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Lord Of Texas posted:Tabletop Simulator TTS is hard. Tried a hot seat of 46 and I just couldn't get it to do anything at all. I understand it's not supposed to enforce rules but really we might as well use our phones as video instead of what was implemented on TTS.
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Mayveena posted:Boardgamearena offers video and audio for premium members. Sub is $24 a year or $4 a month. but no undo or confirm button!?
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Mar 17, 2020 16:17
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Bottom Liner posted:but no undo or confirm button!? I think I can trade that for full rule enforcement. No undo stops backsies, this is a good thing 
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Mar 17, 2020 16:17
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Bottom Liner posted:but no undo or confirm button!? Depends on the game, Tash Kalar lets you undo but then it also lets your opponent see all your fuckups.
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Mar 17, 2020 16:35
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Infinitum posted:Thanks for input re:Root Played a Moles v Lizards v Birds v WA game on Tabletop Simulator last night and once we figured out how to deal with the UI, it went great.
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Mar 17, 2020 16:56
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Mayveena posted:TTS is hard. Tried a hot seat of 46 and I just couldn't get it to do anything at all. I understand it's not supposed to enforce rules but really we might as well use our phones as video instead of what was implemented on TTS. Yeah, TTS has a learning curve for sure. Once you know it though, it's actually easier than in person in a lot of ways (shuffling is instant, copy/paste tokens instead of digging through bags, many games have one-click scripted game setup, save your game state without leaving it on the dining room table) Of course to each their own, i'm just having a hard time imagining the phones-as-video approach unless everyone is able to clearly communicate "move my piece there. no i mean there. " etc.
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Mar 17, 2020 17:08
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Picking up a stack of similar items and jiggling the mouse a little too much to shuffle them is a TTS blessing and curse.
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Mar 17, 2020 17:16
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Bottom Liner posted:but no undo or confirm button!? Red7 has an undo button! I don't think they have the staff to backport that into their other games, though.
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Mar 17, 2020 18:44
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Lord Of Texas posted:Yeah, TTS has a learning curve for sure. Once you know it though, it's actually easier than in person in a lot of ways (shuffling is instant, copy/paste tokens instead of digging through bags, many games have one-click scripted game setup, save your game state without leaving it on the dining room table) For 18xx, I'd imagine it's just "gentle curve at the end of that line, run these two routes for 40 and 60, withhold" which requires almost nothing you're describing.
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Mar 17, 2020 19:34
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If you're gonna play 18xx via phones-and-cameras you may as well just play it via spreadsheets-and-board18. TTS is real good though. Our first game of Root on it was a little slower than tabletop, but I think more games would be as fast if not faster.
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Mar 17, 2020 20:51
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FWIW Boardgamearena is currently overloaded and trying to increase their server count. I've literally never seen this happen before, they apparently have a cap of 9.5k.
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Mar 17, 2020 21:49
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Is BAJ still good or is it slowing down too?
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Mar 17, 2020 23:39
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Chill la Chill posted:Is BAJ still good or is it slowing down too? Seems fine. And honestly BGA seems to have caught up again very quickly, I just finished Not Coming Last in a good game of Russian Railroads, a feat which I keep repeating. I think I have yet to actually win one  I do like the game but boy does it feel bad when the UI tricks you into spending a rouble you didn't intend to rather than passing...
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Mar 17, 2020 23:43
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thespaceinvader posted:Seems fine. Yeah RR could do with a Confirm/Undo just before your turn end. Though it's OK in mid turn take backs.
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Mar 17, 2020 23:51
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The owner of BGA thinks that Undo buttons and confirm buttons are bad. Some games however (e.g. Tash Kalar) have specified that undoing is fine and those have them.
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Mar 17, 2020 23:57
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Alright this post will be long but I'm looking for advice on maybe some game to look into nor games in my collection to skip I finally have the family interested in some board games. My lady seems open to drat near any game at least a few times the kids tend to find games that are too in depth either too nerdy or complex(they are 11, 13, 16 and 18. The boys love video games and the girls are too hip. Boys tend to get too competitive though) Basic variations of uno, life, Brain games were all I could do for a while Then came Love Letter everyone enjoyed it, ask to play it repeatedly and is good. Age of War great with the girls My lady has tried Smash up and struggled with some of the combos, she picked a lovely deck combo and.thats on me. She loved, and I think the kids would as well, Carcassonne and Forbidden Desert My current collection of games is One Zero One Hanabi X Com Code names League of Legends Viticulture + Tuscany Euphoria Flash Point Warhammer Quest the Card Game Disk Wars Imperial Assault Ghost Stories War of the Indines Machi Koro Warhammer Conquest Death Angel Star Fluxx Eminent Domain Combat Commander Europe Dead of winter 4 Gods Arkham Horror CCG For Sale Warmachine High Command Ticket to Ride(don'trecall which one) Some seem as no goes with at least the kids. 4 Gods is a maybe, Viticulture for sure for the 2 of us, maybe Machi Koro Splendor and Pandemic seem like great options. I've been away from board games for so long I don't know what else to look for. Thoughts? Ideas?
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Mar 18, 2020 05:03
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I can't stress enough how much I love D&D Dungeon Mayhem and am recommending it to everyone. It's just a fantastic light warm up game for a board game day, and rounds are usually over in 10min. The 2nd expansion being able to hold all 12 characters makes it just an absolutely delightful box to bring out at the start and ends of a session. Plus it's cheap! Just buy the base game and see if you like it first before committing to the rest of the set.
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Mar 18, 2020 05:25
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Depends how many you want to play with at once. For all six of you, Camel Up, Cockroach Poker or One Night Ultimate Werewolf seem good. For less than that, they seem to be in the range for Barenpark, Mysterium and Tokaido. E: also Decrypto is better than Codenames.
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Mar 18, 2020 11:10
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Tiny Chalupa posted:Alright this post will be long but I'm looking for advice on maybe some game to look into nor games in my collection to skip
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Mar 18, 2020 11:34
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Gifted Klask! to my Niece and Brother tonight for their birthdays. Instant hit. They are super competitive, and they basically played it for hours. Fairly cheap and great value for money. Would highly recommend if you are having a house party as it's great to spectate as well. There are World Championships for this thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZRAJPFPd7c It's great. (Makes me want a Crokinole board even more though)
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Mar 18, 2020 11:39
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Oh and if you didn't see the news today, Wingspan is coming to the Nintendo Switch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgEt8k5_XRg I've wanted to pick up the physical edition for a while now, so I guess I'll give the digital version a burl to see if I enjoy it before dropping the dosh on the real thing.
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Mar 18, 2020 11:46
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Hey folks, since board game sales will almost certainly tank, maybe we'll get lucky and get rid of Asmodee.
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Mar 18, 2020 15:31
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Azul is always a great option. Personally I recommend the first one because it allows the players to dictate whether the game is nice or mean.
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Mar 18, 2020 15:33
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So I have lots of time on my hands to finally do a live run through of Through the Ages so I can get a feel for doing the bookkeeping myself compared to the app game doing it automatically but holy poo poo the tracker boards take up so much space. I saw a suggestion on BGG to just use the culture tracker to track everything (with the corresponding pieces), which seems like it could work. Is there an app that just does the tracking?
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Mayveena posted:Hey folks, since board game sales will almost certainly tank, maybe we'll get lucky and get rid of Asmodee. Unfortunately it’s more likely this’ll kill some other smaller publishers that Asmodee buys up for cheap. Asmodee will just fire a couple studios worth of people and keep on trucking.
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Crackbone posted:Unfortunately it’s more likely this’ll kill some other smaller publishers that Asmodee buys up for cheap. I hope the hell not. What a plague on the hobby.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:12
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The global recession will definitely hurt the equity firm’s plan to cut and sell Asmodee though, so maybe that’s a silver lining (aside from all the dead games and lost jobs that happened in the process)
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Mar 18, 2020 17:20
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admanb posted:If you're gonna play 18xx via phones-and-cameras you may as well just play it via spreadsheets-and-board18. Yeah this is the way to go. Getting my rear end kicked in 1880 atm  I’d be up for a goon 18xx whenever
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Bottom Liner posted:The global recession will definitely hurt the equity firm’s plan to cut and sell Asmodee though, so maybe that’s a silver lining (aside from all the dead games and lost jobs that happened in the process) Silver lining, absolutely. No, it's going to be hell on publishers, I'm sure given the factory situation in China it already is hell. And as more factories start shutting down in Europe, it's going to get even worse. So the best advice seems to be buy what you want now as games may not be coming back for awhile. OR you could figure that if you bought anything you have no one to play it with anyway and just wait the whole thing out.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:29
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I'm eyeing Catacombs and noticing there is now Catacombs 3rd edition, Catacombs and Castles and Catacombs Conquest(not including expansions) Is one recommended over the others? I'd like to get my hands on a flick em sorta dexterity based game
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Mar 18, 2020 17:53
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kickstarter going from a viable way for indie publishers to get tgames out to the only way for publishers to get games out
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Tiny Chalupa posted:I'm eyeing Catacombs and noticing there is now Catacombs 3rd edition, Catacombs and Castles and Catacombs Conquest(not including expansions) Flick em Up or Flick Em Up Dead of Winter do the flicking thing way better. Or if you want real strategy + flicking, Seal Team Flix
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Mar 18, 2020 18:23
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Catacombs' rulebook feels like it's four times as long as a rulebook for a flicky dex-game like that should be and I'm not sure I've ever actually gotten it to the table for a real game.
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Tiny Chalupa posted:I'm eyeing Catacombs and noticing there is now Catacombs 3rd edition, Catacombs and Castles and Catacombs Conquest(not including expansions) Bottom liner covered it pretty well, Flick em up is better. If you must do Catacombs, Conquest is the way to go. It’s a simplified version of game, regular Catacombs is too complicated and lengthy for its own good.
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Mar 18, 2020 18:33
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Terror in Meeple City is also a flick game I'll throw in. It's Rampage the video game in board game form.
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Mar 18, 2020 18:45
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Crackbone posted:Bottom liner covered it pretty well, Flick em up is better. If you must do Catacombs, Conquest is the way to go. It’s a simplified version of game, regular Catacombs is too complicated and lengthy for its own good. It's still a fine game and I enjoyed playing it, but it might be tough to get to the table regularly until I can think of a way to stream line it and have it set up ready for when people arrive.
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Cryptozoic have a crash sale on. Most of their games are crappy DC/Rick and Morty/Walking Dead licences, but you can get Internal Affairs for $5 and both Master of Orion and Martin Wallace's The Arrival for $10.
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Bottom Liner posted:Flick em Up or Flick Em Up Dead of Winter do the flicking thing way better. Or if you want real strategy + flicking, Seal Team Flix Thank you for all the responses! Seal Team Flix looks like worse case I'll enjoy the hell out of it Now gotta poke at Flick Em Up and the Dead of Winter one to see which to grab
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The DoW one is a coop that uses a cube tower to tumble zombies out and it’s pretty cute and effective. Regular is a great little dueling flicking game with great components and fun little scenarios.
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Alright so this is what I'm looking at ordering Friday Forbidden Island Slightly different enough from Forbidden Desert and maybe the theme will hook some more kids to join us Pandemic Legacy Season 1 We can do the base game until people are comfortable and switch to legacy mode. Thematic AND fun Flick em Up Dead of Winter 5 Minute Marvel Dungeon Mayhem These seem like must have. Not sure what else I could be missing currently but these are all basically co-op like or quick. I am HEAVILY debating tacking on Seal Team Flix as it looks bad rear end as gently caress and kinda like Doorkickers on the PC. A solo mode helps me worse case Undauted: Normandy not sure if my lady will enjoy it but everything about it screams this is up my alley Oh and we have Sushi Go. Forgot I had that kicking around. Thank you everyone. Hopefully these are all hits and I can spread out into some more games. I think Viticulture + Tuscany will get my lady into some more complex games
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