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Shadowrun: Crossfire. Brutal game this time around, we were hosed in scene two. Still excellent.
Kingsburg. I need to play again, because we had a "problem player" who made the game drag out to almost three hours and a lot of frustration. I'm concerned about the key strategy appearing to be "roll high numbers" but it plays easily and I had fun with the mechanics (which are very light).
Blood Rage. First "real" play with other opponents. I tried to not overuse my familiarity from my couple of practice plays, and to highlight and warn about particular strong combos, but the nuances were not obvious to the other players. I went with a half-assed Loki strategy after turn one, stealing rage and gaining points for suicide. 2nd place player felt that 3rd place (we played three) made moves that were "kingmaker" in the final round. My perspective was that he kingmade himself by piling in on my pillages instead of letting me pillage with no battle. Also pointed out that most of the cards I used were passed around three or four times in the draft. This is a game that is going to need a group to become familiar with to really shine. I also feel it currently lacks the narrative potential of CitOW due to being more generic and opaque. Experienced players could alleviate that, and I think that the player-base could come up with some interesting ideas to solidify clans into roles, if that's what would help (locking in certain cards for each clan for Age 1 is the first thing I can think of).
Blood Bowl Team Manager. Some bad dice rolls, we called this after four rounds with one player having 38 points, 15 ahead of 2nd place. We played a three-player game, and the game really needs players familiar with how it works, and how to hold back runaway leaders. Still enjoyable.
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Michael Barnes wrote: Thanks for digging into Blood Rage...I'm waiting on MM to get it in but I'm really interested in seeing it in action...mainly because I don't see what the fuss is about. It looks like another decent hybrid DoaM. Which I love, but is it the next big title in the genre? It seems like the reactions are either "OMG board game Jesus" or "it's alright- mehven point five".
I have heard pretty universally that the KS stuff is pretty disposable.
I've now played 6 games, 4 times where we had access to the KS stuff but didn't even use it. I haven't even used the expansions (available retail) that I have either. The base game is complete and boasts tons of replayability.
I've already let it be known but this game has blown me away. I think you need to be a fan of the hybrid type games to really enjoy it and get the most out of it because it's not exactly Ameritrash.
What I think it does really well at its core is that it's direct and quick. Like Cthulhu Wars, no time is wasted and you're getting to the fun immediately. There's not as much buildup and delay as Chaos in the Old World.
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JEM wrote: Shadowrun: Crossfire. Brutal game this time around, we were hosed in scene two. Still excellent.
HELP!!!
I can't figure out how to play this game. We never win. Ever. It's brutally difficult, and in many cases, if you're playing with ANY of the bonus point options, a setup may happen on turn one that cannot be beaten with the default hand of cards.
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If it's really too much, start out with a 5 karma skill on one or two of the characters. We are at that level now.
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You find yourself saying the most ridiculous things in this game, like, "I'm going to burn down your Rose Bush with my Boomstone," or "Get ready for Power Thrust, bitch!"
I know I'm 30 years late to the party on this one, but this game is a blast, and I can't wait to play it again.
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Played some Kemet last night too...it's not a great two player game, but my friend asked for it. I kind of forget how cool that game is...so aggressive. It got me wanting to look at the Ta-Seti expansion that I think is about to come out in the US. I just destroyed him, Ancestral Elephant early on and domination of the temples. I
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I then just proceeded to pound and pound and pound him. It was sort of embarrassing really. So much of what was going on must have resembled a date with Black Barney, notorious Internet Canadian.
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This is what I thought, too. But my friend was fiending so I said fuck it. I'm glad I did. What's cool about it is that it's easy enough for novices to get into. His 18 year old son had no problems getting right into it. But yeah, on and on until the break of dawn... we'd play this at the local con until my voice was thrashed and my eyes crossed.Michael Barnes wrote: Yet again, the reality is that I probably won't ever play it again.
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