FFG Holiday Sale is on

That Blue Max is an odd release. I remember back then got the new that Blue Max is released by FFG. Then *nothing*. It doesn't even have a page or listed in FFG's catalog.

Yeah, I saw it at a shop in France and didn't even realize it was FFG.

GoW for $20? SOLD. I bought Black Gold as well because, hey, both of those shipped for $45 is a freakin' steal.

If you're on the fence about getting Gears of War, you should purchase it. As others have said, it's a steal at the holiday sale price. I paid full retail for my copy--it's one of my favorite games even though I didn't play the video game. I am saddened by the fact that its inclusion in the holiday sale means that Gears of War has likely been orphaned by FFG. I wonder whether they lost the rights to the Gears of War intellectual property or whether it wasn't worth renewing? I think that FFG should have taken the game mechanics from Gears of War and made it the new Star Wars: Imperial Assault instead of using the Descent overlord mechanics. They could have printed AI and Character Cards for each faction so you could battle out scenarios playing either side in various generic Star Wars settings. That would be fun!!!.

when Descent 2 was announced I was sooooo hoping they'd take some of the ideas from Gears and apply them.

They are with the Game Night Kits (which are later released in a Print on Demand package).
It is a pretty good melding of the two.

Legomancer wrote: Planet Steam for $20 is more like Planet STEAL.

So I'm considering picking up a damaged GoW copy to have a second set of tiles so that way if I ever desire to home-brew missions I can use both sides of the same tile.

But to make it worth it, I'd want to throw in at least one other thing...So can you elaborate more on Planet Steam? Good it sounds? Playtime? How hard is it to teach?

Pretty much the entire list is repeats from past years. Given the impending reboot of the Game of Thrones LCG I thought they'd start trying to dump that stuff, at least the older expansions.

And for all the BGG chicken littles fearing the worst upon hearing the news of the Asmodee deal, there is nothing on this list that suggests any sort of shift in direction was dictated to FFG that required them to dump certain products.

Fortress America . Still a decent game, but they fucked and dramatically swung balance to the invaders with the needless map changes and movement rules changes ( infantry can be carried by mechs so it can move twice ) they instituted. Glad I stuck with the original version.

I see nothing but crap in this sale.

VonTush wrote:

Legomancer wrote: Planet Steam for $20 is more like Planet STEAL.

So I'm considering picking up a damaged GoW copy to have a second set of tiles so that way if I ever desire to home-brew missions I can use both sides of the same tile.

But to make it worth it, I'd want to throw in at least one other thing...So can you elaborate more on Planet Steam? Good it sounds? Playtime? How hard is it to teach?

Planet Steam is an economic game. It's not TOO hard to teach, but it may turn off anyone who isn't a seasoned gamer. The thing about it is, with four players (ideal, I think) there are only 5 rounds. That doesn't seem like a lot and it isn't. With a lot of economic games you build an engine and then improve it or keep it running. Planet Steam doesn't give you the chance to sit back and coast to build up money; every turn is vital. Also, because the market fluctuates with real supply and demand, you have to adjust your production every turn. A big payout for quartz almost assures that quartz will not be worth much next turn. So every turn you need to re-evaluate your plan.

Despite that, it's not totally dry and un-fun. I like it a lot.