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FirstAidKite posted:I am glad your situation is back under control Infinitum. I wasn't able to donate because the end of the month is a tough time for us but I hope my linking it in the trad games discord was able to help a little. Keep well, keep good, and most importantly, fairy bread isn't a real thing cmon stop joshing the rest of the world C'mon FAK, of course fairy bread is real!  Just because you don't see the merits of sprinkles doesn't mean you can deny its existence! < >Also, I only just found out about all this Infinitum business because of these posts, so drat I read your OP and I'm glad it all worked out for you - phew!
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Now all I want is a game that focuses on making and selling fairy bread, getting the best components for the style you're going for (like different types of sprinkles and cream vs butter), in order to attain enough victory points to save summer and restore fun to the community, through culinary delights. The fairy bread and VPs (represented by sprinkles) can even have their own fancy meeples, too! That oughta sell well 
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Can we take a moment to appreciate the choice of font in the rulebook? https://www.gmtgames.com/p-752-banish-the-snakes.aspx  
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For the rulebook?? I thought that was for Kickstarter publicity material. Gosh and golly.
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Kalko posted:Introduced three friends to Eldritch Horror on the weekend and it went down really well, but it got me wondering what the newest edition of Arkham Horror is like. How does it compare in terms of game length or complexity? I never played any of its previous editions but I understand EH was a more casual or streamlined version of the original game. I prefer AH3ed by a lot. Though I have only played EH twice so far, it seemed too meandering and dull to me. I often felt like I was just moving to a place hoping something would happen, instead of actually doing anything. AH3ed imo has more variety, more flavor, more stuff happening, more direction and also better tension management. Actions are more interesting, the map has clear indicators of what kind of encounter you may find in each space, so you have room to plan and strategize. The rules are a little bit more complex, but if you've played any FFG cthulhu game they all work more or less the same at their core, so I don't think it's much of an issue to move from one to the other. The setup, teardown and storage is insane though. In terms on length, maybe it's in part familiarity, but I have a regular group of 5 and we can get a game of AH3ed done in 3-4 hours. EH base game took us almost an entire day, and then we had to finish up on the next.
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Taught The Crew og, Kokopelli, The Field of the Cloth of Gold, The Crew deep sea to a friend we don't see often. He quite enjoyed the crew, as pretty much everyone does We played Kokopelli twice so finally got to try not-starter cards some of which were completely off the wall: start a ceremony in someone else's area! have a fifth ceremony! people including you playing to your ceremonies get an extra action! Really enjoyed finally getting to try some of em. Maybe someday we'll actually open one of the mini expansions that came with the kickstarter copy we bought off someone who presumably played it once or twice total. Best way to get kickstarters imo. Oddly, he didn't like FoCoG, first person I introduced it to who didn't gel with it. Didn't like the rather extreme lack of choices and control, which I suppose is fair enough. Then we went for a couple deep sea missions, and he ended up liking that more than og, which is where we're at too. And his kid entertained our two kids which let us play games at all, woohoo.
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Got to play my copy of 1882 that showed up last week with 5P. Curious why this game has such a mixed reaction amongst the 18xx crowd as I really enjoyed it as an "1830... but" game. It plays quickly, the tiles are very limited, starting cash is tight, and the certificate limit is hilariously small. And I like the setting of the Canadian (mid?) West. No one made an East to West run in our game though partially because the tracks were so tough to make work and it was all our first game, except me who had played on .games maybe two years ago. VVV I am hooked on them and will literally play them any chance I get so I am always looking for the elusive "faster playing but just as hard hitting" game. This is maybe up there for me right now and I sincerely believe that we could have it played in under 3 hours with a solid group that's paying attention and maybe doing a bit of mental route calculation too. FulsomFrank fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Jun 27, 2022 |
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FulsomFrank posted:Got to play my copy of 1882 that showed on last week with 5P. Curious why this game has such a mixed reaction amongst the 18xx crowd as I really enjoyed it as an "1830... but" game. It plays quickly, the tiles are very limited, starting cash is tight, and the certificate limit is hilariously small. And I like the setting of the Canadian (mid?) West. No one made an East to West run in our game though partially because the tracks were so tough to make work and it was all our first game, except me who had played on .games maybe two years ago. I'm a Lonny Ogler fan myself. And I find 18xx hard to get to the table in the first place so I'm rarely looking for more titles in the genre.
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I really think a big part of the problem with 1882 is that shortly after the design got announced by the publisher the designer outed himself as a turd, which soured lots of people on the game itself. I know a bunch of people who played it in beta before AAG picked it up and it had much better reviews then.
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FulsomFrank posted:Got to play my copy of 1882 that showed up last week with 5P. Curious why this game has such a mixed reaction amongst the 18xx crowd as I really enjoyed it as an "1830... but" game. It plays quickly, the tiles are very limited, starting cash is tight, and the certificate limit is hilariously small. And I like the setting of the Canadian (mid?) West. No one made an East to West run in our game though partially because the tracks were so tough to make work and it was all our first game, except me who had played on .games maybe two years ago. At a certain point, the limited city tiles became a gimmick to me rather than an interesting question. Either someone gets *completely screwed but is still in the game not bankrupt* or no one is, there was kinda no middle ground. Otherwise eh I think I landed on enjoying it well enough, not at the top of my favorites but not at the bottom either. I did play an async tourney at one point, and that was pretty fun, some very tight games. For "1830 but maybe shorter" I would play 1889 or 18MS over it any time, though, depending on whether I wanted the same financial feel (89) or the map play/train timing (MS, plus it's really short). But then again, I've literally only played 1846 in person, everything else has been on .games
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Infinitum posted:Love me some Player Mat Dicks Glad I'm not the only one that saw that.
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GenCon just announced a BIPOC zone. Where do I go to feast on the tears of angry white folk asking where their zone is?
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djfooboo posted:GenCon just announced a BIPOC zone. Where do I go to feast on the tears of angry white folk asking where their zone is? wherever Jeremy Hambly is
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djfooboo posted:GenCon just announced a BIPOC zone. Where do I go to feast on the tears of angry white folk asking where their zone is? Where did you see this? The site mentions a three-hour BIPOC mixer: https://www.gencon.com/events/215243
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In an email "This year Gen Con, in partnership with Rose Gauntlet Entertainment, will be providing a lounge area for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) professionals and attendees. Attendees will find games created by BIPOC designers, a BIPOC creators’ game library, BIPOC art, scheduled events, giveaways, refreshments and a space to meet with fellow members of the community. Aspiring BIPOC professionals will find a space to meet other professionals, sign up for one-on-one meetings, obtain resources on companies hoping to work with and mentor BIPOC creators, etc."
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Mayveena posted:In an email that sounds so much better than what I expected
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djfooboo posted:GenCon just announced a BIPOC zone. Where do I go to feast on the tears of angry white folk asking where their zone is? they get an extra hour in the ball pit
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PRADA SLUT posted:they get an extra hour in the ball pit oh man, I just remembered that, lol  if this was before your time or you somehow missed this one, google "dashcon"
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djfooboo posted:GenCon just announced a BIPOC zone. Where do I go to feast on the tears of angry white folk asking where their zone is? this is more for the industry thread since it's not really about board games. also it sounds pretty rad to be honest
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The largest domestic convention for the board game hobby announcing an area to celebrate and promote BIPOC designers’ work is definitively relative to the board game thread but go ahead and needlessly backseat mod for ??? reasons.
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Mayveena posted:In an email This is a good idea that I hope doesn't fall prey to the problems of colorism and attendant policing of mixed folks that often plague such spaces.
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:this is more for the industry thread since it's not really about board games. also it sounds pretty rad to be honest If it’s not about creating a space for BIPOC board gamers and designers then what is it about?? As a BIPOC myself, I’d like an explanation.
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https://keyforging.com/ghost-galaxy-acquires-keyforge/ ....huh.
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I'm curious whether anyone substantiated the rumors of a big ransomware attack behind the scenes at FFG that ate the Keyforge deck generator (...somehow) and may have been responsible for Unfathomable's general lack of illustration, or whether that was just speculation.
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GetDunked posted:I'm curious whether anyone substantiated the rumors of a big ransomware attack behind the scenes at FFG that ate the Keyforge deck generator (...somehow) and may have been responsible for Unfathomable's general lack of illustration, or whether that was just speculation. Allegedly, Stephen Buonocore said something about the Keyforge incident on his Board Games Insider podcast, episode 210. I have not listened he could certainly be plugged in enough to know.
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Is BIPOC pronounced by each letter (bee eye pea oh sea) or is it pronounced like a word (bye-pock, bip-ock)?
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FirstAidKite posted:Is BIPOC pronounced by each letter (bee eye pea oh sea) or is it pronounced like a word (bye-pock, bip-ock)? I wasn't sure either - usually having only seen it written. Googling/random-Youtube-videos seem pretty consistent that it's this: quote:BIPOC is pronounced “buy pock” (“pock” as in “pocket”).
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Jedit posted:Well that's an unfortunate pronunciation. it's not unfortunate in the U.S. on Googling, it's unfortunate in the U.K. (to save others the trouble, pock = pustule, sometimes the damaged spot therefrom, cf. uncommon-in-the-US "pock-marked")
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:this is more for the industry thread since it's not really about board games. also it sounds pretty rad to be honest For the record, this news is appropriate for both threads to discuss.
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Leperflesh posted:For the record, this news is appropriate for both threads to discuss. And fantastic news, at that.
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homullus posted:it's not unfortunate in the U.S. I was thinking of the BI, not the POC. As pronounced, it sounds like "buy [person of colour]".
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I just scored NIS Chaos in the Old World and NIS Horned Rat in my local buy/sell/trade group! 
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djfooboo posted:I just scored NIS Chaos in the Old World and NIS Horned Rat in my local buy/sell/trade group! drat, congrats
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djfooboo posted:I just scored NIS Chaos in the Old World and NIS Horned Rat in my local buy/sell/trade group! One of my all time favorite games. I'm surprised that FFG never re-released it with a generic theme, a la BSG->Unfathomable.
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