CLV3 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Was wondering if many cachers are also table top or computer gamers. You know...of the fantasy sort. Ok....I will say it.....DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GEEKS??? I was wondering if a cache devoted to gaming would be feasable or more or less ignored. What kinda swag would be best for that? Any ideas? Quote Link to comment
+TexTiger Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Was wondering if many cachers are also table top or computer gamers. You know...of the fantasy sort. Ok....I will say it.....DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GEEKS??? I was wondering if a cache devoted to gaming would be feasable or more or less ignored. What kinda swag would be best for that? Any ideas? I used to be, many years ago, and still play some online MMORPG's from time to time. I do know that there is Geocaching in Second Life. I think any themed caches are interesting, regardless of whether or not I partake in the activity they are themed around. TT Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 (edited) What kinda swag would be best for that? Any ideas? 2d10 gp, +1 bug spray, and an Ammo Can of Holding FTF earns an extra 250XP Edited August 7, 2008 by Dinoprophet Quote Link to comment
CLV3 Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 What kinda swag would be best for that? Any ideas? 2d10 gp, +1 bug spray, and an Ammo Can of Holding FTF earns an extra 250XP LOL YES!!! Someone who knows true geek speak. Quote Link to comment
+TexTiger Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 If you can find a way to work in a random encounter, that would be cool. Venemous Snake with a 7AC sounds about right, cacher will lose initative due to being surprised, called shot to the foot, Snake gets attack vs AC 6, THAC0 of 12, poison damage over time of 1d4 pts per round... Quote Link to comment
CLV3 Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 If you can find a way to work in a random encounter, that would be cool. Venemous Snake with a 7AC sounds about right, cacher will lose initative due to being surprised, called shot to the foot, Snake gets attack vs AC 6, THAC0 of 12, poison damage over time of 1d4 pts per round... hehehe This thread is cracking me up. Seriously, it would be a cool cache idea but it would be a hard cache to find inexpensive stuff for. I could do a relatively large container, large enough for any gaming books people may want to get rid of. I have an early edition of Werewolf - The Apocalypse that I never use. I also have Call Of Cthulu but keeping that one. hehehe I have not decided on Ars Magica. Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Dice, figures, and trading cards come to mind. Steve Jackson games (Illuminati!, Car Wars, Ogre, etc) used to come in nice, fairly small cases. As with any theme, of course, don't be surprised if people don't stick to it. Quote Link to comment
+Shriekback Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 That's a great idea for a theme cache, especially if you have a rather large group of gamers in your area! What a great way to get them caching! If you REALLY want to make a RPG and involve caching (or at least GPS's) you should check out Wherigo. You do need some additional equipment, but you can put together really neat adventures in your own back yard! Quote Link to comment
Neos2 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I think Wherigo would probably be the ultimate way to do a role-playing cache adventure--although I haven't done a Wherigo yet. I have been wandering around in Morrowind or Oblivion and seen great places to put a cache before (Yes, I always remind myself I can't really do that--I'm not that far gone yet). My students bring me their cast off gifts to use for cache swag. I usually get or happy meal toys still in the package or action figures and die-cast cars that some great aunt bought them not realizing they had outgrown those years ago, but I have an awesome dragon wizard figurine one of my students brought me. I keep it handy in case someone creates a cache with a theme it would fit. I try to keep with the theme of a cache if I happen to have the right thing to trade. otherwise, I just sign the log and don't trade at all. Quote Link to comment
CLV3 Posted August 9, 2008 Author Share Posted August 9, 2008 That's a great idea for a theme cache, especially if you have a rather large group of gamers in your area! What a great way to get them caching! If you REALLY want to make a RPG and involve caching (or at least GPS's) you should check out Wherigo. You do need some additional equipment, but you can put together really neat adventures in your own back yard! Never know, it may actually convert cachers to gamers AS WELL as gamers to cachers. Quote Link to comment
Scamp Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I think it would be pretty awesome to open an ammo can all full of dice... There's a game store near me that sells single d4-d20 dice for 80 cents a piece, some in really neat colors. I've been thinking of buying some up and using them as cache swag, but somehow whenever I go in there and buy some, I end up deciding they are good dice and save them for d&d, and they never make it into a cache. =P Quote Link to comment
chuckr30 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 There used to be a computer game cache. The original contents were pretty good games on disks and CDs for the IBM PC/Windows computer. By the time I got there, there was nothing but broken handheld games. Quote Link to comment
+9Key Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) I think I would concentate more on the cache page description and graphics, the stage markers if its a multi, and the design of the container rather than the swag since it turns to junk so fast. I'm a recent WoW convert, and loving it. My 4 year likes to navigate for me. Here's an interactive fiction game I wrote years ago >> http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...e9-49174761c0c0 The cache is archived but you can still play it. edit - spellin' Edited August 11, 2008 by 9Key Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I think I would concentate more on the cache page description and graphics, the stage markers if its a multi, and the design of the container rather than the swag since it turns to junk so fast. I'm a recent WoW convert, and loving it. My 4 year likes to navigate for me. Here's an interactive fiction game I wrote years ago >> http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...e9-49174761c0c0 The cache is archived but you can still play it. edit - spellin' I remember reading about another puzzle cache that was based on an interactive fiction game and required playing the game to completion to get the information necessary for the coordinates. Here's another cache that is dedicated to the father of D&D: RIP Mr. DnD Quote Link to comment
+Jennifer&Dean Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 There was a series of caches in Lethbridge, Alberta that were about dragons. You needed the monster manual to figure out some info to get to each cache. My husband LOVED solving those. Unfortunately they were archived just before we arrived in the area on our vacation. Check out the caches: Dragons of Lethbridge Quote Link to comment
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