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Femmeworth
Banned
Per their deal with Hasbro, they can't make a board game without miniatures. At least that's what I've heard.
BattleMonkey
Member
It's more likely a deal involving price point, hence why they keep making pricey mini heavy games. They are forcing the games to stick to hobby exclusive mainly and be out of general consumer interest with high price points, to avoid competition with their own casual cheap board games.
BomberMouse
Member
Has anyone here gone to Tokyo Game Market? I haven't taken a vacation in quite a few years and I've been toying with the idea since I need a break.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
What's a good cyberpunk themed game other than Netrunner? Me and my friends are doing a hacker themed night and I was wondering if there were any games I could take.
Specter Ops?
It's very much a cyber-punk future setting. 1 hacker vs multiple corporation guards. Hidden movement game like Fury of Dracula or Letters to Whitechapel.
Femmeworth
Banned
Doing a solo game of Elder Sign w/ Unseen Forces and playing four investigators. More intensive than anticipated.
Edit: I was successful and only lost one investigator. It was a bit more interesting but not worth the time needed and the mental fatigue.
Edit: I was successful and only lost one investigator. It was a bit more interesting but not worth the time needed and the mental fatigue.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
Member
Android is an OK game, but really hard to get into. I've played it twice now and I think I liked it less the second time I played it. The biggest problem with the game is there is just too much going on. You have story cards, murder investigations, screw your neighbor style card play, and some weird conspiracy puzzle. I love the theme (huge ANR fan) but the game can be too much.
As for another recommendation, Infiltration is a totally overlooked boardgame from the designer of Dominion. It's set in the same universe as Android (they even reuse some art assets from ANR) but it focuses on criminals breaking into a mega corp stealing data. The object of the game is to break into the facility, going from room to room stealing data along the way. You need to be quick because the silent alarm went off and the cops are getting closer every turn. The players who makes it out of the building before the cops show up get to count their loot and whomever has the most wins. The game plays quickly, maybe an hour, and there is a good amount of player interaction. I love it and think it's the only other game from Donald X Vaccarino that is actually good.
Femmeworth
Banned
Hoping to start my first game of Eldritch Horror tomorrow. Will be playing it solo.
That sounds interesting. Looked it up and it is out of print. Vaccarino's contract with FFG expired. Huh, didn't know it worked like that.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
Member
I didn't even realize it went OOP. You can still pick it up for a good price on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1616613963/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Femmeworth
Banned
Huh, didn't even think to check Amazon when CSI and MM don't have it. Not something I'd get now, since I spent way too much last month. >_>
I'm going to end up broke as hell if I ever fall into the rabbit hole of Star Wars miniatures. :/
BomberMouse
Member
Welp, I just bought plane tickets for it. I don't live in the US, so I can't mail anything at domestic shipping rates.
Regardless,cool on going!
huh... guess I don't have to buy it... goes to show how often I check the bottom of my game shelf
Usually FFG over-expands their games, but Infiltration is one game I wish there WAS an expansion! Been sorta hoping for a while that one would pop up out of nowhere but I see that isn't gonna happen. Probably like any more Battles of Westeros factions...
Isn't there a Shadowrun game? Crossfire or somesuch? Can't get much more cyberpunk than that (assuming you dig the fantasy/magic elements).
Isn't there a Shadowrun game? Crossfire or somesuch? Can't get much more cyberpunk than that (assuming you dig the fantasy/magic elements).
For those waiting on the Black Edition of Risk: Star Wars. It's up on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SDJGDI8/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SDJGDI8/?tag=neogaf0e-20
BattleMonkey
Member
Besides the extra minis, is there any truth to the black edition having higher quality board?
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
These both sound pretty great. Is it worth owning Specter Ops as well as FoD? Heard some very good things about the latter and don't particularly want to buy something that might get superseded in a relatively short amount of time
Femmeworth
Banned
$20 more for three shoddily painted miniatures. Oh, there's also a handful of stormtrooper figures.
BattleMonkey
Member
And translucent dice yo
Pictures make the cards look different (design), stormtrooper figures, "gold" falcon, "silver" SSD, "silver" Death Star, and translucent dice. Oh and a black box to show you are hardcore!
I am tempted but $26 on Amazon sounds nice.
BattleMonkey
Member
Yea folks were saying from the shots and copy at SDCC, that it looked like it had higher quality cards and thicker game board, but no one has verified that about the retail product. Imagine they would maybe have said something about this officially if it was true. Assume that the SDCC copy was just the nice prototype copy.
BomberMouse
Member
I was really tempted to back it but in the end, you are probably gonna be able to get that edition through normal retailers too. Also the idea that they have expansions already planned for it, even with space on the map feels a bit dirty.
I'd also never get it to the talbe
Femmeworth
Banned
Started my first game of Eldritch Horror, it took me an hour+ to set up. I'm about two hours in and so overwhelmed. D: It's a lot to take in for one person, constantly checking the manuals. Really need to print out Universal Head's rules summary.
Gaming Truth
Member
So just do it! If you mess up, you just need to get more foamcore
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
I can't find anywhere that has Infiltration or Specter Ops :c
I could check in town but it's November and therefore cold and miserable and fuck that >_>
I could check in town but it's November and therefore cold and miserable and fuck that >_>
This is pretty much the Fantasy Flight Games experience, with some exceptions.
sewing pins is a good idea too. Once you glue two sides together, stick the pins through while it dries (or leave in) in case you hit it.
Hey this is something I'm interested in doing! I have so many board games with crappy storage methods. D:
Would it be too much trouble for me to ask how you're doing it and/or what resources you're using for learning how to do it?
Gaming Truth
Member
This is how I got started: http://www.orderofgamers.com/using-foamcore-part-1/
It's the basic strategy of how I've done all mine:
- Create base with walls
- Lay out how you want to arrange things
- Put them in, one at a time
I can't speak to Fury of Dracula.
Specter Ops seems to vary from some hidden movement games by an inclusion of an interesting traitor mechanic when you have 5 players. It also has unique hackers each with their own abilities and some unique gear, plus general gear. Can be anything from a hologram to fool players, to a flashbang grenade that stuns anyone in LOS.
Each of the 4 guards is also unique. A cyborg who can control the team's vehicle remotely, including using it's motion sensor. A psychic who can track where a player was in the past, a sniper who can lock down long sight lines in a particular direction, and beastman who can move faster, and can sniff out the hacker if he's close enough.
It's also not immediate elimination if you're caught, because they need to actually subdue you.
Awesome, thank you!
I've also recently purchased mini-painting materials. I've got some projects ahead of me!
Fury is pretty similar then. The four vampire hunters have different abilities. (Check if Dracula is in the current region, improved healing, improved item gains, resilience to bites) Dracula needs to be killed for hunters to win. And Dracula has an influence track he needs to advance by either leaving behind encounters on his trail that mature when that clue goes cold or by staying alive for 21 days
Ah, I should clarify how the hacker wins in Spec Ops. He has to hack 3 of 4 servers that are placed somewhat randomly around the map. Guards know the area of each server, but not which specific server in a cluster that you're after. Then he has to escape to one of three exits.
Femmeworth
Banned
Still not done with my game of Eldritch Horror. Pretty sure I'm going to lose. It's been a learning experience, not sure if I like it. More left to chance than I prefer. Compared to Elder Sign it's a lot harder to plan for risks.
Edit: Beat Azathoth with one mythos card left. Probably going to play it again with the SO on Sunday and see how I feel about the game after that.
Edit: Beat Azathoth with one mythos card left. Probably going to play it again with the SO on Sunday and see how I feel about the game after that.
antiquegamer
Member
The location encounters in the base game have info on what sort of thing you could expect (i.e. Arkham granted you spell, Tokyo usually killed monster etc). For me game like Arkham or Eldritch where you move and flip cards, the risk management is about knowing where your character should be to maximize the turn. The fun is figure out what is the best option but unlike Euro game where you can try to figure out the optimal moves, AmeriTrash throw in dices and randomness (which is probably why some people doesn't like it as they feel board game should all be about strategy and control). I don't mind either style of games and randomness sometimes give the thematic game tension and story. Also the feeling of rug being pull out from under you, for me is the exciting part of gaming.
My beef with this type of games used to be when the mytho cards that unfairly punish you with no recourse but the last game I played with my daughter she said something along the line that well sometimes "terrible thing just happen" and you just take it and move on. (My investigator with great starting items was pretty much gone insane after the first turn and I was pretty miff and want to eject the offending mythos card from the game but my lovely daughter remind me not to "cheat" and pick another investigator and she was right, we had a great game). My daughter is wiser than me.
finally got all my stuff in red dragon inn 5. I didn't bother putting in the old player mats or any of the allies crap since it was printed smaller. with just the characters (29 of them) I have a row and a half left (quick estimate puts it at me being able to hold 30 or so more characters) with gold in there I can only hold like 20 more characters though as the gold takes up half a row by itself. I likely won't need it all in one go though as I can't imagine I would ever be in a situation where 29 people at the same time want to play red dragon inn lol.
Femmeworth
Banned
My issue is with the different kinds of skill checks and how they are distributed. A character with high strength and will can clobber the monsters but if they hop into the gate they are (generally) out of their element. I'm fine the mythos cards, since you can just assume bad things will happen. There isn't enough predictability, short of analyzing the cards, to know which skill checks to expect. Edit: Missed that the reference manual give some guidelines.
I initially started out with Akachi "The Shaman" and Lola "The Actress." Lola ended up being crippled 3/4 into the game and I brought out Lily "The Martial Artist." With her I really lucked out and she got the artifact that lets you spend sanity (after a lore skill check) to get an improvement. Without that I don't think I would have won in the end.