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Post by mumtoucher on Sept 7, 2021 9:49:27 GMT
I made the mistake of reading the first 'cardboard children' post on RPS for years.
Rab always used to convince me to drop stupid amounts of money on games, I bought descent immediately.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Sept 7, 2021 10:09:52 GMT
It's really, really good.
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Post by mumtoucher on Sept 7, 2021 10:22:30 GMT
I’m so hyped for it, I absolutely loved altar quest but found it very fiddly, looking forward to having the app manage all those bits.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 8, 2021 7:02:47 GMT
One of the recent episodes of Hey Duggee was a boardgame episode, written by one of my friends. I think it's worth watching as the situation is quite recognisable to boardgamers... Hey Duggee, Series 3: 48. The Board Game Badge: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09tdrmx |
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Sept 9, 2021 8:03:14 GMT
It's really, really good. A lot of reviewers are absolutely LOVING the new Descent. I've yet to see anyone be dismissive of it. |
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Sept 9, 2021 8:05:09 GMT
In other news!
Tomorrow my group will meet up again for an evening of Age of Steam. I've had it for a couple of years and only soloed it. I'm really looking forward to playing it. Got a set of Iron Clays chips for it.
Man, physical gaming. Train game. perfect. Bring it on.
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Post by kernowgaz on Sept 10, 2021 20:49:57 GMT
It's really, really good. A lot of reviewers are absolutely LOVING the new Descent. I've yet to see anyone be dismissive of it. What the replay ability supposed to be like? Is there only 1 campaign? |
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Post by 😎 on Sept 10, 2021 21:11:23 GMT
I’ve seen a ton of people be dismissive of the new Descent, but it’s universally people who are either against app driven games (as if every dungeon crawler needs Gloomhaven amounts of manual upkeep), or hated the art style. I love the style myself, it has personality instead of the “this is generic fantasy” style of previous Terrinoth games.
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Post by 😎 on Sept 10, 2021 21:13:30 GMT
A lot of reviewers are absolutely LOVING the new Descent. I've yet to see anyone be dismissive of it. What the replay ability supposed to be like? Is there only 1 campaign? Pretty high to be honest. There’s some branching based on who’s in your party, and the upgrade/loot mechanics should make things feel different even if the scenarios setup the same. More campaigns should be coming as DLC or boxed releases, as they’ve done with all their other app driven games. |
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Sept 10, 2021 21:30:27 GMT
OMG Age of Steam.
What an absolute gem! First play and it was just amazing. Pain all the way, painful painful decisions, careful plans laid to waste by unwitting opponents, or gleefully laughing ones.
So good. So very good.
And I barely made it through.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Sept 10, 2021 22:36:16 GMT
I'm not opposed to Descent being app-based, but I'm kind of opposed to the price tag.
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Sept 11, 2021 8:20:35 GMT
I'm no fan of appdriven games. But I'm no fan of fiddling a gazillion tokens in Gloomhaven either.
Therefore Age of Steam is KING:
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
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Post by 😎 on Sept 11, 2021 20:07:18 GMT
Shoutout to Waste Knights 2e. I took a blind gamble on it and it paid off handsomely. It’s basically Mad Max The Game, co-op delivery quest/combat, and has an extremely well written narrative core. Has a big “turn to page x” choose your own adventure style book, and is bursting with theme. Also seems to be pretty replayable with branching based off of character and vehicle selection.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Sept 11, 2021 22:09:43 GMT
I’m intrigued by that Gremmi, I’ve been looking at Wasteland Delivery Express which is currently in the cheap-but-not-scarce sweet spot (I think, I haven’t checked for a coupla months).
But Waste Knights looks more my thing.
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Post by 😎 on Sept 11, 2021 22:16:18 GMT
WDE is…okay. Amazing production values, and looks awesome on the table, but under the surface it’s a very generic pick up and deliver game, nothing particularly remarkable. Great theme though.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Sept 11, 2021 22:57:03 GMT
Yeah that was my fear. I do need me some single player goodness so maybe WK2e fits that bill.
Edit: nvm, it’s got that ‘read narrative entry #479’ bullshit going on. I don’t need that in my games, they should show, not tell.
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Post by 😎 on Sept 12, 2021 2:03:14 GMT
Understandable. Though I would just add that in my current game I beat up an emu while wearing a Crocodile Dundee hat.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Sept 12, 2021 4:02:17 GMT
That does sound cool… …but here’s my problem - if emus are an enemy and you can get the hat as a buff, then the game is cool without the choose-your-own-adventure bit. On the other hand, if entry #598 says ‘you beat up an emu with a crocodile dundee hat on’ then no, you didn’t, it’s all fluff. Compare to something like Mage Knight, where the mechanisms ARE the flavour (I say Mage Knight but my first love is and always will be Mage Lite, aka Star Trek Frontiers). I’ll just stick to coming third in Terra Mystica on BGA I guess  |
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Post by 😎 on Sept 12, 2021 4:55:04 GMT
You can get the hat and beat up the emu without the book, the encounters and loot are all random card draws. The CYOA stuff only handles the main narrative and quest goals of whatever campaign you’re following. It’s possible to play the game entirely without it as a sandbox with a “loot/level up to beat the boss” end goal. But I won’t oversell it, it’s no Mage Knight in that comparison.
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Post by 😎 on Sept 12, 2021 4:55:38 GMT
Also yeah, agreed about STF. I way prefer that to Mage Knight, especially with the Khan expansion.
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Post by mumtoucher on Sept 12, 2021 6:53:42 GMT
We got our first quest in Descent last night, really enjoyed it. It’s my first experience with an app driven game, I think it’s done really well so as to not completely take over the experience, but adds so much nuance and flavour to the encounters. Building the missions as you progress creates a sense of adventure as you’re going and being able to interact with everything is cool.
I liked gloomhaven but always found it so difficult to get to the table, there’s still a lot going on here but at least you’re only managing your stuff and the terrain.
We all wanted to carry on into the next mission but it was just too late.
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Post by ryder35 on Sept 12, 2021 8:28:45 GMT
I have descent waiting to go. Have promised myself I will paint it all first though so probably never get it to the table!
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Post by Goban on Sept 12, 2021 8:37:02 GMT
You weren't kidding about descent being pricey!!!
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Post by 😎 on Sept 12, 2021 16:12:08 GMT
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Sept 13, 2021 16:32:56 GMT
They handled that one gallantly. All that redpiller money flooding in to their Kickstarter campaign must have felt so sweet!
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Sept 15, 2021 4:25:47 GMT
Right, I need a little help identifying a game that I can barely remember, but which was kind of groovy. Slim pickings in terms of clues, I think it was around about 5 years ago but could easily be more.
- it had a map made up of cards laid out in a grid, all different locations.
- one player moved from card to card and the rest moved between the cards (or one moved between and the rest moved on). This might be a misremember but I think it’s right.
- some kind of woodland fantasy theme
- kickstarted?
As I said, it’s the faintest memory. Any help would be great, but no worries if nobody’s got the first idea what I’m talking about.
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Post by 😎 on Sept 15, 2021 4:44:05 GMT
Aside from the movement rules that sounds like quite a few things. 7th Continent, Tiny Epic Quest, the Forbidden game series. Any other memories? Euro? Dungeon crawler? Co-op?
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Post by drhcnip on Sept 15, 2021 5:50:16 GMT
Right, I need a little help identifying a game that I can barely remember, but which was kind of groovy. Slim pickings in terms of clues, I think it was around about 5 years ago but could easily be more. - it had a map made up of cards laid out in a grid, all different locations. - one player moved from card to card and the rest moved between the cards (or one moved between and the rest moved on). This might be a misremember but I think it’s right. - some kind of woodland fantasy theme - kickstarted? As I said, it’s the faintest memory. Any help would be great, but no worries if nobody’s got the first idea what I’m talking about. sounds like gloom of kilforth to me...or possibly shadows but that's more recent...could be a couple of other things, as above, plus things like tainted grail |
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Sept 15, 2021 7:27:23 GMT
Sounds like a mishmash of Root (the woodland, and asymmetry), Tainted Grail, 7th Continent (the cards) Forbidden Island (fantasy-ish, asymmetric movement rules).
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Post by Vandelay on Sept 15, 2021 9:37:47 GMT
Recently picked up the Lord of The Rings: The Card Game. Love board and card games, but rarely get to play with others. Even less so in the past year and half, with my go to board gaming pal pretty much completely isolating himself and still only wanting to meet outside.
So, I decided to take the plunge with something I could play solo. I do have a Arkham, which is supposed to be good solo too, but I don't particularly find the core set enjoyable to replay and I have an unplayed full campaign that I want to save for when my buddy is comfortable to play again.
It is actually surprisingly nice to play something solo. By the end of the first weekend with it, I had played almost a dozen games, which would normally take me most of year to do with someone else. I can also pace myself nicely, deciding as and when I want to buy more. This hasn't been needed yet though, as I've not even played the final campaign yet and I have some user made campaigns that were highly recommended. Only trouble with just having the base set (X2) is that the card pool is quite small and likely making the game harder.
And it is balls hard! I hear it is known as being hard, but solo it is exceptionally hard, with some games feeling lost within the first turn or two. It can be quite luck based and I expect some of that is linked to the smaller cars pool. I've finally decided to cave and take out the gold ringed encounter cards, so will see how that goes. They do seem to be the ones that screw me the most.
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