Board games

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I just found out about Yetisburg. Civil War game that takes place in Gettysburg but fought with Yetis.

http://paizo.com/titanicGames/v5748btpy81x6

Also, a new Risk game is coming out soon.

[Zhukov]

I have never played Risk, but I grew up playing Axis and Allies. A Canadian workmate of mine forced me to come to his house to play Axis and Allies recently, and I had a great time. He also taught me how to play Magic The Gathering - not so great, but still better than I thought.

I would get into any board game I think.

I want to buy myself a replica set of the Lewis Chessmen. For christmas. An expensive set, too. My girlfriend is from Lewis.

[pac-man]

They need to re-release Fireball Island.

[darkvare]

i have clue of my own and love risk i want some of thosee weird ones

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I also want to get a copy of paranoia. I've never played it but it sounds fantastic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)

Intended as a spoof on other RPGs, the Paranoia rulebook is unique in a number of ways. For example, in earlier versions of Paranoia, the entire chapter on rules is labeled 'optional', and player knowledge of the rules is treasonous (treason, of course, being punishable by summary execution).

[Angryhydralisk]

I always got stuck with board games that were kick ass but hard-to-find now, like...

Hero Quest (i've had no less than 3 copies of this over 15 years.)
Tornado Taz
Back Off, Buzzard!
Pass The Pigs (I'm sure this one's still in print but it's great!)
Monopoly Jr.
1313 Dead End Drive (The Original with the mean-mugging detective and the rules that made no sense.)
One that had a bunch of adventurers collecting a jewel from a big tiki's mouth.
Some other board game that had six knights and two worlds, one on each side of the mat. Real awkward, and barely made sense.

[Neen]

Donkey Kong had a board game.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0759/

Incidentally, I think that site may have been out-competed by I-mockery. It's natural selection, people.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I always got stuck with board games that were kick ass but hard-to-find now, like...

Hero Quest (i've had no less than 3 copies of this over 15 years.)
Tornado Taz
Back Off, Buzzard!
Pass The Pigs (I'm sure this one's still in print but it's great!)
Monopoly Jr.
1313 Dead End Drive (The Original with the mean-mugging detective and the rules that made no sense.)
One that had a bunch of adventurers collecting a jewel from a big tiki's mouth.
Some other board game that had six knights and two worlds, one on each side of the mat. Real awkward, and barely made sense.


1313 Dead End drive was the bomb.

The board game with the six knights I believe is Key to the Kingdom. Where you have you go through a whirlpool to get to the other map. One of my favs, I still have a copy of it.

[LordSappington]

MORE LIKE BORED GAMES AMIRITE

[pac-man]

http://www.darwinsgamecloset.com/images/FireballIsland1986.jpg

Bring it back, god damn it!

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Fireball Island looks more in-tense than camping. I want that!

[Zomboid]

lol@ "in-tense"

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I don't think anyone would have gotten the pun if I had spelled intense correctly.

[Zomboid]

I don't think it would really be a pun if you had.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

More in tents than camping

[OxBlood]

Even I get that ;)

[pac-man]

I got it and lol'd. Fireball Island is a fucking awesome board game. Also, I don't know if Mr. Game Show qualifies as a "board game", but they need to bring that shit back too.

EDIT: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Mr_Game_Show_toy_box.jpg Somebody here has got to remember this. I still have mine but he doesn't work for shit anymore :(

[OxBlood]

Let me show you one of my personal favorites as I am an eager Boardgame player or at least try to be...finding people who actually LIKE boardgames is pretty hard.

http://www.hds-fantasy.de/Images/Arkham%20Horror_german.jpg (http://www.hds-fantasy.de/Images/Arkham%20Horror_german.jpg)

Excellent game from my favorite "Universe" and it looks the way a boardgame has to look like:

http://www.boardgamebeast.com/images/arkham-horror-6154.jpg

Tons or cardboard-clips, cards and stuff lying around and the whole thing takes 3-4 hours to complete...that´s my kind of game.

[Sam]

Fuck you for having that OxBlood. I fucking want that but that shit costs like $50 bucks everytime I find it. >:

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Pac-man: I found out my friend has a copy of Fireball Island, might play it next week sometime. I don't remember the Mr. Game Show though. It looks pretty out there.

OxBlood: This game looks really nice, haven't heard of it before though. Any board game that takes 4 hrs to play though count me in. It is really hard to find enough people to play them regularly though.

Sam: It seems the cost on a lot of games is awful. I've been trying to get a copy of Atmosfear for a while but it's still $50. For now we're settling on still having of copy of Nightmare: Video Board Game.

[VaporTrailx1]

How bought these 2?
(The German version was the first pic I found)

http://www.michas-spielmitmir.de/bilder/omega_virus.jpeg
http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic290658_md.jpg

[Girl Drink Drunk]

I wanna play Hero Quest again :(

[darkvare]

Fuck you for having that OxBlood. I fucking want that but that shit costs like $50 bucks everytime I find it. >:
is 120 bucks on amazon.com

[executioneer]

I also want to get a copy of paranoia. I've never played it but it sounds fantastic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)

Intended as a spoof on other RPGs, the Paranoia rulebook is unique in a number of ways. For example, in earlier versions of Paranoia, the entire chapter on rules is labeled 'optional', and player knowledge of the rules is treasonous (treason, of course, being punishable by summary execution).

i've got the paranoia xp rulebook, and even though i've never played it with anyone just reading it was pretty fun, the sense of humor is fantastic

[OxBlood]

is 120 bucks on amazon.com

What? 120$? Let´s see...that would be about 93€. I think I paid about 40€ for it, 51$. A pretty fair price for such a massive thing.

And concerning Hero Quest, guess what I bought not long ago for about 20 bucks. Hehe. Oh and I love to buy things in $, saves me quite a bit of money.

Funfact about Star Quest, the 40k Version of Hero Quest (don´t know if it has the same name in the US): All weapons have been re-written into non-lethal ones in the german version.



And the next game:

http://www.hillcity-comics.com/games/ffg_runebound.jpg

http://www.erzo.org/shannon/images-rpg/runebound2-1.jpg

Nice too but more of the fantasy-kind. Also 50 Bucks ;)

[Angryhydralisk]

Hell, I remember Tips & Tricks did an induction on roughly a dozen video-game themed board games. Then again, so has X-entertainment.

[argonath]

My brother and I used to play Stratego, Risk, Creature Features (a Monopoly knock-off with classic horror movies), The Goonies, Fury of Dracula, and Talisman a lot about 15 years ago. I've gotten a few games since then, but it is hard to find time/people to play with. I think if I ever get Arkham Horror it would make me buckle down and find a group somewhere.

[MailCall]

I come from the era before video games. We played baseball outside when it was sunny. When it rained we played baseball. In the snow we played football in a guy's back yard across from the grade school. But when the weather got too bad, or if we couldn't get enough guys together for sports, we played board games. Our favorites were stat-driven sports games like Strat-O-Matic Baseball and Paydirt. Back then companies like Avalon Hill and Sports Illustrated would come out with lots of these types of board games. They were kinda like Dungeons And Dragons, they had dice you'd roll for outcomes, but instead of Orcs and Mages you'd have Wide Receivers and Second Basemen.

[bigtimecow]

we've been playing clue for the past couple of days. it's fuckin ballin

[Pentegarn]

When I was at Origins I played a game called Battue that I had to own.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/images-5.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/images2.jpg

[Tadao]

Yahtzee free for all. It's awesome. Our family like to drink and yell and cheat.

http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic348628_t.jpg

[executioneer]

i've been playing a lot of monopoly online :x :x :x (although it's the here & now world edititon so it's got all the property names wrong and the money is in fractions of millions instead of 1-500 increments >:)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I want to play monopoly online. I'm not such a fan of themed monopoly boards though. I had to play on an NFL board once. It was lame. They came out with a Tree house of horror board. Bad news bears.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

So I went out with a few of my girlfriends last night to a bar. At around 3:30 they're like "Let's go home and play Mall Madness!". I was thinking it was going to be some kind of drinking game with cards. Boy was I wrong. Mall Madness is a board game for girls that is kinda like monopoly but I think the point of the game is to get rid of all your money the quickest.....guess what game I didn't win last night???


http://www.thetoyguy.com/gamereviews/art/mall_madness.jpg]

[Sam]

NINTENDO MONOPOLY! :eek

At Christmas we played a lot of Upwords at my house. :(

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I don't know if it's just me but I really don't like upwards. My roomie got Nintendo Monopoly but haven't opened yet.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Was playing Monopoly last night and we ended up using some rules that we haven't in a while.

$400 if you land directly on GO. My cousin told me that was the way they played in California but that was in 1989. Usually we play with tax money and such going into the middle for free parking. I never play with the bidding on properties rule so that was an adjustment.

Anyone use any uncommon house rules.

[DevilWearsPrada]

I use those exact rules every time I play

[Misdemonar]

THE QUAKELIVE THREAD BEATS THE SHIT OUT OF THIS ONE.

[executioneer]

what the hell is quakelive

[Tadao]

It's a new board game from id

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

yeah, wish you woulda put a space in it. I saw it was pronounced quackalife.

[stevetothepast]

this is the best board game ever.

http://actionfigurecanada.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/27053896.jpg

[Dimnos]

On the contrary...

http://www.waynesbooks.com/images/graphics/grauders1.jpg

[stevetothepast]

what the hell is that? haha it looks awesome, but I can't make out the name. (gammarauders??)

[executioneer]

YOU'RE BOTH WRONG

http://www.sjgames.com/awfulgreen/img/cover_lg.jpg

[Dimnos]

That. Is a rampaging cyborg T-Rex. Yeah Gammarauders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammarauders

[Babs]

http://www.darwinsgamecloset.com/images/WeaponsWarriorsCastleCombat.jpg

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I've been playing Cosmic Encounter lately which is amazing fun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_encounter
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Cosmic_Encounter_%28FFG%29.jpg

[Dr. Boogie]

http://waltthewell.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/carcassonne-game1.jpg

My sister and I love this game, but she thinks I cheat because I always wind up with the most churches.

[OxBlood]

Why do I feel like I´ve never been in this thread while reading my own stuff on page one...I really should get my memory-flesh checked.

Anyway, newest additions to my ever growing army of boardgame-cyberzombaliens:

http://rated-best.org/blog/2008/07/14/pandemic.jpg

100% cooperative game to save the world from highly contagious deseases! Whoo.


http://www.cuhkacs.org/%7Ehenryporter/Bo-Blog/attachment/1239179814_0.jpg

Not so cooperative game with the classic "All vs. 1 Traitor"-mechanic. If you like the show and have more than 3 hours time, give it a try, it´s pretty nice.


https://ssl102.webhosting.optonline.net/gamesandgiftsgalore.com/merchantmanager/images/uploads/shadowsovercamelot.jpg

About the same in terms of player vs. traitor but this time with quests and the holy grail. Why not.

[stevetothepast]

I like battlestar but I don't think I could commit myself to playing 3 hours worth of a board game based on it's universe. Pandemic looks fucking cool.

[OxBlood]

I like battlestar but I don't think I could commit myself to playing 3 hours worth of a board game based on it's universe. Pandemic looks fucking cool.

Ah, BSG is less about being in the universe but being a friggin mean Cylon foiling the noble plans of the humans ;)

And Pandemic is indeed pretty neat. Nice thing about it is that it is so darn easy to explain and teach.

[Dimnos]

http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/gifs/nwbox.jpg

http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/gifs/ne.jpg

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I want to get a copy of Paranoia to play:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)

[Dimnos]

I want to get a copy of Paranoia to play:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)

http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4694218/marijuana11-main_Full.jpg

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

:lol

[executioneer]

i've got the paranoia xp rulebook, you don't really NEED a copy as long as the GM's got one- in fact, knowledge of the rules is a good way to get your character killed ;( it is a pretty excellent read, though

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

That's what I've read. I'll look into just grabbing the rulebook then.

[stevetothepast]

this game is not so much a board game, but is really fun.

http://www.timewarptoys.com/rebound78.jpg

[Pentegarn]

Wow Rebound takes me back. Made me remember me of some other old school games I played as a youngin'.

Pathfinder. It was kind of like battleship, but with mazes instead of boats.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/pathfinder.jpg

Dark Tower. A pretty neat electronic board game where you took your turn off of the tower and it would tell you what happened to your band of warriors each turn.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/darktower2.jpg http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/darktower.jpg

Crossbows and Catapults (parents hated this one) you used mini crossbows and catapults to fire hard plastic ammo at each others castles. The one to get an ammo piece into the center tile of their opponent's castle first won.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/crossbows.jpg

Dungeon. TSR made a fantasy board game back in the day, simple to follow rules but with some balance issues between character goals.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/dungeon1.jpg http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/dungeon2.jpg

[RaNkeri]

Nothing beats "The Star of Africa"

[stevetothepast]

we want pictures of it then.

[executioneer]

Dungeon. TSR made a fantasy board game back in the day, simple to follow rules but with some balance issues between character goals.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/dungeon1.jpg http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/dungeon2.jpg

i think i posted about dungeon in an older board game thread :( GOOD MEMORIES

[OxBlood]

Okay, so everybody liked Pandemic a lot, next let´s see what they say to Talisman 4th (old, I know but not a common sight in Germany)...I would play Prophecy with them but there are some in the group that can´t speak english so that one´s out.

[OxBlood]

So I bought
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/chaos_in_the_old_world/picture_pool/citow-sellsheet.png

And guess what? It´s awesome, who would have thought that ;)
4 eternal powers of chaos duking it out on the back of the poor wretched mortals while spreading disease and degeneration? Slaughtering everything in their path and corrupting the very soil their diablolic minions stand on while loyal cultists scream their names before being sacrificed in the name of the twisted forces of chaos itself?

Sign me up.

[Zhukov]

I was thinking of getting that. Have you played it yet?

[OxBlood]

I´ve played 2 times with myself emulating the other players, just to get a grip on the rules and all that. But even alone it´s quite fun (if you can bring yourself to oppose your other 2 or 3 selfs if you know what I mean).

Anyway, it is definetely a lot of fun, everyone tries to win the way their Chaosgod should which is different for each of the 4 gods (Khorne has to kill in as many different regions as possible per round, the other three have to corrupt the land in specific ways) while trying to stop the other gods from dominating too much or pitting your enemies against each other (Tzeentch teleporting other player´s figures around the board, forcing them to fight, Slaanesh keeping Khorne from fighting or Khorne preventing Nurgle from infesting the lands for example).

If you want, I can briefly explain how the game is played, if you haven´t already read the rules.

[Zhukov]

Yeah, that would be cool.

Also;


BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD. SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE.

[executioneer]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD. SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE.
x100

[OxBlood]

Okay, lets see...this might lead to a wall of text, but I love explaining these things, so bear with me :D

The objective of the game is to either score 50 victory points or as many VP as you can by the end of the game (which is 7 rounds) OR advance the "threat-dial" of the God you´re playing as all the way to the end which takes different amounts of ticks depending on who you play. How do you get any of these? I shall explain a little later.

The beauty of the game, other than the fact that you play as a friggin God of Chaos (I like that fact a lot even though I don´t have any history with the Warhammer Universe...with Chaos...that´s another thing), is that you have to work towards your goal while trying to hamper the efforts of your fellow players, preferably WITH another player only to doublecross him in the next round all while the old world down below tries to fend you off (they won´t succeed with that mwuhehehe)

So, how exactly is the game played? It is divided into 6 phases which I will explain below. Spoilertags for more convenience.


1. Old World:
Here, one card is drawn that represents things that happen to the world. Could be dwarfen trollslayers, could be a skaven invasion, who knows. These Cards alter certain things in the world. The player with the least threat carries out these cards and CAN get some kind of advantage out of some cards.

2. Draw:
As easy as it gets. You draw as many cards as your God is allowed to (all Gods draw 2, except Tzeentch, he draws to five, meaning he should burn through all his cards each round if possible)

3. Summon:
One of the most important phases. Beginning with Khorne, each player can either play one figure or one of his Chaoscards. Figures enable you to battle other figures, to dominate the regions of the board for points and, in the case of your cultists, to corrupt regions which can give numerous advantages but also risks the permanent ruination of a region which makes it pretty much unusable (Khorne doesn´t care about such things, no no).
Chaoscards can do many different things, again, dependant on which god you play as.

An example for each: Khorne can strike first in battle, Nurgle can use his corruption to dominate a region instead of his troops, Tzeentch can Shield his figures and Slaanesh can prevent a battle in a given region.

The summoning phase is interdependant since you always place your figures and cards in the same order (Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch, Slanesh, Khorne, etc.) so you react to what your opponents do and try to foil their plans. You pay for all those things with powerpoints of which there is a nice little track on your God-Sheet (you can see Tzeentch´s up there in the image I posted earlier).

4. Battle
And now it is time for the aforementioned skulls for the Skull Throne and yes, the blood for the Blood God. Each region is checked for combatants and if there are any, a battle ensues. You roll dice to determine how many hits you score (4,5,6 hits, 6 are rolled again and can score even more hits) and then apply these hits to a target of your choice. This is Khorne´s Phase, since he scores Dialpoints by killing one or more enemies in a given region. Many battles. Much blood. That is the way of the Khorne-Player.

5. Domination & Corruption

Domination in a region scores you the ammount of points the region is worth and is calculated by the sum of your Figures (not the power, just the number of troops present) plus the powercost of the cards you played in this region in the summon-phase.

After that you play one of your corruption-tokens for each of your cultists in any given region. This is the phase of Nurgle, since he gains Dialpoints by corrupting populated regions of the board (there are 4 populated regions, 9 regions total). It is also the phase of Tzeentch and Slaanesh to a certain extent, since they score their Dialpoints by corrupting certain regions as well. Tzeentch has to corrupt regions with Warpstone, a movable ressource in this game which corrupts the land on its own. Slaanesh has to corrupt regions that houses noblemen and -women, he is the prince of pleasure after all, so dirty orgys seem to be his kind of thing. He can use his powers to move royalty around by the way, so he is a very flexible power of chaos.

6. End Phase

This phase cleans up the board, all played chaos cards are discarded, heroes kill some of your troops, if any heroes are present at least, and if a region was finally ruined, it is scored.

A word on ruined regions.
If at any time there is a total of 12 corruption in a region, it is ruined, done for, finished, im Arsch. As soon as that happens, the powers that caused that final tipping of the scales score some points. In the End Phase, the one who contributed the most corruption to that region scores BIG again, the second one scores a little.


Those are the phases of the game, maybe I explained them too detailed, I don´t know but now you know how the game is played more or less.

One last thing that need to be explained: The dial itself. Not only does each and every advancement you get on the dial bring you closer to total victory, it also grants you bonusses. Some Victory points or maybe a valuable upgrade to your god? There´s one upgrade for each of your three troop-types as well as two upgrades for yourself, really really useful.

And...that´s Chaos in the old world in a nutshell more or less.

[Zhukov]

Well thank you for going to the trouble, that sounds cool.

As an aside, who is your chosen god?

[OxBlood]

Mine? Hm...I guess, I´m a Tzeentch kind of guy. The Changer of Ways is versatile, tries to avoid needles confrontation and can mess with the game quite a bit. Sounds like me :D

Gamewise, they are all cool since they all play pretty differently. I´m really looking forward to trying that thing out with real people :D

[OxBlood]

And yes, me again, the only Boardgame Enthusiast here :p

Fresh from Amazon (and the only thing that prevents me from goin on a bloody rampage because I accidently destroyed my TV):

http://www.criticalgamers.com/archives/pictures/StarcraftCover.jpg

and...yeah, it´s good, 50 Pages of Rules, 200 Plastic Dudes, a lot of work in terms of storing all the crap in the box but yeah, good stuff as far as I can tell...and I need a bigger Table, oh yes.

[Dimnos]

http://www.nexternal.com/dreamland/images/junta.jpg

[Zomboid]

I picked up a copy of CATOPOLY at the Super Flea Market!

[BatmanJohnson]

I want to buy and play Last night on Earth:The zombie survival game. Then Again I don't know how many of my friends would play with me. I'd also like to play Arkham Horror. But I know none of my friends would play with me.

[OxBlood]

But Arkham is a very nice game, played it about...3 or 4 times with my friends and up until now, everyone liked it. And only one other person besides me even knows who H.P. Lovecraft even was.

Why wouldn´t your guys play Arkham with you? I mean it´s an immersive, complex and rather well designed game with a lot of things you can do. AND it´s 100% cooperative, that´s always a plus.

[Zhukov]

Nah, I have the same problem. I'm a big fan of board and war games of all sorts, but I rarely play simply because there is not many people to play with. Only one of my friends like board games, and even then it's not as much as I do.

[Fathom Zero]

I'm the odd man out of all my friends who doesn't really enjoy these table top games. But they're hardcore into D&D, too. I can play MUNCHKIN.

[Pentegarn]

COSI had a board game event this evening and I played a game called Dwarven Dig

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6531

It was pretty neat

[Sam]

Munchkin is good, BUT MUNCHKIN CTHULHU IS BETTER!

[MrSmiley381]

I hate Munchkin because of people who just misinterpret the rules and cheat more than the game is designed to allow. Then again, shit is silly and fun.

Doom: The Board Game isn't half bad, either.

[Fathom Zero]

Munchkin is good, BUT MUNCHKIN CTHULHU IS BETTER!

HAVE IT. HAVE SUPER MUNCHKIN ALSO.

[Sam]

GET MUNCHKIN BLENDER AND COMBINE THEM SHITS

[Fathom Zero]

I WANT IT I WANT THEM ALL.

[BatmanJohnson]

So Munchkin is good? I've been considering getting it from my local comic store.

[Fathom Zero]

It's supah fun and supah easy to learn. LIFETIME TO MASTER.

[Zhukov]

Seen this Oxblood?

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=98&esem=1

Horus Heresy board game. My guess for price will be about $AU150/100 Euro.

[Zhukov]

Ah.. it's already priced. $US100.

Also, thanks again for not allowing me to edit Chojin.

[OxBlood]

Seen this Oxblood?

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=98&esem=1

Horus Heresy board game. My guess for price will be about $AU150/100 Euro.

Looks interesting...something I should keep in mind. Thanks for the heads up :) Tomorrow will be BG-Night again, I wonder what we´ll play...last time it was Shogun which was really good.

[BatmanJohnson]

Got Munchkin from my Secret Santa, I LOVE IT. I'm already ordering expansions.

[Chojin]

Ah.. it's already priced. $US100.

Also, thanks again for not allowing me to edit Chojin.

i don't remember the reason why, but i don't think i've ever done it without a reason

[Pentegarn]

Maybe he's learned his lesson, whatever it was.

[OxBlood]

So, the game of the evening was "Antike" or Antique, if that´s its english name. A rather light game of empire-building with a little research and a lot of conquest. Came in second which was alright since I didn´t try to do anything senseful with my Greek People.

[Zhukov]

The Greeks were never senseful, in my opinion.

Also, I think I know why I had my edit taken away.

[Pentegarn]

Speaking of Munchkin, my friend says he might be getting the Munchkin board game for x-mas, I saw a glimpse of it at the 2007 Origins convention (it was a Steven Jackson hosted sneak preview IIRC) and I liked what I saw so I can't wait for him to get it so we can learn to play it

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Every christmas eve I get together with my dads side of the family and we usually play a board game. We played catchphrase last night

My word was action figures so I said to my team: "Okay, so a girl will play will dolls. A boy will play with..."

and my Uncle Don yells out "A wuss!"

dammit :(

[Pentegarn]

Every christmas eve I get together with my dads side of the family and we usually play a board game. We played catchphrase last night

My word was action figures so I said to my team: "Okay, so a girl will play will dolls. A boy will play with..."

and my Uncle Don yells out "A wuss!"

dammit :(

:lol

[SLjimbolian]

Now this was one hell of a game.

http://www.boardgamesrus.com/images/Omega%20Virus%20G65.gif

[Ant10708]

Chess 4

Its a four player chess game. :hypno

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Like Chinese Checkers?

[Zhukov]

I played my little brother at chess the other day. He slew me :(

[OxBlood]

Shogi is a nice change of pace if you like chess-like games.

[Angryhydralisk]

And yes, me again, the only Boardgame Enthusiast here :p

Fresh from Amazon (and the only thing that prevents me from goin on a bloody rampage because I accidently destroyed my TV):

http://www.criticalgamers.com/archives/pictures/StarcraftCover.jpg

and...yeah, it´s good, 50 Pages of Rules, 200 Plastic Dudes, a lot of work in terms of storing all the crap in the box but yeah, good stuff as far as I can tell...and I need a bigger Table, oh yes.

Me and some friends split on this. Real fun to play. Really well balanced and some games have lasted from 2 minutes to an hour, depending on the scenario.

Don't they have an "expansion" to this out yet?

[OxBlood]

Yeah, there´s the Broodwar-Expansion but since I haven´t played the main game even once yet, I´m not even thinking about that ;)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Played Scattergories last night. The letter was E and I think we were on card 9 which had FRUITS.

I couldn't come up with anything so I put EGGFRUIT, my girlfriend couldn't come up with anything either. No points for us.

My roommate had a big smile on his face because he put Elton John. Points for him.

[Pentegarn]

And that is why Scattergories is so freaking awesome.

One time we had 'bad habits' and the letter was K.

My brother put 'kicking nuns'

I laughed so hard I insisted he get points for that

[OxBlood]

Got my eyes on Thunderstone. Seems to be a variant of Dominion, only with dungeoncrawlin instead of townbuilding.

But, of course, it´s not available over here, at least not for a reasonable price...what the heck is up with that anyway? Senji is 40€, Thunderstone is 40€, I mean, it´s not freaking Starcraft in terms of box-content, so make me a better price, you Boardgame-people.

[lumpisan]

does anyone remember the goosebumps board games? the thing was 3d and i got it when i was 6 took my mom 8 hours to put together and was in a graveyard.... they had another one with a ferris wheel.... i seem to remember the game being really complicated but fun

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I kind of remember the goosebumps BG. It reminded me a bit of 1313 Dead End Drive.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Scattergories last night and it came up with Letter G and fictional characters...so I used Grisly Gus and got two points.
We need to play scattergories online sometime.
Letter W with languages....no one got any points but I at least tried with "Wah Wah Wee Wah"
Letter K with signs of affection. They wouldn't give me a point for "Konging"
Letter G for Crimes. I got points for Gary Busey.

[Zhukov]

You know I once got the word 'cunt' in boggle. I have a photo somewhere.

God damn it was about 8 years ago. :(



Also, I made up some great words in Scrabble. You just have to say it confidently and be playing against uneducated bonces. Bit me in the arse when I tried 'qualia' and nobody (not even spell check, it seems) believed me that it is a word.


Please tell me what 'Konging' is meant to entail.

[Pentegarn]

Scattergories last night and it came up with Letter G and fictional characters...so I used Grisly Gus and got two points.
We need to play scattergories online sometime.
Letter W with languages....no one got any points but I at least tried with "Wah Wah Wee Wah"
Letter K with signs of affection. They wouldn't give me a point for "Konging"
Letter G for Crimes. I got points for Gary Busey.

Grisly Gus is as real as it gets

We do need to play Scattergories online somehow

For languages 'W' you could either have went with whistling and sited the robot owl from Clash of the Titans who used whistling to communicate. or 'Dubya' and said he spoke some kind of strange foreign language with words like 'strategery' and 'governmentalate' :lol

[Grislygus]

CHAHNESE CHECKERS


and yeah, scrabble rocks, along with putting money on cribbage

[Pentegarn]

^^^

See? Real.

[LordSappington]

My girlfriend got me hooked on Scrabble. It's a little frustratin online, though, because of all the cheap words people can use. My least favorite two are easily 'za' and 'qi'. Apparently, 'za' is short for 'pizza'. A guy got 33 points for some bullshit word like that, and I only got 11 for 'codeine'. :(

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Scrabble online is kinda bullshit because you can use a dictionary/online searching. I mean....I wouldn't but I know stupid fucks would.

[LordSappington]

There's a mode you can play where you can put down 'quhawz' or any other bullshit you feel like, but the other person can call you on your words.

[Zhukov]

Za? Fuck off with your short for pizza bullshit. I would throw the board across the room for that one; pizza does not need shortening.

[executioneer]

abbreviations don't count in real scrabble, wtf

[Zhukov]

I read somewhere that a child prodigy (at scrabble, probably considered a lower tier prodigious act by other youngsters) got the most points possible in scrabble on the word 'conquistador' running down the top left-hand side.

I would find evidence to back this up but I am lazy.

[LordSappington]

I would punch that smug little shit back into the womb.

[Pentegarn]

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/108764/monopoly-gets-a-makeover-but-will-die-hard-fans-buy-it??mod=family-home

New version of Monopoly. With 2 million dollars for passing go, round board, and kiss my ass Parker Brothers

[Grislygus]

(bye-bye, little boot!), and clips of popular songs (like Rihanna’s "Umbrella," Daniel Powter’s "Bad Day," and Beyonce's "Crazy in Love") that play after certain actions.

The Monopoly man came out of the closet?!

[Pentegarn]

Yeah the music clips throughout the game is a little too "Bells and Whistles" for a game that really needs no bells and whistles.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

THAT WEBSITE LINK "But it's bound to annoy die-hard fans of the comforting classic version, who might send it directly to jail come next fall."

:lol Awesome

__________________________________________________ ________________
I don't like how can't steal money from the till anymore because of ATM cards. I feel like completely cancels out house rules too. Like the california rule of landing on GO gets you $400 and of course free parking gets you the center loot.

>:

[OxBlood]

So my PC refuses to work because of some bullshit Trojan, so I ordered some Boardgames.

http://www.coolstuffinc.com/images/Products/Misc%20Art/Z-Man%20Games/zmg_dungeonlords.jpg

and

http://www.libermortis.co.uk/site/runewars-board-game/large-runewars-content.jpg

Take THAT, digital entertainment.

[Pentegarn]

I want the skinny on that board game Ox, it looks interesting.

[kahljorn]

TECH SAVVY YOUNGSTERS

[OxBlood]

I want the skinny on that board game Ox, it looks interesting.

Interesting...It´s been a while since I failed to understand a sentence because of one word...hate to ask, but what´s "skinny" supposed to mean in that sentence, it doesn´t make sense to me :confused:

Also, the the Picture of Runewars doesn´t work anymore...tsk...

[Pentegarn]

Interesting...It´s been a while since I failed to understand a sentence because of one word...hate to ask, but what´s "skinny" supposed to mean in that sentence, it doesn´t make sense to me :confused:

Also, the the Picture of Runewars doesn´t work anymore...tsk...

Entirely my fault Ox, I forgot about the language barrier. I was using slang to be silly.

'Skinny' is a rarely used slang for 'information'. What I meant was, 'I would like the information on that game, it looks interesting.'

So let's hear your opinion on it.

[OxBlood]

Ah okay, another word to devoured by my language processing thingy in my brain *devoures*.

So which one you wanna know about? Both my pics up there seem to have dissappeared, I´ll just talk about both. Not that they´ve arrived yet but I read the manuals online, so I know what awaits me.

Dungeon Lords:

Basically it´s a themed worker-placement-game with a slight puzzle-feel to it.

You build up your dungeon over the couse of a year (you dig tunnels, earn gold, buy traps and monsters, place rooms, hire kobolds (is that written with a K in english? Hm.) and so forth. Every round, more and more heroes amass in town and when they´re brave enough (meaning when there´s 3 of them), they try to invade your dungeon and now it´s up to you to defend it with the stuff you set up before.

An interesting little detail is the...I don´t know what Vlaada named it in english...let´s just call it the evil-o-meter, since that´s exactly what it is, it tracks how evil your Dungeon Lord is. You can gain evilness by stealing food from the villagers (can happen if you come in second or third when it comes to gathering food) or stuff like that and if you get TOO evil...THE PALADIN APPROACHES!
That´s right, some goody-two-shoes sits around in his tent all year and once someone becomes evil enough he gets up and leads the other heroes against you. He´s basically a whole party of adventurers all by himself, he can cast spells, disarm traps, heal other adventurers...but if you can beat him, he scores you a lot of points and there´s only 2 of them in the game.

Apart from that you also have to deal with Dungeon-Taxes (the whole game has this Demon-Apprentice-feel to it and the Ministry of...Dungeons collects taxes from you while you are evaluated as a Dungeon Lord) and the payday for your Monsters. Feed and pay them, or they leave and talk badly about you (which makes you more evil).


The whole thing sounds like a lot of fun to me and I´m really excited to give that thing a spin once it arrives. Also worth mentioning is the absolutely awesome rulebook which does a really good job at explaining everything to you AND teaching you how to teach others with a battle-tutorial and some kind of quiz for different situations in the game. Really well done.



The second game, I´ll talk about is Runewars which my american companions on this board should know a lot more about than me, since it´s not out here in germany (so I´m just buying your version, HAR!)

How did FF-Games put it..."It´s an empire-building-game". I´d say thats about right. You take on the role of one of four races and struggle to expand and build your forces with the goal of conquering the dragon-runes. To do that you need ressources, troops, allies, tactics and so forth.
The game uses a modified modular-turn-mechanic. Every Round (represented by a season of the year), you get to play order-cards and if you played the order card with the lowest number this year, you get a special bonus (this makes it interesting to play orders in a specific...erm...order to reap the benefits of those bonusses but restricts you from using higher orders early...IF you want those bonusses).

So basically it´s building, conquering, defending of terrain (hexagon shaped, I love those) complete with plastic mountains that restrict movement and seas that can be crossed in winter (neat little detail).

In addition to that, you also have a Hero that can travel across the board and do quests for items or even dragon runes, but that mechanic is a lot simpler than it´s big Runebound-Cousin of course.

There´s a nice promotional video on youtube about Runewars if you´re interested in the game.


Well, that´s all that comes to my mind right now.

[Pentegarn]

I can still see the Runewars pic, that was the one I was wondering about. But the way you describe Dungeon Lords makes me want to try it out now. I may have to try it when I go the Origins Game Convention this year.

We spell Kobolds with a K in the states to answer your question.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Dungeon Lords sounds like it would be a lot of fun. I want my own evil-o-meter.

[Tadao]

Ah okay, another word to devoured by my language processing thingy in my brain *devoures*.


You can also say "What's the low down?"

[executioneer]

what's the haps, what's shakin'

[dextire]

Dungeon Lords sounds very much like the old PC game Dungeon Keeper.
I think I'll get it after I pick-up the Starcraft board game.

[Pentegarn]

"A new door has been manufactured!"

[Sam]

whas crackalackin

[OxBlood]

Yeah, I know most of those slang-terms, but that skinny-thing was new to me.

I´d like to return the favor though, but I can´t think of any funny german things to say right now :D

[Pentegarn]

One time my friend went to Germany and they gave him a warm beer (he said that kind of beer, whatever it was called, was served warm) and he spit it out and in German said, "this tastes like fox piss" because that was the only thing he could think of to express his displeasure in German. It made the Germans he was staying with laugh though.

[OxBlood]

Fox piss...Fuchspisse. Rather creative :) I for one love to use language in creative ways, though I can´t do it very well in english...the words dont flow as fast as they do in german, but that´s to be expected I guess. The thing that amuses us people the most about...let´s say amerincan people that speak german is the same thing YOU find amusing about us...the accent :D Anyway, where were we...board games, right...well, since my things are not yet available...which sucks...I don´t have much else to talk about right now... I guess I should visit the states again sometime...I´ve only been to New York and...honestly? I didn´t like it at all, but I guess that´s just the city-hating part of me...that and it was Arschkalt (ass-cold, very common word over here)

[Pentegarn]

A lot of Americans hate New York City so I get the sentiment :lol

But New York City is so different from most everywhere else in America. It's like a sardine can, crowded, smelly, and unpleasant

[OxBlood]

That´s what I heard all the time too. "Ney York is nothing like the rest of the US", and why would it be, look at a person from Cologne and one from Frankfurt, even they differ in specific ways and those cities are just 200km apart... Now, if I imagine how different east, west and central parts of the US must be, all the nuances that are unique...living in a big country does have advantages :) But I guess it would be a little too big for my tastes...I mean I haven´t even seen all of MY country, I basically only know the western part which is...crowded you could say.

[Grislygus]

New York is fantastic if you know people who live there (unless those people are preppies, have kids who are preppies, have friends who have kids that are preppies, or think that they're involved with the GLAMOROUS WORLD OF FASHION in any way)


also avoid artists, liberals, conservatives, rich people, poor people, and staunch vegetarians

[OxBlood]

New York is fantastic if you know people who live there (unless those people are preppies, have kids who are preppies, have friends who have kids that are preppies, or think that they're involved with the GLAMOROUS WORLD OF FASHION in any way)


also avoid artists, liberals, conservatives, rich people, poor people, and staunch vegetarians

So...that means, basically you hang out with democratic, unartistic, normal-earning meat eaters? Sounds good to me :) And hooray for me, I even know what preppies are :) Okay, anyone who´s watched a movie about highschool and college knows I suppose...

[Pentegarn]

also avoid artists, liberals, conservatives, rich people, poor people, and staunch vegetarians

This

so in essence, avoid most of New York :lol

[Tadao]

All of San Francisco :lol

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I still think we need to have bugs bunny saw New York City off the map and maybe give it to New Jersey.

[Grislygus]

Though, it IS important to remember that the only large city in America with absolutely NO redeeming qualities is Atlanta, Georgia: it's a city inhabited by mongrels, representing the worst of American black culture in a codependent relationship with Nouveau Riche white trash.

This is further complicated by inexplicable success and delusional self-importance, traits only exceeded by a stupidity and (strangely) semi-educated ignorance that can only be attained through generations of inbreeding

Back on topic, BATTLESHIP IS A COOL GAME BRA

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I played clue the other day. Guessed Prof Plum in the ballroom with the leadpipe and lost. Girlfriend had the leadpipe and she ending up winning.

[executioneer]

i wanna play clue, dammit

[OxBlood]

I dunno, I always hated Clue (which for some reason is called "Cluedo" over here), mainly because we always play it with...that specific friend of mine. He has this daemonic luck and skill at any kind of boardgame it´s really not much fun anymore sometimes...

[Pentegarn]

All of San Francisco :lol

:lol

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I want to play Master Clue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluedo_Master_Detective

There's poison and a horsehoe....and a french con artist!

[Zhukov]

http://www.sevenagain.co.uk/assets/Cluedo.jpg

I've never actually played it, and I always figured it was a game for adults, so I just steered clear of it. I guess I'm allowed to play it now.

[Zhukov]

http://privateerpress.com/files/imagecache/1up/Voltron_Box_R.png

Bellevue, WA, February 15, 2010—Privateer Press has just released the official content list for its Voltron: Defender of the Universe battle miniatures game (PIP 50030).

The game, which has an MSRP of $49.99, will contain 22 pre-painted plastic figures, including Voltron, 5 Voltron Lions, 5 Galaxy Garrison Cruisers, Lo-Tron, 1 Prince Lotor’s Command Ship, 4 Robeasts, and 5 Lo-Tron Force Skull Ships. The game will also include 1 double-sided play mat, 24 specialty dice, 4 status counters, and a full-color rulebook.

“When we set out to create the first-ever Voltron tabletop miniatures game, we wanted to make sure everything about it drew the player right into the Voltron universe and thrust them front and center in the battle for control of the galaxy,” said Privateer Press Chief Creative Officer Matt Wilson. “This July, everyone who once dreamed of being part of the Voltron Force will finally have their chance to ‘form blazing sword’ and take control of the indomitable Defender of the Universe.”

[Pentegarn]

Imagine how many figures it would take to make a Voltron (vehicle version) game. It would probably top 100 figures.

[Sam]

Oh shit I want that. :(

[Dimnos]

The pieces to this game are so lifelike! :eek

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/03/voltron-girl.jpg

[OxBlood]

Goddamnit, they FINALLY shipped my Dungeon Lords...Runewars should be back in stock in about 3 weeks...wich sucks.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Man that's a sweet costume.

[OxBlood]

WHOO! My Runebound is finally here...giant box for not that giant of a boardgame :D

After a quick practice-play with OxBlood-Human vs. OxBlood-Undead, Human won in the 5th year. I really like the rather low downtime. Wouldn´t expect that with a strategygame like this... Also, the whole mechanics are pretty nice as far as I can tell.

Building your empire and letting heroes search for treasure at the same time is a nice thing, especially since the whole hero-thing is rather straightforward and secondary. It also has way sturdier miniatures than Starcraft, no need to fix anything this time.

Finally, I like the many way you can gather dragon runes (gather 6 and you win). You can take your enemies runes, get some by questing with your heroes, influence the wizzards council to discover some, recieve one by completing your (random) secret objective... really really nice as far as I can see...and fucking expensive. I think I never payed that much for a board game before.

But then again the whole situation is pretty bizarre. A german person importing a board game, you don´t see that every day :) I wonder if the whole thing will ever be released in german...would be nice since some of my friends can´t speak or read english if their life dependet on it...explaining the game to them sure will be fun.

[Kitsunexus]

We have this old 80's board game in our closet that we've never played called Samurai Swords. It seems pretty cool (how can it not!?), but according to my brother a few pieces are missing or something (we got it used for $4 along with a Final Fantasy NES cartridge), plus ever since we got the Wii no one plays board games in this house. I dunno if anyone's ever heard of this game, but it seems pretty gigantic.

For the record, you can't beat Clue, Life or Go For Broke.

[OxBlood]

I think the games that have seen the most daylight in the last few years around here are "Betrayal at the house on the hill" which is awesome if horribly unbalanced and - of course - not available in german. Shame. The there´s Pandemic which my best friend´s girlfriend wants to play over and over and over for some reason..still a good game. And finally there´s Prophecy and Smallworld both really excellent games.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

A bunch of my friends are getting together for Wrestlemania this sunday and I'm going to try and get a copy of the H.P. Lovecraft game ahead of time.

[OxBlood]

Which do you mean? Arkham Horror? Really good game but can take a long time to play.

[OxBlood]

Alright, Spiel 2010 in Essen this week, aparently Germany is still kind of the the Mecca for Boardgames which is convenient for me. Gonna get some early copies of 51st State, Innovation and maybe 7 Wonders :)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I would definitely go to a board game convention.

[Shadowdancer21b]

Anyone remember the Dark Tower board game? It has nothing to do with the Stephen King novels. I also am fond of Zombies! and Zombietown.

[OxBlood]

I would definitely go to a board game convention.

I´ve never been there before, I´m curious how "civil" it will be since it´s supposed to be part expo, part convention I think. And there´s a Comic-Convention there too I think.

Sadly I found out that Innovation will not be shown or sold at Essen... :(

But I kinda like the international links all of this has. I found out about a polish game on an american boardgame site and preorderd said game for a convention in germany. :D

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

You better not beat the polish game too quick >:
:p

[OxBlood]

As long as you promise not to come over here and tell me how to play it... >:

:p


Who said international politics can´t be fun? :lol

It think I actually am 1/8th polish...should be right...

[Tadao]

As long as you promise not to come over here and tell me how to play it... >:

:p


Who said international politics can´t be fun? :lol

It think I actually am 1/8th polish...should be right...

You are pure polish because you don't know how to double spoil

:p

[OxBlood]

No, I´m german because I don´t even know what that is ;)

[OxBlood]

Alright. So I thought "ah, there won´t be that many people in Essen, I´ll just walk in there, get what I want, maybe look around a bit and be on my way an hour later".

I waited around the entrance with about fifty billion other people for an hour because those guys in Essen aparently thought the same thing I did and were totally overrun by people wanting to buy tickets. Kinda fun though since the crowd cheered louder each time the convention-guys did something right like opening more than ONE fucking ticket booth.

Anyway, 51st State, 7 Wonders and the german version of Thunderstone (cause one of my boardgame buddies doesn´t speak english and get´s nervous if he´s forced to read something aloud) are mine now and I´m happy about it. But man are there some strange and ugly people on this planet...I´m a fucking beautyqueen in comparison and size...

Nice atmosphere too. People sitting around everywhere playing games, designers chatting with fans, a very calm and friendly convention, lots of families too. People with lots of suitcases, bags, packed like a mule with games they bought there...nice. I guess I´ll go again next year...but then I´m gonna use the press-entrance and go right in.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

That sounds like it was a blast. Did you take any pictures of the craziness?

[OxBlood]

Sadly no, I could hardly move my arms in the "line" which was more a kind of molloch than anything else. Inside...I simply forgot :( But I´m sure, boardgamegeek will supply us with plenty of pictures later this week :)

I just love buying boardgames, I think it has something to do with the smell of wooden components or maybe that´s just some chemical fumes...now onward to reading lots of little rulebooks. The guy that sold me 51st State was funny too...I stood in line and the guy in front of me wouldn´t stop talking and talking about something completely unrelated with the booth-guy and I guess the other guy heard my angry growl or something with made him laugh and take me to the side.

He (in a nice polish accent):"Anything I can do for you?"
Me: I just wanna buy 51st state but...*points to the guy still wasting everybody´s time*
He: Quick and simple *grabs one over the talking guys head* here you go!

Made me laugh somehow. Also he was nice enough to mention the missing bits in the game and how a I can order them for free once the game is officially published. Points for honesty I´d say :)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Yeah, usually its the other way around where you find out the pieces are missing and have to pay more for them.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I wiki'd the 51st state and it said Meat Loaf and Samuel L Jackson were in it. Then I noticed it redirected me to the Formula 51 page for the movie.

[Fathom Zero]

more like bored games

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

http://media.skateboard.com.au/forum/images/Chairman_of_the_board-1.jpg
http://www.es.tv/comics-unleashed/files/2009/03/1042_norm_macdonald.jpg

[Pentegarn]

One of my all time favorite Conan moments 10k :lol

[Pentegarn]

Back on topic though I have been on a big Defenders of the Realm kick. You and 3 other players work together to defend Monarch city from 4 monster generals (orcs, undead, demons, dragons) and their minions. You win the game if you manage to kill all 4 generals, you lose though if Monarch City has 5 minions in it, 12 taint markers are placed on the board, if you 24 of a type of minion are in play, or a general enters monarch city. After every player's turn more minions appear on the board and there is a chance the general can move further along the path to Monarch City.

best shot I could find online for this game was this one:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/pic795370_t.jpg

[MLE]

That actually looks pretty neat.

[Pentegarn]

It is a lot like Pandemic if you have ever played that

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Back on topic though I have been on a big Defenders of the Realm kick. You and 3 other players work together to defend Monarch city from 4 monster generals (orcs, undead, demons, dragons) and their minions. You win the game if you manage to kill all 4 generals, you lose though if Monarch City has 5 minions in it, 12 taint markers are placed on the board, if you 24 of a type of minion are in play, or a general enters monarch city. After every player's turn more minions appear on the board and there is a chance the general can move further along the path to Monarch City.

best shot I could find online for this game was this one:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/pic795370_t.jpg

I was looking at this game at the store a few weeks ago and it seems like a blast.

[MLE]

I kinda want to get it now but I have no money.

[OxBlood]

I want it too and I know the guys and gals would love it (cause they fucking love Pandemic) but 60 Bucks is a lot of money...could´ve gotten one at the convention but I thought it was too expensive. 40 would be nice.

Finished my testsession of 51st State against Bizarro-Oxblood and we both think it´s pretty sweet. It´s all about making the most of the stuff in your current turn, creating good combos while making sure your opponents don´t leech off your cool locations...though if they do, you get another worker/slave/mutant, get two and you can get any resource with them.

Example for those who care:

I as the Apalachian Union (Easy building but bad reach) built a Generator which produces 2 extra guys each turn, means I already have 5 guys (3 from my base +2 from the Generators). B-Oxblood had no such manpower so he sent a guy over almost every turn to get 2 in return and I had 6 Guys. Now I could use 2 of those to activate the Barracks and steal 2 of B-Ox´s Ressources which in turn could then be used to either generate other effects or score Points in the corresponding buildings all while having a shitload of guys to send on errands or use B-Ox´s buildings to get Bricks for example.
3 Turns later, one of my Point-Buildings was exhausted (each of them can only generate Point 3 times, a balance-thing I like a lot) so I grabbed one brick from my opponent and spent it to level the Point-Building and rebuild a better one on top of it which I normally wouldn´t have been able to build because it´s distance was too much for my building-action to handle.

That´s just a few turns into the game and only a fraction of the things I did in my turn. Granted, it would´ve been more fun if I wasn´t playing against a variant of myself since we kinda know what the other thinks (who would´ve thought that?) but still, it´s enough to get a grip on the mechanics and get a first impression if the game is good or not. It´s pretty good.


I like it quite a bit, now all I gotta do is find one or three other guys to play it with.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I want to play Gamma World real bad. I think Fathom showed me this site a while ago but I was finally bored enough to read this article and all of its glory.
http://www.headinjurytheater.com/gammaworld.htm

[OxBlood]

Alright, I found the "Pate" Boardgame in stores today ("Der Pate" is simply the Godfather in german and yeah it´s a license game for some reason) and...it´s suprisingly good. Quick, rather simple with enough player interaction to keep you on your toes. I even like the mechanics. Basically you just roll 4 dice and use them to do different things on your dice-board.

You must pick which businesses earn money that round, but do you use your black 5 for that or do you save up the black dice to kill off a competitor later on? But then you´d owe him for killing one of his family and if he decides to call in a meeting of the bosses later on with his dice, you´ll have to pay up. So maybe you´d rather want to tip off the cops and let them bust all gambling operations in town to weaken the competition? Or you´d rather concentrate on advancing your prestige track so your kids marry into other families and you get special Allies that way? Rolled shit again? Use the cops to reroll. Or maybe you just want to scare away the other families by riding into their neighbourhood with that nice black....err...wooden little car which also protects your own businesses if placed right...

Roll your dice, use the 4 different colors and values for different things, rack up the most money after round 7 and pay attention to the winning condition (either influence or prestige). Plays really well.

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic839168_md.jpg

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic839171_md.jpg

[Dimnos]

I think I have said something about this before but Junta is the best board game. If you havnt played it you should.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh97/shophnc/boardgame/junta.jpg

That or Gammarauders. Fuck yeah.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I gotta go to trollandtoad to check it out. The godfather game looks pimp.

[Pentegarn]

Just picked up a copy of Thunderstone

I can't wait to make everyone I know play it :lol

[OxBlood]

I gotta go to trollandtoad to check it out. The godfather game looks pimp.

It is. It´s really fast once you know what does what.
I roll, I make sure you guys don´t get shit out of your businesses, I manipulate some sport bets and make 4000 bucks, next I draw my gun, your guy´s dead, I´m taking over your gambling den and finally I´m gonna put that annoying dude in jail and recruit a friend of the family into my ranks. Doesn´t take two minutes to do all that which is really nice.

I wonder if they´ll release it in the US with all that different copyright-stuff and shit.

[OxBlood]

Alright, time for more Boardgame-evening news on what my players thought about the games I brought.

1. A touch of evil: Very nice components, everything has this laminated feel to it. The game itself is a real alternative to Arkham Horror, even though it has more of a Sleepy Hollow feel to it...but it doesn´t take 5 hourse to play. The versus-variant that we played was a bit rough, we´ll try the cooperative version next time. All in all: Very nice game. Not available in german though but that´s not your concern of course ;)

2. Runewars: Played a two-player game a few weeks ago. We were both really stunned how well the mechanics work. Great game with great components and a LOT of stuff going on without overwhelming since you only have one order per turn anyway. Very good. Again, not in german but who cares.

3. Dust: Slight dissapointment about the short length of our game, it was over in 4 turns. Definetely a good game but not with two players. I guess four will make this what I think it is: The way Risk should´ve been. No text on the components so it´s multilingual.

4: Crunch: Now this was a suprise. We fucking loved it. I can´t remember the last time there was so much laughter at the table. The theme is spot-on, the game mechanics are very cool and if you play the full game, you get to hide all sorts of cards on your body (which is neccessary to win btw). A very clever Card game that every gamer should own, even if he doesn´t care about the financial crisis it is based on. The downside is the quality of the cards. We played about six or seven sessions and the cards feel like they´re 10 years old...which is kinda cool for some reason.

One word on Crunch if you don´t know what it is: In the game, each player is the boss of a multinational bank spiraling towards total bankruptcy so you know the whole thing won´t end well right from turn one. Your job is to get as much money on the side as possible, either but granting yourself and all other bosses a nice fat bonus or but outright stealing the money (by hiding it on your person). On your turn, you manage your workforce, give out loans while hoping that they will pay off later on. After that you just draw an event and your turn ends. What´s cool about it is that you can really press your luck with the loans. Will you use the money from your hand to keep in business if the feds check up on you or do you use it for loans (as the banks did prior to the crisis) in the high risk market and get massive payoffs...or not. Your choice.

It´s kinda hard to explain for me in english. I AM a banker, but I don´t know the vocabulary for all the financial stuff.

Bottomline: Get Crunch or if your hesitant, watch this:

6JPD6ofJLFc


And concerning Junta: I really wanna play the game but it seems to be out of print here...the only thing I can get is the sequel which is not that much fun at all if I can trust the reviews.

[OxBlood]

And another one: Road Kill Rally.

Race at breakneck speeds without knowing what´s ahead of you, try not to crash into cows and blockades while trying to run over pedestrians (grannys score the most points) and wrecking the competition with your vehicle weapons. Machine Guns, Missile Launchers or Chainsaws (Bonus against pedestrians), Snipers, Exploding Schoolchildren, Oilslicks, Free Candy (Bonus against Schoolchildren ;)).

Fast, good mechanics, short rounds, funny theme and easy to learn. I like it a lot.

[Dimnos]

So I took my boy to a this nifty looking toy store we found on vacation. I found this and just had to get it.

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/mansions-of-madness/box-right-mansions-of-madness.png

It has some really bad ass looking pieces to. Once we get back home and I pop it open Ill see about taking some pics off them.

Also picked this up there. Looked fun.

http://www.trollandtoad.com/images/products/pictures/300586.jpg

[Dr. Boogie]

I just wanted to add that I finally managed to get enough people to play a few games of Chaos in the Old World a couple months back, and I loved it. Some of the pieces were a bit too fragile for my liking (like those cultists' staves), but still loads of fun.

For the men, at least. All the women who played the game said it was too confusing.

[Pentegarn]

And another one: Road Kill Rally.

Race at breakneck speeds without knowing what´s ahead of you, try not to crash into cows and blockades while trying to run over pedestrians (grannys score the most points) and wrecking the competition with your vehicle weapons. Machine Guns, Missile Launchers or Chainsaws (Bonus against pedestrians), Snipers, Exploding Schoolchildren, Oilslicks, Free Candy (Bonus against Schoolchildren ;)).

Fast, good mechanics, short rounds, funny theme and easy to learn. I like it a lot.

not sure how I missed this post, but this is a game I have been dying to play

[Pentegarn]

Also I think that mansions of madnesss game might be an Expansion to Arkham Horror Dimnos

[OxBlood]

not sure how I missed this post, but this is a game I have been dying to play

I can definetely recommend it. My friend was in the lead but then smashed into the end of a traffic jam going 250km/h while I carefully maneuvered around it, getting shot at from the audience as soon as I reached first position. In the end, another friend won cause he got lucky with the dice when speeding through the turns...even my orbital laser couldnt stop him. Very nice game and deeper than one might thing at first glance.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

That rally game sounds amazing as a board game.

[OxBlood]

Well, buy it then, it´s worth it :)

Plus, you guys don´t have to import it as I had to ;)

[Pentegarn]

Also I think that mansions of madnesss game might be an Expansion to Arkham Horror Dimnos

And I just played it, it is a stand alone game based off of the Arkham Horror game. I like it better then the original because it is a more fluid

[OxBlood]

Bought some new stuff this week.

Thunderstone: Wrath of the elements is a really nice expansion though for some reason the european box is total shit while the US-box is aweseome in terms of storage space and spacing. Played it a bit solo already and I like it (btw, Thunderstone is really fun solo and works quite well).

And I finally got my hands on the Resident Evil Deck building game. And...well, the cards are really horrible, quality-wise. The started warping as soon as I got them out of the shrink-wrap.
The game itself is...okay I guess, it´s not as good as Thunderstone or Dominion (and possibly Graxia and Ascension which I haven´t played) but it´s still kind of fun. A lot of luck is involved since you can´t see which enemy you´re gonna face. Maybe you´ll be walzing in with 75 Attack and only face a single zombie and the next round you only have two pistols and a knife to fight Nemesis...then again, you don´t HAVE to fight if you don´t want to OPEN THAT DOOR!

And yes, Master of unlocking is an action-card.


With a little luck, I´ll get Claustrophobia too this week :)

[Pentegarn]

You going to get Doomgate Legion and Dragonspire expansions Ox? The Dragonspire one is pretty cool, and a couple new heroes in it pretty much bend the rules in terms of leveling (one maxes out at level 2 and another at level 4)

Also speaking of card games have you tried Race for the Galaxy yet?

[OxBlood]

I´ll get Doomsgate and Dragonspire sooner or later I guess, I first have to really implement TS as one of our more regular games ;) That and Dragonspire isn´t out in german yet.

I do own Race for the galaxy and even though I´ve only played it about 3 or 4 times I´d call it my favorite card game along with 51st state and Thunderstone. Really nice mechanics but most people I play with don´t really like games with little interaction so...yeah, we never play it.
Plus, it´s a lot of icons to teach to first-timers :D

I still want Defenders of the Realm in german cause one of the most dedicated members of my player-circle fucking LOVES pandemic, so I guess I should be able to make her love Defenders too :D

[Pentegarn]

If they like Pandemic they will love Defenders, it is way more involved, and if you get the dragon expansion for it is almost too challenging

[OxBlood]

Sadly, Defenders didn´t get a german release yet according to the gamestore-dude where I got my copy of Claustrophobia today. Really slick, great box (sadly it was damaged but at least I got it cheaper that way along with another Thunderstone-Promocard (?)...whatever. Guess I´ll try it out tomorrow but I already simulated the first and third scenario...really nice. Very fast, very combat-oriented and most of the time, the demon-player seems to be at an advantage. Whatever he rolls, he can do something useful with his dice even if it is just reserving one for the next round or getting more cards and summoning-tokens.

Just for fun, I´ll describe the two scenarios I´ve played. The whole game takes place in the hell-dorado world which I´ve never heard of before but it´s pretty simple. It´s the 15th century and deep below New Jerusalem, ancient tunnels where discoveres. Early expeditions never came back so the awesome Redeemer-Guy ventures down there with a bunch of convicts and discovers...yeah, well, it´s just hell again, but I like the theme.

In Scenario 1, the Human player takes control of 3 survivors led by the Redeemer, following a faint breeze of fresh air, hoping to find the exit. A simple scenario but it teaches the game quite well. It takes about 10 Rooms to reach the exit so the Demon player has plenty of opportunity to mess things up for the humans. Still, my emulated human player won in the end because the hired blades can slip past enemies most of the time and it was enough to save 2 of my 4 guys.

Scenario 3 is a quest to find the leader of the Hordlings, a Soulcollector demon deep within his lair. It uses the same mechanic as the first scenario but the demon can spawn a shitload of Hordlings on the way to the central chamber. This time, Demon-Oxblood won very easily even though the human Brutes defended the Redeemer valliantly :P


Overall it seems to be a really nice game, great production value, nice prepainted Miniatures, easy to understand and very fast gameplay...I like it :)

[Pentegarn]

I just got a small stack of Thunderstone promo cards in the mail

[OxBlood]

New Stuff!

Conquest of planet Earth: Great simple, fast and fun game. You take on the role of 1 of 10 alien races and try to wreak havoc on earth. Melt brains, raise the dead, deploy the blue lasers and activate the giant robot. In Conquest for planet earth, you can. :) Btw, as with A touch of evil, it includes well working VS and Coop-Variants as well as a nice Solo variant.


Innovation: Yeah well, what else needs to be said about Innovation. Civ-Building with cards. Not good looking but plays very well. There´s SO much you can do even if you only have 5 available actions max. Great game, I´m really glad some tiny gameshop 60km from here had it.


Yomi: Now, I´m not as crazy as to pay 100$ for the complete game (10 decks) so I payed them 15$ and got the Print to play version which I´ll hand over to our trusty printer from work who said he´ll help me out there :)
For those who don´t know the game, Yomi is basically a 2 player Fighting Videogame in card-form. Some might call it a glorified version of Rock-Paper-Scissors but imo it´s really well designed. I would urge anyone to try it out online for free, just google Yomi Online, you can play other people or against a training AI...just read the 2 page-rules first :)

[Pentegarn]

Innovation is the one where you have a 1st through 10th ages right? And if you have the most of an icon in play you get to do the cards benefit?

I wanted to try Yomi, I may look to see if it is being demo'd at Origins this year

If you like Yomi you may want to look up the game En Garde, it is a fencing card game, pretty easy mechanics. Also Red Dragon Inn which is a barfight card game where you have to balance your stamina and drunkeness, get too little stamina or too much drunkeness and you lose.

[OxBlood]

Jupp, that´s Innovation. Just pray nobody uses the Fission-Dogma since that whipes everything off the board along with your score :D

As for Yomi, do try it out, it seems to be a lot of fun. Found the adress for the official online-version: http://www.fantasystrike.com/dev/

Never heard of en garde but I do own Red Dragon Inn which is a lot of fun, especially if the players ARE a litte drunk ;) Strangely, they seem to sell some kind of travel-version over here, everything seems to be smaller than in the US-version but this way I can always take it with me so that´s ok.

[Pentegarn]

I thought the fission dogma just wiped the cards in play, not the score?

[OxBlood]

*searches through his Innivation Cards*

Ah, there.

It wipes all hands, boards and scores, it leaves only the achievements.

Just went to the Cardstore in town to get some sleeves for my Yomi printouts...those things are fucking expensive! 7 Bucks for 80 Sleeves. Rather good ones, sure but man...that would cost me 50 bucks for all 560 cards!

Oh and I finally bough Space Alert, always wanted to get that and for 20 bucks? Yes please.

[OxBlood]

Okay...I seem to need about an hour to "build" one Yomi-Deck from the print-outs...good thing I still have a shitload of DBZ-Cards from back in the day to use as bases...but the sheetcost is gonna kill me if I don´t find non-clear cheap ones...hm.

Two decks done, eight to go.

[Pentegarn]

*searches through his Innivation Cards*

Ah, there.

It wipes all hands, boards and scores, it leaves only the achievements.

Just went to the Cardstore in town to get some sleeves for my Yomi printouts...those things are fucking expensive! 7 Bucks for 80 Sleeves. Rather good ones, sure but man...that would cost me 50 bucks for all 560 cards!

Oh and I finally bough Space Alert, always wanted to get that and for 20 bucks? Yes please.

I remember now why the wording of that game frustrated me, the achievements are where the game is won am I correct?

[OxBlood]

Normally yes. There´s two way to win:

-Have the target number of achievements (six in a two-player game I think)

-Have the most score when the Age 10-Pile runs out

So you can basically try to force the cards to run out if you have a lot of score but no achievements.


It seems like I´m running out of dummy-cards for my Yomi project...guess I´ll have to use older Magic cards after all...it´s not lile someone will give me money for them...but maybe I should keep the ones from the first german edition, they might be worth something I guess.

[OxBlood]

5 Decks done...I´m beginning to get better at this...hm.

I´m still itching to take Innovation and Conquest for a spin but I guess the "good" weather will work against me there...stupid humans and their fondness of that huge fireball... ;)

[Pentegarn]

I played Innovation with partners, it ended up being very one sided because my partner and I pretty much controlled 3 symbols from the get go, they were desperately trying to get fusion into play

[Pentegarn]

Played 7 Wonders and Stone Age

7 Wonders is a pretty fast paced card game where you are trying to accumulate victory points by playing a card from your hand, then passing the hand to the left or right and playing the next hand you get in the next turn.

Stone Age is a resource management game where you scramble against other villages to gain huts, farms, more villagers, various resources, and tools. It is pretty much a foot race that has a decently steep learning curve.

[OxBlood]

I think Stone Age can cause the same problem Agricola does: New players don´t realise they´re losing badly until the very end. Still it´s a nice game and 7 Wonders is an absolute favorite around here, mainly because it´s so fast.

Some new additions to my collection:

Dungeoneers: Rather light and fast card-based dungeoncrawl, very streamlined and pretty handy to carry around since it fits in a normal deckbox.

Dungeon Raiders: Even more streamlined and simple but kinda cute in it´s own way because of that. 5 Floors of 5 Rooms each. Your only goal: Grab as much treasure as possible without suffering the most wounds. Players have to play together to beat monsters but everyone has to try to come out on top at the end so you might want to set off that trap that costs the richest player some treasure and stuff like that. Simple filler-fun.

Alien Frontiers: Finally Germany got another batch of those and I even got those little promo-rockets and the mind control helmet-cards as well. I know AF is some kind of hype-game right now but it IS really appealing. Simple and kind of elegant with easy to understand goals and tactics. Partially luck-based because of the dice-rolling but the multiple placement-options negate a big chunk of luck as there´s always something useful you can do with your dice. The Tech-cards add another layer to the game as they allow you to manipulate your dice(ships) and mess with other players. At the same time, the card-mechanic is ballanced out by the fact that other players can steal them and if you want to unleash the more powerful card-effects, you have to get rid of the card and it´s out of the game. Since there are only 2 copies of each card (24 cards total), losing a card can have a major impact on your strategy.
Though the game seems to reward the quick builders, I already saw a game where the last-ranked player really muscleled his way through the ranks on the last 3 turns and won by one point. Pretty cool game, a definite recommendation.

[OxBlood]

Aaaand new stuff again.

Roll through the ages: I like dicing for ressources so this should be fun and it´s pretty fast too

Ohne Furcht und Adel: Also known as Citadels in english. I bought this on a whim since I´m always looking for good entertaining card games :)


Btw, finding out that your Girlfriend is into boardgaming is one of those beautiful moments in a relationship :)

[Pentegarn]

Btw, finding out that your Girlfriend is into boardgaming is one of those beautiful moments in a relationship :)

That = truth

[OxBlood]

Even better is when someone like that listenes to you explaining a game and asks "could you...bring that over this weekend?" :love

[Pentegarn]

About 18 hours and some change till Origins 2011!

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

That looks awesome Pent. I didn't even know that was a thing. I take it you're going?

[Pentegarn]

I go every year, and if I am responsible about remembering to take pictures, I will make an Origins thread

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I wish it wasn't in columbus.(too far for me at least for a casual drive) definitely take pictures.

[OxBlood]

I´d be really interested to see pics of Origins too, since I´ve heard so much about it in the Podcasts. I´ll try to take some Pics of Essen too this year ;)

[Pentegarn]

I´d be really interested to see pics of Origins too, since I´ve heard so much about it in the Podcasts. I´ll try to take some Pics of Essen too this year ;)

I wonder if it is the same guys who were at the Dice Tower Podcast booth, they were giving away a couple prizes and such at their booth

[OxBlood]

Concerning Origins, all my info comes from the Dice Tower so I guess it would be Tom and Eric or whoever was at the booth :)


Something new, the last thing for a while as it seems:

Nightfall. Agressive Deckbuilding, a variant I didn´t have in my collection until now. The whole comboing and kicker-mechanics seem really interesting, I´ll guess I´ll be playing it this weekend or something like that.

Also played 7 wonders in the 2-player-variant. Works really well and has a slightly different feel to it as both players manipulate the 3rd board to fit their plans. Not the same as with 3 or more players but still highly enjoyable.

[Pentegarn]

I have pics of the Nightfall demo in the Origins 2011 thread. I liked it, GF thought it was too confusing.

A CABS member told me about the 2 player variant of 7 Wonders while I was working off my free pass on the last day of Origins

[OxBlood]

My GF thought so too, especially since she doesn´t read and speak english as much as I do, so she had difficulties understanding what the cards do.

But, as she got the keywords, she was pretty interested AND she won the first round by a long shot...I think she had 4 wounds and I had 14 or something like that :D

I think the hardest thing, apart from teaching the game in a different language in my case, is explaining the chains and kickers, plus the fact that you actually lose your starting deck and that you can keep as many cards in your hand as you want.

Anyway, so far I think it´s a really decent game. Fast, easy to play, kinda elegant. The theme...meh, I think I´ve had about enough of Vamps and Dogboys but whatever. My GF thought so too so the strange noseless Vampire is little Fritz now and Tag-Team-Takedown is now Giant Hug or something :D

Looking forward to playing it some more this weekend.

[Pentegarn]

I agree that the Vamps vs. Lycans thing is tired. But I was tired of it back before Twilight made it even worse so I am kind of numb to the theme itself

Another Vamps. and Lycans game you gotta try though is Shadow Hunters, but you need at least 6 players for it to be really fun. Think Clue but everyone can hurt/kill each other.

[OxBlood]

I actually happen to own Shadow Hunters in both the japanese and german Version (Jäger der Nacht). A really really nice partygame but I agree, the more people play, the more fun it is. Clearly superior to all those "normal" Werewolf-hidden-team-games since no one has to leave the room or close his eyes when someone tries to identify someone else.


Btw, I never understood where the whole Werewolf versus Vampire matchup-stuff came from. I mean yeah, about the same geopgraphic origin but still, you don´t match up a sphinx versus a mummy, do you?

[OxBlood]

Okay, 5 games of Nightfall later, we still like it, and that darn woman is in the lead with 3 wins :) Luckily she likes the game a lot.

As for my opinion...it´s really good. The lack of different cards is bad and good at the same time, as always. Bad because the game has less combinations that way, good because you learn the existing ones better when they show up all the time.

The speed of our turns has vastly inceased taking under 30 seconds most of the time, making Nightfall a really quick game. The only time the whole thing slows down is when one of us needs more time to work out his chain or when reworking our hands to react to the opponent´s chain. Both of us use the Kickers way more often which makes us stronger but also more predictable because each card can only kicker 2 other cards in the base-set.

If you like destroying your opponent, managing your ressources, having a combination-element like in UNO (or Mau Mau, the game that inspired Uno) all together in a quick small game, I´d really recommend Nightfall to you. Really good stuff.

[Grislygus]

Btw, I never understood where the whole Werewolf versus Vampire matchup-stuff came from. I mean yeah, about the same geopgraphic origin but still, you don´t match up a sphinx versus a mummy, do you?

Don't want to derail the thread, so I'll just quote-link to the answer

Vampires vs. Werewolves

[OxBlood]

Hmmm...I think I want a Ticket to Ride-Game...looks like easy-to-teach fun :)

[Pentegarn]

I see a lot of peeps play it at CABS, but I never tried it myself

[OxBlood]

I think the combination of tactical planning and set-collection might be a lot of fun...well, aparently it is, considering how many people love that series.

[Pentegarn]

Train games in general are popular at CABS. Railways, Eurorails/Empire Builders, 18XX are all usually being played

[Fathom Zero]

You guys will like this. http://www.vimeo.com/26165368

[ThrashO]

For the men, at least. All the women who played the game said it was too confusing.

This is why I love playing poker and whoever is hosting the game has invited a ton of girls to play "lol why do i even have cards is it time to get naked yet?"

Anyone ever play a game called Rail Baron?

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/tq/6/163104206.jpg

My girlfriend wanted it really bad because she used to play it all the time as a kid, so looking for a copy on ebay for her birthday I found a copy, complete, for $100 :x It's apparently really rare.

Really fun game though. Basically it's a map of the US and there are different tracks all around the board. You roll, you buy railroads, others suckers use your tracks then they have to pay you. You can also buy "Steam engines" or "Super Cabs" which let you roll an extra dice or two every turn. Once the game starts picking up it's alot of fun.

Click to see some board game "winners"!
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc06/candid/cd06rbn.jpg

[Pentegarn]

Quarriors will soon be mine :happy

[Fathom Zero]

http://www.vimeo.com/26875084

I kinda wanna play Descent.

[Pentegarn]

On one hand I want to play it too, on the other hand I expect it would suffer from the same issues Hero Quest suffered from. Getting the same people to play week after week is difficult because those type of players are usually playing D&D instead

[OxBlood]

I have do admit, I don´t like games that need a Master to play, mainly because I always have to be that guy and I hate to orchestrate games when I could have an adventure at the same time :D

Which is why I love Coop-Games or good asynch-2 player-games like Claustrophobia.

I´m really looking forward to Essen this year, I already know I´ll burn so much money there...and I don´t even know how to transport all those games...just because I feel like it, here´s a list of the things I wanna get.

Quarriors (if I can´t it earlier, Amazon lists it for the end of this month)
Elder Sign (to replace Arkham Horror basically since we never have enough time to play that game)
Gears of War the Boardgame
Dungeon Run
Super Dungeon Explore (cause it´s SUPER :lol)
Ares Project
Blood Bowl Card game
Eminent Domain
Dominant Species
Dragon Rampage


Those are the ones that I could list from the top of my head though not all of them are really necessary. What I really want are Quarriors and the Gears game, that looks like simple and fast Coop-Fun on random maps which is awesome.