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In post 2297, Thesp wrote:BGG.CON IN TWO WEEKS! (Well, in 13 days, as I'm getting there a day early.) One of these days we'll get more than just old-time scummers like mith, MeMe, and petroleumjelly there.
I'd never go just to go to the con, but if there is ever a mini scummer meet happening at one, let me know and I'd strongly consider it. Too short of notice for this year though.Taking a break from the site.-
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GreyICE is a big fan, talk to him about it.Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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Probably because it takes forever to learn how to play. It seems like it could be really fun once people know the how and why. You guys seemed to have a good time with it despite taking nearly an hour to get started.
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Amazon does occasional deals on board games. IIRC they did do some board games on sale as part of their regular sales.
but yes. get 7 wonders. I find that it has the widest appeal and is fun every time.There will be no kisses tonight
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Pandemic legacy is getting good reviews and might be an interesting alternative if you mostly play with the same people.
I personally found Pandemic + Forbidden Desert+ Forbidden island somewhat similar and don't really find myself craving different flavors of the same basic formula.The extra in is for /in-
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Secret Hitler
Thoughts?
It looks like Resistance+ to me. Definitely of interest to me because I've been looking for more social deduction games.@thesupertriomusical on Instagram, come see it if you’re in LA area, I wrote it!-
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I haven't played too much Resistance but my suspicion is that the rule "if three President/Chancellor tickets are rejected, a random policy is enacted" will help distinguish it from Resistance.
In Resistance, you trivially need to agree to the last team. In Secret Hitler, you might want to reject all three and take your chances with the random draw (which is somewhat Fascist weighted at the start but changes with the cards in play). It sounds weird, but I think this is a case when randomness actually helps the game. In Resistance, if you don't trust whoever is setting up that fifth team, your only recourse is to backwards induct to the last team you would care about. Having the nuclear option of rejecting all the teams is more interesting. After all, if you totally distrust the president, you have no reason to agree withanychancellor - the president is quite likely to be able to pass two fascist cards to the chancellor, and they get to pick what happens with the power. But as a fascist, you would love to have this option for every liberal president, because it makes fascist policies more likely AND doesn't let the liberal use the powers.
So both sides have incentive not to compromise, but fascists always know when refusing to compromise helps their side, and liberals don't. I like that."Don’t buy a dozen eggs if you just want a hardboiled egg. Don’t buy a head of lettuce if you just want a salad. Don’t buy eggs and lettuce if you want egg salad because those are not the right ingredients." -Julius Bloop-
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In post 2315, Faraday wrote:Seems ok, though I'm more interested in Deception: Murder in Hong Kong atm on the social deduction side of things.
Damn that looks fun as shit.Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
13 heads and counting now, plurality is adaptive. If our experience might help you,click here.
If you wish tospeak to one of us, we are Niamh, Rhiannon, Rhea, Aisling, Saoirse, Selene, Aoife, Fírinne, Aurélie, Lyra, Airna, Fiadh and Laoise.
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In post 2315, Faraday wrote:Seems ok, though I'm more interested in Deception: Murder in Hong Kong atm on the social deduction side of things.
Is it buyable yet?@thesupertriomusical on Instagram, come see it if you’re in LA area, I wrote it!-
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PlayedThe King's Armorylast night.
Game time is WAY too long, but once you get into it you lose track of time because of the level of fun. Penguin and I are trying to get a feel for how to house-rule to speed things up; even if it's just skipping the first two waves and randomizing the resulting rewards the team would have had.
Map being super modular means we can take time to really experiment, too.ShowHave retired for good; Life is too busy to have time or energy for mafia. It was fun~
And then, a Miracle, a Dance Game and a flight of fancy struck, one more game into the abyss
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In post 2303, vonflare wrote:anyone here play mage wars: arena?
Exceptionally good game, with a large initial up-front time investment.ShowThat which is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil
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