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I have a 7 item order on Miniature Market waiting for two last items to come in: Hansa Teutonica Big Box (Waiting on this, due late November) TI4 Expansion (Waiting on this, due late November) Dune Expansion Tiny Towns Expansion2 Fort Stick'em The King is Dead Then another MM order that pushed out to next year: Clash of Cultures Big Box KS's are: Import/Export Oath Bullet<3 Delve (a solo zine game) Edit: Reminded below... Preordered from Splotter: The Great Zimbabwe The first order should arrive in early December, assuming the last two items release on time. Not that I've played face to face with anyone since March aside from my wife and my very young kids. I've mostly been playing Connect4, Cootie, Guess Who, Creatures and Cupcakes, Catan Jr, Uno and Dungeon Mayhem. Edit: So, in December, I should get that batch of seven games from MM, then the KS's I/E, Bullet<3 and Delve. Ten games, and no one to play them with. Ravendas fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Nov 6, 2020 |
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I think the only thing I have on the way, except maybe p500s which I have forgotten about, is 1861/67, and I'm going to need to get a copy of Jagged Earth somehow, and I can't not get a Feast for Odin expansion
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Nov 6, 2020 17:23
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Most of my stuff other than monthly Marvel Champions expansions are Kickstarter now. Oath (will hopefully flip this and make money back as I doubt I'll play it) Dominant Species Marine (no clue if I'll actually play this either) Kemet Blood and Sand Petrichor Collector Edition Frosthaven Blazblue Exceed Bundle For Science Guards of Atlantis 2 Manhattan Project Energy Empire Cold War (company owner died so they have been trying to get everything out of probate. May never come but I'm okay with it given circumstances) I may spring for The Great Zimbabwe, but I'm not sure if I would ever play it. I don't want to play it above 3.
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Nov 6, 2020 17:36
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I've got Dice Throne Adventures and Anachrony: Fractures of Time arriving next month. I'm really excited for Dice Throne, it's so easy to teach and tends to be a fun game with lots of room for casual conversation.
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Nov 6, 2020 18:10
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Tell me more about Dice Throne. I am a sucker for simple systems with tons of asymmetric characters
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Nov 6, 2020 18:17
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I’ve kind of bought into Marvel Champions for the time being, so that’s kind of occupying my time and watch/buy list. Like a lot of others, COVID and it’s attendant effects have kind of blown-up my gaming groups, maybe for the foreseeable future, so I’m doing bit of culling the collection. One thing that’s making that easier is just the number of digital adaptations there are available now. Games that wouldn’t get any play now or would be a “let’s get it and try it a little and see how it flies,” are easily enough piloted on my iPad for a few bucks. This is even to the extent that there are a few titles that I’m pretty sure will remain digital-only. Suburbia, for example, is a game that I’m sure feels very nice to have on the table but that I’d prefer the app running the math for me. As for something like Root, I know I’m not getting the full experience with the AI, but the game was probably never going to go over well with my playgroups as they were constituted before COVID. I know even really amazing implementations won’t necessarily replace the experience of sitting down at the table and socializing and playing with bits, but anyone else have any instances of “yeah, I’ll take the app over the physical game”?
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Nov 6, 2020 20:06
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I spent an hour trying to think of a phrase to describe Dice Throne and I couldn't. The best way I can describe Dice Throne is an interactive spin on press-your-luck mechanics. The core mechanic is basic Yahtzee, but the cardplay changes how you target your rolls in very direct and understandable ways. There's cards that can either upgrade an ability, making it more enticing to try going for that, and cards that modify rolls, opening up reaction options based on what's actually rolled. Hand sizes and the resources to play cards with are quite limited, which means that there isn't an overwhelming amount of options. Each player knows most of the time what they want to roll. It still ultimately comes down to the same press-your-luck feeling of "I could go for it, but should I?" The brilliance of Dice Throne is that the question of whether a player should make the roll changes based on a dynamic game state fueled by cards and status effects that aren't overwhelming to comprehend. This makes the game feel fresh and varied each time I play it. It's also easy to teach, and a player can simply start the game by rolling some dice and seeing what happens, explaining the rest of the rules as they come up. It's not extremely tuned or balanced. Games can swing super hard on a single roll, and it feels very frustrating when you're ahead most of the game and lose. The presentation and components are very well done, but that's not why I like it. (It is a part, though: the player boards and dice are great.) The theme's generic, but they lean into the silliness of it a bit and that gives it a bit of unique flavor. Yet I still think it's great. On Dice Throne: Adventures, I don't know whether it'll work, but I'm excited to find out. It changes the game into a cooperative dungeon crawler, which depending on the specifics could either be as simple as the main game or get bogged down in minutiae to the point where it loses its magic.
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Nov 6, 2020 20:07
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Played my first solo game of Hallertau tonight. It was quite lot to take in at first but after a few turns everything started to flow nicely. The card play is interesting and really influenced my moves as I was trying to play as many cards as possible. At the end I scored 76 points with having moved my house up to 37 points and getting 26 points with cards and 11 points with sheep and my remaining goods. I already set up my next game and my cards don't have any obvious synergies. So gonna focus on the action board a bit more.
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Nov 6, 2020 21:13
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Megasabin posted:Man, you all order a lot. I try to only order things I'm confident will best-of-the-best and trade a game when I acquire a new one to keep my collection static around 70~. I actually don't care for Barrage, but that's mainly because I hate when turn order is decided based on point standing, especially when it's as consequential as it is in Barrage.
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Nov 6, 2020 21:38
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pospysyl posted:I actually don't care for Barrage, but that's mainly because I hate when turn order is decided based on point standing, especially when it's as consequential as it is in Barrage. But it's not based on point standing, it's based on your energy generation for that round. Which makes a big strategic difference as the game is generally geared around choosing which rounds to try and smash and which rounds to use more as engine building or setup for later turns. Fair enough if you still don't like it, but it's one of the things I enjoy about it and which would be very different and much worse if it was just based on score. Re certified hits, I think it's difficult for any game to get universal praise given the differences in taste and I've certainly seen posts from people who dislike all of those games mentioned. For me though Barrage definitely deserves to be on that list as it's my favorite from the last couple of years along with Cthulhu Death May Die.
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Nov 6, 2020 22:17
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Because you folks are my favorite people and this is my favorite thread HE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 7, 2020 18:13
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Mayveena posted:Because you folks are my favorite people and this is my favorite thread Wonder if someone will make a "election coverage 2020" board game someday.
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Nov 7, 2020 18:21
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Finally, the crossover event between “1960: The Making of the President” and “Pandemic” we’ve been waiting for.
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Nov 7, 2020 18:22
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Kerro posted:But it's not based on point standing, it's based on your energy generation for that round. Which makes a big strategic difference as the game is generally geared around choosing which rounds to try and smash and which rounds to use more as engine building or setup for later turns. Fair enough if you still don't like it, but it's one of the things I enjoy about it and which would be very different and much worse if it was just based on score. I think that's a distinction without a difference. Energy generation is the main way of scoring points, so generating more energy in a round means scoring more points. It's certainly true that the person who generates the most energy on, say, round two or three won't necessarily be in the lead pointwise, but my main objection is that deciding turn order the way Barrage does penalizes players for doing well. I personally don't find the decision to do less well in a given round just so you won't be forced to go last next round a worthwhile consideration.
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Nov 7, 2020 19:34
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Just saw a game named Project L on BGG. Isn't it too soon to make a game about Trump and the 2020 elections?
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Nov 7, 2020 21:00
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frogs in hand pretty psyched for some gluttony
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Nov 7, 2020 21:53
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Llyranor posted:Just saw a game named Project L on BGG. Isn't it too soon to make a game about Trump and the 2020 elections? I can't imagine a less appealing subject. Who the gently caress wants to re-live anything about 2020 politics?
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Nov 7, 2020 23:34
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Crackbone posted:I can't imagine a less appealing subject. Who the gently caress wants to re-live anything about 2020 politics?
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Nov 8, 2020 01:07
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BGG says there's gonna be a digital Concordia some time next year. It's from Acram Digital, who did Istanbul, Charterstone, Steam and Eight Minute Empire digital. Has anyone played any of those?
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Nov 8, 2020 01:15
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I have, on preorder 1822 1833NE 1848 1882 18Ireland 18NewEngland 18West and will probably buy 1889 when ti comes out Atlantic Chase Banish all their Fears Command and Colors Napoleonics Expansion 7 Successors 4th Ed Pacific War Seas of Thunder Other Stuff I plan to buy but haven't preordered Wingspan Oceania War of the Ring: Kings of Middle-eartrh OCS Third Winter GTS Race for Bastogne BCS Panzers Last Stand.
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Nov 8, 2020 03:44
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tomdidiot posted:I have, on preorder Holy loving poo poo
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Nov 8, 2020 05:17
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I am waiting on...69 different kickstarters. I'll list them if y'all want so you can laugh at my poor life decisions. (nice)
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Nov 8, 2020 05:21
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ketchup vs catsup posted:I am waiting on...69 different kickstarters. I'll list them if y'all want so you can laugh at my poor life decisions. Uh I didn’t know there were 69 Kickstarters worth backing. What are they?
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Nov 8, 2020 05:53
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Magnetic North posted:BGG says there's gonna be a digital Concordia some time next year. It's from Acram Digital, who did Istanbul, Charterstone, Steam and Eight Minute Empire digital. Has anyone played any of those? Istanbul's adaption was fine, though I'd really like the expacs to be added. Charterstone's had a few issues on top of being Charterstone.
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Nov 8, 2020 06:05
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Mayveena posted:Uh I didn’t know there were 69 Kickstarters worth backing. What are they? 1861: russia 1867: canada 1941: race to Moscow 7th citadel Aeon trespass: odyssey Anachrony: fractures of time++ arkeis Arkwright card game barrage: 5th player Batman: TAS Canvas Carnival zombie 2nd ed Cartographers heroes++ Chronicles of drunagor Cloudspire: ankar’s plunder Company of heroes Cthulhu wars: daemon sultan detective: city of angels++ Dice throne season 1++ Divinity original sin Ether fields Fantastic factories: manufactions++ Fief: the lords++ Football highlights 2052 For science! Fresco mega box Frosthaven Frostpunk Glen more 2 Great Wall Guards of Atlantis 2 Horizon zero dawn Import/export deluxe In too deep It’s a wonderful world ascension++ Kanban EV kement: blood and sand Legacies Madeira collectors edition magnate: the first city Maharaja Manhattan project: energy empire Cold War Marvel united Middara: unintentional malum complete Millenium blades: collusion Mini express Oath Oathsworn Pax renaissance Pax viking perseverance: castaway chronicles Petrichor collectors edition Philosophia: floating world++ Planet unkown Pulp invasion Return to dark tower Rise of tribes: beasts and bronze Stellar horizons Streets + villagers deluxe stronghold: undead Thunder stone quest: enemies among us Time of legends: destinies Titan Tokyo series expansions Unsettled Vampire: the masquerade - chapters vampire: the masquerade: blood feud Vengeance: director’s cut War of whispers collectors edition + expansion Whale riders I stopped buying games entirely about 3 years ago, since then all my acquisitions have been either through math trades, BGG trades, local flea markets, and kickstarter. managed to reduce the size of my collection by about 400 games, attempting to get down another 100-200, but it's tough given that local stuff ain't happening. the ++ means the base game too or another game in the series as well Fate Accomplice fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Nov 8, 2020 |
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Nov 8, 2020 06:17
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ketchup vs catsup posted:Divinity original sin Some choices comments on that KS page: quote:Gotta love unresponsive thieves. quote:If you want updates go look at their facebook page. the update is they spent our money on other stuff. quote:“What I can say is that we will 100% have this complete in 2019. We have to.” quote:So i have never had a game where i felt they may have just taken my money and run quote:It's always great to see a creator check back in on their unfinished projects, just when they have a new project launching.[they finally did an update during the Divinity KS after a long stretch of radio silence lol] quote:REFUND MY MONEY!! quote:See what the creator has been busy with. quote:Seriously this guy is spending gobs of cash (and his attention) on a hotel rather then finishing the friggen game he said had to be finshed in 2019?
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Nov 8, 2020 06:42
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Edit: Further research proved me wrong.
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Nov 8, 2020 07:46
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rydiafan posted:Edit: Further research proved me wrong. I see you edited this, but Larian Studios are the video game developers who made the original video game and Lynnvander seems to be collaborating to develop the board game. That might be good news, though - Larian has a good reputation and several very successful kickstarters and I suspect they'd do some heavy rear end-kicking before letting Lynnvander drag their name down with a failure on the order of Gascony’s Legacy. E: I had: Jagged Earth Rush, M.D. + ICU Steampunk Rally Fusion Cartographers Heroes Canopy Arkham Horror bits Maybe Tainted Grail Expansions if Kickstarted Games decides to let me part out an all-in order to save on shipping to Hawai'i but now I have Oath too. Thanks Board Game Thread 
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Nov 8, 2020 07:51
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I backed a handful right around mid-March that were all due late 2020. I figured best case scenario, they'd be great gifts and worst case, they'd be tiny glints of joy in a lockdown universe (REMAIN INDOORS). Almost everything has been pushed into February/March 2021 due to shipping/general China delays. Maybe things will circle around and they'll make great gifts again!!! 
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Nov 8, 2020 08:29
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I mostly Kickstarter stuff that wont show up at retail in Australia. and pre-order things from a local retailer who has no shop front and is bargin basement. 1882 18MS 1849 For Science Frosthaven Expansions: Millennium Blades: Collusion Jagged Earth Thinking About it: Oath Will back it like a sucker when it comes out Infamous Traffic John Company 2E 1889 Really been trying to par back buying stuff - sold a bit chunk of my collection, including those games down to 82 games with 2 in the for sale pile and 1 in the charity pile.
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Nov 8, 2020 10:21
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Just got Oath and For Science on my list just now. Definitely down for JoCo 2. I wanted the Phantom Doctrine one to be good but that does not even look like it's going to get funded at this stage. I love a cold war theme but doesn't seem to be that many out there. Someone should make DEFCON into a boardgame, that would be good.
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Nov 8, 2020 10:41
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Stickman posted:I see you edited this, but Larian Studios are the video game developers who made the original video game and Lynnvander seems to be collaborating to develop the board game. That might be good news, though - Larian has a good reputation and several very successful kickstarters and I suspect they'd do some heavy rear end-kicking before letting Lynnvander drag their name down with a failure on the order of Gascony’s Legacy. There is or was a Frostpunk KS. I don't do narrative board games, but if you do it's probably up your alley
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Nov 8, 2020 10:46
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ketchup vs catsup posted:1861: russia i think you might have a problem....
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Nov 8, 2020 13:40
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I backed the Luzon rails boxed game but ever since receiving the PNP files I’ve been itching to order a canvas map for it. I don’t even have access to printers to make card components for it yet 
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Nov 8, 2020 14:31
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Backed Kickstarters: Dodos Riding Dinos + War For Chicken Island HEL Nemesis + Nemesis Lockdown Quest + Avalon Planet Apocalypse Expansion Knockdown which I thought was a lot and kinda made me nervous/regret spending so much money but seeing some of these other lists is comforting. I also only own 2 games: Planet Apocalypse & Etherfields(which only arrived a couple days ago but looks amazing)
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Nov 8, 2020 15:04
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ketchup vs catsup posted:1861: russia These come in the same box, you need to back one more game to get to the funny number.
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Nov 8, 2020 15:08
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Aggro posted:Holy loving poo poo Lots of 18xxs to preorder at the moment! Beyond those you can also have 1861/67 18DO 1840 1849 1822MX 18MS On preorder
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Nov 8, 2020 15:17
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Has anyone admitted to ordering 'DO? We may all be fools and it might be great.
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Nov 8, 2020 15:22
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Mr. Squishy posted:These come in the same box, you need to back one more game to get to the funny number. actually the list I posted had 70 rows Rutibex posted:i think you might have a problem.... I agree, but as time goes on I have gotten more comfortable spending money on things I like and not feeling guilty afterward. Fate Accomplice fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Nov 8, 2020 |
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tomdidiot posted:I have, on preorder You're supposed to sort by rating, not alphabetically.
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