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Indolent Bastard posted:I think they might mean that the board and cards have been altered so you can't replay with the same game as it is no longer fresh and untouched. You could probably not damage the board or components and make it re-playable. Or worse comes to worse realize that you played an amazing game lasting dozens of hours and at least you get some sweet new cubes to pimp out your other games for $50. Or, you can keep playing 'normal' games of Pandemic on your custom Legacy set with all the benefits and challenges that come along with that. I'm not sure what I'll do with my set when done, but I'm incredibly excited to start playing.
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foxxtrot posted:Or, you can keep playing 'normal' games of Pandemic on your custom Legacy set with all the benefits and challenges that come along with that. I've pointed this out. But apparently the company is horrible for not providing an easy way to reset the entire thing. No, the feeling of finality that knowing each decision is irreversible doesn't add anything to the game. But you cannot ignore everything that's written on the board and play a normal Pandemic game, either, that would be silly. And playing in the final board is verboten, apparently. You have to burn it or something. All of this was defended with the same certainty of a papal encyclical, without having ever opened the game. And apparently, if you are ever in as situation where you're considering buying the same game again for 45€, even after having played it 20 times, with all the secrets seen, all the gimmicks exposed, just to do it all over again means that you've bought a bad game. I'm mad about the internet. gently caress it, I'm buying it.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:24
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Indolent Bastard posted:I think they might mean that the board and cards have been altered so you can't replay with the same game as it is no longer fresh and untouched. You could probably not damage the board or components and make it re-playable. Or worse comes to worse realize that you played an amazing game lasting dozens of hours and at least you get some sweet new cubes to pimp out your other games for $50. Reselling is a big part of board gaming, especially since the majority of them retain good value compared to other, inferior forms of entertainment.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:25
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Kiranamos posted:Reselling is a big part of board gaming, especially since the majority of them retain good value compared to other, inferior forms of entertainment. I triggered someone by saying I don't sleeve my cards and that maybe they should not treat their toys as if they were Goya paintings.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:30
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Kiranamos posted:Reselling is a big part of board gaming, especially since the majority of them retain good value compared to other, inferior forms of entertainment. Whoa, really? Every board gamer I know hoards their board games like a pile of dragon's loot - me included. I've only ever gotten rid of one board game and that was Talisman to a friend's little cousin.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:30
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Chill la Chill posted:Whoa, really? Every board gamer I know hoards their board games like a pile of dragon's loot - me included. I've only ever gotten rid of one board game and that was Talisman to a friend's little cousin.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:37
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Ah. I do extensive research and playthroughs of games before I buy them, so I know my friends and I will get dozens of games in at the very least. The only one I did a blind trade for (with magic cards) was Shogun and I just lucked out on that one being amazing.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:38
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I've yet to meet anybody that's played 24+ sessions with every game in their collection. People who don't want to buy P:L because of of a limited lifespan are being dumb.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:40
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Fat Samurai posted:And apparently, if you are ever in as situation where you're considering buying the same game again for 45€, even after having played it 20 times, with all the secrets seen, all the gimmicks exposed, just to do it all over again means that you've bought a bad game. It's all right, we will always be here to let you know that you've bought a bad game. Pick a game.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:43
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I get rid of mine frequently as well, usually I can sell them for about 10-20% less than online retail prices which is pretty great, some I've even sold for more than I paid like Ora & Labora. I have between 30-40 games and I don't think I will ever want more than that at a time, not enough time to even play the ones I have. According to BGG i've sold/traded away 23 games over about 3 years and have 6 more waiting to go. I do heavily research games before I pick them up but sometimes what I want to play and what I can get my wife/friends to play doesn't always match up.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:44
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Wargames are where the money is. Oh, did that ASL module just go out of print? Put it on eBay for 3x what you paid. That $90 GMT game's P500 reprint got cancelled? Sell it on Facebook for $200. It's ridiculous really, but what's more ridiculous is that people pay it.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:47
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Crackbone posted:I've yet to meet anybody that's played 24+ sessions with every game in their collection. People who don't want to buy P:L because of of a limited lifespan are being dumb. Hi, hello. I only have ~15 games. It's v doable.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:47
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COOL CORN posted:Wargames are where the money is. Oh, did that ASL module just go out of print? Put it on eBay for 3x what you paid. That $90 GMT game's P500 reprint got cancelled? Sell it on Facebook for $200. Yeah see I'd get in on that except with magic it's a lot more portable and the profit margins are a lot higher (cuz we are incredibly dumb).
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Oct 28, 2015 17:48
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Asking wargamers if they have 24+ games is kind of funny. We are lucky if we get 1+ game 
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Oct 28, 2015 17:51
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Games > Traditional Games > Board Game Thread - cuz we are incredibly dumb
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Oct 28, 2015 17:53
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Tekopo posted:Asking wargamers if they have 24+ games is kind of funny. We are lucky if we get 1+ game At this point I basically just collect shelf ornaments.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:58
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Looking forward to getting Orleans and playing nothing but for 2 months so we can get the necessary couple dozen games in.
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Oct 28, 2015 17:59
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Fat Samurai posted:A friend of mine is going to Carcassone tomorrow. Tell her to lie down in a field.
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Oct 28, 2015 18:09
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I don't understand people getting wriled about pandemic legacy not being infinitely replayable. You should know going in that your $70 board game purchase is only good for 12-24 games. The point of the game is the discovery and anticipation of the secrets, and of course the secrets are finite. You are looking at 18-36 hours of a unique and memorable gaming experience for less than $20 a person. That's the product, and it fulfills its purpose extremely well IMO. If you don't like that concept then buy regular pandemic for $30 and play it 200 times until you are old and gray. It has the same quarterbacking issues as vanilla pandemic, but if you can control your group so everyone has an input, it is a very good cooperative game. The permanence does add a lot, in my opinion. The 'you can not go back' mentality adds a lot more weight and importance to the various decisions of the game. In some cases, it adds an emotional impact to the game unseen elsewhere. I personally would rather have a great disposable game that people will play and create lasting memories with than a 'permanent' game I gotta twist arms to play, all gameplay criticisms being equal. SU&SD has some bad opinions, but I agree with them on their idea that all board games are inherently disposable. A game without a few bent cards, a ripped box and some missing tokens is a game that hasn't been played, and a game's purpose is to be played. Some people need to get over that their games are immortal treasures. Opinion on Pandemic Legacy: if you are okay with Pandemic, you can have a consistent group to play with, and you accept the concept, it has the potential to be the most memorable board gaming experiences you'll ever have. If you really don't like the idea of physically tearing up a card and writing on your board as a way to give weight to your decisions, you already know you'll dislike the game.
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Oct 28, 2015 18:14
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Chill la Chill posted:Whoa, really? Every board gamer I know hoards their board games like a pile of dragon's loot - me included. I've only ever gotten rid of one board game and that was Talisman to a friend's little cousin. Once you start you'll never go back. In terms of Legacy gaming, I've got really high hopes for Gloomhaven. Really high hopes.
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Oct 28, 2015 18:19
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sector_corrector posted:Tell her to lie down in a field. But watch out for the dragon
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Oct 28, 2015 18:20
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COOL CORN posted:At this point I basically just collect shelf ornaments. Remind me to post a picture of my X-Wing collection. So pretty and new and shiny.
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Oct 28, 2015 18:22
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Bottom Liner posted:But watch out for the dragon Also the catapult!
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Oct 28, 2015 18:23
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Lichtenstein posted:Once you start you'll never go back. Me too, everything I've seen from it so far has looked really awesome. The only thing I'm unsure of is the quality of the story and writing, the game play looks really solid.
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Oct 28, 2015 18:53
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COOL CORN posted:Good grief, it's $48 on CSI. I'm one of those guys who buys MSRP a lot because my FLGS is actually pretty decent...clean, lots of table space, good snacks, and next door to a nice cafe that'll bring your orders over to the game store itself, an owner who isn't a smelly rear end in a top hat...so while I'm not evangelical about it and still buy some stuff online, I like to support the place when I can. I agree that the people freaking out about Pandemic: Legacy being "disposable" are being dumb. The permanence aspect really does add something to the game that you don't get with other board games, and the price tag isn't unreasonable considering the overall quality and quantity of components involved, as well as the suggested playtime. I'm pretty sure that I haven't played 24 games of Kemet yet despite it being a favorite of mine, I know for sure I haven't even played a dozen games of Argent, so if I can squeeze between 12-24 games of Pandemic: Legacy out of a single purchase and wind up with a memorable artifact of our campaign at the end of it then that's money well spent. Also it is incredibly viscerally satisfying to play a game where you scribble on stuff and rip cards up to the horror of your friends after many years of being one of those people who used to obsess over keeping games in pristine condition until I finally broke myself of that habit.
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2 week review necroposts:Tekopo posted:It's a joke, don't worry: he wrote a whole rant about how that game was one of the worst deck builders he ever played, which I find hard to believe since the DC deck builder exists. the rant was written pre-dc deckbuilding game. it's still pretty bad tho Bottom Liner posted:Black people love anime. Checkmate nerds. trufax Bottom Liner posted:Has anyone played Codenames with Dixit cards yet? How about Mysterium cards? Also, how good is Mysterium? i've done codenames with dixit cards. it's okay. it's actually way easier than you think it is, to the point where it's almost too easy.
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What if you did codenames with dixit cards but you had to draw the clue like with pictionary?
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Machai posted:What if you did codenames with dixit cards but you had to draw the clue like with pictionary? that sounds awesome in theory, time-consuming in theory, but ultimately doesn't fix the issue of dixit cards having a great many elements on them by design which makes it easy to chain multiple cards together using trivial, exclusive clues. the same surreal art direction that drives dixit as a game (using your cards to intercept clues spoken by other players) makes making codenames clues for groups of dixit cards stupid easy.
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COOL CORN posted:At this point I basically just collect shelf ornaments. My dirty wargame secret is that I won't buy a 2p game anymore. I have literally one person who will play them with me and it will always be more convenient for us to play over Vassal. I keep up on Combat Commander stuff but that's about it. I guess it's kind of lovely for the companies but I have very little money to spend on boardgames and I'd rather put it towards my obsession with economic games.
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Broken Loose posted:that sounds awesome in theory, time-consuming in theory, but ultimately doesn't fix the issue of dixit cards having a great many elements on them by design which makes it easy to chain multiple cards together using trivial, exclusive clues. What criteria did you use for valid clues? Seems like a lot of clues would be the equivalent of "b:3" [the three words that start with the letter b] unless some literal visual components of the cards were determined invalid
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Broken Loose posted:that sounds awesome in theory, time-consuming in theory, but ultimately doesn't fix the issue of dixit cards having a great many elements on them by design which makes it easy to chain multiple cards together using trivial, exclusive clues. Here's a batshit idea: Instead of saying a clue aloud, you have to search the deck of unused Dixit cards and pick one of said cards to be your clue. Alternately, the agents are Dixit cards, the clues are Mysterium cards.
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Gutter Owl posted:Here's a batshit idea: Instead of saying a clue aloud, you have to search the deck of unused Dixit cards and pick one of said cards to be your clue. gently caress. This is the sort of madness I'm tempted to try.
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That's what I assumed people meant when they said play Codenames with Dixit cards  But I've never played Dixit, I just know/think it's kind of like Apples to Apples with slightly abstract picture cards instead.
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Mister Sinewave posted:That's what I assumed people meant when they said play Codenames with Dixit cards No, they meant using Dixit cards as agents in the 5x5 grid. I'm suggesting using them both as agents *and* as spymaster clues.
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Oct 28, 2015 21:47
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Has anyone tried using unopened boosters of magic cards as the names for a game of codenames?
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Impermanent posted:Has anyone tried using unopened boosters of magic cards as the names for a game of codenames? Suddenly paying $40-50 to the resellers while waiting for a reprint starts looking cheap.
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Why stop there? Shuffle in random DVDs or video games. Hell, get a giant table and place twenty-five board games on it for your agents. Then make a game of Codenames with the agents being twenty-five variants of Codenames.
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I think there is enough munchkin to use 25 copies.
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Sloober posted:I think there is enough munchkin to use 25 copies. Trash: 25.
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Shadow225 posted:Trash: 25. No you would lose one of that is a very special trash-sassin.
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