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I also got the bee lives game  I haven't gotten to try it out yet but I'm really satisfied with the components and I look forward to learning it for a game night!
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Maybe it's a defense card to use when someone plays the sack tap card. Haha, jokes on you, I'm harder than a diamond in an ice storm! Gotta hope, since the apparent alternative for "Smack on the Rock Hard Dong" is the unfortunate practice of putting meth on the end of a dick before starting some anal up. Sometimes called booty bumping, which is also a term for just shooting up without a needle through the butt. Anyhow, enough about anal bioavailability, anyone else get Trogdor? We've played it a few times and it's good stuff.
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theironjef posted:Anyhow, enough about anal bioavailability, anyone else get Trogdor? We've played it a few times and it's good stuff. Yeah, I've had a blast with it so far. Only used the default setup, but I'm looking forward to trying some of the other board layouts.
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The Great Sword RPG Kickstarter has been put back up  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/greatsword/great-sword-tabletop-rpg The creator originally cancelled it since he was unsatisfied with a few things and wanted to rethink marketing strategies. I hope he is happier with this version. It looks like an interesting game and I like the variety in classes and races and the fact that it is all done by 1 person, art and writing, is pretty impressive. The main book is already done, the kickstarter itself is to fund a physical version of the core rulebook as well as the creation of side books like the bestiary and quest compendium.
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Funzo posted:I got mine in too, I forgot to post about it. My oldest really likes bees so I’m looking forward to getting it on the table. Same, but it's my youngest. We are both excited!
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FirstAidKite posted:The Great Sword RPG Kickstarter has been put back up
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dwarf74 posted:Looks kinda neat! I am a bit worried about the grammar on display, but I am intrigued enough for PDFs. Static damage is good. No single "wizard" class is good. The tactics seem to come from "how do I spend my stamina this round?" which...ok. I think standard/move/minor is easier in practice, but this would be more flexible. I can't tell whether there is any tactical/forced movement, though, which is a must-have for me if I'm going to be spending that much time in combat with die-rolling for every attack (and maybe parry/dodge).
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Add me to the list of people who got Bee Lives and is excited to play it! Whenever I tell friends about it, their reactions start with confusion, then progress into curiosity and excitement as I describe what the game's about. I love that feeling of having something special and different to share with the group.
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FirstAidKite posted:The Great Sword RPG Kickstarter has been put back up I'm tentatively in on the core rules. It seems like an interesting enough D&D alternative, and for 10 bucks I'm willing to find out if it's good
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Figured I would post this here since Bee Lives has been arriving for some of you. Anyone interested in learning the game or just checking it out, Heavy Cardboard is doing a stream with a full playthrough, teach, and discussion this Friday, August 2 at 1900 EDT. A little more info in the below youtube video on it and their general Gen Con coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsigjHbfJMs nesbit37 fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jul 29, 2019 |
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nesbit37 posted:Figured I would post this hear since Bee Lives has been arriving for some of you. Anyone interested in learning the game or just checking it out, Heavy Cardboard is doing a stream with a full playthrough, teach, and discussion this Friday, August 2 at 1900 EDT. A little more info in the below youtube video on it and their general Gen Con coverage: Thanks for sharing this! Have fun at GenCon, sell all your copies! I got my copy late last week, and the only problem I have with it is that it arrived a few days too late for our monthly goon game night (not your fault, obviously). The contents are adorable, especially the "hidden" artwork on the backs of the cardboard play mats. 
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I got my loving bees, bee man.
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Also got my bee games. A copy for myself and a copy for my son's mother, who has bees. Component quality is extremely nice. Very impressed. Can't wait to get it on the table.
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Once again, SomethingAwful has delivered bees.
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Oh neat an Unbroken update UK – Another area where we were told that it is only the matter of finding a freight boat. It now turns out that the agreement there requires additional review before proceeding which is likely to increase the cost due to this review, so Marc from Golden Bell is working on settling all outstanding issues as quickly as possible to allow us to get these moving. Golden Bell will be having an in-person meeting at GenCon with Spiral to discuss this arrangement to see if they can finalize this process to get you your games. E: We want to make sure we ask for a reasonable amount, so we’d like to collect data on what people would be comfortable with. Please answer this poll: What is the amount you would be comfortable paying in extra shipping to ensure Unbroken copies start moving? don't worry though they've restocked the US for retail and hopefully they'll be using the profit to ship games to backers, maybe, probably without breaking laws or incurring customs charges, and hey look preview of expansion content! which is probably eternally owned by GB, much like the designer's soul and firstborn through thirdborn at this point 90s Cringe Rock fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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You know, I don't even mind losing out when a Kickstarter collapses -- that's just how KS goes sometimes, and it's lot like I begrudge whatever money I threw at it -- but this constant clawing for money from people is a real bad look. Like, just... admit you hosed up, close the doors, move on. Maybe salvage a bit of your reputation. Although I suppose also I wouldn't have known how terrible Golden Bell were without a front-row seat for this mess, so.
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So how much money do i need to give to the guys I know who are headed to gencon to get this adorable looking game about the best of creatures. Bees i mean bees.
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On the bright side Golden Bell fulfill mostly turd level games. Not sure how they got Unbroken really.
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90s Cringe Rock posted:Oh neat an Unbroken update They're also preparing a final solution for Europe. Bad choice of phrase, really. The update was basically 'we dont have money to ship to ROW, next month we will think more about it, the following month we will ask for more money, and then maybe eventually you will get your games'. That bit about 'if you got an extra game, please return it to us at Gencon' is hilarious. Anything one receives in the mail is theirs, you can't force anyone to return anything. I love that even some people that just ordered the PNP still got games shipped to them. GBS is such a mess of a company.
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masam posted:So how much money do i need to give to the guys I know who are headed to gencon to get this adorable looking game about the best of creatures. Bees i mean bees. $65 Here is the online shop, but if someone can get it for you from Gen Con that would be much better since shipping sucks. https://hitemwithashoe.com/shop/
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This just makes me sad Hanging Kittens! The Party Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/just99/hanging-kittens-the-party-game  quote:About      Also their allegedly handcrafted miniatures are stolen from Chi's Sweet Home.   
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There's an upcoming October Kickstarter for some big fantasy game with unlocks like Gloomhaven but I can't remember the name. I signed up for the newsletter but can't find it. Anyone know what I'm talking about? edit: it's Oathsworn Into the Deepwood KingKapalone fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Jul 31, 2019 |
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Reign 2nd edition progress drafts of the two books just dropped last night. They're looking pretty sweet.
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On a more cheery note, BGGTV apparently did a segment on Bee Lives about half an hour ago. I say "apparently" because I fell asleep, but it is on the schedule and it's right between Capstone with their two big hits and Blue Orange's poo poo games with gorgeous components. E: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/461007779 Begins just before 38:00, or 36:00 if you want to watch the setup and have a good laugh. Jedit fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Aug 1, 2019 |
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The kickstarter for Sleeping Gods by Red Raven went live 40 minutes ago and already funded. I'm pretty sure I'll get this game, and will probably back it instead of waiting for retail, but I'm waiting for some updates (particularly regarding what's in the expansion) before I pledge. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/953146955/sleeping-gods/description
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KingKapalone posted:There's an upcoming October Kickstarter for some big fantasy game with unlocks like Gloomhaven but I can't remember the name. I signed up for the newsletter but can't find it. Anyone know what I'm talking about? A friend of mine got a demo at Gencon and he was on the fence about it. It apparently has nice minis and the gameplay is ok, but it's supposed to be a fairly linear campaign with replay only having the chance to switch up boss order before arriving at the same final boss? He wasn't enthused about what he saw as limited replay value.
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Pyrolocutus posted:A friend of mine got a demo at Gencon and he was on the fence about it. It apparently has nice minis and the gameplay is ok, but it's supposed to be a fairly linear campaign with replay only having the chance to switch up boss order before arriving at the same final boss? He wasn't enthused about what he saw as limited replay value. Interesting. I guess I've actually thought about these campaign games as a one time playthrough. We've finished the main Gloomhaven campaign and started the expansion. We certainly wouldn't play any scenarios over again.
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A kickstarter's just started for a card-based 2nd Edition of Fiasco, which apparently uses the same mechanics but is designed to be more streamlined to play. And there's a Kickstarter for the third wave of Colony 87, a cool range of sci-fi civilians that would be great for a bunch of games.
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Those Colony 87 minis look straight out of a Möbius comic. Some of them could be used equally well as fantasy civilians. Excellent little figures.
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Yvonmukluk posted:A kickstarter's just started for a card-based 2nd Edition of Fiasco, which apparently uses the same mechanics but is designed to be more streamlined to play. The rules are essentially the same but the cards seem much, much easier than screwing around with handing each other dice. Since you have to pick initial setup elements from the cards in your hand, you're more limited for individual choices, but I suspect that won't hurt the game at all.
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So I found this kickstarter for a line of miniatures that are just Egyptian-themed high fantasy stuff and, well https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ttcombatundead/desert-of-the-dead-fantasy-wargaming-miniatures    I don't care what anybody says about any of those other miniatures shown on their page and in the pics above, but these dudes here?  These own. Also, I didn't know what rumbleslam was so I looked it up and it is some miniatures wrestling game (no clue how well that works out) and it took me longer than it should have to realize that in this group of minis  the scorpion is just The Rock from The Mummy Returns.
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FirstAidKite posted:
I refuse to join any wrestling league where I have to wrestle a cactus. Especially when the cactus wrestles back.
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The Great Sword RPG got cancelled The guy who made it isn't doing too well. I feel bad, I wish he had had more luck with it given the amount of work he put into that game.   
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I feel bad for him if that is how he really feels, especially since his interpretation may just not be accurate. D&D was originally on top because it was the first, and then due to having large amounts of capital and aggressive business tactics to keep it there. It resorted for similar reasons. Unfortunately in gaming, like many product lines, notoriety and wealth begets notoriety and wealth. You either need those two things or a massive and rare piece of luck to jump to the top early on.
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The term "fantasy heartbreaker" exists for a reason. It just sucks he had to find out firsthand.
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Yeah, it sucks that this had such a negtive impact on his life, but based on everything I can find the guy spent six years of his life remaking D&D. And even if that's not what it is, there's no easily-available content to really tell me what the game's about. There's a "preview" on DriveThru, but it's $10 and it seems to be the whole game, and the guy's website seems to be gone. What's even sadder is that this is the second time he's tried to kickstart this.
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Evil Mastermind posted:but based on everything I can find the guy spent six years of his life remaking D&D. Is it? Maybe it's because the stuff I know about d&d basically involves 4e and a tiny bit of 3.5e but his work didn't come across as remaking d&d, intentionally or otherwise.
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FirstAidKite posted:Is it? Maybe it's because the stuff I know about d&d basically involves 4e and a tiny bit of 3.5e but his work didn't come across as remaking d&d, intentionally or otherwise. Again: as far as I can tell, because this guy has like no information about this game anywhere. The game doesn't seem to be about anything, it's just classes and races and maybe grid-based combat? I mean, look at his selling points: there's an equipment chapter! A "massive" world history nobody's going to read! Rules for the game master! I did some googling to see if there was something else, but all I could find was his reddit posts, which boiled down to "Hey, check out my RPG!" with no details. Then when people asked him for details, he just said "you can get the preview for $10" instead of just telling people what was unique about his setting, or how characters work. At the end of the day, he made another d20-based high fantasy RPG in a hobby littered with the corpses of thousands of d20-based high fantasy RPGs.
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