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Broken Loose: Dec 25, 2002; PROGRAM
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Zombie #246 posted:

If everyone at the table isn't claiming to be Merlin you're doing it wrong

apparently the pubbies on that site all like to silently rush through the game except for when you off approve

by no coincidence the site win rates are weighted towards the red team

# ? Sep 24, 2014 06:20

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 18:25

stoutfish: Oct 8, 2012; by zen death robot

i am good at traitor games

# ? Sep 24, 2014 06:44

Ralp: Aug 19, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Zombie #246 posted:

If everyone at the table isn't claiming to be Merlin you're doing it wrong

we were doing it right. That's a fun game.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 07:05

Ralp: Aug 19, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Bobby The Rookie posted:

Ralp, you should get The Resistance: Avalon if you like the traitor poo poo in BSG but want a much shorter game.

Ah yes,

# ? Sep 24, 2014 07:07

CuddlyZombie: Nov 6, 2005; I wuv your brains.

i cant play tonight and i dont know the rules yet but avalon online sounds like fun

# ? Sep 24, 2014 09:01

Scyther: Dec 29, 2010

Playing social deduction games online? Ehhhhhhhhh...

# ? Sep 24, 2014 11:25

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

Scyther posted:

Playing social deduction games online? Ehhhhhhhhh...

well if you are so much of a manchild that you cant interact with people irl, its the only way

# ? Sep 24, 2014 17:46

Ralp: Aug 19, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

nine trillion mentally retarded mafia players can't all be wrong

# ? Sep 24, 2014 18:37

Bobby The Rookie: Jun 2, 2005

Scyther posted:

Playing social deduction games online? Ehhhhhhhhh...

It actually worked out pretty decently, provided you were willing to be vocal in the chat. The app itself is quite good, you could pair it with Mumble or Facecam to get a bit closer to the real thing.

Tekopo posted:

well if you are so much of a manchild that you cant interact with people irl, its the only way

I'm positive at least some of the pubbie regulars have never actually played the physical game. I watched the end of a 7-player game where absolutely no discussion occurred during the last two missions. It's creepy.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 19:10

discount cathouse: Mar 25, 2009

Scyther posted:

Playing social deduction games online? Ehhhhhhhhh...

# ? Sep 24, 2014 19:12

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

Bobby The Rookie posted:

It actually worked out pretty decently, provided you were willing to be vocal in the chat. The app itself is quite good, you could pair it with Mumble or Facecam to get a bit closer to the real thing.

I'm positive at least some of the pubbie regulars have never actually played the physical game. I watched the end of a 7-player game where absolutely no discussion occurred during the last two missions. It's creepy.

It's like playing diplomacy with no-press.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 19:15

Bobby The Rookie: Jun 2, 2005

It's not a perfect substitute, but if all your Resistance buddies simultaneously moved away it'd be better than nothing.

It wasn't as dumb as I thought it was going to be going into it, I'll say as someone who also thinks online social deduction is pretty retarded- and it was miles better than pbp.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 19:21

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

i love it when i have 18xx night and newbies come up to our table, look at it and then go away horrified :twisted:

# ? Sep 24, 2014 20:48

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

kinda wanna play virgin queen cause the time period rules but holy poo poo the rules are intimidating

# ? Sep 25, 2014 00:29

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

Trip report my friend insisted in playing the insurgents in 1v1 FitL twice in a row and basically just tried to kill as many us troops as possible as his only goal. Quelle pinche surprise he lost both times. I dont think he gets COIN (nor is he Lf enough to just kill Americans as the moral decision). I get my friends to play twilight struggle and kemet but I might not know anyone nerdy enough to play a babby wargame

# ? Sep 25, 2014 06:00

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

virgin queen isnt really all that bad, it just has a loads of stuff but its all really easy

eSports Chaebol posted:

Trip report my friend insisted in playing the insurgents in 1v1 FitL twice in a row and basically just tried to kill as many us troops as possible as his only goal. Quelle pinche surprise he lost both times. I dont think he gets COIN (nor is he Lf enough to just kill Americans as the moral decision). I get my friends to play twilight struggle and kemet but I might not know anyone nerdy enough to play a babby wargame

so like, he didn't try to make you lose support? i think the issue with insurgents and nva in particular is that a lot of small operations that chip down the enemy is better than one big operation, otherwise you get the air lift from hell from the US that destroys your doomstack that you spent half a game building

# ? Sep 25, 2014 14:16

Panzeh: Nov 27, 2006; "..The high ground"

Tekopo posted:

virgin queen isnt really all that bad, it just has a loads of stuff but its all really easy

so like, he didn't try to make you lose support? i think the issue with insurgents and nva in particular is that a lot of small operations that chip down the enemy is better than one big operation, otherwise you get the air lift from hell from the US that destroys your doomstack that you spent half a game building

yeah, with the NVA when you shove a zillion cubes in it just gives you the massive airlift of doom

it's okay to put in small presences into south vietnam, even if the us can airstrike them off the map, if they're areas of support he will probably not risk air striking cubes to make you lose one pop of nva control

also use your drat guerillas they're not meant to just sit there guarding bases on the trail

# ? Sep 25, 2014 16:10

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

people need to learn to move to locs and ambush, that poo poo is ridic

# ? Sep 25, 2014 16:13

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

Tekopo posted:

virgin queen isnt really all that bad, it just has a loads of stuff but its all really easy

so like, he didn't try to make you lose support? i think the issue with insurgents and nva in particular is that a lot of small operations that chip down the enemy is better than one big operation, otherwise you get the air lift from hell from the US that destroys your doomstack that you spent half a game building

yeah at one point he had all his VC guerillas on the board and activated 24 in an attack on 4 provinces

# ? Sep 25, 2014 16:19

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

eSports Chaebol posted:

yeah at one point he had all his VC guerillas on the board and activated 24 in an attack on 4 provinces

for some reason lots of first time insurgent players get obsessed with killing things rather than conducting terrorism like a good little revolutionary

# ? Sep 25, 2014 16:31

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

StashAugustine posted:

for some reason lots of first time insurgent players get obsessed with killing things rather than conducting terrorism like a good little revolutionary

theres only a few occasions when it is worth assaulting and most of them are either where you can ambush already or if you have vulnerable coalition troops in ADP

# ? Sep 25, 2014 16:36

Panzeh: Nov 27, 2006; "..The high ground"

Tekopo posted:

people need to learn to move to locs and ambush, that poo poo is ridic

blocking off the n-s highway in fire in the lake significantly weakens arvn

# ? Sep 25, 2014 17:59

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3988/life-blackman

what the frick

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:10

Vlaada Chvatil: Sep 23, 2014; Bunny bunny moose moose; College Slice

I'm hosting Tragedy Looper for the first time tomorrow. What is the appropriate sake to serve at a board game night?

# ? Sep 26, 2014 01:24

Broken Loose: Dec 25, 2002; PROGRAM
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YOU MONSTER HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY LORD'S NAME IN VAIN WITH THAT USERNAME

# ? Sep 26, 2014 03:09

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Vlaada Chvatil posted:

I'm hosting Tragedy Looper for the first time tomorrow. What is the appropriate sake to serve at a board game night?

whose rereg are you

# ? Sep 26, 2014 03:52

dimwit: Jan 30, 2011; There seems to be a misunderstanding

Vlaada Chvatil posted:

I'm hosting Tragedy Looper for the first time tomorrow. What is the appropriate sake to serve at a board game night?

OMG it's you. You make p good games. Wanna sign my dungeon petz?

# ? Sep 26, 2014 08:30

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

please dont all crowd around our lord and saviour at once

# ? Sep 26, 2014 08:34

Morholt: Mar 18, 2006; Contrary to popular belief, tic-tac-toe isn't purely a game of chance.

Vlaada Chvatil posted:

I'm hosting Tragedy Looper for the first time tomorrow. What is the appropriate sake to serve at a board game night?

ban for anime

# ? Sep 26, 2014 08:45

Vlaada Chvatil: Sep 23, 2014; Bunny bunny moose moose; College Slice

Morholt posted:

ban for anime

Shut up, baka gaijin

# ? Sep 26, 2014 12:24

ExtrudeAlongCurve: Oct 21, 2010; Lambert is my Homeboy

Broken Loose posted:

YOU MONSTER HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY LORD'S NAME IN VAIN WITH THAT USERNAME

# ? Sep 26, 2014 12:35

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

this is the boardgaming equivalent of a muhammad cartoon

# ? Sep 26, 2014 12:37

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

somebody must now take the name Kevin Wilson and they will fight to the death

# ? Sep 26, 2014 13:14

Effectronica: May 31, 2011; Fallen Rib

Tekopo posted:

please dont all crowd around our lord and saviour at once

but sid sackson is dead?

quote:

"(A good game) should be easy to learn yet have infinite strategic possibilities, give you the chance to make choices, create interaction among players and take a maximum of one and a half hours to play." -- Sid Sackson

# ? Sep 26, 2014 14:20

Fellis: Feb 14, 2012; Kid, don't threaten me. There are worse things than death, and uh, I can do all of them.

Tekopo posted:

this is the boardgaming equivalent of a muhammad cartoon

Broken Loose posted:

YOU MONSTER HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY LORD'S NAME IN VAIN WITH THAT USERNAME

# ? Sep 26, 2014 15:26

Vlaada Chvatil: Sep 23, 2014; Bunny bunny moose moose; College Slice

What a bunch of girls.

# ? Sep 26, 2014 15:42

dimwit: Jan 30, 2011; There seems to be a misunderstanding

Vlaada Chvatil posted:

What a bunch of girls.

I'm going to play Dungeon Petz tonight with a girl. Maybe have sexy time afterwards. Thanks man.

# ? Sep 26, 2014 16:20

discount cathouse: Mar 25, 2009

dimwit posted:

I'm going to play Dungeon Petz tonight with a girl. Maybe have sexy time afterwards. Thanks man.

make sure your radiator doesnt have structural weaknesses, that cost me my last round of dungeon pets with a girl :twisted:

# ? Sep 26, 2014 16:23

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

dimwit posted:

I'm going to play Dungeon Petz tonight with a girl. Maybe have sexy time afterwards. Thanks man.

Fool, dungeon lords is better because you can make snide comments about using the magic room.

# ? Sep 26, 2014 16:26

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Stelas: Sep 6, 2010

I'm just sad I filled all the slots for the Mage Knight PBP, I could have had Vlaada haranguing other players

# ? Sep 26, 2014 20:50

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