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Dustin1280 09/05/17 10:52:24 AM #51:	soulunison2 posted... Smash up Tmaster148 posted... Betrayal at House on the Hill --- Smash DS Code: 4554-0120-5368 SB4 Name: Roz RIP: Orlando of the Axe Karma: 1642 --he delivered! <cite>Dustin1280 posted [p:886058813] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>soulunison2 posted...</cite> <quote>Smash up</quote> <cite>Tmaster148 posted...</cite> <quote>Betrayal at House on the Hill</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChromaticAngel 09/05/17 10:54:03 AM #52:	TheMarthKoopa posted... Ghost Stories Clank +1 for clank For stuff a little more mainstream, you can look at: Talisman Betrayal at House on the Hill (There is a Betrayal at Baldur's Gate coming out soon if that's more your fancy) Spirit Island Terraforming Mars Takenoko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8sl2uC46A --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png <cite>ChromaticAngel posted [p:886058884] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheMarthKoopa posted...</cite> <quote>Ghost Stories Clank</quote> +1 for clank For stuff a little more mainstream, you can look at: Talisman Betrayal at House on the Hill (There is a Betrayal at Baldur's Gate coming out soon if that's more your fancy) Spirit Island Terraforming Mars Takenoko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8sl2uC46A</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kerred 09/05/17 11:00:15 AM #53:	^ Okay let me rant about Heroquest. First of all, Heroquest was my only friend in middle school. I went to the library to xerox the blank quest sheet to make my own content. I programmed it in Visual Basic. I have nearly every quest memorized (include the stupid Fools Gold one in which the only good move is to immediately return to the staircase and not play it). The game hasn't aged well. Totally broken, slow, sluggish, easy, not fun if going by the rules. If you play it like D&D though with open rules, then its great! With that said, forget HeroQuest, the old edition is only for novelty and cool toys. Get Descent or Imperial Assault or Super Dungeon Explore or Arcadia Quest instead. /end rant No, i'm not done. In Heroquest you have to roll 2 dice for movement. That means a Dwarf can run a mile past an Elf. Then the Dwarf player will probably skip their next 3 turns and no open a door with monsters until the Elf spends several turns catching up. Oh and there's no urgency. The dominant strategy is have every hero keep rolling for movement until they are at the door. Then the first player opens the door, and the other 3 kill every monster before they can even attack. Much of the loot is useless. Oh a staff that can attack diagonally... too bad its only 1 die to attack... for 100 gold???? The best armor in the game means you only roll a D6 to move, meaning the game slows down even MORE while you roll and roll and roll until you meet up with your party. 3 heroes can equip the crossbow and roll almost maximum damage on anything within line of sight. Meaning you don't even need to enter a room. Just open the door, everyone fires their crossbows until everything dies. Rinse and repeat forever. <cite>Kerred posted [p:886059141] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>^ Okay let me rant about Heroquest. First of all, Heroquest was my only friend in middle school. I went to the library to xerox the blank quest sheet to make my own content. I programmed it in Visual Basic. I have nearly every quest memorized (include the stupid Fools Gold one in which the only good move is to immediately return to the staircase and not play it). The game hasn't aged well. Totally broken, slow, sluggish, easy, not fun if going by the rules. If you play it like D&D though with open rules, then its great! With that said, forget HeroQuest, the old edition is only for novelty and cool toys. Get Descent or Imperial Assault or Super Dungeon Explore or Arcadia Quest instead. /end rant No, i'm not done. In Heroquest you have to roll 2 dice for movement. That means a Dwarf can run a mile past an Elf. Then the Dwarf player will probably skip their next 3 turns and no open a door with monsters until the Elf spends several turns catching up. Oh and there's no urgency. The dominant strategy is have every hero keep rolling for movement until they are at the door. Then the first player opens the door, and the other 3 kill every monster before they can even attack. Much of the loot is useless. Oh a staff that can attack diagonally... too bad its only 1 die to attack... for 100 gold???? The best armor in the game means you only roll a D6 to move, meaning the game slows down even MORE while you roll and roll and roll until you meet up with your party. 3 heroes can equip the crossbow and roll almost maximum damage on anything within line of sight. Meaning you don't even need to enter a room. Just open the door, everyone fires their crossbows until everything dies. Rinse and repeat forever.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ruvan22 09/05/17 9:35:29 PM #54:	Kerred posted... ^ Okay let me rant about Heroquest. First of all, Heroquest was my only friend in middle school. I went to the library to xerox the blank quest sheet to make my own content. I programmed it in Visual Basic. I have nearly every quest memorized (include the stupid Fools Gold one in which the only good move is to immediately return to the staircase and not play it). The game hasn't aged well. Totally broken, slow, sluggish, easy, not fun if going by the rules. If you play it like D&D though with open rules, then its great! With that said, forget HeroQuest, the old edition is only for novelty and cool toys. Get Descent or Imperial Assault or Super Dungeon Explore or Arcadia Quest instead. /end rant No, i'm not done. In Heroquest you have to roll 2 dice for movement. That means a Dwarf can run a mile past an Elf. Then the Dwarf player will probably skip their next 3 turns and no open a door with monsters until the Elf spends several turns catching up. Oh and there's no urgency. The dominant strategy is have every hero keep rolling for movement until they are at the door. Then the first player opens the door, and the other 3 kill every monster before they can even attack. Much of the loot is useless. Oh a staff that can attack diagonally... too bad its only 1 die to attack... for 100 gold???? The best armor in the game means you only roll a D6 to move, meaning the game slows down even MORE while you roll and roll and roll until you meet up with your party. 3 heroes can equip the crossbow and roll almost maximum damage on anything within line of sight. Meaning you don't even need to enter a room. Just open the door, everyone fires their crossbows until everything dies. Rinse and repeat forever. YESSSS!!! I didn't think anybody else had played Hero Quest - picked it up because of the name mixup with the Sierra game, got curious when I saw it in a shop. My friends and I created some additional rules to interact with the furniture (toppling a bookcase onto monsters etc), but could not figure out how to address what you pointed out - that if everybody worked together the game was almost a cakewalk. <cite>Ruvan22 posted [p:886095500] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kerred posted...</cite> <quote>^ Okay let me rant about Heroquest. First of all, Heroquest was my only friend in middle school. I went to the library to xerox the blank quest sheet to make my own content. I programmed it in Visual Basic. I have nearly every quest memorized (include the stupid Fools Gold one in which the only good move is to immediately return to the staircase and not play it). The game hasn't aged well. Totally broken, slow, sluggish, easy, not fun if going by the rules. If you play it like D&D though with open rules, then its great! With that said, forget HeroQuest, the old edition is only for novelty and cool toys. Get Descent or Imperial Assault or Super Dungeon Explore or Arcadia Quest instead. /end rant No, i'm not done. In Heroquest you have to roll 2 dice for movement. That means a Dwarf can run a mile past an Elf. Then the Dwarf player will probably skip their next 3 turns and no open a door with monsters until the Elf spends several turns catching up. Oh and there's no urgency. The dominant strategy is have every hero keep rolling for movement until they are at the door. Then the first player opens the door, and the other 3 kill every monster before they can even attack. Much of the loot is useless. Oh a staff that can attack diagonally... too bad its only 1 die to attack... for 100 gold???? The best armor in the game means you only roll a D6 to move, meaning the game slows down even MORE while you roll and roll and roll until you meet up with your party. 3 heroes can equip the crossbow and roll almost maximum damage on anything within line of sight. Meaning you don't even need to enter a room. Just open the door, everyone fires their crossbows until everything dies. Rinse and repeat forever.</quote> YESSSS!!! I didn't think anybody else had played Hero Quest - picked it up because of the name mixup with the Sierra game, got curious when I saw it in a shop. My friends and I created some additional rules to interact with the furniture (toppling a bookcase onto monsters etc), but could not figure out how to address what you pointed out - that if everybody worked together the game was almost a cakewalk.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Medussa 09/05/17 9:48:37 PM #55:	Ruvan22 posted... I didn't think anybody else had played Hero Quest I still own the copy I had as a kid. haven't played it in probably close to 20 years, though. love the idea, but it's only ok in practice. but it was for kids, so I guess they didn't want to scare them off. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! Act now! Venchmen are standing by for your orders! <cite>Medussa posted [p:886096293] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>Ruvan22 posted...</cite> <quote>I didn't think anybody else had played Hero Quest</quote> I still own the copy I had as a kid. haven't played it in probably close to 20 years, though. love the idea, but it's only ok in practice. but it was for kids, so I guess they didn't want to scare them off.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ruvan22 09/05/17 10:11:58 PM #56:	Medussa posted... Ruvan22 posted... I didn't think anybody else had played Hero Quest I still own the copy I had as a kid. haven't played it in probably close to 20 years, though. love the idea, but it's only ok in practice. but it was for kids, so I guess they didn't want to scare them off. True - I remember getting two of the expansions, Kellar's Keep and .. something Ice.. the monsters health had scaled up so they were a bit tougher <cite>Ruvan22 posted [p:886097750] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>Medussa posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Ruvan22 posted...</cite> <quote>I didn't think anybody else had played Hero Quest</quote> I still own the copy I had as a kid. haven't played it in probably close to 20 years, though. love the idea, but it's only ok in practice. but it was for kids, so I guess they didn't want to scare them off.</quote> True - I remember getting two of the expansions, Kellar's Keep and .. something Ice.. the monsters health had scaled up so they were a bit tougher</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
prince_leo 09/05/17 10:12:53 PM #57:	not quite the same thing, but I always preferred dungeonquest to heroquest for my "not quite d&d but almost" boardgames --- https://imgur.com/uHUvpSH http://error1355.com/ce/prince_leo.html <cite>prince_leo posted [p:886097812] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>not quite the same thing, but I always preferred dungeonquest to heroquest for my "not quite d&d but almost" boardgames</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkman124 09/05/17 10:18:04 PM #58:	the end-game of getting into board games: ad astra indonesia twilight struggle star wars rebellion through the ages 18xx --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:886098108] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>the end-game of getting into board games: ad astra indonesia twilight struggle star wars rebellion through the ages 18xx</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kerred 09/07/17 11:15:56 AM #59:	Darkman124 posted... the end-game of getting into board games: ad astra indonesia twilight struggle star wars rebellion through the ages 18xx The Through the Ages app will be out next month ;) I posted a solitaire variant for TtA on board game geek, plays similar to a Stonemeier Automa factory. https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/128311/through-ages-new-story-solopractice-game-rules-v10 And don't forget Mage Knight! <cite>Kerred posted [p:886183258] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darkman124 posted...</cite> <quote>the end-game of getting into board games: ad astra indonesia twilight struggle star wars rebellion through the ages 18xx</quote> The Through the Ages app will be out next month ;) I posted a solitaire variant for TtA on board game geek, plays similar to a Stonemeier Automa factory. https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/128311/through-ages-new-story-solopractice-game-rules-v10 And don't forget Mage Knight!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
krazychao5 09/07/17 11:17:58 AM #60:	How has no one mentioned Dominion yet? This is the most fun game I've played. Had a weekend of hanging out with 5 other friends and we played the game for over 16 hours in 2 days lol --- https://supermariomakerbookmark.nintendo.net/profile/bigllama?type=posted <cite>krazychao5 posted [p:886183350] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>How has no one mentioned Dominion yet? This is the most fun game I've played. Had a weekend of hanging out with 5 other friends and we played the game for over 16 hours in 2 days lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchangelBaruch 09/07/17 11:20:21 AM #61:	Dixit is the best game ever. If you like it there are 6 expansions. --- Vocaloid topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/2000121-/74835387 <cite>ArchangelBaruch posted [p:886183452] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>Dixit is the best game ever. If you like it there are 6 expansions.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RuthlessBadger 09/07/17 11:20:57 AM #62:	I hear Ultimate Werewolf is really fun --- I am ManWithGun/ToonLink <cite>RuthlessBadger posted [p:886183482] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>I hear Ultimate Werewolf is really fun</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkman124 09/07/17 10:05:56 PM #63:	Kerred posted... I posted a solitaire variant for TtA on board game geek, plays similar to a Stonemeier Automa factory. i have played your solitaire variant! it helped me understand the midgame strategies --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:886218086] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kerred posted...</cite> <quote>I posted a solitaire variant for TtA on board game geek, plays similar to a Stonemeier Automa factory. </quote> i have played your solitaire variant! it helped me understand the midgame strategies</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
krazychao5 09/08/17 9:38:23 AM #64:	Anyone here have Tabletop Simulator on Steam? --- https://supermariomakerbookmark.nintendo.net/profile/bigllama?type=posted <cite>krazychao5 posted [p:886240591] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>Anyone here have Tabletop Simulator on Steam?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kerred 09/08/17 11:32:14 AM #65:	krazychao5 posted... How has no one mentioned Dominion yet? This is the most fun game I've played. Had a weekend of hanging out with 5 other friends and we played the game for over 16 hours in 2 days lol Clank!, Star Realms, and Marvel Legendary have been taking over Dominion (mostly with Rio Grande's poor marketing). Still great, still a classic, and still unarguably created a genre :) <cite>Kerred posted [p:886245274] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>krazychao5 posted...</cite> <quote>How has no one mentioned Dominion yet? This is the most fun game I've played. Had a weekend of hanging out with 5 other friends and we played the game for over 16 hours in 2 days lol</quote> Clank!, Star Realms, and Marvel Legendary have been taking over Dominion (mostly with Rio Grande's poor marketing). Still great, still a classic, and still unarguably created a genre :)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kerred 09/08/17 11:32:56 AM #66:	ArchangelBaruch posted... Dixit is the best game ever. If you like it there are 6 expansions. What about Mysterium? 7 Expansions, with an 8th one due out this Xmas. <cite>Kerred posted [p:886245303] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchangelBaruch posted...</cite> <quote>Dixit is the best game ever. If you like it there are 6 expansions.</quote> What about Mysterium? 7 Expansions, with an 8th one due out this Xmas.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchangelBaruch 09/08/17 11:33:47 AM #67:	Kerred posted... ArchangelBaruch posted... Dixit is the best game ever. If you like it there are 6 expansions. What about Mysterium? 7 Expansions, with an 8th one due out this Xmas. Also have it, not as fun IMO. It's easy for the host to get frustrated and break the rules. --- Vocaloid topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/2000121-/74835387 <cite>ArchangelBaruch posted [p:886245345] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kerred posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchangelBaruch posted...</cite> <quote>Dixit is the best game ever. If you like it there are 6 expansions.</quote> What about Mysterium? 7 Expansions, with an 8th one due out this Xmas.</quote> Also have it, not as fun IMO. It's easy for the host to get frustrated and break the rules.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
krazychao5 09/08/17 11:52:26 AM #68:	Kerred posted... krazychao5 posted... How has no one mentioned Dominion yet? This is the most fun game I've played. Had a weekend of hanging out with 5 other friends and we played the game for over 16 hours in 2 days lol Clank!, Star Realms, and Marvel Legendary have been taking over Dominion (mostly with Rio Grande's poor marketing). Still great, still a classic, and still unarguably created a genre :) Are those games better than Dominion in your opinion? Clank! seems interesting. Star Realms looks like a copy of Dominion...but in space!! Meh at a Marvel game --- https://supermariomakerbookmark.nintendo.net/profile/bigllama?type=posted <cite>krazychao5 posted [p:886246186] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kerred posted...</cite> <quote><cite>krazychao5 posted...</cite> <quote>How has no one mentioned Dominion yet? This is the most fun game I've played. Had a weekend of hanging out with 5 other friends and we played the game for over 16 hours in 2 days lol</quote> Clank!, Star Realms, and Marvel Legendary have been taking over Dominion (mostly with Rio Grande's poor marketing). Still great, still a classic, and still unarguably created a genre :)</quote> Are those games better than Dominion in your opinion? Clank! seems interesting. Star Realms looks like a copy of Dominion...but in space!! Meh at a Marvel game</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kerred 09/09/17 10:30:20 AM #69:	Hard to compare. I recommend Dominion if you are into pure strategy/high-level play, have a LOT of money (expansions), and/or you meet a lot of non-gamers. I recommend Star Realms if you travel a lot, want something cheap, and intend to just play 2 players a lot. I recommend Clank if you want a dungeon crawler that's also a deckbuilder. I recommend Ascension if you find Dominion plays too slow or you like thinking on your feet more with the changing cards to buy. I recommend Marvel Legendary if you want more cooperation, and if your friends refused to play any board games, but they are huge marvel movie fans. I recommend Mage Knight if you have VERY patient friends, or you would rather spend money on a solo board game than a video game :) <cite>Kerred posted [p:886295539] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>Hard to compare. I recommend Dominion if you are into pure strategy/high-level play, have a LOT of money (expansions), and/or you meet a lot of non-gamers. I recommend Star Realms if you travel a lot, want something cheap, and intend to just play 2 players a lot. I recommend Clank if you want a dungeon crawler that's also a deckbuilder. I recommend Ascension if you find Dominion plays too slow or you like thinking on your feet more with the changing cards to buy. I recommend Marvel Legendary if you want more cooperation, and if your friends refused to play any board games, but they are huge marvel movie fans. I recommend Mage Knight if you have VERY patient friends, or you would rather spend money on a solo board game than a video game :)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wah_wah_wah 09/09/17 10:46:17 AM #70:	I like rip-offs of Dominion more than I like Dominion. Particularly Paperback. <cite>wah_wah_wah posted [p:886296045] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>I like rip-offs of Dominion more than I like Dominion. Particularly Paperback.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkman124 09/09/17 4:52:29 PM #71:	what kind of person would you recommend twilight struggle to? --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:886311922] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>what kind of person would you recommend twilight struggle to?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sabram 09/09/17 5:07:23 PM #72:	Let's not forget that there is now a Dark Souls board game. I found it rather fun to play. --- Finally completed the Platinum for Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 on Vita. PSN: Sabram - NNID: Lord.Sabram <cite>Sabram posted [p:886312617] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>Let's not forget that there is now a Dark Souls board game. I found it rather fun to play.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 09/10/17 2:27:41 AM #73:	Have any of you played Guild Of Dungeoneering on Steam? Is there any card games like that in real life? --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:886336233] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>Have any of you played Guild Of Dungeoneering on Steam? Is there any card games like that in real life?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ruvan22 09/10/17 11:09:09 PM #74:	Just went to a Boardgame meetup, a few more to add to the list - Glux - some light math required, a bit like chess and go combined Secret Hitler - an advanced version of the assassin party game, really well done structured rules and abilities depending on how much power the "bad guys" have <cite>Ruvan22 posted [p:886384423] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote>Just went to a Boardgame meetup, a few more to add to the list - Glux - some light math required, a bit like chess and go combined Secret Hitler - an advanced version of the assassin party game, really well done structured rules and abilities depending on how much power the "bad guys" have</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gunplagirl 09/11/17 3:33:07 AM #75:	Kerred posted... gunplagirl posted... What's that one space one with hexa tiles and that takes forever just to set up and even longer to play? That is a lot :) But i'll guess Eclipse: Dawn for a new Galaxy? If not that, then Nexus Ops? Space Empires 4x? Twilight Imperium? Space with hex tiles is its own genre :3 It was twilight imperium lol Yay for new ones to check out tho --- Pokemon Moon FC: 1994-2190-5020 IGN: Vanessa <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:886392819] in Starting w... [t:75734197]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kerred posted...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote>What's that one space one with hexa tiles and that takes forever just to set up and even longer to play?</quote> That is a lot :) But i'll guess Eclipse: Dawn for a new Galaxy? If not that, then Nexus Ops? Space Empires 4x? Twilight Imperium? Space with hex tiles is its own genre :3</quote> It was twilight imperium lol Yay for new ones to check out tho</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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