Trashdome - Samurai Swords VS Fortress America

vote: Fortress America

Juniper wrote:

Michael Barnes wrote:

WHAT DO WE WANT? WOLVERINES!
WHEN DO WE WANT IT? WOLVERINES!

Can we all agree that that rendition of the yellow/blue Wolverine costume looks just plain retarded on anyone?

Vote for LASERS !

I'm not going to turn my back on my patriotic duty, unlike those other commie bastards!

Fortress America

Feh. Played Shogun once, hated it. Got taken out of the game early because of ninja attacks on my daimyos. Played Blood Bowl while they finished.

Played Fortress: America several times. Still think the partisan cards can screw over the US player too easily but can easily punish an invader that overextends too fast. Always had fun with this one.

Easy vote. Fortress:America.

mrmarcus wrote:

Feh. Played Shogun once, hated it. Got taken out of the game early because of ninja attacks on my daimyos. Played Blood Bowl while they finished.

I think Blood Bowl is the clear winner here.

moofrank wrote:

But then. I also like A Dog's Life. Again, it needs some house rules, and the translator probably deserves a kick for screwing up one crucial sentence about piddle markers.

There ya have it folks. If Frank likes it, it can't be bad. So I say "A Dog's Life" in the Trashdome... vs. Battlebore.

Wow- how can this even be a contest?

How can anyone think that one single Ninja is cooler than hordes of hovertanks, attack copters, and space based lasers that bring annihilation from the sky?

The hillbilly reinforcements (or partisans, as some call them) only add to the greatness that is Fortress: America.

I don't know what the Japanese equivalent of "Wolverines!" is, but I doubt it is as much fun to shout at the gaming table. For those playing the invaders (at least the southern ones) you also get the joy of barking out "Fuego!" each time you take a shot at the little green gringo units.

To me, F:A is a lot like a good game of Ogre. You know that if you don't get a handle on the lumbering beast early, it's going to bring the pain and show no mercy.


Vote- Fortress: America

Vote: Fortress America

I also think that a copy of Fortress America should be included in a welcome pack given out to anyone who registers with F:At.

I've only played Fortress America once but it was fun. I like the theme and stuff.

Shogun/Samurai Swords has the ninja...but Japan is overdone in geek circles.

So Fortress America.

Fortress: America is the best of the series, with Shogun second. It's quicker than Shogun by an hour or so and is good for two. What does impress me is the way the three attackers play differently; the west needs to move fast, the east is a grinding slog, with the south having a playing style between the two. Another superb aspect is that you often know the pivotal turn, i.e. the make or break turn for America. And, as I remember it, it's so well balanced that it's usually pretty much the same turn every game. I think that's an amazing piece of game design.

An easy choice. Vote Fortress: America!

Been working so much lately, don't remember if I voted -- if I did, just count it twice.

Vote: Samurai Swords

Great, now we've got possible vote fraud for SHOGUN.

This match kind of lost steam. It seems that the SHOGUN crowd was too busy freaking out over OMG A NINJA!

Michael Barnes wrote:

Great, now we've got possible vote fraud for SHOGUN.

I'll count that vote towards the Dirk Henn game instead.

I say count it toward the Richard Chamberlain miniseries.