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UT and I finished Pandemic Legacy on Saturday and I'm still trying to think of ways to tweak it - it's REALLY really good but they way they designed it has it take a pretty sharp turn from mid to endgame that almost fucked us over: we lost one game by a single action, but that actually wound up saving us by giving us another chance at the month to do more on the map before it immediately went into the endgame months.
Spoiler: OPENING THIS WILL SPOIL THE LAST BIG CHANGE OF THE GAME AND AN EPILOGUE ELEMENT
>_> that was a bit of a rant i guess. The game is so good though and that's the one thing in the game that feels like it unfairly punishes you for succeeding despite long odds.
The gameplay changes and twists and story throughout the game range from good to fantastically great imo - the tools you're given in the last couple months to fix things feel a bit clunky and by the end there are SO MANY PIECES and actions to choose from on every turn by the end, but that doesn't stop the game from being really satisfying and interesting to play. I think UT and I lost 2 games total, one around March/April where we lost by running out of cards in the deck, and the mid/late-game border month we lost where we got a setup with tons of red cards, hit two epidemics with only one turn between them, and that ultimately wound up with one red city becoming Fallen and another Collapsing. (Beijing and Shanghai I think?) I feel like most of the people that would consider buying it already have, but it's a TEN OUTTA TEN game and you should play the hell out of it if you have a small group that can get together consistently and enjoy co-op games.
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How are you so good at this game?In post 2528, Gammagooey wrote:and that ultimately wound up with one red city becoming Fallen and another Collapsing
RED, as described above, kept outbreaking and causing chain reactions so about 80% of the Pacific Rim was fallen (except Australia of course). We literally had toin order to survive the middle months because the game enjoyed screwing us over.Spoiler: July/Augustish"This is the true face of a man who plays paladin."- Gammagooey
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In post 2530, Andrius wrote:
How are you so good at this game?In post 2528, Gammagooey wrote:and that ultimately wound up with one red city becoming Fallen and another Collapsing
RED, as described above, kept outbreaking and causing chain reactions so about 80% of the Pacific Rim was fallen (except Australia of course). We literally had toin order to survive the middle months because the game enjoyed screwing us over.Spoiler: July/AugustishSpoiler: Jan Spoilers
Red didn't get named, Blue was Nuclear Bronchitis, Yellow was SUPER AIDS (capitalization is important), Black was Deathcock
We got pretty lucky - I don't think Red got more than 2 cards in our initial setup in most of our games before July/August, and I don't think it was at 3 more than a couple times either. That one late game we lost was partially because we finally had a setup with 5 of the initial infection cards being red, and we put starting research centers in Sao Paulo and Baghdad that let us get to most of the other diseases pretty quickly in most cases.Spoiler: Feb? maybe March Spoilers
That one March/April loss we had was a four-chain of red cities with Beijing being one of them, and there were some other rioting red cities later on. Aside from red I think the only other place that even started rioting were two cities in Africa, though there were definitely some close calls and it looked like one of the African cities might start collapsing if we didn't win that game soon, and some hairy looking potential chains in North America during one or two games that we didn't hit.
Spoiler: Through September- Andrius
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Spoiler: Yo'lisha
We all got attached to our characters, and we turned our Medic into some Paratrooper Medic who could remote heal so that was amazing. Black was MERS+, Blue was Syphillus Maximus, I can't recall 100% what Yellow was but something to do with Corona.
You definitely had a better containment plan than we did. We basically walled off the entirety of the Pacific Rim (save Australia) and just let it go to hell.
Spoiler: Octoberish
Yeah you did way better than we did. China, Korea, Japan, were all fallen. Our first November game was a loss given the game screwed us by outbreaking 3/4 times in Atlanta, our starting location, in the first two rounds.
Spoiler: September to end
I'd still play the game again with a different group. Loads more fun than normal Pandemic, loads more fun than Risk Legacy. Even if we had a keg for Risk Legacy."This is the true face of a man who plays paladin."- Untrod Tripod
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We rocked the ass and balls of that game.
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Also, on Drunk Dice this week, Gamma and I discuss Catacombs. http://www.drunkdice.com/2016/11/22/flick-to-victory/- Andrius
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I also had the Medic with that same upgrade. We played with three most of the time and even then it wherever the Medic was he pretty much held. So Europe and N. Africa were spared for the majority of the game. UntilSpoiler:
I also own and love Catacombs. The Cavern of Soloth is basically a must-buy if you love the game as the extra monsters/heroes are amazing.
Will have to listen sometime.
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Ooooh niceYes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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so we talked about "Seasons" on the podcast this week and it might be the most disdain I've ever felt for a game
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Game 0 was a lot of fun, I came 2nd. There was one bit I didn't particularly like (minor spoiler below), also I wouldn't watch any tutorial videos beforehand (we did, 45 minutes worth and man was I confused), the prologue cut things down a lot and the rules come in, in dribs and drabs, so it's quite easy to get into and your options on how to play are quite plentiful,Spoiler: very minor spoiler about the various options you can take in the prologue
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See, we are five games into Risk Legacy and I never want to play again.
I have two wins (tied for the lead) and ambut so don't care to ever see it again.Spoiler: One of the big box spoilers
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You should play MoM v1 and compare it to v2 if you haven't already.In post 2544, Untrod Tripod wrote:GammaPod 2016 has concluded for the year with several sessions of Mansions of Madness, Arkham Horror the card game, and Mystic Vale
the conclusion: shit's good yo
Because as good as v2 is, it's way better when you play v1 and understand just how smart they were to handle it in this way.Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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In post 2542, Andrius wrote:See, we are five games into Risk Legacy and I never want to play again.
I have two wins (in the lead) and ambut so don't care to ever see it again.Spoiler: One of the big box spoilers
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Everyone knows better than to take my faction.In post 2548, Porochaz wrote:In post 2542, Andrius wrote:See, we are five games into Risk Legacy and I never want to play again.
I have two wins (in the lead) and ambut so don't care to ever see it again.Spoiler: One of the big box spoilers
Part of it is my group, admittedly.Spoiler:"This is the true face of a man who plays paladin."- implosion
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My pandemic legacy game got put on hold because one of my roommates who I'm playing with was away for a month. But it should resume shortly... we only have November and December left.
Spoiler: January
Spoiler: April
Spoiler: September
I'll look more at spoilers and perhaps say more about our game once we're done but I'm too terrified to accidentally see something I shouldn't~~~ - implosion
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