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ldsdbomber wrote: being able to just lay big wodges of tiles down on the board, picking up any and all tiles your played ones "eat", that being based on the colour dominance tiles, the cool bit being that, say theres a pile of white tiles on the board, you do some in game action to flip the dominance tile so now pink eats white for breakfast, then you lay a big pile of pink on that white and you take those white tiles as points. ONly they're worth less now cos you just made them pinks bitches. Keep the possibility to flip dominances on your turn, and lock them at some point, so you could then realise that your opponent might have a stash of orange behind his screen so you lock pink over orange so he cant just wade in and take it
It's been a long time since I played and enjoyed Reef Encounter, but I remember doing everything you describe in your paragraph above. I thought it was neat the way that you had to slowly build up a bunch of tiles in your hand to make a huge move like you describe, while keeping an eye on what your opponents were doing.
That said, I will likely never play it again because it's completely impenetrable. I have no idea how I learned it the first time.
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While I'm not big into games "firing" other games, I am pretty sure that I am going to unload Moto Grand Prix now. I can't ever imagine playing this again.
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Gary Sax wrote: That is a badass gaming weekend bfkiller.
Yeah, I'm lucky if I can get a list like that done over the course of a quarter.
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Space Ghost wrote: Played more Thunder Alley last night. It was a very dramatic finish; I thought I had it all wrapped up, but my last hand was all draft cards and my opponent cut in front of me -- all I could do was push them over the finish line. I lost 232 - 226 (it was a two player game).
While I'm not big into games "firing" other games, I am pretty sure that I am going to unload Moto Grand Prix now. I can't ever imagine playing this again.
Just to make sure you're aware (as Wadenels and I were both a bit confused in an earlier thread), but you may move laterally at the beginning of a Draft movement. You only check for linking when moving forward.
So if you're in a line, you can play a Draft movement, move laterally out of the line and then move as if you had played solo movement (assuming you don't link up again).
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I once gamed with someone who, when we were waiting for some people to come (for a Magic draft, I think?), suggested playing "Sevens", which he said he frequently plays in situations like this. I believe the game was: everyone rolls a d20 over and over again simultaneously, first person to get 3 sevens in a row wins. Something like that. Gotta fill that time with SOMEthing that completely prevents conversation!ldsdbomber wrote: yeah but theres gotta be a scale right? You could toss a coin, 2 seconds, easy to rack it up and play over. These 5-10 minute microgames feel more in line with coin tossing to me, but there are a good number of games more in line with the 30 minute thing. Street Soccer is great, and can be reracked for multiple plays. At the same time, what I rail against is the concept that while "waiting for the rest of the gang to show up" you somehow MUST FILL EVERY SINGLE SECOND with some kind of gaming activity. No, fuck that. Play a game on merit, not just for the sake of squeezing some shit in for the sake of it.
Your comment also describes how I felt about 7 Wonders, a game which seemed to be praised more for its short length, easy rules, and large player-number accomodation than its quality: "no matter how many people there are, no matter whether they're gamers or not, no matter how little time you have, you'll be able to fill it right up with this box of suggested hand and arm movements!"
Honestly, I feel somewhat similar about Love Letter. Love Letter is more fun than 7 Wonders (at least I'm encouraged to look other players in the eye!), but that's a low bar. Love Letter is just not as fun as everyone makes it out to be. People love repeating "Love Letter is different than other microgames because it's a good design", but I almost never see ANY backup for this.
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Space Ghost wrote: Played more Thunder Alley last night. It was a very dramatic finish; I thought I had it all wrapped up, but my last hand was all draft cards and my opponent cut in front of me -- all I could do was push them over the finish line. I lost 232 - 226 (it was a two player game).
While I'm not big into games "firing" other games, I am pretty sure that I am going to unload Moto Grand Prix now. I can't ever imagine playing this again.
Just to make sure you're aware (as Wadenels and I were both a bit confused in an earlier thread), but you may move laterally at the beginning of a Draft movement. You only check for linking when moving forward.
So if you're in a line, you can play a Draft movement, move laterally out of the line and then move as if you had played solo movement (assuming you don't link up again).
Yeah, I knew that; it was just an unfortunate turn of events. We each had parallel sets of cars on the final corner. With his second to last play, he put his entire line of cars in front of mine with a forward movement card. All I could have done was pick cars out of my line and move them to the side.
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dragonstout wrote: Honestly, I feel somewhat similar about Love Letter. Love Letter is more fun than 7 Wonders (at least I'm encouraged to look other players in the eye!), but that's a low bar. Love Letter is just not as fun as everyone makes it out to be. People love repeating "Love Letter is different than other microgames because it's a good design", but I almost never see ANY backup for this.
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Red November is just like I remember it: silly and fun. We got lucky on random fires (mostly hit where rooms were already flooded) and super unlucky trying to do repair/fix actions (most of them failed). We just barely won with about 2/3 of the sub unreachable to do locked hatches, flaming rooms, and flooded compartments.
Condottiere is really interesting. My first play, but it feels like a really good game. We got the 1st English edition (big Eurogames box) in a Math Trade because the forum posts made it sound like the earlier editions are more up my alley than the new FFG edition. We played by the 2nd edition rules. Has anyone played both the older editions and the newer FFG edition? As I understand it the FFG edition adds some complexity and I wonder if it's warranted.
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The FFG version isn't terrible, and you can take out the cards they added. From memory, the main thing they added was a spring card as a direct counter for winter. Its not a deal breaker but it makes the winter cards less useful, which imo was a downgrade.
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Most people back at BGG think the 2nd edition is inferior to the 1st and much more luck-based. Personally, I haven't played the first but I do think that the game as it stands in the 2nd Edition is too luck-based for my tastes.wadenels wrote: We played by the 2nd edition rules. Has anyone played both the older editions and the newer FFG edition? As I understand it the FFG edition adds some complexity and I wonder if it's warranted.
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WOW!!!
I didn't even scratched the surface and I'm already lovin' it. And she liked it too.
I think it ran a little on the longer side, about 1 hour, but I feel it was just this first game with learning the cards and making sure we were in the right phases and all.
She already asked if we can play again tonight, and we sure will. I only have the Master set, do you guys have any favorite factions, or two that really battle well against each other?
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I really liked the new way the three rings worked. Different and specific effects rather than just to change an action die. More of a motivation to use them earlier in the game rather than hoarding them until Frodo is on the Mordor track as seems to usually happen.
So it was a fun variation. It may make the game a bit more balanced but that would take multiple games to tell. I don't think it's a must have at all but still pretty neat.
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