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ChiTownEddie posted:Huh, looks like Roll for the Galaxy is out. Has anyone here tried it and can compare it to normal RaceFTG? I'll let you know next week when mine arrives. Looking forward to it, I usually enjoy Tom Lehmann games.
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Jan 8, 2015 18:38
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Nightfall Kingmaking at its finest. I like Core Worlds as well. I think deckbuilding is going to be a support mechanism like it is in Mage Knight more than people trying to up Dominion. As a support mechanism I like it a lot better than games like Thunderstone Advance.
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Jan 9, 2015 17:08
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Admin Understudy posted:Been a while, Board Game thread. Where do you live dude, we gotta meet up sometime . Arkwright has lasted from 3 and a half hours to 5+ hours for us in three plays.
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Jan 10, 2015 17:33
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Dr. VooDoo posted:Looking at Kickstarters I saw that there is one for a deluxe edition of Pixel Tactics that had smashed way past its goal funding. Is the game really that good or is it just people flocking towards something with pixel art ala Boss Monster? My son and I like it a lot, noting that we are fans of Final Fantasy Tactics, the console game Level 99 games seems to be emulating. It's a nice tactics style game. Clear rules and over in half hour or so.
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Jan 10, 2015 20:16
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Would this fit all of the Dominion sets plus the new one? bad joke incoming some guy told me __________ was nine inches and I've never been able to measure accurately since
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Jan 12, 2015 18:31
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Gutter Owl posted:It's literally the same as this, but without the polyurethane finish or the laser engraving. You can even order it with an insert specifically designed for Dominion. quote:This custom wooden artist case is designed to store all eight Dominion expansions and features the Dominion logo prominantly engraved on the top of the box. There's going to be nine now. I was thinking that the general one might fit the new expansion.
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Jan 12, 2015 18:41
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Reporting back that Broken Token says their Dominion cases will fit the new expansion without sleeves. I didn't ask about including sleeves as I don't plan to do so.
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Jan 13, 2015 01:32
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Crackbone posted:Anybody played Orleans? Looks neat from Radho's review/playthrough, not sure if it's worth $60 though. Love it. 2014 top five for sure.
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Jan 13, 2015 16:42
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Orleans is available from Amazon.de from a French shipper who will ship internationally. It'll be pricey though, probably close to funagain.com's original $99 with shipping.
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Jan 13, 2015 23:07
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I have a player who learns a million times better from a player aid or other piece of paper that he can refer to. Many times the rules include information that I print out for everyone, this can really speed up the game.
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Jan 14, 2015 20:24
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I like meetups much more than game stores for that very reason. Not many people are going to let smelly anti-social types into their meetup because those people run off everyone else. Whereas it seems like to game stores that a warm body is better than no body at all even if it does smell and make everyone uncomfortable.
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Jan 15, 2015 18:50
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Just so people know, the organizer pays a fee to meetup.com to organize the meetup, so they tend to be more social in order to make it worthwhile. There's no point in paying a bunch of money to hang out with yourself .
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Jan 15, 2015 20:09
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I never watched the Rahdo video, but in at least half of our Orleans games, the person who won built no buildings at all won. They aren't mandatory. The lack of replayability never honestly crossed my mind, noting that one of my top 10 games is Ora et Labora, a game that basically has the same stuff every time. My biggest worry is that the cardboard chits will become worn out and/or deformed and that will ruin the game.
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Jan 16, 2015 04:30
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jivjov posted:Speaking of Ancient Rome... I really want a Rome themed board game (since between the history of Rome podcast and total war rome 2 I've been on a huge roman kick), any recommendations on that theme alone? I'd prefer something not too crunchy, but I'm open to pretty much any type of board game. Tribune but it's out of print and expensive unfortunately. Nice Roman touch though.
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Jan 16, 2015 17:59
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Tekopo posted:I love Dungeon Petz but I sometimes worry about the theme because sometimes it is explicitly the best option to make your pets suffer in order to gain more points. I think this is the reason Lorini (iirc) doesn't like it and why my SO also kind of dislikes it. Yup, I just don't like the feeling of doing that. I don't have an issue with other people playing or anything like that, it's just not for me.
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Jan 16, 2015 18:00
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Tekopo posted:Well that's the thing, isn't it. The game has mechanism that promote the fact that you should not care about the health of your pets as long as they make you money (or, in this case, renown). I guess it pretty accurately reflects the true nature of for-profit pet shops, but it is a theme that some will find distasteful. Mechanically it's awesome, no question. I'm not complaining about the theme, I don't fault Vlaada for the theme, it's just not for me.
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burger time posted:AFAIK you're the most experienced with Level 99 Games so I'm gonna ask you: I'm waiting on the BattleCon War kickstarter to arrive (not owning Battlecon yet), but I'm wondering if Pixel Tactics is worth pledging for, or is it another 2 player game occupying a similar length/weight that's just not as good as Battlecon (and I'll just end up playing Battlecon instead)? Pixel Tactics is simpler than Battlecon is, much simpler really. Not as many characters either. Pixel Tactics is easier to get to the table in a way because the setup is faster and you don't sit down to play a ton of games of it, like you might with Battlecon.
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It's not just this thread and Goons aren't the only people who love the game. There are other deck builders out there but other than maybe Mage Knight none of the them would have existed without the astounding popularity of Dominion. Which is why they aren't as popular. Hearthstone is the first CCG-Magic style game that is coming even close to Magic the Gathering in popularity and it took 21 years for that to happen.
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Jan 17, 2015 17:49
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As we all sadly know, Black Market worked much better on isotropic than in real life.
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Jan 18, 2015 19:03
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I'm sorry but that Risk story is nearly Facebook funny. "WTF? You're supposed to actually ATTACK??! NO WAY!"
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Jan 19, 2015 17:15
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Sounds like a group I shouldn't play with. Got it.
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Jan 19, 2015 18:02
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Azran posted:I wish it was stdh.txt. I am from Argentina so racist jokes and the like are dime a dozen. This guy in particular is 100% Argentinian, but slightly copper skinned instead of totally white. So his nickname is "slave" and "black". Not surprising at all for an Argentinian, and they are tired of me saying it is racist to the point of discrimination talk being vetoed whenever I am around since even the guy in particular is fine with it. gently caress, his girlfriend calls him negro too. Ew.
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Jan 19, 2015 18:25
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BonHair posted:Dominion feels like a mechanic that someone forgot to put in a game. (I honestly feel like this, but I should probably try it again some day) You don't need to try it again. Seriously there are so many games out there now, don't waste time with something that doesn't have what you are looking for.
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Jan 20, 2015 17:52
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Yep a woman. I dunno, there is so much gaming out there, why bother with something you didn't like? And at least at this point, I would argue that the quality of the games are getting better and are on an upswing, whereas with novels that's probably debatable.
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Jan 20, 2015 18:32
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I just bought the Machi Kuro Harbor expansion and the cards don't match what IDW put out as the Machi Kuro original. Now the place that I bought them from is run by an attorney, so I suppose if I took the Findlaw site to him he'd have to accept the return back. HOWEVER, he could say that the game is still playable and therefore is not defective, and therefore his clearly posted refund policy (where you can only return unopened merchandise for a week after buying it) would apply. Defective is a broad word, is what I'm saying.
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Jan 22, 2015 00:50
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The End posted:Yeah, it seems like there isn't an equivalent of the ACCC for US businesses and consumers. A shame really, their website is a great resource. ftc.gov for US.
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Jan 22, 2015 02:11
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GrandpaPants posted:Wait what's the issue with them now? The expansion cards are shorter and narrower. Which wouldn't be a problem, except that in the expansion you actually shuffle all the cards together, meaning that it's nearly impossible to riffle shuffle the cards.
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Jan 22, 2015 02:12
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KomradeX posted:So since it looks like the Machi Koro cards are different from the base set (Jesus that's dumb) would sleeving them help with the problem? What sleeves would be good for both the base and expansion set? I used Fantasy Flight American sized sleeves. Took 200 of them.
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Jan 22, 2015 15:25
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T-Bone posted:Holy poo poo apparently there's a group in East Tennessee that gets 13-25 a meetup and they're having a session not five minutes away from me this rules: You are so fortunate. Greg Schloesser is one of the nicest guys ever to play games with. Tell him Jennifer Schlickbernd said hi!
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Jan 22, 2015 18:39
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silvergoose posted:Do you have someone you already know that has already promised to play with you? The app came out today and it includes the ability to build a deck, points included. And I think that's going to make it a ton easier to get the game to the table. I'm waiting for the smaller box myself.
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FISHMANPET posted:Sorry but that's amazing thematically. So sad about 2. Jeezus he only did about 1000 songs, guess his name??? drat.
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FISHMANPET posted:Wait no it wasn't Baroque it was Renaissance, since the game takes place 1559-1598. So Bach is like 100 year soff. OK and no Tchaikovsky didn't do 1000 songs. Tchaikovsky can be awesome for background music for specific games though. Unfortunately for me, I'm hard of hearing so I can't have music while gaming 
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Jan 23, 2015 18:17
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echoMateria posted:You can cheat in small ways in almost every game if other players aren't paying attention to every one of your actions. Usually people do not because otherwise games slow down considerably but still you are in danger of being caught at any moment if someone stops and pays attention to what you are doing. So while it depends on how you feel about being a cheat most of the time, these are still small things, not the main mechanic of any of those games. What Roll for the Galaxy has is like you are free to decide on which cards you draw from your Dominion deck every turn... But please don't, pretty please? Fortunately the people in our group would rather be challenged than win. I'm 100% certain there won't be cheating when we play it. It's not like we are playing for lotto winnings and no one's going to remember who won 10 minutes after the game is over anyway. I don't get all the angst about this. Do you guys play for money or something?
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Poison Mushroom posted:Just finished up the rough draft of a new game. Dragon, Griffon, Troll, a two player abstract strategy/deduction game inspired by what I felt where some flaws in Battleship's design. It could also seriously use some playtesting. Poison Mushroom, were you aware of this thread? Just for designers like yourself. BL, last night we played a game of Orleans. Now what's a badly kept secret about it is that it's easy to cheat by looking at everyone else's board before doing your own. But you know what, we just don't do that. We have an agreement that no one will look at boards until everyone says they are done. Now does that make Orleans a badly designed game? No, it just asks people to be adults. I don't know what other issues Roll for the Galaxy has, but I'm looking forward to playing it.
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fozzy fosbourne posted:edit: ^^^ how is orleans overall? IF you had to repurchase your collection again or were on a desert island etc etc would it be on your short list? We have liked it for our first four plays but after last night we are wondering if the trading strategy is just too strong. What I mean by too strong is that to counter it, players will have to go out of their way. Now, one main thing is that we were playing with three, and I suspect three is not a good number for the game. One player tried the harvest strategy and he lost by like 40 points to the trading strategy. If the game really is nothing but who builds the most trade posts then while it would still be good, I'd certainly not take it with me to a desert island and it will probably get sold long before the kickstarter comes through.
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korora posted:Is looking during the planning phase even cheating? I played for the first time last night (2P) and the rulebook didn't give any guidance we could find on that point. We decided it was fine to look and it didn't seem to cause any problems. The rulebook does say "If need be, [finalize planning] in turn order" which seems like it would solve any problems. I like the dynamic of at least being able to see what other players could do—if you don't look you can't even see what followers they've drawn. Our group would come to a complete halt if people could look at other people's plans because no one would plan anything ever. We didn't want to do turn order because we felt that made turn order too important. I think though that next time we play we will announce the followers drawn, that is a good suggestion, so it would give some indication on what could or could not happen.
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Jedit posted:If you corner the buildings that give development points or cut someone off from Scholars, you have to get fewer Trading Posts and Citizens to win. Your opponent can still get DPs from building canals on the Beneficial Deeds board, but every DP he takes there is points lost from not taking money. Thanks Jedit, the other player tried the goods rush but he didn't do anything on the development track and I think that's what really hurt him the most. This is great!
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Crackbone posted:Keyflower is pretty loving tight. I think it's his best game by far and really deserves a space in nearly any Euro player's collection. What I like best is how easily it transitions from 2 players to 6 players. Also the auction is different from most auctions, you feel like you have some control but other players can interfere as well. Note that I only play it without hidden trackable information, as described in The Farmers expansion.
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