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[xRECKONERx]

ironically, the spike in cases due to the pandemic has made making progress on my Pandemic Legacy S0 game very difficult!

What month are you on?

feb

[VP Baltar]

ironically, the spike in cases due to the pandemic has made making progress on my Pandemic Legacy S0 game very difficult!

What month are you on?

feb

Oh no! So much terror to come. Hope you can get back to it soon

[shaft.ed]

just realized I can give my copy to the nephew for Xmas and just buy myself one once it reprints, which is supposed to be sometime Dec/Jan

[Tatsuya Kaname]

So a friend of mine bought a copy of Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion to play a campaign with our group. We've played through the first four scenarios so far and the game is amazing! I never played any actual RPGs (don't know if Mansions of Madness or Pandemic Legacy Seasons 1&2 count), but this game is fun. It's relatively easy to play but the challenge is not bad at all. I actually heard of Gloomhaven, the big one for a long time but never played it because of its cost and commitment. While I can see it could be a problem to progress this game for a while, the price point is pretty good for the amount of game (I recall they have 25 scenarios ready but you won't be able to play some of them as part of some story decisions) and it makes me feel like playing an actual Tabletop RPG, something I think I would totally suck at.

[brassherald]

It's very hard to actually be bad at a TTRPG, basically, if you work with your teammates, you will be fine. I've been playing D&D for years, and am not great at roleplaying, but I still make it through.

[lilith2013]

just fyi, there are mods for gloomhaven on tabletop simulator that let you play it online for free (free if you already have tts, otherwise however much tts costs - I bought it for under $10 I think)

[shaft.ed]

Vassal also has Gloomhaven, though its not scripted like TTS

[Natirasha]

Kings Dilemma is very good and I highly recommend it if you can get a group together on tts.

[brassherald]

So, for Christmas, I got a snazzy dice tower for my D&D addiction, also Dominion Adventures (Currently looking into getting Dominion since I don't have that yet).

Still have not played Cosmic Encounters, which I got last year for Christmas, and I also have a Justice League board game from my parents that I found cleaning up for them.

My fiancee got Avalon, Exploding Kittens and the expansion of Imploding Kittens, I still have not played Brass: Birmingham, either.

Basically, I have a long list of games to play...

Though, I did get to play Munchkin again, still a good game, would recommend.

[shaft.ed]

I sent my nephew Whitehall for Xmas and we played two games over Skype
realized part way through game 1 we had been playing it wrong this whole time
He really likes that game.

also got my niece Heul Doch, and watched the fam play that over Skype. Seem they enjoyed it.
Had ordered Colorful for her as well, but ended up ordering from an Amazon scammer, in the process of getting a refund.

[MURDERCAT]

realized part way through game 1 we had been playing it wrong this whole time

Recently had this experience with pandemic legacy season 2

[brassherald]

My niece apparently likes Hi Ho Cherry-Oh Mickey, by the way, but tries to cheat when Pluto is rolled. So, she still needs to learn rules.

I briefly heard they tried playing Enchanted Forest but it was apparently too advanced for a 3 year old.

I have not tried playing any non D&D table games through the internets.

[inspiratieloos]

I've been playing on boardgamearena with friends, usually once per week. Race for the Galaxy works really well there, we also play a lot of Hanabi.

[brassherald]

We've been doing lots of D&D, some Among Us.

We were basically a D&D group anyway, so, we just kind of moved our D&D group to Google Meetings.

[implosion]

I've been playing on boardgamearena with friends, usually once per week. Race for the Galaxy works really well there, we also play a lot of Hanabi.

I have played... 81 games of Race for the Galaxy on BGA since August.

[shaft.ed]

The pandemic has actually made our gaming group more reliable
"we" only managed 3 meetups over the previous year.

Now we do every other week, on a rotating schedule for who picks the game. We opted for TTS. Have a core of 4 that is reliable and a 5th that sometimes shows up
For the most part everyone has chosen something different each time they host, except the one guy who always chooses Carcasonne

[brassherald]

Actually, we got more reliable as well, this year. The recent lapse of meetings is due to the fact that D&D needs a prepared DM, and we all still need to work.

[BBmolla]

played Fort on tabletop sim, enjoyed it, bought it.

also just got Twilight Imperium 4, had it with my old room mates but now I'm stoked to own it myself.

[Something_Smart]

Just played Forbidden Sky for the first time. We got demolished on the easiest difficulty. But it was pretty fun; the strategy seems more nuanced than the first two games.

[brassherald]

I have proceeded to order Dominion.

Also, so far my fiancee and I are still really bad at Gloomhaven. We haven't played in a bit, but we keep nearly dying.

[VP Baltar]

I have proceeded to order Dominion.

Also, so far my fiancee and I are still really bad at Gloomhaven. We haven't played in a bit, but we keep nearly dying.

You try reducing the difficulty level as you're getting better at Gloomhaven?

[brassherald]

Yeah, I was thinking of low key halving our difficulty without telling her, tbh.

[VP Baltar]

Yeah, I was thinking of low key halving our difficulty without telling her, tbh.

I don't think there is anything wrong with that. It takes a minute to get used to card management and stuff. Playing a few easier scenarios can take that pressure off so you can do more strategic analysis to figure out what works for you and what doesn't.

I also feel like having complimentary starting classes can help. Early game, I think you almost have to have someone play the Brute so you can do enough damage to win. Our first few games, we tried to play as the Tinkerer and Spellweaver, and it was a complete disaster.

[brassherald]

I have switched over to Brute, she is a Scoundrel, since Tinkerer was not enough for me to help.

[VP Baltar]

That's a good combo! It's just a matter of getting the hang of it. I feel like we played the Black Barrow about 10 times before we felt confident we understood the game enough to move on