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My copy arrived yesterday and I got to play two scenarios with my buddy and his wife, and god drat what a fun game. However, my buddy is really weird about card organization on the table when it comes to playing board games. He absolutely refuses to do what the game suggests and put his discards to the left of his character card, lost cards to the right, and active effects above. He just puts his cards wherever the gently caress and insists that it's fine because he knows which ones are discard, lost, active, etc. I am constantly pissed because I can't tell what his state is at any given time because I don't know which cards in front of him belong to which of his imaginary piles. How do I get him to just do what the loving game says to do with the cards? 
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Dec 7, 2017 00:52
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Tell him his play area is public knowledge for teammates because it effect how they act. Like healing for example. And even though he knows the others need a quick reference to see.
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Dec 7, 2017 00:57
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I am sitting at work with bated breath waiting for UPS to show up and give me my monstrosity of cardboard. My sleeves are arriving tomorrow, so I'll wait until Friday for the organization-palooza.
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Dec 7, 2017 01:01
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Mine was delivered today. Having seen the box in pictures and videos and knowing it weighed 22 lbs, I still wasn't prepared for how hilariously enormous this thing is. I'm already in love 
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Dec 7, 2017 01:03
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Sorry, this went on the bottom of the last page. But really, wth is with this, nothing else has been this dumb.Moonwolf posted:For anyone else who's got there, is Scenario 72 just absurd nonsense. We've hit it with 3 spears and Eclipse, and then 3 spears and Cthulhu face, and We get one tree of choice down, get massively reamed with damage, and can't get to a second one to deliver any damage. Oozes, imps and vipers just means you spend a ton of time poisoned, and the oozes just jam every path up with ludicrous hp. This is at character level 4-5, the oozes split once and you're looking at 8 monsters that hit for 3 each without poison being in, which just wipes you.
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Dec 7, 2017 01:05
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Bombadilillo posted:Tell him his play area is public knowledge for teammates because it effect how they act. Like healing for example. And even though he knows the others need a quick reference to see. Yeah, tried that, didn't work. I think he's just too drat stubborn. Alas,
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Dec 7, 2017 01:12
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Moonwolf posted:Sorry, this went on the bottom of the last page. But really, wth is with this, nothing else has been this dumb. As far as I can tell, Scenario 72 is pretty much regarded as the most difficult scenario in the game. We failed, but the gist of what we did with a three-person party of Eclipse, Sun, and the Spellweaver, was We blitzed the snakes and imps first, and then turned towards the trees. I think you really, really need multiple AoE characters to pull that one off. When we lost it was because we ran into a horrific sequence of Split->Heal->Split->Heal that just generated too many enemies for us to mow down.
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Dec 7, 2017 01:12
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The last go, of I think 4 in total I ended with 6 curses because we had 2 imps in range on both of us getting their power that drops curses, for 2 turns in a row. And spears and squid just can't deal with shield well at all. If we killed the trash then we'd be looking at an elite ooze and 4-5 regulars by the time all the garbage was down. This time we literally had the trees unable to spawn because we had all 10 oozes out. When you have 7 oozes all attacking it doesn't matter what modifiers on their attacks they have.
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Dec 7, 2017 01:17
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dropkickpikachu posted:Yeah, tried that, didn't work. I think he's just too drat stubborn. Alas, Ask him how many discards he has. Then ask how many lost. Then ask how many active. Every drat turn
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Dec 7, 2017 01:21
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Bombadilillo posted:Ask him how many discards he has. Then ask how many lost. Then ask how many active. Every drat turn I'm afraid that he'll be able to correctly tell me those numbers every turn and then I will be forced to admit that his dumb mental map works.
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Dec 7, 2017 01:29
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Some Numbers posted:I am sitting at work with bated breath waiting for UPS to show up and give me my monstrosity of cardboard. What are you actually planning on sleeving?
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Dec 7, 2017 01:37
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Moonwolf posted:For anyone else who's got there, is Scenario 72 just absurd nonsense. We've hit it with 3 spears and Eclipse, and then 3 spears and Cthulhu face, and We get one tree of choice down, get massively reamed with damage, and can't get to a second one to deliver any damage. Oozes, imps and vipers just means you spend a ton of time poisoned, and the oozes just jam every path up with ludicrous hp. This is at character level 4-5, the oozes split once and you're looking at 8 monsters that hit for 3 each without poison being in, which just wipes you. That scenario is definitely rough. Our solution was to kite and ignore the oozes until last. Kill a tree ASAP then knock down the other monsters. Oozes can’t spawn more after there are 10 on the board, but they keep taking damage when they try to split.
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Dec 7, 2017 01:38
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Some Numbers posted:My sleeves are arriving tomorrow, so I'll wait until Friday for the organization-palooza. I'm doing kind of minimal sleeving right now and will wait until cards may actually be used before doing it.
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Dec 7, 2017 01:40
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dropkickpikachu posted:I'm afraid that he'll be able to correctly tell me those numbers every turn and then I will be forced to admit that his dumb mental map works. He will, but you will annoy him more than he annoys you in the end. Also have the table vote his rear end into submission.
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Dec 7, 2017 01:41
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The Lord of Hats posted:As far as I can tell, Scenario 72 is pretty much regarded as the most difficult scenario in the game. We failed, but the gist of what we did with a three-person party of Eclipse, Sun, and the Spellweaver, was We blitzed the snakes and imps first, and then turned towards the trees. I think you really, really need multiple AoE characters to pull that one off. When we lost it was because we ran into a horrific sequence of Split->Heal->Split->Heal that just generated too many enemies for us to mow down. Oh right. That scenario. gently caress that scenario. One of only two losses we've ever had. We were too dispirited to go back to it for a rematch yet. That said, we did get most of the objectives down, it's just that oozes are the worst. And a logistical nightmare, too.
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Dec 7, 2017 01:53
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malkav11 posted:Oh right. That scenario. gently caress that scenario. Enemy AI chat: Summoning enemies are one of my biggest problems with this game. If an enemy flips a summon action at the start of an encounter it can be a lot of new HPs and damage to deal with. It’s an extremely variable difficulty for the summoning monsters. The summons are all on reshuffle actions too so you have a fair chance of getting two summons in a row.
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Dec 7, 2017 02:02
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Red Shoe posted:Enemy AI chat: Yeah if you run into some oozethey can do that at the start of an encounter and you're in for a hell of a time.
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Dec 7, 2017 02:12
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ITS HERE!!!!!!!
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Dec 7, 2017 03:44
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Some Numbers posted:ITS HERE!!!!!!! im so glad
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Dec 7, 2017 04:17
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Some Numbers posted:ITS HERE!!!!!!! Happy birthday! Now come on, give us all your first impressions of the box, its size, and how much stuff is inside it, I can't get enough of people seeing/playing Gloomhaven for the first time 
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Dec 7, 2017 04:26
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The Lord of Hats posted:Happy birthday! All the answers are the same as if it was a bad(good?) Porn.
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Dec 7, 2017 04:32
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Mikey Purp posted:Mine was delivered today. Having seen the box in pictures and videos and knowing it weighed 22 lbs, I still wasn't prepared for how hilariously enormous this thing is. I'm already in love
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Dec 7, 2017 04:36
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The Lord of Hats posted:Happy birthday! I knew all of that, I'd seen a friend's copy, but yeah, the box is very big and I'm super impressed with how much stuff her got in there. I'm so hyped to play it. I really hope it lives up to expectations.
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Dec 7, 2017 04:37
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My delivery was postponed a day per UPS. I’m envious of you guys but will get to punch my cardboard tomorrow.
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Dec 7, 2017 05:27
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Oh poo poo we lost scenario 1! Cragheart, Tinker, Scoundrel. Scoundrel ran out of cards early by frankly playing bad. I (Cragheart) got screwed on cards early on. Tinker played the best but focused too much on healing instead of damage. We will do better next time. 
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Dec 7, 2017 05:40
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You gotta find the rhythm between holding back and going all out. Also knowing your decks helps a lot. If someone goes out real early it can be really tough.
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Dec 7, 2017 05:44
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Jordan7hm posted:Yeah unboxing and figuring out your storage solution is a time commitment. Its hard rubbish time of year around here. Everyone puts out all the poo poo they don't want and there is a mad scramble for people to get any good stuff before the council destroys it all. I was thinking about my own storage problem when the solution presented itself put of the blue! After some paint this is gonna be an awesome solution. My planos fit on the ground floor too ☺  
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Dec 7, 2017 07:16
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Sleekly posted:Its hard rubbish time of year around here. Everyone puts out all the poo poo they don't want and there is a mad scramble for people to get any good stuff before the council destroys it all. Please tell me you're going to repaint the house to look appropriately Gloomy.
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Dec 7, 2017 07:49
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Not quite Addams family but getting there yeah Edit: it even has an attic for the booklets and cards. That top floor will become a tavern for the minis to hang out in lol Edit edit: just managing this games physical presence is a pretty fun spatial game Sleekly fucked around with this message at 08:24 on Dec 7, 2017 |
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Dec 7, 2017 07:50
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"Literally construct an additional house" is an extreme storage solution, but it is a pretty big game.
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Dec 7, 2017 13:37
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It came... I was up until like midnight punching cardboard with my wife. Hoping to get it to the table tonight. Got a 7 chamber accordion folio thing for map tiles and most of them fit in there pretty well (with the exception of the giant T-shaped pieces) although I can't really close it anymore. But they're there and pretty well organized, should hold me over until I decide to spring for the BT. Does the video do a good job of teaching new players? I can't learn a game unless I dig through the book myself but I'm wondering if the video's been helpful to get other people up to speed.
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Dec 7, 2017 17:11
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dropkickpikachu posted:I'm afraid that he'll be able to correctly tell me those numbers every turn and then I will be forced to admit that his dumb mental map works. One big lesson about raising kids (especially as they get to teenager status) is to never ask a question you really don't want to hear the answer to. Applies to manchildren, too, turns out!
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Dec 7, 2017 17:16
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food court bailiff posted:I was up until like midnight punching cardboard with my wife. Hoping to get it to the table tonight. Got a 7 chamber accordion folio thing for map tiles and most of them fit in there pretty well (with the exception of the giant T-shaped pieces) although I can't really close it anymore. But they're there and pretty well organized, should hold me over until I decide to spring for the BT. Just so you're prepared -- you cannot fit 100% of the game back in the box with the BT organizer, so hang onto that accordion folio. I got a decent-looking one with a closable flap and it sits on the shelf next to the box. The BT instructions call for carefully arranging all the tiles into a tray, which is tedious and unsearchable. Instead, I use that tray to hold all the stickers, the party pad, the elemental tile, health/xp dials, the giant boss monster standee, and the 4 boxes of my current party.
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Dec 7, 2017 17:18
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CaptainRightful posted:Just so you're prepared -- you cannot fit 100% of the game back in the box with the BT organizer, so hang onto that accordion folio. I got a decent-looking one with a closable flap and it sits on the shelf next to the box. The BT instructions call for carefully arranging all the tiles into a tray, which is tedious and unsearchable. Instead, I use that tray to hold all the stickers, the party pad, the elemental tile, health/xp dials, the giant boss monster standee, and the 4 boxes of my current party. I am experiencing some disappointment when reading this post. (I’m going to stain and assemble my BT this weekend.)
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Dec 7, 2017 17:20
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So are there supposed to be a couple of blank white standees and one that is half white/half black in my punchouts? I have only gotten around to checking the component quality so far and everything looks good except for that and one board which is slightly unglued.
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Dec 7, 2017 17:24
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Mikey Purp posted:So are there supposed to be a couple of blank white standees and one that is half white/half black in my punchouts? I have only gotten around to checking the component quality so far and everything looks good except for that and one board which is slightly unglued. Yeah. It was a print change from v1 to v2, but the punch boards didn't change.
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Dec 7, 2017 17:26
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CaptainRightful posted:Just so you're prepared -- you cannot fit 100% of the game back in the box with the BT organizer, so hang onto that accordion folio. I got a decent-looking one with a closable flap and it sits on the shelf next to the box. The BT instructions call for carefully arranging all the tiles into a tray, which is tedious and unsearchable. Instead, I use that tray to hold all the stickers, the party pad, the elemental tile, health/xp dials, the giant boss monster standee, and the 4 boxes of my current party. The close-able accordion fold is great for storing the terrain tiles. Going to play this tonight with just the kid and I after a few nights of no / limited boardgaming.
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Dec 7, 2017 17:27
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Yeah, in the first edition there were 10 of one monster (Vermling Scout?); now there's 6 of that one. It was probably $$$ to change the die cut pattern so they left it alone and just changed the printing.
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Dec 7, 2017 17:28
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food court bailiff posted:Does the video do a good job of teaching new players? I can't learn a game unless I dig through the book myself but I'm wondering if the video's been helpful to get other people up to speed. the random dungeon video in the OP worked well for me, I just had them watch one round of player turns and then we played and it worked well.
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Dec 7, 2017 17:29
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I really need to stop being lazy and fix all my split map tiles.
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