Topic: Boardgames

[RE.Lee]

Oh, I'm looking forward to Pandemic Legacy as well! I have an unopened box right next to me. A couple of friends are dropping by in the first days of 2016, we're planning to play through the campaign with them and my wife. Should be great!

[Delthos]

I was given the Game of Thrones boardgame for Christmas!

I really like it.

Do each of the cards have long descriptions of food and clothing in really small font? Looks like a fun game!


I got Pandemic Legacy for Christmas. I've heard it's really fun to play. It adds a "campaign" element to the game by having the outcomes of previous plays affect the rules for the next game. If you fail badly to cure a disease in one city, it might descend into panic and riots causing new rules/problems for the next play (like cant travel there, or spreads disease faster). The game comes with envelopes that you open at different points through playing that change the rules too.

I like pandemic as a simple coop game, so I'm excited to see what happens!

Similar to Risk Legacy. You will make permanent modifications to the board and components with stickers and possibly even remove components from the game completely. You are actually instructed to destroy cards in Risk Legacy, not that everyone actually destroys them. It is a very fun was of playing. Risk Legacy is actually pretty good as well and the updated rules for it also make it much quicker and fun to play. It's not the long grind that traditional risk is.

[Mogsam]

I was given the Game of Thrones boardgame for Christmas!



I really like it.
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It is such an awesome game. I found the Greyjoys to be a bit too powerful if you know how to play quite well. But otherwise it's excellent!

I modified mine to have the Arryns and moved a few castles around

[rufus sparkfire]

I really like how the mechanics of the game convey the theme. It's not just a generic strategy game with a Westeros setting.

I agree though that the Greyjoys are quite strong, while the Lannisters are a little weak.


Did you print a new map?

[Syphon]

That 's nothing like the Game of Thrones game I have. God, that sucked. Either we did it wrong, or the raid order was incredibly powerful. You could literally stop the game from doing anything if you have a guy who would use raid orders. With one of those you could cancel out an enemy's order in a territory adjacent to where you used the raid.

[Walt von Ark]

With a normal raid order, you can only cancel out one ;  consolidate power, other raid or support order from a adjacent territoriy.
the raid with a star on it also cancels out a defend order!

[Walt von Ark]

Chaos in the Old World rocked

I wondered about this one! is it worth getting it then?

[Xathrodox86]

Chaos in the Old World rocked

I wondered about this one! is it worth getting it then?

It is. It's a cool, fast game that's very fluffy. Be aware tough that Khorne and Horned Rat do have a slight advantage over their fellow gods.

[RE.Lee]

Though that only makes them more likely to be countered be the other players! 

Its a great game, highly replayable with fabulous production value (as you would expect from FFG). The Horned Rat expansion is a must. Be aware that it takes some time for the group to develop a certain balance - first few games will see Khorne winning easily (he's still the God we give to the least experienced player), after that Nurgle/Slaneesh/Horned Rat might gain the upper hand (they have some very useful cards, but require some more skill). Tzeentch is the hardest but the way he can influence the board is very satisfying.

Buy it!

[Xathrodox86]

Though that only makes them more likely to be countered be the other players! 

Its a great game, highly replayable with fabulous production value (as you would expect from FFG). The Horned Rat expansion is a must. Be aware that it takes some time for the group to develop a certain balance - first few games will see Khorne winning easily (he's still the God we give to the least experienced player), after that Nurgle/Slaneesh/Horned Rat might gain the upper hand (they have some very useful cards, but require some more skill). Tzeentch is the hardest but the way he can influence the board is very satisfying.

Buy it!

What Lee said. Tzeentch is fabulously trolly, just as he's supposed to be. Power plays and alliances are great in CitOW. It's a really, really good game.

[Syphon]

Just realized: still haven't played Dead of Winter.

[Finlay]

I think I have decided for my lifestyle I need to get in a bit more on this sort of mixed miniature game vs board game (I guess Hero Quest did this a loooong time ago, GW never really had versions available when I was playing, apart from Space Hulk). No need to prepare tons of minis, no need for transportation of hundreds of models, and can easily bash a game out in 3 hours or less from when you turn up.

I am simply too slow at miniature games to fit them into a normal evening!


I played a game of The Others with Matt, Midaski's son, last night and really enjoyed it, although after the fact find out we had been playing the rules wrong making the heroes too powerful (not my fault- Matt read the rules and guided the game!). The bonus for this being that many of the "sins" models could be used as some sort of chaos demons, which I think Matt plans to use to expand his 40k army to playable sizes.

[GamesPoet]

I enjoyed the 4th edition of Space Hulk when it came out in 2014, although haven't played it since then.  Currently it is sitting in my kitchen after my recent move, and I am leaning towards introducing the game ot some of my nephews during the holiday season.

Also, I here tell that with the renewal of Specialist Games, there could be new "army lists", figures and scenarios, and that good be a wonderful addition if it's compatible with the 4th Edition.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Just this week I've started looking into dungeon crawlers suitable for solo play. Would love to hear recommendations.

[Shadespyre]

I've got the Mantic dungeon game, errrm, Dungeon Saga, that's it. Bought it in their Kickstarter.

Never played it, looks nice. It would be best with 5 players (4 heroes, one GM / villain) but the advanced rules handle solo play with a card drawing system. I might have to dig it out and have a go.

There's a starter campaign, then a couple of others with different sets of heroes. Also character progression, and a character gen system to run characters of your own design.

[Realjuan]

Solo dungeon crawlers, interesting. I will keep an eye on this thread.

[RE.Lee]

Gloomhaven seems to be THE solo RPG/dungeon crawl right now. Haven't played myself. Classic Descent was a 1 vs all, but recently got an app that makes it suitable for solo play.

[ZeroTwentythree]

From what I have seen, Gloomhaven is going for insane marked up prices. I read that it was good, but I'd like to ease into the genre before dropping hundreds of dollars on a single game.

I started looking into some of the D&D board games (Elemental Evil, Ravenloft...) and Shadows of Brimstone, and a few others I can't remember off the top of my head. Still indecisive. Maybe I'll wait and see what Santa brings me for Christmas.

[wissenlander]

Descent might be something to check into.  The 1 v. all is alright though because as the DM you really have to try to go after the party or they will steam roll you.  So it's fun for everyone.  I remember GMing Hero Quest and having to take it easy on people.

[ZeroTwentythree]

I'm wondering if I shouldn't just switch to video games rather than solo boardgames.

[RE.Lee]

Not the same experience - the cardboard, the miniatures/tokens...

Of course there's the Warhammer Quest Card Game from FFG - really good, though unfortunately no expansions on the way. At least no official ones, as the community has already done some of their own, available on BGG. They use the same system for the Arkham Horror Card Game - that one already has plenty of additional stuff with more on the way.

[Xathrodox86]

I like the Warhammer Quest dungeon crawl card game. It was the last "Hammer game made by FFG and it's a really good one. You can even play it solo, which I find hilarious, but the best thing is that the bigger the party is - the harder it gets. I honestly recommend this title to anyone who likes board/card games.

[Finlay]

I'm wondering if I shouldn't just switch to video games rather than solo boardgames.

I play video games. I'm looking at solo and small party games to replace my mini gaming and dice rolling itch with practicalities around time and transport that stop me from engaging it regularly.

The boy's 6, so soon enough he'll be ready!

[wissenlander]

I have Warhammer Quest, it is quite good.  Wasn't thinking of that in the dungeon crawl sense of a board, but it is, just in a different format.

There's a 40K/Space Hulk card game called Death Angel that I hear is pretty good as well.  I own it, just have never played it.

[RE.Lee]

Again, these FFG/GW products are getting really hard to get a hand on.

Another suggestion: Massive Darkness or Arcadia Quest from CMON.