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Douche Phoenix posted:So Storage Wars but with raccoons bidding on trash cans? I can dig it When's the kickstarter??
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Chill la Chill posted:Raccoon tycoon and NY Zoo are some of my recent biggest disappointments as well and for the same reasons. Such a shame, we could've had a cutthroat economics game with cute bougie raccoons smdh Yeah I sold NY Zoo at the convention a few weeks ago, just ... not very interesting. I also really didn't enjoy setup with the stacks of polyominoes on the table in the notches.
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million dollar mack posted:Mock (all) Wingspan Enjoyers I hear there may be a second edition with significant errata inbound
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xiw posted:Yeah I sold NY Zoo at the convention a few weeks ago, just ... not very interesting. I also really didn't enjoy setup with the stacks of polyominoes on the table in the notches. It's awful and my daughter has been obsessed with wanting it ever since we played it at a board game cafe, just because she knows I don't like it. In case you goons were dreaming about having a kid to play games with, there's two sides to that wish. Well her mom just bought it as a Christmas present and we're going to play it once and it'll sit on the shelf like every other game with attractive box art but nothing of substance inside.
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canyoneer posted:I hear there may be a second edition with significant errata inbound Quails start with 45 VP. Geese start with -15. That's the Jamey touch.
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What's playtesting like in the Stegmaier house? Like in Scythe one of the board combos is straight up objectively better than any other combo. You'd think things like that come up.
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Admiralty Flag posted:I signed up to play On Mars this Saturday. I've never played a Lacerda game before and just saw it's a 4.67 complexity on BGG. The teach video was 45 minutes long. On a scale of 0 to 10, how much will the 90-150 minute playing time be a lie? (None of the others have played On Mars before, either, I believe, but they should all have seen the video.) 90-150 minutes is pretty accurate not including the teach even for early games. Pretty sure our first game (which was 4P) was about 2.5-3 hours. Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Nov 3, 2023 |
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Nov 3, 2023 05:53
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On Mars is the best Lacerda. You'll have fun.
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Do any Goons have opinions on Weather Machine and where it ranks with Lacerda's? I own it, but it's towards the back of the queue unfortunately.
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Infinitum posted:Do any Goons have opinions on Weather Machine and where it ranks with Lacerda's? Have only played it the once, enjoyed it quite a bit. Of all the Lacerda games, it's definitely one of them.
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SettingSun posted:What's playtesting like in the Stegmaier house? Like in Scythe one of the board combos is straight up objectively better than any other combo. You'd think things like that come up. The tapestry debacle revealed that he has quite a comprehensive playtesting program that produced enough data to identify all the issues identified by the community. It also revealed that he doesn't have even a basic knowledge of statistics, and thus he couldn't see the (glaring) issues in the data.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:90-150 minutes is pretty accurate not including the teach even for early games. I'd say it's 40+40 excluding teach, yes. But the teach is long. I do not recommend playing On Mars with any group that hasn't learned the rules in advance.
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The End posted:Have only played it the once, enjoyed it quite a bit. Of all the Lacerda games, it's definitely one of them. Thankfully of the games I own, it's also definitely one of them
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Gonna play Twilight Imperium for the first time ever on Saturday
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Gonna play Twilight Imperium for the first time ever on Saturday Speaking of games that will take an ungodly amount of time even when you do know the rules...
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LifeLynx posted:It's awful and my daughter has been obsessed with wanting it ever since we played it at a board game cafe, just because she knows I don't like it. In case you goons were dreaming about having a kid to play games with, there's two sides to that wish. Well her mom just bought it as a Christmas present and we're going to play it once and it'll sit on the shelf like every other game with attractive box art but nothing of substance inside. Sorry to hear. I was hoping it was a nice mean take on drafting and polyominoes. The meeps are just so pretty which is why this was such a disappointment 😭 OTOH llama land was pretty decent even though it’s still friendly and not too mean
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SettingSun posted:dreadfully short because everyone missed a couple key rules or agonizingly long as you work through its complexities. Lacerda.txt
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Gonna play Twilight Imperium for the first time ever on Saturday   Just remember to always be aiming for victory points Battles don't necessarily get you there and can actually hamper your wincon (Unless you're Space Godzilla, then go munch some nerds) Have you done your draft yet? 
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Listen to the ELO song to get your mind right.
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Infinitum posted:
I'm going in completely blind. God bless 
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I'm going in completely blind. God bless
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SettingSun posted:I strongly encourage you to at least read the rules ahead of time. There's a video someone linked for a different group who are goons and we'll play later this month too, I'll watch that tonight or tomorrow morning, Zero TI to two TI games in a month??
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GreenBuckanneer posted:There's a video someone linked for a different group who are goons and we'll play later this month too, I'll watch that tonight or tomorrow morning, Zero TI to two TI games in a month??
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I know the game takes all day, not a deterrent
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I'm going in completely blind. God bless Good luck Gooner, but again aim for POINTS not battles. Battles are a means to an end. If the end is "I wanna blow this dude up", you're playing it wrong. SettingSun posted:I strongly encourage you to at least read the rules ahead of time. Yeah. Just use this one, it's what I link for all my newbies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u2xEap5hBM The complexity of TI isn't in the difficulty of the mechanics, it's in how many mechanics there are.
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Just enjoy that it's going to devolve into Space Risk for a couple unfortunate souls and those they don't have to build masses of plastic will probably win. And be prepared for the never ending refrain of "wait did we do research/technology already?"
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Infinitum posted:Good luck Gooner, but again aim for POINTS not battles. Write “Is the thing I’m doing with this going to get me a point?” in permanent marker on your dominant hand. TI4 gives a staggering buffet of options and victory goes to the person who ignores most of them.
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Magnetic North posted:It might be best to create a thread in SA Mart (and link it here) to let those additional protective rules apply. However, when this has come up in the past, the TG mod team have not considered that a requirement, so you can just as easily post here and then take it to PMs at your own risk. Okay, I made a thread! If you have games you'd like to get off your shelf and replace with different ones from someone else's shelf, go post in that thread! If you want any of the games I listed, let me know and what you'd be interested in trading. If I don't want anything you offer, I may just send you the game for the price of shipping (assuming I don't get any other trade offers for it).
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the best part of twilight imperium is space un and wheeling and dealing to see who gets elected minister of sprockets in exchange for passing environmental reform that allows you to build planetary cannons more easily and other silly poo poo
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Ohthehugemanatee posted:Write “Is the thing I’m doing with this going to get me a point?” in permanent marker on your dominant hand. replace this with "is the thing I'm doing with this gonna get me an agenda or boost an agenda's score?" if you're playing Voidfall
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Gonna play Twilight Imperium for the first time ever on Saturday The one time I played it, the guy next to me did an all out attack on me in round 2 that essentially wiped both of us out for the remaining 7 or 8 hours. Yeah, fun game. Never playing that again.
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There's a TI thread if anyone has specific questions about this behemoth of a game: Twilight Imperium It's quiet, but someone will happily talk about TI ad nauseam if you post something.
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Hey everyone! Trad games secret santa is up and running for another year. Come join the fun, if you find sending and receiving nerdy game gifts fun!
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Bottom Liner posted:I am eagerly awaiting the follow up post On Mars trip report: 4P, one had played 3-4 times, one had played once, and another guy and I had played about half a game yesterday to get ready for today. The game took about 3.5 hours -- heavy AP going on (probably driven in part by unfamiliarity) plus lots of checking rules and iconography; both of these issues included the two more experienced players. The latter seems like it would dramatically reduce on further playing. I squeezed out a 1 point win, in spite of being short on resources most of the game and minimal tech (only two tiles, including shelters, but I got them to the end). Fortunately, I made and filled a four-hex shelter (and fulfilled a contract for that), which put me over the top. I think there was too little game for the time, but like I said I think we can play faster next time. My favorite heavy games are Brass:Birmingham and GWT. Not sure On Mars ascends to that level, but we're looking at playing it again next weekend, and I think that'll be a more accurate view of the game. Admiralty Flag fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Nov 5, 2023 |
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Trip report I tied for third... I thought I could get multiple public VP a turn... you can not...
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Trip report I tied for third... I thought I could get multiple public VP a turn... you can not... gj for your first run go into it again with your hard earned experience and crush your foes
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I play TI most often with 4 people and I hate it because all the strategy cards are in play every round.
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