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nordichammer posted:What could an exploration based game do to maintain your attention over time when you see all of its tricks when organizing the box? Tales of Arabian Nights can be played many times without seeing all of the content. Not infinite sure, but you'll usually find something new each time.
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Major Isoor posted:And it was $10 all because the box was slightly damaged! A tiny bit of glue, and it's barely any worse than retail. I've already taken the liberty of sleeving the cards and laminating the rules+mats I never understand people who leave their boxes in shabby condition. Its so easy to repair them with a bit of glue or internal tape.
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Shadow225 posted:Your buddy started poo poo in a conversation about a game I've literally never played, I call him on his lovely behavior, and then you come swooping into his aid and now all of a sudden wanna get back to talking about board games as soon as your lovely behavior gets called out and your aggression gets matched. i'll give you some free advice. when people post about not liking you just ignore them. its a web forum, they can't do anything to you
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ketchup vs catsup posted:are there any heavy (3.5+ weight) games on the horizon for the next 6-9 months? I looked at BGG's upcoming preview (https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/26/new-game-releases-september-october-2020) and nothing jumped out. Frosthaven is coming out in 5 months, can't get much heavier than that.
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Infinitum posted:Urgh I'm saving for a PS5, but Amazon AU's Prime Day has Arkham Horror LCG for $37 AUD. RIP your wallet. Arkham Horror LCG is not the kind of thing to get into if you are budget minded.
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Oenis posted:Between this and Gloomhaven I don't really know if I ever need another non-party boardgame to get into. Gloomhaven is a much better value prospect than Arkham LCG. You pay more up front, but in the end you pay much less for the complete experience.
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Its because HP Lovecraft is public domain so no one has to pay royalties. If you want to get rid of Cthulhu advocate for shorter copyrights.
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Redundant posted:I still don't know how people manage this. Gloomhaven is great and everything but after only a month and a handful of scenarios I'm already chaffing at the lack of opportunities to play different games. I guess my short attention span strikes again. Plenty of people are happy playing Bridge every week.
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I wish I could find any amount of people to play Twilight Imperium. Its the only game I own that I have never played. Most of the super huge games I own have solo options, but not TI so it sits entirely unloved. Maybe I should stop talking it up as an 8 hour game and just lie to people......
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Oct 17, 2020 15:03
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Golden Bee posted:For those who played the Lord of the rings LCG, what are some good places to jump in, and places to look up decks? I’ve played hundreds of hours of Arkham and I’m not worried about something being hard if it’s fair. I've played a lot of this on the Switch. You might want to consider the digital version, its about a billion times cheaper than buying all the physical sets.
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Oct 18, 2020 14:21
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Countblanc posted:something that makes it difficult to recommend games as "Catan replacements" or "the next step up from Catan" or what have you is that a lot of people play Catan in weird ways, most notably with trading. the way trading works (or, heheheheheheh, doesn't,) in Catan really excites people i talk to since they often don't take a step back to see what their trades are accomplishing for their opponents or the rest of the table. lots of good euro games realized that Catan's trading is broken and simply removed the feature entirely but it's still a feature that many people liked. Alternatively, house rule free trading into all euro games for the ultimate experience. The ratios on the board are bullshit, I want to trade my cubes with the guy next to me 
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Oct 19, 2020 01:55
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Jedit posted:Original GW Fury of Dracula is the only version worth playing. True OG gamers play the 1983 edition of Scotland Yard
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manero posted:I'm thinking of finally picking up A Feast for Odin, for something to play with my SO this winter, and I'm curious if anyone's got a playthrough/review video they like. I don't think I want to sit through a Rahdo video on it. Feast doesn't feel as tense as Agricola, because the feeding phase is so easy to accomplish. But in the end it will still punish a new player just as much as Agricola, any experienced player will beat a newbie hands down. Its just at the end of the game of Feast a newbie should have a fully filled out board, rather than a depressing poverty farm like they would in Agricola. It mostly comes down to reproduction happening automatically. It's always the most powerful move, so it dominates the strategy of Agricola. You just new men for free in Feast, so there is a larger space for fooling around and collecting points.
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PRADA SLUT posted:Also, I have a bunch of minis from various games (Gloomhaven, Clank, Anachrony, etc) and I wanted to put a wash effect on them. I don't care to actually paint or otherwise do anything significant with them, but is there a way to easily apply a shaded wash effect like so? Don't buy Games Workshop paints unless you are a millionaire with nothing better to do with your money. You can make your own washs to get this exact effect by mixing normal hobby store paint and Pledge Floor Gloss:  It's called "liquid talent"
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food court bailiff posted:Pledge floor polish is great but....don't use it to make washes unless you want everything you make to be ultra shiny. There are wash mediums you can buy out there if you want to go through the trouble of mixing them from paints. Yes thats true. I do in fact want everything to be shiny so it never occurred to me that anyone would want otherwise. I suppose if you want less shine you could use mineral oil or something?
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Codeacious posted:FFG announced the price on the app-driven coop Descent box they've been teasing. Board gaming is becoming like Video Gaming. Because of the wealth disparity in society it makes more sense to target the small group of ultra-wealthy "whales" for whom this is a minor purchase, rather than make a reasonable priced product for the general public.
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I know some people enjoy when I post about my homemade board games in this thread so I thought I would share my newest project Apocalypse Chess! Normally I would make my games out of cardboard and printed sheets, but I have branched out and started dabbling into wood working. Apocalypse is a simple game played on a 5x5 grid using knights and pawns. I figured this was the perfect game for 2020. To keep with the post apocalyptic aesthetic (and because of what was available to me  ) I made the game entirely out of recycled scrap wood that I found around the neighborhood. The box and board are made of pallet wood, and the pieces are turned on a lathe out of branches that fell down during a storm.https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14123/apocalypse quote:Played on a 5×5 grid using chess pieces: 2 knights and 5 pawns for each player. The goal is to capture all the opponent's pawns. The pieces move according to the original chess rules. Each turn, the players' moves are revealed simultaneously.     Rutibex posted:Today I decided on making a janky box out of scrap wood. This is my first attempt at making anything like a box, so have pity on it! I had a bunch of thin wood pieces left over from making my work bench so I thought what better use than to turn them into a box? What will go inside the box? Thats for my DIY Secret Santa to find out Where the wood came from: Rutibex posted:The city came by to clean up all of the fallen branches on my road after a big storm. Little did they know the big wood chipping truck was unnecessary, as I had already woken up at the crack of dawn to squirrel away the logs into my back yard Rutibex posted:My wood collection grows! A friend of mine moved recently and he had a "stage" set up in his back yard made out of old scrap pallets. He didn't need it any more, so I have inherited them
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rydiafan posted:Buy a bottle of Crown Royale.  They only come with a bag when they do the special editions now
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I haven't played a physical boardgame in the entirety of 2020 because of covid. I was honestly thinking about selling every game I have that isn't solo. I'm for sure not buying more of them
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ketchup vs catsup posted:1861: russia i think you might have a problem....
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Dice Tower featuring Tom Vassel is all you ever need https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfVFr_S_mD0
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rydiafan posted:Counterpoint: Tom Vassal is a creepy quiverful shithead and doesn't deserve anyone's support. 
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Leperflesh posted:Hey guys, come sign up for Trad Games Secret Santa! There's still a week left to sign up. Ask for boardgames! You might get a cool boardgame. I'll sign up for this if people want a home made board game from me. Made of wood, not cardboard! The rules might also be custom But I don't want anyone who will get annoyed if they don't get the pack of rare magic cards they asked for or something. Is this high enough quality for home made? The pieces are hand carved on a lathe.
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The Eyes Have It posted:There was a "hand made items" Secret Santa in the DIY area of the forums you missed out on! No I didn't lol FulsomFrank posted:Whoa, those look great. Damned if I know what game it is though. Its "Apocalypse Chess", made of recycled pallet wood. The perfect game for 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_(chess_variant) Bottom Liner posted:The attention to detail and quality is exactly as expected 
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Bottom Liner posted:You don't even the right number of pieces or the right distribution of them Very astute of you to notice that. Its a pic I took before I realized what game I had made. I can assure you I included an additional 4 pieces once I counted.
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Leperflesh posted:I've been watching your progress in the woodworking thread.  I guess I'll have to be careful what I post so I don't give away any secrets
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Zorro KingOfEngland posted:Looking for a short-ish game to play socially and casually as a family. Maskmen was a huge hit last year, and now I'm being asked to come up with another similarly great game. In the past I've also introduced Dominion and Space Base, which were both also well received. Try Coup, thats fun.
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CommonShore posted:Any good game suggestions this year as gifts for 10-12 year olds? 
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ilmucche posted:I'm thinking of getting a deckbuilding game for christmas (for myself If you are looking for a solo quarantine game than Mage Knight is the one you want. Get the expansions too!
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Vivian Darkbloom posted:Did you pick up any hot deals today lol amazon black friday is a joke. Its like they want consumerism to die in 2020
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djfooboo posted:Routibex, is that you!? I love this, though I'm afraid I'm not so talented. Memnaelar posted:They're not Beetlejuice... you only need to say my name once to summon me 
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:I don't think those games are really good contenders for the best legacy game ever because the underlying game play is poorly balanced, especially for Betrayal and Scythe. What's wrong with Scythe? I've only played it once at a friend's house and it seemed alright. I lost pretty bad because I didn't know anything.
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