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Lord Hydronium posted:How are Arctic Scavengers and/or Core Worlds? My only experience with deck builders is Valley of the Kings, which I love, but I'm not sure is comparable to others. Both of those caught my eye, but seem to have a mix of people who love them and people they fall flat with. mediocre/alright respectively Just Get Dominion™
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Stelas posted:
I'm about halfway through doing it solo, and it's set up in chapters and the app lets you save your place. It's pretty neat and really easy to jump in and out.
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deadwing posted:mediocre/alright respectively To present a slightly opposing viewpoint: I think Arctic Scavengers is pretty solid. Not quite good enough to enter my collection (because I don't need any pure deckbuilder beyond Dominion), but I've played it a few times and I liked it. Doesn't allow for crazy engines (for some that's a pro for some it's a con), and has high interaction for a deckbuilder. I say it's worth giving it a shot if you have the chance.
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Remind me, is there an expansion that removes the medicine bottleneck or was it just wishful thinking?
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If you like Dominion you should own Valley of the Kings. Great small box games that offer enough change while still being a really good deckbuilder.
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deadwing posted:mediocre/alright respectively Alternately, Eminent Domain (with expansion) or Valley of the Kings.
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if you primarily play two player and want a 1v1 fighting game spin on deckbuilding, try Puzzle Strike.
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Impermanent posted:if you primarily play two player and want a 1v1 fighting game spin on deckbuilding, try Puzzle Strike. I've played about a dozen Puzzle Strike games, both digital and physical, and I just cannot get into the game. There's something about it that I really just don't like. I think it might be the asymmetrical characters.
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The best and most advanced Dominion-Like is clearly Tanto Curio: Oktoberfest. The beer collecting adds a unique dimension, not captured by any of the other deck builders. Its stand alone of course, but it can be combined with other Tanto Curio sets that add other unique mechanics! 
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Go gently caress yourself you creepy piece of poo poo.
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But does it come with a plastic baggie to suffocate your sense of shame in?
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That tash kalar recommendation. 2 player, it's probably my favorite Game. 4 player, it's a pretty hot mess and. I would probably just avoid it Arctic scavengers is also the poo poo
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theroachman posted:Weird. You didn't ask them to explain? Could it be some cultural thing, perhaps something like... based on age? Alphabetical order of names? They were really focused and I was just observing. Sometimes it's just best to let them do their thing if it's working for them.
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One of the guys I meet at GenCon each year bought the first one of these games un-ironically.
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OgreNoah posted:One of the guys I meet at GenCon each year bought the first one of these games un-ironically. The first set is the weakest IMHO.
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Please take your custom maid dungeon cards home with you
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Rutibex posted:The first set is the weakest IMHO. Protip: it's all poo poo
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Synthbuttrange posted:Remind me, is there an expansion that removes the medicine bottleneck or was it just wishful thinking? Both the HQ and Recon expansions have cards that help mitigate medicine shortages. There's a big box option that has both expansions included in it.
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Rutibex posted:The best and most advanced Dominion-Like is clearly Tanto Curio: Oktoberfest Rutibex clearly too busy fapping to anime maids to even spell the name of the game right despite it being right there on the box art (though tbh probably not looking at that part of the box).
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I dont see how the anime Maid game is worse than, say, kingdom death. In fact, anime octoberfest seems like a cool theme in multiple ways.
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The End posted:Protip: it's all poo poo
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discount cathouse posted:I dont see how the anime Maid game is worse than, say, kingdom death. In fact, anime octoberfest seems like a cool theme in multiple ways. Yes garbage poo poo themes are comparable doesn't make either good.
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discount cathouse posted:I dont see how the anime Maid game is worse than, say, kingdom death. In fact, anime octoberfest seems like a cool theme in multiple ways. One is anime cards with tittys, the other is plastic mini tittys?
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Scythe is now my first sleeved board game, I had some spares so I sleeved up New Angeles as I love the art on the cards but gently caress sleeving board games. Boring as hell.
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Flipswitch posted:Scythe is now my first sleeved board game, I had some spares so I sleeved up New Angeles as I love the art on the cards but gently caress sleeving board games. Boring as hell. I sleeved the entirety of Dominion up to Adventures in one sitting. That is true boredom.
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I heard that MM2nd and AH LCG expansions are delayed for UK/EU? I also can't seem to find Dreamlands anywhere. I need my FFG fix.
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jivjov posted:I sleeved the entirety of Dominion up to Adventures in one sitting. That is true boredom.
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Flipswitch posted:Just these two game nearly destroyed my will to live, I guess I'll only sleeve the games I really like to look after them. The best way to sleeve deckbuilders is play and tell people that they have to sleeve whatever cards they buy
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Ropes4u posted:One is anime cards with tittys, the other is plastic mini tittys? Anime is cool when it's cool and sexy. Rape being cool and sexy is NOT cool.
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So after playing my free(ish) copy of Disc Duelers with my wife, we're now in the market for more dexterity games. That's one section missing from the OP; are there any good goon-sensus recommendations in that genre?
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Flipswitch posted:Just these two game nearly destroyed my will to live, I guess I'll only sleeve the games I really like to look after them. Maybe I'm weird but I kind of enjoy sleeving. Just turn on a show and zone out. Probably the same reason people like knitting.
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jivjov posted:So after playing my free(ish) copy of Disc Duelers with my wife, we're now in the market for more dexterity games. That's one section missing from the OP; are there any good goon-sensus recommendations in that genre? Everyone's said good things about Ice Cool.
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If you've played enough MtG you don't even notice sleeving as a separate activity. It's just something that you do without thinking about it.
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Seems to be warm reviews for Steam: Rails to Riches on Android. Think I'll bite. Re: Arctic Scavengers, it is one of two games in my collection that I will end up selling. It's not a bad game by any means, but I bought it 2-3 years ago, and my 5 or so attempts to play it with people end with a 'not 'bad' reaction to the first game and then no desire to play again. This is with base set. Maybe with more stuff it becomes a bit more engaging, but it seems it's too much work considering there are lots of games out there that are instantly likeable.
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Got my first playthrough of The Great Zimbabwe in last night. I played it two-player and despite being confused by the rule-book here and there we watched Rahdo's staccato extended play and got the gist. First off, it played way faster than I thought it would. We finished our game in half an hour, and that's with some significant humming and hawwing over bids and which gods/specialists to go for. My girlfriend took the one that gives you two extra cattle every round and I held off and grabbed the -2 VR god in hopes of warping to a low-VR win. We both made mistakes and would do things differently (I waited too long on specialists and gods, she had way too many cattle and didn't use them efficiently, she also built a diamond mine that only helped me win) but I snuck in to a victory that I wasn't ashamed of, and I think she would have won if she had had one more turn. Overall, I had a very positive impression of the game and want to play a few times again, especially with higher player count. I would say that I didn't walk away from it with as wild-eyed an expression on my face like I did after my first play of FCM but it was still really good with a lot of depth and choices and I think the simplicity of the actions and gameplay would make it hit the table more often than other games like it. And we both had a lot of fun playing it too! Also, I need to sleeve my VotK sets. Do my penny sleeves from MtG fit them nicely?
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jivjov posted:So after playing my free(ish) copy of Disc Duelers with my wife, we're now in the market for more dexterity games. That's one section missing from the OP; are there any good goon-sensus recommendations in that genre? Look into crokinole. Building a board as we speak
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jivjov posted:So after playing my free(ish) copy of Disc Duelers with my wife, we're now in the market for more dexterity games. That's one section missing from the OP; are there any good goon-sensus recommendations in that genre? Pitchcar? I couldn't remember the name so I had to Google. Now I know these videos are a thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df3AJRdefoY
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CommonShore posted:If you've played enough MtG you don't even notice sleeving as a separate activity. It's just something that you do without thinking about it. Yeah, sleeving/desleeving is a sort of mindless activity in MTG. You have to do it every single draft to your new deck. I really cringe when I see people playing EDH decks without sleeves. "What are you doing?" "I don't have money for sleeves." "Well you had money for 100 rares and mythics, why not $4 for 100 lovely ultrapros?"
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Rad Valtar posted:Looking for some suggestions for a midweight euro that plays really good with 2 for me and the wife but has the ability to go up to 4 for a gaming group? I'd also recommend The Voyages of Marco Polo, Orleans, and The Castles of Burgundy.
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Disrecommend on 2player Orleans. The game is great with 3 or 4 players, but the game is very bad at keeping options tight and limited in a 2 player game.
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