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- Dr. Mabuse
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17 Jul 2009 12:26 #35364
by Dr. Mabuse
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Southernman wrote:
ha ha
Bulwyf wrote:
That sounds like an 'in bed by 6pm' follow-up action required by Dad just to remind him of the natural order.My kids really like Dinosaurs of the Lost World. This weekend my wife got her third win in a row due to the vicious play of my 7 year old. He sent so many critters after my team I spent half the game in basecamp. Add to that an event card he played that allowed him to steal my one escape item and 5 VPs. Jerk...
-Will
ha ha
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17 Jul 2009 13:15 #35365
by ubarose
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Played Arkham Horror AGAIN last night, but with a different group. It was hard to adjust to their house rules after playing with MegaFauna Dan's house rules twice this week.
One thing that got me really lost is that I always insist we play the turn phases by the book - All Move, All Arkham Encounters, All Outer World Encounters. I'm also a real stickler about the rule that movement from a gate in Arkham to an outer world occurs during the Arkham Encounter phase. Although it is not common, I've seen it happen often enough that not playing strictly by these order rules can really foul you up, and you have to start unwinding a person's actions. The group I was playing with moved through gates during movement phase, and took all encounters in turn order, whether Arkham or Outer World, so I kept getting confused about when it was my turn and what phase we were in, and whether the round was finished or not.
One thing that got me really lost is that I always insist we play the turn phases by the book - All Move, All Arkham Encounters, All Outer World Encounters. I'm also a real stickler about the rule that movement from a gate in Arkham to an outer world occurs during the Arkham Encounter phase. Although it is not common, I've seen it happen often enough that not playing strictly by these order rules can really foul you up, and you have to start unwinding a person's actions. The group I was playing with moved through gates during movement phase, and took all encounters in turn order, whether Arkham or Outer World, so I kept getting confused about when it was my turn and what phase we were in, and whether the round was finished or not.
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17 Jul 2009 13:35 #35368
by Shellhead
Replied by Shellhead on topic Re:What have you been playing?
Arkham Horror is a big, complex game that is also great. So I oppose almost all house rules to it, although I do like some of the Launius suggestions:
new.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/A...use%20Rules%20RL.pdf
Specifically, we always play with rules 2, 3, and 7.
It's disappointing that the excellent Strange Eons content generator for AH has yielded few additions to the game that I find interesting.
A friend of mine played in a big game at a local convention that experimented with a really bad idea for a variant: three GOO at the same time. Each time the Doom Factor went up, players decided which GOO received the Doom Token. I have no idea how they handled the possible conflicts between the various cultists of these GOO, or Final Battle, or whether sealing six gates was enough to win the whole game. Not surprisingly, they ended the game early, after five hours of play.
new.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/A...use%20Rules%20RL.pdf
Specifically, we always play with rules 2, 3, and 7.
It's disappointing that the excellent Strange Eons content generator for AH has yielded few additions to the game that I find interesting.
A friend of mine played in a big game at a local convention that experimented with a really bad idea for a variant: three GOO at the same time. Each time the Doom Factor went up, players decided which GOO received the Doom Token. I have no idea how they handled the possible conflicts between the various cultists of these GOO, or Final Battle, or whether sealing six gates was enough to win the whole game. Not surprisingly, they ended the game early, after five hours of play.
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17 Jul 2009 14:34 #35373
by Bulwyf
Replied by Bulwyf on topic Re:What have you been playing?
Ska_baron wrote:
You know DotLW creates some pretty cool narritives. Next game we play I'll take some notes and post a session report. Then you can read for yourselves what a turd-burglar my kid is at the gaming table.
-Will
I want this game so bad. You should write something up about your sessions!
You know DotLW creates some pretty cool narritives. Next game we play I'll take some notes and post a session report. Then you can read for yourselves what a turd-burglar my kid is at the gaming table.
-Will
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17 Jul 2009 17:11 #35398
by Pat II
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With any luck I'll get my first play of Arkham Horror in tonight.
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17 Jul 2009 17:15 #35402
by sydo
Replied by sydo on topic Re:What have you been playing?
We had a Micromutants: Evolution session today. I love this game - always welcomed in the pub even by not so serious gamers. But the other ppl were giving us a strange look as we were constantly swearing, cheering and shooting bugs into the drinks...
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18 Jul 2009 09:55 #35441
by Notahandle
Replied by Notahandle on topic Re:What have you been playing?
Dominion: Intrigue yesterday. The player on my left started out with the Torturer, I'd bought some defensive Secret Chambers (the other two players only bought a couple each), then others started buying the Torturer. The player on my left notices that there're only three Secret Chambers left and comments that he ought to get some himself. So I bought two. He then has one Buy and five Treasure to spend. He was forced to pay five for a two cost card. Gotta love the irony... (And, yes, he didn't hear the end of it, revenge is sweet.)
Don't knock it - that's about as vicious as Dominion gets!
Don't knock it - that's about as vicious as Dominion gets!
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19 Jul 2009 20:04 #35515
by Mr Skeletor
Replied by Mr Skeletor on topic Re:What have you been playing?
Went to a games day yesterday and played:
Stone Age: It was OK. Pretty much a stock standard resource game. Not offensive, but not really thrilling either. It's just kind of "there"
Turn and Taxis: Fuck this game. This really is a big steaming lump of shit. A stupid game wrapped up in some of the most convoluted scoring mechanisims ever devised. AIDS in a box.
El Grande: Brilliant. The game ended up being the closest one I have ever seen, and was nasty as shit. How the hell this and "Turd & Taxis" are both lumped under the same category of game I'll never know.
Stone Age: It was OK. Pretty much a stock standard resource game. Not offensive, but not really thrilling either. It's just kind of "there"
Turn and Taxis: Fuck this game. This really is a big steaming lump of shit. A stupid game wrapped up in some of the most convoluted scoring mechanisims ever devised. AIDS in a box.
El Grande: Brilliant. The game ended up being the closest one I have ever seen, and was nasty as shit. How the hell this and "Turd & Taxis" are both lumped under the same category of game I'll never know.
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19 Jul 2009 21:41 #35518
by J.T.
Replied by J.T. on topic Re:What have you been playing?
Mr Skeletor wrote:
I hate Stone Age. I think it's the least thrilling combination of typical Euro elements possible, with the dice rolling serving as a decoy to lure you into an hour and a half of boredom. As it's a popular game right now, I try to sidestep playing it whenever possible.
I played Kingsburg this weekend and thought it was a pretty decent game. The dice rolling is actually fun in that one. It seems to want an expansion to give it a little more meat, yet some of the elements seemed thrown in for no good reason (I'm thinking of the monster attacks and the seasonal bonuses). Still, there's something there.
Played Neuroshima Hex for the first time as well and had a blast. Fantastic game, reminds me of Nexus Ops even though they're not at all alike.
Stone Age: It was OK. Pretty much a stock standard resource game. Not offensive, but not really thrilling either. It's just kind of "there"
I hate Stone Age. I think it's the least thrilling combination of typical Euro elements possible, with the dice rolling serving as a decoy to lure you into an hour and a half of boredom. As it's a popular game right now, I try to sidestep playing it whenever possible.
I played Kingsburg this weekend and thought it was a pretty decent game. The dice rolling is actually fun in that one. It seems to want an expansion to give it a little more meat, yet some of the elements seemed thrown in for no good reason (I'm thinking of the monster attacks and the seasonal bonuses). Still, there's something there.
Played Neuroshima Hex for the first time as well and had a blast. Fantastic game, reminds me of Nexus Ops even though they're not at all alike.
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19 Jul 2009 22:54 #35520
by metalface13
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Yeah, Kingsburg is OK. I wouldn't refuse to play it but I'm not clamoring for it either.
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20 Jul 2009 00:31 - 20 Jul 2009 00:32 #35527
by Space Ghost
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I'm convinced that Thurn and Taxis is easily the worst game I have ever played.
Last edit: 20 Jul 2009 00:32 by Space Ghost.
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20 Jul 2009 12:35 #35618
by JoelCFC25
Replied by JoelCFC25 on topic Re:What have you been playing?
My Central Powers formally surrendered to Dogmatix's Marshal Foch yesterday in our PBEM game of Paths of Glory, just before the end of Turn 15. We kept up a pretty brisk pace I think--started right at the end of May and finished in under 2 months.
It was a fun game, something I'm considering writing up as a blog post if I can find the time. Great, great opponent--if anyone is looking for an online game, I'd give Justin a ringing endorsement. He's like the complete opposite of Excited Man!
It was a fun game, something I'm considering writing up as a blog post if I can find the time. Great, great opponent--if anyone is looking for an online game, I'd give Justin a ringing endorsement. He's like the complete opposite of Excited Man!
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20 Jul 2009 12:42 #35619
by Michael Barnes
Replied by Michael Barnes on topic Re:What have you been playing?
THURN & TAXIS really is kind of the physical embodiment of EVERYTHING that's bad about Eurogames. I mean, literally everything. You could go down and tick all the boxes, from the oh-so-pretentious German title, to the lack of theme, to the shitty attempt at theme, to crappy brown-on-darker-brown color pallette, to the complete lack of interaction or competition, to the copycat mechanics...every single thing I hate about Eurogames is there.
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20 Jul 2009 12:50 #35622
by Schweig!
Replied by Schweig! on topic Re:What have you been playing?
I rather like it.
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20 Jul 2009 13:04 #35624
by Malloc
Replied by Malloc on topic Re:What have you been playing?
I have been playing a lot of Formula D. My non-gaming brother was in town and he picked up on it quick. I am always a sucker for a race game and the new version has some fancy bits.
It gets the Malloc stamp of approval.
-M
It gets the Malloc stamp of approval.
-M
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