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Theseus and the Art of Negative Choices
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07 Jul 2015 11:20 #205575
by Gary Sax
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Theseus: The Dark Orbit makes being trapped and making horrible choices a blast.
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07 Jul 2015 14:40 #205576
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Last Sunday I played against my friend. I was the scientists, he was the grays. At one point he had two movement choices: walk into my upgraded camcorders so I can get 3 data points, or march into my upgraded defense system and take 4 damage.
And I just smiled.
And I just smiled.
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07 Jul 2015 23:56 #205621
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Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about!
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08 Jul 2015 23:08 #205780
by Sagrilarus
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Am I the only one whose thoughts turned to Monopoly reading this? It's likely the first game where you look forward to other players' turns more than your own.
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08 Jul 2015 23:58 #205786
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Definitely, spot on Sag. Theseus is a version of that moment where you have hotels on spaces 4, 6 and 7 spaces from the opponent's pawn and he's shaking the dice. The difference is that a) you elaborately constructed the equivalent of the hotels with a number of card powers and b) there's no dice roll so you can literally force the opponent to land on your hotels if you play it right.
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09 Jul 2015 10:11 #205808
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I try not to think of monopoly, ever. Especially when thinking about Theseus, which is actually fun and done in 45 minutes.
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09 Jul 2015 10:37 #205820
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Replied by Egg Shen on topic Theseus and the Art of Negative Choices
Theseus is awesome. Like crazy good. It's a fucking shame that it doesn't seem to get much love (outside the walls of the Fort anyways).
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09 Jul 2015 16:16 #205886
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I hadn't even heard of it until this article.
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09 Jul 2015 16:53 #205894
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Well, you know, Survivor is still on the air, so what's that tell you about people?
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Egg Shen wrote: It's a fucking shame that it doesn't seem to get much love (outside the walls of the Fort anyways).
Well, you know, Survivor is still on the air, so what's that tell you about people?
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09 Jul 2015 17:24 - 09 Jul 2015 17:24 #205896
by Egg Shen
That we're hopefully like 15 years or so away from The Running Man becoming an actual show???
It will only be like 7 years before this show exists:
Replied by Egg Shen on topic Theseus and the Art of Negative Choices
Josh Look wrote:
Well, you know, Survivor is still on the air, so what's that tell you about people?
That we're hopefully like 15 years or so away from The Running Man becoming an actual show???
It will only be like 7 years before this show exists:
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09 Jul 2015 20:43 #205904
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On a side note, this would make an outstanding VASSAL game. I hope it gets created...
boardgamegeek.com/thread/1268422/interest-theseus-vassal-module
boardgamegeek.com/thread/1268422/interest-theseus-vassal-module
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10 Jul 2015 01:20 #205916
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I just bought this because of the review.
This is probably the fifth time in history that a review alone, sight unseen, compelled me to do so.
Well done!
This is probably the fifth time in history that a review alone, sight unseen, compelled me to do so.
Well done!
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10 Jul 2015 14:20 - 10 Jul 2015 23:31 #205957
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Hope I don't steer you wrong. I think you'll enjoy it, it's a *tight* game. No fat on the bones at all.
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10 Jul 2015 17:00 #205981
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I will take you to school.
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SuperflyTNT wrote: I just bought this because of the review.
This is probably the fifth time in history that a review alone, sight unseen, compelled me to do so.
Well done!
I will take you to school.
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11 Jul 2015 16:16 #206011
by OldHippy
Replied by OldHippy on topic Theseus and the Art of Negative Choices
This sounds really cool, I love the angle you took on this write up to. Thanks for the heads up (and thanks to the Doc for making me check this out).
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