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SuperKlaus posted:Is there a thread for Essen like for GenCon? I'm going this year! First time ever! Hopefully not last time ever but I'm not European so it's tough! Hyped! Klaus, you still going? Drop me a PM if you want to meet up at some point.
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I'm going to Essen in the gooniest way possible : with my mom 
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silvergoose posted:The game refuses to get past the loading screen for some reason. The dev trying to help fix it was saying that the game wants to launch a browser to log into epic or something and isn't doing so, but it's extremely frustrating! FWIW the fix was, somehow, updating visual c++.
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Sep 23, 2022 16:24
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Christ, Cephalofair sending me notices about how close they are to shipping Frosthaven and my eyes just pan over to Gloomhaven, about ten missions in, sitting on the shelf next to the unopened expansion.
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Sep 23, 2022 19:06
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Morpheus posted:Christ, Cephalofair sending me notices about how close they are to shipping Frosthaven and my eyes just pan over to Gloomhaven, about ten missions in, sitting on the shelf next to the unopened expansion. I poopsocked it in a weekend. You can do it shorter if you look up the “optimal route” through the main story
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Morpheus posted:Christ, Cephalofair sending me notices about how close they are to shipping Frosthaven and my eyes just pan over to Gloomhaven, about ten missions in, sitting on the shelf next to the unopened expansion. I live like 3k miles from where I did when I ordered Frosthaven. My entire local friends group is completely different, and my gaming crew is smaller. Sadly the pandemic put an end to the crew I was playing through Gloomhaven with, so at this point I'd probably need to start it over again with a new crew. I might just do that though, and put Frosthaven on the shelf when it comes in to be played at some time in the distant future.
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PRADA SLUT posted:I poopsocked it in a weekend. You can do it shorter if you look up the “optimal route” through the main story Wait, there was a story to Gloomhaven?
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Sep 23, 2022 19:37
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Ubik_Lives posted:Wait, there was a story to Gloomhaven? There's actually a number of plot threads if you actually read the text in the scenario book. The main two threads are Jekserash, which starts at Scenario 1 and The Gloom which starts from Scenario 2. Jekserah's plot gets wrapped up a couple of different ways, but The Gloom spans the entire main scenario suite.
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Sep 23, 2022 19:52
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Ubik_Lives posted:Wait, there was a story to Gloomhaven? very important lore-based reasons the villagers need you to collect bear asses
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Yeah my group played through to the completion of the Jekserah story arc (including some very finicky distance play situations for the last few scenarios after COVID hit) and decided that was a good stopping point to call it at. The box will likely just collect expensive dust now, alas!
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girl dick energy posted:More Gloomhaven video game trip report: Getting mollywhopped by a difficult encounter doesn't feel nearly as bad in this version when setting up to give it another go is as quick as clicking "retry" or "return to Gloomhaven", instead of 15 minutes of set-up/teardown, and the game flows much better in general. It almost feels like this is the game as it was meant to be and the board game is a clunky-but-faithful adaptation. Honestly there are plenty of board games that would be better served as video games and this feels like it's one of them to me.
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Sep 23, 2022 20:54
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girl dick energy posted:More Gloomhaven video game trip report: Getting mollywhopped by a difficult encounter doesn't feel nearly as bad in this version when setting up to give it another go is as quick as clicking "retry" or "return to Gloomhaven", instead of 15 minutes of set-up/teardown, and the game flows much better in general. It almost feels like this is the game as it was meant to be and the board game is a clunky-but-faithful adaptation. My friends and I have sunk 108h to play one complete campaign on steam. This number of course includes both doing missions and discussing equipment, etc. in between. We created elaborate backstories for our characters and the guild over time because we could focus on that instead of setting up, tearing down, and trying to figure out monster AI.
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Chill la Chill posted:My friends and I have sunk 108h to play one complete campaign on steam. This number of course includes both doing missions and discussing equipment, etc. in between. We created elaborate backstories for our characters and the guild over time because we could focus on that instead of setting up, tearing down, and trying to figure out monster AI. Seems like the digital version is worth it?
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So is it worth me playing Gloomhaven the PC game by myself, or should I try and rope a friend or two into snagging this freebie and joining me?
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I told all my friends to get it because it's free, doesn't even need to get installed, and maybe one day they'll want to play with me. Everyone's just said sure and grabbed it
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Sep 23, 2022 23:16
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It's drop in and drop out too with the host keeping the saves and delegating players, but everyone else gets a copy too.
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Armauk posted:Seems like the digital version is worth it? https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/gloomhaven-92f741 It's free until 9/29 on Epic.
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Im going to Essen too. Let's hang out.
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Armauk posted:Seems like the digital version is worth it? Very worth it. The Guildmaster mode is awesome too for learning classes and messing around with builds and has an insane amount of content in its own right (it's bigger than the campaign). They also just added the solo missions. While playing it over the table certainly has its charms, I prefer it as a video game. Not having to worry about AI upkeep and cleanup is just so nice. Hopefully they make a digital Frosthaven too.
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Reposting from the Gloomhaven thread:Countblanc posted:a few questions about digital, namely mods:
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Hello thread! I'm on the hunt for new co-op games. My group has gone through the typical gamut of cooperative games and we're looking for more. What we've covered: A ton of "EXIT" games Pandemic seasons 0-2 Gloomhaven and Jaws of the Lion The Crew (both versions) Spirit Island (still getting plenty of fun out of this one, but it's a bit too heavy for my SO so she usually sits it out) Clank Legacy (in progress - only sorta co-op but we're having great fun with it) Particularly frustrating is the fact that we have been looking for copies of Aeon's End Legacy and Betrayal Legacy and so far have not gotten lucky enough to snag one. Any recommendations for more-available games that we can play? Bonus points if there's a legacy component. To contribute to the gloomhaven discussion - After sinking 100+ hours into the digital version I do not believe we'll ever be breaking out my friend's physical copy again. It just saves a ridiculous amount of time when you don't have to set up, organize, and pack in every session.
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It's a pretty huge shift from what you've played, but maybe check out For Science!, it's a dexterity game co-op by the Spirit Island designer that isn't as complex but has a ton of customization options.
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Not a Children posted:Hello thread! I'm on the hunt for new co-op games. My group has gone through the typical gamut of cooperative games and we're looking for more. I really enjoy Siege of Runedar. The box is the board, a really cool 3d castle. It's not very heavy, my 12 year old nephew grasped it pretty well. Mansions of Madness is great if you don't mind app driven stuff, and Journeys in Middle Earth is similar but is campaign based (unfortunately you're stuck with the same number of characters for the whole campaign, so you need a regular group). Both are expensive though and really benefit from expansions. I just picked up Roll Camera and am playing that tonight. Looks like loads of fun. Just realised you were primarily after legacy, sorry!
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Not a Children posted:Hello thread! I'm on the hunt for new co-op games. My group has gone through the typical gamut of cooperative games and we're looking for more. Arkham Horror LCG is a good cooperative card game that has choose your own story bits in between scenarios that can have large impacts on the campaigns you are playing. Though it can be pretty difficult, and pretty expensive if you end up going all in.
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PerniciousKnid posted:https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/gloomhaven-92f741 Thanks, but I don't use Epic.
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Armauk posted:Thanks, but I don't use Epic. You're in luck, it's available for purchase on Steam.
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Not a Children posted:Hello thread! I'm on the hunt for new co-op games. My group has gone through the typical gamut of cooperative games and we're looking for more. Honestly, you've hit most of the high points according to both the thread and likely the BG community at large, as far as I am aware. Hope you enjoy Clank Legacy: we had a very nice time with it. How big is your group? One cooperative game that I cannot sing the praises of enough is Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Baker Street Irregulars enough, but due to its nature, it's not often recommended above 2-3. Now, you also said you've done a bunch of EXIT Games, and while I've only done one so far, it's probably a similar strata. It's not literally timed but instead "timed" by the number of places you go and things you do. I have talked up CD:BSI at great length in another thread. This was my game of the year that I played in 2021, and it wasn't close. I recommend this game to every pair of humans I see within earshot for every waking hour. A game with similar player count issues (basically being 2 player only) is Codenames Duet which I also yammered on about in the same thread. It's the unassailable unbeatable Codenames.... except it might be even better? You said you played the Pandemic Legacy games, but is your group sick / sensitized to Pandemic generally? If you're still up to try a game in that 'system' in that same thread, I also talked about Pandemic: Iberia here. It's Pandemic except mid 1800s and with TRAINS. It's awesome; commonly thought to be the best non-Legacy version, try it if you can find or be loaned a copy.
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sirtommygunn posted:Arkham Horror LCG is a good cooperative card game that has choose your own story bits in between scenarios that can have large impacts on the campaigns you are playing. Though it can be pretty difficult, and pretty expensive if you end up going all in. Going to second this thing, with a few extra reasons: 1) there's never been a better time - other than right when it released - to start getting into it, they're reprinting all the old campaigns in the new format (so just two SKUs to buy per campaign - one with all the player cards and one with the campaign scenarios themselves - rather than seven products that were often hard to hunt down) 2) The newer campaigns are cool, with lots of interesting mechanics and choices (although I'm still a bit salty that the cool car chase scenario from Innsmouth doesn't work very well at 4 players...) 3) It's a game where the five colors/character classes play extremely differently, which gives it a lot of variable difficulty - if you want to be good at gathering clues, building a yellow Seeker that's extremely effective and simple to play is very easy, a blue Guardian gives you a simple way to handle combat, green Rogues are good at evasion and trickery, and then red Survivors and purple Mystics get really weird with the mechanics and can be more sink-or-swim - generally the colors increase in complexity and difficulty in the order I've listed them, so you can go through a campaign once with an easier deck, get to know some of the tricks, and then go through it and make other choices or attempt different goals with a harder investigator when you know a bit about what the game is going to throw at you. It's really a stellar game now, which is cool because for the first few years it was out I thought it was kind of basic and really only kept up with it as a game to play co-op with my group, but as the card pool has expanded and a brilliant new lead designer took over they've built a really fantastic and interesting experience off of those basic rules.
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Not a Children posted:Hello thread! I'm on the hunt for new co-op games. My group has gone through the typical gamut of cooperative games and we're looking for more. If you've got 4 or 5 people, Space Alert.
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Arkham Horror right now is a great game that has never been better. Strong recommend.
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Sleeping Gods for a campaign that’s easy to set up and doesn’t have dumbass shuffling every 90 seconds or Too Many Bones for improved one-shot RPG Podima posted:The box will likely just collect expensive dust now, alas! Weird, mine just collects regular dust PRADA SLUT fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Sep 24, 2022 |
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These are some of the coop games my group enjoyed at one point or the other. For what its worth Spirit Island, Nemesis, Marvel Champions and Gloomhaven are our most-played. rpgs - Tiny Epic Dungeons (our host's favorite quick coop game), Warhammer Quest: the adventure card game and its reskin once they lost the license Heroes of Terrinoth (one of my favorites, it has a couple campaigns but they don't take long), Nemesis and Nemesis Lockdown (Alien/Aliens themed sci fi. Has true coop, or adversarial coop), Destinies (multiple campaigns but replayability sucks since veterans will know what to do), Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle Earth (should be a chill exploration game but the timer is pretty tightly tuned so you can't get lost smelling the roses, requires a digital steam app to play dungeon master/narrator. My friend uses his laptop), Hexplore It (various titles with variations on theme, uses dry erase boards. I just received the new Castlevania looking one to try out from the kickstarter) LCGs (limited card pool, no randomness in collecting) - Marvel Champions (easiest), Arkham Horror LCG (harder, getting reprints and new content currently), Lord of the Rings LCG (hardest, getting reprints now). Difficulty depends on your card pool, willingness to make broken decks/play broken characters, and a bit of randomness. Pathfinder Adventure Card Game is a bit more self contained. I got the Wrath of the Righteous set after enjoying the PC game, though its based on the tabletop and doesn't have the new characters. A friend enjoyed the Obsidian adaptation of the base game on steam. I've got a copy of Aeons End Legacy but we played through about 3-4 monsters before moving on so a bunch of the stickers and packages are opened and used up. It didn't look very resetable.
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Llyranor posted:There is a reset pack for Aeon's End Legacy Ah nice, I hadn't checked for that but I see them in stock in a few places. I'll have to check with my play group to see if they want to finish the game or if we're done with it for sure, then maybe I can send it off to someone who wants it.
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Not a Children posted:Hello thread! I'm on the hunt for new co-op games. My group has gone through the typical gamut of cooperative games and we're looking for more. Player count? if you have 5+ my coop rec is always Mysterium. If 4-, try Burgle Bros.
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I still think Imperial Assault holds up great, even compared to newer dungeoners today.
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uncle blog posted:I still think Imperial Assault holds up great, even compared to newer dungeoners today. Is that the one where one guy plays the empire in a 1vX? We started that and finished 1/3 to 1/2 of a campaign then the host/owner took a break to have his first child and we never got back to it. It was fun but I was empire and was having great luck while the good guys were having a really rough time of it which I think helped us not get it back to the table.
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That's the one. With the app you can play together against an AI, but I still prefer it with a human as the empire.
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Is Burncycle good? Talk me out of it, it looks cool.
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Rockman Reserve posted:Talk me out of it, it looks cool. Imagine it's pronounced like popsicle.
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