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Elder Signs PC/iOS
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Have I not got far enough into it? After three of these 'exciting' totally unthematic adventures I was ready to pack it in. Reminds of the totally unthematic marvel dicemasters where some amazing backstory is totally ruined by rolling a few dice and saying (in a suitably dramatic voice) "Yeah! I got you with that gigantic punch". What an absolute load of shite.
EDIT: In the interests of being 'fair' I don't own this boardgame at all.
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A card appears that says not more than 5 words, something like 'What's under the stairs?'. On the card is 3 circles. Each circle has a graphic of a magnifying glass superimposed on the circle (because its an investigation). Next to the magnifying glass will be, say, 2 skull symbols. I roll dice. If I get at least two skulls, that part of the investigation is solved. Is there any text to tell me what I 'solved'? No. Is there a graphic to give me a hint of what I just did? Did I kill something? No idea. Move to the next part of the investigation involving 5 magnifying glass symbols (I think) roll the dice, did I get them? Yes. So that part of the investigation disappears. So what exactly did I discover? No fucking idea (sorry Shellie but this really is a shit app). Repeat ad infinitum with NO FLAVOUR TEXT anywhere to be seen.
This is why I think I may have been missing something. Like some fucking content, for example.
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That's shit.
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Elder Sign is actually intensely thematic because after playing it for an hour you start to go insane.
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But apart from that all three expansions add some cool decisions that ties in nicely with the stories. I think it's a great app - especially with the Cthulhu and Ithaqua expansions.
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You do realise flavour text is what makes a story, not friggin' rolling dice.
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ThirstyMan wrote: Next to the magnifying glass will be, say, 2 skull symbols. I roll dice. If I get at least two skulls, that part of the investigation is solved. Is there any text to tell me what I 'solved'? No. Is there a graphic to give me a hint of what I just did? Did I kill something? No idea. Move to the next part of the investigation involving 5 magnifying glass symbols (I think) roll the dice, did I get them? Yes. So that part of the investigation disappears. So what exactly did I discover?
I guess you discovered you're a crummy investigator if you don't know what you did but might have killed someone in the process.
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