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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Is there currently a way to order the 2nd printing of Gloomhaven? It seems like it's in a weird valley right now between kickstarter and shipping. From what I've seen of gloomhaven and my experience with Descent is the more fiddly game, Gloomhaven is a more elegant game.
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I've been chasing the Hero Quest dragon for a while now, and while there are some good crawlers out there (I haven't played Gloomhaven yet but that's probably going to change), none have captured the sense of Adventure in the same way Hero Quest did. There are plenty of clever ways to kill monsters, but none that have all the secret doors and treasures you can find by searching a room, the traps you can run in to, or the unique events that happen in certain circumstances, that made HQ feel more like an adventure and less like you're a Dungeon SWAT team.
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Texmo posted:I've been chasing the Hero Quest dragon for a while now, and while there are some good crawlers out there (I haven't played Gloomhaven yet but that's probably going to change), none have captured the sense of Adventure in the same way Hero Quest did. There was something in the air in the 80's. They don't make geekery today like they did then. I don't want to order Hero Quest though 'cause my friend already did and I'm pretty sure running that game is going to be his baby, so happy to let him keep DM'ing it. Unfortunately I can't figure out a way to order Gloomhaven 2nd edition right now, so I went ahead and ordered Descent 2nd ed for now, figure we can run a few games using the app and then move on to Gloomhaven once it's order-able again.
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Jul 23, 2017 22:10
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:There was something in the air in the 80's. They don't make geekery today like they did then. https://www.gamenerdz.com/gloomhaven-second-printing-preorder
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Rumda posted:From what I've seen of gloomhaven and my experience with Descent is the more fiddly game, Gloomhaven is a more elegant game. Descent's advantages are that one can buy it right now in a store and also not spend $100 on it.
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Jul 23, 2017 22:13
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People recommend (or at least used to recommend?) the d&d adventure board games as a decent fantasy swat simulator. It is a very simple game (dunno if the Privateer Press dungeon crawlers are even simpler or just about the same) and of course it doesn't even reach GH's ankles regarding design quality but it may be what you are looking for?
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Jul 23, 2017 22:14
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Big "out of stock" button there Is it "preorder" and they're already out of stock of their allocated preorder or is it only out of stock because it's not printed yet?
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Jul 23, 2017 22:18
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homullus posted:Descent's advantages are that one can buy it right now in a store and also not spend $100 on it. I'll give you the "is currently in stock" thing, and I guess if you need a dungeon crawler for $60-70 and can't stretch any further than that, fair enough. But you'd have to spend way more than $100 (or even $140, which is going to be the MSRP) on Descent to get anything like as much content as you get in Gloomhaven.
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Azran posted:People recommend (or at least used to recommend?) the d&d adventure board games as a decent fantasy swat simulator. It is a very simple game (dunno if the Privateer Press dungeon crawlers are even simpler or just about the same) and of course it doesn't even reach GH's ankles regarding design quality but it may be what you are looking for? They've really grown on me. They're incredibly fast, to the point that each game takes maybe an hour at most and you just run around like a maniac bashing monsters and grabbing loot. They do a really cool job of abstracting away a lot of the stuff that bogs down Descent and its ilk. I wish more games would adapt the simple damage and health models they use, and the AI is actually awesome, both for its speed and the way it lets players tweak the difficulty by letting the players have a hand in the monster behavior. They are very, very simple games though. Tactics are minimal, scenarios are repetitive, poo poo can be random as hell and some people will be driven insane by how much the game sometimes leaves up to the players.
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the tiny furniture was the best, man I wish that hadn't disappeared from my dad's house
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dishwasherlove posted:I love Neuroshima Hex but the app ruined me. You can breeze through a game with the computer taking care of all the housekeeping so now it's a slog to play IRL. This got me to pick up the app because I need something for bus rides besides Race for the Galaxy. I *really* suck at Neuroshima Hex.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Big "out of stock" button there Good point, I bet they sold out. I wonder if there will be a third kickstarter since demand doesn't appear to be waning.
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Ropes4u posted:Good point, I bet they sold out. I wonder if there will be a third kickstarter since demand doesn't appear to be waning. It's going retail soon after the the kickstarter editions go out, iirc it will be around $150.
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The Lord of Hats posted:This got me to pick up the app because I need something for bus rides besides Race for the Galaxy. The AI will kick your rear end for a while, but you'll get there pretty quickly. The app is great and if you get hooked like I did, the expansions are just a few bucks and most of them are pretty cool. Speaking of apps kicking my rear end, the Tigris and Euphrates app has been kicking my beginner butt. drat this is a cool game - I may need to buy the real thing to play with actual humans.
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I apologize to FFG for saying they write bad rulebooks because I played TMNT Out of Shadows or whatever and the rulebook is horrendous. Instead of there being a FAQ or whatever you can turn to the forums where I guess the sole designer regularly posts to tell people what'sup. Just basic rear end questions like "do my special powers turn off when I'm knocked out" which your gaming instincts tell you yes, and the rules suggest they do but they're actually referring to the player's cards and not your intrinsic character abilities. So yes, this bad guy that can inspire people near him will continue to do so even though he's face first seeing stars. It's otherwise a competent campaign based skirmish game with zero character building and a neat shared dice system but it doesn't really elevate it above mediocre.
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Jul 24, 2017 04:18
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Low player count Captain Sonar coming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zglc3OI3H0
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I tried to play captain sonar at the same weekend party we played Hero Quest at. Unfortunately my brilliant "let's draw a dong" strat was not as effective as I had initially hoped.
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Jul 24, 2017 21:12
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I'd say that of the two, Mansions of Madness 2e blows Descent 2e out of the water. If you're not married to a fantasy theme, I'd recommend Mansions first in a heartbeat. Though obviously if you can hold on for a couple of months Gloomhaven sounds like it'll beat all comers.
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Bottom Liner posted:Low player count Captain Sonar coming This looks like a less interesting idea than Captain Sonar that could be a much better game in practice, but probably only at exactly 4. 3 would be weird and 2 could be a turn-based slog.
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CaptainRightful posted:This looks like a less interesting idea than Captain Sonar that could be a much better game in practice, but probably only at exactly 4. 3 would be weird and 2 could be a turn-based slog. I think this new version will be much more playable.
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Looks like you could easily play it with the components for captain sonar so perhaps give it a whirl. I will if I get 4 together soon.
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Bottom Liner posted:Low player count Captain Sonar coming 8p sonar was great, loving saved. It was like off line project Artemis.
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Some day I too will have 8 people I like well enough to play games like Captain Sonar with them.
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Scyther posted:Some day I too will have 8 people I like well enough to play games like Captain Sonar with them. According to the details online it's 2-8 players, is it just poo poo with less than 8 or something because I'd not heard of it and it looks cool
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Kitchner posted:According to the details online it's 2-8 players, is it just poo poo with less than 8 or something because I'd not heard of it and it looks cool Two teams, 1 to four people per team, four jobs on each team that need doing relatively simultaneously. You could probably play it with 2 people who understand the game but it's best with 8.
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Kitchner posted:According to the details online it's 2-8 players, is it just poo poo with less than 8 or something because I'd not heard of it and it looks cool
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It's pretty good with six. The problem is the first mate position is slightly undercooked so it's a weak for a full time job in 8 but it's not great to have it combined with the captain in 6. I'm actually debating a subtle house rule to make it only the first mate can launch sonar and drones.
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Captain Sonar is kind of a white whale game in that getting eight people together in an environment where games are going to get played is rare enough, but when it clicks it clicks man. We've had epic Hunt of Red October sessions with people telling tales of near misses and frantic escapes. Also, the first Metal Gear Solid soundtrack is top-tier for throwing on in the background. Just loop some of the sneakier tracks. Bonus points for having a DJ to throw on the alert tracks when someone gets the scent. Someone posted earlier too that you can give the first mate more to do by playing it so that the captain says the orders to him and he gets to shout it out for the rest of the crew to hear. Not sure if this was posted or not but the kickstarter for the reprint of Argent is up now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/level99games/argent-the-consortium-2nd-ed EDIT: $33 shipping to Canada, someone needs to get these people in touch with Isaac Childres because that seems high FulsomFrank fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Jul 25, 2017 |
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CMON's Game of Thrones miniatures game launches on kickstarter at noon pacific time. How fast to $1 million?
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FulsomFrank posted:Captain Sonar is kind of a white whale game in that getting eight people together in an environment where games are going to get played is rare enough, but when it clicks it clicks man. We've had epic Hunt of Red October sessions with people telling tales of near misses and frantic escapes. Also, the first Metal Gear Solid soundtrack is top-tier for throwing on in the background. Just loop some of the sneakier tracks. Bonus points for having a DJ to throw on the alert tracks when someone gets the scent. Someone posted earlier too that you can give the first mate more to do by playing it so that the captain says the orders to him and he gets to shout it out for the rest of the crew to hear. Yep, my first game ended with both subs being destroyed.
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FulsomFrank posted:
Yeah, the shipping prices are crazy and it is causing the whole thing to limp along quite badly (well that and a bit of a messy presentation )
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Istanbul is $24 on Amazon right now. Is it a game worth getting? I've heard opinions ranging from "This is a really good game everyone should own" to "Just buy Yokohama instead".
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FulsomFrank posted:Captain Sonar is kind of a white whale game in that getting eight people together in an environment where games are going to get played is rare enough, but when it clicks it clicks man. We've had epic Hunt of Red October sessions with people telling tales of near misses and frantic escapes. Also, the first Metal Gear Solid soundtrack is top-tier for throwing on in the background. Just loop some of the sneakier tracks. Bonus points for having a DJ to throw on the alert tracks when someone gets the scent. Someone posted earlier too that you can give the first mate more to do by playing it so that the captain says the orders to him and he gets to shout it out for the rest of the crew to hear. Goon-fund the $800 to make a Jojo character? Though what I'm really hoping for is they include a Megumin clone because she's a good fire mage.
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Chill la Chill posted:Goon-fund the $800 to make a Jojo character? Though what I'm really hoping for is they include a Megumin clone because she's a good fire mage. Incorrect. Megumin is no mere fire mage!
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Sorry, I forgot. We need Arch Wizard Megumin of the Crimson Magic Clan as one of the voters.
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Bloody Pancreas posted:Istanbul is $24 on Amazon right now. Is it a game worth getting? I've heard opinions ranging from "This is a really good game everyone should own" to "Just buy Yokohama instead". Istanbul is probably my favorite light Euro. You can ship Yokohama back to Japan.
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ketchup vs catsup posted:CMON's Game of Thrones miniatures game launches on kickstarter at noon pacific time. 10 Hours.
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ketchup vs catsup posted:CMON's Game of Thrones miniatures game launches on kickstarter at noon pacific time. I love GoT and like a lot of CMON games, but this is such a snoozefest.
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Bloody Pancreas posted:Istanbul is $24 on Amazon right now. Is it a game worth getting? I've heard opinions ranging from "This is a really good game everyone should own" to "Just buy Yokohama instead". Istanbul is a best in class light-medium Euro. Easy to explain and play with tons of strategic play. Yokohama is also a great game, but falls more on the medium-heavy end of the spectrum, is far more difficult to explain, and is much harder to play. Very different games in practice despite having similar core mechanics.
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