Escape from Colditz - Very old game and very fun. I remember playing it at my friends house back when I was a teenager. Set me back about $200, but it was worth it. I can't wait to play this with my family next weekend.
Games you've bought recently?
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physicscarp
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I had the exact same experience. Bought the starter set out of curiosity (and because my FLGS had it marked down), came home and ran through a game. The rules are very simple and easy to learn and games are quick - less than an hour on average I would imagine. The variety of figures lends a high degree of replayability, as it seems unlikely that you would go up against the same pieces over and over.
One aspect I really liked is that the conditions for winning (victory points) are tied to the strength of the pieces you are using (honors points). To win, you need to score an number of VPs equal to the total honor of your group. This let's someone use plenty of high powered (and therefore costly) minis, but requires them to do more to win. The guys who just buy a started can still play because they won't need as many VPs. And the minis look awesome.
I'm going to my FLGS to try out some competitive play.
Asmor
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Just got BSG via a trade on BGG (traded away Kingsburg, which it turns out I wasn't so enamored with after all...).
I've skimmed the rules and I'm really excited for it. The way people do skill checks is absolutely brilliant and allows for a hidden cylon to subtly manipulate results without confirming his presence and-- and this is the big thing-- preserves the air of mystery even if the cylon doesn't act or there is no cylon yet!
The idea is that there are 5 different types of skills (tactics, piloting, engineering, diplomacy, forget the 5th). Every crisis has a list of 2-3 skills which are allowed. There's a "destiny deck" with 2 cards of each skill type shuffled into it.
Every time a crisis is drawn, 2 cards off the top of the destiny deck are played face down, and then players may each choose to contribute cards from their hands (or not) face down. The cards are then shuffled and revealed so you don't know which cards came from where.
Cards matching the crisis are positive. Cards not matching the crisis are negative. Higher totals are better.
That's just the tip of the iceberg, of course. There's a ton of things in this game that really help preserve the tension and suspicion, and I suspect that will make this an amazing not-completely-coop game.
I've skimmed the rules and I'm really excited for it. The way people do skill checks is absolutely brilliant and allows for a hidden cylon to subtly manipulate results without confirming his presence and-- and this is the big thing-- preserves the air of mystery even if the cylon doesn't act or there is no cylon yet!
The idea is that there are 5 different types of skills (tactics, piloting, engineering, diplomacy, forget the 5th). Every crisis has a list of 2-3 skills which are allowed. There's a "destiny deck" with 2 cards of each skill type shuffled into it.
Every time a crisis is drawn, 2 cards off the top of the destiny deck are played face down, and then players may each choose to contribute cards from their hands (or not) face down. The cards are then shuffled and revealed so you don't know which cards came from where.
Cards matching the crisis are positive. Cards not matching the crisis are negative. Higher totals are better.
That's just the tip of the iceberg, of course. There's a ton of things in this game that really help preserve the tension and suspicion, and I suspect that will make this an amazing not-completely-coop game.
Shade
Monster Junkie
My wonderful wife got me all three Last Night on Earth expansions for my birthday a few weeks ago, and I finally got a chance to play them last weekend.
Growing Hunger adds some great rules variations. We played the Zombie Apocalypse scenario first, and it was quite enjoyable. Sam the Diner Cook is my new favorite hero, especially when armed with the hedge trimmer from the Revenge of the Dead supplement. Despite his noble efforts, the zombies easily destroyed the necessary buildings.
We also tried the Revenge of the Dead scenario, using the grave dead zombie variant, offset by the well-stocked and extra starting hero card variants. The heroes managed to hole up in the gun shop, and survived the ensuing rampage.
Growing Hunger adds some great rules variations. We played the Zombie Apocalypse scenario first, and it was quite enjoyable. Sam the Diner Cook is my new favorite hero, especially when armed with the hedge trimmer from the Revenge of the Dead supplement. Despite his noble efforts, the zombies easily destroyed the necessary buildings.
We also tried the Revenge of the Dead scenario, using the grave dead zombie variant, offset by the well-stocked and extra starting hero card variants. The heroes managed to hole up in the gun shop, and survived the ensuing rampage.
Plane Sailing
Astral Admin - Mwahahaha!
I recently bought Pirates Cove from "days of wonder" to play with my daughters, and it is a blast. Best pirates board game I've come across for a long time.
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Welcome - Pirate's Cove | Days of Wonder
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Asmor
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I traded Kingsburg for Battlestar Galactica. I'm really, really excited to play this, hopefully will get a chance to play it New Year's Eve.
Days of Wonder sent out an email earlier this month to people who've registered games with them. Offered a free copy of Colosseum if you spent at least $50.
Sadly, by the time I took advantage of the deal the game I really wanted, Cleopatra & the Society of Architects, was sold out. I ended up settling for Shadows over Camelot.
They just arrived today. I've punched out everything for SoC and don't really have any comments. I find it amusing that, despite not being a fan of cooperative games in general, I now have 2 of them waiting to be played (BSG and SoC). Of course, both of them have traitor mechanics, so they're not strictly coop...
Colosseum is an impressively heavy box. The plastic insert is very nice and it looks like it would be awesome for organizing the pieces... if I could figure out how to fit them all in it! I wanted to check BoardGameGeek to see if someone had any pictures of the components in the box to see what magic I'm missing, but BGG's down. :/ I was lukewarm about this game at first, but figured a free $60 game is nothing to sneeze at. Looking at it, though, I'm quite excited to give it a whirl now.
EDIT: I finally managed to fit everything for Colosseum into the tray and went to put the board and rulebooks back in, and I found an insert showing you where to put everything in the box. Woops.
Days of Wonder sent out an email earlier this month to people who've registered games with them. Offered a free copy of Colosseum if you spent at least $50.
Sadly, by the time I took advantage of the deal the game I really wanted, Cleopatra & the Society of Architects, was sold out. I ended up settling for Shadows over Camelot.
They just arrived today. I've punched out everything for SoC and don't really have any comments. I find it amusing that, despite not being a fan of cooperative games in general, I now have 2 of them waiting to be played (BSG and SoC). Of course, both of them have traitor mechanics, so they're not strictly coop...
Colosseum is an impressively heavy box. The plastic insert is very nice and it looks like it would be awesome for organizing the pieces... if I could figure out how to fit them all in it! I wanted to check BoardGameGeek to see if someone had any pictures of the components in the box to see what magic I'm missing, but BGG's down. :/ I was lukewarm about this game at first, but figured a free $60 game is nothing to sneeze at. Looking at it, though, I'm quite excited to give it a whirl now.
EDIT: I finally managed to fit everything for Colosseum into the tray and went to put the board and rulebooks back in, and I found an insert showing you where to put everything in the box. Woops.
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The Prophet
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Got to spend some Christmas $...
Went a bit over the budget but got...
- Conquest of the Empire
- Imperial
- In the Shadow of the Emperor
- Modern Art
That should keep me busy for a while.
Went a bit over the budget but got...
- Conquest of the Empire
- Imperial
- In the Shadow of the Emperor
- Modern Art
That should keep me busy for a while.
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