Valley of the Kings is pretty awesome and the premium set looks really good. I can't wait for it to come out. Until then, I've been playing quite a bit of Afterlife.
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Valley of the Kings is pretty awesome and the premium set looks really good. I can't wait for it to come out. Until then, I've been playing quite a bit of Afterlife.
What on earth is happening with your round bonuses?Played Wingspan tonight. Still really love that game . So damn pretty
Wingspan is super fun. There's always something to think about, and the way bonus round scoring works makes you work towards different strategies each game.
Wingspan is a great game. I feel it got severely underrated by a lot of critics who simply wrote it off as having no decisions, which couldn't be further from the truth.
If you are interested, the English translation of my review can be found here: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2176063/wingspan-joypaddk-review
If you are interested, the English translation of my review can be found here: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2176063/wingspan-joypaddk-review
I very much agree. I decided to pass on it. I love the idea of it but that, coupled with the teaching of all those games to my friends, has killed it.
Fans of Fury of Dracula should check out Jaws. It has the deduction aspect and some great theme too and it plays in about an hour.
We played Edge of Darkness for the first time last night (the expansion KS is later this month). It's a very interesting game but it has some serious set-up issues and a bit of fiddliness. The art is gorgeous and I really enjoyed it once we got going.
It's the simple version and I have upgraded tokens so they are hard to fit ha
Any thoughts on spirit island? Really thinking of picking it up as we have a decent coop group.
It is amazing, my favorite coop game.
Be warned, though, it is on the heavier side of medium (or some would just say heavy). The rules are not too dense, but the decision-making can be overwhelming for some.
I play it 2p with my SO fine, but when I've tried introducing it to other friends 4p, it didn't go nearly as well. Might have been too heavy for them. Really depends what games/weight your group is used to.
Any experience with this? Do they charge when they ship or on purchase? Never played a game of this type before and I'm curious. I love Scythe.
Just preordered my Tapestry
I use PayPal so it's taken right away
I just preordered mine
I use PayPal so it's taken right away
I like Valley of the Kings, but its killer feature for me is portability.
Any luck? I got to order 9:15 or so but champion got early access
I have never pre-ordered a board game. I have pre-ordered Tapestry. I hope this is as good as it looks, everybody! Gotta say, though, I really dislike that shipping isn't free in the US for an 80 dollar order.
This game is really intriguing me. I hope to have the chance to try it soon!
An amazing game. Because it's cooperative you can also bring it out for solo play and it is fantastic as a solo game. There's so much in the base game that after about 15 plays I have still yet to play with certain spirit combos, the different adversaries or scenarios. One of the best values on the market. There's also an expansion out that adds a bunch of stuff, and there is one coming next year that adds lots of stuff, But the base game should be more than enough for now.
My bank thought me trying to buy Tapestry was fraud. Told you I never pre-ordered a board game haha.
Thanks you made up my mind between this or tapestry. Spirit island is way more thematically interesting and has a much better chance of getting to the table.
Nice. I really hope you like it! The theme is wonderful and if you allow yourself to immerse in it then it create lots of fun thematic scenarios. For instance one spirit drives invaders mad and causes them to flee a land, but when combined with the spirit Ocean's Hungry Grasp you can drive them literally into the ocean causing them to drown. And there's loads of that in the game.
Getting ready for my brother spending a week at my place in a couple weeks, I've sleeved Nemesis cards ( which then become hard to fit in the box :/ ) and started painting the game miniatures ( partially following Nerd Paints youtube video for the intruder ) :
Rules don't seems too complicated, but it still feel like it will take quite some time to get used to it. Will try to watch a couple let's/how to play before he get there... teaching a new game when you never played it yourself always kind of feel bad. >.<
Rules don't seems too complicated, but it still feel like it will take quite some time to get used to it. Will try to watch a couple let's/how to play before he get there... teaching a new game when you never played it yourself always kind of feel bad. >.<
I saw on reddit some updates for various FFG games.
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/czg9zu/ffg_head_of_studio_live_stream_notes/
A summary of stuff I saw looking through it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/czg9zu/ffg_head_of_studio_live_stream_notes/
A summary of stuff I saw looking through it:
It feels like they're really rethinking how they want to handle the LCGs. And I'm surprised they're done with IA expansions.
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I'm so happy to have a complete copy of Eldritch Horror with all expansions before some parts inevitably become out of print for good.
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I assume Mansions of Madness is not a completed game then and is doing well.
Also, I should get on picking up the remaining Eldritch Horror expansions.
Apparently the only thing mentioned about MoM is that the minis are being remade as the old molds are worn out. But they're not going to sell the new versions individually, they'll be included in boxes that indicate they are included. I don't use the minis anyway so no biggie to me but it's shitty you'll need to re-buy things to get the improved versions.
He sure liked it a lot! He's obviously excited about this game. Might be a little hyperbolic, though, calling it one of the best game he ever played, and the best of 2019... But I guess we'll see!
I don't know. Every time I watch a rahdo review it's the best game ever
What do the dice do in Tapestry? I actually hate lots of games where my outcome depends on rolling well. Looks like resources? That'd probably be fine.
The first big box expansion for Journeys in Middle-Earth will also be announced/revealed in early 2020.
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Which leads me to think we're looking at two big boxes a year with the occasional figure pack. Maybe once every three months or so. I don't remember exactly how long it was between the base game and the first pack but I think it was roughly that long.
I think you're right that it was about three months between the release of the core game and the Villains of Eriador Figure Pack.
I'm anticipating a release of the first big box expansion in March, around the same time the core game was first released. Then a figure pack every three months following until the next big box expansion. I'd love to see two big boxes a year, but with between 10-20 hours of content, I think it's unlikely. I'd wager instead that we'll see a second campaign released digitally not unlike what released alongside the Villains of Eriador.
March - Big Box Exp
July - Figure Pack
September - Additional "Digital" Campaign
November - Figure Pack
Does anyone know ANYONE selling extra quacks GeekBits? It's been our go to family game for 3 weeks and I've had to glue some cardboard chits already... Would love to get those GeekBits. I know they are restocking next month but we play so often I'd love to get some sooner
The Tapestry reviews are out of control!
It makes me very tempted to preorder the game... that's a sizeable discount... even thought the game uses an Automa system for solo play, which I'm not usually a big fan of. But the game still seems very fun according to the reviews...
What should I do? Arg!
It makes me very tempted to preorder the game... that's a sizeable discount... even thought the game uses an Automa system for solo play, which I'm not usually a big fan of. But the game still seems very fun according to the reviews...
What should I do? Arg!
Y'all ordering Tapestry, meanwhile I just backed Burgle Bros 2.
In all seriousness I really want to play Tapestry but the people I met at a local game store are all getting Tapestry so I shouldn't have any problems finding a chance to play it. Whereas no one really knows about Burgle Bros 2 and according to the creator it will have a limited retail presence.
In all seriousness I really want to play Tapestry but the people I met at a local game store are all getting Tapestry so I shouldn't have any problems finding a chance to play it. Whereas no one really knows about Burgle Bros 2 and according to the creator it will have a limited retail presence.
That's a good point, I didn't think about digital content to fill windows between physical releases.
Where did you see the insert?
Guy on board game geek got it early, there's further story and he got some sleeves signatures and alt art cards after getting it back(he sent it to FFG to clear up the shipping error) and posted some pics
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Lots of room for sleeves and expansions
While looking at the Stonemaier Games website for Tapestry, I saw that the metal mechs for Scythe were just released.
Anybody here crazy enough to order them?
Anybody here crazy enough to order them?
Oh, wow, that does look great.
I never thought I'd see the day FFG produced an actual useful insert. Kudos to them, I hope they keep it up.
They'd better. Every other company out there is eating their lunch when it comes to that.
It's also the first time they've done a LCG that doesn't require multiple cores and they raised the price, you'd hope they'd do a proper insert. Also the green goblin article shows it looks pretty cool, you get to fight both sides, Norman and Goblin
