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I got my sister Pitchcar Mini for Christmas. https://twitter.com/broken_loose/status/813173933361033216 https://twitter.com/broken_loose/status/813176731267977216 editerooni: Magnetic North posted:Regarding the use of Platinums and Colonies, Prosperity is also the only set which contains Kingdom Card with a cost of 7 (except Inheritance from Adventures, but that's one use anyway.) Obviously, without these card, hitting 7 exactly sucks, but I've always felt that was a part of the game. So, what's the design reason for the inclusion of those cards? Maybe they need to fill that space at 7 because the game isn't fun when there is nothing to buy in two slots (7 and 10)? Or even if they aren't out, hitting 7 exactly becomes more rare? It's an interesting question. DXV answered that in an interview, once. Basically, the $7 gap is just a funny coincidence and sometimes there are cards that cost appropriately $7. It just turns out that Gold and Province are balanced around being respectively $6 and $8, so whatever it is has to fit exactly between Gold and Province in terms of when it should be available to you. It's not as easy as the difference between a $2 and a $3, or even a $5 and a $6. Broken Loose fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Dec 26, 2016 |
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Are there any good reverse-deckbuilding games around? I know of Flamme Rouge, but that game appears to be completely unavailable if you didn't buy a ticket to Essen 2016.
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Pictomania! Glad to get a game where the family says even they think it looks fun. Gonna wait until my sister and her boyfriend are over to play it with all.
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Codenames with my in-laws and their friends. 7-10 minute turns with each turn consisting of clue:1. This sucks. Send help or kill me.
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Big McHuge posted:Got the special edition Vinhos from my parents. What's the consensus on the 2010 vs 2016 versions that come in the box? My wife and I really enjoyed the 2016 version. It felt deep and satisfying enough, while being easy to teach/learn. Though part of me is interested to try the 2010 version with my Euro-loving friends. Looking at the rules though, I'm worried that it adds complexity without adding equivalent depth.
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Flipped through 30 pages ctrl-f'ing for 'trek, but didn't see anything on Star Trek: Ascendancy. I love Eclipse, and this looks like a game in a similar vein, but Trek-y. Reviews seem to be good overall, though some point out that the game is basically a race for the culture resource. Most reviews are also on the 3p version, but I'd be getting the expansions and playing with 4 or 5, so I'm not sure how well I can believe them. Any opinions in here on the game? (Oh, my Christmas haul was The Resistance, when I already own Avalon)
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Oldstench posted:Codenames with my in-laws and their friends. 7-10 minute turns with each turn consisting of clue:1. This sucks. Send help or kill me. 
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Magnetic North posted:Regarding the use of Platinums and Colonies, Prosperity is also the only set which contains Kingdom Card with a cost of 7 (except Inheritance from Adventures, but that's one use anyway.) Obviously, without these card, hitting 7 exactly sucks, but I've always felt that was a part of the game. So, what's the design reason for the inclusion of those cards? Maybe they need to fill that space at 7 because the game isn't fun when there is nothing to buy in two slots (7 and 10)? Or even if they aren't out, hitting 7 exactly becomes more rare? It's an interesting question. Wedding, Overlord, City Quarter, Forum, Wine Merchant, Advance, Royal Blacksmith, Villa, Basilica, and Stonemason all make hitting 7 more bearable, so there's more options, even if they aren't printed 7s.
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Ravendas posted:(Oh, my Christmas haul was The Resistance, when I already own Avalon) Can't help with Ascendancy past reviewing the manual, but Resistance isn't useless if you have Avalon! It gets more support than Avalon, so you can add Hostile Intent/Plot Thickens and still have a unique experience from Avalon. Hell, Avalon actually ends up worse in the deal because it's easier to mix Hidden Agenda with other Resistance parts than it is to port any of the unique cyberpunk roles to Avalon.
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I played Exploding Kittens again, because why not, and yep, it's a worse version of Uno. The best strategy I cared to figure out was to just constantly draw cards until you have enough actions and steals to pin the last remaining opponent, and hope that you draw a defuse in the process to lengthen the time until the RNG fucks you. Oh, and I guess pay a minimal amount of attention to what your opponents have played. There seems to be nearly no reason to use any action (except for steals) until you have better information, which tends to happen late in the game. Awesome. Also you get to look at a dozen stale jokes, and awful, awful card art.
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Looks like I'm the third guy in the thread to get Prosperity for Christmas. I also got Coup and Avalon; any advice for Avalon for people who haven't played it before?
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Broken Loose posted:I got my sister Pitchcar Mini for Christmas. I'd never heard of this before, but that looks really awesome. Sick jump.
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Johnny Truant posted:Awesome! I got 126 with catapulter on my second playtest. Starting with a longship definitely makes the beginning a lot easier. I actually never went for the home board rock bonus. My first turn was explore immediately, raid for get fibula then and that double bonus on Iceland by the second turn. Oh! I missed those setup bonuses! Since I bought a longship on the last turn for silver, that makes my score 125. Can you make a full bullet list for setup bonuses for future ones?
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Safety Biscuits posted:Looks like I'm the third guy in the thread to get Prosperity for Christmas. I also got Coup and Avalon; any advice for Avalon for people who haven't played it before? Vanilla blue is a way better role than you think. Don't use Merlin without the Assassin, or the game will be basically impossible for red. Don't use Percival without Morgana, or the game will be basically impossible for red. Mordred is a difficulty modifier that makes the game easier for red. Oberon is a difficulty modifier that makes the game easier for blue. Lady of the Lake is really good but causes more arguments. Use it with or without characters at will.
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CommonShore posted:Oh! I missed those setup bonuses! Since I bought a longship on the last turn for silver, that makes my score 125. I absolutely can! I phone posted that whole thing, so my apologies for it being unorganized. 
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Played sushi go party with the family, this may be the first game we've played where everyone actually had a good time - The last game we played as a family was Mexican Train which (a) is hardly a game and (b) tilted me harder than anything ever. Through as I was packing up I noticed I didnt have a divider/randomizer for Pudding for whatever reason, so I guess I need to contact the distributor.
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Sushi Go! Party is great, they really knocked it out of the park. I was curious if the new cards would be accessible to my mom, who likes games, but doesn't like complexity that much, but after a little grousing she picked them up right away, and won the first match.
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Winning the first match does wonders for encouraging someone to play again. We've been enjoying Fuji Flush this weekend. Got in a couple games of Dominion as well (and I lost both of them doggone it)
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Got and played Bang: The Dice Game with the in-laws. It's a pretty significant improvement over the old card version, which my group used to play pretty often. Definitely a good game for a group of casual/non-gamers. Otherwise, also got Blood Rage, Race for the Galaxy (have played several times but it's been a while and I've never owned it) and King of Tokyo. Basically just recently rediscovered board games over the last couple of months and I'm pretty psyched. I mostly play games two player with my wife who doesn't mind competition but straight-up aggression in games can get a little awkward. Thinking that Blood Rage should probably be reserved for my other friends, but RftG and KoT should be fine, right? RftG is pretty much two-player solitaire if I remember right.
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Got and played Bang: The Dice Game with the in-laws. It's a pretty significant improvement over the old card version, which my group used to play pretty often. Definitely a good game for a group of casual/non-gamers. Race is best with two, using the advanced two player rules. It is by far the game I have played the most with my wife. Highly recommend picking up the Alien Artifacts expansion, ignoring the Orb module, and not touching any other expansions.
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What do you guys think of Kingdom builder big box? I got it for my brother, hoping I didnt gently caress up edit: seems like i did, there is no fifth player even though it says its supposd to have one MOVIE MAJICK fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Dec 26, 2016 |
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Codenames ended up being a hit. First round was a little rough, but then people got into the swing of things. Every round came down to a single card difference between the teams, and lots of blunders and questionable decisions to laugh at.
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:What do you guys think of Kingdom builder big box? I got it for my brother, hoping I didnt gently caress up Yeah, this was straight up missing from the entire print run and good luck contacting Queen for complaints. People say don't buy anything from WizKids but they at least address your concerns (even if they gently caress up again). Queen won't even answer the phone.
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al-azad posted:Yeah, this was straight up missing from the entire print run and good luck contacting Queen for complaints. So I made a mistake just buying a Queen game?
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Played a lot of Sushi Go Party tonight and wow, they actually found a way to make a great game even better. Looks nicer too. I could probably play this game all day. Also some Oregon Trail: The Card Game. I mean, it's a bad game. The Bad Stuff Happens deck has a 1 in 8 chance of killing you outright with no recourse if you draw from it. Those odds get worse as people draw from it since it doesn't get shuffled. Basically playing this with any less than the max of 6 is a guaranteed death sentence. We had a lot of fun roleplaying during the duration at least.
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Ravendas posted:Flipped through 30 pages ctrl-f'ing for 'trek, but didn't see anything on Star Trek: Ascendancy. It's solid, but combat is the risk style 'piles of doom' rather than anything clever and tactical. There isn't enough meat on the bones to support the length of the game compared to other 4x games.
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lordsummerisle posted:I got The Colonists for christmas. The game looks really daunting. How complete of a game is playing only eras 1-2?
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Man its been awhile since I played Caverna and I got totally stomped because I couldnt remember what anything does.
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Had to cancel my order for the colonists cause my wife got it for me for christmas. It took me 1 1/2 hours to sort all the bits, buildings and landscape tiles into a plano Box and a counter tray. Still had to rearange everything several times before I could close the box again. There is just so much stuff. Can't wait to try it out.
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My cousin got Codenames Undercover from our secret santa so we played it instead of regular codenames. Synonyms everywhere and very little room for more interesting clue-giving. Frustrating to play.
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Quick colonists strategy question. There are four main ways to generate points, right? Employing citizens, buildings, selling goods and money generation via buildings? Am I missing something? And is it feasable to concentrate on one or do you just mix and match for the best results? It seems to me atm that you have to mix it up but I haven't played it yet so who knows. Selecta84 fucked around with this message at 10:23 on Dec 26, 2016 |
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Selecta84 posted:Quick colonists strategy question. Employing people are worth a lot of points if you can sustain them, but everyone gets them eventually, so results may vary. It's very much an optimization exercise, so people (that I've played with) usually have a general, long term strategy that they want to follow, but grab whatever they can getting there on the main board. Short term strategies vary a lot by the main board's layout and what colonies are in play.
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Electric Hobo posted:Buildings and embassies are also worth points on their own. Yeah, I forgot the buildings. Edited them in. I see your points and try to keep them if them mind. Thanks
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Played Sushi Go Party. Great game. Somewhat angry about the insert, though.
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theroachman posted:Re: 2p competitive dungeon crawl Bottom Liner posted:You want Arcadia Quest. You're competing with the other players for pvp/pve objectives to win each scenario. al-azad posted:I see a million copies of Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower and on one hand it's GW, but on the other hand it looks pretty because it's GW. ImpAss has a skirmish mode you say? I'll have to look into it, I don't like SW but I can adapt it into a sort of Descent 1.5 ruleset I'm making. taser rates posted:Earth Reborn is right up your alley. Awesome tactical miniature 2p game designed by Christophe Boelinger, the same guy that designed Dungeon Twister. You can somewhat feel its DNA in there, but it's very much its own beast.
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Pierzak posted:So it's not really a dungeon crawler and competitive is its worst aspects, why exactly are you recommending this for a 2p comp crawler then? I know MK and it's a great game, but so is Dungeon Lords and it's still not what I looked for. I didn't say "Mage Knight, definitely, buy it now now now!" I said "Mage Knight?" and then went on to explain how it might or might not be what you want. I'm not sure what more you want from a random dude on the internet.
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theroachman posted:I didn't say "Mage Knight, definitely, buy it now now now!" I said "Mage Knight?" and then went on to explain how it might or might not be what you want. I'm not sure what more you want from a random dude on the internet.  also I probably should've phrased my post much more unambiguously.
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