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The New Board Game Thread (Newcomer Friendly)
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platypotamus
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Well shit, I'm inviting sneaky to my own games, with hookers, and blackjack!
In fact, forget sneaky and the blackjack!
In fact, forget sneaky and the blackjack!
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
You know, I'm having a great time with Carcassonne, and intend to buy it for iOS once I'm able, but there is something about Thunderstone I'm just not getting. I've downloaded the rulebook and peek at it again.
I just keep sending the default dudes into the dungeon, giving them a sword, and letting them die at the hands of pretty much every living thing they come across.
The only monster I've successfully beaten was when I took a turn in the village and bought a mage or something. It just seems like some turns there are just NO monsters you can possibly beat.
I guess I just need to re-examine the rules and keep on truckin'.
I just keep sending the default dudes into the dungeon, giving them a sword, and letting them die at the hands of pretty much every living thing they come across.
The only monster I've successfully beaten was when I took a turn in the village and bought a mage or something. It just seems like some turns there are just NO monsters you can possibly beat.
I guess I just need to re-examine the rules and keep on truckin'.
BomberMouse
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sneaky77 said:
Me too, I'm currently only playing 4. I'll send you some invites, in fact I'll over invite (ie, send more invites than spots avalaible) so if someone is already overwhelmed with games feel free to ignore them.
BTW I'm carno on Yucata.
oh wow carno, looks like i'm gonna have to learn some new games 
I think most of us are pretty new to the game so don't feel overwhelmed or anything at all.
I forget -- have you played Dominion? It's very similar to that and actually quite simple once you get past the intimidating interface. Basically every turn you can either gear up (Village), fight (Dungeon), or rest (destroy one card). Read the combat part of the rules -- basically you need to have a combat total equal to or greater than monster's health, but your total can be reduced if you don't have enough light or by other factors. Monsters give you points (as do some heroes), which are what win you the game, but they also clutter up your deck a bit making it harder to get a good party together, which is why it's important to level up your heroes when you can (by going to the village).Horseticuffs said:
I think most of us are pretty new to the game so don't feel overwhelmed or anything at all.
AstroLad said:
Yeah, there will be some instances where you DON'T want the dungeon effect to happen which is why it's not automatic.
For example, if you have enough attack to kill anything in the dungeon and you have a card which has a Dungeon effect to draw another card. No need to do that. Or like the Tyrian's ability to destroy food for extra attack. Might not want to do that if you don't need to.
BomberMouse
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AstroLad said:oh wow carno, looks like i'm gonna have to learn some new games
Ha, me too
, actually I only sent invitations of games I though looked easy to learn or I already knew most of us already played. Since I invited most/all of the active users, there's no harm on declining an invitation.
platypotamus
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Glad I'm not going to be the only newb, haha
Horseticuffs
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choodi said:
HA! Don't feel bad, I was playing Carcassonne with this guy who was yelling at me about these obscure rules and telling me how wrong the moves I was making were. I felt like an ass, but I read the rules and it wasn't so much "rules" stuff he was telling me, but more "advice stuff".
Judging from the site, English probably wasn't his first language so while he meant for me to hear "It isn't wise to put your meeples right here as I've placed my meeple on the sacred icon and you won't score points here", what I read was "RULES SAY YOU CANT PUT HUNTER HERE WHILE I HOLD SACRED ICON
". While he meant to say "You should exercise more discretion with the placement of your meeples. With a bit of skill you can maximize your score!", I read "STOP PUTTING ALL YOUR HUNTERS NEAR THE RIVER YOU KNOW YOU DONT GET POINTS FOR FARMERS IN THE MEADOW...".lol It's been a learning experience, to be sure. I really can't wait to pick up Carcassonne on my iPod with the supposedly excellent voiced tutorial!
Horseticuffs
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AstroLad said:
Yeah, I saw the difference. I just assumed it would be a theme change sort of like all those different versions of Monopoly. There's a few different versions of Carc, right?
Honestly, I was sort of concerned learning on this version might be a bad idea just on the off chance that there were some severe differences. I'm not terribly crazy about the prehistoric setting of Hunters & Gatherers, but you know what they say, "Any carc in a storm"...
BomberMouse
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Cathcart said:
I wonder how long it'll take them to announce Arkham Horror Second Edition. I guess that cow is still giving them milk so there's no need for that yet.
Horseticuffs
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Hey, any of you guys ever tried Horrorclix? I was just poking around online and found out that, though it is currently discontinued, the stuff is still readily available and dirt cheap.
The figures look really neat, and it seems like the gameplay might be pretty fun. I see the BGG rating isn't the greatest, but is it worth looking into?
The figures look really neat, and it seems like the gameplay might be pretty fun. I see the BGG rating isn't the greatest, but is it worth looking into?
BattleMonkey
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Horseticuffs said:
The clix games are all pretty meh. I would only play or get if you were a big fan of the stuff or some of the licensed movie stuff. Lot of the figs are pretty ugly too heh
KingHenrik30
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every time I read this thread I get angry that I have no friends who play/or would be interested in playing board games. I try to get them into it but never works.
BomberMouse
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KingHenrik30 said:
Join yucata.de and play some games with us then. If you are willing to play some more simplistic games, I'm pretty sure you'll find a wide range of games to play with you family/friends.
Horseticuffs
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Speaking of Yucata, I'm FINALLY getting a grasp on Thunderstone! I kept losing all of my fights because I would equip like one dude with a weapon or even just send out one dude instead of buying more because I didn't get that it isn't just that one dude fighting, it's the whole party's stats you need to worry about.
Probably a dumb mistake to make, but now that I got it I've killed a few mobs and everything, so I'm pretty happy with myself.
Probably a dumb mistake to make, but now that I got it I've killed a few mobs and everything, so I'm pretty happy with myself.
superrobot
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I've wanted to do that - ended up losing a militia card and losing the fight - couldn't reset the move. How do you back out?
kryptikjoker
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Do you folks have any recommendations on great RPG-crawler games? On vacation, I played Talisman and enjoyed that, and have been reading about Castle Ravenloft, Descent (new edition announced at GenCon), and the rest. Would like anything that is similar or if you have any extended impressions, I'd love to hear them.
KingHenrik30
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BomberMouse said:
Ok, I'll definitely try that - thanks!
The Technomancer
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Oh hell yes. At GenCon this year I picked up two games for $50 each:
-Which Witch, which seems like a casual kids game that my dad always raved about, so thats his Christmas present.
-A complete, no pieces missing version of HeroQuest. Fuck yeah
-Which Witch, which seems like a casual kids game that my dad always raved about, so thats his Christmas present.
-A complete, no pieces missing version of HeroQuest. Fuck yeah
Horseticuffs
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The_Technomancer said:
Now that is quite a deal! Enjoy.
Affeinvasion
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Welp got in my preorder for Quarriors before it was too late. Between heroclix and other games I want to play my video game budget has been essentially reduced to zero.
Played my first game of Quarriors this weekend. The game is pretty fun and fairly easy to grok if you've ever played a deck building game before. There are a couple of unclear the rules about play but otherwise you'll be able to pick it up quick.
One of the things I like about the game is the method for thinning your dice. Every time you score (have a creature that survives a round of play) you also have the opportunity to dump one of your dice.
Some people we played with complained that one creature was over-powered, but that's because they didn't buy one of its dice.
I think you guys are going to dig this. I can answer question if anybody has them.
One of the things I like about the game is the method for thinning your dice. Every time you score (have a creature that survives a round of play) you also have the opportunity to dump one of your dice.
Some people we played with complained that one creature was over-powered, but that's because they didn't buy one of its dice.
I think you guys are going to dig this. I can answer question if anybody has them.
UpperCaseN
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What's the best way to sell my unwanted games? ebay? the buy/sell/trade forum here on gaf?
Had a blast at my first GenCon. Played in the DnD 4.0 Open Championship, did a Northsaga Pathfinder campaign with the creator, and played a ton of board and card games. Enjoyed the Ram Brewery but wasn't so hot on the Hentai dubbing. I will definitely be going back next year, has anyone gotten VIG before?
Gryphter said:
Not sure that anyone really uses the GAF thread for games, but you can try that. Ebay will work fine, you can also list them on BGG's marketplace.
Your best value would be doing a math trade on BGG and exchanging them for something you might actually want. You usually can get decent value for your trade there, the cash markets seem to be for bargain hunters.
narcosis219
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kryptikjoker said:
Are you looking for ROLEPLAYING or a dungeon crawl?
Both those titles (Castle Ravenloft/D&D boardgame and Descent) are almost strictly dungeon crawl with no character roleplay and just smashing monsters over the head. When I say no character roleplay, I mean that it isn't a part of the game itself; you are free to roleplay it out yourself but there aren't any rules to help you with that like in actual D&D/RPGs.
I recommend Castle Ravenloft/D&D boardgame for quick, less than 1.5 hour games that require no dungeon master (the game will still beat you up hard). Descent will work great if you want to play for about 3 hours and have a person who wants to play the antagonist as the dungeon master.
Both are tonnes of fun and I'd wouldn't hesitate to try either.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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Same here.Neverfade said:
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