I recieved this as a birthday present when I was a kid, When I got into Jr. High the metal figures became the first minis I ever painted... The Dragon looked dashing painted black with gray belly. fond memories...
Heh. A well-off friend of mine back then (whose parents must've had batteries stockpiled in preparation for the Apocalypse) would use this in conjunction with Dark Tower, another computer-assisted fantasy boardgame from the same period.
Don't remember what precise switchover rules he used, but I think if the illuminated electronic DT whirligig returned an 'empty' result for the tomb/graveyard space, then the action would move to Mattel's Labyrinth and there'd be a dungeon crawl.
Needless to say, we never got to complete a full game this way...
Crumogeon that I am I always get mad when board games these days want you to download an app to play.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind electronic game play like the above, or mall madness, or other early efforts, but for some reasons apps bother me.
I recieved this as a birthday present when I was a kid, When I got into Jr. High the metal figures became the first minis I ever painted... The Dragon looked dashing painted black with gray belly. fond memories...
ReplyDeleteHeh. A well-off friend of mine back then (whose parents must've had batteries stockpiled in preparation for the Apocalypse) would use this in conjunction with Dark Tower, another computer-assisted fantasy boardgame from the same period.
ReplyDeleteDon't remember what precise switchover rules he used, but I think if the illuminated electronic DT whirligig returned an 'empty' result for the tomb/graveyard space, then the action would move to Mattel's Labyrinth and there'd be a dungeon crawl.
Needless to say, we never got to complete a full game this way...