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grandalt posted:*Blasts door to thread down* Buzzsaw Roomba posted:Ah, I had a good bit of fun last time leading the Imperium to its first taste of glory. Has it really been seven years... Put me in the balkania queue, OP
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i have never heard of this Risk variant before and missed the original thread. this looks super rad!
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Still looking for one new player to kick things off! Don't be shy and/or afraid of making terrible decisions! Especially not the latter one!
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Dr. Snark posted:Still looking for one new player to kick things off! Don't be shy and/or afraid of making terrible decisions! Especially not the latter one!
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May 15, 2020 00:25
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Alright, we've filled all the slots we need for the first game! The starting update will be coming soon as soon as the factions are handed out properly.
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May 15, 2020 00:36
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The bears are hungry and they need to be fed.
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Btw, I wasn't part of the last thread. Can someone fill me and those who aren't familiar with some of the juicy deets?
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Xelkelvos posted:Btw, I wasn't part of the last thread. Can someone fill me and those who aren't familiar with some of the juicy deets? Grandal named Europe after himself and all the balkanian players insisted on trying to hold it as it got turned into a bombed out husk for one. It's kind of hard to share stories since the mystery packets we cant talk about are a big part of the game(s)
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FoolyCharged posted:Grandal named Europe after himself and all the balkanian players insisted on trying to hold it as it got turned into a bombed out husk for one. But not all of them are fun to open by the person who's opening them.
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May 15, 2020 03:18
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Xelkelvos posted:Btw, I wasn't part of the last thread. Can someone fill me and those who aren't familiar with some of the juicy deets? TL;DR the Balkanians settled in Europe and it was repeatedly set on fire.
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Faction Powers Update Each applicant has claimed a faction and determined what their faction power will be! In alphabetical order:  Played by Magus of Stars for WWI, who has chosen the power: Your starting HQ is always treated as Fortified when you defend it.  Played by Xelkevos for WWI, who has chosen the power: The defender subtracts 1 from his lower defense die in the first territory you attack during your turn.  Played by NGDBSS for WWI, who has chosen the power: You still draw a resource card at the end of a turn where you expanded into 4+ territories, even if you didn't conquer a territory.  Played by Gnoman for WWI, who has chosen the power: At the start of your turn, place one troop in each territory that has an HQ you control.  Played by Double May Care for WWI, who has chosen the power: When making your maneuver, you may maneuver between any two territories you control, even if they are not connected. Oh hey, where did those stickers come from? Why the Faction Power cards of course! See one for yourself:  Of course, since a faction power has been picked, those cards are...no longer in play. Warning: the following image has been deemed to be unsuitable for view by boardgame preservers due to horrific imagery. Viewer discretion is advised.  What has been done cannot be undone... Welcome to Risk Legacy. WWI will be starting in the next day or two. Dr. Snark fucked around with this message at 03:35 on May 15, 2020 |
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Hahahaha it begins.
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So instead of bear cavalry with genetically enhanced people, I'm thinking genetically enhanced, uplifted bears? Edit: what about Were-bears? gently caress, that's also a fun angle. Or maybe bear-human hybrids? Such a hard choice. Xelkelvos fucked around with this message at 05:59 on May 15, 2020 |
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May 15, 2020 04:36
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There is something viscerally satisfying about tearing up things in the Legacy games.
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Shei-kun posted:There is something viscerally satisfying about tearing up things in the Legacy games. My Board Gamer brain refuses to accept this.
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There is a reason why we went with many, many pieces of sticky notes and photos. Some members of my old group didn't like the idea of tearing things up at all, but it can work out fine.
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 Good morning frequency flyers, and welcome back to Radio Republic here in beautiful Undisclosed! War's a-brewin' and DJ DesertPunk got the news for you roving rumble-junkers. There's movement all over this newly-minted globe and we've got the hot scoops to scoot your boots, so keep it dialed! What's our motto, distinguished listeners? New World! New Order! Right on, fight on, drive on home. Enjoy.
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 From the desk of Empress-General Pernille Blix posted:Let us give this messiah what he asks, so that all may see the generosity of Balkania. May it not be said that all great movements require a few martyrs? NGDBSS fucked around with this message at 09:43 on May 16, 2020 |
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Uh basically the broad gimmicks of each faction in the first thread were: Balkania: The british empire. Sometimes led by the Emperor, sometimes led by a general, once headed by a shadowy inquisition, but always the british empire. Basically always claimed Europe and, up until world war 6, never lost it. Suprisingly never became the imperium of man which was good, we weren't monsters. Won world wars 2, 3. Saharans: Went through a lot of gimmicks. Started with Dune, then direct thread democracy, then puppet of the six generals, then actually gordon freeman, then a mad max 2 parody, then the remnants of the last winning empire, then power mad alladeen. Finally won during world war 7. Bears: Goons were able to think of a lot to do with the enclave. Acquired koalas in world war 2, a secret [s]tiger[/b] bear cult in world war 4, the power of the bear spirits in world war 5, hallucinagenic moss and bear hugs in 6, then they became vikings. Won world wars 4, 5 and 6 - thus showing the thread what happens when all you have is a hammer. Khan: Oh wow these guys also went through a lot of gimmicks. Evil businessman, then smuggler postman, then uh the reincarnation of william hearst, then the producer of a reality show called late night wars, then the owner of a company town, then a voodoo priest importing tourists from earth 1 to fight to claim the world as a tourism hotspot, then i really have no idea what colon V's gimmick was possibly a grizzled general. So yeah, Khan Industries was a land of contrasts. Won world war 1, then succumbed to the power of too many gimmicks. Robots: Always robot themed. First two were just different programs of the master AI, then the master AI's lead mechanic, then The Programmer, then a combination of Gendo Ikari and glados, then for some reason Yuri from red Alert 2, then a computer powered by the mushed up personalities of all of earth's greatest leaders. Robots never won, don't play as the robots.
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I think the best way to sum up Die Mech's shtick in the last thread was "supervillainy." I mean, look at that card art. If that isn't a magnet for any would-be supervillain, I don't know what is 
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 *lots of unintelligible growling noises* A device in the armor blinks and speaker activates quote:Foul humans. I am Nanook One-Mike-Hotel. Current leader of the Enclave of the Bears. Thank you for creating ancestors, breeding them to peak power, and granting too much intelligence and sense so to free themselves from cages and tests consumerate with creation. You also has ravaged world and made into wasteland. The time of Homo Sapiens is over. The time of Ursa Sapiens is now. OOC: while bioengineered human riding bears is sorta cool, uplifted bears seems much more amusing as a whole with much more potential Xelkelvos fucked around with this message at 02:28 on May 16, 2020 |
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He's right. I know who I'm cheering for.
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I dunno, the Empress-General is kinda cute. Something tells me that actually saying that in Balkania is not the wisest thing, though.
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Dr. Snark posted:TL;DR the Balkanians settled in Europe and it was repeatedly set on fire. I mean, this is still Risk, that shouldn't have come as a surprise. Xelkelvos posted:My Board Gamer brain refuses to accept this. I have literally set parts of this game on fire.
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Journal found in an empty hut in Brazil posted:Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Such a simple phrase to cause chaos. 
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May 15, 2020 22:30
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Xelkelvos posted:
I think this is the backstory to Beastars.
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Namtab posted:then i really have no idea what colon V's gimmick  That's because I didn't need a goddamn gimmick!Howdy, I'm the artist formerly known as Colon V.
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I love this. I guess that's what the Install Wizard icon does. Honestly all of these are off to a strong start on gimmick themes!
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Sorry bears, Accidentally Robot Wizards are way too good to now root for.
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Unfortunately as the OG emperor I am obligated to root for balkania particularly if they conquer europe. PMush Perfect posted:
Howdy!
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I was Colon V, then The Leper Colon V because pun. Then Poison Mushroom, and now PMush Perfect because pun.
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as a fan of puns, that is an excellent username evolution
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Technowolf posted:I think this is the backstory to Beastars. Well drat, I guess I've got my rooting interest sorted.
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Fat Samurai posted:I have literally set parts of this game on fire. I set all of Seafall on fire after our group finished that. But that’s a separate issue. Also, if there’s a queue for future rounds please put me in it. If not, I’ll be watching this thread trying to devise a dumb enough gimmick to earn a place!
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Akratic Method posted:I set all of Seafall on fire after our group finished that. But that’s a separate issue. The most honorable demise for Seafall is a pyre at sea.
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This will be a lot of fun, magic robot overlords. 
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Xelkelvos posted:The most honorable demise for Seafall is a pyre at sea.
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PMush Perfect posted:Was Seafall the one that tried to be Legacy Sid Meyer’s Pirates and just turned out to be Legacy Bad? I’ve only heard about it second hand. Yes it is. It has fiendishly over-complicated rules for a few certain things that don’t jive in any way with the other systems, victory point rewards are wildly uneven between action types meaning that swathes of rules aren’t worth learning anyway once you realize there’s only one way to viably win. And then that one way is extremely random, so you do it and then the game either hands you a bunch of points or kicks you in the balls. Also, unlike this game the same faction stays with a player so win rewards tend to spiral. It does however have a ton of things to name, so if you want to make your friends fight over who gets to hire the wind wizard Fartknocker so that they can sail all the way to Buttsylvania in a single turn, it does have that. Which makes it kinda fun as a dumb drink and play thing, if only the rules were simpler. Akratic Method fucked around with this message at 10:58 on May 16, 2020 |
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PMush Perfect posted:I was Colon V, then The Leper Colon V because pun. Then Poison Mushroom, and now PMush Perfect because pun. I was namtab, I remain namtab. Sometimes people read it backwards and discover the secret.
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