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DinoGenics is currently doing a second printing/expansion KS, anyone have any experience with the game? Particularly in comparison to the other dinosaur park game, Dinosaur Island. The latter got a lot more attention, but I wonder how much of that was due to 1) it coming out first and 2) the wild artstyle.
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How is Prêt à porter ? Economic game with a reasonable play time and interesting theme seems like an impossible intersection of what I'm in to.
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Jul 19, 2019 18:26
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OgreNoah posted:It made me sad that Harpy won instead of Sphinx, which looked much cooler. Good news! 
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Jul 19, 2019 23:48
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After watching the Rhado play-through of Etherfields I am 80% positive I will end up dropping my pledge. I want to like the game but the mechanics fall flat for me in the video.
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Jul 20, 2019 02:26
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I haven't seen that vid yet, what didn't you like about it? I'm wondering before I go in so I can keep an eye out for anything in particular since I sometimes have trouble keeping up with long playthrough vids
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Jul 20, 2019 02:45
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To fair it could just be me or Rhado video but it appears to be nothing more than a really long fancy hand management game, with a lot of extra stuff piled on to pull in more backers. On the other hand the Dice Throne game appears to be a game my wife and I would enjoy so maybe I will toss them some cash.
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Jul 20, 2019 02:57
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Etherfield is giving me KD:M vibes, in the sense of they seem to be leaning on the weirdness and super-intricate minis more than the game itself.
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Jul 20, 2019 03:58
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This kickstarter is loving amazing https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/90998762/a-call-to-arms-chess-set    quote:What if a chess pieces represented the hands or tools of each piece? quote:Your opponent might spend more time studying each piece than their next move. Then you win. You are welcome. I have thought about how I envisioned this set for a long time. quote:How this all started. quote:After a long discussion, and many Long Island Iced Teas, for fun, we came upon the idea of making our own. Sorry for basically quoting most of the kickstarter but that page is extremely quotable.
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Jul 20, 2019 07:59
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FirstAidKite posted:This kickstarter is loving amazing The video is, uh, something, too. "Naturally, form follows function. But why does function have to be so boring?" Which of course means chess pawns look like…bows and arrows? Or shields? Rooks are naturally…doors, or giant meaty arms throwing rocks over crenels? I guess bishops being praying hands or a book makes sen—holy loving poo poo incredibly loud Bible passage!? "I can use a kiln" *?a big grin with finger guns?* I guess he's really busy since he recorded the last part of his pitch video with his phone in his car.
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Jul 20, 2019 08:16
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guys I'm a genius what if chess but anime girls if you use this idea I want a cut of your no doubt billions of funding dollars
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Jul 20, 2019 08:23
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Lunatic Sledge posted:guys I'm a genius Yes, hi, I’d like to order a chest set please.
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Jul 20, 2019 12:43
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Bieeanshee posted:That CMON announcement is shades of Golem Arcana... which looks like it had its mobile apps discontinued sometime in the last few years. Whoops. Yeah it turns out that apps rot much faster than expected. I was really excited by Ice-Bound Concordance ... and the app's now gone.
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Jul 20, 2019 12:51
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Fuuuuuck. I remember drooling over that, especially since I didn't have a device that could run the AR app. That makes me sad.
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Jul 20, 2019 12:54
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In other kickstarter news, here are 3 games that look neat, cool, interesting, and/or wholesome. İnkılâp https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1786399936/inklap    Complexcity https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bigkidgames/complexcity-by-sen-foong-lim-and-jay-cormier   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PXGYL8TNOQ Magical Kitties Save the Day! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/magical-kitties-save-the-day    quote:Every Magical Kitty has a human. Every human has a Problem. In Magical Kitties Save the Day, you need to use your magical powers to solve problems and save the day! 
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Jul 20, 2019 14:57
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I have zero interest in a game that cites Mice & Mystics and T.I.M.E. Stories as its reference points, and is praised by Emma, the nine-year-old nephew, but 482 people disagree with me right now.
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homullus posted:and is praised by Emma, the nine-year-old nephew No no no Emma is not the nephew, her name is Nephew. homullus posted:I have zero interest in a game that cites Mice & Mystics and T.I.M.E. Stories as its reference points 
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Jul 20, 2019 16:29
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It is being advertised on KARTAS, so that surely helps give it a boost on KS. Didn't Ron Edwards write an RPG about being a cat way back in the long long ago?
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Jul 20, 2019 18:02
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Jimbozig posted:It is being advertised on KARTAS, so that surely helps give it a boost on KS. John Wick did. So did Evil Hat, but I don't remember the specific author.
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Jul 20, 2019 18:22
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Evil Mastermind posted:Etherfield is giving me KD:M vibes, in the sense of they seem to be leaning on the weirdness and super-intricate minis more than the game itself. Awaken Realms has alway shad very intricate minis, but they've had a pretty good track record (excluding some english/translation issues) in terms of delivering a decent game. KD:M only went on the super weird minis later on because of the demand, the original game was pretty decent in balancing the two.
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Jul 20, 2019 18:33
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That Old Tree posted:John Wick did. So did Evil Hat, but I don't remember the specific author. The Secrets of Cats, by Richard Bellingham There's also Laser Kittens by Cheyenne Grimes and Stentor Danielsen.
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Jul 20, 2019 18:42
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That Old Tree posted:The video is, uh, something, too. He got form and function backwards in the second sentence. 
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Jul 20, 2019 18:59
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Maybe he thinks playing chess is boring.
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Jul 20, 2019 19:15
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Honestly crushing it.
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Jul 21, 2019 04:31
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Complexcity has lost money since I posted that pic  They only have 9 days left. This is their second time trying to kickstart it, first campaign was cancelled for whatever reason. I really want them to succeed because it looks like a fun game and I really like the aesthetic and art and more tile-laying city-building games is cool, but I don't know if there is much of a chance for them to get the money before the campaign ends. Their kickstarter doesn't seem to have any momentum now and with it actively losing money, I'm having my doubts they'll be able to pull it off. I'm really hoping for them but I'm not sure what else they could do at this point. I imagine it doesn't help that there are several other high-profile kickstarter board game pitches going on right that they have to contend with.
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Jul 21, 2019 05:16
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The latest Fragged Empire kickstarter has five days left and is within spitting distance of their goal.
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Evil Mastermind posted:The latest Fragged Empire kickstarter has five days left and is within spitting distance of their goal.
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dwarf74 posted:I don't know. I want to support it but I haven't even read much from the last one
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Evil Mastermind posted:...you read your RPGs? what kind of fucken nerd does that lol
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Jul 22, 2019 03:35
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I mean Fragged * kinda discourages you from reading it, even.
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Jul 22, 2019 03:43
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Nonsense, fragged is extremely readable
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Jul 22, 2019 16:22
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As a reference, sure. But it's pretty bad at reading from start to finish. And the various spinoffs are worse, because they're just patches on the main rulebook, listing what's different, so you have to constantly flip back and forth.
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fragged is pretty incomprehensible and i would pay money for a version written for humans
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Jul 22, 2019 17:51
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Are we talking something like Starfleet Battles here?
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Evil Mastermind posted:...you read your RPGs? And my usual policy is not to spend more after the initial core unless there's a concrete plan to get the game on the table. (Or I have enjoyed reading it.) I am mostly getting PDFs these days and staring at my huge collection of unread/unplayed games is more likely to create a feeling of shame than a feeling of accomplishment at my collection.  I feel like I need a hardcopy of Fragged in order to understand the game itself; the PDF is hard to get into, and I'm a compulsive page-flipper when teaching myself a game.
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I've had similar issues with Fragged, and it bums me out. I have the base game and the last 3 supplements (not-bloodborne, pirates, and the other one). I really want to run it with my group, but I have a hard time digesting the books and end up just setting it aside to tackle later. I feel like I need a primer for idiots that goes over base level stuff, and then dive into the books for more information from there.
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Jul 22, 2019 18:29
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Try the quick-start guide, free on drivethrurpg
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Anyone hear anything good or bad about Middara?
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Ego Trip posted:Anyone hear anything good or bad about Middara? The art ranges from neat to dumb, the updates are silly, I'm excited to try it out some day but I totally understand why someone would look at it and decide that they wouldn't like it. Basically, if you think a sorta cyoa plot-heavy game that looks like that is neat then you'll probably like it, and if you think it looks bad then I can't imagine much changing your mind on that.
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Ego Trip posted:Anyone hear anything good or bad about Middara? I backed the first Kickstarter. It was EXTREMELY delayed. They kept in constant contact throughout the entire process, but I'd expect delays for this new Kickstarter, too, if I'm being honest. They ultimately delivered on what they promised, so I don't hold any ill will (and backed this new KS, to boot). It plays similar to Gloomhaven, but it's much more story focused. I'd describe it as a persistent, story-guided, dungeon crawler. My group actually likes it more than Gloomhaven, with the caveat that like FirstAidKite said, the art ranges from great to stupid. There's lots of plot and exposition (and audio recordings to play via an app, etc), so if that sounds like your bag, I'd say it's worth it.
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Fragged isn't "incomprehensible." The way it's organized is a little rough on a first impression but once you dig into it it's not that complicated a system. Everything (including combat) is 3d6 resolution with a few conditional bonuses you have to remember how to apply, and the only really gnarly/complicated parts are how Rate of Fire works, and the optional / completely silo'd space combat mechanics. Honestly I think half the problem is that people look at it and think there must be some incredibly complicated subsystem that they're missing. There isn't. What it does have is a lot of rules content that's relegated to specific traits instead of being universal (e.g. there are relatively few status effects and many of them just apply a keyword that other stuff interacts with) but the great thing about that is they're all designed so that you only have to know about them if you're using them, and if you're using them, everything you need to know is written right in the trait's text. Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Jul 22, 2019 |
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