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Speaking of Steampunk Rally, what other engine-builder games are out there besides it and Galaxy Trucker?
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Evil Mastermind posted:Speaking of Steampunk Rally, what other engine-builder games are out there besides it and Galaxy Trucker?
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Dec 1, 2015 07:16
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The aforementioned Temporum is an acceptable time travel game that has no deduction at all.
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Dec 1, 2015 07:30
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I have sheep for wood. e: gently caress.
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Dec 1, 2015 08:48
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Lichtenstein posted:I have sheep for wood.
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Dec 1, 2015 09:06
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XCom boardgame, does it solo well?
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Dec 1, 2015 10:01
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Okay Goons, my friend Joe is wanting to buy a board game for one of his friends for Christmas and came to me for some suggestions. From what I'm told this friend's gaming experience so far is rather limited, and he knows that she's played and enjoyed Relic and Zombies!!!. It's not much to go on I know, so I was thinking of some decent suggestions from a couple of different categories so Joe (who's played a lot of board games with me) can take a decent punt. Based on her like of Relic let's get the comedy recommendation of Talisman out the way first and save Rubitex a post. Part of me wants to just say "Get her Codenames." It's probably the best suggestion. Thing is I'm more of a Euro game so I don't really know much about what thematic games might be appropriate. Pandemic could be a good option as it's certainly got theme, Hanabi comes to mind as something cheap and cheerful, and I guess Dead of Winter is basically a bigger version of Zombies!!! despite it's flaws.
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Dec 1, 2015 10:13
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Lottery of Babylon posted:Eldritch Horror question: does anyone know how you're meant to play against Syzygy? Since nobody else responded to this I'm gonna guess maybe nobody else has Strange Remnants except me. That said I've only played twice, but one was a win so there's that. Basically we treated the Mystic Ruins like the Active Expedition - something to do if you're in the area and nothing else is super urgent, but otherwise ignorable. To your second game mention - I don't have the game in front of me now but iirc Syzygy's reverse side is made easier dependent on how many mysteries you have completed previously, so the obvious plan is to have Syzygy flip via mysteries rather than eldritch tokens on the red omen. I want to say it also has one of the biggest Mythos decks which suggests you can take your time, and only two of the cards are blue so once you deal with those you're set.
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Dec 1, 2015 10:46
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The General posted:XCom boardgame, does it solo well? No, pretty much the entire point of the game is the interaction between the different players under a time constraint. Zveroboy posted:Okay Goons, my friend Joe is wanting to buy a board game for one of his friends for Christmas and came to me for some suggestions. From what I'm told this friend's gaming experience so far is rather limited, and he knows that she's played and enjoyed Relic and Zombies!!!. It's not much to go on I know, so I was thinking of some decent suggestions from a couple of different categories so Joe (who's played a lot of board games with me) can take a decent punt.  Always buy Codenames
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Dec 1, 2015 10:49
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Probably a bit off topic, but I've been asked to identify some sprues over on boardgamegeek as part of the secret santa thing. Please help me so I won't have to deal with the crazies over there. This is from Codenames! This is from The Prodigals Club! This is from Ships!Got 'em all! Thanks! Electric Hobo fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Dec 1, 2015 |
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Dec 1, 2015 11:20
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Single Tight Female posted:Since nobody else responded to this I'm gonna guess maybe nobody else has Strange Remnants except me. That said I've only played twice, but one was a win so there's that. Basically we treated the Mystic Ruins like the Active Expedition - something to do if you're in the area and nothing else is super urgent, but otherwise ignorable. When I beat Syzygy it was by doing the mysteries. That said, the second time I tried we got destroyed by some bullshit "go to the mystic ruins and discard a clue AND a spell, also do this once for each investigator and you have six" mystery, so there's probably some nuance I'm missing. 
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Dec 1, 2015 11:32
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First picture I think is Codenames.
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Dec 1, 2015 11:33
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Tekopo posted:First picture I think is Codenames. Confirmed.
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Dec 1, 2015 11:53
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Tekopo posted:First picture I think is Codenames. Thanks! That'll teach me to only play my homemade knockoff! In my defense it's because I need a version in Danish. *Edit* Figured one out on my own. The one with the triangle is from The Prodigals Club. Electric Hobo fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Dec 1, 2015 |
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Dec 1, 2015 12:03
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If you thought Tom Vasel is insufferable, check out these paragons of tabletop entertainment coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsmx6D1IXpE
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Dec 1, 2015 12:35
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So I recommended Codenames to my friend and I went full fan-girl about it because I wrote a loving wall-of-text Facebook message giving a quick overview of the rules and how awesome the game is and simple it is to teach and the number of cards and how the assassin works and the tension christ you could cut it with a knife sometimes and omg its loving funny to watch the spymaster break out in a cold sweat when they realise their clue potentially includes the assassin and...yeah  It's okay, I'm simply spreading the Good Word of Vlaada.
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Dec 1, 2015 12:38
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Lichtenstein posted:If you thought Tom Vasel is insufferable, check out these paragons of tabletop entertainment coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsmx6D1IXpE
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Dec 1, 2015 12:41
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Lichtenstein posted:If you thought Tom Vasel is insufferable, check out these paragons of tabletop entertainment coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsmx6D1IXpE 
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Dec 1, 2015 13:19
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Zveroboy posted:Okay Goons, my friend Joe is wanting to buy a board game for one of his friends for Christmas and came to me for some suggestions. From what I'm told this friend's gaming experience so far is rather limited, and he knows that she's played and enjoyed Relic and Zombies!!!. It's not much to go on I know, so I was thinking of some decent suggestions from a couple of different categories so Joe (who's played a lot of board games with me) can take a decent punt. They love Relic, I don't see how I can't not recommend Talisman...... But seriously, don't buy them a brain crunching Euro game just because that's what you would want them to like. Maybe go half way and get Prophecy? It's a theoretically better designed version of Relic/Talisman by the same guy that made Codenames. Rutibex fucked around with this message at 13:21 on Dec 1, 2015 |
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Dec 1, 2015 13:19
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Zveroboy posted:So I recommended Codenames to my friend and I went full fan-girl about it because I wrote a loving wall-of-text Facebook message giving a quick overview of the rules and how awesome the game is and simple it is to teach and the number of cards and how the assassin works and the tension christ you could cut it with a knife sometimes and omg its loving funny to watch the spymaster break out in a cold sweat when they realise their clue potentially includes the assassin and...yeah Codenames is tense? The most tension we feel playing it is when someone gives a clever clue and the active team suggests every remaining agent on their side except the ones intended - and that's the spymasters desperately trying to hold in the laughter.
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Dec 1, 2015 13:20
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Ettin posted:When I beat Syzygy it was by doing the mysteries. That said, the second time I tried we got destroyed by some bullshit "go to the mystic ruins and discard a clue AND a spell, also do this once for each investigator and you have six" mystery, so there's probably some nuance I'm missing. Mysteries are hard. You really want to do them though, and if you move the omen back to green then it won't get a token so you can spend some time in Ruins and some time on mysteries, with the majority focused on getting stronger.
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Dec 1, 2015 13:55
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Zveroboy posted:Okay Goons, my friend Joe is wanting to buy a board game for one of his friends for Christmas and came to me for some suggestions. From what I'm told this friend's gaming experience so far is rather limited, and he knows that she's played and enjoyed Relic and Zombies!!!. It's not much to go on I know, so I was thinking of some decent suggestions from a couple of different categories so Joe (who's played a lot of board games with me) can take a decent punt. Pandemic is a pretty good idea since it is a good game and a lot of people have never played a cooperative game before (Flashpoint is a good alternative if you are bored with Pandemic but looking for a similar type of game). I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Dominion yet (maybe I just missed it). Codenames is obviously good, but a game like Love Letter can be a nice stocking stuffer.
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Dec 1, 2015 14:32
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If literally their entire frame of reference is Relic and Zombies then there's no telling what they might like and might not like. Get them literally any good, light-ish game and hope for the best.
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Dec 1, 2015 14:47
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Serious answer: Claustrophobia. It has dice and monsters and dungeons, so they won't go "eww, cabbage farming", light enough they won't feel intimidated by it, and nice game in general. Its mechanics will let you nudge them to either some nice FFG ameritrash, or euros from the Castles of Burgundy/Alien Frontiers angle. It also has minis, which is good I guess? I would suggest against anti-Zombies Mall/City of Horror, because that could instill a dangerous idea of zombie games being worthy of consideration.
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Dec 1, 2015 14:54
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Scyther posted:If literally their entire frame of reference is Relic and Zombies then there's no telling what they might like and might not like. Get them literally any good, light-ish game and hope for the best. As someone who started this hobby with Zombies!!! and talisman, which is the original relic, let me just allow them to skip the transitional periods and say to get Caverna, dungeon lords, or terra Mystics - or codenames if they want a party game. They could opt to get Ra or Puerto Rico also, but those aren't as flashy or new. E: dungeon lords' only failing here is setup time because the gameplay is fast as hell. Chill la Chill fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Dec 1, 2015 |
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Dec 1, 2015 15:04
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Zveroboy posted:So I recommended Codenames to my friend and I went full fan-girl about it because I wrote a loving wall-of-text Facebook message giving a quick overview of the rules and how awesome the game is and simple it is to teach and the number of cards and how the assassin works and the tension christ you could cut it with a knife sometimes and omg its loving funny to watch the spymaster break out in a cold sweat when they realise their clue potentially includes the assassin and...yeah It's a pretty good party game, yeah.
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Dec 1, 2015 15:15
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Tekopo posted:It's really hard to answer this question without first working out what you mean by 'engine'. GT isn't an engine builder by the traditional definition. Basically I'm interested in other games like Steampunk Rally.
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Dec 1, 2015 15:41
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Right, just wanted to make sure. Engine Builder usually means game in which you run an 'engine' ie you feed it resources a, which it then transforms into b which are then transformed into points/other resources. An example is like Le Havre: you have something that makes iron, which you then turn into steel, which you then turn into boats. Your definition of engine builder does have a few other games, like Goblins Inc. I've played it and I wasn't really that excited about it although I sort of liked the idea of it.
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Dec 1, 2015 15:46
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One more play of Quartermaster General has now solidified my opinion of the game: it's poo poo. I can almost stand the extreme swingyness of the decks themselves and the fact that if some cards come out early, that side has a definite advantage, but what I can't stand is the lack of options and catch-up mechanisms if you are losing. Going "I discard 4 to place a guy in my home space" and watching him getting destroyed over and over again is not okay.
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Dec 1, 2015 15:53
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Chill la Chill posted:As someone who started this hobby with Zombies!!! and talisman, which is the original relic, let me just allow them to skip the transitional periods and say to get Caverna, dungeon lords, or terra Mystics - or codenames if they want a party game. They could opt to get Ra or Puerto Rico also, but those aren't as flashy or new. Also Mage Knight.
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Dec 1, 2015 15:57
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This is my very own copy of Dungeon Petz: 
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Dec 1, 2015 16:13
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Tekopo posted:This is my very own copy of Dungeon Petz: Do you bend the side of the box down so you can slide the components out rather than remove the box top
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Dec 1, 2015 16:17
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This is also most of my gameboxes. It sucks for reselling, but there's no way to preserve the corners if you're trransporting them in a backback, rather than gaming purely at home.
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Dec 1, 2015 16:19
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Ettin posted:When I beat Syzygy it was by doing the mysteries. That said, the second time I tried we got destroyed by some bullshit "go to the mystic ruins and discard a clue AND a spell, also do this once for each investigator and you have six" mystery, so there's probably some nuance I'm missing. I think that nuance might just be getting a Blessing of Isis* early. *or whatever the +1 to all skills spell is edit: also playing Ursula Downs
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Dec 1, 2015 16:23
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I would like the know the size of the large backpacks you guys are using to hold games like dungeon pets. I just keep mine in the car with other games inside larger boxes so they don't move around as much.
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Dec 1, 2015 16:25
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It's not too big: my backpack could fit Dungeon petz and Space alert with room to spare for Yomi.
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Dec 1, 2015 16:27
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In my case, it's a rectangular-ish backpack with an internal sleeve for a laptop. It's fairly unassuming, but it's the exact size to pack like FFG boxes and poo poo (though if you want to fit more than two boxes you might need to pack them together carefully so they fit.
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Dec 1, 2015 16:33
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It's Christmas list season, can I leverage the hivemind for some game recommendations? What's been this year's New Hotness besides Splendor? We're not big 2-player games, or on direct confrontation aka "thwartsmanship". Games we usually enjoy: 7 Wonders Splendor Castles of Burgundy (but nobody ever wants to try Trajan  )Dominion (for a few weekends every couple months, sort of a rolling burnout) 6nimmt Discworld: Ankh-Morpork Brass Chrononauts Steam (the recent remake of Age of Steam) Ticket to Ride Yggdrasil (someone please sell me the expansion! Or scan your expansion god cards?) Arkham Horror Tash-Kalar Libertalia Space Alert Space Catan Is [redacted] cool? It looks cool.
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Dec 1, 2015 16:33
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Broken Token, please make boardgame condoms for backpacking games, tia.
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Chill la Chill posted:I would like the know the size of the large backpacks you guys are using to hold games like dungeon pets. I just keep mine in the car with other games inside larger boxes so they don't move around as much. Get a sports bag or tote. The one I have can take standard square boxes across its footprint in pairs and up to three vertical layers. It's also wide enough to take a portrait box side on along with a coffin box like Kemet or Legendary Encounters or a large box like The Gallerist with a smaller box like Celestia or Spyrium. I even managed to get Cthulhu Wars, Archipelago and Hyperborea in it once, but that was a stretch and more weight than I want to carry in it regularly.
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