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I want to actually do something with the models once they're built/painted, and the reason I don't want wargames is I'm primarily a solo gamer, and it's pretty difficult to wage war against yourself.Fenn the Fool! posted:Uhhh, Blood Bowl? Really, most games that sell themselves on their miniatures are pretty lovely games because their customers are mainly interested in miniatures v you forgot to judge Shadows of Brimstone
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v. The general consensus here is that Super Dungeon Explore is pretty bad and the last I heard of Kingdom Death it had tons of kickstarter backers because of it's (kinda skeevy) miniatures, despite not actually having rules yet. I'd recommend you just buy miniatures from wherever and build them for fun, and maybe you can find a few games where you can replace a few cardboard chits with them.
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I haven't played it personally but my understanding is that Shadows of Brimstone is a fairly straightforward experience as a game. Move - Fight(roll) - Explore & repeat until escape/success or pay the ultimate price of failure. If you want minis to paint up and stuff but do something with them too at the end of it all then Shadows would be fine. Some of the AD&D games (Wrath of Ashardalon, something something dark elf Drizzt, and something something Ravenloft) are similar co-op Move-Fight-Explore & minis games but are you know, fantasy instead. Temple of Elemental Evil is coming out sometime as well. If you want a more horror-themed game and don't mind a players vs a gamesmaster arrangement instead of co-op (and you don't mind a "random elements story experience" ingredient) then Mansions of Madness will give you a lot to work with as far as minis go, too. Mantic Games has that really popular Dreadzone which I know nothing much about other than it's affordable and it's a well done miniatures battle game (so no board, just rulers and stuff and miniatures and tiny landscapes). Unlike you I am not really hot on miniatures building so I looked at it and went  but it might be up your alley.e: Oh yeah Earth Reborn is 1-on-1 (optional rules for more though) with minis that is extremely well made and designed but rules are heavier. Lots of writeups and pictures around if you want to look into it and see if it's your thing. The Eyes Have It fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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PubicMice posted:you forgot to judge Shadows of Brimstone Honestly, I've never heard of it; like all games I assume it's bad until I have evidence to the contrary. It looks like a dungeon crawl sort of game, Level 7: Omega Protocol is usually considered the best game in that style and it has miniatures (I think they come pre-assembled, but you can paint them). Are you exclusively looking for games you can play solo? There are only a handful of games that do solo-play well.
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Just buy minis to assemble then play a good game afterward
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Make minis to pimp out pieces for your games or others'. Turn those meeples into blood-thirsty barbarians or gun-toting marines or the cast of Seinfeld. It'd certainly make games of Agricola more entertaining.
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Lord Frisk posted:Just buy minis to assemble then play a good game afterward A thousand times this. Mini building and good games are mutually exclusive.
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Morpheus posted:Edit: How does Rex compare? Apparently there's more to do in that game than just build up armies? They are very different games, although I would say in my experience TI gives you a lot more to do than just build up armies. I didn't particularly care for Rex that much the 2-3 times I've played it, but it's a much slimmer game than TI. They really aren't comparable aside from the theme (which is EXTREMELY tacked on to Rex, which itself is just a re-release of the old Dune board game).
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I played Roll for the Galaxy last night and really enjoyed it. Am I crazy?
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ConfusedUs posted:I played Roll for the Galaxy last night and really enjoyed it. Am I crazy? No, it's been heavily praised
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Can anyone give me a rundown of Among the Stars vs Race for the Galaxy? Among is more of a builder, Race is an engine game right? Are both about building a space empire? Is Among easier to learn and teach than Race?
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Bottom Liner posted:Can anyone give me a rundown of Among the Stars vs Race for the Galaxy? Among is more of a builder, Race is an engine game right? Are both about building a space empire? Is Among easier to learn and teach than Race? They're not really alike other than you build a tableau in both of them. Among the Stars is more comparable to 7 Wonders with tiles.
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ConfusedUs posted:I played Roll for the Galaxy last night and really enjoyed it. Am I crazy? No, it's good
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It looks like Reddit is getting in on the whole Hasbro's printings of Dominion sucks ordeal going down. Maybe something good will come of it, but as someone who has recently enjoyed getting into Dominion and wanted to buy it for myself, this is making me want to just make a print & play version with a much better theme. Thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/34c9wh/gamers_beware_newest_printings_of_rio_grande/
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ConfusedUs posted:I played Roll for the Galaxy last night and really enjoyed it. Am I crazy? I think I'm the lone dissenter in the thread that doesn't enjoy Roll. I love Race, and it just seems like a far more elegant game than Roll. I found it to be a bit fiddly and very very slow to start out. I also didn't like that they didn't include enough tiles to give everyone a "draw two and pick one" for your starting planets. I figured that they would have learned from Race on that issue, since the expansions addressed it and made the game much more enjoyable. Don't get me wrong, I'm not completely panning it. I think it's actually pretty decent for a dice game, I just think it's a step down from playing the original.
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jeeves posted:It looks like Reddit is getting in on the whole Hasbro's printings of Dominion sucks ordeal going down. Maybe something good will come of it, but as someone who has recently enjoyed getting into Dominion and wanted to buy it for myself, this is making me want to just make a print & play version with a much better theme. I didn't read the thread, but it would seem to be cost prohibitive to do a pnp with new art. Thoughts?
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jeeves posted:It looks like Reddit is getting in on the whole Hasbro's printings of Dominion sucks ordeal going down. Maybe something good will come of it, but as someone who has recently enjoyed getting into Dominion and wanted to buy it for myself, this is making me want to just make a print & play version with a much better theme. I love pirating card games...err I mean "print & play". It is totally not worth it for Dominion, there are too many cards. I was thinking of doing up a full set of randomizers, and then using playing cards as proxies. I'd only need 10 decks of cards, that's reasonable (unlike printing several thousand cards and sleeving it all) Rutibex fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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jeeves posted:It looks like Reddit is getting in on the whole Hasbro's printings of Dominion sucks ordeal going down. Maybe something good will come of it, but as someone who has recently enjoyed getting into Dominion and wanted to buy it for myself, this is making me want to just make a print & play version with a much better theme. out of curiousity, what would be "a much better theme" than what dominion has?
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Hmm my folks got me Game of Thrones and want to play it this weekend when I visit. And it would be a four player game. I'm conflicted between hunting down a copy of Feast for Crows, or going there and trying to break it to them lightly, or fleeing the country
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Broken Loose posted:out of curiousity, what would be "a much better theme" than what dominion has? This is probably what they are thinking. Also, 
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Broken Loose posted:out of curiousity, what would be "a much better theme" than what dominion has? 
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Broken Loose posted:out of curiousity, what would be "a much better theme" than what dominion has? What if jeeves is Vlaada chvatil?
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Broken Loose posted:out of curiousity, what would be "a much better theme" than what dominion has? Smashup.
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taser rates posted:zombies Counterpoint: Lovecraft
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fozzy fosbourne posted:What if jeeves is Vlaada chvatil? Vlaada is a character on one of the cards in the new Saint Petersburg  e: 
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jeeves posted:as someone who has recently enjoyed getting into Dominion and wanted to buy it for myself, this is making me want to just make a print & play version with a much better theme. Edit: url-beaten
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PerniciousKnid posted:I don't know why you would do this when Tanto Cuore already exists. ah, yes, the game where you pay prepubescent maids in love and don't let them leave your mansion.
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Deviant posted:ah, yes, the game where you pay prepubescent maids in love and don't let them leave your mansion. I will never play the game because the theme is just WAY to creepy for me. But I am curious, is the game actually mechanically sound? Like is it, when divorced of its theme, actually a good deck building game?
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Madmarker posted:I will never play the game because the theme is just WAY to creepy for me. But I am curious, is the game actually mechanically sound? Like is it, when divorced of its theme, actually a good deck building game? It is literally a re-skin of Dominion.
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Madmarker posted:I will never play the game because the theme is just WAY to creepy for me. But I am curious, is the game actually mechanically sound? Like is it, when divorced of its theme, actually a good deck building game? it's literally dominion with different art.
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god drat it, pudding.
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It handles curses in a better way imho but otherwise yes it's basically dominion
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I am looking forward to the release of Tanto Cuore Adventures.
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Well since it basically doesn't try to deviate from the dominion formula, it's supposed to be decent mechanically. There is a games with Garfield podcast where they awkwardly analyze its mechanics while being repulsed by the theme But at that point you are choosing to opt out of just playing dominion in order to play safeway select brand dominion with a creepy theme. It's always funny to me when I see reddit threads where people just matter of fact recommend tanto cuoro as a deck builder with no disclaimer
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and even if it weren't creepy as hell, try reading a tanto cuore card without getting a loving migrane. six point comic sans.
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fozzy fosbourne posted:It's always funny to me when I see reddit threads where people just matter of fact recommend tanto cuoro as a deck builder with no disclaimer It's a shame that there aren't more good games with hilariously bad themes to do this for.
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Jeez guys, it was just a thought since: a) Nothing pisses me off more when publishers cheap out on shittier components and yet seem to always charge more. and b) I loving forgot how many god drat cards Dominion has. Also I do love how 'but just make it scifi to be better' for any retheme was broken by the lovely rear end Coup / Resistance theme.
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It's actually kind of bizarre that there aren't more really novel (and sometimes horrible) themes pasted on games. If you are just going to paste on a theme, why medieval village #106207 instead of Phoenix wright rip off or something
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fozzy fosbourne posted:It's actually kind of bizarre that there aren't more really novel (and sometimes horrible) themes pasted on games. If you are just going to paste on a theme, why medieval village #106207 instead of Phoenix wright rip off or something The answer is always that publishers are poo poo and require poo poo themes from bg designers.
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Countblanc posted:It's a shame that there aren't more good games with hilariously bad themes to do this for. XXXenophile is actually a mechanically excellent game, but the art/theme is.....off Warning, Erotic art drawn by Phil Foglio  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1627/xxxenophile
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