Besides, who can trust a card shuffler? That'll never give me the perfectly stacked hand that I need to win the game.
I did not listen. I plan to eventually, as I've listened to every episode of the podcast, but I'm weeks behind and the Risk episode ranks pretty low for me. However, I do enjoy hearing them talk about board games, so I'm sure it'll be a decent episode regardless.
It's interesting to watch. They're overpriced there (full MSRP), but it's interesting to me that Target actually stocks Ticket to Ride and Catan now. It's surrounded by variants of Sorry and Monopoly, sure, but they're there.
Honestly, there is no reason why Ticket to Ride shouldn't be doing Monopoly style business. It's pretty to look at, dead simple to play, and it has a theme people can understand.
Well, at least in that light, there is one reason: Target sells Monopoly for $10 - $20 and it's a household name. They sell Ticket to Ride for $45.
I feel the same way! I used to be a blackjack dealer and magician, so if anything, I overshuffle. I'm good at it.
Civ is a big hit with the group I play with. Never tried it with less than 3 players and most games end up close.
Awesome he finally did it. I got the game for xmas and have just been learning it with my gf. I had tried to skip on the strategy board at BGG so as not to spoil the game but it's a good feeling knowing it's a more complete design now.Holy crap Martin Wallace just posted the Few Acres of Snow rules changes on BGG. Time to go print this out and fire up the game again.
Sorry for the delay in posting these rules changes. Part of the delay has been to allow time to test the changes.
The changes are:
1. Remove the French bateaux card from the initial deck and place it with the availble cards.
2. Reserve - you cannot place location cards in your reserve.
3. Raids - the raid distance is now two connections plus one connection for each additional card played (so playing two Native American cards would allow you to raid a location up to three connections away).
4. Home Support - you can only take cards from your draw deck, so if you had fewer than three cards available you would only be able to draw these. Consequently, the only time you shuffle your discard pile is when you need to refill your hand at the end of the turn and your draw deck is exhausted.
What I have realised in testing different versions of the game is that in itself is what could make the game retain long-term playability. Changing the rules is effectively the same as the changing card combinations in Dominion. What I am planning on doing is publishing varients on the Treefrog website. It's probably best to think of them as scenarios. Some of these will take the form of'what-ifs', allowing the game to diverge from published history.
Many thanks for your patience in waiting for an 'official' response. I am aware that this will not stop more posts being made by various persons, but that's the nature of the Geek, so no point in worrying about it.
Martin
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/743531/rules-changes-from-martin-wallace
For as easy as Carcassonne is it has a bit of a learning curve. The trick is to be familiar with the ways you score. The only thing to keep in mind is that whoever has the most meeples in a certain area has "control" and will score. If there are a tie for the number of meeples the tied players each get the points.
For Co-Ops, Flash Point: Fire Rescue is pretty kick ass. Each player plays as a firefighter and the goal of the game is to save a number of victims while trying to keep the fire at bay long enough for you to do your job. It comes with both "Family" rules, which leave out some of the more complicated rules, and advanced which adds roles, hazmats, explosions, and all sorts of interesting stuff. It plays differently than Forbidden Island and Pandemic so if you get tired of those games this one is different.
Arkham Horror is a beast of a game. You have to be ready to invest some time in it in order to really get a handle of rules. It will also kick your ass with it's difficulty.