Board Games!

Sudo_Nym · Post Post #1725 (ISO) » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:47 am

Scotland Yard, kinda?

Juls · Post Post #1726 (ISO) » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:54 am

In post 1722, Sudo_Nym wrote:We could play Shadows over Camelot.

I would do this later tonight. Supposed to play another game online with my bro/sis in law in about half an hour.

Chevre · Post Post #1727 (ISO) » Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:08 pm

I think I have it down, so I'll be game later tonight

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1728 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:37 am

Hmm. Kind of want somebody to try out the X-Wing miniatures game with me.

Nexus · Post Post #1729 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 3:01 am

GreyICE · Post Post #1730 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 3:43 am

Letters from Whitechapel

is probably your game for deductions. Or

Scotland Yard

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1731 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 4:27 am

In post 1729, Nexus wrote:Why

It sounds kind of fun! But I definitely don't want to invest any money unless I'm sure that I like it.

In post 1730, GreyICE wrote:
Letters from Whitechapel
is probably your game for deductions. Or
Scotland Yard

Ooh, yes,

Letters from Whitechapel

is also very good.

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

is the No.1 game that I want to try but finding a copy appears impossible at the moment.

zoraster · Post Post #1732 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 4:47 am

you might be able to find the CD-ROM version somewhere online. I played that as a kid.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1733 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 5:09 am

Ah, I wanna get a boxed set with a proper map of London and the newspapers, etc. Sounds much more romantic.

Fenchurch · Post Post #1734 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:20 am

CDB i have Sherlock Hilmes Vonsulting Detectove! I actually brought it to the first April Meet but it didn't get played... it's not really a meet style game, is the thing. but I can definitely bring it to the next thing and you'd be welcome to borrow it. Oh also my copy Has no box but it has all the relevant parts.

Arg, phones.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1735 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:23 am

In post 1734, Fenchurch wrote:CDB i have Sherlock Hilmes Vonsulting Detectove! I actually brought it to the first April Meet but it didn't get played... it's not really a meet style game, is the thing. but I can definitely bring it to the next thing and you'd be welcome to borrow it. Oh also my copy Has no box but it has all the relevant parts.

Arg, phones.

!!! THIS IS HUGE

xRECKONERx · Post Post #1736 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:34 am

I have Letters from Whitechapel... while it's good, it's not exactly the clue-finding mechanic I want.

GreyICE · Post Post #1737 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:53 am

Maybe try

Mystery Express

. Had to look that one up (I vaguely remember the announcement not interesting me a while ago), but it's Days of Wonder, which means good component quality and playtesting, and it's meant to be an upgraded clue.

Chevre · Post Post #1738 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:35 am

I have no personal experience but I know

Mystery of the Abbey

often gets hyped as "Clue on steroids", so that might be worth research.

zoraster · Post Post #1739 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:38 am

i've played a ton of mystery of the abbey because it's one game I can consistently get my mom to play (the other, weirdly enough, is dominion), and it is very like clue, but with a few changes. It reduces randomization because you don't have dice rolls, but it introduces it in other areas (mass cards that come up every 4/3 rounds, "scriptorum" cards that vary in effect, and "biblioteca" cards that vary from not that great to game changing. I don't know, it's not really what I'd think of as the perfect deduction/poe game, but it is fun.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1740 (ISO) » Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:30 pm

In post 1737, GreyICE wrote:Maybe try
Mystery Express
. Had to look that one up (I vaguely remember the announcement not interesting me a while ago), but it's Days of Wonder, which means good component quality and playtesting, and it's meant to be an upgraded clue.

Mystery Express

is good. Takes the Cluedo mechanic of recording which locations/suspects/etc you've seen but muddies it by having two of everything except for the real answers and then forces you to constantly shuffle cards around the table. Played it a few times now and does a good job of leaving me feeling clever but that I could just do a little bit better the next time.

GreyICE · Post Post #1741 (ISO) » Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:30 am

So I'm going to start teaching people

Mage Wars

, which I would describe as M:tG's older brother, over OCTGN just to get people to play with. Anyone interested?

xRECKONERx · Post Post #1742 (ISO) » Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:47 am

I'm very interested, but I feel that the magic of the game is lost without the physical components, just from watching reviews.

Lady Lambdadelta · Post Post #1743 (ISO) » Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:13 pm

In post 1740, ChannelDelibird wrote:
In post 1737, GreyICE wrote:Maybe try
Mystery Express
. Had to look that one up (I vaguely remember the announcement not interesting me a while ago), but it's Days of Wonder, which means good component quality and playtesting, and it's meant to be an upgraded clue.

Mystery Express
is good. Takes the Cluedo mechanic of recording which locations/suspects/etc you've seen but muddies it by having two of everything except for the real answers and then forces you to constantly shuffle cards around the table. Played it a few times now and does a good job of leaving me feeling clever but that I could just do a little bit better the next time.

I owned this game for the longest time and tried to get people to play it and never could get enough people at once. So if there's a VASSAL mod or something for this, I would be down to play this instead of BSG the next time we have a free weekend.

Cosmic Encounter · Post Post #1744 (ISO) » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:09 pm

Someone said I should post here. So fine. I am. Hi.

We're running a Mish Mash game of Cosmic Encounter. It's bold, possibly stupid, but also should be fun!

So if interested...sign ups here!

diginova · Post Post #1745 (ISO) » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:44 pm

In post 1731, ChannelDelibird wrote:
In post 1729, Nexus wrote:Why

It sounds kind of fun! But I definitely don't want to invest any money unless I'm sure that I like it.

In post 1730, GreyICE wrote:
Letters from Whitechapel
is probably your game for deductions. Or
Scotland Yard

Ooh, yes,
Letters from Whitechapel
is also very good.

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
is the No.1 game that I want to try but finding a copy appears impossible at the moment.

I have a copy here, but that doesn't help.
I do have scans of everything you need if you want.

The issue I have with

Mystery Express

is that the timing part of the game is algorithmically solved, so it's one where new players will have trouble while people who have played before s

Mystery in the Abbey

is my preference for the hyper-Clue(do) game, as it is all about the deduction aspect.

Lady Lambdadelta · Post Post #1746 (ISO) » Fri Oct 31, 2014 12:56 am

In post 1731, ChannelDelibird wrote:
In post 1729, Nexus wrote:Why

It sounds kind of fun! But I definitely don't want to invest any money unless I'm sure that I like it.

In post 1730, GreyICE wrote:
Letters from Whitechapel
is probably your game for deductions. Or
Scotland Yard

Ooh, yes,
Letters from Whitechapel
is also very good.

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
is the No.1 game that I want to try but finding a copy appears impossible at the moment.

I ordered a copy of this at the end of August. It's still not in stock where I ordered it from, and they keep sending me "you sure you don't want to change your order?" mails

Also, GreyICE can confirm I'm very good at Letters from Whitchapel/Mr. X

Lady Lambdadelta · Post Post #1747 (ISO) » Fri Oct 31, 2014 12:57 am

Actually, is anyone free tonight/this weekend? I know

Betrayal at House on the Hill

and other horror games have VASSAL mods, and I wouldn't mind playing some of those!

quadz08 · Post Post #1748 (ISO) » Fri Oct 31, 2014 1:37 am

omg betrayal

I

might

be available tonight for betrayal (or maybe something else), though I don't have VASSAL

Lady Lambdadelta · Post Post #1749 (ISO) » Fri Oct 31, 2014 2:34 am

it's a pretty simple/fast download

also it doesn't specifically need to be tonight. I mean, yeah, tonight is Halloween, but this whole weekend works.