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Go RV! posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/devastatorpress/wet-hot-american-summer-fantasy-camp-roleplaying-g What movie is this?
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Covok posted:What movie is this? It's on Netflix, definitely check it out. It's worth seeing the documentary and prequel Netflix series as well.
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Apparently Jasco Games made an error when shipping out Megaman Pixel Tactics and sent out packages with the wrong name on them.quote:We at Jasco Games have recently been made aware by our shipping department of an internal issue with our shipping program being used to manage shipping to all backers of Mega Man Pixel Tactics.
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Go RV! posted:There's a Wet Hot American Summer RPG so that's a thing I guess? How the gently caress did this get made before a Lumberjanes RPG?
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GrandpaPants posted:How the gently caress did this get made before a Lumberjanes RPG? Money talks.
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:Apparently Jasco Games made an error when shipping out Megaman Pixel Tactics and sent out packages with the wrong name on them. Sounds like they had Name and Address in separate columns and managed to get them offset. Not the worst problem, except for people who have things delivered to mailrooms or whatever instead of personal mailboxes.
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The White Box: A Game Design Workshop-in-a-Boxquote:The White Box Essays, a 128-page perfect bound book about how to make games
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Didn't someone do a blank component box kickstarter before?
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Evil Mastermind posted:The White Box: A Game Design Workshop-in-a-Box
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Baron Snow posted:Didn't someone do a blank component box kickstarter before? If I remember that project right, they were advertising it as some kind of "Emperor's New Clothes" gimmick and you had to be pure of heart to see the actual game.
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Thanks! I couldn't remember what it was themed off of, I kept thinking Pandora's box. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamesalute/emperors-new-clothes VVV That's great, I didn't follow it after the campaign, but I should have figured there would be fulfillment issues. Baron Snow fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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Apr 19, 2017 18:41
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JazzFlight posted:$30+$8 shipping in US, actually. jivjov posted:If I remember that project right, they were advertising it as some kind of "Emperor's New Clothes" gimmick and you had to be pure of heart to see the actual game.
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Rise to Nobility is really tempting me. What are some other dice placement games that currently exist that I should look at instead (besides Kingsburg)? 
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Rise to Nobility is really tempting me. What are some other dice placement games that currently exist that I should look at instead (besides Kingsburg)? Blueprints?
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Rise to Nobility is really tempting me. What are some other dice placement games that currently exist that I should look at instead (besides Kingsburg)? Alien Frontiers
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Rise to Nobility is really tempting me. What are some other dice placement games that currently exist that I should look at instead (besides Kingsburg)? Troyes is the best one.
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voyages of marco polo is current champion of dice placement.
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Impermanent posted:voyages of marco polo is current champion of dice placement. Good news, the Voyages of Marco Polo will be reprinting this year. Bad news, it's still a Z-Man print run, which have a habit of being so small they run out within 24 hours of appearing in most major online board game stores.
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Hey, what would be the total pledge if you wanted to get a copy of Gloomhaven and the solo scenarios from the kickstarter? Is it $109 or more than that to get everything?
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Agent Rush posted:Hey, what would be the total pledge if you wanted to get a copy of Gloomhaven and the solo scenarios from the kickstarter? Is it $109 or more than that to get everything? $99 for the box, $10 for the scenarios looks right to me. By all means though, ask Isaac. He's active in the comments.
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Rise to Nobility is really tempting me. What are some other dice placement games that currently exist that I should look at instead (besides Kingsburg)? Euphoria? I only played it once but remember enjoying it. Also all the ones mentioned above.
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Morels is getting an expansion: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1058482509/morels-foray-the-morels-expansion It is a pretty good 2p game, although I don't play it often because I have a glut of 2p games that I would play over it. But I have heard it is a good game to play with nongamers.
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This cyberpunk RPG, Axon Punk: Overdrive, seems to be getting some positive press. It seems to be attempting to add hip-hop and rap culture to the classic cyberpunk formula. I don't know what I think about it, but the Quick Start on Drivethrurpg has recommended rap artists to go with each class, which is a wonderful bit of characterization. It could be an interesting take on the genre that gives a new spin on it, or it could be another generic cyberpunk game.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:This cyberpunk RPG, Axon Punk: Overdrive, seems to be getting some positive press. It seems to be attempting to add hip-hop and rap culture to the classic cyberpunk formula. I don't know what I think about it, but the Quick Start on Drivethrurpg has recommended rap artists to go with each class, which is a wonderful bit of characterization. It could be an interesting take on the genre that gives a new spin on it, or it could be another generic cyberpunk game. This collection be really interesting, but 15 for the PDF is a little too much for people I have never heard of. I am not afraid to toss 5 or even 10 at a novel idea.
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Lord_Hambrose posted:This collection be really interesting, but 15 for the PDF is a little too much for people I have never heard of. I am not afraid to toss 5 or even 10 at a novel idea. I think $15 is perfectly reasonable for a PDF ruleset, being as the designers have to pay writers, artists, and editors (hopefully.) Most people don't work for free. Of course, whether or not this PDF ruleset is worth $15 is a perfect valid question.
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I got my hardback copy of Tales From the Loop today. It is a gorgeous book, and Stalenhag's art is probably worth the purchase price. I haven't gotten done reading it yet, but I like the way its laid out, everything is presented in a very clean and concise manner. The system is a very simple dice pool affair, and half the book is given over to setting information and a few pre-written adventures. It has a great Problem for the Weirdo class, which is "My dad is a communist"
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Merauder posted:Euphoria? I only played it once but remember enjoying it. Also all the ones mentioned above. Seconding this - even without the fancy kickstarter upgrade pieces, it's a really well made game, lots of fun.
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alchahest posted:Seconding this - even without the fancy kickstarter upgrade pieces, it's a really well made game, lots of fun. The upgraded pieces are really fancy though. Like exorbitantly so.
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berzerkmonkey posted:I think $15 is perfectly reasonable for a PDF ruleset, being as the designers have to pay writers, artists, and editors (hopefully.) Most people don't work for free. Oh, $15 dollars for a PDF is absolutely acceptable. I am certainly willing to pay 20-30 dollars for a PDF from a company I really like or a game I really think is interesting. Dropping 20 on Blades in the Dark was a no brainer, and I pretty much buy most Onyx Path books on release. I am just not as free with my money for stuff like this. I don't mind pitching in 5 bucks on a project that sounds cool that I may or may not ever see on the chance. At 15 I can get so many books I know I would like that I haven't gotten around to purchasing that it becomes hard to justify.
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GrandpaPants posted:Morels is getting an expansion: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1058482509/morels-foray-the-morels-expansion Then you'll want the expansion, because it raises the count to four players. Re: dice placement games - Praetor is pretty good, if you can find it.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pandesmos/the-swordfish-islands-hot-springs-island-an-rpg-he looks interesting. I've never really looked at a hex crawler before. It's a little sad, but I find it super exciting that they are actually looking to hire a proper editor. Not super wild on the stretch goals of upgraded materials, but if they are working with a local printshop maybe it will be ok?
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This is sort of random news:Chris Boelinger posted:Hello, I was kind of hoping for Dungeon Twister complete (and a box that can hold all the stuff), but I'll take more Boelinger.
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In other news, the Dark Souls board game is getting panned. Tom Vassel gave it a bad review (I haven't watched it yet myself) and people on BGG are getting pissy already. Also lol: quote:Pro reviewers should:
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Evil Mastermind posted:In other news, the Dark Souls board game is getting panned. Tom Vassel gave it a bad review (I haven't watched it yet myself) and people on BGG are getting pissy already. I mean, I think this was a doomed thing from the start. Dark Souls is a good, hard video game that is pretty well-designed. But it suffers from two things: 1) it isn't as good as everyone says it is as some of it is inflated by hype and the reality that it was a breathe of fresh air that can and has gone a bit stale and 2) hard and difficult is time-consuming as gently caress and anyone with a 40+ hour/week job are gonna be hard pressed finding time to play it. These two things are working against it sequels in video games and kind of kills its chance in board games. I can't find anyone to play a board game IRL without going to a store. Even then, we're talking maybe 1hr session per board game max (unless you're sitting in for a war game). No one has got that kind of time. Hard and diffcult video games in a market of handholding was fun, but means nothing to board games. The levels, world, bosses, and enemies were welldesigned, but that is something that doesn't translate inherently to a board game. Dark Souls without its tight design and its novetly is boring as a video game already (see Lords of the Fallen) and I can't imagine it fairing better being moved to a board game.
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I do like the idea of a card based AI fight against tough enemies. But between Dark Souls and Kingdom Death this isn't done much. Kingdom Death has the hunt phase that is designed to suck your resources through rolling one random result after another with no real player input before getting into the fight. Dark Souls has a seemingly grindy system before you are even strong enough to attempt to fight the bosses. Let's gate the cool part of our systems with bullshit! This is a good idea.
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Evil Mastermind posted:In other news, the Dark Souls board game is getting panned. Tom Vassel gave it a bad review (I haven't watched it yet myself) and people on BGG are getting pissy already. Positive: Eurogamer Man vs. Meeple Negative: Polygon Dice Tower (Tom Vasel) So it's a bit of a toss-up until real people get the game, I guess...? I dunno, the Dice Tower review seemed like Tom just had no idea as to the appeal of Dark Souls (the video game). I mean, he though it might be a "shooter" game in the first minute of the review. I'm also thinking there may be a large BGG fan-mod community that creates the "perfect" grind-free variant or boss-rush modes. JazzFlight fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Apr 22, 2017 |
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I was going to be backing Gloomhaven in the next few days then my friend came over today and out of the blue said he backed it yesterday. I cant wait until August.
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Some locals were playtesters on the Dark Souls BG, and everything they told me about how it works sounded not just bad, but completely contradictory to the playstyle of the series. Womp womp.
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