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Vivian Darkbloom posted:I've gotten through the Wir Sind Das Volk! rules and a couple video tutorials, think I have a grasp on it mechanically. Here's something I don't really get -- what do the socialist cubes represent, and why do they automatically go into protest spaces? They represent education about the virtues of the Socialist economic system. When they are placed in protest spaces, a certain number of protestors have changed their minds about the planned economy and become committed Socialists. If all of the cubes are placed on the board, that means the majority of the population is firmly committed to the GDR's economic policies. If all of the cubes are removed from the board, belief in the Socialist system has vanished to the point that the majority of the population calls for revolution, or at least significant reform, resulting in a Capitalist economic system like the one in the FRG. CaptainRightful fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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My group just finished Pandemic Legacy. We won the second game of December. Score 733, not too shabby. This game was a wild ride and we are all looking forward to season 2.
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When my team beat Pandemic: Legacy we crushed December on our second attempt, but were very annoyed when a huge part of the final score was something we easily could have done but had to reason or indication to do. Soured the concept of the score to us. We still had a blast and recommend the game wholeheartedly, though.
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I know exactly what you mean, there was just no hint or incentive to do it and yet it would have been very easy. Had we done it we would have easily scored into the top tier.
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rydiafan posted:When my team beat Pandemic: Legacy we crushed December on our second attempt, but were very annoyed when a huge part of the final score was something we easily could have done but had to reason or indication to do. Soured the concept of the score to us. What are you referring to?
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Hey, maybe if you want to talk particular endgame December spoilers for Pandemic Legacy, you can take the discussion over on to the the Pandemic Legacy: Spoiler Quarantine thread.
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Magnetic North posted:Hey, maybe if you want to talk particular endgame December spoilers for Pandemic Legacy, you can take the discussion over on to the the Pandemic Legacy: Spoiler Quarantine thread. that thread is long dead & archived fyi but keep on linking it repeatedly edit: i guess maybe i confused you with someone else, but i'm leaving this here anyways
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Hauki posted:that thread is long dead & archived fyi I hadn't noticed it getting archived. If people posted in it, that wouldn't have happened, but I guess that's the big old legacy game called Life.
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PRADA SLUT posted:Recommend a game I can play with six people, all medium board game people, with the following caveats: Ticket to Ride: Team Asia fits perfectly.
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I've never played Twilight Struggle and I just bought it on Steam purely due to the internet's adoration. I lost the tutorial game after USSR DEFCON 1'd me in turn 4 but I really like the mechanics. also seems like it would be a tremendous pain in the rear end to play on a table
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AndrewP posted:I've never played Twilight Struggle and I just bought it on Steam purely due to the internet's adoration. I lost the tutorial game after USSR DEFCON 1'd me in turn 4 but I really like the mechanics. it's nto bad if you can get the little chits for control organized nicely. The tempo of pissing around with chits to thinking through moves is about right.
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AndrewP posted:also seems like it would be a tremendous pain in the rear end to play on a table It is. CommonShore posted:it's nto bad if you can get the little chits for control organized nicely. The tempo of pissing around with chits to thinking through moves is about right. Don't believe this. They play wargames.
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AndrewP posted:I've never played Twilight Struggle and I just bought it on Steam purely due to the internet's adoration. I lost the tutorial game after USSR DEFCON 1'd me in turn 4 but I really like the mechanics. It was much easier to set up than some of the euros I play. Organization goes A LONG WAY with it.
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Fat Samurai posted:It is.  70 cents on AliExpress.
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Looks like Riot dropped some hints on BGG they will be announcing new content for Mechs Vs Minions soon
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Kashuno posted:It was much easier to set up than some of the euros I play. Organization goes A LONG WAY with it. Seriously, Twilight Struggle is easier to setup and manage than something like Through the Ages, The Colonists, or A Feast for Odin.
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Twilight Struggle hardly has any bits at all. It has a low diversity of chits, some cards, and a few dice, the setup is incredibly simple. After that the only upkeep is the deck and like the Defcon track, everything else happens as a result of play.
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One thing that Twilight Struggle does much better than COIN games is that the status of the winning conditions for each side is immediately apparent, and you only really need to do some (very easy) counting when the scoring cards come up. This is different from how COIN handles it, in that the victory conditions shift really easily, are hard to track 100% of the times and sometime you require boring counting periods where you literally need to check what the actual scores of the players are because someone might have forgotten to update one of the scoring tracks. Which is why COIN on vassal is probably a better experience since the scoring tracks are (usually) updated dynamically. The only laborious action in TS is trying to find the correct numbers, or having to stack counters if you ran out of a particular number. On another note, last 48 for Kitchen Rush. Get it while it's hot!
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CommonShore posted:
These look handy. What are they/what did you search for?
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Tekopo posted:
Fffffuck I really want to pull the trigger on this but I really shouldn't 
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Tekopo posted:On another note, last 48 for Kitchen Rush. Get it while it's hot! Did in fact get it. Do I really need this and Magic Maze? Probably not, but good real time games are just really entertaining.
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Johnny Truant posted:Fffffuck I really want to pull the trigger on this but I really shouldn't yeah you should it looks great
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I haven't posted in here in forever but what are the hot new games. I want to jump on a bandwagon
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Neurotic Roleplay posted:I haven't posted in here in forever but what are the hot new games. I want to jump on a bandwagon A Feast for Odin and Gloomhaven are between hot new and old hat but they probably qualify.
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Tekopo posted:On another note, last 48 for Kitchen Rush. Get it while it's hot! Does it say somewhere if the stetch goals are KS exclusive or will they be available at retail as well?
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Kashuno posted:yeah you should it looks great Are you telling me this cause the game looks great, or because we'll be living close together soon so you can just use me for the game?  Gonna have to look at the Kickstarter again, how much was it? Hmmm...
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Neurotic Roleplay posted:I haven't posted in here in forever but what are the hot new games. I want to jump on a bandwagon You are going to want to pick up gaming masterpiece, The Colonists.
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Johnny Truant posted:Are you telling me this cause the game looks great, or because we'll be living close together soon so you can just use me for the game? Why not both???
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FulsomFrank posted:These look handy. What are they/what did you search for? I think I found them by browsing storage and crafts
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CommonShore posted:I think I found them by browsing storage and crafts Tackle boxes might also get you hits, as Plano boxes are technically tackle boxes but work well.
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Has anyone here played Ars Alchimia? I love the art and Rahdo seems to like it (we have overlapping tastes). It's on sale at MM for a cheap $18.
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EBag posted:Does it say somewhere if the stetch goals are KS exclusive or will they be available at retail as well?
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I don't actually like tackle/craft boxes for parts. The bottoms and corners aren't rounded, so digging components out is a pain. The clear plastic containers/storage trays included for the resources in Scythe by contrast are wonderful.
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Mister Sinewave posted:I don't actually like tackle/craft boxes for parts. The bottoms and corners aren't rounded, so digging components out is a pain. https://www.topshelfgamer.com/collections/stonemaier-treasure-chest-component-upgrades/products/plastic-resource-containers Here ya go
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Mister Sinewave posted:I don't actually like tackle/craft boxes for parts. The bottoms and corners aren't rounded, so digging components out is a pain. Agreed on the Scythe containers. Planos are also too deep to fit in most game boxes along with everything else. GMT counter trays are great, but not much use for any other kind of game piece.
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Chill la Chill posted:Has anyone here played Ars Alchimia? I love the art and Rahdo seems to like it (we have overlapping tastes). It's on sale at MM for a cheap $18. I've been eyeballing this for a minute but haven't gotten the chance to play it 
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Mister Sinewave posted:I don't actually like tackle/craft boxes for parts. The bottoms and corners aren't rounded, so digging components out is a pain. What you want are bead boxes. Super cheap, and rounded bottoms on each chamber.
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Chill la Chill posted:Has anyone here played Ars Alchimia? I love the art and Rahdo seems to like it (we have overlapping tastes). It's on sale at MM for a cheap $18. I've played it. It's pretty generic worker placement. Get orders, gather cubes, fulfill orders with cubes, sometimes pick up special abilities. There's a couple small wrinkles, sure: a) You can send multiple workers to a space. b) You can reuse an already-used space by sending more workers than currently occupy it. (So if there's two workers on a space, you can send three workers to boot them out.) c) Each space gives you a reward, then you roll a d6 to see if you get a bonus. Each worker you send beyond the minimum gives you +1 to the die roll. But it still feels like basically every other light WP, with a minor sprinkle of bullshit luck. Your opponent sends one dude to a space and rolls a 6. You send five dudes to a space to get a 2+ roll and drop a 1. You grab something from one of the market rows and a perfect card replaces it. Et cetera. It's never like a game-ruining upset, but it'll give the hard euro sorts heart palpitations. About the only real selling point is the art. And I'm not gonna front, I loving love the art on Kuro's games. Dude always puts out absolutely gorgeous boards, and also anime. Basically, if you want to spend  bucks on something pretty to have on the shelf, I can't blame you. It's probably more value for money than Lords of Waterdeep. But if you've already got like Argent: the Consortium or Dungeon Petz or anything meaty on the shelf, this ain't gonna do much for you.EDIT: Me, I'm still holding out for a US release of one of Kuro's other games, My Fair Princess. Not because it's any deeper or anything. But its the only game where "being a useless lesbian" is a positive character trait you can have.  And that speaks to me on a personal level. gutterdaughter fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Jun 21, 2017 |
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Thanks for the thoughts. I already have Argent and a couple other heavy worker placement games but between the art, size, and light nature, I think it would actually be useful. It looks like board game Atelier 💖. It probably fills the same role as Stone Age, which I have, but it's a lot more portable. However, Stone Age does have that stinky cup.
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jmzero posted:What you want are bead boxes. Super cheap, and rounded bottoms on each chamber. Thanks for the tip, I hadn't realized bead boxes were any different.
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