Board Games!

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1290 (isolation #0) » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:26 am

Has there ever been a playdiplomacy or play by email diplomacy game ever run with people from MS? Seems like the perfect crossover game.

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1292 (isolation #1) » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:24 am

Looks like we're due for a new game

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1297 (isolation #2) » Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:29 am

yeah, Coup is awesome. it's replaced resistance in my group unless we have a ton of people

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1341 (isolation #3) » Thu Aug 07, 2014 5:28 am

I'd suggest Twilight Strategy for Twilight Struggle. It's a blog that has been condensed into one PDF and covers all relevant topics in the game.

https://leanpub.com/twilightstrategy

edit: nevermind i was apparently on page 1 and responded to a question from 2012

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1349 (isolation #4) » Mon Aug 25, 2014 3:29 am

This may not count as a board game, but does anyone have recommendations for a sci-fi pen and paper RPG system? Looking for something more hard scifi with out too much goofy stuff like changing bodies. Traveller and Diaspora seem like the frontrunners.

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1351 (isolation #5) » Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:11 am

In post 1350, Nexus wrote:The Star Wars d20 system is good, although not sure if it's what you want.

Thanks for the suggestion - I've run star wars d20 and star wars edge of the empire and enjoyed both a lot - but I just got out of a star wars campaign and want to use something a little different.

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1364 (isolation #6) » Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:37 am

I'm going to try out Diaspora. If we're not digging it we may do Apocalypse World or Eclipse Phase.

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1418 (isolation #7) » Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:52 am

BB - Battlestar is awesome but it's kinda hard to wrap your head around the first game or two just because there's a lot to it. It's pretty swingy based on how the roles end up and humans can be pretty much fucked like a few turns in.

It makes for awesome scenarios though where you can really mindfuck your best buds.

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1420 (isolation #8) » Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:08 am

In post 1419, zoraster wrote:Battlestar is probably my favorite traitor game, but it's one I don't play that often because it can easily be a three+ hour game.

Yeah, I LOVE long games like BSG, twilight struggle, etc. but it's a pain in the butt getting people to play.

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1423 (isolation #9) » Mon Sep 15, 2014 4:57 am

Dead of Winter looks interesting but the flavor is kindof a turn-off because I'm so sick of zombies at this point.

Anatole Kuragin · Post Post #1607 (isolation #10) » Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:35 am

Man, I love Diplomacy but it's such a pain in the ass to get 7 people together.