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I finally got around to playing Space Empires 4x and it has some interesting ideas, although there is a fair bit of hex-and-counter bookkeeping to do. Its main thing is that the identity and composition of opposing fleets isn't known (until they are encountered) which opens up a whole lot of options with regards to feints, positioning, etc. I've only just started with it but it's interesting so far.
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The Eyes Have It posted:I finally got around to playing Space Empires 4x and it has some interesting ideas, although there is a fair bit of hex-and-counter bookkeeping to do. Its main thing is that the identity and composition of opposing fleets isn't known (until they are encountered) which opens up a whole lot of options with regards to feints, positioning, etc. I've only just started with it but it's interesting so far.
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We haven't progressed past just the basic "destroy your opponent's homeworld" scenario (or concede when it's obvious who's going to win)  It did occur to me that one could try to blaze through unexplored space and hope to be lucky and not run into hazards, but seeing the mix of tiles out there I would not have a lot of confidence in getting through unscathed.
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https://twitter.com/avalonhill/status/1496203722350903302
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I'd like to see them do a total reno (heh) of the game but I have a feeling it'll be cosmetic at best. It's remarkable how much people love this goddamn game and who am I to begrudge people having a good time but Lord knows my ratio on enjoying this is something like 1:5 Sloober posted:i'm mostly ambivalent about the game with the expectation that i'm going to dislike the 'haunt' 3/4 the time in the base game, my group played the legacy version which was not completely terrible, but if there's a game that would benefit from an entire main mechanic rework its definitely that one. For starters, they can toss most of the haunts into the garbage where they belong Unsure if you've tried them but the Pandemic Legacy games are tremendous (at least Season 1 and 0 are, haven't done 2). The EXIT games are great too for the most part and a nice one and done experience for reasonable price. FulsomFrank fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Feb 24, 2022 |
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i'm mostly ambivalent about the game with the expectation that i'm going to dislike the 'haunt' 3/4 the time in the base game, my group played the legacy version which was not completely terrible, but if there's a game that would benefit from an entire main mechanic rework its definitely that one. For starters, they can toss most of the haunts into the garbage where they belong Unrelated but i've been almost 100% out of the loop on recent (entire pandemic period) games, has there been a consensus on a good, solid 4p co-op game lately? Been looking to expand a little bit since i've mostly been devoid of buying new stuff since my usual outlet was gen con. My group's pretty capable of handling most, and we've enjoyed games like spirit island (i have spent a lot of money tricking mine out)
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Feb 24, 2022 17:35
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Sloober posted:
For Science! Same designer as SI too.
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The Eyes Have It posted:I finally got around to playing Space Empires 4x and it has some interesting ideas, although there is a fair bit of hex-and-counter bookkeeping to do. Its main thing is that the identity and composition of opposing fleets isn't known (until they are encountered) which opens up a whole lot of options with regards to feints, positioning, etc. I've only just started with it but it's interesting so far. We've been playing this on BGA a lot with the quirk that none of us have read the rules and are just trying to intuit the rules. Combat is baffling so far, you roll dice forever and high or low they both miss.
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Sloober posted:Unrelated but i've been almost 100% out of the loop on recent (entire pandemic period) games, has there been a consensus on a good, solid 4p co-op game lately? Been looking to expand a little bit since i've mostly been devoid of buying new stuff since my usual outlet was gen con. My group's pretty capable of handling most, and we've enjoyed games like spirit island (i have spent a lot of money tricking mine out) It's not that recent, but The City of Kings is a very good 4P co-op game. It's got the RPG leveling and exploration feel of Mage Knight, but with infinitely less cruft and bloat. You can play two 4-player scenarios in an evening, and it comes with both a campaign and some side adventures. It also has a nifty random trait system that means while you'll learn in time how powerful the enemies you'll be fighting will be, you'll never know exactly what they're capable of.
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the haunt where youre all shrunk by a witch and have to flee from the witch's cat inside tiny RC airplanes is the best
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Thanks for the recommendations. No one talked about Warp's Edge, but I think Under Falling Skies might be better than it from what I'm reading? I watched a video on Warp's Edge and it seems a little too similar to Deep Space D6. Pretty positive I'm going with Aeon's End though. I think I've told this story before, probably in the 4th Edition thread, but my first time playing Betrayal was amazing. We explored for a decent amount of time, and then found a haunt where a giant bird lifted the house off the ground and there were only half as many parachutes as players to go around. We ran around betraying each other and trying to wrestle parachutes away from each other until the game was over. Very fun, very hectic. Our other games didn't go so well and were too one-sided. Plus the stupid pegs for stats are still the most poorly designed game components I've ever seen, either so tight there was no way to move them without ripping the character card or so loose it was impossible to keep track. There's no way I'm preordering a 3rd edition, but I'll wait and see if they made any actual improvements.
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Feb 24, 2022 22:25
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Bottom Liner posted:For Science! Same designer as SI too. Took a look at that and it looks great, talked to one of my usual game group and they're already planning on buying it now, altho it appears to have just gotten out of kickstarter fulfillment so can't buy it retail yet
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETiKCA1EQsM For Science! was NPI's board game of the year in 2021, which gets some points with me, but it's aesthetic has a very strong "first edition Sidereal Confluence" vibe that I am not into.
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There are copies at Greyfox games website if you’re in the US - shipping overseas is unfortunately prohibitively expensive otherwise, I’ve been trying to get a copy of it but $40USD shipping to Australia was too much for me.
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Feb 25, 2022 20:29
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For Science! is incredibly fun. When it hit the table we played it repeatedly for almost 2 hours. It was a very enjoyable dexterity puzzle.
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Blamestorm posted:There are copies at Greyfox games website if you’re in the US - shipping overseas is unfortunately prohibitively expensive otherwise, I’ve been trying to get a copy of it but $40USD shipping to Australia was too much for me. Nah it's out of stock.
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Sloober posted:i'm mostly ambivalent about the game with the expectation that i'm going to dislike the 'haunt' 3/4 the time in the base game, my group played the legacy version which was not completely terrible, but if there's a game that would benefit from an entire main mechanic rework its definitely that one. For starters, they can toss most of the haunts into the garbage where they belong Feels like ages ago, but Jaws of the Lion came out during the pandemic. Still haven’t played it multi myself yet for that very reason. And Paleo won the Kennerspiel.
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I did my last (scheduled) podcast with Game Brain and it's up for listening now. I'll be adding a vlog to my YT channel. The first season for the vlog will be talking with marginalized people about representation in board games plus some solo vlogs on my thoughts regarding various things. For example in a couple of weeks I'll have a vlog on my experiences with Dice Tower West, which I'm attending this week.
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Mayveena posted:I did my last (scheduled) podcast with Game Brain and it's up for listening now. I'll be adding a vlog to my YT channel. The first season for the vlog will be talking with marginalized people about representation in board games plus some solo vlogs on my thoughts regarding various things. For example in a couple of weeks I'll have a vlog on my experiences with Dice Tower West, which I'm attending this week. I've gotten to the point where I was only listening for your episodes, tbh, so I'll definitely listen to this one and consider going forward. Definitely link those vlogs here, though!!
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How's Founders of Gloomhaven? It's on sale at my flgs.
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"An interesting mess" was probably the most positive review I remember about it.
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 First game day of 2022 happening this weekend.Time to be a traitorous son of a bitch in Nemesis 
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MonsieurChoc posted:How's Founders of Gloomhaven? It's on sale at my flgs. I played it 3 times with 3, 3 and 4 players and I quite enjoyed. Nice game flow and the semi cooperativ nature of the roads feels a bit tricky at first and you need a few rounds to get used to it but I would play it again any time. I also quite enjoy the solo puzzle. But yeah, it won't be everyones cup of tea and the theme can be a bit hard to get into.
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MonsieurChoc posted:How's Founders of Gloomhaven? It's on sale at my flgs. I played it once and I'm pretty sure I won because my factions was brown and no one could tell where my pieces were. It was interesting, with mechanics I haven't seen in any other game and it flowed pretty well, but the visual design is a mess.
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Infinitum posted:
I do wonder if Nemesis would be a better game if you only used the interesting goals.
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It would probably be less interesting if every goal card as "dick over someone/everybody else", as there'd be no reason to trust anyone.
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We played our first in person game of Nemesis Lockdown (after 3 TTS demo runs) and it went about as expected. One guy had incredible luck and got out early only to die to the post game contingency effect (which I believe is one mechanic layer too many in an already busy game). I ruined my exit by not trusting my best friend because he betrayed me the last time we played and had spent the pregame banter bragging about it. I still made it out but died to the contamination check. Everyone else went down in a Benny Hill pile of aliens. It was fun but messy. The host did offer pure co-op next time but the gang shouted no, they love the paranoia and backstabbing. They left reminiscing about the time in the original game that everyone worked together selflessly and got out alive but one player had betrayed everyone by setting the nav computer to Mars while lying about it, so he was the sole winner.
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Selecta84 posted:I played it 3 times with 3, 3 and 4 players and I quite enjoyed. Nice game flow and the semi cooperativ nature of the roads feels a bit tricky at first and you need a few rounds to get used to it but I would play it again any time. gently caress it, I'm getting it.
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Infinitum posted:It would probably be less interesting if every goal card as "dick over someone/everybody else", as there'd be no reason to trust anyone. Those are the ones I'd take out, the goals like 'Get an Egg' or 'Change the destination' are just 100% better than 'Kill player 2'
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MonsieurChoc posted:gently caress it, I'm getting it. Little late - but... I wouldn't? We tried a couple rounds, and it didn't really grab anyone. It seemed like a lot of work/fiddling/rules for a bland game. Certainly don't get it if the theme of adventuring is important to you, as that doesn't really come through well.
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I own a copy but actually still haven't opened it. Just haven't gotten around to it -- too many games, not enough time. I bought it sight unseen on release, not because of Gloomhaven, but actually because of Forge War which I really really enjoyed.
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quote:Forge War Tired: pretending you're adventurers in an adventuring guild Wired: pretending you're the accountant for an imaginary adventuring guild
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So hmmm, Level 99 is doing a Dead by Daylight game. Which seems a bit weird.
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Tekopo posted:So hmmm, Level 99 is doing a Dead by Daylight game. Which seems a bit weird. ....huh As an exceed season or as its own unique thing?
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Well I leave for Dice Tower West tomorrow. I'll be running two sessions of Ark Nova and a session of Bitoku. I'm the old Black lady, not the pretty young Black lady named Candice 
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FirstAidKite posted:....huh
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I guess it's surprising the chance slipped out of the hands of the two or three companies who specialize in video-game adaptations, but if it's a money market (and I guess it must be, they keep making them), good job for Level 99 on grabbing a particularly juicy license.
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Tekopo posted:As it's own standalone game. Just never thought I'd see L99 doing licensed games. They've done them plenty of times before, usually just adapting a license to another of their games though. I wouldn't be surprised if the dead by daylight game ends up sharing its game design skeleton with another future L99 project like Seventh Cross.
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FirstAidKite posted:They've done them plenty of times before, usually just adapting a license to another of their games though. Seventh Cross was shelved indefinitely. I wonder if it was shelved for this? 
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FirstAidKite posted:They've done them plenty of times before, usually just adapting a license to another of their games though.
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