turn-based, of course.

visible time limit or invisible time limit?

Visible time limit. I hate being seen...

Skynet or HAL 9000?

Skynet 9000, of course; everythin is bertter with a number (provided that number isn't over 9000, of course).

Bard's Tale 2 or Bard's Tale 3?

Bard's Tale 3, because the efficient 0-member parties. :)
Ishar or Baldur's Gate?

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Baldur's Gate, played that a lot. Don't even know Ishar (isn't it kind of old?).

Elves or dwarves?

Elves, of course; they're the more magical of the races. Dwarves just seem rather ordinary (with the exception of bearded dwarf ladies), while elves are much more mystical.

Party size: 0 or -1?

Huh? What will be the next, an irrational number? I choose -1, because there's probably an explanation for it...

Magic: the gathering or Munchkin?

That is not your fault. Something is buggy in this thread. My post showed up way too late, even though I replied to dtgreene promptly.

Munchkin. I bought it, but could never play it, because no friends :(


Cooking from scratch or convenience food?

Confenience food from scratch, of course.

Permadeath (like in Roguelikes) or intentional softlocks (like in some classic adventure games)?

Here's a bit of explamation:

I decided, recently, to take a screenshot of Bard's Tale 3 and post it on a few places on the forum; this screenshot showed a Land Reaver attacking a party of 0 adventurers (achieved by forming an all-monster party and dropping the last party member). Then, in this topic, I asked "Bard's Tale 2 or Bard's Tale 3"; the user who answered had obviously seen the screenshot (or at least a screenshot with it attached), and chose Bard's Tale 3 with an explanation like "efficient 0-person party"; hence where I got the idea to ask this question here.

Of note:
* If you try this in Bard's Tale 2, you'll get a game over as soon as you drop your last party member; Bard's Tale 3 lets you continue until a fight starts (unless you successfully run away) or you manage to reach a damage square in a dungeon.
* Unfortunately, you can't complete Bard's Tale 3 this way; there's no way to enter the alternate dimensions (which make up the bulk of the game) without a Chronomancer. (I suspect it might be possible in the DOS version (or maybe the Amiga one?) via arbitrary code execution with a roster that's too big for the game to handle.)
* I believe that in 1st generation Pokemon games, it is actually possible to glitch your party size to -1 Pokemon. I know that it's possible to get an inventory of size -1, which is treated as a very large number (255 I believe) and allows you to access memory past the end of your inventory and do some strange things. (For example, you can warp to the hall of fame; see any 1st generation Pokemon spedrun that isn't in a "glitchless" category to see this done.)

Edit: Forgot to attach image.

Permadeath. Everyone should be able to experiment death, specially when softlocked...
Mr. Robot or The IT Crowd?

Don´t know any of the tv shows, but Mr. Robot looks a bit more exciting.


Big Mac or Whopper?

I don't like Macs. Could I get Big Linux instead?

Gameplay video with audio commentary or gameplay video without?