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goodness posted:We also actually have a police force that has CSI and arrests people instead of just making you disappear! 
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goodness posted:Speaking of, are there any good prison games? If not, I think I'm on to something. This has always sounded really cool to me: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/96613/alcatraz-scapegoat then of course the classic: quote:Don't Drop the Soap is a controversial prison-themed board game designed by art student John Sebelius as a 2006 class project at the Rhode Island School of Design.[1] The game received criticism for its content, most notably for the game's treatment of prison rape.[2] Sebelius also received notice for being the son of Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Magistrate Judge K. Gary Sebelius.[3] The game officially went on sale on January 31, 2008 in Lawrence, Kansas and through Sebelius' personal website,[4] and is considered to be similar to Monopoly in its gameplay.[5] 
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Poison Mushroom posted:There was another mini-boom when Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon got real big in the mid 2000s. I distinctly remember playing, aside from the popular ones like DBZ and Naruto, a Gash/Zatch Bell card game, a Dragon Booster CCG, and a loving History Channel trading card game. Hey, Anachronism was not a trading card game, and it owned  ...I wonder if there's a vassal module for it
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Archenteron posted:Hey, Anachronism was not a trading card game, and it owned T-Bone posted:then of course the classic:
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Rutibex posted:I don't know about you but I still play Star Trek TNG CCG on a daily basis and eagerly await the next set:
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Feb 10, 2015 02:18
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Poison Mushroom posted:"Considered to be similar to Monopoly in its gameplay" has got to be one of the best backhanded compliments I've ever heard. The entire board is Go To Jail.
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Der Shovel posted:I had a card which enabled me to cause one player to effectively miss their turn: their attack would whiff and they couldn't play more attack cards that turn. Knowing everything I outlined above, I played the whiff card on the aggressive guy. He immediately flips his poo poo, goes CRIMSON in the face, eyes bulging and starts yelling at me for playing like an idiot and making a suboptimal move. Everyone tries to explain to him that no, I did not in fact do so. That's actually pretty funny. I hate playing with people like that but love to hear stories about them. I was going to ask this thread about Cutthroat Caverns. It doesn't have the greatest BGG ranking but I still hear good things about it. I don't want to call it a light game, but it looks like a game that can be learned pretty quickly and I don't really have any of those in my collection (with the exception of Dominion). I'm tempted to pick it up assuming it hasn't been replaced by something else.
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Feb 10, 2015 02:26
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Cutthroat Caverns is the game you play if you have to play Munchkin but want an okay game.
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T-Bone posted:This has always sounded really cool to me: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/96613/alcatraz-scapegoat I think I can do better than this. Worker Placement prison game here we go.
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Gimnbo posted:Cutthroat Caverns is the game you play if you have to play Munchkin but want an okay game. Well that sounds alright. I think.
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Rutibex posted:
Um, what??? The games I'm interested in don't have hi res scans of all the components (particularly cards) on BGG. Strange answer. e: from BGG's image rules: The following types of images are not allowed: Individual images for each component (mini, card, tile, etc.) This is especially true for collectible minis games and CCGs; Mayveena fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Feb 10, 2015 |
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Lorini no don't get caught by rutibex's low effort trolling 
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Lorini posted:Um, what??? The games I'm interested in don't have hi res scans of all the components (particularly cards) on BGG. He meant you can just make the pieces yourself however you want them to look. All you need is the rules to play a game.
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Feb 10, 2015 03:30
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goodness posted:He meant you can just make the pieces yourself however you want them to look. All you need is the rules to play a game. You'll never be able to play the best game anyway because who has the time to house rule Arkham Horror.
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You know before I read this thread I actually always thought Arkham was supposed to be the height of board games from the way it's revered in stores.
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Last night a friend of mine posted a picture of her board game shelf after just moving and asked for recommendations for what to fill it up with on Facebook. She's played games with me before so I reminded her of a few she liked and named a couple others that'd be up her alley. I just checked FB a few hours later and literally every other recommendation is Munchkin (8 votes), CAH (6 votes), and Cosmic Encounter (4 votes). e: Oh wait, apparently one other person said Terra Mystica, bringing it to 2 votes, myself included. Good job, that guy. Countblanc fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Feb 10, 2015 |
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I know a guy giving away some games. Are any of these worth jumping on for next to nothing. Alea Iacta Est Spyrium Bora Bora I know nothing about any of them. I'll only take one if any.
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Timett posted:I know a guy giving away some games. Are any of these worth jumping on for next to nothing. Don't know the other two, but I've heard good things about Bora Bora.
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Spyrium is a worker placement game that plays in a bit over an hour. I'd say in terms of weight it's one step up from Lords of Waterdeep and Stone Age. It doesn't make anyone's list of classics but it's super solid and eats more brainpower than it looks like it will. Alea Iacta Est is a pure dice game. I don't know anything about it beyond that.
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Fungah! posted:Don't know the other two, but I've heard good things about Bora Bora. Bora Bora is the point salad shittiness of Castles of Burgundy but some how far far worse and random. Spyrium is an interesting worker placement / area control game. Same designer as Caylus.
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goodness posted:He meant you can just make the pieces yourself however you want them to look. All you need is the rules to play a game. Well there are often hi-res scans of the actual game components but yeah all you need are rules! It is technically not possible to patent/copyright/whatever the rules of a game. I collect game rule book compendiums in addition to board games. Most of them come with instructions on how to make these classic games and examples of homebrew components. It's quite fascinating the number of games you can play with only a deck of cards: 
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Poison Mushroom posted:There was another mini-boom when Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon got real big in the mid 2000s. I distinctly remember playing, aside from the popular ones like DBZ and Naruto, a Gash/Zatch Bell card game, a Dragon Booster CCG, and a loving History Channel trading card game. I have an unopened box of Spongebob Squarepants the card game from 2004/2005ish, along with a precon deck.
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Just got my shipping notice from CSI for my Dungeon Lords Anniversary, cool, good. Ain't afraid of no customs. Played a few games of Samurai Spirit over the weekend. Won both times on Normal without really any danger, which had me wondering if we were doing it wrong, but we checked the rules obsessively and I think we just had a good deal of plunderers. You can use your own Kiai every time on your turn, right? And if you support, the other person has to give back the support token at the end of their turn?
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FISHMANPET posted:I have an unopened box of Spongebob Squarepants the card game from 2004/2005ish, along with a precon deck. Anyone want to play the Harry Potter tcg?
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What's the goonpinion on Euphoria? There is a guy who brings it to board games night every week and the visuals are very compelling but there's just so many dice. What else is new and cool? I feel like I should buy something new but I don't know what has come out lately besides a few things (King of New York, Castles of Mad King Ludwig).
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goodness posted:Anyone want to play the Harry Potter tcg? Why would I play that when I can play the American Idol CCG?
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Deathlove posted:Just got my shipping notice from CSI for my Dungeon Lords Anniversary, cool, good. Ain't afraid of no customs. Dungeon Lords owns so much. I'm getting to the point where I can just about construct my gameplan from the opening monster/room/orders setup and it's like seeing the matrix, the skill curve is really satisfying. Never forget Tom Vasel's opinion of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-8k9Auuw5g&t=18s
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unpronounceable posted:Why would I play that when I can play the American Idol CCG? I was going to make a dumb joke about Downton Abbey having a CCG because I was sure that you were making this up. But this is a thing that exists 
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EvilChameleon posted:What's the goonpinion on Euphoria? There is a guy who brings it to board games night every week and the visuals are very compelling but there's just so many dice. What else is new and cool? I feel like I should buy something new but I don't know what has come out lately besides a few things (King of New York, Castles of Mad King Ludwig). I liked Euphoria a lot the one I played it. It's a worker placement game where your workers are dice and high numbers (of and on dice) are both good and bad. I think it's actually really cleverly designed and I wish it wasn't out of print and infinite dollars because I'd really like to play it again. I would highly recommend giving it a shot if you get the chance.
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Bubble-T posted:Dungeon Lords owns so much. I'm getting to the point where I can just about construct my gameplan from the opening monster/room/orders setup and it's like seeing the matrix, the skill curve is really satisfying. That video is indicative of so much wrong with the hobby.
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Prairie Bus posted:That video is indicative of so much wrong with the hobby. Kind of rad that the one guy starts with Cosmic Encounter.
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Some Numbers posted:I liked Euphoria a lot the one I played it. It's a worker placement game where your workers are dice and high numbers (of and on dice) are both good and bad. I think it's actually really cleverly designed and I wish it wasn't out of print and infinite dollars because I'd really like to play it again. 2nd edition printing of Euphoria should hit stores in March, if not sooner. I got a post-kickstarter signed copy on order, and apparently the pallet(s) of games to be signed have already been shipped to Jamey to sign.
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Bubble-T posted:Dungeon Lords owns so much. I'm getting to the point where I can just about construct my gameplan from the opening monster/room/orders setup and it's like seeing the matrix, the skill curve is really satisfying. Every time Tom Vasel complains that Dungeon Lords isn't a game about dungeon crawling, my brain bleeds out of my ear in an attempt to escape.
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"That's not fun." - Tom Vasel, in reference to an excited description of the Galaxy Trucker ship construction round. Also, "all [Vlaada's] games are the same." Christ.
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Quintin Smith posted:I trust The Dice Tower
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Some Numbers posted:I liked Euphoria a lot the one I played it. It's a worker placement game where your workers are dice and high numbers (of and on dice) are both good and bad. I think it's actually really cleverly designed and I wish it wasn't out of print and infinite dollars because I'd really like to play it again. I've not played as many games as most people in this thread, but this is exactly how I feel about it as well.
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Bubble-T posted:Dungeon Lords owns so much. I'm getting to the point where I can just about construct my gameplan from the opening monster/room/orders setup and it's like seeing the matrix, the skill curve is really satisfying. I'm watching this from the start and I love that the one guy when Cosmic into 7 Wonders and was basking in the hate. Edit: and then he goes Zombicide! I'm okay with this.
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parasyte posted:Kind of rad that the one guy starts with Cosmic Encounter. Ironically that's the worst of the three, Sam Healy Broken Loose posted:"That's not fun." - Tom Vasel, in reference to an excited description of the Galaxy Trucker ship construction round. That's also Sam. God he's terrible. Zee only wanting the building part of Galaxy Trucker encapsulates him pretty well, it wouldn't even be a game. He just doesn't want to feel bad.
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Bubble-T posted:Ironically that's the worst of the three, Sam Healy He's the worst of them? That's disappointing.
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