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Roluth posted:Anyone have any opinions on Steampunk Rally? Looks like a pretty interesting time-waster at least. It's a somewhat heavy game actually. And it's good. Drafting + engine building + resource management. Here are my intitial impressions quote:Steampunk Rally has a lot of meat to it. You draft cards that can be either machine parts or one time use abilities, or trash them for an immediate gain of two dice, place them in specific order to build your machine, roll and place dice in your machine slots to gain various resources or effects, spend some of those resources to gain other dice, move, gain shields, or remove placed dice (blowing off steam). After three plays it's a solid game with no real glaring issues. Everyone has enjoyed it a lot.
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Kai Tave posted:I can't say I really have any fond memories of the time we played Betrayal and because of a bunch of random chance the traitor/survivors steamrolled the other side. My one time playing Betrayal left me feeling similarly. I ended up being the betrayer, and we got a Vampire scenario. One of the survivors had drawn about 3 items that were especially potent in this scenario, and there was almost no way I was going to defeat him. I killed the rest of the survivors, and he killed me, and that was that. It didn't leave me hating the game or anything, but it definitely will never make my "buy" list, and having played it once, I'll probably not argue to play it again. It's a decent experience, but that's about it.
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bobvonunheil posted:We haven't seen Cosmic Encounter on SUSD's top 50 yet, here's hoping they finally realised it's dogshit. It's adorable how you think it won't be #1.
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Big McHuge posted:Actually according to the long-winded comment section of SU&SD, bad design is subjective and even if it wasn't it's a-ok as long as you have fun! That tells you quite a lot about the SU&SD comment section and the value of its statements.
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Bottom Liner posted:After three plays it's a solid game with no real glaring issues. Everyone has enjoyed it a lot. So nobody has ever played the card that adds one damage to every space without damage while they were in the lead?
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Some Numbers posted:It's adorable how you think it won't be #1. You know what? I can totally see the Pandemic: Legacy hype machine beating it. Not putting anything on the line, but they've been really loud about how it's supposed to be the cat's pajamas or whatever.
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Yes. Just make sure you've got a big enough table.
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Azran posted:I take it Warhammer Diskwars is a legit good game? It is good yes. If you want a table top fantasy war game and not have to invest in minis, terrain and paint, it's aces. One core is a good start, a second core is often recommended, only one of each expansio is advised if you ever pick them up.
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Do pick them up, though.
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Lichtenstein posted:Yes. Just make sure you've got a big enough table. What's this pansy-rear end recommendation? I was expecting a new edition of Tazo Libre 2015.
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Fat Samurai posted:What's this pansy-rear end recommendation? I was expecting a new edition of Tazo Libre 2015. Well, I had a secret project of slapping together a lovely campaign overlay for tazo battles, assigning leaders to a risk-like map and unlocking new tazos and allies for them to lead in battles, but truth be told, it is not coming together very well. also the World Wide Wrestling RPG stole a bit of that thunder
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Azran, here is scientific summary of Warhammer: Diskwars quality: It was done by scientists and is therefore undeniably true.
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Dec 11, 2015 13:48
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Lichtenstein posted:Azran, here is scientific summary of Warhammer: Diskwars quality: Hmm i don't normally doubt science but shouldn't splendor have no bar at all since it's the baseline for this thread?
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I'm playing CitOW tonight with 5 players. What were the arguments against using the new Upgrade and Old Words cards again?Sloober posted:Hmm i don't normally doubt science but shouldn't splendor have no bar at all since it's the baseline for this thread? I assume it works the same way that 0 Celsius is the same as 30-something whatevers those barbarians on the other side of the ocean have. EDIT: Also, I like the Age of Sigmar being lower than Talisman. Fat Samurai fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Dec 11, 2015 |
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Fat Samurai posted:I assume it works the same way that 0 Celsius is the same as 30-something whatevers those barbarians on the other side of the ocean have. Exactly, in this case fun degrees were converted to decasigmars. Sorry for forgetting to label the chart appropriately.
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Lichtenstein posted:Exactly, in this case fun degrees were converted to decasigmars. Sorry for forgetting to label the chart appropriately. Hmm.. I'll allow it for now but you'll never get into the GameScience journals with this kind of forgetfulness.
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Picking up some boardgames to play with friends over the Christmas break. So far I've decided on Ticket to Ride, Small World, Race for the Galaxy, and King of New York. Any recommendations (other than the ones listed in the OP, and a friend already has Catan)?
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Some Numbers posted:It's adorable how you think it won't be #1. It's number 2
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Lichtenstein posted:Cube this: What game is that?? 
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COOL CORN posted:What game is that?? Engage & Destroy. The Brien Miller one, not the one that's on BBG. I think it's still under development at Compass Games.
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ijyt posted:Picking up some boardgames to play with friends over the Christmas break. So far I've decided on Ticket to Ride, Small World, Race for the Galaxy, and King of New York. Someone is bound to recommend Codenames and it may as well be me.
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Fat Samurai posted:I'm playing CitOW tonight with 5 players. What were the arguments against using the new Upgrade and Old Words cards again? I think the argument is they break the careful balance of the base game over their knee and render upgrade decisions moot, but I've only played the base game so can't say either way
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Lichtenstein posted:Engage & Destroy. The Brien Miller one, not the one that's on BBG. I think it's still under development at Compass Games. Shucks, those counters are gorgeous.
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Fat Samurai posted:Someone is bound to recommend Codenames and it may as well be me. The OP should probably be amended to replace Dixit with Codenames. ijyt, it would be a good idea to tell us how many friends you're playing with. Groups of less than six need different games to groups of 7-10. (A group of six can play both social games and many regular games.)
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My Dixit probably feels neglected. None of my friend especially like it. Might be time to sell. Or maybe just use as wallpaper...
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ElNarez posted:You know what? I can totally see the Pandemic: Legacy hype machine beating it. Not putting anything on the line, but they've been really loud about how it's supposed to be the cat's pajamas or whatever. I'm not quite sure how much of a hype train it is. It's a really engaging version of a game that I had previously thought kind of stale. I never thought I would so thoroughly enjoy Pandemic, but here I am, anticipating it on a weekly basis like I'm a kid at Christmas.
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Big McHuge posted:Speaking of sports games, anyone have opinions on either that Bottom of the 9th game or Baseball Highlights 2045? I like Bottom of the 9th (and finally got my GenCon preorder last week), though the expansions with super-players isn't really necessary. If you don't like ~~dice rolls~~, though, stay away. It's fun for a ten minute thing. Some day I will get someone to play Ultimate Baseball with me. SOME DAY. Also some day I'll fix their egregious errors w/r/t rankings.
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Lichtenstein posted:Azran, here is scientific summary of Warhammer: Diskwars quality: I would like to see the raw data on this analysis, it does not feel accurate to me. Talisman is much better than Age of Sigmar.  In other news Amazon has finally decided to refund my money from my failed order of Dominion. I ordered it in September  What should I get with the money? I was thinking of buying a game for my nephews for Christmas.
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Jedit posted:The OP should probably be amended to replace Dixit with Codenames. Good point. We usally have 4-5 for game nights, which sometimes jumps to 6-8.
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Rutibex posted:I would like to see the raw data on this analysis, it does not feel accurate to me. Talisman is much better than Age of Sigmar. A full decasigmar better! If not rounded down, it'd be some 12 sigmars better, IIRC. Not sure I can present raw data though. Fun wars might be over now, but Pentagon is really anal about declassification procedures. Sorry![edit] Get Diskwars expansions.
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ijyt posted:Good point. We usally have 4-5 for game nights, which sometimes jumps to 6-8. Definitely Codenames, then. It's one of the few games that scales well from 4 to 8, and you already have Camel Up.
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The glory and horror of someone reading the Mombasa intro in a New Orleans accent was discovered last night. I liked the game, but it took way too loving long because of serious AP in the group I was with (4 loving hours in a 4 player game). The card discard/pickup mechanic is fairly clever although the game is so tight that one misplay there can seriously derail you. It feels like a game that would benefit from a bunch of plays although if I were to ignore the  cover and actually buy it I'd be worried about the variability once things did start to click.
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Got the Nethervoid replacement set from CGE today. Full playset of cards (not just the misprints), new scoreboard and tokens, but no extra gateway obviously. So with some replacement token that's another complete faction we can use. Plus, they included the Legendary Summoner promo legend! They really are the best for customer service.
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I played a 3 player game of Food Chain magnate yesterday. I lost badly with less than $100 while the other 2 had ~$200 and ~$300 respectively. They piggybacked on my infinite marketing campaigns and kept undercutting me so I didn't sell much of anything. At least I learned to be way more careful if I ever get the infinite marketing milestone. Really good game, but it'll kick you in the face much harder than any Vlaada game if you screw up.
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Is it a very mathy game? I haven't found a thorough review of it, but it looks like it's a lot of number crunching.
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I'm just going to echo what other people have been saying and say that Warhammer Quest: ACG is pretty fun. It feels like playing the old WHQ or Descent, only without the huge-rear end board and tons of things to keep track of.
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DStecks posted:That's sort of what helps it work, though. Betrayal is a great game for people of different skill levels to play because you can't meaningfully get good at it, but you still feel like you're making strategic decisions and planning things out. Like, my brother-in-law is crazy good at board games, I don't even like playing Catan with him any more because he always wins, but in Betrayal the winner is pretty hugely dependent upon luck without it feeling obviously luck based. Yeah I'm actually not being sarcastic in my quote. Sometimes that is the kind of game that people want to play, and I don't actually know if anyone has done that better than Betrayal. I'd like to see a faster version, but those kinds of game aren't my cup of tea so I don't know if I'm the right audience.
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Bottom Liner posted:Is it a very mathy game? I haven't found a thorough review of it, but it looks like it's a lot of number crunching. All cards are revealed at the beginning of the turn, so you can quickly math out what everyone else is pricing their food and plan accordingly. IMO Power Grid has more math. I'd recommend keeping a running total of player earnings from turn to turn, but that's just because I find paper money to be annoyingly fiddly.
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Some Numbers posted:It's adorable how you think it won't be #1. It was actually #2! Above Codenames (#6) and behind Pandemic: Legacy.
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