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KPC_Mammon posted:If you thought wrangling people in your twenties was hard just wait until you try in your thirties or even older. While finding a full compliment may be a challenge (I know some Dune fanatics), in my experience getting people to make non-dipshit moves and derailing the whole thing will be the real problem.
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cenotaph posted:While finding a full compliment may be a challenge (I know some Dune fanatics), in my experience getting people to make non-dipshit moves and derailing the whole thing will be the real problem. Dipshit moves is thematic. Only explanation for Duke Leto moving House Atreides to Arrakis, or Brian Herbert writing the gently caress awful sequels and prequels after his dad died.
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Jul 12, 2019 05:42
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After the marcy case expansion, which time stories expansion should I get next? Does it have to be a specific one? Curious what people liked the best.
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Jul 12, 2019 06:08
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The End posted:Dipshit moves is thematic. Only explanation for Duke Leto moving House Atreides to Arrakis, or Brian Herbert writing the gently caress awful sequels and prequels after his dad died. Leto explicitly knew it was an ambush and just thought he could beat it. No clue on whatever the gently caress they've been doing to the series after Frank died tho
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Jul 12, 2019 06:17
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jivjov posted:I assume Food Chain Magnate wouldn't be available through normal distribution channels? My FLGS does a pay-as-you-can layaway program for regular customers and that's how I get most of my high-dollar board games these days...but I'm gathering that the guys who make FCM are a rather small time operation? I can say that their NA distribution partner is 100% sold out, but yes, you may be able to find one-off copies at random FLGS. But sounds like not at your store offering layaway. 
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Jul 12, 2019 07:24
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StashAugustine posted:Leto explicitly knew it was an ambush and just thought he could beat it. No clue on whatever the gently caress they've been doing to the series after Frank died tho as in you've deliberately not bothered so you dont know what's been happening or just looking and shaking your head? *every single Dune character in the franchise is revived as a ghola and they team up and punch a robot while hopped up on super-spice*
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Jul 12, 2019 10:43
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gonna be honest, even Frank's stuff was getting pretty weird after about God-Emperor
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Jul 12, 2019 10:48
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Jabor posted:gonna be honest, even Frank's stuff was getting pretty weird after about God-Emperor Yeah, realistically, the only two good books in the franchise were Dune and God Emperor. The rest swung all over the compass from forgettable to loving weird to occassionally good and interesting. Brian's stuff started as weak clones of Dune in the direct prequels, then utter poo poo when it went to the Butlerian Jihad stuff. It was so bad I couldn't bring myself to read the 'final trilogy', but the plot summary Synthbuttrange tells you exactly what you need to know.
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tildes posted:After the marcy case expansion, which time stories expansion should I get next? Does it have to be a specific one? Curious what people liked the best. Print the free ones from BGG. Don't spend more money on a mediocre experience.
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Jul 12, 2019 14:13
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:It's just kind of weird aww jeez
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tildes posted:After the marcy case expansion, which time stories expansion should I get next? Does it have to be a specific one? Curious what people liked the best. My understanding, from people who don't think the game is trash garbage, is that you can do them in any order, aside from the newest and "final" one, but since there is a "lore" component about the present-day in-game situation leading to these TIME Stories, you are best set up for the Christmas Story/Ovaltine ending by doing them mostly in order.
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Merauder posted:I can say that their NA distribution partner is 100% sold out, but yes, you may be able to find one-off copies at random FLGS. But sounds like not at your store offering layaway. The online sites have them for preorder. Game nerdz, minis market, and CSI. CSI always waits until a splotter is in so they don’t allow preorders but it’s been that way for years.
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Jul 12, 2019 17:09
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Chill la Chill posted:The online sites have them for preorder. Game nerdz, minis market, and CSI. CSI always waits until a splotter is in so they don’t allow preorders but it’s been that way for years. are you talking about the expansion? I think they are talking about the base game (which seems to be in stock at CSI but sold out at a lot of other online stores)
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I missed it, but yes I was thinking the FCM expansion. I’ll be waiting for reviews about the modules myself; I only have roads and boats preordered.
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Jul 12, 2019 19:18
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homullus posted:My understanding, from people who don't think the game is trash garbage, is that you can do them in any order, aside from the newest and "final" one, but since there is a "lore" component about the present-day in-game situation leading to these TIME Stories, you are best set up for the Christmas Story/Ovaltine ending by doing them mostly in order. Are there suggestions of better board games which still hit the mystery bits for people who don’t like heavy board games? I’ve heard the escape room games are ok? I’ve already played all the Sherlock games w them. The mechanics do feel a bit tacked on by and large.
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Jul 12, 2019 19:31
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tildes posted:Are there suggestions of better board games which still hit the mystery bits for people who don’t like heavy board games? I’ve heard the escape room games are ok? I’ve already played all the Sherlock games w them. The mechanics do feel a bit tacked on by and large. Most of the boxed escape rooms are indeed pretty mediocre; I still buy them all for some reason. "Werewolf Experiment" is probably the best one available, if you want to dip in. Also, we just went through Exit: Forgotten Catacomb, which is that series' first double-wide game. They used the extra space/budget to put another bog-standard Exit game in the box. And a candle. Pretty meh experience.
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Jul 12, 2019 20:03
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tildes posted:Are there suggestions of better board games which still hit the mystery bits for people who don’t like heavy board games? I’ve heard the escape room games are ok? I’ve already played all the Sherlock games w them. The mechanics do feel a bit tacked on by and large. I haven’t played any of them but there is a few crime solving games out there. Chronicles of Crime and Detective come to mind. I know Detective is nominated for the Kinnerspiel.
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Jul 12, 2019 20:18
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NPI review of Pax Pamir 2e is up and is a really well done video. Probably their best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu845yxoKjA Chronicles is a neat little deduction game and Detective is just bad
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Jul 12, 2019 20:19
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Bottom Liner posted:NPI review of Pax Pamir 2e is up and is a really well done video. Probably their best. The only thing I know about Detective is you have to use a website and that didn’t sound fun at all to me.
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Jul 12, 2019 20:24
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Bottom Liner posted:Chronicles is a neat little deduction game and Detective is just bad Is Detective that bad? I've heard differing opinions on it. SUSD said it was poorly written, but I don't take too much stock in what they say when it comes to stuff like that.
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Jul 12, 2019 20:29
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Yeah. It's a narrative game from Portal, the people that can't manage to write a coherent rule book.
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Jul 12, 2019 20:32
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Did SUSD popularize leaning over neck high tables?
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Jul 12, 2019 21:16
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al-azad posted:Did SUSD popularize leaning over neck high tables? if/when asked they respond with something akin to "that's the only way to shoot these things and have them still look nice/interesting".
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Jul 12, 2019 22:22
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SoftNum posted:if/when asked they respond with something akin to "that's the only way to shoot these things and have them still look nice/interesting". I'm glad I'm not the only person who asked because it always bugged me and now everyone is doing it! I guess my niche to get into board game reviews is shooting Binging With Babish style videos where everything is from the neck down.
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Jul 12, 2019 22:34
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When you're trying to get a shot of both the board and the person talking I'm not sure how else to do it unless you're specifically zoomed out to show off the board as a whole at the expense of detail.
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Jul 12, 2019 23:02
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al-azad posted:I'm glad I'm not the only person who asked because it always bugged me and now everyone is doing it! Get a sloped table and use double sided tape to affix the pieces.
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Jul 12, 2019 23:15
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Bruceski posted:When you're trying to get a shot of both the board and the person talking I'm not sure how else to do it unless you're specifically zoomed out to show off the board as a whole at the expense of detail. CSO the reviewer onto the gameboard at 35mm scale.
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Triskelli posted:Get a sloped table and use double sided tape to affix the pieces. Protected against cats AND good for filming! Is win-win!
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NRVNQSR posted:CSO the reviewer onto the gameboard at 35mm scale. Okay, my new niche is public broadcasting bad chroma key style reviews where I'm walking on the board and poo poo.
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al-azad posted:Okay, my new niche is public broadcasting bad chroma key style reviews where I'm walking on the board and poo poo. no, that's still SUSD.
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Jul 13, 2019 01:08
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We talk a lot of poo poo about SUSD, but I will always appreciate them for testing whether the boats in Container would float.
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Jul 13, 2019 02:36
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pospysyl posted:We talk a lot of poo poo about SUSD, but I will always appreciate them for testing whether the boats in Container would float. Goons fail to understand (or ignore) that they are not SUSD's primary audience.
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I know they don't like doing it, but I love the SUSD reviews where they don't like the game. Seafall, First Martians, Time Stories... or in the podcast when they made fun of the writing in that detective game.
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The Lord of Hats posted:I know they don't like doing it, but I love the SUSD reviews where they don't like the game. Seafall, First Martians, Time Stories... or in the podcast when they made fun of the writing in that detective game. I mainly appreciate that even when they don't like a game they try and show it for what it is and what it's trying to be in case someone disagrees. And (usually) when they like something they still try to explain why and what might turn folks off. Whether I agree with a review or not I usually come away with a feel for the game.
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The Lord of Hats posted:I know they don't like doing it, but I love the SUSD reviews where they don't like the game. Seafall, First Martians, Time Stories... or in the podcast when they made fun of the writing in that detective game. The detective game one was incredible . It almost made me want to go and buy it for the Dark Place style writing
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I love that NPI have found their niche and it's "We review games that are good/popular that SU&SD won't like, so they don't have to!"
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Jul 13, 2019 06:18
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Imagining board game reviews using the tricks from Lord of the Rings when they had Galndalf and the hobbits in the same shot. Weird trick furniture and giant oversized board game components.
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Jul 13, 2019 06:44
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dishwasherlove posted:Imagining board game reviews using the tricks from Lord of the Rings when they had Galndalf and the hobbits in the same shot. Weird trick furniture and giant oversized board game components. All presenters walking on their knees
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Dorf on Board Games. Literally just Tim Conway standing on top of a copy of Cosmic Encounter.
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