OO Boardgamers, what did you play this weekend?

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:50 pm

Round hyar we pronouns it Ho Roar, if'n it suits ya. Mebbe Harr Rur. Snot m'fault you kept sayin 'sleepin whore'.

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:21 am

I got my first new boardgames in over a year, and set a record by playing one of them twice the day after I got it. The order was Ravenloft, Dungeonquest, Zombie Dice, and Incan Gold. My buddy organized a game night for four of us, and we settled on playing Dungeonquest first.

Man, does this game live up to its reputation of being utterly lethal to players. I'm pretty much going to take to calling it Demon's Souls: The Boardgame. We all went into it knowing exactly what we were in for, and this thing didn't disappoint. The gist is that four explorers try to survive the dungeon, grabbing as much loot as they can, ideally from the dragon's horde in the center, and make it out before nightfall when the dungeon seals them in to be eaten by the dragon. It is highly, highly likely that everyone will die before anyone escapes.

The bottom line is that the dungeon is out to get you. An example: Swinging Blade trap. If you fail a skill check, you die instantly. Bottomless Pit room: same deal. "Healing" potion: has a 1 in 36 chance of killing you outright, and a 50% chance of hurting you instead of healing. You will likely die while playing this game.

However, once you accept that, the whole thing is a complete riot. It's kind of liberating to play a game knowing that you'll probably lose, and where "winning" is secondary. The various horrible things that happen to all the players is hugely entertaining. It's hard to get wrapped up in any feelings that you're getting screwed by terrible luck because everyone's getting screwed equally. In the first game, one guy found a ludicrously valuable diamond in the catacombs, but died before he could even get back to the dungeon proper. Second game, a guy with ~3000 gold worth of loot got trapped in the dungeon two tiles from the exit, and the one guy who escaped with 340 gold and some pocket lint won.

It was so hugely entertaining that we played a second game immediately after the first, and it was just as good. If you can get comfy with the fact of your own mortality, this thing is a complete winner.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:51 pm

My 18yr old pulled his very first all nighter gaming. His brother taught him to play Magic and they asked me to build him an EDH deck earlier in the week. So I took him out friday night and we played until 6am. Took him to the game store before work today for card sleeves, and the proprietor (a bar buddy of mine) laughed and asked why I didn't just start him on heroin (poke at all the Magic Addicts out there). He regaled his mother with all the details of the games we played. I have to say, I am thrilled my entire household plays together, with or wiithout me.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:56 pm

"And then I rolled a three and a four!"

The Rocketman · Post by **The Rocketman** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:00 am

Chaosraven wrote:Took him to the game store before work today for card sleeves, and the proprietor (a bar buddy of mine) laughed and asked why I didn't just start him on heroin (poke at all the Magic Addicts out there)

I played Magic for about 3 years, and I'm still convinced it's one of the best boardgames out there. However, about a year ago the game got stale for my gaming group, because we didn't want to spend a lot of money on it, and so all our good decks became better and better a couple of cards at a time, and it was always the same old cards turning up everywhere.
This is more our fault than the game's, because we never played with any official rules about building your deck. Also, I find it didn't translate that well to 3 or 4 players, because games tend to drag then due to analysis paralysis.

Myself I played Chaos in the Old World a couple of days ago. The previous time Khorne won (again), leading to the by-now-familiar outcry of 'Khorne is the best god, and always wins unless everyone fights against him'. However last game was superbly balanced: All 4 gods had a chance of winning in the last round (and Khorne even ended last). So when everyone is playing his god to the best of his abilities, and tries actively to keep the other gods down, it's perfectly balanced. Good game.

We also played some Muchkin Sucks, which my group tends to like. Myself, I'm not so fond of it, since it's mostly luck-based, and tends to drag too much as well for a luck-based game.

theohall · Post by **theohall** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:48 pm

Sadly... None. Too many off-work, employee-related issues which broke up both game nights.

Next weekend...

DungeonQuest sounds like fun.

Jow · Post by **Jow** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:58 pm

Magic was my first CCG back in (gulp) 1993 or 1994. I played with a bunch of other really casuals, which meant no deckbuilding rules (other than limits on card copies) and huge decks with no theme whatsoever other than trying to be color-specific. In hindsight it was dumb because we had ridiculous games where a Gaea's Liege or Acid Rain at the wrong time would pretty much take over the game and piss everyone off. Still, it was FUN because we got to play with the cards we wanted.

I finally quit at one point (around when Tempest came out, I wanna say?)... came back for a very short time, for the release of about 3-4 sets or so, and then that was the end of the line for me. I blew a boatload of cash like so many others have and I just didn't wanna do it anymore. Swore I'd never do the collectible model again.

I held true to that for a while, until for some reason I got the itch again back in 2007 or so and bought into the WoW CCG. That lasted a couple of years before the collectible model wore me out again and I quit. Still have all the cards, but it's a pain in the butt getting rid of em.

Of course the itch returned, so I ended up buying into the Cthulhu LCG just to see what it was like and enjoyed it quite a bit. Since then I've bought into Game of Thrones AND Warhammer Invasion and have enjoyed both of those as well. Still actively playing two of them. I really, really appreciate the LCG model (regular releases which you know the complete contents of before buying).

The genre has really evolved in a lot of ways since I started playing Magic. Mechanics like the ability to use cards in-hand as resources (allowing you to not have to devote 1/4 to 1/3 of your deck to mana AND avoid mana screw) and the plot deck in GoT make gameplay interesting enough that I just don't think I could go back to Magic at this point.

Anyway... Chaos! Still prolly my favorite boardgame currently. We played a game a couple of weekends ago that was just brutal. Had an event that prevented Khorne from being able to roll battle dice in the Empire and Bretonnia that shaped the early game, only to have it disappear due to the "remove cards with the twin-tailed comet icon" mechanic. It disappeared earlier than we were expecting so the picnic ended abruptly and everything went to hell.

When the dust cleared, Nurgle and Slaanesh tied on VP with 57 but Nurgle won due to higher threat (ONE dial tick higher than Slaanesh). Awesome, awesome game.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:00 pm

Learned ascension this weekend. We had fun but I can't see any longevity out of the game.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:43 pm

LordMortis wrote:Learned ascension this weekend. We had fun but I can't see any longevity out of the game.

I like Ascension and feel like breaking it out more than Dominion because it takes about 5 minutes or less to set up, and an equal amount of time to teach.

I can see it becoming a much better game with expansions. Right now the ratio is like 75/25 in favor of heroes, constructs and items vs. monsters (or so I've been told). Supposedly, that will be addressed in future releases.

The artwork on the cards I can live without, though. It's like someone took acid and decided to start watercolor painting.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:02 pm

Magic can certainly be a horror to the faint of heart^H^Hwallet. Depends how you want to get involved in it. Small groups of magic league play is cheaper than most board games. Maintaing an edh deck is cheap and designed for multiplayer. Those who wish to remain competitive in tournaments will have to shell out quite a bit of money.

Jow · Post by **Jow** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:54 pm

CR: Are you continuing to pick up new stuff or just playing with your existing pool?

Played a couple more games of Summoner Wars tonight, one of them using the 3-player variant. I got out to try out the new Vanguard/Fallen Kingdom set for the first time. The first game I took FK vs. Vanguard and after a really slow start (it took me probably 2 or 3 turns before I earned my first kill) one big turn made it a game again. Ret-Talus got pretty beat up early but the damage he did actually kept me in the game and I eventually turned it around and won.

The FK reapers are an interesting unit - 3 health for a cost of 2, but each kill you earn with them puts the killed unit UNDER the reaper, not in your magic pile. Big double-edged sword: they can become deadly if they survive long enough, but when they die they and all the cards underneath become magic fodder for your opponent. This might be a case for taking your own reapers out to prevent all that magic from falling into the enemy's hands.

We finished off the night by going Elves and Vanguard (me and Brandon's girlfriend respectively) vs. Brandon playing the Dwarves and Goblins. One of the interesting things about the 3 and 4-player variant is that the board "wraps" - units can move off the far right side of map #2 (on the right) and come back on the far left side of map #1. Anyway, we ended up beating him pretty handily. He drew two decent goblin unit events early but screwed up and didn't use them together. That put him at a disadvantage early, but what really hurt him was only drawing one goblin wall the entire game. I weathered the initial storm, then walled off the Prince when things got too hairy to leave him open to the outside world.

When I finished off Sneeks the dwarves had also been decimated and Oldin was only a turn or two from going out. Interesting games.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:30 am

Chaz wrote: It was so hugely entertaining that we played a second game immediately after the first, and it was just as good. If you can get comfy with the fact of your own mortality, this thing is a complete winner.

Yeah, it was tons of fun. The game is definitely whimsical / capricious, so as long as you run with that (and ideally drink the whole time

) it's a lot of fun. It's possible (though it would take spectacularly bad luck) for everyone to die on the first round. We didn't have anyone get insta-killed during the game, though we came close a couple times - the guy who won the second game nearly died a few turns into the game from getting stuck in a room with no exit, only to catch a lucky break when he drew a secret door card.

Anyways, highly recommended. I think subsequent playthroughs would have a tough time matching the magic of the first game since it was a ton of fun not knowing what horrible death might await you with the next card, but the second time was still a lot of fun.

NickAragua · Post by **NickAragua** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:02 pm

Chaz wrote:It was so hugely entertaining that we played a second game immediately after the first, and it was just as good. If you can get comfy with the fact of your own mortality, this thing is a complete winner.

I'd also like to point out that Chaz was so excited about this game, he must have written his review up directly after he got home. So yeah, DungeonQuest is a lot of fun.

Since you build the dungeon as you go, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that the dungeon designer was a complete jackass. Half the passages wind up pointing into the outer wall, there are a whole bunch of fake entrances which lead to nowhere, while the doors auto-close on you, so you'll wind up stuck in a passage with a bunch of spear traps and giant swinging pendulum blades, and you can't leave until you a) roll well and b) draw a "you can leave" card. Also, I sure hope the dragon has a window to the sky or something, because I don't see that poor critter getting out of its own lair via the ground route.

Also, there are optional rules designed to make the game play even harder, if you're a real masochist. For example:
1) Spawn more monsters
2) Eliminated players move a surviving monster

Also, if you're a gigantic wuss, there are KO and respawn rules, where you don't die quite as horribly. But we didn't play with those.

Protip: The catacombs are totally worth exploring.
Protip: Being in the dragon's lair is a Russian Roulette mechanic, except that when you lose, so does everyone else.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:52 pm

NickAragua wrote:
Chaz wrote:It was so hugely entertaining that we played a second game immediately after the first, and it was just as good. If you can get comfy with the fact of your own mortality, this thing is a complete winner.
I'd also like to point out that Chaz was so excited about this game, he must have written his review up directly after he got home. So yeah, DungeonQuest is a lot of fun.

It has been on my wish list since I heard about the new version. His description put it at the top of the list.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:18 pm

This past weekend, I got into a really fun D&D session with my old gaming group from where I grew up. It's my brother and his daughter, my best friend growing up and his son, another old friend, and my daughter. We get together 3-4 times a year in my parents basement and play D&D. My mom loves it. I just wish we could play longer, my brother's back is so screwed up he's usually only good for about 3 hours at a stretch, and then he has to quit to go home and lay down.

After the D&D game ended, my buddies and I broke out Castle Ravenloft and played another two scenarios in the adventure book. I continue to be impressed with this game, I have played more games of it since I got it than any other game in recent memory. Since I picked it up earlier this month, I've managed to get 8 games under my belt so far, and my record has been five and three. It seems very well balanced, to the point that I've only had one game that I would call a cakewalk, every other one has been a nail biter whether or not we win.

Tonight, we may give the original DungeonQuest a whirl. I remember enjoying it back in the day, but it hasn't hit our table in over 10 years at least. Maybe closer to 20.

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:52 pm

I also grabbed Ravenloft in the same order as Dungeonquest, and played it solo the other night. Early impressions are good. I ran the rogue through the first scenario, and got killed just before I made my escape. The light rules and programmed monster actions worked out a lot better than I thought they would given how heavily abstracted the movement is. It definitely lived up to the "dungeon crawl in an hour" billing. I'm going to be mucking with this one quite a bit more, I think. And they have another one coming out in two months? Oy. Super sweet minis too, though I wish there was more distinction between the two female characters. Love the translucent wraiths and the huge dracolich.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:28 pm

It's definitely not going to be everybody's cup of tea, but I got in a game of Lords of Vegas this past Saturday at our FLGS.

It's an area control game that relies very heavily on dice and luck. Basically, you are a casino mogul in Vegas and you're trying to build up a large number of casinos. Each potential casino space has a corresponding card that sits in a draw pile. Each turn the user draws from this pile and places one of their chits on the listed grid space. Then they can build on that space for the listed cost using one of about 6 different colored tiles that represent different casino franchises/locations. They also place a die (turned to the side matching the initial number of the space) on that tile that represents the value of the casino if it pays out. If a card matching the color of the tile you selected comes up later, the casino you have on all those types pays out equal to the die on the space.

It gets cutthroat when you start remodeling/reorganizing. I forget how remodeling works, but reorganizing is the fun one. You basically collect all the dice from all the spaces in the same block of casinos (including those of other players who have bought into that area) and reroll them. Whichever color has the highest number now owns that block and it is counted toward your Victory Point score (whoever reaches 90 first wins. alternatively, a "game over" card is buried somewhere near the end of the deck to add a quicker end to the game).

As I said, it's very luck oriented and it encourages cutthroat behavior with the reorganizations. I won, but I'm not sure how i won. I consider that a knock against a game when that happens, so I'm not sure I can recommend it.

Daveman · Post by **Daveman** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:34 pm

I picked up Battlelore and my initial game with my son went well. Anyone care to share some insight in what expansions are worth looking at? I gather Call to Arms features a nifty random army setup but doesn't come with any "cool" new stuff like new figures?

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:46 am

Daveman wrote:I picked up Battlelore and my initial game with my son went well. Anyone care to share some insight in what expansions are worth looking at? I gather Call to Arms features a nifty random army setup but doesn't come with any "cool" new stuff like new figures?

I have almost everything made for Battlelore, despite the fact that it rarely hits a table at our place.

Call to Arms is kind of fun, it's a way to come up with different deployment options for your forces, using cards that correspond to the different regions of the board. If I remember correctly it also comes with some additional terrain tiles.

Epic Battlelore is mostly just another board and some markers, so that you can lay the two boards out side to side and have, well, epic battles. To do this well, though, you need to get some more forces.

Each one of the figure expansion sets are fun, giving you some new figs, as well as new squads with new abilities. One of them, the Hundred Years War, is aimed at getting the fantasy out of your Battlelore and turning it more historical. I have all of the figure sets except for the most recent ones released by FFG. I need to pick up the rest of them. The completist in me demands it.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:17 pm

Had a very ugly game of RoboRally, with Radio Control, Scrambler, and Fire Control making for some bizarre turns... (you move randomly next phase, oh yeah? Lock your register! Oh yeah? Execute MY moves this turn!)... It was a horrible mess and lots of fun. Also played EDH with standard crew.

theohall · Post by **theohall** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:42 pm

So if I gotta pick between DungeonQuest and Castle Ravenloft, which way should I go? Currenlty leaning towards DungeonQuest. The current home situation almost always has 3 players.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:42 pm

I'd also recommend Call to Arms and Hundred Years War for Battlelore.

I'm looking forward to playing Lords of Vegas, it sounds like fun. I also enjoy Revolution!, a game that is light-moderate weight. I'm hoping for a good experience with Dominant Species tonight.

J · Post by J » Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:13 pm

theohall wrote:So if I gotta pick between DungeonQuest and Castle Ravenloft, which way should I go? Currenlty leaning towards DungeonQuest. The current home situation almost always has 3 players.

Two different experiences. If you want co-op light role playing then go for Ravenloft. If you want head to head (potentially sudden death) play then Dungeon Quest.

Another criteria is Dungeon Quest is draw a tile, draw a card, fight a monster and move on play. Ravenloft has more bookkeeping as each new tile or card can introduce a new monster or trap to manage down the road. Not too bad but a consideration.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:17 pm

theohall wrote:So if I gotta pick between DungeonQuest and Castle Ravenloft, which way should I go? Currenlty leaning towards DungeonQuest. The current home situation almost always has 3 players.

I can't comment on the revamped Dungeonquest, I only have the old original copy, and while I enjoyed it a lot, it didn't get a lot of play amongst our group. I think there was a certain amount of same old, same old with it after about a half dozen plays.

I can comment on Ravenloft. I really like this game, probably more than any game I've purchased in the past several years. In the four weeks since I've gotten in, I've gotten in 10 games of it, including three solo games, and I NEVER play boardgames solo, even the ones I really like (say, Agricola and LeHavre). You could say that you have the issue of "same old same old" with Ravenloft that I have with DungeonQuest, in that there are limited monsters, characters, spells, etc. Once you've fought something, it never changes. But unlike DQ, which is always the same game (run through dungeon, get treasure, try to survive*) the game of Ravenloft changes based on the scenario that you are playing. You get 12 with the base game, plus 2 more published for free on the WotC website, plus a plethora of scenarios showing up on BGG.

I went with Ravenloft, and I'm really happy I did.

*Once again, commenting on the old GW version, not the FFG version. They may have added scenarios, but from what I saw I don't think they did.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:18 pm

J wrote:
theohall wrote:So if I gotta pick between DungeonQuest and Castle Ravenloft, which way should I go? Currenlty leaning towards DungeonQuest. The current home situation almost always has 3 players.
Two different experiences. If you want co-op light role playing then go for Ravenloft. If you want head to head (potentially sudden death) play then Dungeon Quest.

And how. As Chaz discussed above, there are multiple ways in the game to suddenly die. There is literally one encounter card (Swinging Trap) which says "Pass a skill check - if you fail, you die." Bear in mind that the skill check, depending on your character's stats, is probably at best something like a 7 or lower on 2d6, and could be as tough as a 5 or lower on 2d6.

But as long as you're fine with sudden and bloody death, the game is an absolute blast.

Daveman · Post by **Daveman** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:20 pm

For those Small World fans here, there's a promotion going on now where if you order the Be Not Afraid expansion directly from the Days of Wonder website they're including a small mini-expansion along with it...

http://www.daysofwonder.com/smallworld/ ... er-island/" target="_blank

baelthazar · Post by **baelthazar** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:15 pm

theohall wrote:So if I gotta pick between DungeonQuest and Castle Ravenloft, which way should I go? Currenlty leaning towards DungeonQuest. The current home situation almost always has 3 players.

Might I refer you to my two reviews?

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/560 ... -of-castle - Castle Ravenloft

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/561 ... st-for-dea - DungeonQuest

These are for solo plays, but I wouldn't say that the opinion changes with multiple players. FWIW, one is a co-op and the other is strictly "interactive solitaire" (CR and DQ respectively) to that might sway your opinion. If I had to choose one, it would undoubtedly be Castle Ravenloft. But DQ is crazy fun, even when played solo.

theohall · Post by **theohall** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:52 pm

Thanks for the info and the links. Have to collaborate with the compadres, because they, like me, will play almost anything.

theohall · Post by **theohall** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 7:34 pm

Epic Munchkin with darn near all the expansions. Craziness ensued

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freelunch · Post by **freelunch** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:03 am

on Saturday I played Summoner Wars with my youngest and Railways of the World with my wife and two boys.

not much time for gaming on Sunday but we managed to squeeze in a few Robosoccer matches and a three-player game of Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer.

Dominant Species arrived in today's mail, looking forward to playing it this weekend once I work through the rules..

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:49 am

We just had a rip roaring session of Dominant Species. Keep in mind that it's a long game. Our first game took 5 hours and I've seen similar times posted on boardgamegeek.com. We played with one incorrect rule and one unstated rule, which marred our game. Be sure to step through each step on the player aids during the execution phase. Also be sure to state the end game conditions EARLY in the game, as you have to start planning for the end game long before you would in most games. This way you will avoid what happened to us.

Boudreaux · Post by **Boudreaux** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 12:37 pm

Been playing a lot of Middle Earth Quest lately, and I can easily say this is one of my Top 5 games ever. It just never gets old. So many strategies and tactics and things to think about, and each game feels completely different and fresh.

Unfortunately we keep finding mistakes in the way we play, but each time we do the correct rules just make the game MORE interesting. The last one was a doozy, but it will completely change the way I play as Sauron, and makes the Heroes' game much more intriguing as well.

baelthazar · Post by **baelthazar** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 12:58 pm

freelunch wrote:on Saturday I played Summoner Wars with my youngest and Railways of the World with my wife and two boys.

not much time for gaming on Sunday but we managed to squeeze in a few Robosoccer matches and a three-player game of Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer.

Dominant Species arrived in today's mail, looking forward to playing it this weekend once I work through the rules..

I would love to hear impression on Dominant Species. It seems people really like the game but that the 2-player is somewhat lackluster (although the 3+ game is supposed to be fantastic).

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:42 pm

We need to get back to Middle EArth Quest, it is a fun game. Same thing I say about Runewars and Chaos in the Old World too.

freelunch · Post by **freelunch** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:05 pm

baelthazar wrote:I would love to hear impression on Dominant Species. It seems people really like the game but that the 2-player is somewhat lackluster (although the 3+ game is supposed to be fantastic).

it'll almost certainly be two-player the first time I play, probably with my son and I taking two species apiece - he's now busy on Saturday so we may not get to it this weekend..

Daveman · Post by **Daveman** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:40 pm

Thought I'd pass along something I read on BGG last night...

If you have a Borders book store near you (and at this point I'm tempted to check out Barnes and Noble too) you might want to sign up for their free "Borders Rewards" program and check out their "gaming" section. Sure, it likely has a handful of theme-variant Monopoly and Twilight trivia games, but I was surprised to see several copies of Carcasonne, Settlers of Catan, Dominion and a few other "gamer" games. The Borders Rewards program practically spams you with 30-50% off email coupons (in-store only usually) that can be used on board games. I picked up the Space Hulk: Death Angel card game (in a Borders??!!) last night for $12.00 (40% off $20). That's a great deal, especially when you consider there's no shipping!

I'm about to sit down with it and give it a solo game!

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:27 pm

my local gamestore just called and my copy of the new version of Betrayal at House on the Hill is in. whoo hoo!

Boudreaux · Post by **Boudreaux** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:51 pm

Daveman wrote:Thought I'd pass along something I read on BGG last night...

If you have a Borders book store near you (and at this point I'm tempted to check out Barnes and Noble too) you might want to sign up for their free "Borders Rewards" program and check out their "gaming" section. Sure, it likely has a handful of theme-variant Monopoly and Twilight trivia games, but I was surprised to see several copies of Carcasonne, Settlers of Catan, Dominion and a few other "gamer" games.

This comes with an enormous "YMMV", as different Borders around the country seem to have wildly disparate gaming sections. Mostly it's just the TV-themed games, but occasionally you'll find a store that stocks some pretty decent stuff. I managed to get FFG's Battlestar Galactica for about $20 at a Borders back when the TV show was on and Borders was cross-promoting. I haven't seen BSG in a Borders since, though.

Barnes and Noble also has been stocking games over the past few years, especially around the holidays, and oftentimes they'll put all their games on clearance starting at 50% off, then 75% off, then games for $1-$2 or something absurd like that. Years ago I lucked out at a Barnes and Noble and found War of the Ring, A Game of Thrones, and AGOT: Clash of Kings all for half off. Last year a buddy of mine managed to get a B&N clerk to hold 15 copies of Cosmic Encounter for him, all of which he bought for $2 each. Yes, I hate him.

I might have to stop by and check out our local store to see if they're stocking Death Angel. Heard good things about that one.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:40 pm

hepcat wrote:my local gamestore just called and my copy of the new version of Betrayal at House on the Hill is in. whoo hoo!

Yeah, I saw this at Games Plus this afternoon. I made my saving throw and didn't pick it up. I'll let you take the bullet on this one.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:55 pm

I'm a sucker for horror themed games, what can i say?