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Post Post #1550 (ISO) » Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:06 am

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In post 1548, Brandi wrote:
Bolding of game names
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Fixed. Sorry.
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Post Post #1551 (ISO) » Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:18 am

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No need to apologize, I was just complementing the idea... ^^; I'm going to take it up whenever I have a specific game to talk about.
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Post Post #1552 (ISO) » Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:33 am

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In post 1548, Brandi wrote:
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Got it covered.
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Post Post #1553 (ISO) » Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:40 pm

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So has anyone tried
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Post Post #1554 (ISO) » Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:50 pm

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could you link to some more information digi? all I'm finding is a documentary about oranges or something.

Also I think I'm really in to
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Post Post #1555 (ISO) » Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:55 pm

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I played
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Post Post #1556 (ISO) » Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:21 pm

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In post 1554, Chevre wrote:Also I think I'm really in to Cosmic Encounter right now and I'm curious as to everyone else's thoughts. Basically I'm worried that it might not go over well 'cause it's pretty personal; like Resistance and Lifeboats don't do so well but the basic mass-market Survivor game and the trading part of Settlers do.

I love it, the few times I've played it. At the very least you have the whole cool powers thing going on, unlike the resistance and lifeboats. I think it's very different than the Resistance though, er and not pure cutthroat like lifeboats is. (Which I've never played, but basically that's the whole game, right?) Still not sure they'd really like it, though.
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Post Post #1557 (ISO) » Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:02 pm

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Played a game of it on Thursday.

I think
City of Horror
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is so amazingly silly. My major problem remains that it doesn't really have any time limit - our game lasted 2.5 hours due to a lot of back and forth, and I feel like that was a little bit of outstaying its welcome. City of Horror just runs faster and cleaner.

Still a great game that I'm not at all sad to own.
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Post Post #1558 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:13 am

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Cosmic Encounter is super fun, but be careful not to play with too many people. My first game of Cosmic encounter took probably 2 hours and everybody got 1 turn.
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Post Post #1559 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:19 am

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In post 1558, quadz08 wrote:Cosmic Encounter is super fun, but be careful not to play with too many people. My first game of Cosmic encounter took probably 2 hours and everybody got 1 turn.

Well some group was inviting too many people along on their encounters.

I think we got around 8 or 10 turns in or so in our game? It was hyper defensive, and negotiations just didn't happen.
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Post Post #1560 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:20 am

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I have been nearly, neeearly playing Cosmic Encounter for about two years now. I really want to finally try it.

Highest on my to-do list at the moment, though, is
Dead of Winter
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Post Post #1561 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:31 am

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Could Cosmic encounter work on forum/Vassal/BSW?

I think my first playthrough would be like 3-6 players, probably more likely lower numbers. But it's literally $46 and that would be the most I would have ever spent on a board game. (I know, I'm fortunate/cheap. The most I've ever spent is like $41 for
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, which never gets played. :'( Anyone wanna trade?)

Speaking of which I woke up this morning and Amazon sent me mail telling me
Felix the Cat in the Sack
was on sale but it was still $35 :(
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Post Post #1562 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:47 am

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In post 1560, ChannelDelibird wrote:I have been nearly, neeearly playing Cosmic Encounter for about two years now. I really want to finally try it.

Highest on my to-do list at the moment, though, is
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Post Post #1563 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:07 am

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In post 1561, Chevre wrote:Could Cosmic encounter work on forum/Vassal/BSW?

I think my first playthrough would be like 3-6 players, probably more likely lower numbers. But it's literally $46 and that would be the most I would have ever spent on a board game. (I know, I'm fortunate/cheap. The most I've ever spent is like $41 for
Stone Age
, which never gets played. :'( Anyone wanna trade?)

Speaking of which I woke up this morning and Amazon sent me mail telling me
Felix the Cat in the Sack
was on sale but it was still $35 :(

I rather intensely dislike
Stone Age
... so that's a no.

I guess I would run cosmic on forum if people really wanted it, it would be fun to mod, but it's a very component-friendly game (you get 20 little UFOs that are a big part of the game). Best option is to find a gamestore with a library, and test it there.
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Post Post #1564 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:14 am

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In post 1562, Nexus wrote:
In post 1560, ChannelDelibird wrote:I have been nearly, neeearly playing Cosmic Encounter for about two years now. I really want to finally try it.

Highest on my to-do list at the moment, though, is
Dead of Winter
. Looks fantastic.


Come to Oxford over half term, then.

Can I come??? (I really wanna get my hands on it, though for real)

Cosmic is great, the powers are super fun (mostly). We played a game with like 7 or so at The Reckoning and it went by pretty quick, so it varies, but I've played it a few times now and only had a bad experience with UN!


edit: I don't think Cosmic would work very well with 3, Chevre. (Never played it with that number...but, it seems like it'd remove a lot of the fun)
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Post Post #1565 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:02 am

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In post 1564, Faraday wrote:
In post 1562, Nexus wrote:
In post 1560, ChannelDelibird wrote:I have been nearly, neeearly playing Cosmic Encounter for about two years now. I really want to finally try it.

Highest on my to-do list at the moment, though, is
Dead of Winter
. Looks fantastic.


Come to Oxford over half term, then.

Can I come??? (I really wanna get my hands on it, though for real)

Cosmic is great, the powers are super fun (mostly). We played a game with like 7 or so at The Reckoning and it went by pretty quick, so it varies, but I've played it a few times now and only had a bad experience with UN!


edit: I don't think Cosmic would work very well with 3, Chevre. (Never played it with that number...but, it seems like it'd remove a lot of the fun)


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Post Post #1566 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:47 am

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Good board games on Android?
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Post Post #1567 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:43 am

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In post 1563, GreyICE wrote:
In post 1561, Chevre wrote:Could Cosmic encounter work on forum/Vassal/BSW?

I think my first playthrough would be like 3-6 players, probably more likely lower numbers. But it's literally $46 and that would be the most I would have ever spent on a board game. (I know, I'm fortunate/cheap. The most I've ever spent is like $41 for
Stone Age
, which never gets played. :'( Anyone wanna trade?)

Speaking of which I woke up this morning and Amazon sent me mail telling me
Felix the Cat in the Sack
was on sale but it was still $35 :(

I rather intensely dislike
Stone Age
... so that's a no.

I guess I would run cosmic on forum if people really wanted it, it would be fun to mod, but it's a very component-friendly game (you get 20 little UFOs that are a big part of the game). Best option is to find a gamestore with a library, and test it there.

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Post Post #1568 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:07 am

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I dislike Cosmic. Every game I've played has turned into group-hug or rules-confusion.
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Post Post #1569 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:24 am

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Post Post #1570 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:30 am

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In post 1566, xRECKONERx wrote:Good board games on Android?

I hear ticket to ride and carcassonne both have apps.
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Post Post #1571 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:31 am

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Ya, 2nding ticket to ride, reck. REAL good game bet you'd love it.
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Post Post #1572 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:36 am

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In post 1569, Brandi wrote:Sudo

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That's exactly what a hugger would say!
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Post Post #1573 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 1:03 pm

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Lords of Waterdeep
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Post Post #1574 (ISO) » Sat Oct 11, 2014 1:06 pm

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In post 1571, Faraday wrote:Ya, 2nding ticket to ride, reck. REAL good game bet you'd love it.

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