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I think Vlaada's going to be at UK Expo though, so I'll get to meet him again. Back when Strategicon was having real game designers instead of them inviting the Fluxx designers every con, Vlaada came to our Con in LA. It was awesome meeting him, one of the designers who I have a high amount of respect for.
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May 10, 2017 17:33
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Johnny Truant posted:Wait are you actually Vlaada Chvatil? I am Tom Vasel
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May 10, 2017 17:34
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If so I dig your games!
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Are there any games that are must haves or must plays but aren't easily available in the US right now? I'm in Berlin for a week and I went into Brettspielge-something today and couldn't find anything that jumped out at me.
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May 10, 2017 17:35
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ketchup vs catsup posted:Are there any games that are must haves or must plays but aren't easily available in the US right now? A Feast for Odin maybe?
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Impermanent posted:Some games are designed for people who want to go deep on them - it's not like Twilight Struggle, which was reigning champ of BGG for several years, isn't completely inaccessible to new players either. It just takes a lot of effort to be good. Dominion is the same way, although it tends not to feel like it to new players because they rarely play people who understand the game. Yomi is hard to play and hard to find someone to play with, but it simply does things battlecon is incapable of doing, full stop. Accessibility is merely one metric by which to judge a game, and there's oodles of strong games with poor accessibility. A complete fighting game doesn't exist and frankly, it shouldn't exist, because it would be crap.
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May 10, 2017 17:38
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Rutibex posted:A Feast for Odin maybe? CSI has some in stock *right now*.
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ketchup vs catsup posted:Are there any games that are must haves or must plays but aren't easily available in the US right now? I wouldn't say any game is a must play/have, but I really like Voyages of Marco Polo, Concordia, and wir sind das volk. All are rather hard to find in the us and are pretty language independent.
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May 10, 2017 17:48
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silvergoose posted:CSI has some in stock *right now*. Lemme raise this a bit further. A Feast For Odin is currently in stock on coolstuffinc if you want a copy for a very reasonable 85 bucks
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May 10, 2017 17:49
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Concordia is an excellent game, very fun if a little long few playthroughs last month
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May 10, 2017 17:51
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Papes posted:I wouldn't say any game is a must play/have, but I really like Voyages of Marco Polo, Concordia, and wir sind das volk. All are rather hard to find in the us and are pretty language independent. I believe Z-man has planned a new reprint of The Voyages of Marco Polo soon (TM).
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May 10, 2017 17:52
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silvergoose posted:Lemme raise this a bit further. That's nuts, I think I paid less than that in Canadian dollars back when it first arrived. Goddamn FfO is great, I need to play it more.
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golden bubble posted:I believe Z-man has planned a new reprint of The Voyages of Marco Polo soon (TM). They have but not until late this year if I remember correctly, assuming no delays.
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May 10, 2017 17:56
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FulsomFrank posted:That's nuts, I think I paid less than that in Canadian dollars back when it first arrived. The price got raised for the run immediately following the first, basically, and has stayed at that 85ish level since. Compared to the secondary market 130+ though...
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May 10, 2017 17:58
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w00tmonger posted:Speaking of millennium blades, it's deal of the day at miniature market for $45 so say someone were to be buying this, do they need to get any expansions? I think I might get Set Rotation if that has the single-player stuff?
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May 10, 2017 18:03
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I know a guy who has a playtest copy of Discworld: The Gods, doesn't like it but is keeping it anyway. Can someone please give me a heads up on how illegal murder really is anyway?
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May 10, 2017 18:12
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Deathlove posted:so say someone were to be buying this, do they need to get any expansions? I think I might get Set Rotation if that has the single-player stuff? The base game includes a ton of content so I would say no, it's not needed.
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Lord Frisk posted:No. No it's not. Rutibex posted:I am Tom Vasel Why is the internet so confusing!? silvergoose posted:Lemme raise this a bit further. drat, this makes me want to buy another copy of it cause it's so cheap!
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May 10, 2017 18:19
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Deathlove posted:so say someone were to be buying this, do they need to get any expansions? I think I might get Set Rotation if that has the single-player stuff? Play the base game and see if you like it. The Expansions are mostly just more stuff rather than any additional mechanics, minus stuff like a single player mode or something. Or scenario B is play the base game, like it, then realize that the expansions are all sold out everywhere except Ebay and third party Amazon for value x 5.
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May 10, 2017 18:28
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I notice Forge War has rules for solo play. Anyone tried it? Is it any good?
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May 10, 2017 18:32
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ketchup vs catsup posted:Are there any games that are must haves or must plays but aren't easily available in the US right now? Find me a copy of Maria and one for yourself also.
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May 10, 2017 18:54
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jmzero posted:I notice Forge War has rules for solo play. Anyone tried it? Is it any good? Gonna start a normal solo game in 1/2 hour...
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May 10, 2017 19:03
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Cracked and bought FfO off CSI since no one in the UK has any clue when they'll get their shipment after emailing numerous .co.uk game stores. 85 bucks for the game. 70 bucks for shipping welp.
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May 10, 2017 19:14
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Tai posted:Cracked and bought FfO off CSI since no one in the UK has any clue when they'll get their shipment after emailing numerous .co.uk game stores. It will be back in stock in a year. You should cancel your order.
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May 10, 2017 19:44
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Tai posted:70 bucks for shipping 
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May 10, 2017 19:54
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I don't think I've paid 70 dollars for shipping combined from my game purchases.
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May 10, 2017 20:07
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Bet you have tangerine head as president, just sayin'
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Lorini posted:Bet you have tangerine head as president, just sayin' Maybe not for much longer?
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May 10, 2017 20:26
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Lorini posted:Bet you have tangerine head as president, just sayin' Yup, which is I love the escapism that gaming provides 
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Jedit posted:I know a guy who has a playtest copy of Discworld: The Gods, doesn't like it but is keeping it anyway. Can someone please give me a heads up on how illegal murder really is anyway? It's only illegal if you get caught.
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Gamers United Against Trump
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I played Brass yesterday, managed to win after nobody was developing in the first phase and I got one level 3 cotton mill, two level 2s cotton mills and a level 2 port down. Heavy developing strats still work.
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Fuuuuck I really want to get Millenium Blades but I'm not sure about the art/theme (the concept is 100% solid but man that's a lot of anime)
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Fuuuuck I really want to get Millenium Blades but I'm not sure about the art/theme (the concept is 100% solid but man that's a lot of anime) Also the characters you play are basically characters in yu-gi-oh, it owns
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Fuuuuck I really want to get Millenium Blades but I'm not sure about the art/theme (the concept is 100% solid but man that's a lot of anime) Other than I think 6 cards, I think that there isn't really any fan service in the game. If you don't like the chibi art style, I can't really fault you for that. As someone who is vehemently opposed to fanservice, I don't remember seeing anything objectionable other than one character's pro promos. I could be missing something since I am not intimate with the game. The references are heavily influenced by comics, video games, and anime.
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Shadow225 posted:Other than I think 6 cards, I think that there isn't really any fan service in the game. If you don't like the chibi art style, I can't really fault you for that. As someone who is vehemently opposed to fanservice, I don't remember seeing anything objectionable other than one character's pro promos. I could be missing something since I am not intimate with the game. The references are heavily influenced by comics, video games, and anime. 
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jmzero posted:I notice Forge War has rules for solo play. Anyone tried it? Is it any good? So after my first solo game I must say that I quite liked it. Setup, tear down and playing the game took me about 1 1/2 hours but the game should be faster and smoother from now on. Finished the game with 102 points. I made my biggest mistakes in the mining phase. During setup I just placed my meeples and the npc meeples without much thought and that led to a game with rather tight resources. With more planing I would have had much more to work with and would have finished more quests. Money is also really tight in the normal game and I followed the developers advice and took starting wealth cards with lots of money on them. The rules are quite simple and the flow is good cause every phase within a round has not that many options. But you have to plan ahead to tie all three phases together. Really looking forward to a multiplayer game and trying out an epic solo game.
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Tekopo posted:It's a mixture of anime and magic the gatheric jokes (there's a card called 'Chase: The Price Sculptor' so if you are not down with both... Yeah my group is all actively anti-anime or neutral but MB is pretty innocuous. Conversely, none of them will play Tragdey Looper.
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It's really well done parody and there's something for everyone. Even if you're "anti-anime" (lol) there's something for the Final Fantasy fan, MtG, Gundam, sentai, Harry Potter/young adult lit, Street Fighter/Guilty Gear, video games in general... if you are casually affiliated with popular nerd culture then there's something to laugh at.
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My friend got millennium blades and while he says there's a lot of anime, I'm beginning to fear there isn't enough.
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