Do you enjoy Role Playing Games? I’ve never been able to get into the ones where you have to play with dice or cards. In fact, other than watching a high school boyfriend (hi Don!) play Dungeons and Dragons with his friends (while I sat there thinking “Good lord, these guys are wayyyy too serious about this!”), I’ve never really done the group gaming thing at all.

However, I do enjoy playing RPGs on my Pocket PC, and I am always on the lookout for a new one that looks like it might be fun. That’s why I was surprised to get an email from Doug at JAMM and The Small Picture. He has just posted an incredibly in-depth review of the RPG Orions: Legend of Wizards, and I had not even heard of the game yet.

Doug says:

I admit that I missed the boat on games like Magic: The Gathering and other customizable card games. This is a gaming genre that I always thought I would enjoy, and I have even tried to play, with only minimal success, until now. I grew up on Dungeons and Dragons, the grandfather of all role playing games (I still have the Blue Book of Monsters), however, by the time the role playing offshoot of customizable card games became popular, I was getting ready to graduate from college, and most of my friends were much more interested in finding jobs than learning a new game. After I got settled, I tried out a few customizable card games, but I never had a consistent partner or group with whom to play. Frankly, solitaire customizable card games just felt a little too lonely to me. I tried engaging my ultra-competitive wife (then girlfriend) in a few games. Not only did she express a complete lack of interest, she would intentionally manipulate the cards to sabotage the game. Nonetheless, I have always been fascinated by this genre, more than likely due to my background with Dungeons and Dragons and other role playing games (Did I mention that I still have the Blue Book of Monsters?).

He just kinda sucks you in, doesn’t he? Makes you want to read the rest of his review, right? I know! So here’s the link, go see what he has to say about the game – complete with tons of pictures and commentary, here.