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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Thoughts on Fury of Dracula vs Letters from Whitechapel? LfW is lighter and shorter. Drac is awesome.
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Thoughts on Fury of Dracula vs Letters from Whitechapel? We bought and played Both Letters from Whitechapel is really awesome and we've played it 4 or 5 times now, it's shorter, and the mechanics are pretty tight so every game feels super close. Fury of Dracula is amazing, but takes 3 - 4 hours to play, and I've had trouble convincing the group to commit to that.
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Broken Loose posted:I don't know what my opinion is on New Angeles, right now. I'd have to think and type a ton more than I'm willing to do at the moment. Are you still thinking of running a forums game of it? 
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al-azad posted:This is me but instead of ruining everyone else's time I'll raid your fridge for beer. The Resistance is stupid.  Resistance is a much better executed Mafia-like game and I wouldn't call it "stupid", but I still don't like those really except very specific mood and occasion. Someone brought out some Werewolf game which was basically a 1 round mafia, that was a really loving terrible game so I just spent the game drinking and laughing manically and being a dick pretending to be the werewolf even as a villager.I do like Coup/Love Letters tho which are fun little in between games, unfortunately I'm mostly alone there
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Xaris posted:
Maybe the game would be more fun if you weren't actively sabotaging it?
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Turtlicious posted:Maybe the game would be more fun if you weren't actively sabotaging it?  for real, you're the very person we were mocking last page. ONUW is a good game. If you can't play along for a 5 minute round, then just sit out and don't ruin it for everyone else.
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The guy who made Letters is working on a Lord of the Rings hidden movement game where one player is the hobbits trying to get to Rivendell and the other players are Ring Wraiths. So uhh, pretty soon the answer might be that one.
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Big McHuge posted:The guy who made Letters is working on a Lord of the Rings hidden movement game where one player is the hobbits trying to get to Rivendell and the other players are Ring Wraiths. There's also a new Friday the 13th one that looks interesting (last Friday?)
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Xaris posted:
If you don't want to play a game then you should say "I don't want to play this," in as polite a fashion as possible. Sabotaging a game other people are invested in is loving awful, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
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Rutibex posted:It helps if you use visuals Also, if people were serious about moderating this thread, they would ban Rutibex. He offers nothing, distracts the conversation, and is a true creep and rear end in a top hat.
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sector_corrector posted:Also, if people were serious about moderating this thread, they would ban Rutibex. He offers nothing, distracts the conversation, and is a true creep and rear end in a top hat. Agreed. At least a nice long probation.
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Caedar posted:Agreed. At least a nice long probation. 
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lol What would you guys recommend for someone who really really loves Combat Commander: Europe? Is it more CC expansions cos I'm fine with that. I'm currently learning (and coming to love) Panzer.
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Sleekly posted:lol Advanced Squad Leader.
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The End posted:Advanced Squad Leader. Oh dear....that's what the guy who sold me Panzer said too
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Sleekly posted:lol More Combat Commander. You might also like Chad's other game, Fighting Formations.
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Sleekly posted:lol cenotaph posted:More Combat Commander. You might also like Chad's other game, Fighting Formations. Not knowing much about CC: I still agree with cenotaph. When you're lucky to find a favourite item at the buffet, take extra helpings of that. Still wander some, sure, but you don't want to waste all your intake budget on things that are probably less tasty. However, I'm pretty sure Chad Jensen's other game is Dominant Species
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cenotaph posted:Fighting Formations. Extremely my poo poo! Thanks its on my various wishlists now. rchandra posted:Dominant Species I know that's very highly regarded round here but honestly I struggle with the theme. I will gorge right out at Mr Jensens CC buffet guilt free! Sleekly fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Jan 5, 2017 |
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Fat Turkey posted:About halfway through last year I mentioned I was going to pick up Mage Knight Lost Legion and could anybody share their customers inserts as I want to build one out of foam board. Someone answered saying they could share later in the year. Not that guy but here is mine anyway: http://imgur.com/a/gkT6A It was my second insert so the execution is a bit sloppy but it fits the Base Game, Lost Legion and Krang so I'm happy with it. All the cards are sleeved. Selecta84 fucked around with this message at 08:39 on Jan 5, 2017 |
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Sleekly posted:What would you guys recommend for someone who really really loves Combat Commander: Europe? Fields of Fire
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I've read so much about that game...it sounds like a beautiful mess
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Sleekly posted:I've read so much about that game...it sounds like a beautiful mess If you're more interested in the general feel of the game, rather than getting all nitty-gritty about the rules, this guy is really on point.
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Fat Turkey posted:About halfway through last year I mentioned I was going to pick up Mage Knight Lost Legion and could anybody share their customers inserts as I want to build one out of foam board. Someone answered saying they could share later in the year. That person was me. I'm afraid I have a bit much on my plate as it is, but I promise I'll show my work if and when I get around to designing the thing
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Had my first game of New Angeles tonight. 5 players. We managed to address the first demand card narrowly, and players were surprisingly cooperative. Second demand card was clearly headed toward failure, so there was a bit of jousting for position and points. Final demand card seems like a fairly easy one, and round 5 goes relatively smoothly. The second to last player then threatened to use an asset to burn a resource to gain two points, but collectively we negotiated to bring him back in to the game by encouraging him to blackmail his rival. Seemingly at a point where nothing can go wrong, the final turn comes up and since everything is poised to coast to the line, the last place player proposed a deal that would give him some capital while putting an outage on the board. Noone really anticipated a drama so he won the deal handily. He dropped the outage on top of the one energy producing square we needed to satisfy demand. Failing the demand card spikes us past 25, and the final player flips his rival card: Federalist. He wins alone, and none of us ever suspected it. Played us for suckers absolutely perfectly. As for the strange amount of cooperation - of the five players, three got their own card, I got the card of the Weyland (federalist player). So, everyone was happy to finish ahead of me and the federalist, I didn't care as long as I was ahead of Weyland, and Weyland just needed to sneak past 25. Despite the incredible odds, the mixture of rival cards put us right into his gameplan. It's a cool game.
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A friend has bought Xia: Legends of a Drift System because pew pew and space. From what I understand from reading the rules, the pro strategy is to be an annoying rules lawyer and argue as much as possible? 
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Played Viticulture + Tuscany as a new player and only came in last. But a respectable last, not an utterly shameful one I guess?
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Fat Samurai posted:A friend has bought Xia: Legends of a Drift System because pew pew and space. From what I understand from reading the rules, the pro strategy is to be an annoying rules lawyer and argue as much as possible? Isn't that the one where rules arguments are settled by a d20 roll off and the high roller decides how the game is played?
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Lord Frisk posted:Isn't that the one where rules arguments are settled by a d20 roll off and the high roller decides how the game is played? I thought that was a Games Workshop trick?
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Lord Frisk posted:Isn't that the one where rules arguments are settled by a d20 roll off and the high roller decides how the game is played? AND you get a point for rolling a 20
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Lichtenstein posted:If you're more interested in the general feel of the game, rather than getting all nitty-gritty about the rules, this guy is really on point. Sincerely thought that was going to be Calandale crying about playing Magic with his ex-wife
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MikeCrotch posted:Sincerely thought that was going to be Calandale crying about playing Magic with his ex-wife No, that's the Advanced Squad Leader experience. With FoF, the only victim is yourself.
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Picked up a copy of Cacao from BGB directly, which was neat seeing the store in person that I get so much stuff from online. Basically just a glorified warehouse but pretty cool wandering the rows and seeing all the Good Stuff. Anyway, my girlfriend and I really enjoyed it. Super quick little game that basically plays like Carcassonne if the meeples were pre-baked onto the tiles. Very charming, inexpensive, and actually had a bit of decision making to it, which pleasantly surprised me. Overall, if you're looking for a light, tile-placement game that also has a bit of strategy to it, I recommend it.
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It just me or does the Sushi Go Party box not really make that much sense. Obviously the cards go in the slots but thicker cardboard ones are just supposed to be laid in between, I guess, on their sides instead of standing up so you can see what it is to pull it out. Doesn't seem like they put much thought to it, but I guess that's normal for game inserts.
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Elysium posted:It just me or does the Sushi Go Party box not really make that much sense. Obviously the cards go in the slots but thicker cardboard ones are just supposed to be laid in between, I guess, on their sides instead of standing up so you can see what it is to pull it out. Doesn't seem like they put much thought to it, but I guess that's normal for game inserts. I've always treated inserts as what they use to keep the contents secure until you open them up. After that they're usually just in the way.
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Lichtenstein posted:No, that's the Advanced Squad Leader experience. With FoF, the only victim is yourself. lol implying that anyone who plays ASL actually plays it with other human beings Sloober posted:I've always treated inserts as what they use to keep the contents secure until you open them up. After that they're usually just in the way. I turned the Mansions of Madness 2nd edition box insert into a sweet DM screen since I liked the artwork on it and it was a good size. But otherwise 
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avoid kingmaking by only playing coop games
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corn in the bible posted:avoid kingmaking by only playing coop games But then you have quarterbacking problems... The only solution is to not play games with other people.
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