blindrocket
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OOS again.
Obvious they didn't have to discount it to sell, but it peeves me off it was fifteen dollars more than the day before yesterday.
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Obvious they didn't have to discount it to sell, but it peeves me off it was fifteen dollars more than the day before yesterday.
CSI always does that with hot games. I don't begrudge them at all for it though. If they didn't the profits would just be captured by scalpers anyway. And for anything but the hottest of the hot and rare games CSI is great. dsfdf I could see how it would rub some the wrong way but that's always how they've operated and it doesn't bug me at all; I'm almost happy to see them make bones because I know their margins are pretty tight on board games otherwise afaict.
I now have a pretty decent Rebels squad for the X Wing store championship this weekend, it has yet to loose a game. I'm still trying to come up with an Imperial squad that can beat it though, closest I've managed is a squad based around the TIE Phantom's ability to appear right behind ships and a TIE Bomber to do serious damage. However, I'm not going to try a swarm, that's just boring.
After this X Wing championship is over with I'll switch my focus back to Netrunner for a bit again.
After this X Wing championship is over with I'll switch my focus back to Netrunner for a bit again.
Impeccable
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I think I'm officially a board game junkie, wife and I went out and bought Pandemic: On The Brink today and actually won our first game with the Virulent Strain. Absolutely love this as my introduction game to the real board game realm. So thank you, NeoGAF board gamers for that suggestion.
This is after beating two of the campaigns of Lord of the Rings: LCG core set thrown in between many, many games of Pandemic.
Already got my eye on Robinson Crusoe, Freedom: Underground Railroad, Yggdrasil, Mice and Mystics, Shadows Over Camelot, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Defenders of the Realm, Lord of the Rings LCG expansions, Atlantis Rising, Castle Panic (and Wizard's Tower), Ghost Stories, Forbidden Desert and probably more, that's just my Amazon 'reminder list'.
Going to obviously save the beasts like Yggdrasil until later in my board gaming life due to it's difficulty but it's safe to say I'll be on this thread more and more as time goes on and I need more input on.
(This is only the co-op stuff, I know the wife and I will branch out to some other games eventually too!)
Edit: Oh and if anyone wants to throw other co-op games my way I haven't hit on this list (lol) feel free, I think we are addicted to this new hobby.
This is after beating two of the campaigns of Lord of the Rings: LCG core set thrown in between many, many games of Pandemic.
Already got my eye on Robinson Crusoe, Freedom: Underground Railroad, Yggdrasil, Mice and Mystics, Shadows Over Camelot, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Defenders of the Realm, Lord of the Rings LCG expansions, Atlantis Rising, Castle Panic (and Wizard's Tower), Ghost Stories, Forbidden Desert and probably more, that's just my Amazon 'reminder list'.
Going to obviously save the beasts like Yggdrasil until later in my board gaming life due to it's difficulty but it's safe to say I'll be on this thread more and more as time goes on and I need more input on.
(This is only the co-op stuff, I know the wife and I will branch out to some other games eventually too!)
Edit: Oh and if anyone wants to throw other co-op games my way I haven't hit on this list (lol) feel free, I think we are addicted to this new hobby.
BattleMonkey
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Slave 1 is full of many ways to pwn. The lack of durability is one of the annoying aspects of Imperial side, hence the need for swarms otherwise lot of Rebel ships can one shot many imperial fighters, while it typically takes a couple rounds of fire to take out a rebel equivalent. Larger ship like the Slave 1 adds a big target that can take and dish out some good punishment. I love interceptors personally, the boost action is such a bonus.
PushingButtons
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My girlfriend and I picked up Jaipur recently and we've had a blast playing it. It's a 2-Player only game. Very easy to pick up and play.
Affeinvasion
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Carcasonne android app is free right now on Amazon store...don't know for how long, though.
Welcome to the club
Robinson Crusoe is awesome, one of the most thematic games I own where mechanics just make sense. It can be a bit hard to learn since there are a lot of 'circumstantial rules' for a lack of a better word, I had to watch a playthrough on Youtube before I understood how it worked. It's more difficult than most games you've listed but not too difficult, and there's also a very nice expansion campaign called Voyage of the Beagle, if you can't get enough of it.
Yggdrasil and (maybe even more so) Ghost Stories are min/maxing type of games. You can't afford to make any mistake or take much risk. I expected to like GS but only really played it four types and decided it's not for me; the min/maxing is quite cognitively taxing and takes away from the thematic experience IMO.
Mice and Mystics is a nice and easy going dungeon crawler with great production values. If you like this type of game I'd recommend Gears of War the Board Game too, which plays a lot like X-Com and is especially great with 2 players. I'm personally also looking forward to Galaxy Defenders which I'm probably going to buy next month.
Sentinels of the Multiverse is a great cooperative game, but not so much with two players. IMO three players at minimum is a requirement if you want to have a fair chance. Out of all super hero games I've played I probably still like this one the best since (as opposed to for example Legendary or Marvel Dice Masters) you're actually deciding which attacks to use and how to use combo's for your character, instead of sending armies the other way. Team-play often shines in SotM.
Shadows over Camelot is a bit overrated IMO, but still good fun to play. I guess it depends on to what extent you're forcing yourself to forget you're actually just playing a simple card game, but the production values of the board and pieces help a lot. I was the 'traitor' last time I played it but really didn't have much choice besides not playing my best cards. As a bridge-game this would totally work but I question its value as a cooperative game for experienced board gamers.
Forbidden Desert; I've only played this once with three other people at a store and it was much more enjoyable than I had expected. The experience was sort of similar to Ghost Stories, just much less relentless and without dice rolling. It's from the same designer as Pandemic so you'll probably like this game quite a lot.
Can't say anything about the other games since I haven't played them yet.
My Imperial squad was TIE Phantom, Firespray (to distract people from trying to attack the Phantom) and TIE Defender, later I swapped out the Defender for a Bomber since it packs more punch with a couple of secondary weapons. Maybe I can just run TIE Phantom, Firespray and TIE Interceptor, and give the Firespray more upgrades. The only drawback; I can't test it anymore before the tournament so I need to think this over.
Impeccable
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Two for now, my brother works nights and although he would probably be game to play he'll never be around when we do play. And my daughter is only 3, so I have to wait to rope her in, lol
HIGH DEF JEFF
Banned
I have a monthly meet up at my house and we play all of my 6 player and up games.
Between those meet ups it usually my girlfriend and I and once in a while a third person is around to play something.
2 Player Games that we like:
Jaipur
Splendor
Gloom (Card Game)
Love Letter (better with 3)
Forbidden Island (Co-op, better with 3 or more)
Forbidden Desert (Co-op, better with 3 or more)
King of Tokyo (better with 3 or more)
We started getting into the hobby in May and already have 80 games.
Regarding Co-op games:
We have but have yet to try Pandemic (plus the expansions), Shadows over Camelot, Ghost Stories, Betrayal at the House on the Hill, Cutthroat Caverns (which is mostly co-op).
This weekend is our meet up and we are going to try For Sale, Going Going Gone and play a bunch of the bluffing games..my group loves Resistance, so we are graduating to Resistance w/Plot Thickens cards, Avalon and Coup.
Do you have Race for the Galaxy?
Impeccable
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So far I only have Pandemic+On The Brink and Lord of the Rings: LCG Core set.
... and a huge list of wants.
Correct. The text of the card makes it clear - "+1 buy". It's not "Buy out of order". It's "+ 1 buy on your next turn". It says "at the start of your next turn" to make it clear when the card draw + effects happen, but it's still "an additional buy", nothing out of order. There /may/ be some card that lets you do it, I don't know all the expansions, but Tactician isn't it.
- Play actions.
- Buy.
- Discard all cards.
- Draw new hand.
http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Tactician
blindrocket
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Bought Pandemic for $25 while @ Target today.
disillusion386
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Correct. The text of the card makes it clear - "+1 buy". It's not "Buy out of order". It's "+ 1 buy on your next turn". It says "at the start of your next turn" to make it clear when the card draw + effects happen, but it's still "an additional buy", nothing out of order. There /may/ be some card that lets you do it, I don't know all the expansions, but Tactician isn't it.
- Play actions.
- Buy.
- Discard all cards.
- Draw new hand.
http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Tactician
Yup. The only card, to my knowledge, that lets you play your treasure cards before the buy phase (i.e. in the action phase) is the Black Market promo card. It's actually a known combo: http://dominionstrategy.com/2010/11/17/combo-of-the-day-11-black-markettactician/.
Impeccable
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Enjoy an amazing game!
It was the gateway drug for me to this awesome world of wonders.
Pretty much every board game reviewer is super super nice.
In fact, I haven't come across someone who wasn't yet. They are typically pretty good about telling you if they have time or interest in a game before you send it.
The problem is the 'board game reviewers' out there who have a geocities page and a hitlist of games they want for free and a willingness to write up a 300 word session report for said games.
In fact, I haven't come across someone who wasn't yet. They are typically pretty good about telling you if they have time or interest in a game before you send it.
The problem is the 'board game reviewers' out there who have a geocities page and a hitlist of games they want for free and a willingness to write up a 300 word session report for said games.
BomberMouse
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So what would it take me to get a copy of tammany hall? I can do nude reviews, that would be my schtick. BMouseRubsThrough.
If you aren't ready for a fight, someone will stab you in the back. Don't neglect ship upgrades..
Affeinvasion
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This. The best thing is to not fight because people don't want to mess with you. Don't upgrade to fight a war, upgrade to scare your neighbours.
TumblingHippo
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I tend to really like Rahdo's runthrough of games. My game group tends to fluctuate between 2-5 people, and sticks around 2-3, and my groups tend to be less confrontational.
So his kind of fit the bill more than not. Just... remember to read the rule book instead of going just by the videos.
But on the subject of learning games? Oh man, I don't know what I would have done without Ricky Royale's runthrough of Mage Knight. That made teaching it to a group of 4 so easy.
(just don't play Mage Knight with a group of 4, though)
So his kind of fit the bill more than not. Just... remember to read the rule book instead of going just by the videos.
But on the subject of learning games? Oh man, I don't know what I would have done without Ricky Royale's runthrough of Mage Knight. That made teaching it to a group of 4 so easy.
(just don't play Mage Knight with a group of 4, though)
timetokill
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If it ends up like my games usually do, if you turtle for too long you are fucked. You can only make so many moves in the last round or so. Make sure you keep upgrading your ships and expand enough so that you have decent territory at the end.
Ordered Commands & Colors Napoleonics (finally). Once I get it stickered, I am excited to dive right in. Speaking of C&C, I am shocked that there isn't a French & Indian War or American Revolution era game in the C&C system. That seems like it would have huge potential. Outside of Wilderness War, there isn't much on the French & Indian War in modern board/war gaming, and it's a fascinating period.
Well I've never been to a store championship for any game before but that'll change tomorrow. I've mentioned it before, I'm going to play X Wing tomorrow and last time I checked (which is almost a week ago) there were about 20 people attending. It's very likely that I'll get to play at least 4 times. I built myself a Rebel squad but I'm still considering switching Luke Skywalker's Markmanship upgrade out for something else because I rarely get to use that action anyway. I feel pretty good about this squad as it's focused on target locking like there's no tomorrow and the average damage output of every ship is 2.25 per attack. Should I have vastly misinterpreted a rule undermining the strategy I've also got a backup Imperial squad with the TIE Phantom as its centerpiece,I'll probably spend a good deal of my evening deciding on the final upgrades for that squad.
If I don't get completely destroyed tomorrow I might do this more often (for X Wing and Netrunner), it's a lot of fun spending almost a day thinking about a board game strategy
If I don't get completely destroyed tomorrow I might do this more often (for X Wing and Netrunner), it's a lot of fun spending almost a day thinking about a board game strategy
Hypertrooper
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Yesterday I introduced my best friend to King Of Tokyo. I brought it along and after some talking, we started to play it. What a night! We started around 11pm and played our last game at 4:30am. We had so much fun. It's funny how simple the rules are, but how tactical the game can become. I found a store which had the first expansion in stock and ordered them right away.
Other questions: Any regular PAX-goers here? I never paid attention to it, but how's the board games situation there? Can I get some great deals? How high are the chances that IELLO is selling King Of New York?
Board games are way too expensive hobby. Why do I have only expensive hobbies? I picked up Descent(2nd Edition) for 45 instead of 60 at Amazon.de. I hope that it is good. Will play it next weekend.
Other questions: Any regular PAX-goers here? I never paid attention to it, but how's the board games situation there? Can I get some great deals? How high are the chances that IELLO is selling King Of New York?
I picked up Pandemic two weeks ago and I still had no time to play it. I will definitely do it next weekend.
Board games are way too expensive hobby. Why do I have only expensive hobbies? I picked up Descent(2nd Edition) for 45 instead of 60 at Amazon.de. I hope that it is good. Will play it next weekend.
Both great games. RftG is cheap, easy to play (once you get your head around the icons) and packs tons of replayability in the base game.
Usually PAX exhibitors in the board game world will sell any extra stock leftover from GenCon (that's how I picked up X-Wing the year it came out), but I don't think IELLO goes to PAX.
The "Cartoony" version is the latest reprint of it. I've never played it, so the only help I can give you is a BGG thread going over the differences between the two.
they were at PAX east, fwiw
cooltrainer
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Does anyone know what the deal with Guildhall is? Seems like it's out of stock everywhere and unlikely to be reprinted. Job Faire is still available but probably won't be for long. Wondering if I should pick up that. I see that it got a retheme as well but i have no idea if that will come out here.
Job Faire can be played standalone without Guildhall proper. I say pull the trigger. Game is pretty awesome.
antiquegamer
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Pandemic 6 Us 1
Last game we played was so close, we just need one more action. We were able to give one player 5 cards to cure the last disease but he ran out of actions and we ran out of the player deck.
Last game we played was so close, we just need one more action. We were able to give one player 5 cards to cure the last disease but he ran out of actions and we ran out of the player deck.
cooltrainer
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Yeah I was kind of putting it off because I have several other games I haven't got enough playtime with but the clock might be ticking with this one. Looks right up my alley. Have you played both? Do you have a preference? I will check some local game stores tomorrow otherwise I will order Job Faire online.
Any preference would be miniscule considering aside from the card powers, the games play identically. Job Faire might have a few more interactive cards that move/take things from your opponent. I don't think you'll go wrong either way. I played like 2 games of GH before immediately ordering JF. Now we generally do a Dominion-style randomization of cards.
Dragoshi1
Member
Thanks. Went through the thread you linked, and it seems to be just an aesthetic difference between the two, as far as cards and stuff go, the board is the same as the realistic version too.
So I grabbed the '14 version, thanks for the help.
Hey guys,
Anyone looking for a badge at GenCon and is willing to demo some board games for 4-6 hours a day? That would give you a badge for non-hall hours and a few hours a day at the hall.
I'm sure we could also hook you up with some free games/comics from Pandasaurus and IDW.
Anyone looking for a badge at GenCon and is willing to demo some board games for 4-6 hours a day? That would give you a badge for non-hall hours and a few hours a day at the hall.
I'm sure we could also hook you up with some free games/comics from Pandasaurus and IDW.
My 100pts Rebel squad:
X - Wing: Luke Skywalker + Shield Upgrade + R2D2 (late-game tank)
Y - Wing: "Dutch" Vander (Give Tarrget Locks to other ships in range 1-2)
E - Wing: Corran Horn + Opportunist + Fire Control System (shoot stuff, hard)
Didn't exactly work out as planned during the tournament. There were 23 people, so the victor was based on 4 matches using the latest tournament rules. Apparently these changed last week. I've played against two TIE Swarms with a Phantom, a Doom Shuttle with two Interceptors and one giant TIE Fighter swarm and lost all rounds. During my first round I played against the player who eventually won the tournament, he gave me some advice during the game so that was nice. I only managed to shoot his Howlrunner down. The second match I could've won, I destroyed someone's TIE Phantom in the second turn and always had my enemy in sight but the dice weren't favoring me. He shot my Y-Wing with an Ion cannon right into a meteoroid and soon became the target of three ships. The TIE Defender, which I always found overpriced worked really well for this player, especially since he could K-turn with no stress.
Long story short, I almost ended up last place but did go home with a Ten Numb promo-card and lots of ideas for next time! And I'll never fly a Y-Wing without a turret again
X - Wing: Luke Skywalker + Shield Upgrade + R2D2 (late-game tank)
Y - Wing: "Dutch" Vander (Give Tarrget Locks to other ships in range 1-2)
E - Wing: Corran Horn + Opportunist + Fire Control System (shoot stuff, hard)
Didn't exactly work out as planned during the tournament. There were 23 people, so the victor was based on 4 matches using the latest tournament rules. Apparently these changed last week. I've played against two TIE Swarms with a Phantom, a Doom Shuttle with two Interceptors and one giant TIE Fighter swarm and lost all rounds. During my first round I played against the player who eventually won the tournament, he gave me some advice during the game so that was nice. I only managed to shoot his Howlrunner down. The second match I could've won, I destroyed someone's TIE Phantom in the second turn and always had my enemy in sight but the dice weren't favoring me. He shot my Y-Wing with an Ion cannon right into a meteoroid and soon became the target of three ships. The TIE Defender, which I always found overpriced worked really well for this player, especially since he could K-turn with no stress.
Long story short, I almost ended up last place but did go home with a Ten Numb promo-card and lots of ideas for next time! And I'll never fly a Y-Wing without a turret again
I'd be down to do it, but schedule conflicts :/
They're based out of Montreal or Quebec, right? Probably easier for them to hit that show.
One Foul Note
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My 100pts Rebel squad:
X - Wing: Luke Skywalker + Shield Upgrade + R2D2 (late-game tank)
Y - Wing: "Dutch" Vander (Give Tarrget Locks to other ships in range 1-2)
E - Wing: Corran Horn + Opportunist + Fire Control System (shoot stuff, hard)
Didn't exactly work out as planned during the tournament. There were 23 people, so the victor was based on 4 matches using the latest tournament rules. Apparently these changed last week. I've played against two TIE Swarms with a Phantom, a Doom Shuttle with two Interceptors and one giant TIE Fighter swarm and lost all rounds. During my first round I played against the player who eventually won the tournament, he gave me some advice during the game so that was nice. I only managed to shoot his Howlrunner down. The second match I could've won, I destroyed someone's TIE Phantom in the second turn and always had my enemy in sight but the dice weren't favoring me. He shot my Y-Wing with an Ion cannon right into a meteoroid and soon became the target of three ships. The TIE Defender, which I always found overpriced worked really well for this player, especially since he could K-turn with no stress.
Long story short, I almost ended up last place but did go home with a Ten Numb promo-card and lots of ideas for next time! And I'll never fly a Y-Wing without a turret again
How was did Corran treat you? Never put much thought into his elite skill but I imagine that opportunist must work quite well with him.
TumblingHippo
Member
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Are you looking for a party game game that can bridge the gap from the familiest of families to the drunkest of gaming night's crass humor?
Well, then. Do I have a product for you. Just pick up a handy copy of Snake Oil and you'll cure the party game woes that ail you.
Apply 1 box of Snake Oil to a group of 4-9 friends and you'll find a good time can be had by all. Best part is, the game's level of humor depends entirely on the group, so it's safe for the kids, and has just enough bite for the adults to combine two innocent words together in new and exciting ways.
For a new level of creativity in party games that's been sorely needed, grab your copy of Snake Oil today!
He's just really good at sniping the other player's most important ship. In two games I've managed to get rid of the other player's Howlrunner or Echo in the second turn using Corran. My Y-Wing was the weakest link in my squad, it should've had a turret at least.