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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Aug 17, 2021 9:22:37 GMT
Good games with a ten year old
Forbidden Island
Lords of Waterdeep
Kingdomino
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Aug 17, 2021 10:24:55 GMT
I would have thought Revolution! would be good as well, cheap too.
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Post by DrStrangelove on Aug 17, 2021 10:30:18 GMT
Good games with a ten year old Forbidden Island Lords of Waterdeep Kingdomino Yes but... what about QUEENDOMINO!?!?!!11
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Post by DrStrangelove on Aug 17, 2021 10:33:27 GMT
Treated myself to the 15th Anniversary, Big box edition of Ticket To Ride Europe which arrived today. It. Is. Lush! Oh gosh did not know about that, those trains and tins you get are gorgeous!
Thanks goodness its pricy, stops the urge of adding to a shopping basket.
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Aug 17, 2021 11:43:05 GMT
Good games with a ten year old Forbidden Island Lords of Waterdeep Kingdomino Yes but... what about QUEENDOMINO!?!?!!11
See my question on the last page I saw it. Sorry haven't tried Queendomino. Maybe get Blitzkrieg! if you're looking for a two player game |
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Aug 17, 2021 13:36:48 GMT
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Aug 18, 2021 12:06:51 GMT
I just ordered a 100 set of Iron Clays gaming markers. I can't stand metal coins, and after playing the dull as fuck Great Western Snore with some nice poker chips, and kind of having a good time, I figured I'd just buy some nice chips and use with ALL THE GAMEZ.
Found a handy spreadsheet of gmaes and their bank sizes, and it seems like the 100 set will cover all my games. If not I have some real cheap poker chips I can use. The small box for the Iron clays are a bonus though. I can keepthem on the shelf next to the games.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Aug 21, 2021 13:12:31 GMT
My copy of the new Descent turned up this morning. Pretty impressive package.
The 3D terrain is cool and the new mini sculpts FF have produced are very nice.
Looking forward to giving it a crack later today. A dungeon crawler that doesnt involve a vast sprawl of hundreds of cards and tokens is quite appealing.
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Aug 21, 2021 14:03:38 GMT
Reviewers seem to like it, apart from the art for some reason.
I'm not that keen on appdriven games but descent seem to have nailed it. As you say, a gazillion cards and tokens to keep track of can be a drag.
In other news, the founder of Broken Token had been called out as an abuser. Isaac Childres has decided to not include broken Token inserts as part of Frosthaven campaign.
The comments on Kickstarter are quite something.
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Post by 😎 on Aug 21, 2021 15:03:37 GMT
Descent is ace, but even though it doesn’t have card sprawl it’s still a colossal table hog. Looks stunning though, I love verticality in games and this all nails it. Also worth remembering it’s a fail forward game like JiME, so don’t be too surprised if even the tutorial whallops you, especially if you’re playing with less than four characters. Despite being able to go into a quest with only two it’s very clearly balanced for four.
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Post by 😎 on Aug 21, 2021 15:07:15 GMT
Also yesterday I completed my Vital Lacerda collection - or at least all of his Eagle Gryphon Games releases. Vinhos, Mercado De Lisboa from my local store and Lisboa coming in the next few days.
And also the KS version of Dark Ages
And Fleet the Dice Game.
And Nightfighter Ace
And Hadrian’s Wall
And Terraforming Mara Big Box
And the new Aliens RPG Colonial Marines book
I may have gone overboard with retail therapy.
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Aug 21, 2021 17:07:50 GMT
My iron clays purchase was definitely a dose of retail therapy. I'm currently trying not to order 1830.
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Post by chuchurkt on Aug 21, 2021 23:49:57 GMT
Tinners Trail KS arrived and looks great.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Aug 22, 2021 1:09:29 GMT
This hobby has just completely stalled for me over the last year and a half. I've played an ungoodly amount of Terraforming Mars and Scythe online, but I don't really want to be spending money on physical games when I don't have anyone to physically play with during lockdowns.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Aug 22, 2021 2:43:59 GMT
Also yesterday I completed my Vital Lacerda collection - or at least all of his Eagle Gryphon Games releases. Vinhos, Mercado De Lisboa from my local store and Lisboa coming in the next few days. And also the KS version of Dark Ages And Fleet the Dice Game. And Nightfighter Ace And Hadrian’s Wall And Terraforming Mara Big Box And the new Aliens RPG Colonial Marines book I may have gone overboard with retail therapy. Got to ask: how many unplayed games do you have? |
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Post by 😎 on Aug 22, 2021 4:40:03 GMT
Not many are unplayed, but a fair few have only a couple of plays. I don’t really track it to be honest.
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Post by LFace on Aug 22, 2021 8:00:43 GMT
It's been a long time since me and the mates have played a game. Since covid hit and we've all been stuck at home we gave D&D a go online through Roll 20 and DNDBeyond. Now things are getting a little more normal we're hoping to get a game together in person soon.
Long story short, I finally cracked open Bloodborne board game yesterday to learn the rules as I'm hoping to play that with them soon. Loving the concept. Anybody played that one? What you think about it?
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Post by 😎 on Aug 22, 2021 9:26:30 GMT
It’s pretty good. Campaign-ish dungeon crawler that nails the game and makes it more tactical than traditional dice chucking DCs. Replayability without expansions is a little questionable, but a solid game design that isn't typical CMON Ameritrash (not that there’s much wrong with those IMO)
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Post by chuchurkt on Aug 22, 2021 10:23:07 GMT
This hobby has just completely stalled for me over the last year and a half. I've played an ungoodly amount of Terraforming Mars and Scythe online, but I don't really want to be spending money on physical games when I don't have anyone to physically play with during lockdowns. I've been lucky, I have a gaming partner and family. And now that lockdown has ended I'm able to game with my close mates on a weekly basis again. If not for that I probably wouldn't have played at all as I can't stand online board games. Our regular group maintained a weekly online Meetup but after 9 hours working from home on a PC the thought of another 4/5 hours didn't appeal. |
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Post by 😎 on Aug 22, 2021 20:57:30 GMT
Can really recommend Hadrian’s Wall btw, kind of a worker placement roll and write hybrid. Immensely satisfying when you spot a combo chain and shade in a crapload of spaces all at once, especially when it aligns with your chosen path (bonus points for completing certain sections of the pages). Also has an official campaign mode for the solo mode, which is probably going to be my preferable way to play - multiplayer has a little bit of player interaction but like most roll and writes you’re pretty much just doing your own thing anyway.
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Post by 😎 on Aug 26, 2021 21:55:19 GMT
Aw yeah, completed the Lacerda collection.  |
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Aug 26, 2021 23:58:06 GMT
Nice work!
I still haven't ever played a Lacerda game. Intrigued by On Mars but its nigh on impossible to get and costs a small fortune when it is available.
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Post by 😎 on Aug 27, 2021 0:09:25 GMT
Honestly, On Mars is the one I’d recommend least. Awesome theme, and I’m very much looking forward to the campaign expansion, but it’s an absolute bitch to learn. Not because it’s got a million rules (like most Lacerdas it’s actually pretty straightforward), but because it has a ton of downstream combos for actions that are very easy to forget about in the heat of a game. Vinhos or The Gallerist would be my top recommendations - pretty easy to learn, extremely thematic, plus excellent solo modes.
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Post by 😎 on Aug 27, 2021 0:15:29 GMT
Also I guess it’s not technically the “complete” Lacerda as I’m missing CO2, but it’s all his Eagle Gryphon games.
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Aug 27, 2021 4:54:31 GMT
😎 How's Rocketmen? I was tempted to back that but decided that i could just play Leaving Earth some more of I wanted to scratch the space itch.
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Post by kernowgaz on Aug 29, 2021 16:19:07 GMT
Is anyone still playing Marvel Champions? I’ve bought the Guardians of the galaxy but not any of the hero packs since. I notice Venom is out of stock from Chaos Cards but the others are instock. Not sure what to get next, should I get the new Thanos expansion or try and get Starlotd,Gamorra and Drax from Chaos whilst I can ?
I can get Venom from elsewhere but there’s new hero’s coming out soon so I’m playing catch up now. The thing is weren’t they supposed to release a new hero/villain every month (I know Covid messed that up) but it hard when they release 3 or 4 at once. I’d normally wait but FFG are shite for restocking they’re LCG games so I don’t want to miss out.
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Post by 😎 on Aug 29, 2021 17:06:13 GMT
Still playing a little bit but I’m kind of waning on it, it doesn’t have enough of a narrative pull for me to enjoy it over Arkham Horror or LotR. The deck construction element is really unbalanced at the moment and you’ve got a ton of OP heroes (pre-built Venom is nearly invincible in my opinion) but with artificial difficulty from some villains by simply overwhelming you with encounter cards or schemes, so instead of it being a puzzle to work out it’s a swingy grind.
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Post by kernowgaz on Aug 29, 2021 18:22:53 GMT
To be honest I’ve not played anything for a while it’s more the case of fomo and the how poor FFG have been with the reprints.
I’ve got LOTR core and an expansion which I think is the first hobbit one, I’d like to try Arkham but having to buy soooo many of the sets and then build the decks I wouldn’t have the time to do it or even the inclination. At least with Marvel the decks are near enough built for you but you can still play with different aspects and other standard cards.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Aug 29, 2021 20:07:45 GMT
To the absolute delight of my other half, the new Descent hasn't left the table since I got it the other weekend. Turns out it's exactly the dungeon crawl / rpg in a box I was looking for.
The app integration is superb and the gameplay is easy enough to pick-up and play you can easily jump in and out of sessions, but still has enough depth to the turn by turn action to keep me fully invested.
Narrative seems pretty decent for a game too. I like the way the app actually allows characters to develop. It's nifty.
All in all it was a very expensive longshot, that has thankfully really paid off for me.
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Post by kernowgaz on Sept 2, 2021 6:50:14 GMT
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