Board Game Thread 4e: The Call of Catan

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

Poo has an incredible amount of strategy actually. According to the rules of that video, you actually have to take the cards and fling them at other players: do you go for the eyes? Maybe you try to injure their hands? So many possibilities.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 09:42

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Bubble-T: Dec 26, 2004; You know, I've got a funny feeling I've seen this all before.

Tekopo posted:

Poo has an incredible amount of strategy actually. According to the rules of that video, you actually have to take the cards and fling them at other players: do you go for the eyes? Maybe you try to injure their hands? So many possibilities.

easy to learn, hard to master

# ? Jul 31, 2015 09:59

bobvonunheil: Mar 18, 2007; Board games and tea

Corbeau posted:

Played Smallworld and Quantum tonight.

I actually enjoyed Smallworld, though it's not a brilliant game. It's light enough to talk super-casual gamers into (the alternatives that I avoided were Munchkin and Chez Geek - of the three, I feel quite confident in choosing Smallworld!), and it manages to lay out a broad civilization-esque narrative. It's no Eclipse, but I'd be happy to play it again in the future.

Smallworld is amazing as a gateway game but loses its lustre super quick. Don't expect to enjoy it much past your 5th (or so) play.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 10:18

Azran: Sep 3, 2012; And what should one do to be remembered?

My regular group of friends tried Skull. Their thoughts: "eh, kinda complex. CAH is better".

:shepicide:

Luckily my family love it.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 10:57

Aston: Nov 19, 2007; Okay
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Mister Sinewave posted:

Do you have a cat? Y/N

Our game table used to be an old pool table. It was fine as far as reaching things and arm-resting comfort went. So you could certainly do worse than aim for "pool table or less" in terms of rise, shape & size of raised border, etc.

The very obvious border also had a side effect of making an extremely clear border between out-side and in-side (game side) and not an appropriate place for e.g. drinks. Side tables did that job.

My current table is an abomination with like sharp 4+ inch sides. But the depth isn't really an issue like I thought it would be. Turns out it is pretty easy to reach DOWN to game pieces and not at all troublesome. It's an awful table but not because of the depth.

Oh my god you could use a pool table and have the holes be cupholders.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 11:11

snuff: Jul 16, 2003

Azran posted:

My regular group of friends tried Skull. Their thoughts: "eh, kinda complex. CAH is better".

Luckily my family love it.

I've succesfully played Skull with kids and people stoned out of their minds and both groups got it after one short round, your friends might be retarded.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 11:37

BonHair: Apr 28, 2007

snuff posted:

I've succesfully played Skull with kids and people stoned out of their minds and both groups got it after one short round, your friends might be retarded.

Some people (like my girlfriend :shepicide:

) absolutely do not find any kind of bluffing fun, and Skull doesn't work with that crowd. It's not that they don't get it, it's that they don't know how to bluff.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 12:21

Durendal: Jan 25, 2008; Who made you God to say
"I'll take your sheep from you?"

Holy hell are the faction enemies in Mage Knight: Shades of Tezla obnoxious. One of the glades I revealed has swiftness Elusive 3 Coldfire attack 4/8 Armor Ice+Fire Res with a Defender 2 enemy that has 4 armor and Fire Res.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 12:24

Harvey Mantaco: Mar 6, 2007; Someone please help me find my keys =(

Durendal posted:

Holy hell are the faction enemies in Mage Knight: Shades of Tezla obnoxious. One of the glades I revealed has swiftness Elusive 3 Coldfire attack 4/8 Armor Ice+Fire Res with a Defender 2 enemy that has 4 armor and Fire Res.

This game is out where is this game out can I buy this?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 13:53

Durendal: Jan 25, 2008; Who made you God to say
"I'll take your sheep from you?"

Harvey Mantaco posted:

This game is out where is this game out can I buy this?

I preordered it from my FLGS and it came in yesterday. :shrug:

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:24

ChiTownEddie: Mar 26, 2010; Awesome beer, no pants.
Join the Legion.

How is the new Mage Knight Hero guy?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:37

Durendal: Jan 25, 2008; Who made you God to say
"I'll take your sheep from you?"

Pretty interesting.

I had a combo going from one of his skills that lets you use your base action card's move/block/attack as one of the other, and his action that let you block for ice/fire depinding on the time of day for the movent cost of the hex you were in. Also tossing a rage away for 4 move or a stamina for 4 attack is really loving nice, especially since he has some decent mana skills.

Durendal fucked around with this message at 15:17 on Jul 31, 2015

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:12

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

Corbeau posted:

Played Smallworld and Quantum tonight.

I actually enjoyed Smallworld, though it's not a brilliant game. It's light enough to talk super-casual gamers into (the alternatives that I avoided were Munchkin and Chez Geek - of the three, I feel quite confident in choosing Smallworld!), and it manages to lay out a broad civilization-esque narrative. It's no Eclipse, but I'd be happy to play it again in the future.

Quantum is a tighter, more solid experience, but lacks the narrative hooks for imagination that Smallworld provides. Or, to put it more simply, Quantum is drier than Smallworld. Definitely a more mechanically interesting game though. The upgrade cards don't even seem remotely balanced and I'm not a fan of the reconfigure mechanic being a die roll (it feels out of place, both thematically and to a lesser extent mechanically), but I'd still be happy to play Quantum again in the future.

I'm gonna be playing some Quantum tonight and I'm looking forward to it. I have had to send off for new dice though as mine have this really gummy, sticky feel to them which is apparently not meant to be the case! The game itself seems great though. What issues did you have looking at the upgrade cards?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:19

andrew smash: Jun 26, 2006; smooth soul

Man, just looking for mage knight expansion on amazon i'm glad i bought krang when i did cause now he's listed for $90.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:20

The End: Apr 16, 2007; You're welcome.

Flipswitch posted:

I'm gonna be playing some Quantum tonight and I'm looking forward to it. I have had to send off for new dice though as mine have this really gummy, sticky feel to them which is apparently not meant to be the case! The game itself seems great though. What issues did you have looking at the upgrade cards?

A couple sessions of dishwashing soap and water and they'll be fine

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:22

Mr.Trifecta: Mar 2, 2007

4outof5 posted:

a cheap take that card game is your game of the con?

Edit: I could have saved you so much money going to 'the con' man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpkcPAjhLT0

It's fun stuff. Wouldn't call it a cheap card game. Plenty of games didn't get to try yet, so will have to see how it pans out. Also enjoyed WWE Superstar Showdown. Take Spartacus and focus just on Arena combat.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:26

The Eyes Have It: Feb 10, 2008; Third Eye Sees All
...snookums

signalnoise posted:

I do have a cat

So do I, and I find the ability to put a "lid" on my table pretty awesome.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:26

Dr. Video Games 0069: Jan 1, 2006; nice dolphin, nigga

Aston posted:

Oh my god you could use a pool table and have the holes be cupholders.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:54

SkeletonHero: Sep 7, 2010

Aston posted:

Oh my god you could use a pool table and have the holes be cupholders.

This doesn't work as well as you'd think. The pockets are deeper than they look and the bottoms aren't flat.

Unless you have an old/cheap pool table with the nets, then you can pretty easily modify those.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:12

Sistergodiva: Jan 3, 2006; I'm like you,
I have no shame.

Flipswitch posted:

I'm gonna be playing some Quantum tonight and I'm looking forward to it. I have had to send off for new dice though as mine have this really gummy, sticky feel to them which is apparently not meant to be the case! The game itself seems great though. What issues did you have looking at the upgrade cards?

My friends copy had sticky dice also, it's apparently just child-worker pee.

The dice where so sticky that they could stick to my palm and not fall off when I turned them upside down.

Liked the game though.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:42

andrew smash: Jun 26, 2006; smooth soul

Sistergodiva posted:

My friends copy had sticky dice also, it's apparently just child-worker pee.

... what?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:39

canyoneer: Sep 13, 2005; I only have canyoneyes for you

Smallworld is fun, but ever since I got the ipad app on a IOS sale for $2, I don't think I'll take out the game again anytime soon. It's fun to zip through in 20 minutes without rolling dice or counting tokens. lf you're going to break out the board and play for 2-3 hours, I've got better games to play.

The video tutorials that FFG puts online are the best thing for teaching new players how to play a game. I wish all games had good & concise video tutorials online.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:43

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

SkeletonHero posted:

This doesn't work as well as you'd think. The pockets are deeper than they look and the bottoms aren't flat.

Unless you have an old/cheap pool table with the nets, then you can pretty easily modify those.

Nah it works fine, you just need a Big Gulp sized drink for it to fit properly. Trust me on this, I played D&D on a pool table throughout the entirely of highschool.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:48

Morpheus: Apr 18, 2008; My favourite little monsters

Played Bang Dice a couple times yesterday. Probably one of the most boring games I've played. First game, I was an outlaw. I got a turn, got shot to death by literally everyone else. In the second game, I rolled the dice and got three dynamite immediately (which ends your turn) and two arrows (which has sort of a delayed damage effect, all you need to know is that this is literally the worst roll you can get). Then I got killed and got to browse my phone for twenty minutes while the rest of the game resolved.

Absolutely riveting. Almost no agency, pointless hidden roles, and special abilities that are wildly varying in uselessness. My first character, for example, could reroll dice a fourth time...in a game where a dice roll has a potential of damaging you. loving great.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:50

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

canyoneer posted:

Smallworld is fun, but ever since I got the ipad app on a IOS sale for $2, I don't think I'll take out the game again anytime soon. It's fun to zip through in 20 minutes without rolling dice or counting tokens. lf you're going to break out the board and play for 2-3 hours, I've got better games to play.

The video tutorials that FFG puts online are the best thing for teaching new players how to play a game. I wish all games had good & concise video tutorials online.

At least it makes up for their godawful rulebooks. Seriously, don't arrange the full rules of the game alphabetically

# ? Jul 31, 2015 18:54

Oldstench: Jun 29, 2007; Let's talk about where you're going.

So I picked up Bring Out Yer Dead because I love the theme (more games need to be about burying bodies) and have since played it twice - once with 4 and once with 5.

The theme is better than the game play.
You need people who can have fun with take-that gameplay, otherwise it's a pointless exercise in maximising points on a board.
It's best with 5.
It's not based on the Monty Python skit, so if anyone starts quoting it, hit them.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:02

Zark the Damned: Mar 9, 2013

FFG announced a thing - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/7/31/warhammer-quest-the-adventure-card-game/

From a very quick read the rules remind me of the LOTR LCG and Death Angel.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:33

GrandpaPants: Feb 13, 2006; Free to roam the heavens in man's noble quest to investigate the weirdness of the universe!

Zark the Damned posted:

FFG announced a thing - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/7/31/warhammer-quest-the-adventure-card-game/

From a very quick read the rules remind me of the LOTR LCG and Death Angel.

They also announced Runebound 3rd Edition and another Eldritch Horror big box. Runebound is apparently demoable, so I hope that they did away with the movement system, although I'm sure it'd piss off a lot of "old guard" since the movement system pretty much defined Runebound, for better or worse.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:37

Zark the Damned: Mar 9, 2013

Also Hoax - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/7/31/hoax/

Which looks to be a more complicated version of Coup I guess?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:41

medchem: Oct 11, 2012

GrandpaPants posted:

They also announced Runebound 3rd Edition and another Eldritch Horror big box. Runebound is apparently demoable, so I hope that they did away with the movement system, although I'm sure it'd piss off a lot of "old guard" since the movement system pretty much defined Runebound, for better or worse.

In their video, they said the movement was the same:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kov9pzvbCBU

# ? Jul 31, 2015 19:44

Big McHuge: Feb 5, 2014; You wait for the war to happen like vultures.
If you want to help, prevent the war.
Don't save the remnants.
Save them all.

Picked up Argent today at the FLGS. Hopefully I'll get through the rules and be able to try it out tonight.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 20:08

Azran: Sep 3, 2012; And what should one do to be remembered?

Meanwhile, Privateer Press have released their Descent/D&D Adventure System clone's tutorial video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldBFgCnJ0Ms

I'm not feeling it, really. Maybe because the board is kinda bland.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 20:34

Archenteron: Nov 3, 2006

Morpheus posted:

Played Bang Dice a couple times yesterday. Probably one of the most boring games I've played. First game, I was an outlaw. I got a turn, got shot to death by literally everyone else. In the second game, I rolled the dice and got three dynamite immediately (which ends your turn) and two arrows (which has sort of a delayed damage effect, all you need to know is that this is literally the worst roll you can get). Then I got killed and got to browse my phone for twenty minutes while the rest of the game resolved.

Absolutely riveting. Almost no agency, pointless hidden roles, and special abilities that are wildly varying in uselessness. My first character, for example, could reroll dice a fourth time...in a game where a dice roll has a potential of damaging you. loving great.

So exactly how a dice version of Bang! sounds like it would go.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 20:38

Taear: Nov 26, 2004; Ask me about the shitty opinions I have about Paradox games!

Considering the new Mage Knight expansion was developed by people in the UK it's a bit weird that I can't find it on Amazon.

Forbidden Stars wise I think that the plan with expansions is possibly to continue the gimmick of the same four factions. They've specifically said the names of each group - so it's the Ultramarines instead of just Space Marines, World Eaters instead of just Chaos and etc.
So surely this means we'll get Imperial Fists, Thousand Sons, etc?

I think Tau would work in the game but it'd be pretty stupid to have Imperial Guard fighting Space Marines whereas you could either have Imperial Fists OR Ultramarines and etc.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 20:41

Fate Accomplice: Nov 30, 2006

Azran posted:

Meanwhile, Privateer Press have released their Descent/D&D Adventure System clone's tutorial video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldBFgCnJ0Ms

I'm not feeling it, really. Maybe because the board is kinda bland.

That board is terrible.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 20:52

bobvonunheil: Mar 18, 2007; Board games and tea

Malloreon posted:

That board is terrible.

It's not all too dissimilar to the D&D boards. Compared to the Descent/ImpAss boards it's pretty embarrassing.

I'm intrigued because I like the way it models melee combat and range by allowing multiple figures in the same square though.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 22:25

4outof5: Nov 10, 2003; Leader of the ULT Right.
Grabbing pussy since April 2, 1994

Hell yeah I was right about a new runebound. That's going to be a day one purchase for me .

# ? Jul 31, 2015 22:41

Fenn the Fool!: Oct 24, 2006; woohoo

bobvonunheil posted:

It's not all too dissimilar to the D&D boards. Compared to the Descent/ImpAss boards it's pretty embarrassing.

I'm intrigued because I like the way it models melee combat and range by allowing multiple figures in the same square though.

Yeah, that was cool. And then it started talking about how in between missions you only recover some of your hitpoints and you only get your revive potion back on a successful die roll and I couldn't stop screaming.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 22:45

bobvonunheil: Mar 18, 2007; Board games and tea

Fenn the Fool! posted:

Yeah, that was cool. And then it started talking about how in between missions you only recover some of your hitpoints and you only get your revive potion back on a successful die roll and I couldn't stop screaming.

Oh poo poo, you're right. Welp, this game's likely a wash then.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 23:24

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# ? Jul 31, 2015 23:26

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