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[zulux21]

Seeing as the english Kanai edition seems impossible to find where I am, does the Japanese version of Love Letter differ in any way from the English version?

Was wanting to pick it up and the original artwork is by far the best of all versions, and since it's not a text intensive game was considering just getting the Japanese version.

if I am thinking correctly that is the version where the countess is different.

in normal love letter the countess says if you get the prince or king you have to discard her.

in that version I believe it is if your cards total 12 or more you lose.
aka having the countess plus the king price or princess = autolose.

to be fair since it is in japanese you can just run what ever rule you like even if that is the case.

 

[dani_dc]

if I am thinking correctly that is the version where the countess is different.

in normal love letter the countess says if you get the prince or king you have to discard her.

in that version I believe it is if your cards total 12 or more you lose.
aka having the countess plus the king price or princess = autolose.

to be fair since it is in japanese you can just run what ever rule you like even if that is the case.

Thanks, since I'm planning to play the game with someone who does read Japanese, iI wanted to know the differences so I can avoid confusion.

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

SInce I'm already here, do you guys have any recommendations for 2 player games?
Ideally ones with little to no text, English board games are difficult to find around here and unfortunately my Japanese reading skills are extremely basic.

If anyone knows of stores in Tokyo with good selections of English games that'd be most appreciated, only one I know off is Yellow Submarine.



I'm in Japan, which is why I was considering the Japanese version in the first place, very easy to find.
Locally I could only find the english versions of Munchkin/Batman/Hobbit.
Amazon.co.jp has a third party selling the Kanai edition, but for about $80 dollars which is a big no.

Oh I see, sorry. For some reason I thought you were in Yurop; I had no idea you were in Japan. To be frank I would pick up the Japan release and just download a pdf of the rules:

http://www.alderac.com/loveletter/files/2013/08/LL_Kanai_Rulesheet.pdf

I love my Kanai Edition but don't mind admitting that I'm jelly that you have the Japan release available without any issue .

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

Thanks, since I'm planning to play the game with someone who does read Japanese, iI wanted to know the differences so I can avoid confusion.

I'm pretty sure BGG has a pdf of the rules differences in the rules section of the game page.

Yep, here you go:

https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/85998/rule-and-card-changes-between-japon-brand-and-aeg

and also, English Paste Up for the Japanese edition of Love Letter:

https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/87975/english-paste-japanese-edition-love-letter

 

[BattleMonkey]

B-seiged faq is out, ton of major changes to the game. They added difficulty levels too, and claim the base game in the rulebook is now the highest difficulty. Yea this is a reactionary FAQ

 

[fenners]

B-seiged faq is out, ton of major changes to the game. They added difficulty levels too, and claim the base game in the rulebook is now the highest difficulty. Yea this is a reactionary FAQ

LOL. Utterly crazy. Is this the cover image for the faq?

 

[Phthisis]

Ordered Thunderbolt/Apache Leader. Have been wanting to jump in on one of these games and finally pulled the trigger. Hopping to find a place to set it up and leave it up for a week or so in order to play through a campaign. I love that the playtime is 30-60 mins per mission without mentioning that one mission is a very small part of a campaign, lol. WARGAMES AMIRITE?!

I really liked the actual gameplay of Apache Leader in-mission, but there's a lot of really un-intuitive bookkeeping between missions in a campaign that felt like a huge chore IMO. I ended up trading the game away, but you might enjoy it. It's tough, very harsh if you fuck up, and the deck is usually stacked against you.

For maximum fun, you should see if you can get a friend (or couple of friends) to take the role of one pilot each. Can play the whole thing co-op that way

 

[Ohnonono]

I really liked the actual gameplay of Apache Leader in-mission, but there's a lot of really un-intuitive bookkeeping between missions in a campaign that felt like a huge chore IMO. I ended up trading the game away, but you might enjoy it. It's tough, very harsh if you fuck up, and the deck is usually stacked against you.

For maximum fun, you should see if you can get a friend (or couple of friends) to take the role of one pilot each. Can play the whole thing co-op that way

As a solo hard is certainly better than easy. I don't usually mind a little book keeping as long as it is not too awful. Someone on bgg also suggested taking a picture of the board if you have to put it away. Between the record sheets and a photo setting it back up would be pretty easy in that case. I will have 3 full DVG trays to sort the counters so I should be able to keep things very organized. Crossing my fingers I like it. FC:Napolean is a top 5 game for me and I love the theme of this one more than Nappy era stuff.

Will be strange to be playing something heavier after spending time with Combat Commander and C&C Ancients. I don't think I have read a better rule book than CC:Europe. That thing is bulletproof and super useful.

 

[antiquegamer]

B-seiged faq is out, ton of major changes to the game. They added difficulty levels too, and claim the base game in the rulebook is now the highest difficulty. Yea this is a reactionary FAQ

I agree with you that is more of a reactionary FAQ than something that was omit from the rulebook. I mean there is tons of rule change in the FAQ. I don't know some on BGG seems to want to defend this game to death. I was told I am lacking skill to play this game and just don't have the right strategy. One guy told me to use Divine Grace to reroll jam catapult, I went to check the rule book and it clearly stated you can't do that.

I am chalking this up to another lack of testing Kickstarter game. I played three games of B-Sieged (solo) and I can see there is a good game underneath the randomness and with some fine tuning it could be a good game.

 

[Blizzard]

Once I started playing it correctly (always draw one victory token, then draw more victory tokens equal to half the cost rounded down of a card you trash), I realized the Dominion Prosperity card "Bishop" is really nice. You can trash your initial 3 estates, turning them from 3 victory points into 6 victory points in the process.

I also did a hilarious Remodel to trash a Province for a...Province, thus hastening the end of the game to win.

 

[dani_dc]

Oh I see, sorry. For some reason I thought you were in Yurop; I had no idea you were in Japan. To be frank I would pick up the Japan release and just download a pdf of the rules:

http://www.alderac.com/loveletter/files/2013/08/LL_Kanai_Rulesheet.pdf

I love my Kanai Edition but don't mind admitting that I'm jelly that you have the Japan release available without any issue .

I'm pretty sure BGG has a pdf of the rules differences in the rules section of the game page.

Yep, here you go:

https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/85998/rule-and-card-changes-between-japon-brand-and-aeg

and also, English Paste Up for the Japanese edition of Love Letter:

https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/87975/english-paste-japanese-edition-love-letter

A year ago and you'd be right! Though Portugal wasn't the best place to get games either.
Kind of a shame I didn't bring any of the few games I own with me, I'll need to get my family to ship them over.

Anyway thanks very much for those links, in the absence of the Kanai edition, think I'll just go ahead and get the Japanese version!

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

A year ago and you'd be right! Though Portugal wasn't the best place to get games either.
Kind of a shame I didn't bring any of the few games I own with me, I'll need to get my family to ship them over.

Anyway thanks very much for those links, in the absence of the Kanai edition, think I'll just go ahead and get the Japanese version!

My pleasure . Enjoy the game; asking a male friend if they are the Princess never gets old for us.

 

[AstroLad]

Played Sheriff of Nottingham for the first time with a couple friends last night. I don't like games where lying is the whole focus (I find Resistance and the like painful to play), but Nottingham does it in a really smart way where you don't feel quite as dastardly lying since you're almost forced into it. I do have that thing though where I don't trust anyone so I'm super aggro on opening bags. Would definitely play again with people we knew well.

Wife and I are playing a super-romantic game for Valentine's Day: Trains! I'm really impressed by how simple the rules were, though I did have to check BGG just to confirm my understanding of a few points. I heard it's OK with two (bucking the trend of most deckbuilders, which are best with two) but this is going to be more of a learning game than anything, and then we'll try it out at our next game night with friends (which are almost weekly at this point, sometimes even more). I've got such a soft spot for deckbuilders. Learning Trains and hearing about the Aliens expansion made me want to bust out Legendary again.

 

[bucknuticus]

Hi All,

I dabble in some board games really only play pandemic, ticket to ride, and carcassonne. Looking to pick up some new games but not sure really which. I play with different groups so simple to explain games are best.

Ive looked at the following and was debating on picking some up, so any feedback on the below or other ideas are welcome!

King of NY
Rampage
Survive Escape from Atlantis
Takenoko
Pandemic Contagion

 

[sneaky77]

Hi All,

I dabble in some board games really only play pandemic, ticket to ride, and carcassonne. Looking to pick up some new games but not sure really which. I play with different groups so simple to explain games are best.

Ive looked at the following and was debating on picking some up, so any feedback on the below or other ideas are welcome!

King of NY
Rampage
Survive Escape from Atlantis
Takenoko
Pandemic Contagion

I like Takenoko, it's easy and simple and nice play.
I also enjoyed King of Tokyo more than King of New York for easy quick game with a few people.
I have not played the others.

 

[Draxal]

Hi All,

I dabble in some board games really only play pandemic, ticket to ride, and carcassonne. Looking to pick up some new games but not sure really which. I play with different groups so simple to explain games are best.

Ive looked at the following and was debating on picking some up, so any feedback on the below or other ideas are welcome!

King of NY
Rampage
Survive Escape from Atlantis
Takenoko
Pandemic Contagion

Well, if you want to get another Pandemic game, I would get Pandemic: Legacy Season 1. Which alot of people on gaf love, however this is a campaign coop game.

As for Kings of NY, get Kings of Tokyo over it. Kings of NY adds complexity over Kings of Tokyo, if you think Tokyo's too simple and want to expand than I'd go with NY, but Tokyo' the much better intro game.

 

[Marky Mark]

After playing pandemic as our first property board game for a few weeks we tried coup: rebellion and that's even better, also nice that its there polar opposite of pandemic cooperative gameplay.

We will be going back and forth between those two for a while and then not sure what we'll play next. I was thinking of that polish queuing game but u can't find it in English anywhere at a reasonable price.

I'm slowly becoming one of you people.

 

[Karkador]

After playing pandemic as our first property board game for a few weeks we tried coup: rebellion and that's even better, also nice that its there polar opposite of pandemic cooperative gameplay.

We will be going back and forth between those two for a while and then not sure what we'll play next. I was thinking of that polish queuing game but u can't find it in English anywhere at a reasonable price.

I'm slowly becoming one of you people.

Wow, Kolejka is a really specific direction to take for your 3rd modern board game ever played

What kind of games do you like? I mean, like what kind of interactions do you like between people?

 

[Marky Mark]

Lol. I don't think my wife and siblings would actually like kojelka to begin with but it seems like the kind of game i might try to troll them with but end up with all of us actually getting into it or at least two out of four of us.

The bluffing mechanism of coup is great fun and we have a challenge button which starts out playing a trumpet noise whenever a challenge is called which I think the game should come with.

I saw resistance which seems along the same lines so that may be another option but we may need one more person. Basically those "omg you shit bag, you got me!" kind of interactions appeal to me at the moment.

Also please disregard any typos as I am on mobile. I try to catch them but realised in my previous post there were a few which probably didn't make sense without first deciphering the message.

Edit: I just read astro lad post about sheriff of Nottingham so I might also check that out.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Played my first game of Viticulture with my wife. Loved it. Looking forward to playing with more players.

 

[toddhunter]

Played Sheriff of Nottingham for the first time with a couple friends last night. I don't like games where lying is the whole focus (I find Resistance and the like painful to play), but Nottingham does it in a really smart way where you don't feel quite as dastardly lying since you're almost forced into it. I do have that thing though where I don't trust anyone so I'm super aggro on opening bags. Would definitely play again with people we knew well.

How balanced is sheriff of nottingham? I'm interested in it but to me it has always seemed like a game you could run the numbers on.

 

[BlewHedgehog]

How balanced is sheriff of nottingham? I'm interested in it but to me it has always seemed like a game you could run the numbers on.

The balance seems fine, but you are correct. Playing it with Magic the Gathering players was an awful experience because everyone would just determine how much money would make the deal work for both players involved and offer it. Playing with coworkers and family though has been great.

 

[joelseph]

Played Sheriff of Nottingham for the first time with a couple friends last night. I don't like games where lying is the whole focus (I find Resistance and the like painful to play), but Nottingham does it in a really smart way where you don't feel quite as dastardly lying since you're almost forced into it. I do have that thing though where I don't trust anyone so I'm super aggro on opening bags. Would definitely play again with people we knew well.

Wife and I are playing a super-romantic game for Valentine's Day: Trains!

Trains is one of my favorites. The expansion Rising Sun adds a bunch of new cards and is super discounted.

 

[AstroLad]

The balance seems fine, but you are correct. Playing it with Magic the Gathering players was an awful experience because everyone would just determine how much money would make the deal work for both players involved and offer it. Playing with coworkers and family though has been great.

Haha yeah I feel like that's about right. In our group we were just like w/e eh this feels like a fair bribe, I'm opening your bag no matter what you offer me, etc. We never really sat down to do much by way of calculation.

Trains is one of my favorites. The expansion Rising Sun adds a bunch of new cards and is super discounted.

Yep, actually have the expansion (lol) and played with it yesterday. Probably saved us with the 2p map. It was a bit late for my wife to learn and play it, so she wasn't as into it but I'll attribute it to tiredness. I really enjoyed it. We'll definitely play it again ASAP. I kind of want to play it with 3-4, but am slightly worried that even though it's not a deep game it's a bit difficult to explain because the board elements are not obvious. And if you don't know Dominion...I think that's the type of player I wouldn't try to teach. Thankfully we have a few friends that play Dominion casually.

 

[AstroLad]

Random note -- I've always been terrible about logging plays. Even when I did the 10x10 challenge on BGG in 2014 and actually succeeded it was a huge chore. But this Scoregeek app is really solid in terms of just getting the basics down. Even logs your playtime for each game, then automatically posts to the play to BGG. It's not perfect, like for co-ops you just have to put yourselves all on the same team and give yourselves W/L but it's got a lot of good features (keeps stats, and gives players little achievements (not GameCenter or Play Games, just in-app) for their highest scores within a game, win streaks, etc.) and does the simple stuff well. Worth looking into if you'd like to do a better job of logging plays.

 

[Blizzard]

Maybe I should have quit while I was ahead at game night.

Played Splendor? Dominating victory. I had 8 points and nobody panicked. Then I played a 5-point card to get a noble in the same turn, leaving only one other player (who had 0 points and thought the game was halfway done) time to do anything at all. 16 points!

Played medium-difficulty, 4-player Flashpoint? Won the game, never had any firefighters injured, lost no victims.

Played Good Cop, Bad Cop? I decided not to look at my cards so I could bluff better, since I knew nothing about the game. It was supposed to be a fast game but people were getting paralyzed and didn't know what to do so it took forever. I would just play quickly and fairly randomly when it was my turn. My first turn, I drew a gun, aimed it at a neighbor, and played coffee to instantly shoot them out of the game. Turns out they were crooked. Then later I randomly flipped over one of my cards, and accidentally revealed I was the Agent (main good character, like the Sheriff in Bang!). I still ended up winning, presumably because the remaining good characters took care of the other bad characters, and because I switched someone's cards. Unfortunately after the game was already over, some guy was loudly arguing that IF things had gone differently a certain rule would have played out a certain way, but he was finally convinced to move on.

Then, after all my wins, I played Suburbia with 3 other players and got WRECKED. Even winning 3 goals for a 40-population swing, I was solidly in last place. Maybe I should have gone for other stuff and ignored goals. A lot of goals that particular game were "least whatever" which is painful to aim for.

 

[Musan]

If anyone is interested, Food Chain Magnate can be played online at Boardgamecore. Still some bugs to workout, but worth a try if you want to play the game before buying it or if you can't get enough of it.

 

[Taborcarn]

If anyone is interested, Food Chain Magnate can be played online at Boardgamecore. Still some bugs to workout, but worth a try if you want to play the game before buying it or if you can't get enough of it.

Nice, another site to play online. In the past few weeks I've learned the following games by playing online:
The Voyages of Marco Polo
Puerto Rico
Stone Age
Nations: The Dice game
Russian Railroads
Concordia
Caylus

On boardgamearena.com yucata.de and boiteajeux.net

 

[AstroLad]

Nice -- want to try out Nations Dice Game as it looks like it's out of print. Haven't been to Yucata in years, but that place is great.
http://www.yucata.de/en/GameInfo/NationsDiceGame

 

[toddhunter]

The balance seems fine, but you are correct. Playing it with Magic the Gathering players was an awful experience because everyone would just determine how much money would make the deal work for both players involved and offer it. Playing with coworkers and family though has been great.

That makes sense. It really seems like a game where people need to play along, intentionally or accidentally.

Might try to get it for my birthday.

 

[Experien]

Seems that none of my friends liked Arena of the Planeswalker. I guess it is just okay but if they won't play it, got to get rid of it. At least I didn't throw money at the expansion.

 

[Dryk]

Hi All,

I dabble in some board games really only play pandemic, ticket to ride, and carcassonne. Looking to pick up some new games but not sure really which. I play with different groups so simple to explain games are best.

Ive looked at the following and was debating on picking some up, so any feedback on the below or other ideas are welcome!

King of NY
Rampage
Survive Escape from Atlantis
Takenoko
Pandemic Contagion

I ultimately decided on Tokyo over New York because the game system seemed like it would be better suited to a simpler and quicker game. Some people disagree but I don't regret my decision

 

[Polioliolio]

Ordered a few games that looked appealing to me with a bit of the ol' tax refund.

Abyss

Nexus Ops

DungeonQuest

Dragonslayer Dice Game


I had always avoided the game Abyss, because I thought it was a Descent game, or something a little too deep for me at the moment, and thought the artwork was a big dumb Orc face.... well after looking into it one night, I realized it's the big dumb face of a Shark guy, and all the factions are based on Under Sea critters, and that directly appeals to me. Well reviewed, brilliant artwork, and not an overly long game. Can't wait!

The others look good too. Looking forward to playing!



While I'm in here, any opinions on Shadow Over Camelot? I saw the TableTop episode a long while back, and thought it looked a little too advanced for me at the time. I guess I was a little worried back then about easing into more complicated games, as right now it looks right up my alley. Any thoughts on it, and the expansion?

 

[AstroLad]

Shadows imo is actually a really good intro to traitor games deeper than Resistance/Werewolf. Kind of a classic in a way, and while BSG definitely built on it (and other games after that), it still has the benefit of relative simplicity that most traitor games (even Dead of Winter) don't really have. The art and components are really nice, which helps people get into it, and the rules are actually quite simple as long as you learn them well before teaching your group. I was reading a BGG thread yesterday where some veterans feel that you need the expansion to make it hard enough for the good guys. I dunno...I always found it quite hard to win though I'm certainly no expert.

 

[Brakke]

That Privateer Press Kickstarter funded on the first day.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...iron-kingdoms-adventure-board-gam/description

Did anyone played Undercity?

 

[Taborcarn]

I got a chance to play Nippon last night and it was a lot of fun. I was concerned it might be too complicated since it's probably the heaviest game I've attempted so far; but once we got the hang of the rules it uses a lot of standard conventions of worker placement and area control games.

There were three of us playing total and this was the first time playing for all of us, including the game's owner. In the end I lost be one measly point, with the final score 164-163-155. So even after all the big scoring rounds it was still a very close game.

 

[BattleMonkey]

That Privateer Press Kickstarter funded on the first day.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...iron-kingdoms-adventure-board-gam/description

Did anyone played Undercity?

Never heard anything special about it, from reviews it seemed pretty mediocre. Really all of Privateer Press board games have been... meh. Undercity was not even that big of a game, it's funny to see people going all in on it's follow up, but that just shows the lemming nature of kickstarter junkies.

 

[Karkador]

Is it reasonable to ask an eBay seller to come down on the price a little bit after he messages you post-auction to say the box took some minor damage as he was preparing it for shipment?

 

[fenners]

Yes, or he gives you the option to cancel. You're no longer buying exactly what you bidded on.

 

[emag]

Got my copies of Hansa Teutonica and RftG: Xeno Invasion! Unfortunately, my weekly gaming sessions have been cancelled for the last few weeks, but I'm hopeful for next Monday now that the weather's cleared up.

While I'm in here, any opinions on Shadow Over Camelot? I saw the TableTop episode a long while back, and thought it looked a little too advanced for me at the time. I guess I was a little worried back then about easing into more complicated games, as right now it looks right up my alley. Any thoughts on it, and the expansion?

I'm not a fan of Shadows over Camelot. It was novel at the time of release, but today it's greatly overshadowed by Battlestar Galactica on the heavier end and The Resistance and One Night Ultimate Werewolf on the lighter end. The cooperative gameplay is very poor (especially now that Hanabi and Pandemic exist for comparison) and playing the traitor is a terrible experience (you might as well "reveal" early and then sit out the rest of the game).

 

[joelseph]

Dark Moon is a fun take on the traitor game, formally BSG Express.

 

[Zalasta]

I have such a love/hate relationship with Yucata.de. I think the service is great but I despise the ranking system, because invariably you'll encounter players who will do anything to win. I remember a 2-player Thunderstone game that went on for over 90 turns because the other guy refused to end it, so the Thunderstone card kept getting buried. A handful of those experiences made me quit the site for the 2nd time. I have pretty good records myself but I just want to play for fun, and I wish they would do away with the ranking all together.

 

[Taborcarn]

I have such a love/hate relationship with Yucata.de. I think the service is great but I despise the ranking system, because invariably you'll encounter players who will do anything to win. I remember a 2-player Thunderstone game that went on for over 90 turns because the other guy refused to end it, so the Thunderstone card kept getting buried. A handful of those experiences made me quit the site for the 2nd time. I have pretty good records myself but I just want to play for fun, and I wish they would do away with the ranking all together.

I haven't run into that yet, but I'm still pretty new to the site so I'm probably playing lower ranked player. The thing that bugs me vs BGA is that they don't actually enforce time limits for turns. I have a few games where the other player(s) started the game and haven't logged in again for 10 days. With BGA they'll default to timing out after 5 days and be marked with a loss. Yucata will delete a game after 30 days of inactivity and just remove it from everyone's record entirely.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Got my copies of Hansa Teutonica and RftG: Xeno Invasion! Unfortunately, my weekly gaming sessions have been cancelled for the last few weeks, but I'm hopeful for next Monday now that the weather's cleared up.



I'm not a fan of Shadows over Camelot. It was novel at the time of release, but today it's greatly overshadowed by Battlestar Galactica on the heavier end and The Resistance and One Night Ultimate Werewolf on the lighter end. The cooperative gameplay is very poor (especially now that Hanabi and Pandemic exist for comparison) and playing the traitor is a terrible experience (you might as well "reveal" early and then sit out the rest of the game).

We love Shadows, it kinda fits right into the center with simplicity and complexity. BSG is really good but also lot more complex and generally more work. Shadows is so quick and easy to toss out and play quick. On the really light end we like Resistance but everyone seems to hate One Night Werewolf. None of us really have gotten the love of that game, its far too simple of a game.

 

[platypotamus]

So I asked about ...and then we held hands, and I ended up picking it up and gave it a go last night.

It was pretty fun. I like how easy it is to screw up your partner by not paying attention. We won on our first attempt, which either means our relationship is good, we are smart or lucky, the game is easy, or we played it wrong. I do know one minor thing that we screwed up, but I don't think it helped a ton. It was a very close thing though

 

[Barrylocke]

I'll probably post in more detail when I'm not on mobile, but over the past couple of weeks I went to a couple boardgame meetups at some local bars. I played, for the first time:

King of New York
Settlers of Catan
Sheriff of Nottingham (twice, also check out all of those X of Y games)
Suburbia
Mysterium
Avalon
Nuns on the Run
Castles of Mad King Ludwig

It was great. I met new folks, had some MUCH needed group social time, learned some new games, and spent too much money on craft beer. I'll definitely go again.

 

[Karkador]

I'll probably post in more detail when I'm not on mobile, but over the past couple of weeks I went to a couple boardgame meetups at some local bars. I played, for the first time:

King of New York
Settlers of Catan
Sheriff of Nottingham (twice, also check out all of those X of Y games)
Suburbia
Mysterium
Avalon
Nuns on the Run
Castles of Mad King Ludwig

It was great. I meant new folks, had some MUCH needed group social time, learned some new games, and spent too much money on craft beer. I'll definitely go again.

Sounds like a great time. Happy to see you in the thread, barry!

 

[EYEL1NER]

Fuck. There was a BGG Store update and they got Sanzen Sekai: I'd Kill All The Crows In The World To Be With You A Little Longer in but it sold out. I was going to buy that, the Takenoko alt art player boards, and the Colt Express DeLorean (don't even have Colt Express yet, but one day). Sanzen Sekai being OOS though put me in a grumpy mood. I've wanted that since I first saw it.

Been packing up all of my games that are up here in Greenland with me. I turned in my two weeks and have a flight booked already, so I am getting everything ready to mail out. I get reimbursed for up to 350lbs but I feel like I will bust that. Honestly, the money isn't a big deal to me, it is just the fear that these games will be stolen or get fucked up in transit. I just filled a large Gorilla Case trunk with games and it doesn't weight too much but I don't know. I tried to Tetris them in there in a way where lids won't open and boxes won't move too much. I have bagged most of them though, and anyone who has seen my posts ITT has could figure out that I love buying new games rather than playing any of them, so a lot of them have cards that aren't even opened and sorted in the boxes (meaning they won't flop all over the place and get bent in the boxes. I'm looking forward to getting home and for these to get home though, so I can finally start playing them. I definintly have nowhere to put them; my wife already boxed all of the games stacked up in the hallway at home into massive rubber tubs and now I have an entire full dorm room that will be arriving at my full apartment.

In other news: Man, there are a lot of games on Kickstarter that I want right now. TMNT, Codex, that 3D tower zombie game, Mythos Tales, the CAH-clone from the Cyanide and Happiness team... Probably not a good idea to be backing a ton of projects, especially a The Works pledge on TMNT and the $200 Deluxe pledge for Codex, but oh well...

 

[Polioliolio]

Fuck. There was a BGG Store update and they got Sanzen Sekai: I'd Kill All The Crows In The World To Be With You A Little Longer in but it sold out. I was going to buy that, the Takenoko alt art player boards, and the Colt Express DeLorean (don't even have Colt Express yet, but one day). Sanzen Sekai being OOS though put me in a grumpy mood. I've wanted that since I first saw it.

Been packing up all of my games that are up here in Greenland with me. I turned in my two weeks and have a flight booked already, so I am getting everything ready to mail out. I get reimbursed for up to 350lbs but I feel like I will bust that. Honestly, the money isn't a big deal to me, it is just the fear that these games will be stolen or get fucked up in transit. I just filled a large Gorilla Case trunk with games and it doesn't weight too much but I don't know. I tried to Tetris them in there in a way where lids won't open and boxes won't move too much. I have bagged most of them though, and anyone who has seen my posts ITT has could figure out that I love buying new games rather than playing any of them, so a lot of them have cards that aren't even opened and sorted in the boxes (meaning they won't flop all over the place and get bent in the boxes. I'm looking forward to getting home and for these to get home though, so I can finally start playing them. I definintly have nowhere to put them; my wife already boxed all of the games stacked up in the hallway at home into massive rubber tubs and now I have an entire full dorm room that will be arriving at my full apartment.

In other news: Man, there are a lot of games on Kickstarter that I want right now. TMNT, Codex, that 3D tower zombie game, Mythos Tales, the CAH-clone from the Cyanide and Happiness team... Probably not a good idea to be backing a ton of projects, especially a The Works pledge on TMNT and the $200 Deluxe pledge for Codex, but oh well...

3D Tower Zombie Game? Tell me more...



Speaking of Kickstarter, Pocket Neon City Rumble is about to end its kickstarter. Looks pretty nifty.

 

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3D Tower Zombie Game? Tell me more...

Zombie Tower 3D. Japanese developed/published game, co-op, up on kickstarter. Buddy played it PAX South & enjoyed the uniqueness of it - if you're playing it properly, you can only physically see your section of the tower, not the others, to destroy some of the 'alpha gamer' problems of co-ops. If you want to share a card, you have to physically push it through a slot to the other side for them to move over & pick up.

He said it felt a little under-developed but enjoyed it none the less.