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Bottom Liner posted:The Barnes & Noble sale event has everything marked down to 75% off now. I just reserved a copy of Dominion: Dark Ages for $10, Smallworld for $12.50, and the Star Wars LCG core set and 2 expansions at $7.50 a piece. Check https://www.bn.com to see if your local stores have anything in stock. To add to this, I also just added Descent, 2nd edition for $15. Crazy.
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May 1, 2015 18:10
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Mister Sinewave posted:I like the wormhole I traced a TI3 wormhole 
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May 1, 2015 18:11
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Rutibex posted:Where is the solo option? Are you hardcore? Yes -> Mage knight No -> Theme or game Theme -> Eldritch Horror Game -> Agricola
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May 1, 2015 18:12
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Gutter Owl posted:Y'know what? I'm home sick, I'll jump on the grenade. Chaos in the Old World is missing from your list. It's pretty grimdark  and even comes with lovely minis you could paint if you wanted.
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May 1, 2015 18:13
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Goddammit, double post. I never have anything interesting to add to the thread, most of the time when my board game group gets together, we play Dominion and a bunch of filler games (KoT, Coup, Love Letter).
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May 1, 2015 18:14
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EvilChameleon posted:Chaos in the Old World is missing from your list. It's pretty grimdark CitOW is super good, but PubicMice specifically asked for not-wargames.
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Rutibex posted:Where is the solo option? 
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BonHair posted:Are you hardcore? Are you a grandfather? Yes -> one of those squad leader games
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May 1, 2015 18:19
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"control"? Isn't that a bit of an overstatement in Talisman?
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May 1, 2015 18:20
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Also COIN is solitaire
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NuclearPotato posted:You switched the links around for Viticulture and Valley of the Kings. No I didn't  but thanks
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Mister Sinewave posted:I like the wormhole I too loved the wormhole. It's a really nice chart.
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May 1, 2015 18:41
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I like it, much more streamlined. This is the Eldridtch Horror to the last charts Arkham.
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May 1, 2015 19:03
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I am posting that chart to everyone who showed me the first one because I like board games. Because I need to educate people.
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May 1, 2015 19:04
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Rutibex posted:I like it, much more streamlined. This is the Eldridtch Horror to the last charts Arkham.  MikeCrotch posted:I am posting that chart to everyone who showed me the first one because I like board games. If you do, it's probably good to also link the summary page, because otherwise they'll go "Oh, space alert, huh" and forget about it five minutes later.
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May 1, 2015 19:05
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Pictures / details of the English-produced version of Mysterium: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/34in89/some_pics_and_details_on_the_libellud_version_of/
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May 1, 2015 19:18
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jeeves posted:Pictures / details of the English-produced version of Mysterium: Why would you link to the reddit thread instead of the page with the actual pictures and details? Game looks cool though.
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burger time posted:Why would you link to the reddit thread instead of the page with the actual pictures and details? My mistake, wrong copy/paste. Yeah, the art looks less bad than I was expecting-- it may even be cool to get both and mix and match the cards if the backs use the same (which I doubt they will).
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Bottom Liner posted:To add to this, I also just added Descent, 2nd edition for $15. Crazy. Is this a regional thing or a month-late April Fool's joke? All I see are MSRP boardgames.
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It's only in store
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JohnnySavs posted:Is this a regional thing or a month-late April Fool's joke? All I see are MSRP boardgames. There are no games of any kind on sale at my local store, so it's probably best to give them a call before making the trip.
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Gutter Owl posted:Y'know what? I'm home sick, I'll jump on the grenade. Maybe Claustrophobia? Maybe there are solo variants or one could play both sides. But I could see subbing in miniatures for that game being pretty easy
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May 1, 2015 21:23
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I recently picked up Claustrophobia and the minis - while prepainted - are kinda ehhhh  and cartoony looking, so this would be a prime option.
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drat Dirty Ape posted:There are no games of any kind on sale at my local store, so it's probably best to give them a call before making the trip. Only thing at mine was a 15 before tax copy of Memoir 44. Eh, thought about it and decided I'd save the money for something I actually want instead of something that was a good deal.
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JohnnySavs posted:Is this a regional thing or a month-late April Fool's joke? All I see are MSRP boardgames. https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1349664/bn-spring-2015-red-dot-clearance-sale-75-select-it Then search for them on bn.com and select to pick up in-store. They'll probably be out of stock at most places, but you might get lucky. Then reserve a copy through that system and wait for an e-mail to go pick it up. Through the site, I was able to reserve and pick up Star Wars LCG core set for $10, Eldritch Horror for $15, and a Small World expansion for $5. Not a bad haul for just hearing about it today.
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JazzFlight posted:Check this link to see the games that are being put on 75% off clearance: They have those games at my B&N, but none of them are on sale. They must have missed the memo. Either that, or they haven't marked anything.
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"the best art we've ever seen in almost five years of running Shut Up & Sit Down" is apparently facebook game tier art.
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SilverMike posted:How does it feel to not have a soul? I think by definition it doesn't feel at all.
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AMooseDoesStuff posted:"the best art we've ever seen in almost five years of running Shut Up & Sit Down" is apparently facebook game tier art. Imperial Settlers is very pretty though.
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Had my second ever game of Russian Railroads last night after I think a year and a half or more since the first. It's a pretty solid WP game, I had a good time. Seemed to be a LOT fewer trains coming out than the last time I played though, and the game was both generally lower-scoring and quicker than the previous time. It maintains a place in the stable of WP games I really like along with Tzolk'in and Viticulture/Tuscany.
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Gutter Owl posted:CitOW is super good, but PubicMice specifically asked for not-wargames. I dunno, CitOW is "not-wargamey" enough to be worth a mention at least. Either way Gutter Owl is probably right in that Cave Evil is probably the closest you can get the grimmest darkest of thematic-over-balanced board games without being poo poo about it. It uses standups instead of minis but hey just follow the threads advice of pimping out a copy with worse games' minis (or just look at some of the Reaper minis). Moving on, I went and played Agricola for what must of been a while. Playing it again feels like coming back to a real classic, most so in that Agricola feels like a game that didn't have to change up the worker placement formula to compete with other worker placements. I forget how straightforward that heavy game can get.
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I picked up Glen More recently, played it last night with 4 and really enjoyed it. It's in a really nice spot with regards to weight and playtime, sort of in between Carcassonne, Castles of Burgundy and Keyflower if I had to compare it to other games. The variable turn order mechanic makes it really hard to optimise stuff out in what is otherwise a pretty straightforward euro resource optimisation game.
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Quick Falling 2014 question for anyone who may have played it. We played our first few games at work today and one of them seemed to end up in a weird situation where at the very beginning the 3 fallers picked up an Extra, Extra, and Move with no riders out on the table. It seemed like in this case nothing could possibly happen until I get to the bottom of the deck and the grounds start coming out. Is this correct or did I miss a rule somewhere? (Has anyone but BL played this game???) Radioactive Toy fucked around with this message at 02:35 on May 2, 2015 |
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thespaceinvader posted:Had my second ever game of Russian Railroads last night after I think a year and a half or more since the first. It's funny, there seems to be this big backlash towards this game on retrospective things like the "how has it held up after a year" geek lists and the opinionated gamer retrospectives. Even people that seem pretty deep in the euro camp seem to not like it An example "Russian Railroads – Russian Railroads took home most of last year’s gaming award hardware. Gravity also took home most of last year’s Academy Awards (7 wins!). Both are the same kind of perfectly polished, perfectly pointless awards-show vehicles that seem to attract instant attention and are unlikely to have much staying power." Was there a major hype train* surrounding this game? * 
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Bubble-T posted:I picked up Glen More recently, played it last night with 4 and really enjoyed it. It's in a really nice spot with regards to weight and playtime, sort of in between Carcassonne, Castles of Burgundy and Keyflower if I had to compare it to other games. The variable turn order mechanic makes it really hard to optimise stuff out in what is otherwise a pretty straightforward euro resource optimisation game. Where did you find it? I've been looking for a copy for a little while now. E: Never mind, I just remembered you are in Australia. So it is far far away and probably ran you $65+ Indolent Bastard fucked around with this message at 03:46 on May 2, 2015 |
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Indolent Bastard posted:Where did you find it? I've been looking for a copy for a little while now. $30 from a possibly-less-than-reputable seller (seriously, guy had Sea Shepherd stuff up around a maritime map and looked a bit nervous when I came to collect/pay until he recognised my name). The box was slightly banged up so I wonder if it was something that couldn't be sold in stores due to superficial shipping damage? Shrink wrapped with components all unpunched and in perfect condition. The one benefit to being in Australia is there's very little seller's market here, people will sell fairly cheaply to offload locally because shipping costs too much. I picked up Pax Porfiriana for $20 at one point.
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Bubble-T posted:$30 from a possibly-less-than-reputable seller (seriously, guy had Sea Shepherd stuff up around a maritime map and looked a bit nervous when I came to collect/pay until he recognised my name). The box was slightly banged up so I wonder if it was something that couldn't be sold in stores due to superficial shipping damage? Shrink wrapped with components all unpunched and in perfect condition. The second game I've been looking for that is out of print. Love your taste. Hate your guts. If you stumble across a second copy of either, let me know.
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