|
silvergoose posted:Ahahahaha GoG like that'll happen.
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 20:00
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 27, 2024 02:36 |
|
|
Myself I'm pretty pumped for Navajo Wars, The Hunters, Unconditional Surrender, Operation Dauntless, Churchill and No Retreat 2. I'm somewhat surprised there's really nothing euro-ish I'd be looking forward to. It probably doesn't really count, but I'm also wishing that 2nd printing of Flash Point: Fire Rescue finally hits my country. I'm also looking forward to reading Internet comments about 1914: Serbien muss Sterbien.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 20:05
|
|
|
Oh yeah, the hunters looks ace. I bought Steel Wolves but it dissapoints.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 20:12
|
|
|
GrandpaPants posted:I know that every time I play Talisman, I wish I could get mauled by a bear instead.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 20:43
|
|
|
Tippis posted:Oh shush. Talisman works great with bacon, bear and sports. It's the same kind of spectacle. I know you meant "beer," but this typo conjures a great mental image. EDIT: ^^^ beaten to the punch it seems
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 20:43
|
|
|
Mauled by a Bear: the crazy animal rampage game for the whole family.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 20:46
|
|
|
Tekopo posted:Mauled by a Bear: the crazy animal rampage game for the whole family. I'm envisioning an Arkham Horror reskin — this session, you must defeat… THE PANDA! …using your BUCKET AND SPADE! (…and I didn't even notice the typo. My RandomExcuse 8-Ball says “blame autocorrect” — that one will work, right? Right?  )
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 20:52
|
|
|
Tekopo posted:Mauled by a Bear: the crazy animal rampage game for the whole family. This is close enough to an excuse to post everyone's favorite box art 
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 20:54
|
|
|
Countblanc posted:This is close enough to an excuse to post everyone's favorite box art Every game of Caylus I've ever played has been at least 10 minutes. Technically accurate.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 21:48
|
|
|
The guy has made a few others, which are all great so I'm gonna share them for people who may have not seen them before.  
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 21:54
|
|
|
Do any of you know of good gateway games for little kids? Though he is definitely on the young side, my 5 year old nephew has apparently been expressing interest in some of the old games I left at my parent's house. I know there probably isn't much that is good for that age group, but I figured I would check. I picked up a copy of Kids of Carcassonne that we can hopefully play while I am back for the holidays and am hoping there are a couple of other options there.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 23:07
|
|
|
Thanks for the Space Alert recommendation, Board Game Thread. We've been playing the crap out of it for a few days now. The talking computer idea is genius. Any other games use something similar? We have mostly been playing with the mission generator phone app -- once it moves from a prerecorded CD to a phone, the possibilities for a game with a more complicated mission generator seem huge.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 23:29
|
|
|
Does anyone know if this deal on Dominion Base cards would be a good buy if I already have the Dominion Big Box in my shopping cart? Could anyone explain what the base cards are and what they do?
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 23:47
|
|
|
SERPUS posted:Does anyone know if this deal on Dominion Base cards would be a good buy if I already have the Dominion Big Box in my shopping cart? Could anyone explain what the base cards are and what they do? They basically exist so you can play the expansions without having to buy the Big Box. Prior to its existence, the base components of the game (Copper/Silver/Gold, Duchies/Provinces/Estates, etc.) could only be obtained in the Big Box, which meant you had to own it to play Dominion. Now, if you want, you could just buy the Base Set and a single expansion and be able to get a game going.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 23:49
|
|
|
They're also a lot prettier than the default core cards, so there's that too.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2012 23:50
|
|
|
I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it already, but the guy who makes the UFBRT board game reviews just posted some new videos after a year long hiatus. His videos are short and concise, and his Space Alert review sold me on the game.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 01:27
|
|
|
taqueso posted:Thanks for the Space Alert recommendation, Board Game Thread. We've been playing the crap out of it for a few days now. The talking computer idea is genius. Any other games use something similar? We have mostly been playing with the mission generator phone app -- once it moves from a prerecorded CD to a phone, the possibilities for a game with a more complicated mission generator seem huge. Escape: Curse of the Temple?The actual meat of the game looks pretty blah IMO. There's at least two seperate Space-Alert style timed-coop games coming out, Damage Report and Space Cadets.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 01:32
|
|
|
Baron Porkface posted:What's wrong with playing CITOW with 5 players? In my opinion, the expansion is rear end. Nurgle's new power set sucks, the Horned Rat is underwhelming, Tzeentch and Slaanesh are admittedly pretty cool and Khorne is also underpowered, except it has one upgrade so overpowered that it's on the same power level as Tzeentch and Slaanesh. Possibly worst of all IMO, the new powers are on average better at getting points for the top 3, meaning that the game is far more likely to end on a points victory, apparently on average a turn earlier. Other people like the expansion, but I'm pretty miffed about how bad it is in comparison to the base set. Many flashy new abilities that together aren't as balanced as the original ones. Wazzu fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Dec 4, 2012 |
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 01:59
|
|
|
Anybody know anybody in the Hampton Roads area? Ive been dying to game lately.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 03:10
|
|
|
Wazzu posted:In my opinion, the expansion is rear end. Nurgle's new power set sucks, the Horned Rat is underwhelming, Tzeentch and Slaanesh are admittedly pretty cool and Khorne is also underpowered, except it has one upgrade so overpowered that it's on the same power level as Tzeentch and Slaanesh. Possibly worst of all IMO, the new powers are on average better at getting points for the top 3, meaning that the game is far more likely to end on a points victory, apparently on average a turn earlier. I totally agree with this. Though I also realized we've been determining which areas are adjacent wrong the whole time we've played it.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 03:17
|
|
|
If you're taking about Khornes ability to summon a free Bloodthirster to 6 corruption areas he can't teleport across the board and must follow the normal summoning rules.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 03:23
|
|
|
In Last Night on Earth is there any benefit to heroes having zombie cards other than simply depriving the zombies of having them? We can't figure out why you would want them as a start item.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 03:27
|
|
|
dishwasherlove posted:If you're taking about Khornes ability to summon a free Bloodthirster to 6 corruption areas he can't teleport across the board and must follow the normal summoning rules. No they're probably talking about the one where Bloodletters get you 2 VP whenever they kill something.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 03:36
|
|
|
Aerox posted:They basically exist so you can play the expansions without having to buy the Big Box. Prior to its existence, the base components of the game (Copper/Silver/Gold, Duchies/Provinces/Estates, etc.) could only be obtained in the Big Box, which meant you had to own it to play Dominion. Also, some people complain that the base cards wear out faster than the rest of the cards because they're used every game. This allows them to be recognized from the back, allowing you to cheat if you're mindful of that sort of thing. Personally I never notice it, but I guess if you don't want to sleeve your cards (or you didn't realize this issue until the cards were already worn, and now you cry when you see their faded faces) you can buy the base cards expansion.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 03:49
|
|
|
General Battuta posted:No they're probably talking about the one where Bloodletters get you 2 VP whenever they kill something. This is a brutal upgrade in dire need of houseruling. Also brutal is Nurgle's extra-corruption upgrade, as even a single surviving cultist becomes a dial token.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 04:32
|
|
|
Well the one thing I like about CitOW is that everyone is usually one turn off of victory when the game ends.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 05:03
|
|
|
Just watched Tom Vasal's "Top 100 Games of All Time" (11-1). I never considered myself a board game snob, but hell if I don't feel like one now. It's cool that he can articulate why he likes the games he's chosen. That's respectable enough. But even in instances where I like the game he's talking about, I disagree with his reasoning. The whole time he was making his case for each game I just felt...yuck.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 05:09
|
|
|
I've played CitOW with the expansion a LOT, and I think that it definitely does not need any houseruling to be balanced. I'm pretty sure I've won at least once as every god and the rest of my playgroup win regularly as various gods also. Nurgle is just a tiny bit underpowered, but that's about it.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 05:11
|
|
|
dishwasherlove posted:Well the one thing I like about CitOW is that everyone is usually one turn off of victory when the game ends. In one game of CitOW I played recently, I was racing to the 50 point mark, got dragged back by my opponents who saw it coming, juuuuust got past it, then two other players beat my score after we finished scoring ruinations 
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 05:18
|
|
|
SpinyNorman867 posted:Just watched Tom Vasal's "Top 100 Games of All Time" (11-1). I never considered myself a board game snob, but hell if I don't feel like one now. It's cool that he can articulate why he likes the games he's chosen. That's respectable enough. But even in instances where I like the game he's talking about, I disagree with his reasoning. The whole time he was making his case for each game I just felt...yuck. I love that Tom Vasel still loves the poo poo out of Duel of Ages. Also, looking at that Top 10, dude loves his tactical games. Cosmic Encounter is an, uh, interesting choice though.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 05:27
|
|
|
SpinyNorman867 posted:Just watched Tom Vasal's "Top 100 Games of All Time" (11-1). I never considered myself a board game snob, but hell if I don't feel like one now. It's cool that he can articulate why he likes the games he's chosen. That's respectable enough. But even in instances where I like the game he's talking about, I disagree with his reasoning. The whole time he was making his case for each game I just felt...yuck. Tom Vasel is like a giant in real life. You can't tell from his videos but he is huge. I had printed out a long list of grievances I had against him including such gems as not wanting to play Ascension because it was about killing God and how Dominant Species is a bad game because evolution doesn't exist, but then I took one look at him and decided it would be best if I just silently judged him from afar. I'm waiting for the day a true hero will rise up against him...
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 05:36
|
|
|
Kiranamos posted:Tom Vasel is like a giant in real life. You can't tell from his videos but he is huge. I had printed out a long list of grievances I had against him including such gems as not wanting to play Ascension because it was about killing God and how Dominant Species is a bad game because evolution doesn't exist, but then I took one look at him and decided it would be best if I just silently judged him from afar. I'm waiting for the day a true hero will rise up against him... Where did he say this about Dominant Species? His Dice Tower video review of DS is nothing short of glowing, even for him.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 05:44
|
|
|
Triple-Kan posted:Where did he say this about Dominant Species? His Dice Tower video review of DS is nothing short of glowing, even for him. It was in an old podcast episode. It was mainly the wargamer cohost that was appalled though.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 05:50
|
|
|
GrandpaPants posted:I love that Tom Vasel still loves the poo poo out of Duel of Ages. Also, looking at that Top 10, dude loves his tactical games. Cosmic Encounter is an, uh, interesting choice though. Yeah, I can sorta respect that he's made his decisions based on some kind of logic (or something). Those decisions just gross me out anyway. I wish he would just commit to being a full on cretinous grognard so I could deride him easier. Yeah, I'm a terrible person. Also he's apparently a giant, so there go my plans to shame him in a crushingly awkward public wrestling match.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 06:22
|
|
|
I didn't know so many people wanted the fight Tom Vassel.
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 06:36
|
|
|
dishwasherlove posted:I didn't know so many people wanted the fight Tom Vassel. Nerds wanting to beat up other nerds, always a good show. I'd totally fight Tom Vasel
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 06:38
|
|
|
Crackbone posted:Escape: Curse of the Temple?The actual meat of the game looks pretty blah IMO. Anything else not space related? The last two look like they might be really similar to Space Alert. It seems like the timed game system could apply to lots of genres. It wouldn't have to be coop, either. It could be done with cards and some kind of timer instead of a soundtrack. (I think there is a timer in Damage Report IIRC)
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 06:47
|
|
|
taqueso posted:Anything else not space related? The last two look like they might be really similar to Space Alert. It seems like the timed game system could apply to lots of genres. It wouldn't have to be coop, either. It could be done with cards and some kind of timer instead of a soundtrack. (I think there is a timer in Damage Report IIRC) Red November maybe? No CD, but it's the same sort of co-op, repair everything, keeps getting worse, time is your enemy experience, albeit with somewhat more abstracted time mechanics (compared to Space Alert).
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 06:57
|
|
|
tonedef131 posted:In Last Night on Earth is there any benefit to heroes having zombie cards other than simply depriving the zombies of having them? We can't figure out why you would want them as a start item. It's been a little while since I've played, but I don't recall a way for heroes to get zombie cards as a start item, nor could they use them if they had them. Is this from a scenario or something?
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 06:57
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 27, 2024 02:36 |
|
|
Anyone know if there's any recent games like Ambush? (Solitaire, card-based, war)
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2012 06:59
|
|