Octopus Overlords

baelthazar wrote:

Anonymous Bosch wrote:

Blackhawk wrote:I'd love to find some affordable neoprene rolls to cut custom tops from. For now, though, my yoga mats do a fantastic job.

While it obviously depends on your definition of 'affordable', have a butcher's at The Foam Factory.

That blue cross-linked Polyethylene foam pad looks pretty sweet. I like that is is sound dampening... very interesting.

Fishbelly wrote:What thickness is standard for gaming? I'm considering building my own setup, but have never played on a custom table before.

Anonymous Bosch wrote:

Fishbelly wrote:What thickness is standard for gaming? I'm considering building my own setup, but have never played on a custom table before.

1/8" (3mm) or 1/4" (6mm) would be fairly typical. Anything much thicker is probably overkill for tabletop gaming.

SpaceLord wrote:Plug coming up!

My friend Daniel Berger has designed a game, now on Kickstarter, called Hands in the Sea, set during the First Punic War. It’s inspired by Martin Wallace’s A Few Acres of Snow. It’s a two-player deckbuilding wargame, and has been playtested to death, so we are fairly certain that there’s no Halifax Hammer exploit. Dan also designed Caesar's Gallic War, a well-regarded, if little-known block wargame.



Hands in the Sea is really good, and I readily admit to being a playtester.

hepcat wrote:Ricky Royal (a youtube boardgame reviewer who specializes in solo gaming) has a kickstarter for his own game, Renegade.

I backed it mainly on the strength of Ricky's solo variants for games that he posts on BGG. The Pax Porfiriana solo variant is my hands down favorite. If he brings that amount of awesome to this game, it will be worth it.

MonkeyFinger wrote:Argh. <shakes fist at Hepcat> Trying to not back as much stuff, man.

Oh, and there's a expansion for Flash Point: Tragic Events.

hepcat wrote:

MonkeyFinger wrote:Argh. <shakes fist at Hepcat> Trying to not back as much stuff, man.

Oh, and there's a expansion for Flash Point: Tragic Events.

Turnabout is fair play, I guess. I just backed Tragic Events. But Flash Point is still one of my favorite coops. Plus, 20 bucks isn't that bad.

hepcat wrote:

MonkeyFinger wrote:Argh. <shakes fist at Hepcat> Trying to not back as much stuff, man.

Oh, and there's a expansion for Flash Point: Tragic Events.

Turnabout is fair play, I guess. I just backed Tragic Events. But Flash Point is still one of my favorite coops. Plus, 20 bucks isn't that bad.

Lordnine wrote:

baelthazar wrote:I noticed the Dinogenics prototype. That looks pretty awesome! How is that project coming?

It’s really close to being ready to launch! Getting everything in place has proved a much larger endeavor than I originally imagined but it’s all coming together now. I found out last week that my production company has actually gone ahead and started to produce a demo set of the laser cut dino meeples at no cost. This is awesome because I wasn’t expecting to have anything other than the 3D renders at the time of launch. I should have the final price analysis of the stretch goals by the end of this week.

I’m also waiting for two video previews to come back from reviewers; they should be arriving by the end of next week.

All in all, I’m looking at a launch either July 26th or August 2nd. If you would like to keep up with the project you can check out the BGG page or Facebook group.

Lordnine wrote:Thanks Coop! The Kickstarter went up at 11AM today. Right now we are trending towards $50,000, so not too bad for a first time effort from a nobody.

I’m keeping my expectations low but it is very exciting sitting on this end. It’s also mildly terrifying; my hands were shaking when I hit the “Launch Project” button.

LordMortis wrote:

/hopes he will remember this in 13 months when a bill appears on his credit card...

LordMortis wrote:Been following you on FB. It's very Agricola looking, but I'm in. My first kickstarter ever.

Lordnine wrote: if you forget to feed your sheep in Agricola they don’t eat your visitors…

hepcat wrote:Great job, Lordnine!

I just received the base game for Apocrypha: The Adventure Card Game. I was expecting the third printing of Space Empires from GMT. I'm surprised it got to me this quick.

hepcat wrote:Great job, Lordnine!

I just received the base game for Apocrypha: The Adventure Card Game. I was expecting the third printing of Space Empires from GMT. I'm surprised it got to me this quick.

TheMix wrote:Also got the Duchess table yesterday. Hopefully I'll get it put together this weekend. And maybe grab some pictures.

Isgrimnur wrote:

TheMix wrote:Also got the Duchess table yesterday. Hopefully I'll get it put together this weekend. And maybe grab some pictures.

Make sure you don't secure the second long side of the table before sliding in the bottom boards.

TheMix wrote:Showed up this afternoon. Shipping box looked fine, but the cover has a decent sized dent. I'm guessing something heavy was dropped on it. It's not very noticeable, however. Very obvious to the touch, but not that visible. So I guess I'll live with it. Otherwise everything seems fine. Lots of room to grow.

Also got the Duchess table yesterday. Hopefully I'll get it put together this weekend. And maybe grab some pictures.

hepcat wrote:It was shipped USPS by Atlas. I never received a notification of any kind.

hepcat wrote:I just received the base game for Apocrypha: The Adventure Card Game. I was expecting the third printing of Space Empires from GMT. I'm surprised it got to me this quick.

Estimated delivery Apr 2016

hepcat wrote:I'm probably being overly critical, but the cards seem unusually flimsy. They were actually slightly bent (bowed really) by the plastic wrappers that contained them. This may be a game I sleeve as they don't seem like they'd hold up very long.

TheMix wrote:I assume "quick" was in reference to the recent update that said that they'd gotten in the shipments and were going to start packaging and sending them out.

Smoove_B wrote: Yes, my copy arrived and I see exactly what you're saying. I'll also note that the game doesn't want you to open all the packs, but to instead start on the deck marked with "Enter Here". It's not officially released until next Thursday (8/17) and I'll assume the app, tutorial video and daily game effects will go live then.

Smoove_B wrote:

hepcat wrote:I'm probably being overly critical, but the cards seem unusually flimsy. They were actually slightly bent (bowed really) by the plastic wrappers that contained them. This may be a game I sleeve as they don't seem like they'd hold up very long.

Yes, my copy arrived and I see exactly what you're saying. I'll also note that the game doesn't want you to open all the packs, but to instead start on the deck marked with "Enter Here". It's not officially released until next Thursday (8/17) and I'll assume the app, tutorial video and daily game effects will go live then.