Non traditional board games
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Munchkin is a really good game. However, it can sometimes drag out. And ultimately the endgame turns into a case of 'Someone is about to win, throw all your cards at them'. You stop them and then the next person is about to win, so you throw more cards at them. And you rince and repeat until everyone runs out of cards so you manage to win.
That's not to say it isn't fun, I love the game. I just can't play it too regularly now. Though while at uni I was playing it weekly, so maybe I just ended up playing it too much!
That's not to say it isn't fun, I love the game. I just can't play it too regularly now. Though while at uni I was playing it weekly, so maybe I just ended up playing it too much!
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Did anyone actually get beyond proposal of an OcUK board gaming meet?
Subjected again to the weekly games this time we played settlers of catan which I had heard of at least
Was good I did well was on 9 points and going to win but her sister before me had a card with +1 points on which seemed BS so she won on her turn before I could .... hax if u ask me
Was good I did well was on 9 points and going to win but her sister before me had a card with +1 points on which seemed BS so she won on her turn before I could .... hax if u ask me
Had a 6 hour game of thrones yesterday, which confirmed my original dislike for the board game. Don't get me wrong, mechanically the game itself is good, matches the theme very well and the gameplay is sound. The problem is that for that 6 hours, I only spent about 2 hours actually playing the game. The rest of it was watching other people agonising about their moves.
The way the game works is that each turn, you all give orders to all of your armies at the same time. These are hidden, and played with counters which you put face down on the army. You have 3 each of 5 different order types, so you can only move 3 armies per turn, then there's defense, support, raid and consolodate. Working out which of your armies to move and what bonus to give them is obviously very important, so some players can end up taking an age figuring out which armies to move. Then you flip all the counters up and resolve each move in turn. Again, more agonising as you look at what all the other players are doing, try and figure out who is going to invade you, and figure out which army you want to move first (Player 1 carries out 1 move order, then player 2 carries out 1 move order and so on, repeating though everyone until they have all been played). Again, this can take a very long time for some players.
Finally, if you have a battle, you have to play a character card which gives you a bonus. The cards everyone has is common knowledge so you can see all their cards and they can see all yours. So you then have to figure out who will be leading their army into battle, and who to counter with. Once you've played a character, they go to the discard pile and can't be used again until you have no characters left in your hand (each player has 7). Again, more time spent agonizing over decisions. The cards are played face down and revealed together. Someone wins, and then the next person does this again.
Its a shame, but I can't bring myself to sit through another game of it.
The way the game works is that each turn, you all give orders to all of your armies at the same time. These are hidden, and played with counters which you put face down on the army. You have 3 each of 5 different order types, so you can only move 3 armies per turn, then there's defense, support, raid and consolodate. Working out which of your armies to move and what bonus to give them is obviously very important, so some players can end up taking an age figuring out which armies to move. Then you flip all the counters up and resolve each move in turn. Again, more agonising as you look at what all the other players are doing, try and figure out who is going to invade you, and figure out which army you want to move first (Player 1 carries out 1 move order, then player 2 carries out 1 move order and so on, repeating though everyone until they have all been played). Again, this can take a very long time for some players.
Finally, if you have a battle, you have to play a character card which gives you a bonus. The cards everyone has is common knowledge so you can see all their cards and they can see all yours. So you then have to figure out who will be leading their army into battle, and who to counter with. Once you've played a character, they go to the discard pile and can't be used again until you have no characters left in your hand (each player has 7). Again, more time spent agonizing over decisions. The cards are played face down and revealed together. Someone wins, and then the next person does this again.
Its a shame, but I can't bring myself to sit through another game of it.
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Summoner Wars Master Set and The Resistance arrived today. Ghost Stories arriving tomorrow.
Probably won't get to play any of them for almost two weeks though. Arrrgh!
Probably won't get to play any of them for almost two weeks though. Arrrgh!
Came across High Heavens on Kickstarter which certainly seems like it should be good fun and plenty of good stretch goals
Currently not met its minimum funding yet though - take a look
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlesser/high-heavens-the-board-game-where-gods-battle-in-t
Currently not met its minimum funding yet though - take a look
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlesser/high-heavens-the-board-game-where-gods-battle-in-t
The annoying thing with most US Kickstarter projects is the shipping costs. $40 for a $55 boardgame is too much.
Check the end of the page - there's a thing about a company that provides you with a US PO Box and then forward it to you for approx. half that price
The annoying thing with most US Kickstarter projects is the shipping costs. $40 for a $55 boardgame is too much.
It's usually not any cheaper to Canada either. It's just "Outside of US"
THIS WEEK i have been forced to play "Small World" which i found completely and utterly boring except they had were-gypsies which i found hilarious, but the rest of the game was long boring and crap
Foolishly because i said i liked settlers of catan an expansion pack magically appeared to add some stuff knights and pirate raids or something... it was alright but it started to get a bit long and massively dull towards the end too.
dunno why they over complicate these games, the most fun part was watching them put the pieces away making sure they were all bagged properly. neatly, very anally....
Someone mentioned dungeons and dragons and i crapped my pants... i might be entering the geekiest realm on earth this weekend. Ill make sure to pick up an 8 pack before.
Foolishly because i said i liked settlers of catan an expansion pack magically appeared to add some stuff knights and pirate raids or something... it was alright but it started to get a bit long and massively dull towards the end too.
dunno why they over complicate these games, the most fun part was watching them put the pieces away making sure they were all bagged properly. neatly, very anally....
Someone mentioned dungeons and dragons and i crapped my pants... i might be entering the geekiest realm on earth this weekend. Ill make sure to pick up an 8 pack before.
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So... who's going to the UK Games Expo in Birmingham next weekend?
The wife and I will be there overnight on Saturday. Thinking about joining one of the scheduled Roleplaying groups, but need to figure out if newbies are welcome to those or not.
The wife and I will be there overnight on Saturday. Thinking about joining one of the scheduled Roleplaying groups, but need to figure out if newbies are welcome to those or not.