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Mariposas

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12 Sep 2020 12:59 #314027 by WadeMonnig
Replied by WadeMonnig on topic Mariposas
I'm sure it will find its way into my hands at some point, it looks like something my wife would dig.

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14 Sep 2020 08:18 - 14 Sep 2020 08:20 #314049 by Josh Look
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Played it last night and I enjoyed it. What an incredibly fascinating game. I do not find it to be heavier than Wingspan, it's definitely a much lower bar to entry but to actually be any good at it is an entirely different situation. I also didn't find it to be mathy, but I also don't notice math as easily as others. I think that it may not have the same wide appeal as Wingspan, but I do think it's the more interesting game and there really isn't anything like it. You pick up vibes of other things, but never anything concrete. I think think it's terrific.
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14 Sep 2020 11:03 #314056 by ubarose
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@Josh

I agree with everything you said. It is very rules light and super easy to learn to play. It gets challenging and mathy when you get into “must best my highest score.” My brain immediately went to calculating the average points of movement per game, and the costs and promises of spawning a 4 butterfly in the south positioned so that is could get home and score at end game vs spawning them in the north for 3 points each and no hope of getting it home.

I agree that people who love Wingspan may be disappointed with Mariposas. On the other hand, folks that didn’t care for Wingspam may find Mariposas fascinating.

You may end up being the only one who wants to play it with me. Francie, Al and Zoe were all “meh” on it.
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14 Sep 2020 11:37 - 14 Sep 2020 12:12 #314057 by Josh Look
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Yeah, I haven't gotten to the high score stage yet, I'm still in the get any score at all stage.

I think it's going to be something that is very polarizing, and honestly, I love seeing that right now. I've been looking at posts about an upcoming KS game where there's this idea that games need to offer something for everyone. Like people make demands nowadays and I am so not on board with that. Even if I don't end up liking a game, I find it charming when a designers really commits to a weird, unique idea and and doesn't care about the game pleasing the widest audience as possible in order to make the game they wanted to make. That is clearly the case here and good on Elizabeth and AEG for going for it.
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14 Sep 2020 20:07 - 14 Sep 2020 20:08 #314073 by Msample
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Josh Look wrote: Like people make demands nowadays and I am so not on board with that.


This.

“If this game had ( insert whiney demand for shit like dedicated solo bot, minis, playmates, etc) I’d buy it”.

I like how Mark Herman tells people not to buy a game if he thinks they won’t like it, rather than dealing with their entitled whining after the fact.
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15 Sep 2020 09:08 #314093 by Josh Look
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I once saw someone DEMANDING a solo mode for Fury of Dracula before 3E came out and in that moment I knew the hobby was completely fucked.

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15 Sep 2020 09:37 #314094 by Msample
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The customer is NOT always right.

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15 Sep 2020 10:06 #314095 by Josh Look
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I work in retail. The customer is never right.
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15 Sep 2020 14:05 #314099 by Sagrilarus
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I work in sales. Give the customer what they want, not what they ask for.
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15 Sep 2020 14:18 #314100 by RobertB
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I work in development. I hate all y'all.
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15 Sep 2020 20:26 - 15 Sep 2020 21:22 #314113 by Jackwraith
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The demands for solo mode have reached a screeching level on BGG. Every time a new game is posted, the soloers are there in force: "But will there be SOLO MODE?!!"

"It's a game about social interactions with other people."

"Oh, so now you're PREJUDICED against solo gamers! Guess I can ignore anything this company does for the rest of time!"

(Kickstarter from same company is announced.)

"But will there be SOLO MODE?!!"
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15 Sep 2020 20:34 #314115 by Msample
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Jackwraith wrote: The demands for solo mode have reached a screeching level on BGG. Every time a new game is posted, the soloers are there in force: "But will there be SOLO MODE?!!"

"It's a game about social interactions with other people."

"Oh, so now you're PREJUDICED against solo gamers! Guess I can ignore anything this company does for the rest of time!"

i]Kickstarter from same company is announced.[/i

"But will there be SOLO MODE?!!"


The screechers are begging for solo mode because IRL they are so annoying nobody wants to play live with them.
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15 Sep 2020 22:28 - 16 Sep 2020 00:28 #314121 by Gary Sax
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It's funny man, I *like* solo games but I completely agree with you all. The obviously best solo games I have ever played were designed that way (Fields of Fire, Comancheria probably). Like, neither of those games makes a moment of sense designed *any other way* thematically.
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15 Sep 2020 22:49 #314124 by ubarose
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I'm not judging, but I don't understand wanting to play a board game solo. It seems like an awful lot of fuss and bother compared to playing an app or video game. If Mariposas was a solo game on iOS I'd probably play the heck out of it. But pulling it out and setting it up and then cleaning it up, just to sit any play by myself - too much work.
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15 Sep 2020 23:29 #314127 by Jackwraith
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Totally with you. One of the main reasons I'm into board gaming is the social interaction. That's why I get turned off by multiplayer solitaire games (like, say, Wingspan...) and don't understand most complaints about "downtime." I'm there to interact with my friends over this cool game. Playing it by myself? Eh. I've tried it a couple times with things like Tiny Epic Defenders and even in that situation with a game that's almost ideally suited to solo play, it just doesn't resonate with me. I'd much rather have someone(s) else enjoying it with me.
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