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thespaceinvader posted:Anniversary Edition has all of the expansion content to date, in a very nice box with very nice components. Get anniversary edition. How much better are the components? The game appears to be about 50% more expensive here in the UK than just buying the game plus expansion. I don't think I give a crap about a better box, but could be persuaded if playing pieces are brilliant.
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Funso Banjo posted:How much better are the components? The game appears to be about 50% more expensive here in the UK than just buying the game plus expansion. I don't think I give a crap about a better box, but could be persuaded if playing pieces are brilliant. Metal coins, plastic boxes to store things in glass markers, miniatures for trolls instead of cardboard tokens
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It also has the Alternative Dungeon Setups cards, which aren't present in the game + expansion.
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Speaking of the metal coins I used than when I finally managed to get dungeon petz to the table last night, when down incredibly well, everyone loved the look, and descriptions of the pets. Played it with a guy who hadn't play much in the way of heavier games before, though he had watched Rahdo's video of it before hand so he picked up the rules quickly enough.
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snuff posted:Man why can't boardgamers just be normal people, this hobby is making me feel dirty and shameful. Because a boardgamers lack of personality and social skills can totally be plastered-over if they just use references, memes, and make horrible jokes too loudly, because that what popular people do right? They bellow things that are "funny"? (To be fare this is a some boardgamers comment) #NotAllBoardGamers
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Every hobby is super weird, like I can't think of one outside of maybe like, I dunno, Cycling where most of the people engaging in it at the level of making Youtube tutorials or discussing it on a payment-gated forum aren't bizarre in one way or another. Have you fuckin' listened to people who do really in depth fantasy sports stuff talk?
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Countblanc posted:Every hobby is super weird, like I can't think of one outside of maybe like, I dunno, Cycling where most of the people engaging in it at the level of making Youtube tutorials or discussing it on a payment-gated forum aren't bizarre in one way or another. Have you fuckin' listened to people who do really in depth fantasy sports stuff talk? I can't stand those loving nerds
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Countblanc posted:Have you fuckin' listened to people who do really in depth fantasy sports stuff talk? Yeah Blood Bowl players have posted here occasionally.
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Countblanc posted:Every hobby is super weird, like I can't think of one outside of maybe like, I dunno, Cycling where most of the people engaging in it at the level of making Youtube tutorials or discussing it on a payment-gated forum aren't bizarre in one way or another. Have you fuckin' listened to people who do really in depth fantasy sports stuff talk? At least people in other hobbies shower. 
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Board Gaming is a hobby that encourages you to stay indoors with a select group of people, of course it attracts and breeds weirdos who have no idea how repellent normies find them.Countblanc posted:Every hobby is super weird, like I can't think of one outside of maybe like, I dunno, Cycling where most of the people engaging in it at the level of making Youtube tutorials or discussing it on a payment-gated forum aren't bizarre in one way or another. Have you fuckin' listened to people who do really in depth fantasy sports stuff talk? Cyclists get pretty weird, at least the ones that are heavy in to advocacy.
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PerniciousKnid posted:At least people in other hobbies shower. If I'm playing a board game and someone is gross and doesn't shower I'll call them out on it. Holy poo poo BO I can't stand it makes me queasy. Plus unless other people call others out the hobby won't get past that kind of mass image of the gross greasy smelly nerd
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Sometimes I wonder how nerdy "boardgaming enthusiasm" is globally, across different major cultures and regions. If there were some sort of nerdiness index, where would it sit relative to other things and how would it vary when you moved from country to country? I suspect it's regarded as less nerdy when you live somewhere where you are forced to spend more of the year indoors. It's probably more popular the more educated a population is, but this is just a guess. And it's expensive, so I would assume it's even more fringe in less wealthy regions. Is nerdonomy an academic major yet? I imagine there is a serious but painfully naive discussion about this thing somewhere on reddit that will make me abandon this whole line of thought..
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Dr. VooDoo posted:If I'm playing a board game and someone is gross and doesn't shower I'll call them out on it. Holy poo poo BO I can't stand it makes me queasy. Plus unless other people call others out the hobby won't get past that kind of mass image of the gross greasy smelly nerd You can't do that! What about the 5 Geek Fallacies?
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fozzy fosbourne posted:Sometimes I wonder how nerdy "boardgaming enthusiasm" is globally, across different major cultures and regions. If there were some sort of nerdiness index, where would it sit relative to other things and how would it vary when you moved from country to country? Please take a shower. Also, it's called anthropology, you just have to study nerds instead of foreigners.
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fozzy fosbourne posted:I suspect it's regarded as less nerdy when you live somewhere where you are forced to spend more of the year indoors. It's probably more popular the more educated a population is, but this is just a guess. And it's expensive, so I would assume it's even more fringe in less wealthy regions. I have lived in Northern Ontario and Alberta during the winters. People don't play a lot of nerd games they play Checkers and Cards all the time. Normal adult people just play card game like Hearts and Poker or whatever. Board games are for children, man-children, and germans.
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And hipsters.
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BonHair posted:Please take a shower. Also, it's called anthropology, you just have to study nerds instead of foreigners. I'm cool as gently caress and shower all the time  There is less published nerd anthropology out there than I would have expected. Found this http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/bucholtz/sites/secure.lsit.ucsb.edu.ling.cms_bucholtz/files/docs/publications/Bucholtz2001-JLA.pdf
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Bubble-T posted:Cyclists get pretty weird, at least the ones that are heavy in to advocacy. One of my friends is big into cycling and yeah, that scene puts board gamers to shame in the weird department.
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Hra Mormo posted:One of my friends is big into cycling and yeah, that scene puts board gamers to shame in the weird department. I can concur. Think really fit but weird as hell people.
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Hra Mormo posted:One of my friends is big into cycling and yeah, that scene puts board gamers to shame in the weird department. That's because cyclists have this weird large over lap with homeopathy people. Seriously like every serious cycling person I've met has also been one of those weird homeopathy people who think like BIG PHARMA is hiding the cure for cancer and AIDS in order to make money
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I have friends that are super into running, and the meme where all the "inspirational" poo poo they spout is layered over images of people drinking is spot-on. And don't even get me started on those Crossfit people.
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Board gaming could learn a thing or two from chess-boxing.
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Chill la Chill posted:Board gaming could learn a thing or two from chess-boxing. definitely a mystery for sure.
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Chill la Chill posted:Board gaming could learn a thing or two from chess-boxing. I could get into Caylus-Boxing
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Keyflower boxing would have a sort of thematic elegance.
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I work in a huge engineering department and have been in both the gaming and cycling cliques. Not a lot of overlap. My anecdotal impression is that hardcore cycling attracts normie introverts whereas tabletop gaming attracts more geeky extroverts. At least amongst the people who have their poo poo together enough to work as an engineer somewhere. Cycling is kind of a meditation; you get into a trance, feel as if you are flying, and take in the ambiance of nature. You don't talk much at all and most interaction with other humans during a good ride is usually a compromise of the experience. So I guess it might have some in common with the most hardcore euros where the weight of the cognitive load forces all distraction out of one's mind and puts one in to a trance state. But it's different in that you can often turn off your mind while cycling whereas most board games exercise it. I think one of the reasons hardcore cycling is so popular with engineers is that when they want to think, there is a ton of empirical poo poo to study and things to buy, and when their brain is burnt out they can simply ride and turn it off and maybe even meditate away some stress without having to admit it. Note, this is road cycling culture that I'm familiar with, fixies and bike messenger culture is obviously totally different. Running culture is insane to me because I want to be able to hike with my grand children
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fozzy fosbourne posted:Running culture is insane to me because I want to be able to hike with my grand children Cycling culture doesn't even let you have children to give you grandchildren.
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medchem posted:Cycling culture doesn't even let you have children to give you grandchildren. Good point. I get made fun of for having one of those ball/taint cradling saddles instead of a super hard and narrow pro saddle. But gently caress that poo poo
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Anyone going to OrcCon/Strategicon this weekend? I'll be there, hoping to buy a copy of Argent The Consortsium among other games....gonna try to find and pick up the Terra Mystica expansion, the Village Port expansion, the Bruges expansion and sell a ton of games at the flea market.
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fozzy fosbourne posted:Good point. I get made fun of for having one of those ball/taint cradling saddles instead of a super hard and narrow pro saddle. But gently caress that poo poo Psh, you're riding the munchkin of saddles. What you need is.. gently caress, what's a terrible game that gets good with the expansion so I can make a joke about those weird foam diapers bikers wear to protect their scrotums?
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Hra Mormo posted:gently caress, what's a terrible game that gets good with the expansion Twilight Imperium 3. Alternatively if video game analogies suffice then every Civilization game made in the last ten years.
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Hra Mormo posted:Psh, you're riding the munchkin of saddles. What you need is.. gently caress, what's a terrible game that gets good with the expansion so I can make a joke about those weird foam diapers bikers wear to protect their scrotums? Ooh, I know this one! Eminent Domain!
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bobvonunheil posted:Few things are more painful than watching Rahdo try to make a move and spend like 5 minutes deliberating on what he should do, then take it back after he performs the other player's turn, all while the cam shakes all over the place. A page back, but he has started also doing static cam recordings at the same time as his hand cam. One less annoyance! And yes, I can't really stand watching over review/runthrough videos compared to Rahdo.
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Chomp8645 posted:Twilight Imperium 3. Which expansion is needed? It is my aspiration to one day play TI3
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Sgt. Anime Pederast posted:Which expansion is needed? It is my aspiration to one day play TI3 A printed copy of the Imperial II card.
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Sgt. Anime Pederast posted:Which expansion is needed? It is my aspiration to one day play TI3 Shattered Empire is the semi-mandatory one. It's needed to give the game sane strategy cards and objectives, the other goodies are gravy on top. Shards of the Throne has some goodies too but isn't nearly as important and should be left alone until you have a few games under your belt anyway.
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What do you folks think of the Golden Geek nominees for 2014? https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1317685/2014-golden-geek-awards-nominees-announced-vote-no Which games on this list will we still be talking about in 3-5 years? quote:Board Game
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I'm literally incapable of holding that many distinct opinions on that many games all at once.
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How is Castles of Mad King Ludwig in either Family games or Solo games?
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