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biggyfries
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Man, I'm sick of waiting for Star Realms and Marvel Dice to come back in stock.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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Just a heads up if anybody is interested in grabbing Pax Porfiriana, Sierra Madre games had just released the reprint. The game has been out for print for a bit and was going for over $70. The price is about $37 shipped. It's an extremely limited 200 copies so if you want it, you should probably act soon.
http://www.sierra-madre-games.eu/index_pax_porfiriana.html
Pax Porfirana is a card game based on the Mexican revolution. Each player plays a wealthy land owner and you are trying to buy land, business, and personal armies all the while trying to manipulate your position in order to topple Porfirio Díaz. Be warned, while it's a very interesting game the rulebook isn't the greatest. It's dense, dry, and difficult to get through. There is a really good video tutorial (part 1 part 2) that will help you play the game. It is also a heavy, heavy game. If you are a new boardgame player, tread lightly..
http://www.sierra-madre-games.eu/index_pax_porfiriana.html
Pax Porfirana is a card game based on the Mexican revolution. Each player plays a wealthy land owner and you are trying to buy land, business, and personal armies all the while trying to manipulate your position in order to topple Porfirio Díaz. Be warned, while it's a very interesting game the rulebook isn't the greatest. It's dense, dry, and difficult to get through. There is a really good video tutorial (part 1 part 2) that will help you play the game. It is also a heavy, heavy game. If you are a new boardgame player, tread lightly..
That's a bummer. I've been running my Print and Play set for a while and while that works okay I've been hoping to get a real copy at some point so that I'm not using pieces of paper slipped into magic sleeves as cards. I'm really looking forward to playing in a huge game of it at Gen Con since the most I've played with on my own is 12.
What are people's thoughts on XenoShyft Onslaught Kickstarter?
Found it wierd that they have people like Tom Vasel talk about it but no gameplay of it. They don't really say how it is played but already listing shipping delays in the "Risks and Challenges" section.
Found it wierd that they have people like Tom Vasel talk about it but no gameplay of it. They don't really say how it is played but already listing shipping delays in the "Risks and Challenges" section.
BattleMonkey
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Cmon never posts up anything about gameplay. They can crap in a pretty box and people will toss money at it.
EYEL1NER
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Just got back from the APO and it feels like Christmas came early for me. Wasabi, Eclipse, Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients, Sentinels of the Multiverse Enhanced Edition, Elder SIgn: Unseen Forces, and Android: Netrunner all showed up. Which kind of sucks, because we had so much fun playing Ravenloft and Elder Sign on Monday night that we planned on doing it again next Monday. So I don't know when the hell I will get a chance to play these, but I am glad they got here so quick. Hopefully my two X-Wing Core Sets and X & TIE expansions get here next week, because that will be awesome.
Everything is sealed minus Wasabi, which was bought cheap from the Geek Marketplace. I opened that up to inventory and survey the contents and wow, it looks too cool. The menus for each player with the ingrediants hidden behind them, the four wasabi bowls with green cubes, the sushi-mat-styled board... I don't care if the game ends up being horrible, I am happy to have it in my collection looking as awesome as it does.
Everything is sealed minus Wasabi, which was bought cheap from the Geek Marketplace. I opened that up to inventory and survey the contents and wow, it looks too cool. The menus for each player with the ingrediants hidden behind them, the four wasabi bowls with green cubes, the sushi-mat-styled board... I don't care if the game ends up being horrible, I am happy to have it in my collection looking as awesome as it does.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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Wasabi is not bad. It plays quickly and is easy enough to get non-gamers to play. Your other games are good too. So, nice pick ups all around.
biggyfries
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Wasabi is fun. My kids still play it after having it about 4 years.
EYEL1NER
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Well that is good about Wasabi then. I haven't really read anything too terrible about it, just mainly mediocre or middling reviews. I showed it on webcam to my daughter and wife and they thought it looked cool enough, so I am looking forward to playing it with them in a couple months.
I broke open the Netrunner instructions and damn, I didn't expect them to be so big. I will read a bit of them tomorrow and then pass them on to my buddy to read in preparation for Monday night. He has a long MtG background, so hopefully he picks up on the rules pretty quickly. The only card game like that that I know anything about is MtG, and that is very limited info that this guy has taught me when we have been playing. The Sentinels of the Multiverse rules look pretty simple, which is surprising because the guy at TableTop Day that introduced me to the game explained it so poorly that I had no clue what we were doing throughout the entire duration of the game. I've been reading up on Eclipse in preparation of its arrival, so I will probably reread those rules a couple more times over the weekend. And then on Monday, the big decisions of "What do we play?" will have to be made.
First thing you have to tell your MtG friend : Netrunner does not have a stack
Roger dodger...
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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The digital version of Twilight Struggle just launched a kickstarter. They also have a tier where you can get the physical game as well as the digital version.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559431060/twilight-struggle-digital-edition
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559431060/twilight-struggle-digital-edition
Possibly my favorite 2 player game. As it is already at twice the goal this seems like it will be a huge success...
EYEL1NER
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Quick question for anyone who knows anything about digital images and printing:
I'm looking to order a 3x3 vinyl from Banners on the Cheap. Their requirements are as follows:
- Must be less than 20MB in size
- Must be an EPS, JPG, TIF, BMP, GIF, PNG, PDF file type
I want to use this image . I grabbed the jpeg from the "Highest Quality" section, it is 15.75 megs and 3622x3877px.
I almost ordered yesterday for $21.XX, but I didn't know if that was a good enough file to use. I know some people on BGG were very pleased with their vinyls and some people were disappointed. There was a large variety to what people were using though; some people were using PDFs, some people were using jpegs, some people had too small of file sizes with low pixel count. People who were disappointed were talking about getting dithering in their image, and I don't remember what dithering is.
So for anyone who knows anything about this kind of stuff, will that image turn out moderately well? Not looking for the best-quality playmat ever, but as long as it isn't distorted or blown up to a size where individual pixels are seen and looks blurry, I will be okay. I want to order a GF9 mat, but this is almost $20 cheaper and people who used proper images seemed to really like their mats.
This is the last thing I feel that I need for my X-Wing minis. In addition to the 2 core sets I ordered, I ordered a TIE and X-Wing expansion. The next day, a "Used - Like New" TIE expansion popped up on Warehouse Deals for $10, so I bought that too since it was a couple dollars off. Then that "$5 off $25 for downloading a Amazon plug-in" promo dropped yesterday, so I used that towards a Y-Wing and TIE Advanced. So in total that is 6 TIES, 3 X-Wings, 1 TIE Advanced, and 1 Y-Wing. I think that should be pretty good for now. But in addition to playing the game, I am really excited about the possibility of breaking out my camera and snapping some cool pics. And I definitely want to be playing on some cool space image, rather than a hardwood table.
I'm looking to order a 3x3 vinyl from Banners on the Cheap. Their requirements are as follows:
- Must be less than 20MB in size
- Must be an EPS, JPG, TIF, BMP, GIF, PNG, PDF file type
I want to use this image . I grabbed the jpeg from the "Highest Quality" section, it is 15.75 megs and 3622x3877px.
I almost ordered yesterday for $21.XX, but I didn't know if that was a good enough file to use. I know some people on BGG were very pleased with their vinyls and some people were disappointed. There was a large variety to what people were using though; some people were using PDFs, some people were using jpegs, some people had too small of file sizes with low pixel count. People who were disappointed were talking about getting dithering in their image, and I don't remember what dithering is.
So for anyone who knows anything about this kind of stuff, will that image turn out moderately well? Not looking for the best-quality playmat ever, but as long as it isn't distorted or blown up to a size where individual pixels are seen and looks blurry, I will be okay. I want to order a GF9 mat, but this is almost $20 cheaper and people who used proper images seemed to really like their mats.
This is the last thing I feel that I need for my X-Wing minis. In addition to the 2 core sets I ordered, I ordered a TIE and X-Wing expansion. The next day, a "Used - Like New" TIE expansion popped up on Warehouse Deals for $10, so I bought that too since it was a couple dollars off. Then that "$5 off $25 for downloading a Amazon plug-in" promo dropped yesterday, so I used that towards a Y-Wing and TIE Advanced. So in total that is 6 TIES, 3 X-Wings, 1 TIE Advanced, and 1 Y-Wing. I think that should be pretty good for now. But in addition to playing the game, I am really excited about the possibility of breaking out my camera and snapping some cool pics. And I definitely want to be playing on some cool space image, rather than a hardwood table.
Oooh, I get to nerd out about print design here a bit.
Your X-Wing mat image might be undersized for it to show up sharply, but that also depends on what the viewing distance will be. I've never played that game, so I don't know how high above the table you typically hover.
Assuming you look at the mat from about 18" / 0,46m away, you'd need about twice the size of your image to make a clear 3x3 print for that use. The closer you get, the higher the res needs to be. so try to aim for like 7000x7000 or so.
Your X-Wing mat image might be undersized for it to show up sharply, but that also depends on what the viewing distance will be. I've never played that game, so I don't know how high above the table you typically hover.
Assuming you look at the mat from about 18" / 0,46m away, you'd need about twice the size of your image to make a clear 3x3 print for that use. The closer you get, the higher the res needs to be. so try to aim for like 7000x7000 or so.
I recommend making your own mat out of felt cloth for X-Wing. There is some pretty slick cloth bolts with space, buy a bit and if you want to really dress it up buy some Star Wars themed cloth and sew together for the underside.
I then took a white cloth pen and randomly blotched larger stars and planets onto my space cloth. Looks awesome!
I then took a white cloth pen and randomly blotched larger stars and planets onto my space cloth. Looks awesome!
Incoming informercial for Pandasaurus.
Hydranockz
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Ugh, I have such a hankering to play the GoT board game or BSG or something similar right now. All my friends live far awaaaay.
Time to rope more folks into a board game group. There's a game coming up soon called Dead of Winter that uses a lot of the BSG mechanics with some new twists...
Gather ye rosebuds and so on...
Affeinvasion
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Lost Valley looks really cool but no board game purchases for me during the summer because I'm a PhD student (which sucks that con season is the summer).
I can't fathom how this thread doesn't have an official VASSAL group.
Isn't Vassal pretty heavily war-game focused? I've been thinking of trying to get a friend in the UK to play Sekigahara with me over Vassal...
Hydranockz
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Woah, I've never heard of this.
TumblingHippo
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VASSAL requires the same sort of trust and real time knowledge of the rules that regular board games do, so I feel like it'd just be as worthwhile to play the physical game.
Still, if you're pretty sure no one nearby will ever play Twilight Struggle with you, it can be a great alternative.
Still, if you're pretty sure no one nearby will ever play Twilight Struggle with you, it can be a great alternative.
Wargameroom is a much better online version of Twilight Struggle (and other games) and it fully enforces the rules.
Every time I try VASSAL, I hit the wall of "this is just moving about sprites with no concept of rules or enforcement" & I give up.
biggyfries
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I'm excited to try this!
So I kickstarted Pandante and am excited to try it. I'm not a big fan of some of Sirlin's views but I think he makes pretty fun mediumweight games and this looks to be another one.
Tomorrow at game night I'm trying to knock off a few of my 10x10 games that have been neglected, namely:
-7 Wonders (no idea why this game is so divisive! -- it's great!)
-King of Tokyo (thought this would be super easy but think we burned out on it just a bit last year)
-Galaxy Trucker (just tough to introduce to new players)
Tomorrow at game night I'm trying to knock off a few of my 10x10 games that have been neglected, namely:
-7 Wonders (no idea why this game is so divisive! -- it's great!)
-King of Tokyo (thought this would be super easy but think we burned out on it just a bit last year)
-Galaxy Trucker (just tough to introduce to new players)
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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The only knock against 7 Wonders is we played it out in our game group. It's a great game that fills the time either before or after games. Because of that it always came out. It didn't help that Cities fell flat with everyone in our group.
In other news, packing sucks. I thought books were bad but boardgames take the cake as the worst thing to move. It doesn't help that I have too many games. I have no idea how Tom Vasel moved so many games.
Oh man I love playing with both Leaders and Cities. So much variety and variance (which can be a bad thing to some, but for me who considers 7W pure goofiness quite good) and it really does make the coins interesting. Only mechanic I think is a bit silly is the peace thing -- doesn't seem particularly useful in most cases.
biggyfries
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Cool Stuff Inc shows that Star Realms is out of stock.
But, Amazon has it for 20.77 from 3rd party seller... Cool Stuff Inc.
Is that kinda shady?
But, Amazon has it for 20.77 from 3rd party seller... Cool Stuff Inc.
Is that kinda shady?
Happens pretty regularly with CSI. Capitalism for the win.
I'd seen others do it but never noticed CSI doing it. :/
BattleMonkey
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If your selling on an Amazon store I believe you have to allocate certain stock to their system. So even if they sell out on CSI, if they allocated stock to Amazon, they likely set it aside. And selling via Amazon incurs a bunch of extra fees than selling direct from their own site, so I dont really see much wrong with it.
While that's true, they sell it for 9.99 on their own site.
BattleMonkey
Member
They did same when they sold out of Eclipse when that was the big hot stuff, they were selling on Amazon and other places for inflated price. Unless they had a huge stash hidden away and price gouging, I wouldn't care, alot of other retailers also do it like miniaturemarket, frp, etc
The point I was making there is that their current amazon price is more than twice what they normally sell it for, so yeah that feels like gouging.
Yeah CSI does that all the time. I can see why some don't like it. I personally have no problem with it as I don't think there's an entitlement to be able to buy a game at MSRP or lower. In extreme cases CSI just goes into eBay mode and "gouges." If it helps them keep up their low prices elsewhere and generally pretty awesome customer service more power to them.
Hive is really fun. Simple rules but it has good stratigic depth. It's a fav for me and my gf.
Exactly what I was going to say. I personally recommend Hive Pocket, as it contains the Mosquito and Ladybug expansions, and the tiles are perfect size for playing anywhere. I believe the "Carbon" version contains the expansions too but it's all black and white which I don't like as much. It's a great 2 player game, though. And everyone I've played with has loved it (including kids).
Others that get played 2p a lot in my house:
Lost Cities - quick, simple, and competitive card game. Non-gamer wife always happy to play this with me.
Qwirkle - tile laying game like Scrabble without having to know a bunch of words. Works great with 2, 3, or 4.
Carcassonne works awesome with 2p. We're currently enjoying the South Seas version.
Dominion is my favorite with 2 players. Lots of variety if you pick up a few expansions. I can't get my wife to play this one as often, though. While there is certainly a luck component, experience still plays enough of a role that she doesn't feel like she can keep up. But if you can both learn to play competitively, it's really excellent head-to-head.
Mr Jack is a fun what-do-they-have and what-will-they-do-next kind of game.
San Juan, the card game version of my favorite game Puerto Rico, is fun with 2. If neither of you are intimidated by a bit of a learning curve, Race for the Galaxy is great too. Both are role-selection games.