First time ever? Planeswalker decks might ease you into it a bit better.
Do you mean Heroes of Terrinoth? The card game ala Warhammer Quest? Or the Runewars expansion?
Played it once, and while it has largely the same gameplay as Warhammer Quest Adventure Card Game (rip), it sadly uses a much weaker campaign structure: none. You basically do all your leveling up during a single mission, so while there might be a story feeling from mission to mission, the "level up" feeling is gone. Combine that with the removal of item cards and it seems a little more dull overall. That said, the hero powers are a nice addition to the game, and since the feel of the game is the same as WHQ:AC, it definitely scratches that nice co-op planning tactical itch.
Yeah, when I read that what they did I canceled my order for the game. Arkham Horror LCG keep me busy enough with card game. I did play the demo at PAX and thought it was bland but I chalked it up to the Terrinoth theme.
I don't have a problem with the Terrinoth theme, really. Warhammer Fantasy is a largely generic if dark fantasy setting, so Terrinoth isn't really a step up or down. It's really the lack of a campaign phase that weakens the game overall, to me. It removes the feeling of a "campaign" almost entirely, which breaks the game down into one-offs and there really is not enough meat to the game for that.
And that's the sort of thing I saw people saying repeatedly on the first game, and it often turned out some rule had been missed, and no matter which player count I played with, it was rarely even close. :/ Perhaps my luck with cards and dice is abysmal.
The first mission was probably one of the hardest. We just barely eeked out a victory on that one, and then immediately lost on the second mission. Really it comes down to knowing when to travel and when to rest. If you can force a couple of enemies back into the Shadows (with for instance the Scout's ability) right before you travel, you can discard those enemies without having to deal with them at all. The hardest thing to remember for us was to look for the Coin on the Exploration cards, which got you an item draw in addition to the Exploration card's effects.
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Maybe. My dice like tends to be really good in this game with multiple crits, but I found that keeping enemies from acting was generally more important than doing damage to them. Don't sleep on exploring either to get some helpful items even if it leads to discarding. I feel like the game is designed to feel overwhelming but only if you treat it like a straight fight. It's more survival than battle.
Unfortunately the scout can only exhaust and force a single enemy into the shadows, so at most that might buy you one less enemy before traveling, and only if that particular card were available. Anything else will come flying out of the shadows onto your face before you're allowed to do the travel phase.
Well yeah, she can only do one at a time, but there are other things in the game to force them back. You may have to exhaust them so they don't Advance during their turn (since exhausted enemies don't get activated), but I just meant the general idea of "enemies in the shadows go away when you travel" can sometimes mean you need to either rush exploration so you can travel, or hold off on traveling so you can send an enemy back so it goes away. Things like that.
I've been away from the hobby for about 5 years because I moved away from home, and only got back into the hobby last year. One thing about more recent games, is that I find that there's a lot more thought on fitting the themes with the mechanics. Or vice versa. When I think of older games like Catan, or Carcasonne, the theme feels a little separated from the mechanics. But games like Terraforming Mars or Scythe really do a great job with theme, art and overall production of the game. It doesn't feel like a 'euro' anymore, but a board game.
Of the older games that stand the test of time, I think filler games like For Sale, Fairy Tale, No Thanks or even Race for the Galaxy do well, because they're meant to be short and fun. Even games like Puerto Rico that was number 1 on boardgamegeek for what was like eons, doesn't really hold up to things in the Top 10 now. Puerto Rico is still a really good game though, just that its probably been played to death.
If you want to try out Carcasonne the iPad (or PC) version is a great place to start. https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/tabletop-bundle - just $10 bucks this week along with Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, Splendor, Mysterium, Smallworld and some other games. Great deal.
I am new to the hobby and recently heard about him, as well. And the cost is what has stopped me... for now. lol
I've also got Lisboa. I have access to Vinhos, Kanban, CO2 (the first edition), and Escape Plan (when it releases) as well.
As a backer of SoB and FoFo, I kinda wish they'd have announced it coming to KS in 6 months or so to give a bit of breathing room. I'll have to wait and see, but as it stands now, I'll have to opt out of this one... and it pains me to do so. Between wanting to get into Arkahm Horror: TCG and wanting to back the upcoming Level 99 Games Seventh Cross KS, I don't think I can afford another FFP KS.
Sold out on Mini-Market. Do they regularly get games back in stock? 62 is way better than 99.
No, the action is simple but the ramification of taking the action is what make it heavy. There are lot of rules and iconography and will take a few games to digest. Plus action in one area will affect your board in different area etc. One of the thing I often told new player is to think about where your end goal is. Both Gallerist and Lisboa have end game scoring tiles that help guide you because there are lot of things going on on that board. Both game also have really good solitaire rule that will help you learn the game.
He doesn't review game which I think is all for the best. You watch him teach the rules or play through and figure it out if it's a game for you.
I've only played Vinhos once. I've got a couple plays of Viticulture too, and it's good. It's definitely more accessible than Vinhos.
Accessible is not always better, though. But I know what you mean.
Viticulture EE + Tuscany EE is both accessible and very good.
Yes, the group you play with will definitely have an affect on the games you buy/play.
