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iOS Online Boardgaming Megathread (Carcassonne, Everything Playdek, & Many More)
- Thread starter AstroLad
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WTF was that! 3% chance lol. GG!
I think it was said they're resubmitting the artwork for Formula and renaming it to avoid violating any copywrite laws, but will still be released in some form eventually.
Are those 2nd round of games in the Carc tourney's loser's bracket still in progress? Just want to make sure they've at least started.
Bracket http://images.challonge.com/neogafboardgames-carcassonne2.png
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Gamecocks625
Member
someone beat this guy, please, in the losers bracket. Dude has been destroying me in 1V1s since our tourney game (after I had a 3 game win streak...lost like the next 4 haha).
Gamecocks625
Member
Ok, I like having a high ELO but I have no idea why in one game I'll lose by 2 points and lose like 26 ELO points, but then I'll blow someone out by 30 points and only gain 8 ELO points. What's the deal? (Seinfeld voice). Can someone explain ELO to me?
Totally agree. Would love that feature.
Totally agree. Would love that feature.
RaySpencer
Member
I meant to comment on some of my games in SW earlier, but I will now!
First, sorry I forgot who exactly the game was against, Kosh I think, it was my Cloaks vs his Dwarves, I ended up getting my Vlox in on HIS backline, and was kinda cornered but I had some friends near by, a Scrapper, and Dagger my Champ. I would have died next round for sure, but I assassinated a key guy, and brought my Dagger up to help, and we killed the Oldin! I was scared, it was super fun.
Cloaks are easily my favorite team, and its weird because they arent a type of team I would normally use. FK are a close second!
Hereafter - GG man! I used a bunch of my abilities at really in opportune times in our game, because I had the issue of ALL 3 of my champs in my hand really early in that game. It really fucked me up.
What do you guys do in a game where you get your champs in hand really early, and dont have the magic to summon them?
I would recommend:
Ticket to Ride (iPad or Pocket version, depending on what you need)
Samurai
Carcassonne
-edit: Ascension! I forgot ascesnion-
and then there is a a few more that I havent played too much yet, but seemed really good when I did:
Le Havre
Caylus
Neuroshima Hex
Catan (not online)
Titan HD (not online)
Those would probably be my top ones. Carc, Ticket to Ride, Ascension and Samurai are amazing games, loads of fun.
First, sorry I forgot who exactly the game was against, Kosh I think, it was my Cloaks vs his Dwarves, I ended up getting my Vlox in on HIS backline, and was kinda cornered but I had some friends near by, a Scrapper, and Dagger my Champ. I would have died next round for sure, but I assassinated a key guy, and brought my Dagger up to help, and we killed the Oldin! I was scared, it was super fun.
Cloaks are easily my favorite team, and its weird because they arent a type of team I would normally use. FK are a close second!
Hereafter - GG man! I used a bunch of my abilities at really in opportune times in our game, because I had the issue of ALL 3 of my champs in my hand really early in that game. It really fucked me up.
What do you guys do in a game where you get your champs in hand really early, and dont have the magic to summon them?
I would recommend:
Ticket to Ride (iPad or Pocket version, depending on what you need)
Samurai
Carcassonne
-edit: Ascension! I forgot ascesnion-
and then there is a a few more that I havent played too much yet, but seemed really good when I did:
Le Havre
Caylus
Neuroshima Hex
Catan (not online)
Titan HD (not online)
Those would probably be my top ones. Carc, Ticket to Ride, Ascension and Samurai are amazing games, loads of fun.
Yes, your deck doesnt replenish. Once you've drawn them all, that's it.
RaySpencer
Member
Haha, yeah, the good news for you though, is I cant roll the dice for shit in our game, and I also just took 2HP of my summoner so that I could summon....NOTHING ! yay!
I saw that. Thought it was hilarious
We're you trying to scare the other player? If I can do this to myself, what do you think I can do to you?!
I thought you played well the other game. Did you freeze my lioneer in the beginning? Math dictates I kill him myself (1 magic point gain vs 2 lose) Freezing commons is usually a bad idea.
PS Surrounding Khan (Splinter) is a bad idea
Good question. Yesterday I started with 2, and drew the third my second draw. Grrr. I tried burying actions I wouldn't otherwise (since I also kept drawing those) and killing my own for more magic, but it clearly wasn't the right path
RaySpencer
Member
I saw that. Thought it was hilarious
I also wasted a turn after summoning Legion summoning 3 guys, and didnt attack with 2 of them, haha. You played really well in our game, and I played REALLY poorly. It was still loads of fun to try to get myself out of a shitty situation all game, haha.
We're you trying to scare the other player? If I can do this to myself, what do you think I can do to you?!
I thought you played well the other game. Did you freeze my lioneer in the beginning? Math dictates I kill him myself (1 magic point gain vs 2 lose) Freezing commons is usually a bad idea.
PS Surrounding Khan (Splinter) is a bad idea
Naw, wasnt me! I dont freeze anything that isnt a Summoner or Champ, and 90% of the time I will do a summoner over anything else.
Good question. Yesterday I started with 2, and drew the third my second draw. Grrr. I tried burying actions I wouldn't otherwise (since I also kept drawing those) and killing my own for more magic, but it clearly wasn't the right path
Drop one right away and use your commons to win. I usually have 1 low cost champ in my decks for such a occasion. Khan Queso is amazing!
If you are playing with the orcs, don't drop Krung or Bragg.
RaySpencer
Member
Yeah, my real big issue in that particular game, was that I had Krung, Bragg and Ragnor, a freeze and I think an Ice Wall, haha.
I had maybe 1 or 2 magic at the time, I SHOULD have dropped Ragnor I guess ( I think I might have eventually, I dont remember), I think I blew a freeze and ice wall, but with no Bragg out, and you with stacks of magic as per usual my freeze wouldnt do much, and I dropped the Ice Wall right by your Gorilla to stop him from coming and crushing my Summoner.
I dunno, it was just like the worst set of dudes I had ever had so early in a match, haha. I dont play
I would've freeze the summoner and drop the ice wall for magic. Cull 4 units and next turn Ragnor would be out. If you get freezes next turn, play defensive for 1 more and try to Bragg out. i think people try to play too fast with the Tundra Orcs. The thing is they are the best defensive faction in the game. Take advantage of it. They should advance slowly and unlike the Jungle Elves and the Cave Goblins. Of this is my way of playing, YMMV.
Edit: Splinter did awesome in our last match. I think he ended up with 8 wounds+ in total. Splinter plus haste is crazy.
I really wish Summoner Wars tabletop had a big pack of all the iOS factions (instead you have to buy them individually or in packs of two, and many are out of print right now). If you don't know they have a "Master Set" that has a board and six new factions not in iOS, but man it would be great to own every faction because the Master Set factions are absolutely awesome. Gonna be megaton when they drop on iOS.
There's gonna be a lot of Filth mirror matches soon.
Also, if you havent done so already, sign up for the tourney! Here who i have so far
Hereafter (hasn't actually signed up, but has a slot open)
Astrolad
Smiley90
superrobot/Diesel Pioneer
Blackflag/bl4ckfl4g
Mercviper
Kosh / Kosh One
CzarTim
benny lava/barneshome
Got the Shakes
bonesquad/justjeff
tm24
Gatekeeper/Z3R0_5UM
AirBrian
gazele/gazele87
slacker
Also, if you havent done so already, sign up for the tourney! Here who i have so far
Hereafter (hasn't actually signed up, but has a slot open)
Astrolad
Smiley90
superrobot/Diesel Pioneer
Blackflag/bl4ckfl4g
Mercviper
Kosh / Kosh One
CzarTim
benny lava/barneshome
Got the Shakes
bonesquad/justjeff
tm24
Gatekeeper/Z3R0_5UM
AirBrian
gazele/gazele87
slacker
Nope, just the most fun and creative deck out of all of them. The Filth revolves around a new type of unit called Mutations. Basically, you summon it on top of any common unit and it turns into a new monster. You can switch out mutations and pay the difference in summoning cost. Basically, shit is crazy
Swamp Orcs are pretty cool with their army of Vine Walls. Mountain Vargath (goats) win the title of most boring with just very basic abilities. Still fun though and it's awesome to see how the factions are all so distinct. I kind of dig Sand Goblins too, whose Summoner and events are basically based around keeping people at bay with Sandstorm and Camouflage.
Did you see the new filth units?
I think they will actually make the filth top tier and even more fun. My current understanding is they are actually mid-low tier.
Yeah I love the shadow elves and the uhhh forget what they are called but they are super aggressive.
I can't wait for jungle elves and fallen kingdom to get reprinted.
Anyone try the mercenary faction yet?
His ability sounds awesome.
Good game Astrolad. I took that last gambit and it worked out. Gorillas FTW!
Yeah they do. The actual merc faction has some fun in that a lot of units have toned down abilities from other factions champions
Why did they name a faction Mercenaries and have mercenaries? Just to confuse people?
I was hesitant to bury any of my champs because I was playing as the Dwarves who seem to be champ dependent (I've only played them twice).
I still hate playing against the tundra orcs the most. Between extra walls, that wall shard action, units that can keep attacking and moving, units that take no hits unless you roll a hit on every die, krung, and of course freeze cards. So annoying!
I was hesitant to bury any of my champs because I was playing as the Dwarves who seem to be champ dependent (I've only played them twice).
I still hate playing against the tundra orcs the most. Between extra walls, that wall shard action, units that can keep attacking and moving, units that take no hits unless you roll a hit on every die, krung, and of course freeze cards. So annoying!
Why did they name a faction Mercenaries and have mercenaries? Just to confuse people?
I was hesitant to bury any of my champs because I was playing as the Dwarves who seem to be champ dependent (I've only played them twice).
I still hate playing against the tundra orcs the most. Between extra walls, that wall shard action, units that can keep attacking and moving, units that take no hits unless you roll a hit on every die, krung, and of course freeze cards. So annoying!
That's why Baldur is so good. You should have 4 magic by the second or third turn. Who were you playing against?
I was playing against the tundra orcs. Who managed to freeze Baldur right when I got him out making me waste 2 magic I didn't have to spare. I never said I was any good at this game
Side note, I didn't like Outwitters (I hate fog of war), but the ability to replay matches was cool. SW needs that. It might help me learn a thing or two.
Gatekeeper
Member
Wait when are these coming out? What did I miss?
Not anytime soon, we just got excited over the physical cards that will eventually be in iOS form
Got the Shakes
Member
Sorry I was gone all weekend at a friends wedding. We've been playing out game for the past week. Seems like a handful of turns per day. Hope to wrap it up soon.
Thank you sir. The quicker the better, as you're the farthest one behind now.
Only one other game is ready for action:
mikeworks vs eznark
Good luck, men!
No, every Summoner has a starting setup (specific units & placement) and set of event cards that go with him. Some factions depend more on events than others.
OK, that's what I figured. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing some option somewhere.
And BTW, your wall events are brutal! :lol
Yeah it's really cool that they include all the faction booster cards with the complete pack. Kind of the opposite of pulling a Goko in terms of pricing.
If you have custom decks you can select a random custom deck. Thats what I've been doing lately.
Edit: I find the dwarves so boring to play... build magic, build magic, GROR!