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Reach and a Board GameMaybe it was just me, but the issues I have with Reach's campaign aren't related to the Spartans dying . My beef is with how awful the actual lines the characters deliver are. It's so laden with cliche that I half-expected Carter to say that Noble 6 was a renegade cop, on the edge with nothing to lose. The explanations are so contrived and the dialogue so forced I felt that I was reading someone's awful fanfic, not listening to a cutscene made by one of the largest game developers on Earth.

Anyway, on to happier fronts: a fan has made a Grifball Board Game! I wish I could tell you who it is on the site, but he sent me an email, and all it contains is his real name, which I doubt he wants me posting all over the internet. If you made this game, and want credit, send me a message with your real name and I'll put the credit in here.

This is an image of the board. Aside from it having the wrong number of players and a spot that's specifically dedicated to rolling dice, it's pretty solid.



If you'd like the set of rules, let me know and I'll send them to you. As they are, they're in a docx, and are clearly meant to be printed into a rulebook, making it hard to post them here.
2 years ago  |  Comments (9)  |  + 10 Cool
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Newnebear14 Sponsor
That sounds awesome, and if I good at real grifball this should be easier. Can i have the rules?
#1  Posted 2 years ago
facetious
I think the real disappointment is that Reach doesn't have a Grifball playlist.
#2  Posted 2 years ago
bbmovieguys
That's a pretty badass idea, not sure how well it'll work though.
#3  Posted 2 years ago
MajorSilva
I liked all the voice actors, but whoever wrote this game should be smacked. Really wish Staten had written the Reach script instead of working on ODST. Just as an example, the reaction to the Covenant being discovered on Reach is:

Jorge: It's the damned covenant.

Emile: Cheer up big man, this whole valley just became a free fire zone.

Seriously? You just found out your planet has been invaded by mankind's biggest enemy ever, and will likely fall in a few days, and that's your reaction?

And naturally the most interesting character in the game, and the only one to actually get a little developed, was the one killed off first. Reach had a lot of fan service in it, and I like that to an extent, but it just seems like they focused on gameplay and graphics rather than the story, which is something different for the Halo series.
#4  Posted 2 years ago  |  + 2 Cool
MajorSilva
Wish I could edit.

Here's a great thread that matches my feelings about Reach to a T. It's a long read, but worth it. This too.
#5  Posted 2 years ago
LachlanC
That board game looks awesome. Also I tolerate reach's dialogue because it was said in funny accents and because I'm a halo fanboy. ;) .
Would you please send me the rules for the grif ball board game.
That would be great, thanks.
#6  Posted 2 years ago
LachlanC
In reply to facetious, #2:

That is going to change hopefully by Christmas.
Bungie stated it in last weeks weekly update. :)
#7  Posted 2 years ago
ScetShin
I really want a copy of these rules.
#8  Posted 2 years ago
LBCountry Forum Mod
The rules, unfortunately, were stored on my laptop. Which cratered. Had to reformat the hard drive, and the rules were not one of the files I bothered saving before I did. Sorry folks.
#9  Posted 2 years ago
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