, more on that later), and three games that build on their own self-contained fiction. I’ve played all three. I’ve enjoyed all three. So why do I only admire two of them? Continue reading Immersion & Worldbuilding in Co-op Video Games

[hazzieandnord]

Checking out the new character, Fire Queen, in the bullet heaven game, Nightfeed by WRF Studios.

[neon-and-dust]

A game of Lexicon with my partner

My gf and I started playing a roleplaying/writing game called Lexicon (here's the wikipedia page). It goes like this: going down the alphabet each player takes the role of an academic and writes an encyclopedia style entry about a made up topic, it can be stuff like a fictional country, a war, art movements, magic, animals, anything that could go in an encyclopedia. All of these entries are part of the same world.

We did a slightly modified version, as Lexicon is a game for groups in forums and we played just in two via email. We wanted to post some of our entries, I'll start with the first written by me (pardon my mistakes, I'm not a native speaker and I'm also illiterate):

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Ambivalentia

Ambivalentia is a country, or maybe a dukedom, or a polis, it hasn't been decided yet, inhabited by the most indecisive and indifferent people of history: the Ambivalentians. Located in a flat, dull land (much like its inhabitants), neighbouring the countries of Insufferenburg, Boriopolis and Belgium.

It's unknown what caused all the people of this country to become so indifferent and neutral about everything in their life, but everybody who has ever visited can confirm: it is impossible to organize anything with a group of Ambivalentians.

It's rare that an Ambivalentian visits other countries/dukedoms/polis (it is rarely worth the effort for them), so what follows are the observation of famous adventurer-explorer Baron Gentleman (1), who resided in the city of Indifferentia, capital of Ambivalentia, and had this to say:

"During my long sojourn in the passable city of Indifferentia, I have learned one thing: I fucking hate this place am afraid I do not quite fit in. The people here are an indecisive lot; I have tried numerous time to organise any kind of going out, asking everybody where they would like to go, and offering several excellent options if I might say so myself [Baron Gentleman goes on a long diatribe about his dedication to finding only the best places, the best experiences and the best men and women. Most of this content is inappropriate to this Encyclopedia]. But no matter how many wonderful ideas I had, nobody was ever interested! They would always say "It makes no difference to me what we do" "Anything is fine with me" "I have no preference". Enough to drive the most stubborn man mad!

I gave up after failing to organize my birthday party and just stayed home to drink the Ambivelentian wine, which is infuriatingly neither good nor bad."

One historical curiosity about Ambivalentia is that nobody was ever successful in dominating the place. The Ambivalentians saw the worst of the tyrants and the most benevolent of kings take power, and to all they would reply the same way: a shrug and half assed complacency. Every ruler would eventually go mad about how little their inhabitants cared about them, often ordering village burning and pillagings. Those pillages have never caused great damage, as the soldiers are not very enthusiastic about anything, not even plundering. The number of rulers throwing themself off the palace increases every year, and nobody has ever made the effort of building a net to catch them as they fall or something.

The national animal is the Jofonco(2), known for being completely unknown, as the Ambivalentian never bothered to draw it and put it on a flag or anything.

Citations

1. Baron Gentleman: Recount of the extraordinary adventures of Baron Gentleman, as written, edited and published by Baron Gentleman.

2. Jofonco: Speculations, hypotheses and complete fabrications about Jofonco, the unseen Ambivalentian animal.

Written by: Cornelius Smartbuttocks

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Thanks for reading! The thing I love most about this game is how we kept building on top of each other's entries, which is a surprisingly good way to worldbuild together. I think this could work well for cooperative worldbuilding in a ttrpg and the like.

Maybe I'll post more entries later, we've already reached the W in our game so there's a lot of stories. Let me know what you think!

P.S.: small clarification, the citations at the end are topics that the other player is encouraged to write about in their entry for that letter. So my gf for her entry wrote about Baron Gentleman

[realwomenofgaming]

Dorfromantik Board Game Review

Hulyen reviews the award winning, cooperative board game.

Hi all! My name’s Hulyen and I’m going to be doing some board game reviews for Real Women of Gaming. I love board gaming, video gaming and cats (and am excited to have the chance to review some here!) The first board game that I’ll be reviewing is the Spiel des Jahres 2023 winner Dorfromantik from Pegasus Spiele based on the video game from Toukana Interactive! Dorfromantik is a cooperative…

[ryunneldred]

Arbiter | Halo 2: Anniversary Pt. 4

[whovian223]

Terminal City Tabletop Convention Retrospective - 2025 @terminalcitycon.ca @bombyx.bsky.social @fanfactories.bsky.social @reposproduction.bsky.social @cmyk.games @mightyboards.bsky.social @stonemaiergames.com @brotherwisegames.bsky.social @oinkgames.bsky.social

[graphicpolicy]

Fireside announces Ham Helsing. A cooperative, deck-crafting adventure based on the graphic novel series #tabletopgames @firesidegames.bsky.social

[lillidigest]

Epic Tabletop Adventures: Must-Try Board Games for D&D Fans

Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is the gold standard of tabletop role-playing games, but diving into a full campaign isn’t always feasible for everyone. Whether you’re short on time, looking for a more streamlined experience, or just want to explore other adventures, there are fantastic board games that capture the essence of D&D without requiring a Dungeon Master or a lengthy time commitment. Here’s a…

[tweedsmuir-library]

Board Game Spotlight

Here are a few of the titles in the games collection at your School Library. We have some classic favourites as well as some newer games that you may not have heard of. Come on in to give them a try. November is International Games Month @ Your Library

[grantlyon]

I'm a competitive person, but it's nice to leave that competitiveness behind and work together sometimes! This was a great year for cooperative games.

[mx-lamour]

When I'm scheduling D&D sessions with the group...

Them: *literally anything comes up*

Me: Your priorities are wrong, but ok

[hazzieandnord]

Episode 3 of the first chapter in our first playthrough of FTKII.

[verdanturfwind]

I went to a baseball game and this popped up on the screen and I burst out laughing

[pink-linoleum]

ready-made-to-order

[ryunneldred]

Trying Something New | Stranded Deep Pt. 0