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Re: boardgames/dungeon crawlers thread
« Reply #575 on: November 16, 2017, 10:33:20 AM »
Again, these FFG/GW products are getting really hard to get a hand on.

Another suggestion: Massive Darkness or Arcadia Quest from CMON.

Yeah, especially now, after FFG lost the license for GW games. I'm basically sitting on a gold stash, with my Horned Rat expansion for CiTOW. :blush:
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Re: boardgames/dungeon crawlers thread
« Reply #576 on: November 16, 2017, 08:50:39 PM »
I'm basically sitting on a gold stash, with my Horned Rat expansion for CiTOW. :blush:

That makes two of us! Never making part with it, though  :happy:

Mansions of Madness is something of a dungeon crawl, too. With the app in the second edition playable solo.

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Re: boardgames/dungeon crawlers thread
« Reply #577 on: November 17, 2017, 05:32:10 PM »
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Re: Boardgames
« Reply #578 on: February 20, 2018, 08:54:36 PM »
Resurrecting to talk about board games!

Just picked up Memoir 44 with the Operation Overlord expansion to boost the game to be up to six players. I’ve been enjoying the command and colors system again lately. Anyone play or have theater expansions?
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Re: Boardgames
« Reply #579 on: February 20, 2018, 11:25:41 PM »
Arise! Arise!

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Re: Boardgames
« Reply #580 on: February 22, 2018, 04:00:35 AM »
I picked up Temple of Elemental Evil about a month ago, intenting to try it solo or maybe try to get a friend in on it. But I havent even opened thr shrink wrap yet.


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Re: Boardgames
« Reply #581 on: February 22, 2018, 09:21:57 AM »
Two years later still rocking Chaos in the Old World, but the fabulous Dogs of War have become another favourite. Also - Mission Red Planet.

So many great games out there!
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Re: Boardgames
« Reply #582 on: April 11, 2018, 11:16:41 AM »
Two years later still rocking Chaos in the Old World, but the fabulous Dogs of War have become another favourite. Also - Mission Red Planet.

So many great games out there!

Chaos is lit, but I need to try something new!
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Re: Boardgames
« Reply #583 on: April 11, 2018, 03:56:09 PM »
My Uncle brought over Magic The Gathering: Arena of the Planeswalkers, which has a kinda warhammer vibe. It has a board and model. Your character is one of the Planewalkers and it's essentially a gladiator duel. You can summon other monsters and use spell cards that are drawn from a deck.

We had a couple of games and it's not to bad. The board is hex based and it doesn't really use much scenery, which was a bit weird, but otherwise a fun way to pass a Saturday.

Other then that the whole family loves Ticket to Ride and Betrayal at House On Haunted Hill. I also play spyfall with my friends and after a drink or two it's just a riot. Spyfall can be a bit hard to play in small groups or with family though. We found (With family) that we know each other well enough to know all the tells and whatnot to figure out who's a spy. Or alternatively we all just gang up on someone with no evidence. With a wider group of friends, and especially with a little booze involved, everyone quickly falls down a rabbit hole of paranoia and betrayal.

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Re: Boardgames
« Reply #584 on: April 11, 2018, 10:20:03 PM »
I picked up Temple of Elemental Evil about a month ago, intenting to try it solo or maybe try to get a friend in on it. But I havent even opened thr shrink wrap yet.

..still in shrink wrap...  :|

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« Reply #585 on: April 12, 2018, 03:32:30 PM »
Other then that the whole family loves Ticket to Ride and Betrayal at House On Haunted Hill. I also play spyfall with my friends and after a drink or two it's just a riot. Spyfall can be a bit hard to play in small groups or with family though. We found (With family) that we know each other well enough to know all the tells and whatnot to figure out who's a spy. Or alternatively we all just gang up on someone with no evidence. With a wider group of friends, and especially with a little booze involved, everyone quickly falls down a rabbit hole of paranoia and betrayal.

Betrayal's expansion is crucial as you finally get a restroom. :wink:  I've played the Baldur's Gate variant which is quite fun.

Spyfall is a tough one to play if you've never played before. 
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« Reply #586 on: April 12, 2018, 05:31:04 PM »
Ooh I've heard good things about the expansion but havn't played it yet.

I agree spyfall can be tough in the beginning. It takes awhile to really figure out what to ask, let alone get a feel for people. When we first tried it the first couple rounds are all pretty lame, easy answers that don't help anyone. The spy can't figure out the place is, and the others don't get any hints about who it could be. We actually had someone ask another if they liked cake, which had nothing to do with the location. Once it gets going though it's a blast.

One of my favorite moments was asking one of my very drunk friends to carefully look at his card, and did he have big antenna things on his head. He takes a minute, peers really close, and goes yes he does. The whole table starts screaming spy.

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« Reply #587 on: April 13, 2018, 11:46:46 AM »
Ooh I've heard good things about the expansion but havn't played it yet.

More variety with the rooms and even more haunts.  It's definitely not a balanced game but it's a lot of fun thematically.

Spyfall is still probably too much of a party game for my liking.  I just don't like party games for the most part.  Though, Cash and Guns is probably my favorite party game.
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Re: Boardgames
« Reply #588 on: April 15, 2018, 06:41:30 AM »
We played "Whitechapel" again last night. Damn, that is nerve breaking game.
And I'm never able to find Jack in the game, my wife plays it very well..

It also seems time to retry "Dragon riders".
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Re: Boardgames
« Reply #589 on: April 17, 2018, 10:05:31 AM »
We played "Whitechapel" again last night. Damn, that is nerve breaking game.
And I'm never able to find Jack in the game, my wife plays it very well..

I'm not a good Jack.  It's currently OOP (again) but if ever given a chance play Fury of Dracula.  Very similar mechanics but you have characters and events which are a lot of fun and fit the theme very well.
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« Reply #590 on: April 20, 2018, 11:24:50 AM »
i'm an absolutely awful Jack and consequently will also never play Poker.
I don't care about the rules.

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« Reply #591 on: April 24, 2018, 02:29:34 PM »
It's currently OOP (again) but if ever given a chance play Fury of Dracula.  Very similar mechanics but you have characters and events which are a lot of fun and fit the theme very well.

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Re: Boardgames
« Reply #592 on: April 25, 2018, 01:42:30 PM »
I've painted the basic set of Talisman figurines. They've turned out well and were surprisingly enjoyable to cover in paint. Might play a game soon with them!
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« Reply #593 on: April 25, 2018, 04:22:38 PM »
I've only played Talisman in an app, but I liked it.  Definitely a bit of a randomness factor to it.  Is it the old version or the newest edition?
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« Reply #594 on: April 26, 2018, 01:41:09 PM »
It's the new one, I think. Went with a bit darker style for them, as I love blanchitsu and Dark Age of Sigmar visual styles.
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« Reply #595 on: April 27, 2018, 10:16:53 AM »
Good stuff.  Got any pictures?
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« Reply #596 on: May 04, 2018, 12:08:35 PM »
Good stuff.  Got any pictures?

I will create a thread, into which I'll be uploading a bunch of my stuff. Stay tuned. :smile2:
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« Reply #597 on: June 28, 2018, 02:48:45 PM »
Picked up the last expansion for the FF version Talisman I needed.  Now my collection is complete.  Played a marathon game last year, 8+ hours using everything I had at that time.  Sometimes I forget my love of the game is coloured by memories of playing in teens.  It was the concept and art more than the gameplay, which is actually not great.  The marathons are more about pretending we're 15 again than the actual game, which still isn't great game play!  Still, love it.

After years of holding out, played Galaxy Trucker.  Man, that was a lot of fun.  So, that's on the wishlist.

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Terraforming Mars
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Sushi Go
Captain Sonar
Firefly (with all expansions)
Memoir '44
Mare Nostrum
Subbuteo
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Circus Maximus

Been very tempted to pull trigger on KS Nemesis.  Looks sooooo good.  Parting with $250CAD is daunting tho.  Especially as it will literally sit on the shelf for 5 years unused with my current gaming group.  Have to wait until my sons are old enough, but I already have 100 games waiting for that day!!!!
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« Reply #598 on: July 01, 2018, 04:50:37 PM »
I'm really tempted to buy Twilight Imperium 4th Ed. Which is basically 3rd Ed. with all the expansions and tweaked game-play. I've played 3rd in the past and liked it. Then again I'm unlikely to play 4th often, it's a game you (and all other players) need to be able to dedicate an entire game to.
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« Reply #599 on: July 04, 2018, 08:24:08 AM »
If you like Twilight Imperium but feel encumbered by having to commit an entire day from dusk to dawn to it, I can recommend checking out Eclipse. It plays in something like 4-6 hours. It's the same kind of space empire wargame, but with very smart and streamlined game mechanics, the most economically efficient use of complexity I've seen in such a game. Most importantly of all, the visual interface and presentation of information on the game board is a work of genius. The amount of mental bandwidth needed to keep track of getting a hang of the current situation and see what's going on is as low as reasonably possible in such a game. Leaving you as much mental bandwidth as possible at actually thinking about what to do.

I looked into Eclipse after yet another day-long Twilight Imperium game had had to be ended short in an agreed-on victory for the guy who seemed to be in the best position. Since then, I've never looked back.
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