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FelchTragedy posted:Let us spare a moment of thought for those other people. All around the globe at this time of year, unfotunates are having to play Monopoly with their families.
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Dec 26, 2012 00:57
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It is truly amazing how Monopoly and similar games are played by anyone who isn't a literal child. I mean, there's tons of cool, light, mainstream party games like Scrabble, countless card games like Euchre, and a bunch of trivia-style games, so this isn't even a "those plebs just can't appreciate the two hours of strategic beauty that is Agricola" thing. I mean those games get played too, but I literally, LITERALLY (literally) don't see how someone can be familiar with those better options and still complain about how we haven't broken out the 20+ year old Monopoly board.
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Dec 26, 2012 01:03
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I taught my 70 year old parents both Carcassonne and Dominion yesterday. Carcassonne was definitely the smash hit of the day. We played the base set twice and then added in Inns & Cathedrals for our last game. I was asked to bring it back on Sunday to play again!
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Dec 26, 2012 01:07
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Yeah I think carcassonne is the best of the gateway games. Most people will spend time helping build a communal jigsaw. It's success is on that principle, plus it's no reading required on the board. I think I may have to give everyone an even number of cloisters at the start of the game for their individual stacks. FelchTragedy fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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Dec 26, 2012 01:13
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FelchTragedy posted:Let us spare a moment of thought for those other people. All around the globe at this time of year, unfotunates are having to play Monopoly with their families. Let us all bow our heads for a second and wish them fortitude. I played Dixit with my family at Christmas and everyone loved it. I introduced it as a guessing game and taught the rules over the course of the first round. Everyone was surprisingly fine with coming up with vague clues for their cards. The game went amazingly well.
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Dec 26, 2012 01:22
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Implementor posted:
Archipelago Catan Geographies: Germany Played 1.5 short games of Archipelago, just 2p since my bro-in-law is into games too. It seems fun, and once learned it flows fairly easily. I agree that the short endpoints seemed to end right as things were getting going, but I'm really looking forward to medium-long with 4 players. The game is really well designed in terms of the box holding components, and the components having useful information on them so you don't have to refer to the rules for any tables. The theme and the rules go together well. For Catan... I already have Catan. I doubt its worth having a 2nd version (I don't like to hoard or collect) for whatever mechanics they've added. So I'm not sure what I want to do with it. Are there charities that need board games? modig fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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Dec 26, 2012 01:56
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Well, I got Bananagrams for Christmas. That's more than I was expecting.
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Dec 26, 2012 01:57
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Food Court Druid posted:Well, I got Bananagrams for Christmas. That's more than I was expecting. Luckiest dude in the thread. That game rocks.
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Dec 26, 2012 01:58
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I went a bit nuts and got myself some presents. I won't have any time to play them until January... Descent 2nd Edition (with the expansion and conversion kit) Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients Summoner Wars Master Set Mage Wars Warhammer: Invasion Android: Netrunner Citadels (finally) Spartacus: A Game of Blood & Treachery Lords of Waterdeep Wizards and Robots, as far as the eye can see.
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Dec 26, 2012 02:29
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I got King of Tokyo and X-Wing. Only played them a bit so far, but I'm really liking both of them a lot!
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Dec 26, 2012 02:29
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Got my parents Dominion, things seemed to click towards the end of our first game and and by the end of our second one they were willing to sing its praises to the rest of our relatives  One of the big things they liked was how quick the games were so I don't think I'll get them anything too grognardy, but I definitely have a few ideas for further gifts...
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Dec 26, 2012 02:53
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My holiday gifts to myself: 1989: Dawn of Freedom Legends of Andor Star Wars LCG Core Set CO2 The Adventurers: Temple of Chac Star Trek DBG: Original Series Star Trek DBG: Next Phase Clash of Cultures Age of Steam Die Vulgari Eloquentia Bios Megafauna ...Why no, I don't have a problem, why do you ask? The best part of the holidays came on Saturday. I took The Boss and Incan Gold to my parents' house, and played with the parents and brother. Brother's been asking about board games lately, but my parents have been staunch resistors. Both games went over really well, and today my mother asked when I was bringing The Boss back around. Success! This is how it begins.
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Dec 26, 2012 03:03
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I got to play some Escape the Aliens From Out Space which was awesome until one of the other human players misunderstood when I told them that you had to state which of the escape hatches you were trying, no you can't lie about this. Also one of the Aliens tried to leave which was amusing in it's own right. Then I got to play the christmas boardgame I got. The Walking Dead (the one based on the AMC tv show. It was not good, read the rules wrong for the first part and second game went just as bad as quick. One d6 with a plus 1 or 2 bonus at most makes it real loving hard to defeat the constant strength 10 zombie hoards.
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Dec 26, 2012 03:21
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I know there are a few hardcore wargamers who visit this thread. Can anyone tell me about Napoleon's Triumph. More specifically how it works with more than 2 players, and would you recommend it to be played with more than 2?
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Dec 26, 2012 03:24
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Countblanc posted:It is truly amazing how Monopoly and similar games are played by anyone who isn't a literal child. I mean, there's tons of cool, light, mainstream party games like Scrabble, countless card games like Euchre, and a bunch of trivia-style games, so this isn't even a "those plebs just can't appreciate the two hours of strategic beauty that is Agricola" thing. I mean those games get played too, but I literally, LITERALLY (literally) don't see how someone can be familiar with those better options and still complain about how we haven't broken out the 20+ year old Monopoly board. I think so much time elapses between Monopoly games that people's memories get a little foggy (those who don't think about board games regularly in general), and the recollection of sheer boredom isn't so vivid. And there's some cognitive dissonance: why is it a classic pastime if nobody has fun? That can't be right, can it? They love the idea of making these elaborate trade contracts to outsmart the other players. Okay maybe last time they played, nothing like that happened at all and it was a little bland, but that must have just been a fluke, right? Anyway they're a little older and wiser than last time; it'll be different. McNerd fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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Dec 26, 2012 04:03
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FelchTragedy posted:Let us spare a moment of thought for those other people. All around the globe at this time of year, unfotunates are having to play Monopoly with their families. Let us all bow our heads for a second and wish them fortitude. I had to sit in silence while a young boy received a copy of Monopoly for Christmas. It was okay though, because this one had the SPEED DIE™ inside.
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Dec 26, 2012 04:21
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dishwasherlove posted:I know there are a few hardcore wargamers who visit this thread. Can anyone tell me about Napoleon's Triumph. More specifically how it works with more than 2 players, and would you recommend it to be played with more than 2? Uh yes, yes there are. Tekopo and I really love the game (probably others too, but we're the vocal ones I guess). The way it works with 2+ is as follows: Two teams, each has a commander and an order of rank down Commander assigns corps to subgenerals On each turn, commander makes his move, then subgenerals make their moves until all corp commands are used or declined to be used (or max hit, for the allies) At the start of each turn, the commander may send one message to his subgenerals (I think each? Or maybe just one per turn total) which will arrive at the start of the next turn, i.e. it takes time for couriers to travel. Messages can be <verb> <noun>, like "Attack Vandamme" or "Retreat" or "Flank North" or somesuch. Nothing else. No other talking/strategizing. It's meant to be kinda chaotic in a very wargaming orderly way. Never fully played it myself, but certainly plan to someday! Incredible game 2-player, though, can't say enough good about it, really.
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Dec 26, 2012 04:37
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Kiranamos posted:I had to sit in silence while a young boy received a copy of Monopoly for Christmas. It was okay though, because this one had the SPEED DIE™ inside. My cousin who I constantly play games like Dominion, Netrunner, and Elder Sign with got a copy of Warcraft Monopoly for Christmas. I feel like I haven't done my job.
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Dec 26, 2012 05:06
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McNerd posted:Anyway they're a little older and wiser than last time; it'll be different. I have quite literally never played Monopoly by the book, and I've always been curious what it's actually like to play the "right" way. (Quotes because I'm assuming responses will include "the right way is to not play at all.") Like, I've always played it without auctions, with Free Parking, etc. So I'll probably do that some time soonish, just for the experience, and then never play it again. I got the Deluxe version a few years ago for Christmas and it's been used all of once since. eta:^^^^^^ There's no way in hell I'd ask for WoW Monopoly. I hate themed Monopoly just on principle. Of course, I've considered Starcraft Risk, but I have both the FFG Starcraft game and two different versions of Risk, so I think I have that particular itch pretty well scratched. I'm not paying that much for a game board with circles representing planets instead of amorphous blobs representing continents. rickiep00h fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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Dec 26, 2012 05:12
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Auctions actually really help the game, but other than that it doesn't fix it much. Nothing will ever solve the problems of the game basically being over and then you have to play another couple of hours before it ends, or the problem of having two power blocs and it all coming down to who lands on the wrong property first.
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Dec 26, 2012 05:15
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Auctions can actually really REALLY accelerate the game because you are all buying property off-turn, increasing the rate at which safe (unpurchased) spaces disappear and decreasing the money on hand early on (which matters more with fewer safe spaces). Definitely try it once; you will end up with more properties to trade away early, some of which you purchased at a deep discount. The auction minigame is also as exciting as any other auction game, so it livens up the beginning of the game. homullus fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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Dec 26, 2012 05:24
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Thanks Silvergoose. I'll try and grab a copy in the post christmas sales. I see you can print the map for the previous game and play that with the Napoleon pieces as condoned by the designer which is awesome.
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Dec 26, 2012 06:27
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Managed to snag LoTR Cardgame: The Hobbit Expansion, 3 packs for Warhammer Invasion, some MtG cards, Mage Knight, and Rex. Not bad, not bad at all (especially since I couldn't afford them otherwise).
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Dec 26, 2012 06:48
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Has anyone else played Village yet? My friend from Germany brought it over (his mom sent him the German version for Christmas) and we played it today after Christmas dinner. It's worker placement mainly, with the added mechanic that your workers eventually age and pass away. Pretty cool game, and a nice departure from all the Lords of Waterdeep I've been playing.
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Dec 26, 2012 06:56
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I wound up with: Legendary, the Marvel deckbuilder X-Wing x2 + an advanced Tie Fighter and Y-wing Netrunner Dixit: Journey So far we've played about 7 games of Legendary and it's a really cool deckbuilder, but everything I've read about it being a bitch to clean up is true (though if everyone pitches in it isn't so bad). Netrunner is awesome and my brother and I were just getting into the deckbuilding, but I'm not sure how much it's going to hit the table back home since most of our game nights are 5 or so players.
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Dec 26, 2012 07:06
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I got Chaos in the Old World from my brother and his wife. Now I just need to find a way to get them and my parents into playing a boardgame. Brother has some experience with carcasonne but hasn't much interest in other things, but I think I can make that work. Then mom said that a goose board is wholesome family fun.  I think I'd prefer monopoly.
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Dec 26, 2012 08:52
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Good luck, I found Chaos extremely difficult to teach, and I'm a great teacher (since I'm forced to always do it  )
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Dec 26, 2012 08:59
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Are there any house rules or anything of the sort that make BatHotH more balanced? I got it as a gift, and while I do like the game, I'm also very aware of its flaws. Custom scenarios, house rules, certain ones to be mulliganed or ignored, common sense on that latter one?
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Dec 26, 2012 09:02
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There is no balance to Betrayal. That's the charm I guess. Check the BGG files section for some haunt faqs, although the 2e rule book might already be updated.
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Dec 26, 2012 09:07
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Kiranamos posted:and I'm a great teacher (since I'm forced to always do it I feel your pain. If you go through the rules, people go "OH GOD YOU'RE TAKING SO LONG" but then if you try to teach as you play, and something happens that wasn't covered, they go "WELL I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT"
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Dec 26, 2012 09:14
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I got a huge haul of games at Christmas; I honestly couldn't pick a favorite. Galaxy Truckers is awesome, but Elder Sign was real easy to teach to family, and my wife and I are already five or six games down in Takenoko, which is one of the prettiest games we own now and definitely has the best box inlay I've ever seen. The only dud of all the games we've tried was Race for the Galaxy, which has an absolutely horrible rulebook to go by when you're trying to learn with family and have never even seen it played. We all gave up partway through the second round to play something that my wife or I had any idea how to play. That rule book absolutely sucks.
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Dec 26, 2012 13:22
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Jabor posted:Got my parents Dominion, things seemed to click towards the end of our first game and and by the end of our second one they were willing to sing its praises to the rest of our relatives
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Dec 26, 2012 14:08
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Whalley posted:I got a huge haul of games at Christmas; I honestly couldn't pick a favorite. Galaxy Truckers is awesome, but Elder Sign was real easy to teach to family, and my wife and I are already five or six games down in Takenoko, which is one of the prettiest games we own now and definitely has the best box inlay I've ever seen. Yeah, Race is a game that you want to know how to play before the first time, but it really does work pretty well. Just have to explain all of the symbols, be ready to answer questions about "ohhh what does this symbol mean again?" for the first game, and then the second game everyone just plays. But, as I said, only if you know the rules already.
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Dec 26, 2012 14:26
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I played (lost) the introductory solo dungeon in Wrath Of Ashardalon. My perspective will probably change once I get a few more games under my belt, but it feels a little too fast-paced. Having to end each turn on an unexplored edge or draw an Encounter means that more monsters are popping up than I can deal with, so I'm running more than fighting. Maybe there's a balance to be found by standing your ground to finish off enemies more often and taking the penalties. For now I feel more like Shaggy in Scooby-Doo than an adventurer.
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Dec 26, 2012 14:42
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I bought my brother and his wife Dixit and D&D: Castle Ravenloft because it was so cheap on amazon. I was hoping it'd prompt him to get Wrath of Ashardalon later as he really enjoys minis. I ended up getting Power Grid and then bought Descent 2E, Dominant Species and The Resistance for myself. Christmas day I got The Resistance out. The game was definitely not for my family...or at least not my mom as she was a spy that voted in favor of the resistance every turn (she's really old). At least I won at Balderdash. Ramsus fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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Dec 26, 2012 15:26
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Colon V posted:Are there any house rules or anything of the sort that make BatHotH more balanced? I got it as a gift, and while I do like the game, I'm also very aware of its flaws. Custom scenarios, house rules, certain ones to be mulliganed or ignored, common sense on that latter one? The main advice I have is, plan to play multiple games per session. This way you greatly increase your chances of getting at least one good game in. Personally I've had fun but I would feel like I'd totally wasted my time if I ever pulled the game out and played only one game and it was a bust. You also might consider finding a new scenario (and hence a new traitor) if your chosen traitor is already only a few clicks away from death. For some scenarios it wouldn't matter, but other times it would. I guess the same might go if that character has tons of weaponry and great stats and everyone else is in the toilet, although I don't know: this situation might be imbalanced no matter who the traitor is.
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Dec 26, 2012 15:39
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Ramsus posted:Christmas day I got The Resistance out. The game was definitely not for my family...or at least not my mom as she was a spy that voted in favor of the resistance very turn (she's really old). But then everyone claims they had fun and we play again for some reason, I guess because people don't understand how pointless it is. Two wrongs make a right, I suppose?
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Dec 26, 2012 15:39
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Anyone got an opinion on Battle of Westeros? Seems pretty good, but I'd like ot know how complicated the game is for people who aren't wargamers.
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Dec 26, 2012 15:46
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:I played (lost) the introductory solo dungeon in Wrath Of Ashardalon. My perspective will probably change once I get a few more games under my belt, but it feels a little too fast-paced. And yeah, don't be afraid to take encounters if there are too many monsters built up on the current tiles. My group's usual strategy is to get 5 XP as quickly as possible so we can cancel the few really terrible encounters. Then we explore every turn possible, only stopping when there are too many monsters to deal with. We just beat the "Kill Ashardalon" quest a couple of weeks ago, so I'll probably pick up the Drizzt game sometime soon.
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Cool stuff inc is running an end of the year blowout sale right now. Their site stopped loading for me but if I remember correctly there were prices as follows: Arkham Horror - $30 Chaos in the Old World - $30 Rex: Final days of an Empire - $28 Cosmic Encounter - $30 I don't know if their site is being hit with high traffic or what is going on, but now I have to order Rex and then of course I'll have to find a way to spend $100 for the free shipping. Ramsus fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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