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Did anyone mention that AEGIS's deluxe tier has free worldwide shipping? Because it does. I thought it didn't even ship to my place when I checked the core tier.
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# ? May 12, 2017 19:35 |
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Okay, I was excited until the rules were pointed out as well. Can you explain for me how ANY version of this rule system could properly do this setting and do good campaign play? It seems like a glorified board game; little say in character creation, gimmicky cards that handle too many things, and no room for much character growth. I was legitimately interested, so I legitimately want to know why you are excited. Well, the writers doing the setting are legitimately a dream team of occult horror writers. You can buy the setting separately I think, so that at least looks interesting.
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# ? May 12, 2017 19:55 |
obviously I hosed it posted:This looks so freaking cool to me. Lovecraft *and* you get to be a 'bad guy'. WHat's not to love? Are you affiliated with the project? This is the sort of non-thinking that marketers like to spew and usually results in poo poo like Cards Against Humanity, except at least Cards Against Humanity is a real product instead of something that will be delayed, then disappear or be forgotten.
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# ? May 12, 2017 20:53 |
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To be fair, it's entirely possible to get swept up in the idea of a project and ignore the flaws. Dude could just be overhyped.
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# ? May 12, 2017 21:02 |
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Aaaand the Rift KS is canceled. Time will tell if they learn any lessons and actually come better prepared next time, or if they're just waiting until the evil trolls get bored and the shitstorm passes.GrandpaPants posted:Are you affiliated with the project?
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# ? May 12, 2017 21:26 |
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Being a cultist in a Lovecraftian universe is exactly like being a member of an underground social group in any other setting as far as I can tell. I'm willing to be convinced it isn't, though.
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# ? May 12, 2017 21:33 |
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this robot game's fusion system looks fun, but i'm not convinced by the combat resolution mechanism.
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# ? May 12, 2017 21:56 |
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Pierzak posted:Aaaand the Rift KS is canceled. Time will tell if they learn any lessons and actually come better prepared next time, or if they're just waiting until the evil trolls get bored and the shitstorm passes.
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# ? May 13, 2017 01:09 |
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JackMann posted:To be fair, it's entirely possible to get swept up in the idea of a project and ignore the flaws. Dude could just be overhyped. I am hyped! Also not a dude, no offense. I'm just a raging fan of Lovecraft 's stories and my favorites were always the weird people, not the monsters. The people always freaked me out way worse than an Old God under the sea. I saw the game and was pretty jazzed; I'd love to play it.
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# ? May 13, 2017 01:10 |
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Obviously there's room for multiple RPGs about a particular concept, but personally my "playing a cultist" needs are handled by the fairly simple, elegant Soth.
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# ? May 13, 2017 01:11 |
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JazzFlight posted:Oh geez, that guy behind it is gonna kill himself for real this time, right? At least according to the update they posted, the plan is to work on the game a bit more with some backer suggestions and come back with a better KS later. If they stick to that, it'll probably work out. Fingers crossed?
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# ? May 13, 2017 01:12 |
Ettin posted:with some backer suggestions How much did they have to pledge to have their suggestions taken seriously?
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# ? May 13, 2017 01:24 |
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Battle for Biternia is a MOBA style boardgame. Looks good, unlike that other game that is a LOAD of crap. HAHAHA. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stonecirclegames/battle-for-biternia-the-moba-for-boardgamers/comments
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# ? May 13, 2017 02:39 |
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Pierzak posted:Aaaand the Rift KS is canceled. Time will tell if they learn any lessons and actually come better prepared next time, or if they're just waiting until the evil trolls get bored and the shitstorm passes. Huh, wow, I figured they had enough momentum to power through, but hopefully things will be learned on their second outing. Of course, I thought they'd have been learned by the first outing, too... Ettin posted:At least according to the update they posted, the plan is to work on the game a bit more with some backer suggestions and come back with a better KS later. If they stick to that, it'll probably work out. Fingers crossed? Yeah, it's not my thing even as the resident Palladium critic, but I hope it turns out okay for him and potential backers in the end.
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# ? May 13, 2017 02:57 |
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LordAba posted:Battle for Biternia is a MOBA style boardgame. Looks good, unlike that other game that is a LOAD of crap. HAHAHA. I'm on the fence on this. The combat system makes some effort to avoid the usual ruts (ie. it's not "every turn I move 3 then roll 3 attack dice against 2 defense dice") and there seems to be some interesting decisions (particularly in skill order and timing). What I like less is the tick-tock of everyone takes turns moving, then everyone takes turns using a skill. Combined with limited positioning (heroes share big spaces, ranged heroes can hit the next space over, that's it) I feel like there's going to be a low limit on the interesting tactics you can pursue (and perhaps the hero design space as well). Yes, there's some meat on the old "hidden action selection", rock-paper-scissors bone, but I'm not sure if it'll be enough (especially, again, when movement resolves the way it does). Perhaps more importantly, it seems like the game will snowball pretty hard. While that's also a characteristic of video game MOBA's, I don't know how satisfying that will be in boardgame form, especially when it's unclear how much potential there'll be to come back through out-playing. I feel like the static map and game mode (the team mode is just splitting one person in two), limited hero selection, and limited build options, play will slide into a rut pretty quickly. But I'm also considering grabbing it. It seems like they put some work in, and it should be at least a passable take on a genre I'm interested in. jmzero fucked around with this message at 04:21 on May 13, 2017 |
# ? May 13, 2017 04:19 |
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Any news/opinions regarding Top Hats and Treachery?
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# ? May 13, 2017 12:16 |
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New Red Box Kickstarter. I like Tre's stuff, and I'm definitely thinking of backing. He had some issues with earlier Kickstarters, but he still managed to deliver. It's a shame he won't be using an EU partner to help with RotW stuff, which means it might be better for European folks to wait until it fulfills and then buy from Hasslefree.
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# ? May 13, 2017 12:55 |
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JazzFlight posted:Oh geez, that guy behind it is gonna kill himself for real this time, right?
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# ? May 13, 2017 13:25 |
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Pierzak posted:Hey, if the last attempt was true and he hasn't learned anything from it, he's welcome to do so. Let's not do this, please.
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# ? May 13, 2017 14:37 |
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Yeah. I mean, the guy's kind of a dumbass for working with Sembieda, but it's really terrible to wish suicide on someone, especially over Pretendy Funtime Games.
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# ? May 13, 2017 14:53 |
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I love the concept of RIFTS and Savage RIFTS just proves the farther Siembada is away from you know...rules and poo poo, the better. I would love to see and buy a RIFTS boardgame with functional gameplay.
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# ? May 13, 2017 17:03 |
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Agent Rush posted:Any news/opinions regarding Top Hats and Treachery? It's Gloom with a Victorian Hotel theme, but with less actual game. I guess it's alright if you like to mess around and have a narrative experience with friends.
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# ? May 13, 2017 19:26 |
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Okay, I was excited until the rules were pointed out as well. Can you explain for me how ANY version of this rule system could properly do this setting and do good campaign play? It seems like a glorified board game; little say in character creation, gimmicky cards that handle too many things, and no room for much character growth. I was legitimately interested, so I legitimately want to know why you are excited. Sure, I'll pm you later, if that's ok---its finals week for me, so I'm in a bit of a dither at the moment.
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# ? May 15, 2017 11:12 |
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A copy of Burning Suns just arrived on my desk. Only three or four years late. All enthusiasm has been sapped by the cluster gently caress if a rules PDF sent around about six months back At least I'll have some pretty plastic spaceships to play with
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# ? May 15, 2017 12:07 |
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If anyone is into 28mm old school Gnomes or Indonesian tribal Rats, there's a project out there for you
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# ? May 15, 2017 13:08 |
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Hey y'all new kickstarter up for the sequel to Minutes to Midnight. I had the opportunity to play this a while ago while the designer was conducting a bunch of public playtests, and really liked what I saw. Give it a shot if you really like high-interaction worker placement games. There's bluffing, using opponent's action spaces, and really tight blocking while trying to build the bigggest nuclear arsenal in the world. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/miniongames/manhattan-project-2-minutes-to-midnight-board-game
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# ? May 15, 2017 16:03 |
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Impermanent posted:Hey y'all new kickstarter up for the sequel to Minutes to Midnight. I had the opportunity to play this a while ago while the designer was conducting a bunch of public playtests, and really liked what I saw. Give it a shot if you really like high-interaction worker placement games. There's bluffing, using opponent's action spaces, and really tight blocking while trying to build the bigggest nuclear arsenal in the world. ...and funded. Hooray!
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# ? May 15, 2017 22:17 |
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Yeah, I really liked Manhattan Project and the card-game variant Chain Reaction, so this looks like an easy pick. I'll probably snag Energy Empire as part of it, too.
Echophonic fucked around with this message at 01:25 on May 16, 2017 |
# ? May 16, 2017 01:23 |
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Booo, add-ons are US only.
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# ? May 16, 2017 04:04 |
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jmzero posted:I'm on the fence on this. The combat system makes some effort to avoid the usual ruts (ie. it's not "every turn I move 3 then roll 3 attack dice against 2 defense dice") and there seems to be some interesting decisions (particularly in skill order and timing). Hmm, good point about the snowballing. I'll ask about that in the comments. The only thing I can think of is winning gives you money = more cards and levels, and more cards make it take longer to recover from death. I can see your point on the movement, but I'm not sure how it will work without playing it. I should really check out that gameplay video again. It will really depend on hero selection too.
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# ? May 16, 2017 13:21 |
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A nice Russian lady does adorable minis of furniture and is crowdfunding some no less adorable post-apoc stuff that totally isn't Fallout. It's on Indiegogo, but with fixed funding, none of that "we'll take whatever money you give us" bullshit.
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# ? May 16, 2017 22:03 |
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So, which goon is responsible for this? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharkerstudio/harem-wars-card-game
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# ? May 21, 2017 19:33 |
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"Dharker Studio". Looks like they're a VN company so I guess they have experience making squish-core .pngs. Game looks like utter trash, tho.
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# ? May 21, 2017 19:47 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:"Dharker Studio". who wants to spend $150 on weeb-made softcore porn VNs! ABOUT THIS BUNDLE Complete your set of Dharker Studio games. Bundle includes: Army Gals + All Released DLC Bunny Bounce Beauty Bounce Highschool Romance: Magi Trials + All DLC Packs Negligee + All DLC Packs Summer Fling + Soundtrack Club Life + Soundtrack Echo Tokyo: An Intro + All DLC Packs Highschool Possession Highschool Romance Beach Bounce Remastered + Soundtrack Divine Slice of Life + Soundtrack Sword of Asumi + All DLC Packs Purchasing this bundle, will grant you an extra discount on any games that you don't own.
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# ? May 21, 2017 19:58 |
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Anime brings out the worst in people
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# ? May 21, 2017 21:26 |
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Tsilkani posted:So, which goon is responsible for this?
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# ? May 21, 2017 23:17 |
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Visual Novels: putting textwalls between nerds and their cartoon porn since 1983.
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# ? May 21, 2017 23:36 |
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Ominous Jazz posted:Anime brings out the worst in people More that the worst people like anime.
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# ? May 22, 2017 00:36 |
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Jedit posted:More that the worst people like anime. Which anime is your favorite?
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# ? May 22, 2017 00:51 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Game looks like utter trash, tho. The one person who backs this for the game is going to be pissed.
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# ? May 22, 2017 01:40 |