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Smoove_B wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:31 pm Yes, I own it. And I backed the space version (Starforged) that's coming out...eventually.
I also backed the Starforged KS, and own print copies of Irownsworn and Delve.
Maybe. I'd definitely read it.
Someone on BGG has a side-by-side differences of the card art, which is a totally unimportant thing.The Revised Core Set will include a collection of higher-level cards from several of the co-op game’s earlier expansions.
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Besides the higher-level cards, the Revised Core Set has apparently “received an organisational upgrade” which will make finding “specific cards” an easier experience. Investigators will be packaged alongside their suggested starting decks, with each mission - or scenario - having its cards packaged separately. New tokens for resources, clues and threats have also been added, alongside a token to indicate the lead investigator.
This was at the local 30 percent off game store here and I grabbed a copy yesterday. Of course, when I got home I realized they'd charged me full retail price (about 50 bucks) for what should probably be a 30 dollar game.Smoove_B wrote: Sun Oct 10, 2021 9:17 pm I played Veilwraith last month and enjoyed it quite a bit, but generally speaking I'm having so much trouble getting motivated to do anything. So instead I'm organizing boxes, consolidating space and reading rule books. It's not been a great year for solo gaming for me, oddly enough.
Zarathud, seppe and I played this yesterday. About halfway through the game, seppe and I ordered the last two copies off coolstuff.Smoove_B wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:03 pm Finally managed to force myself to play through Hadrian's Wall, a "flip and write" game that I guess is a variation of the (die) roll and write style games. I'm still pretty new to this genre so I apologize if I'm wrong in my nomenclature.
Not overly complex because I'm afraid I'll get frustrated and give it up. But, I wouldn't totally rule something out if there is a slight learning curve.Blackhawk wrote:What level of complexity? Do you want something relatively straightforward (roll the dice, move, draw a card, make a decision), or something with rules that feel more like a tabletop wargame/RPG?
Something epic? You could play Thunderbolt/Apache Leader. It lends itself to short scenarios of a few days, to longer scenarios on the order of weeks. You are in command of a squadron of A-10 Thunderbolts and/or Apaches. Your job is to keep the front lines from moving toward your forward operating base. You get a mission, choose which pilots and aircraft will fly in the mission, and arm them. There is an event check on the way in (sometimes bad, sometimes good), then you have several turns over the target area to hit the target and suppress enemy air defenses, then another event check on the way out.Xmann wrote: Sat Nov 20, 2021 2:02 pm Holy cow, I need some help and suggestions and this thread is long and I spent time going through it. But I need specific suggestions.
Most of you guys know of my covid illness/recovery and in particular, the brain fog and my ongoing struggles. I think getting a solo game could really help with my memory and decision making deficits. I'm at home by myself Monday-Friday as my wife is a teacher and with cold weather setting in, I'll be spending more and more time inside and I need something to entertain me. I have been using apps to help with my memory and what not, but I want a board game.
Anyhow, here I am.
I guess one of the biggest requirements for me is that I only have responsibly in controlling one player or system or what not. I'm just not a fan of playing a game that is geared for 2 or more players, but you can play solo by controlling you and another character.
I think the other thing that interests me is something that is epic. Something that might takes multiple sessions or longer to complete. A game is set up on a dedicated gaming table and I have to work on it throughout the week. I have some games I play solo that I can get through in an hour or so. I'm looking at getting something on a larger scale.
My budget is up to $100. Replayability would be a must as well.
And if this has been covered somewhere else, feel free to point me in that direction. I appreciate it.
I'd suggest The 7th Continent from Serious Poulp. It definitely provides a truly epic and immensely enjoyable solo experience. It's completely replayable and has a lot of variation due to multiple 'curses' and expansions that add great new content (not to mention the world changes in subtle ways each time you play the game). Having said that, perhaps after hundreds of hours, chances are you'll eventually have seen most of what The 7th Continent has to offer and probably shelf it until adding in more content expansions. But even if you do shelf it after hundreds of hours, it still provides a rewarding and worthwhile experience that you're unlikely to regret. Suffice to say, the $ value per hour on this game is phenomenal.Xmann wrote: Sat Nov 20, 2021 2:02 pm Holy cow, I need some help and suggestions and this thread is long and I spent time going through it. But I need specific suggestions.
Most of you guys know of my covid illness/recovery and in particular, the brain fog and my ongoing struggles. I think getting a solo game could really help with my memory and decision making deficits. I'm at home by myself Monday-Friday as my wife is a teacher and with cold weather setting in, I'll be spending more and more time inside and I need something to entertain me. I have been using apps to help with my memory and what not, but I want a board game.
Anyhow, here I am.
I guess one of the biggest requirements for me is that I only have responsibly in controlling one player or system or what not. I'm just not a fan of playing a game that is geared for 2 or more players, but you can play solo by controlling you and another character.
I think the other thing that interests me is something that is epic. Something that might takes multiple sessions or longer to complete. A game is set up on a dedicated gaming table and I have to work on it throughout the week. I have some games I play solo that I can get through in an hour or so. I'm looking at getting something on a larger scale.
My budget is up to $100. Replayability would be a must as well.
And if this has been covered somewhere else, feel free to point me in that direction. I appreciate it.
shop.seriouspoulp.com wrote:Black Friday
We recently inventoried our warehouse and found a few copies of products from our Kickstarter campaigns for The 7th Continent. We will be making them available for purchase in a special Black Friday sale, which will run on our website from November 26-28, 2021.
Please note that quantities are limited to the remaining stock, which is low for most of these items.
Core Space looks really interesting, but how complicated is it? I see there is a rule book you can buy separately and that always concerns me that it is more complicated than I might bargain for.hentzau wrote:I’ll chime in here with my love of Core Space. I’ve only played it solo once, but it’s a ton of fun, and the core game includes a campaign that can be played solo. I think the only time you may need to play a second crew is in a couple of the later campaign scenarios. It’ll give you a nice epic feel as you level up your crew.
Hmm. Having played board games for *coughcough* years I didn’t find it very complicated at all, once you get a game or two in. There are a lot of icons to learn on the character cards, so the first few games you play you’ll be looking back through the rulebook a lot to see what they mean.Xmann wrote:Core Space looks really interesting, but how complicated is it? I see there is a rule book you can buy separately and that always concerns me that it is more complicated than I might bargain for.hentzau wrote:I’ll chime in here with my love of Core Space. I’ve only played it solo once, but it’s a ton of fun, and the core game includes a campaign that can be played solo. I think the only time you may need to play a second crew is in a couple of the later campaign scenarios. It’ll give you a nice epic feel as you level up your crew.
Trying to remember if I bought this one after an OctoCon. I really enjoyed the game. I might have purchased it sometime before I bought Terraforming Mars and it promptly consumed all my gaming friends and that may have shuffled it to the back of the gaming room. I'ma have to look for it this weekend. I'm still trying to get us out of all TM all the time. How sad is it, I have no idea what games I own? Even at $60+ a pop, I have absolutely no idea what is in gaming room. (Named after its contents, not its function)Smoove_B wrote: Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:04 pm I completely endorse all of the recommendations so far and will add Robinson Crusoe as another. This is a game with lots of decisions to make each turn - really thinking through your various options and how to address whatever emergency is currently unfolding. Tells a great story as you play. You can easily play true solo (with a helper character), mutli-hand numerous characters or easily play co-op -- the game perfectly scales out depending on how you'd like to experience it. It is a difficult game, but I've enjoyed it every single time I've played (winning was not common).
And yes, Core Space can be pretty straight forward or it can be much more complicated/involved (that extra book). I think it's potentially a really good choice because not only will the game be fun, but you'll also get some tactile interaction as you need to build the game board and terrain features first.
Robinson Crusoe was another I've been contemplating for sure. Love the lore of the story.Smoove_B wrote:I completely endorse all of the recommendations so far and will add Robinson Crusoe as another. This is a game with lots of decisions to make each turn - really thinking through your various options and how to address whatever emergency is currently unfolding. Tells a great story as you play. You can easily play true solo (with a helper character), mutli-hand numerous characters or easily play co-op -- the game perfectly scales out depending on how you'd like to experience it. It is a difficult game, but I've enjoyed it every single time I've played (winning was not common).
And yes, Core Space can be pretty straight forward or it can be much more complicated/involved (that extra book). I think it's potentially a really good choice because not only will the game be fun, but you'll also get some tactile interaction as you need to build the game board and terrain features first.
There's also a really good tablet/PC version of Pathfinder Adventures Card Game, if you don't feel like dragging out all the physical components.Blackhawk wrote: Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:51 am Another possibility would be the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, which is also campaign based. I can only personally vouch for the original version. I haven't played the new edition that came out more recently, and to be honest, I don't know whether it's hard to find the original anymore.
For further clarification, watch this video explanation and demonstration from Alan Emrich, the 2nd edition designer and developer. The One Stop Co-Op Shop Nemo's War video playthrough does get this detail correct, so it's better than most in terms of visually depicting and correctly teaching how the game is played (other mistakes are made, but they are clearly annotated).victorypointgames.com wrote:Summary List When a Full Ocean Gains Another Ship:
This is a crucial strategy element in the game! How you decide to “paint the board” with the growing number of increasingly lethal Ship tokens is often the difference between the success or failure of your Motive. When you have a choice, consider these placements carefully!
- Place a Hidden Ship token in an adjacent Ocean.
- Draw a Ship token from the Ship cup, examine it, and replace a Hidden Ship token with it in that or an adjacent Ocean.
- Flip a revealed Non-warship to its Warship side (i.e., flip a white Ship token to its Gray side) in that or an adjacent Ocean.
- Draw a Warship from the Ship cup, examine it, and place it in any Open space anywhere in the world; if there are no Open spaces remaining, you lose (see Rule 14 – HOW THE GAME ENDS)! If you place it in the same Ocean as the Nautilus, you must fight it immediately.
FYI, I just got notified that this was live. LinkAnonymous Bosch wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:48 pmI'd suggest The 7th Continent from Serious Poulp. It definitely provides a truly epic and immensely enjoyable solo experience. It's completely replayable and has a lot of variation due to multiple 'curses' and expansions that add great new content (not to mention the world changes in subtle ways each time you play the game). Having said that, perhaps after hundreds of hours, chances are you'll eventually have seen most of what The 7th Continent has to offer and probably shelf it until adding in more content expansions. But even if you do shelf it after hundreds of hours, it still provides a rewarding and worthwhile experience that you're unlikely to regret. Suffice to say, the $ value per hour on this game is phenomenal.Xmann wrote: Sat Nov 20, 2021 2:02 pm Holy cow, I need some help and suggestions and this thread is long and I spent time going through it. But I need specific suggestions.
Most of you guys know of my covid illness/recovery and in particular, the brain fog and my ongoing struggles. I think getting a solo game could really help with my memory and decision making deficits. I'm at home by myself Monday-Friday as my wife is a teacher and with cold weather setting in, I'll be spending more and more time inside and I need something to entertain me. I have been using apps to help with my memory and what not, but I want a board game.
Anyhow, here I am.
I guess one of the biggest requirements for me is that I only have responsibly in controlling one player or system or what not. I'm just not a fan of playing a game that is geared for 2 or more players, but you can play solo by controlling you and another character.
I think the other thing that interests me is something that is epic. Something that might takes multiple sessions or longer to complete. A game is set up on a dedicated gaming table and I have to work on it throughout the week. I have some games I play solo that I can get through in an hour or so. I'm looking at getting something on a larger scale.
My budget is up to $100. Replayability would be a must as well.
And if this has been covered somewhere else, feel free to point me in that direction. I appreciate it.
I'd suggest opting for their Starter Pack Bundle, which also includes the Crystal Song expansion. This is basically a shorter, introductory 'curse' that makes it easier to get familiar with the game’s main mechanics vs. diving straight into (and potentially bouncing off of) 'The Voracious Goddess' curse in the core box. Here's a non-spoilerific review of the game courtesy of Tom Vasel:
BTW, according to their web site, Serious Poulp will be making available some Kickstarter Collector Editions of the game for Black Friday, if that's of any interest:
shop.seriouspoulp.com wrote:Black Friday
We recently inventoried our warehouse and found a few copies of products from our Kickstarter campaigns for The 7th Continent. We will be making them available for purchase in a special Black Friday sale, which will run on our website from November 26-28, 2021.
Please note that quantities are limited to the remaining stock, which is low for most of these items.
FWIW, this is not accurate based upon my own experience with The 7th Continent. Most of the deaths in The 7th Continent come from exhaustion of the action deck, so they're not really random at all. You'll know when you're close to dying in the game, and there are actions you can take to stave off death, like hunting and fishing. Keep in mind, The 7th Continent is a survival-exploration game first and foremost, with a surprisingly thematic emphasis on survival. Opt to ignore that and you end up drawing from the discard pile, with one foot firmly in the grave. The end result of drawing a curse card from the discards is about as random as neglecting wood and shelter in Ignacy Trzewiczek's Robinson Crusoe game. So, my main strategy in the game was to never have to resort to drawing from the discard pile, which seemed to work well in my experience.baelthazar wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:29 am I mulled over jumping on this 7th Continent sale, but then realized several things:
- Most of the reviews make the game sound like a rogue-like - you put 6-15 hours in just to die from something random and either "start over" or cheat with a house-ruled restart or checkpoint. I just don't have the time for that.
