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I smell a Kickstarter! I see it as hex based area control on the strategic level, with a tactical GALAXY TRUCKER-like sub game as the bullets fly and you need to cower behind Jersey barriers, baby strollers, and the like. Who's with me?VaGrog wrote: It was Miami in the '80s.
I witnessed a shootout between "cowboys" and the DEA while I was waiting at a BK drive-through. I didn't see much as I was trying to guess where in the middle of the floorboards of my car would put the engine block, a giant hunk of Detroit Iron at the time, between the flying bullets and my body!
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It all started with your standard board games that I ignored one way or another and at some random yard sale I found a copy of Thunder Road and played a lot of that. However, I started playing video games and left board games for a while. Then at some point in college someone introduced me to Settlers of Catan and I really enjoyed it since it had been a while since I had played a board game and I remembered games like Monopoly and Sorry moreso than Thunder Road. I ended up buying it and playing it a few times, but then ignored them again, this time due to work.
Now, three years ago or so I decided to buy a few games and ended up with a few of your standard gateway euros and a copy of Cosmic Encounter, which sadly sat unplayed and unloved for a year or two until someone brought it to the weekly meetup and I asked to play. After I played that, I started to see that a game wasn't about mechanics, wooden bits, or plastic; it's all about the stories that come out of them.
At this point, my collection is reasonably big (limited to two bookshelves), though I'm always looking to both add to it and trim it down, which frustrates the hell out of me. I tend towards higher player interaction (Cosmic Encounter, The Resistance, Conquest of Nerath, King of Tokyo, Libertalia, Merchants & Marauders, Tammany Hall, Legend of Drizzt) and avoid most JASEs that I come in contact with, though I do have a few I like in my collection (Thurn and Taxis, Castles of Burgundy, Flash Point, and Saint Petersburg). I also have been dabbling with some wargames like Conflict of Heroes, Twilight Struggle, and Band of Brothers, but finding opponents is tough.
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And you clearly have fine taste in games.
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jeb wrote: Despite the name, we're ecumenical about games here. You can like whatever you want. Like you said, we like the stories that come from games more than the games themselves, most of the time. Except for AGRICOLA. Fuck that game.
So my story involving a house sheep should remain untold?
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btw I loved you in the Spiderman movies
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jeb wrote: Despite the name, we're ecumenical about games here. You can like whatever you want. Like you said, we like the stories that come from games more than the games themselves, most of the time. Except for AGRICOLA. Fuck that game.
I'd rather play with my house sheep than Jeb. Agricola 4 eva!
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Do what ya like.
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Currently in kickstarter remission. Managed to avoid most of the bad ones, though, except for Glory to Rome (although my copy is fine) and Up Front (dammit).
My closest encounter with the F:ATties was at the WBC open gaming table right below some of you playing Twilight Imperium on Saturday evening. You all seem very...enthusiastic.
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jeb wrote: Despite the name, we're ecumenical about games here. You can like whatever you want. Like you said, we like the stories that come from games more than the games themselves, most of the time. Except for AGRICOLA. Fuck that game.
Just wait until my article tomorrow. We'll make this place Fortress: Eurogame yet.
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Is it safe to post about Steam yet? I can even deride your Power Grid San Il Defanso! =P
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