Anyone collect board games? Just babbling about them.
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If I didn’t know you were a confirmed non-fagit I’d assume this was an attempt to seduce me.
The slipcase is just the cherry on top.
Like I said before I was blown away by how good the Judge’s screen was, especially with the inserts.
I’ve barely had a chance to delve in to my copies of ACKS2. I need to clear a spot on my bookshelves for it.
It’s wild how much nicer an edition this is compared to the first.
The slipcase is just the cherry on top.
Like I said before I was blown away by how good the Judge’s screen was, especially with the inserts.
I’ve barely had a chance to delve in to my copies of ACKS2. I need to clear a spot on my bookshelves for it.
It’s wild how much nicer an edition this is compared to the first.
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Wife and I beat Jaws of the Lion scenario 4 by one hit point--even one hit less and we would have failed.
Pretty epic as far as boardgame nerd shit goes.
Pretty epic as far as boardgame nerd shit goes.
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Some of those scenarios are fucking hard. We did all the extra shit to level and gear up as much as possible every single time.
Isaac Childress is a hell of a faggit. Gloomhaven is a hell of a game.
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It's such a tense game.
So many good cards get Lost when used and the ticking clock element of your deck puts such a fun twist on your decision making since you want every turn to count.
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I'm Hatchet and she's Voidwarden.
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I love Voidwarden. Can alter enemy behavior and use their strengths against them and also provide much needed healing on the regular. Only drawback seemed to be how slow the character was, frequently going late in the sequence. But that may have been my pal's playing style, since he had me and the Demolitionist running in to dish the frontline damage.
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Voidwarden was a bad pick for her since she's new at this boardgame stuff and her kit is very wordy to say the least, but she's starting to get the hang of it now.
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I was actually considering giving this a spin.
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BGA is a legit site. There's only a few games I can tolerate online, but if I can, i play them on BGA.
I've done Tablestop Simulator, but it's more of a sandbox than a game system. BGA handles all of the game system for you .
I've done Tablestop Simulator, but it's more of a sandbox than a game system. BGA handles all of the game system for you .
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I'm not sure how I feel about playing boardgames virtually. But I am a guy that demands we all sit at a table whenever we are about to play them.
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Goddammit, I redesigned my entire front room to host people, not bandwidth.
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Goddammit, I redesigned my entire front room to host people, not bandwidth.
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I'm with you. I have a room setup just for gaming, tho I think most of those days are over.
I can't pay attention in online games. I'm just making moves quickly. That is one benefit of TTS is you are all still hanging around a virtual table and chatting. I did a decent amount of TTS in VR during the pandemic.
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I still hang out with a handful of my high school chums so for us, game nights are mostly just us drinking soda, eating chips, playing games and complaining about politics.
Only now we don't eat at the table, all the cards are sleeved, hands must be washed before handling game materials and we play on a fancy, hoity toity gaming table with a removable dining top.
Only now we don't eat at the table, all the cards are sleeved, hands must be washed before handling game materials and we play on a fancy, hoity toity gaming table with a removable dining top.
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They have Dead Cells, which I wanted to play, but not spend the money on.
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Yeah, there are quite a few I've wanted to try out and this is a good way to experience them, I think:
Lord of the Rings: The Fate of the Fellowship
Memoir 44
A Feast For Odin
Orleans
Scythe
Dead Cells
Dedale
Blood Rage
Abyss
Stupor Mundi
Pax Renaissance
Queen of Scots
The following are games I have physical copies of but have yet to play so I may give them a whirl at this site:
Sabateur
Hadrian's Wall
Middle Ages
A Gest For Robin Hood (this may be the first one I try)
Mini Rogue
Oriflamme
Beer & Bread
Troyes Dice
These are games I have played physically and can vouch for their quality:
Res Arcana
Citadels
Forbidden Island (GREAT game)
Troyes
Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done
All in all, this site offers a LOT of value for free. Quite incredible. Great find!
Lord of the Rings: The Fate of the Fellowship
Memoir 44
A Feast For Odin
Orleans
Scythe
Dead Cells
Dedale
Blood Rage
Abyss
Stupor Mundi
Pax Renaissance
Queen of Scots
The following are games I have physical copies of but have yet to play so I may give them a whirl at this site:
Sabateur
Hadrian's Wall
Middle Ages
A Gest For Robin Hood (this may be the first one I try)
Mini Rogue
Oriflamme
Beer & Bread
Troyes Dice
These are games I have played physically and can vouch for their quality:
Res Arcana
Citadels
Forbidden Island (GREAT game)
Troyes
Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done
All in all, this site offers a LOT of value for free. Quite incredible. Great find!
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Blood Rage is one of my favorites.
We played that a ton in our group.
I own Scythe as well (one of the few I kept) and that one is excellent.
We played that a ton in our group.
I own Scythe as well (one of the few I kept) and that one is excellent.
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I just went ahead and paid for a membership since it's so damn cheap.
If any of you goobs ever want to play anything, then just say the word.
If any of you goobs ever want to play anything, then just say the word.
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I didn't like the idea of virtual board games and staved it off a long while. When my daughter was off at college it made sense though. We played word games over Zoom, but can't play things like TTR or Azul over Zoom. Well, you can, but tedious and the brilliance of those games is the depth they provide while taking 10 second turns.
I still will always play in person when that opportunity is there, but if no ones around or I have a 15 minute break at work, I can play an entire game of TTR. It actually works well on phone too.
Another benefit is actually getting good at games. I thought I was good at both of the games I mentioned. I'm not. I get killed on BGA. There are players with like 85% win percentage on TTR. I didn't know how deep those games were until playing the fast matches online and seeing the recurring themes and importance of entire rounds of just blocking and mucking up someone else's game.
I still will always play in person when that opportunity is there, but if no ones around or I have a 15 minute break at work, I can play an entire game of TTR. It actually works well on phone too.
Another benefit is actually getting good at games. I thought I was good at both of the games I mentioned. I'm not. I get killed on BGA. There are players with like 85% win percentage on TTR. I didn't know how deep those games were until playing the fast matches online and seeing the recurring themes and importance of entire rounds of just blocking and mucking up someone else's game.
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Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins (two of the top designers for WotC's shittiest version of D&D) have joined Darrington Press to help Critical Role develop their new faggor 'Daggerheart' TTRPG, which the sycophants are calling a 'D&D killer'.
Nothing is going to kill D&D. It survived Pathfinder during the dark years of 4E.
But Perkins and Crawford might help kill Daggerheart and Critical Role, which I wouldn't complain about.
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Nothing is going to kill D&D. It survived Pathfinder during the dark years of 4E.
But Perkins and Crawford might help kill Daggerheart and Critical Role, which I wouldn't complain about.
Welcoming Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford to Our Team! – Darrington Press
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Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins (two of the top designers for WotC's shittiest version of D&D) have joined Darrington Press to help Critical Role develop their new faggor 'Daggerheart' TTRPG, which the sycophants are calling a 'D&D killer'.
Nothing is going to kill D&D. It survived Pathfinder during the dark years of 4E.
But Perkins and Crawford might help kill Daggerheart and Critical Role, which I wouldn't complain about.
Welcoming Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford to Our Team! – Darrington Press
Hasbro loves to shoot itself in the foot over and over and over and over. A terrible chain of events could leave the door open for a temporary displacement by something else. However..., I think you are right. Pathfinder had a ton of momentum and biffed it. I don't see some cringe TTRPG doing any better.
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Yeah, if D&D survived 4E (an unfairly maligned edition, has flaws but isn't as bad as others say) AND Pathfinder at the same time, it's the Cloverfield monster in game form. It simply will not die.
The problem is really Hasbro, although the west coast liberal faggit influences in WotC certainly don't help. They don't understand the customer base or their own creative traits. This is a market that is willing to buy the product until the product fails to impress.
It's not about adding new classes, spells, weapons, etc. Those will make money but they also muddy the essence and strip it of its essential identity.
Make good adventures. Grow the campaign setting. Stop shitting on the founders and roots of the hobby-that's bringing in a lot of unnecessary negativity in order to commodify virtue and swindle a bunch of smooth brains into thinking that they are 'permitted' to buy the product. This cheap psychological ploy has only divided the fan base.
Let it be rebellious, anarchic, free and chaotic. And support that wild independent growth.
EDIT: Jim Ragge's Lamentations of the Flame Princess is, perhaps, too irrerverent and risque to ever be a contender for the crown but I love that the man never backs down off of his position to produce the best possible 'grindhouse' style, B movie fantasy content in printed form. His product line is wildly inconsistent in its themes (he published an EXCELLENT series of adventures based on the Salem Witch hunts (Disastrum) and also adventures called Don't Fuck the Priest and Wight Power). He is not afraid to ruffle feathers in service of making a product with a specific identity unique unto itself.
Now the Trump fagaloons are upset because he wore a shirt that said 'Trump is a cunt' on the back but as long as he doesn't become one of those 'always punch nazis' or 'if you are conservative, don't buy my books' cocksuckers, I will continue to support his products. He's been cancelled by 'his own side' so many times that it should be evident that he just wants to make a certain type of game and that he doesn't gatekeep audiences or creators no matter who they are. He lets us be whoever we want to be and we should give him the same leeway.
Hasbro can let WotC develop a product that is more mainstream without being fucking gay. Because gay, no matter how nice it may be, isn't mainstream. And anyway, for a game to be gay...isn't that the table's choice?
The problem is really Hasbro, although the west coast liberal faggit influences in WotC certainly don't help. They don't understand the customer base or their own creative traits. This is a market that is willing to buy the product until the product fails to impress.
It's not about adding new classes, spells, weapons, etc. Those will make money but they also muddy the essence and strip it of its essential identity.
Make good adventures. Grow the campaign setting. Stop shitting on the founders and roots of the hobby-that's bringing in a lot of unnecessary negativity in order to commodify virtue and swindle a bunch of smooth brains into thinking that they are 'permitted' to buy the product. This cheap psychological ploy has only divided the fan base.
Let it be rebellious, anarchic, free and chaotic. And support that wild independent growth.
EDIT: Jim Ragge's Lamentations of the Flame Princess is, perhaps, too irrerverent and risque to ever be a contender for the crown but I love that the man never backs down off of his position to produce the best possible 'grindhouse' style, B movie fantasy content in printed form. His product line is wildly inconsistent in its themes (he published an EXCELLENT series of adventures based on the Salem Witch hunts (Disastrum) and also adventures called Don't Fuck the Priest and Wight Power). He is not afraid to ruffle feathers in service of making a product with a specific identity unique unto itself.
Now the Trump fagaloons are upset because he wore a shirt that said 'Trump is a cunt' on the back but as long as he doesn't become one of those 'always punch nazis' or 'if you are conservative, don't buy my books' cocksuckers, I will continue to support his products. He's been cancelled by 'his own side' so many times that it should be evident that he just wants to make a certain type of game and that he doesn't gatekeep audiences or creators no matter who they are. He lets us be whoever we want to be and we should give him the same leeway.
Hasbro can let WotC develop a product that is more mainstream without being fucking gay. Because gay, no matter how nice it may be, isn't mainstream. And anyway, for a game to be gay...isn't that the table's choice?
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