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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Jan 25, 2022 22:53:52 GMT
I’m impatiently waiting for a reprint of the Star Trek version.
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Post by 😎 on Jan 25, 2022 23:40:59 GMT
I actually prefer the Trek version, especially with the Wrath of Khan expansion. The original is a great game but feels thematically generic at times, and I’m a huge fan of theme.
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Post by drhcnip on Jan 26, 2022 2:22:15 GMT
Thanks Gremmi. I like rolling dice and things dying, but also fun and narrative.... so I'll buy all of them aside from Gloomhaven. I'll read up the ones you've listed at BGG. Basically I'm after D&D solo I think. Thanks tbh, if you're after d&d solo, you'd do a lot worse than the d&d board games - legend of drizzt, wrath of ashardalon, caste ravenloft etc, usually each in the 30-40 mark (think drizzt is on offer on amazon atm) and they're standalone & interchangeable there's a lot of dull stuff in the roll & move & twat world, i've tried a lot of them and still haven't found one that's absolutely clicked...think the closest i came was sword & sorcery...really liked gloomhaven but it's not really a straight crawler, as gremmi said |
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Jan 26, 2022 6:10:35 GMT
Gloomhaven is a dexterity game crossed with memory in which players tries to stack health tokens on enemy boards, whilst trying to remember if the different mana tokens should slide up or down.
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Post by drhcnip on Jan 26, 2022 7:08:42 GMT
i wouldn't have got as far as i did with gloomhaven without the helper app and the mapping website...
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Jan 26, 2022 9:17:05 GMT
Star Trek Frontiers (the Mage Knight reskin) is the absolute tits. It’s streamlined without losing complexity and really captures the feel of TNG somehow.
Does feel weird for Picard to blow up starbases but HEY let’s move on…
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Post by 😎 on Jan 29, 2022 4:50:52 GMT
Tainted Grail is terrific. It’s what 7th Continent really should have been. Hopefully they’re borrowing a few things from this for 7th Citadel.
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Jan 29, 2022 10:18:34 GMT
Played Brass Birmingham last night, and I can see why it's so highly rated.
Excellent game. I won with an absurd margin, but that was down to all of us being first time players. I found a real VP maker, and everyone else was too busy pulling their own levers that I could build it up without interference.
Really looking forward to the next time I'm play it.
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Jan 29, 2022 10:20:04 GMT
Tainted Grail is terrific. It’s what 7th Continent really should have been. Hopefully they’re borrowing a few things from this for 7th Citadel. Da fuq? It wasn't that long ago you said you might buy it, and now you have AND have played it. |
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Post by drhcnip on Jan 29, 2022 10:42:37 GMT
Tainted Grail is terrific. It’s what 7th Continent really should have been. Hopefully they’re borrowing a few things from this for 7th Citadel. i love tainted grail - so, so much better than 7th continent, which was a real disappointment |
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Jan 29, 2022 10:47:08 GMT
Two of us played Great Western Trail for the first time last night. The first hour or so was a bewildering session of confusion and terror, but after a few rounds it’s actually a really smooth, quick moving game. Neither of us had any idea what we were supposed to be doing strategy-wise, but there seem to be a lot routes you can go down to score points. Lost by 5 points though  Really looking forward to giving it another go. Seems all those reviewers and people on BGG might know what their talking about after all. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 21:49:55 GMT
Picked up 2 games in the last week. Lord of the rings card game. Exactly as I was expecting, not quite as good as Arkham, but I prefer it to Marvel which I found underwhelming. Already in the addicted phase. 2 saga expansions and the complete Shadows of Mirkwood campaign on the way. Perfect little puzzle fun.
Also picked up Resident Evil 3 as I wanted something simple to play with my brother. Only done the first 2 scenarios but it is great. Very tense and atmospheric, it nails the atmosphere of the ps1 game. It is awesome the mechanics that recreate the combat etc, where in my mind I see the zombies biting, then being pushed back so you can run etc. Finished scenario 1 with 1 bullet left on one character, and the other reduced to a knife. Nicely balanced risk v reward. Only criticism is it is all way too dark, especially the door tokens etc which really are too fiddly.
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Post by mikeck on Feb 12, 2022 23:10:18 GMT
Played Illimat for the first time since I received it from the Kickstarter over six years ago! Can't believe I slept on it for so long as it's actually a very accessible card/resource gathering game. I've always loved the aesthetic of the game (and it's a lovely quality package) but the rules always seemed much harder to grasp then they actually are. I also wasn't sure my wife and our mutual friends would enjoy it (and my nerdy board game group has since dispersed) so it was never on the menu when playing games. Tonight I just suggested it to my wife and father-in-law and we had an open round learning the rules together and then played another two rounds following that. Really good fun. Link - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/210040/illimat |
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Feb 13, 2022 8:06:42 GMT
I played another game of Brass Birmingham, and I still see why it's so highly rated.
It's an entry level Age of Steam with a bunch of chrome. I personally prefer age of Steam, but I can see why some might like the safety net that Brass Birmingham has.
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Post by 😎 on Feb 17, 2022 20:30:11 GMT
The best thing about Hero Quest is the gigantic box you could practically live in.  |
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Post by zephro on Feb 17, 2022 20:33:50 GMT
Brass Birmingham is just beautiful. Plus it has the town I grew up in, on it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2022 20:34:28 GMT
oh, my cat would love that
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Feb 18, 2022 14:36:51 GMT
Brass Birmingham is just beautiful. Plus it has the town I grew up in, on it. As foreigners my group can't help but laugh at all the unpronounceable town names. Kidderminster is it? But yes, it's pretty and I like the setting |
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Post by zephro on Feb 18, 2022 16:38:53 GMT
Kidderminster is the specific town I was thinking of. But also what's unpronounceable about it?
Kid-der-mins-ter...
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Post by chuchurkt on Feb 18, 2022 17:55:13 GMT
Did anyone else receive their 'Dune Imperium: Rise of Ix' today? My weekend is sorted 😊
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Post by tonyferrino on Feb 18, 2022 18:32:49 GMT
Probably one of the "cester" places, right? Worcester, Leicester...are they in Brass?
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Post by 😎 on Mar 16, 2022 19:56:30 GMT
Aw yis, been looking forward to this. A big IP from a big publisher designed primarily for solo.  |
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Mar 16, 2022 20:00:35 GMT
Oh cool, let me know what you think. I was very tempted by it, but couldn’t quite decide if I thought it looked good or not.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Mar 26, 2022 12:54:33 GMT
The new Jaws game looks a little tasty. Hidden movement, 1 vs all and a nice retro, movie-accurate art style.
Plus you get to be Jaws and demolish the Orca.
Edit: is the shark called Jaws? Now that I think about it I’m not so sure.
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Post by cubby on Mar 26, 2022 12:58:45 GMT
He was called Bruce.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Mar 26, 2022 13:00:04 GMT
On some planets everyone was, to save time.
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Post by 😎 on Mar 26, 2022 13:29:05 GMT
This one? boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/272738/jawsIt’s a veeeery lightweight family game, which is weird given the subject matter. The best Prosperous Hall movie tie in so far has been Fast and Furious, weirdly enough. |
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Mar 26, 2022 14:58:11 GMT
Yeah that one. It might be suitable for the people I play with - they think Rummikub has too many rules…
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Apr 1, 2022 12:59:45 GMT
Aw yis, been looking forward to this. A big IP from a big publisher designed primarily for solo. Havee you had a chance to play this yet, grem? Seen some very positive impressions and some less so online so far. |
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Post by 😎 on Apr 1, 2022 15:11:01 GMT
It’s very good. Hard to describe but it almost feels a bit like Pandemic, but with punching and bat tech. It’s really about area control while you round up enough evidence/resources to uncover and take on the boss. Also sort of a Legacy game, in that you’ll unlock vehicles that give you one-shot abilities, and redraw the map as you go, but it’s a wipe clean board and nothing gets torn up, so you can easily just reset and start from scratch.
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