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silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

Is it fascism yet posted:

Imagine tepoko bringing a girl home from the pub, and the increasingly bewildered looks on her face as she notices the Star Wars toys, board games and the many books about hitler

and the many board games about hitler

# ? Aug 26, 2014 13:43

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inSTAALed: Feb 3, 2008; MOP

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it is okay until he has the anime hitler body pillow that he plays his hitler board games against

# ? Aug 26, 2014 13:45

Tekopo: Oct 24, 2008; When you see it, you'll shit yourself.

inSTAALed posted:

my friend would like shooty space ships probably then. i will buy them

were you successful in re-becoming a child and how has this affected ur ability to play other board games?

no problem with board games because games are for children

Is it fascism yet posted:

Imagine tepoko bringing a girl home from the pub, and the increasingly bewildered looks on her face as she notices the Star Wars toys, board games and the many books about hitler

this made me laugh way more than it should have done, but is essentially true, but omits to mention my film collection as well

# ? Aug 26, 2014 13:49

Scyther: Dec 29, 2010

inSTAALed posted:

play stratego

What I'm saying is it should be just one roll.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 13:49

Tekopo: Oct 24, 2008; When you see it, you'll shit yourself.

looking again i have a surprising lack of hitler books, loads about 19th century america though

# ? Aug 26, 2014 13:58

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

Tekopo posted:

no problem with board games because games are for children

a funny anecdote about that

gaming friends of ours have an 11 year old girl who, when suggested for a camping trip "hey you should bring some games to play with the other kids your age that'll be there!" responded by saying "ugh, mom, board games are for *adults*"

they keep trying to play games with her and she seems to like pictomania at least and is willing to try out things like trucker

# ? Aug 26, 2014 14:12

Tekopo: Oct 24, 2008; When you see it, you'll shit yourself.

- Remember to use Agricola to teach kids that life is unfair and that everyone else hates you.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 14:16

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

she came to vlaadacon and played pictomania there! cute kid.

speaking of which, there's now a vlaadacon microbadge and the writeup should be coming shortly (photos were put up on bgg I think)

# ? Aug 26, 2014 14:21

inSTAALed: Feb 3, 2008; MOP

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agricola has a family mode

it is like uwe rosenberg wants to be a homewrecker

# ? Aug 26, 2014 14:22

StashAugustine: Mar 24, 2013; Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

i played tactics ii when i was in third grade

# ? Aug 26, 2014 14:30

The End: Apr 16, 2007; You're welcome.

tekopo and others who might know - what sort of play time can i expect on andean abyss? is it really gonna be 6 hours?

# ? Aug 26, 2014 14:42

eSports Chaebol: Feb 22, 2005; Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever,

inSTAALed posted:

play stratego

Stratego is for scrubs, play luzhanqi, laowai

# ? Aug 26, 2014 14:43

Tekopo: Oct 24, 2008; When you see it, you'll shit yourself.

The End posted:

tekopo and others who might know - what sort of play time can i expect on andean abyss? is it really gonna be 6 hours?

that's the sort of timescale that it took me to play it, yep, shorter if someone wins before the end

# ? Aug 26, 2014 14:50

Stan Taylor: Oct 13, 2013; Touched Fuzzy, Got Dizzy

Oh my god I love it when feminism is discussed intelligently in the board games thread.

Women are being raped so why do you care about boardgames filthy sjws.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:02

StashAugustine: Mar 24, 2013; Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

Stan Taylor posted:

Oh my god I love it when feminism is discussed intelligently in the board games thread.

Women are being raped so why do you care about boardgames filthy sjws.

nobody should care about arkham horror tho

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:12

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

eSports Chaebol posted:

Stratego is for scrubs, play luzhanqi, laowai

play napoleon's triumph instead

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:17

Tekopo: Oct 24, 2008; When you see it, you'll shit yourself.

silvergoose posted:

play napoleon's triumph instead

should probably be posted on every page of this thread

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:26

01011001: Dec 26, 2012

Lord Frisk posted:

Let's discuss gender politics within the world of FFGs lovecraft board games. That seems like a fruitful use of our time.

all genders are equal when playing a FFG lovecraft game in that severe boredom crosses all privilege boundaries

# ? Aug 26, 2014 17:19

Gimnbo: Feb 13, 2012; e m b r a c e t r a n q u i l i t y

People who complain about Archipelago are the real racists.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 17:38

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Gimnbo posted:

People who complain about Archipelago are the real racists.

projection is a real thing!!!

# ? Aug 26, 2014 18:04

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

Some dumbass: Wow, board games sure are good, and not classist as hell, I will buy some more peasants and pretend I am a lord of medieval ages

Me (extra virile): Wow, haha, that's not even good. tumblr dot com rear end in a top hat, do you even have socials in your house :c00l:

# ? Aug 26, 2014 18:09

Ralp: Aug 19, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Scyther posted:

What I'm saying is it should be just one roll.

not a board game but this is the only thing I don't like about Fate. It's archaic and weird and reminds me of oWoD even though I never even played that.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 18:13

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

Tekopo posted:

should probably be posted on every page of this thread

yes but especially whenever stratego is mentioned because damned if it's not the same genre but way better

# ? Aug 26, 2014 18:38

Dr. Lunchables: Dec 27, 2012; IRL DEBUFFED KOBOLD

XyrlocShammypants posted:

Late to the party but my 10 cents:

Out of curiosity, how many games have a male Vietnamese nurse/secretary, an African shaman, a black female baker, a black musician, a mixed race doctor (confirmed), a female Asian martial artist, a black female singer, and 3 characters of indiscernible race in a county (Essex County) that is currently 76% white and for much older census's as much as 86% white (or any city similar to this or any city at all)?

Further, at 6 or more Stamina you have 4 female characters (as previously mentioned by a poster on this page)- Lily Chen, Zoey Samaras, Rita Young and Diana Stanley- with Lily Chen being the strongest character in the game. There are in fact 5 men in the 6 or more Sanity category as well. So, I have already done the math, but there isn't any statistically significant difference between male and female characters in the game. So yes, there are a few more men in the 6+ stamina category and a few more women in the 6+.

In the end, even white female characters are empowered in Arkham Horror. Female investigators occupy positions such as scientist, researcher, explorer, psychologist along with the classic gendered roles for this era of librarian, dilettante, waitress etc.

In short, this is a null issue start to finish.

Black singer: check. Asian martial artist: check. Black voodoo priest: check. Issue: null.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 21:25

StashAugustine: Mar 24, 2013; Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

i'm getting angry at people discussing this not because i want them to shut up about feminism but because i want them to shut up about arkham horror

# ? Aug 26, 2014 21:32

inSTAALed: Feb 3, 2008; MOP

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StashAugustine posted:

i'm getting angry at people discussing this not because i want them to shut up about feminism but because i want them to shut up about arkham horror

my group keeps saying they want to play this today and i dont know how many times i have to explain that i dont want to because it is not a good game

# ? Aug 26, 2014 21:34

stoutfish: Oct 8, 2012; by zen death robot

sometimes you have to let other people make mistakes and tell them i told you so

# ? Aug 26, 2014 21:42

Tekopo: Oct 24, 2008; When you see it, you'll shit yourself.

inSTAALed posted:

my group keeps saying they want to play this today and i dont know how many times i have to explain that i dont want to because it is not a good game

the best option in this case is to let them play but moodily stare at them in rage from across the room as they play

the awkwardness will eventually force them to stop playing

_{_{_{_{_{side effects might include your gaming group collapsing}}}}}

# ? Aug 26, 2014 21:44

01011001: Dec 26, 2012

inSTAALed posted:

my group keeps saying they want to play this today and i dont know how many times i have to explain that i dont want to because it is not a good game

get them to play with every expansion. this will cure them of wanting to play ever again

# ? Aug 26, 2014 21:49

Stan Taylor: Oct 13, 2013; Touched Fuzzy, Got Dizzy

Lord Frisk posted:

Black singer: check. Asian martial artist: check. Black voodoo priest: check. Issue: null.

Hahaha, right after I leave my impressed post dude busts back in to talk about how progressive AH is with its Asian martial artists. Checkmate feminists. :smug:

# ? Aug 26, 2014 22:05

Crackbone: May 23, 2003; Vlaada is my co-pilot.

every time I check the local meetup and see "cards against humanity/werewolf/munchkin night!" I die a little inside

# ? Aug 26, 2014 22:23

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Crackbone posted:

every time I check the local meetup and see "cards against humanity/werewolf/munchkin night!" I die a little inside

there is never anything different

i went to a board game meetup once at a bar and people brought adventure time monopoly and cards against humanity to play

i dont even know how these things happen

# ? Aug 26, 2014 22:29

inSTAALed: Feb 3, 2008; MOP

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we are playing dominant species instead of arkham horror now

i'll consider this a victory

# ? Aug 26, 2014 23:02

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

inSTAALed posted:

we are playing dominant species instead of arkham horror now

i'll consider this a victory

way better

do you have ap prone people because DS can get...lengthy.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 23:03

Dr. Lunchables: Dec 27, 2012; IRL DEBUFFED KOBOLD

It was gonna be a lengthy night anyway

# ? Aug 26, 2014 23:21

inSTAALed: Feb 3, 2008; MOP

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silvergoose posted:

way better

do you have ap prone people because DS can get...lengthy.

no not too bad usually but arkham horror takes for ever anyway like lord frisk said

# ? Aug 26, 2014 23:28

discount cathouse: Mar 25, 2009

inSTAALed posted:

we are playing dominant species instead of arkham horror now

i'll consider this a victory

keep on fighting the good fight

# ? Aug 26, 2014 23:39

Bubble-T: Dec 26, 2004; You know, I've got a funny feeling I've seen this all before.

I need feminism because it'd be nice if great games like tash kalar didn't have woman-repelling art.

Stan Taylor posted:

Oh my god I love it when feminism is discussed intelligently in the board games thread.

Women are being raped so why do you care about boardgames filthy sjws.

yes back to important board game things like which version of fluxx is the ~~best~~ least terrible

# ? Aug 27, 2014 01:43

Crackbone: May 23, 2003; Vlaada is my co-pilot.

HERP DERP let's excuse institutional racism under the guise of "historical accuracy"*

*Nothing else in game historically accurate

# ? Aug 27, 2014 01:43

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Asymmetrikon: Oct 30, 2009; I believe you're a big dork!

no, the only options are perfect historical accuracy or.. whatever weird thing that dude was trying to say with 15 year old hispanic girls?

# ? Aug 27, 2014 01:49

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