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OctilIery
01/22/18 11:14:55 PM
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I don't think I've been this excited for a board game in a damn long time lol
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ChromaticAngel
01/22/18 11:19:10 PM
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take it back and buy Kingdom Death Monster instead.
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OctilIery
01/23/18 2:58:38 PM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
take it back and buy Kingdom Death Monster instead.

Fuck that. I'd much rather have Gloomhaven, especially considering its significantly cheaper and easier to get people playing.

Plus Gloomhavens box is heavier XD
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MC_BatCommander
01/23/18 2:59:15 PM
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I've played it a few times, currently playing a Scoundrel. It's pretty neat, but tearing up cards still freaks me out.
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OctilIery
01/23/18 3:03:05 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
I've played it a few times, currently playing a Scoundrel. It's pretty neat, but tearing up cards still freaks me out.

I don't think you're supposed to tear them up o.o
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OctilIery
01/23/18 3:13:01 PM
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dolomedes posted...
i'll play witchu

Come to Oregon!
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MC_BatCommander
01/23/18 3:16:59 PM
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OctilIery posted...
MC_BatCommander posted...
I've played it a few times, currently playing a Scoundrel. It's pretty neat, but tearing up cards still freaks me out.

I don't think you're supposed to tear them up o.o


You don't have to but yeah you can tear them up if they have the symbol on them since they are otherwise removed from the game forever. The host of the game insisted on tearing them so we do.
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Hexenherz
01/23/18 3:17:22 PM
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OctilIery posted...
dolomedes posted...
i'll play witchu

Come to Oregon!

Maaaan

I miss Oregon so much
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OctilIery
01/23/18 3:20:59 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
OctilIery posted...
MC_BatCommander posted...
I've played it a few times, currently playing a Scoundrel. It's pretty neat, but tearing up cards still freaks me out.

I don't think you're supposed to tear them up o.o


You don't have to but yeah you can tear them up if they have the symbol on them since they are otherwise removed from the game forever. The host of the game insisted on tearing them so we do.

Yeesh no! There are very few that are gone forever, and you might wanna play again. Wtf!

Hexenherz posted...
OctilIery posted...
dolomedes posted...
i'll play witchu

Come to Oregon!

Maaaan

I miss Oregon so much

It's so. Awesome here <3
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spanky1
01/23/18 3:21:45 PM
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spanky1
01/23/18 3:22:49 PM
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Wait is it finally out for full retail release?

Or is it still in that weird, mysterious kickstarter phase where there's all kinds of different editions and people are getting them randomly?
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MC_BatCommander
01/23/18 3:27:39 PM
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dolomedes posted...
MC_BatCommander posted...
You don't have to but yeah you can tear them up if they have the symbol on them since they are otherwise removed from the game forever. The host of the game insisted on tearing them so we do.


wtf

does the host have an unlimited supply of money for board games?


lol, they are his main hobby and he has a ton of them. This is a pretty unique feature that not many board games have. They're generally referred to as "Legacy" games which are games meant to be played over many, many sessions. Since the cards have no use beyond their initial one, some people like to destroy and throw them away.
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OctilIery
01/23/18 3:31:40 PM
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spanky1 posted...
Wait is it finally out for full retail release?

Or is it still in that weird, mysterious kickstarter phase where there's all kinds of different editions and people are getting them randomly?

It's officially released, and lives up to the hype :3
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Kerred
01/23/18 3:34:08 PM
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Game store manager here.

I was lucky enough to get 20 Gloomhavens (most local stores got less than 10 in the US). Those were just enough to fill our pre-orders back in June O____o

But everyone's been loving it, and coincidentally I designed a card combat like system similar to Gloomhaven a while ago, and I'm glad someone had the same vision I had!

Enjoy, and I wish you best in actually finishing it XD
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Balrog0
01/23/18 3:34:20 PM
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Kerred
01/23/18 3:35:10 PM
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spanky1 posted...
Wait is it finally out for full retail release?

Or is it still in that weird, mysterious kickstarter phase where there's all kinds of different editions and people are getting them randomly?


official release date was January 19th, but most places already sold out due to pre-orders a long time ago.

Miniature Market only had 113 left after their pre-orders, and sold out within 1 hour.
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Balrog0
01/23/18 3:37:02 PM
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Kerred posted...
spanky1 posted...
Wait is it finally out for full retail release?

Or is it still in that weird, mysterious kickstarter phase where there's all kinds of different editions and people are getting them randomly?


official release date was January 19th, but most places already sold out due to pre-orders a long time ago.

Miniature Market only had 113 left after their pre-orders, and sold out within 1 hour.


Walmart had a sale on it and it sold out so fast
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Kerred
01/23/18 3:40:25 PM
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^ I was surprised as I though Isaac was just a small company to make it to the Walmart big leagues.

From what I understand, 43,000 were published for the US this time. I need to look that up.
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ChromaticAngel
01/23/18 3:46:10 PM
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spanky1 posted...
Wait is it finally out for full retail release?

Or is it still in that weird, mysterious kickstarter phase where there's all kinds of different editions and people are getting them randomly?


Do you mean Founders of Gloomhaven?

Gloomhaven proper has been out for a long time.
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spanky1
01/23/18 3:49:23 PM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
spanky1 posted...
Wait is it finally out for full retail release?

Or is it still in that weird, mysterious kickstarter phase where there's all kinds of different editions and people are getting them randomly?


Do you mean Founders of Gloomhaven?

Gloomhaven proper has been out for a long time.

After looking at google for a bit, no it hasn't. Official retail release was January 19th, 2018, four days ago.
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ChromaticAngel
01/23/18 3:51:22 PM
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spanky1 posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
spanky1 posted...
Wait is it finally out for full retail release?

Or is it still in that weird, mysterious kickstarter phase where there's all kinds of different editions and people are getting them randomly?


Do you mean Founders of Gloomhaven?

Gloomhaven proper has been out for a long time.

After looking at google for a bit, no it hasn't. Official retail release was January 19th, 2018, four days ago.

I've played it since last year and it's been on sale at basically every con.

and the founders of gloomhaven kickstarter was also like the middle of last year
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spanky1
01/23/18 3:55:03 PM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
spanky1 posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
spanky1 posted...
Wait is it finally out for full retail release?

Or is it still in that weird, mysterious kickstarter phase where there's all kinds of different editions and people are getting them randomly?


Do you mean Founders of Gloomhaven?

Gloomhaven proper has been out for a long time.

After looking at google for a bit, no it hasn't. Official retail release was January 19th, 2018, four days ago.

I've played it since last year and it's been on sale at basically every con.

and the founders of gloomhaven kickstarter was also like the middle of last year

Yeah but I'm talking about the full retail release.

It's different.
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ChromaticAngel
01/23/18 4:01:22 PM
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spanky1 posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
spanky1 posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
spanky1 posted...
Wait is it finally out for full retail release?

Or is it still in that weird, mysterious kickstarter phase where there's all kinds of different editions and people are getting them randomly?


Do you mean Founders of Gloomhaven?

Gloomhaven proper has been out for a long time.

After looking at google for a bit, no it hasn't. Official retail release was January 19th, 2018, four days ago.

I've played it since last year and it's been on sale at basically every con.

and the founders of gloomhaven kickstarter was also like the middle of last year

Yeah but I'm talking about the full retail release.

It's different.

I suppose you mean actual nationwide distribution.

A friend of mine literally bought it for himself just this past Christmas but it makes sense if the "release date" was because availability was limited.

Like, movies will have release dates on Saturday but you can almost always see the movie on friday and if it's a big enough release some places will have it showing on thursday, but the release date is still Saturday.
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spanky1
01/23/18 6:57:47 PM
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I got it. >_>

I just now went and got it. <_<

My gaming shop had it so I went ahead and got it. >_>

I dunno when I'm even gonna play it, because Monster Hunter is out soon and I'll be deep into that for a long while. But I figured I may as well just go ahead and get it, so I got it.
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OctilIery
01/23/18 11:15:53 PM
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It's sad how much, even with friends to play with, having solo play available excites me for a game lol
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spanky1
01/24/18 12:01:04 AM
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OctilIery posted...
It's sad how much, even with friends to play with, having solo play available excites me for a game lol

Oh definitely, it seems like a really good solo game, kind of like Mage Knight imo.
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Balrog0
01/24/18 9:33:47 AM
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spanky1 posted...
I got it. >_>

I just now went and got it. <_<

My gaming shop had it so I went ahead and got it. >_>

I dunno when I'm even gonna play it, because Monster Hunter is out soon and I'll be deep into that for a long while. But I figured I may as well just go ahead and get it, so I got it.


I almost got it and I have a backlog of several games I've never played but own (Bloody Inn and Millenium Blades are the only two I can think of right now)
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Darkman124
01/24/18 9:36:04 AM
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i've been trying to get my wife and her best friend to commit to playing a legacy boardgame with me

we play terraforming mars on the reg so i don't think it's beyond them

the day they say yes i'm buying a copy of gloomhaven
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Drpooplol
01/24/18 10:00:15 AM
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It's $189???

What makes a board game worth that much? Oh wait that was just on eBay.
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Darkman124
01/24/18 10:02:20 AM
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Drpooplol posted...

What makes a board game worth that much?


divide cost by hours of play you get out of it
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Drpooplol
01/24/18 10:07:14 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
Drpooplol posted...

What makes a board game worth that much?


divide cost by hours of play you get out of it

No, I understand consumer value. How much is the game retail? Does the game just have a lot of physical pieces to make.
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Darkman124
01/24/18 10:10:44 AM
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Drpooplol posted...

No, I understand consumer value. How much is the game retail? Does the game just have a lot of physical pieces to make.


suggested retail is 140 on bgg

there's a lot of pieces, yes.
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Drpooplol
01/24/18 10:17:21 AM
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What kind of game is it. Tell me so i can be lazy and not do any research myself
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Darkman124
01/24/18 10:21:51 AM
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Drpooplol posted...
What kind of game is it. Tell me so i can be lazy and not do any research myself


cooperative tactical combat/dungeoncrawling
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Balrog0
01/24/18 10:27:04 AM
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the box is like 22 pounds
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ChromaticAngel
01/24/18 11:18:27 AM
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Drpooplol posted...
What kind of game is it. Tell me so i can be lazy and not do any research myself


It's basically dumbed down D&D but that is its own merit. For people who don't want to have to sift through books and books of rules for stupid shit or deal with finicky DMs, the game streamlines the dungoneering process and removes most of the roleplaying aspects so that it's more of a straight up board game.
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spanky1
01/24/18 11:52:23 AM
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The box is massive. Here it is sitting on top of all my other board games. Note that this is the side of the box, it's sitting just like all the other board games. It's as tall as it is fat.

aNsyDaM

ChromaticAngel posted...
Drpooplol posted...
What kind of game is it. Tell me so i can be lazy and not do any research myself


It's basically dumbed down D&D but that is its own merit. For people who don't want to have to sift through books and books of rules for stupid shit or deal with finicky DMs, the game streamlines the dungoneering process and removes most of the roleplaying aspects so that it's more of a straight up board game.

I wouldn't call it a dumbed down D&D. I would say Descent is much more like a dumbed down D&D.

Gloomhaven is D&D thematically, that's for sure, but it plays more like a hybrid of Euro games and thematic games. The combat is more like a puzzle. You don't throw dice and do stat checks. You manage your card hand and figure out the best plays to make.
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spanky1
01/24/18 11:55:11 AM
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Also.

1,700 cards.

And 18 sheets of thick punch out cardboard pieces.
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MC_BatCommander
01/24/18 12:20:01 PM
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spanky1 posted...
The box is massive. Here it is sitting on top of all my other board games. Note that this is the side of the box, it's sitting just like all the other board games. It's as tall as it is fat.

aNsyDaM

ChromaticAngel posted...
Drpooplol posted...
What kind of game is it. Tell me so i can be lazy and not do any research myself


It's basically dumbed down D&D but that is its own merit. For people who don't want to have to sift through books and books of rules for stupid shit or deal with finicky DMs, the game streamlines the dungoneering process and removes most of the roleplaying aspects so that it's more of a straight up board game.

I wouldn't call it a dumbed down D&D. I would say Descent is much more like a dumbed down D&D.

Gloomhaven is D&D thematically, that's for sure, but it plays more like a hybrid of Euro games and thematic games. The combat is more like a puzzle. You don't throw dice and do stat checks. You manage your card hand and figure out the best plays to make.


I will say the miniatures and monsters that come with Gloomhaven are excellent for DnD :D
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OctilIery
01/24/18 1:05:25 PM
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I just punched everything out last night, running a solo game to learn everything today.

Also, first post from a new phone!
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spanky1
01/24/18 1:32:36 PM
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OctilIery posted...
I just punched everything out last night, running a solo game to learn everything today.

Also, first post from a new phone!

Let me know how it goes and any tips.

I've read some rules but not all of them. How many characters are you using for solo game? Which ones?
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Darkman124
01/24/18 1:34:38 PM
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dear nerds

do any of you play terraforming mars
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OctilIery
01/24/18 2:51:45 PM
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spanky1 posted...
OctilIery posted...
I just punched everything out last night, running a solo game to learn everything today.

Also, first post from a new phone!

Let me know how it goes and any tips.

I've read some rules but not all of them. How many characters are you using for solo game? Which ones?

Gonna use two characters. Thinking tinkerer and mindstealer.
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OctilIery
01/24/18 2:52:02 PM
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Darkman124 posted...
dear nerds

do any of you play terraforming mars

I really want to,I've heard great things
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spanky1
01/24/18 2:54:25 PM
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OctilIery posted...
spanky1 posted...
OctilIery posted...
I just punched everything out last night, running a solo game to learn everything today.

Also, first post from a new phone!

Let me know how it goes and any tips.

I've read some rules but not all of them. How many characters are you using for solo game? Which ones?

Gonna use two characters. Thinking tinkerer and mindstealer.

I'm gonna do the rogue lady but I dunno about my second character. :\
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OctilIery
01/24/18 3:06:39 PM
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spanky1 posted...
OctilIery posted...
spanky1 posted...
OctilIery posted...
I just punched everything out last night, running a solo game to learn everything today.

Also, first post from a new phone!

Let me know how it goes and any tips.

I've read some rules but not all of them. How many characters are you using for solo game? Which ones?

Gonna use two characters. Thinking tinkerer and mindstealer.

I'm gonna do the rogue lady but I dunno about my second character. :\

I watched someone do a play through that had scoundrel, spellweaver, and brute, so I wanted to do something new.
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