OO Boardgamers, what did you play this weekend?

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:25 am

I got and played Splendor for the first time this weekend. Fun game that is quick, easy to explain, and seems like it would work just as well with 2 people as with 4. What I haven't figured out from the few games I've played, however, is whether it is possible to have some overriding strategy or whether you just have to go with the best option for each turn.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:29 am

First solo game of Hostage Negotiator (a solo only game). It did not go well. Many hostages died. It seems interesting, but I need more plays to see if it is worth it.

PLW · Post by **PLW** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:04 am

I played Rampage with my 4yo son. We didnt use any of the rules, except the rules for moving your monster and blowing shit up by demolishing and throwing cars. It was awesome.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:42 am

I played X-Wing with the 5-year-old for the first time in a long time; probably since he was 4 years old. Back then, he was more interested in pretending to blow up asteroids than playing the actual game, but this time, we stuck to the rules. His Han Solo handily blew up my Boba Fett, and I was very, very happy.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 5:15 pm

Didn't play, but listened to I've Been Diced ep 66: Combat Systems. Fun 2 hours.

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:46 pm

Played some four player Forbidden Stars last night.

Gameplay wise, I think it’s great; unfortunately length is a serious issue with this one. We called it after four rounds since it had taken almost 3 hours to get there and it was getting late. A lot of this was just because no one was familiar with how upgrade cards work but even with complete familiarization, I could see this game easily taking over an hour per person.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:53 pm

I just realized first Saturday of the month gaming falls on the 4th of July. And i was going to make time to go this month. *Harumph*

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 4:51 pm

Heading off to my local gaming convention here in NJ tomorrow and Friday. Apparently a good majority of the scheduled board gaming slots have been filled already (which is different than prior years) so we might be doing a lot of standing around. I believe Mike Selinker is going to be there on Friday doing some type of random puzzle solving promotion. No idea if anything else special will be there, but I'm looking forward to gaming overload.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:38 am

Smoove_B wrote:Heading off to my local gaming convention here in NJ tomorrow and Friday. Apparently a good majority of the scheduled board gaming slots have been filled already (which is different than prior years) so we might be doing a lot of standing around. I believe Mike Selinker is going to be there on Friday doing some type of random puzzle solving promotion. No idea if anything else special will be there, but I'm looking forward to gaming overload.

I must be broken. I actually really enjoy standing around watching other people play board games. I have a problem, though. I enjoy it because I want to understand, like a strategic commentator on late night sports TV, and that relationship, that participative form of "watching" leads to being a Kibitz, which people rightfully hate.

Montag · Post by **Montag** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:24 pm

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:I got and played Splendor for the first time this weekend. Fun game that is quick, easy to explain, and seems like it would work just as well with 2 people as with 4. What I haven't figured out from the few games I've played, however, is whether it is possible to have some overriding strategy or whether you just have to go with the best option for each turn.

Splendor is a great game. It plays very well with 2, 3, or 4 players. The dynamics are very different for 2 versus a 4 player game.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:44 pm

I"m dying to buy a new game, even though I still haven't played a lot of Star Wars: Imperial Assault yet. Probably because I've been listening to the Dice Tower podcasts from Origins and Dice Tower Con. It doesn't help that due to conflicting schedules, I haven't had a good game session in well over a month.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 12:17 pm

LordMortis wrote:I must be broken. I actually really enjoy standing around watching other people play board games. I have a problem, though. I enjoy it because I want to understand, like a strategic commentator on late night sports TV, and that relationship, that participative form of "watching" leads to being a Kibitz, which people rightfully hate.

Unfortunately the only thing you can observe easily are the war games as they have them set up in a space that's large enough for spectators. Board games are crammed into a ballroom on giant round tables and there's really not room to stand around. It's also rather crowded and chaotic which makes me a bit anxious.

Regardless, we did manage to get into a game of Dark Moon, which I think was originally created as BSG Express because it plays in 60-90 minutes. When they couldn't get the BSG licensing deal, I guess they just re-themed this generic Sci-Fi feel. I don't have a perspective on BSG, but it has that co-op element with a betrayer. In our case with 7 people, 4 started the game as regular crew and 3 were initially infected. What was different from something like Dead of Winter (my only perspective on co-ops with a betrayer) is that instead of cards, you roll dice in secret and then decide which dice to contribute to a task. Did you intentionally hide good rolls and contribute bad dice to fail the challenge or are you like me and just roll bad numbers and have to try and convince everyone you're not a traitor? There was no building of tension -- it starts immediately. Regardless, I can't imagine playing it with less than 6 or 7 people, but it's definitely fast.

The other new game we played last night was Red Dragon Inn, using some type of Ocean or ship themed event deck. That was 6 players and it felt right. The cards are great and the interactions that result from playing a card, adding to it, countering in, etc... had everyone laughing. I think that was another one we hammered out in less than 90 minutes. It was quite enjoyable but another one that I'm guessing wouldn't feel right with less than 4 people.

Tons and tons of indie game developers there this year - so many games I'd never heard of. Convention seems to be getting quite popular.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 12:59 pm

Held a small 4th of July board game get together yesterday. Started at 10 am and went until about midnight, so it was a full day of gaming.

First up, I showed a non OO friend how to play Doomtown Reloaded. Unfortunately, we only got to play one turn as folks started showing up and I didn't want to be rude...for once.

Then Seppe and his son, and the aforementioned friend and I, broke out Three Cheers for Master, which I've mentioned here before. This game is fun, but it really shines with 4 or more, I think. We were laughing at the many "screw you" events that popped up throughout this game, which mirrors Tetris in a card game format.

After this game, Zarathud arrived and we broke out Legendary Encounters: Alien. I've said it before, but this deck builder is one of my favorites because it's so thematic that you forget you're even playing a deck builder. Hentzau dropped by about 10 minutes into the game and Seppe was kind enough to let him take his spot as he'd never tried it. Some players were joking that it seemed too easy...but then we got near the end of the scenario/movie and things rapidly went to hell. We beat the game, but a couple of our players limped away with some pretty close calls.

While I grilled, Hentzau taught the others how to play Colt Express. I wish I'd been able to try it, but I felt duty bound to cook.

After we ate, those of us who could stay broke out Shadows of Malice, which I've written about before also. While I had fun, I honestly think I'm playing it wrong as that's twice now where we've had to fight the big bad and it seemed too easy. I'm going to check BGG for some info as I'm betting I'm just missing something.

Terra Mystica made an appearance following SoM. At first I wasn't terribly impressed as it just seemed a bit hard to wrap my mind around. Then I started to get the hang of it, and I was struck by how there was never a turn in which I could do nothing. Heck, I think every turn I could find a way to work around a shortage of resources via an alternate route if I thought about it hard enough. That really impressed me. It's an area control game at heart, but it feels more fleshed out than most of its kind. I'd definitely play that one again.

By this time, it was getting late. But we decided to try a 4 player, team game of DC Dice Masters. We had to make do with 2 fewer starting dice per player due to a lack of starter sets, but it wasn't terribly annoying. I really love the interaction of the character powers in this one. Seppe and I are going in on a gravity feed for this game as one of the owners of our FLGS has offered to sell me one at a great price.

We ended the evening with a 4 player free for all of Star Realms with all the expansions. At first I thought the event cards were distracting, but after a few came out, I realized they were mostly there to abuse everyone equally. SR is still my go to head to head deck builder when I want something fast and easy to teach.

All in all, a full day of gaming.

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 5:31 pm

hepcat wrote:
Terra Mystica made an appearance following SoM. At first I wasn't terribly impressed as it just seemed a bit hard to wrap my mind around. Then I started to get the hang of it, and I was struck by how there was never a turn in which I could do nothing. Heck, I think every turn I could find a way to work around a shortage of resources via an alternate route if I thought about it hard enough. That really impressed me. It's an area control game at heart, but it feels more fleshed out than most of its kind. I'd definitely play that one again.

I love Terra Mystica. One thing I would recommend is to borrow the variable player order board from the expansion, even if you don’t have it. You can see it to the right here:

Basically, instead of having everyone rush to be first player and punishing the person sitting left of them, first player is still rewarded but being 2nd is also important and so on.

MythicalMino · Post by **MythicalMino** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:36 pm

I recently acquired Star Realms (along with the Gambit and the Crisis expansions) in a trade, and finally set the game up. Been playing that quite a bit, now, actually. At first, I wasn't sure there was much in the way of strategy, but now after playing quite a bit of it, and of course, purchasing the digital version....I am impressed, and liking the game more as I play each time.

Also, Forbidden Stars. Oh. My. God.....wow, what an awesome game!! I managed to teach it to my two boys (ages 12 and 14), and they seemed to grasp it for the most part. Our 3 player game did take about 5, almost 6, hours...but it was so much fun!! And now, I am on a Warhammer 40k kick. Heh, I tried finding copies of the Ultramarines Omnibus books, 1 & 2....but the 2nd one is going for 65 bucks or more. No thanks...I will pass and just play games.

Those of you that read those books, any suggestions? I was looking at the Grey Wolves (I think that is it) books. But not sure which ones to get. I was looking for the Ultramarines, Einhart (or whatever it is), or Caiphas Cain...but they are so expensive.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:25 am

hepcat wrote:After this game, Zarathud arrived and we broke out Legendary Encounters: Alien. I've said it before, but this deck builder is one of my favorites because it's so thematic that you forget you're even playing a deck builder. Hentzau dropped by about 10 minutes into the game and Seppe was kind enough to let him take his spot as he'd never tried it. Some players were joking that it seemed too easy...but then we got near the end of the scenario/movie and things rapidly went to hell. We beat the game, but a couple of our players limped away with some pretty close calls.

I picked up Legendary Encounters: Alien today. I was looking for something I could play solo on nights when my gaming buddies weren't available, but that would work equally well as a co-op multiplayer game. I was particularly intrigued by this one because Tom Vasel said it was so tough, and I'm a sucker for super-challenging co-op games. I bounced back and forth between this version and Marvel, but ultimately went with Alien because of the darker theme.

Because we were busy with family all day, I only had time to play a couple of solo rounds this evening. First round ended horribly - I drew a Facehugger early and had no way to kill it so I died almost instantly. Second round I did much better, getting all the way to Objective 3 before getting overrun and succumbing to a Double-Mouthed Xenomorph. I was holding my own, though.

I really enjoyed it. I have The Lord of the Rings Card Game which is also a lot of fun, but I think I prefer LE: Alien. Because LOTR is a "living" card game, I've always been overwhelmed with the number of expansion packs out there. While the base game plays fine, I've always felt that I'm not winning because I don't have the right spec'ed out deck, and maybe that's because I don't have this expansion or that one. There's just more thought and strategy behind the actual deck building than I'm really willing to commit to.

LE:Alien, on the other hand, feels complete right out of the box, and you're only focused on building the best deck while in the actual game, not outside of it. I also like that (once it's set up), it tends to play faster than LOTRO. And as pointed out, the theming is incredible. I was really on the fence about buying a new game right now since I really couldn't justify it money or time-wise, but after a couple of play-throughs I don't regret it one bit.

SpaceLord · Post by **SpaceLord** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:38 am

Lordnine wrote:
hepcat wrote:
Terra Mystica made an appearance following SoM. At first I wasn't terribly impressed as it just seemed a bit hard to wrap my mind around. Then I started to get the hang of it, and I was struck by how there was never a turn in which I could do nothing. Heck, I think every turn I could find a way to work around a shortage of resources via an alternate route if I thought about it hard enough. That really impressed me. It's an area control game at heart, but it feels more fleshed out than most of its kind. I'd definitely play that one again.
I love Terra Mystica. One thing I would recommend is to borrow the variable player order board from the expansion, even if you don’t have it. You can see it to the right here:

Basically, instead of having everyone rush to be first player and punishing the person sitting left of them, first player is still rewarded but being 2nd is also important and so on.

There's a reason TM is now the #2 ranked game on BGG. It took me 3 plays for it to really click, and I've now played it nearly 60 times. Heck, there's an online league of 100s of players from BGG, and some have played it 200+ times.

baelthazar · Post by **baelthazar** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 1:56 am

MythicalMino wrote:I recently acquired Star Realms (along with the Gambit and the Crisis expansions) in a trade, and finally set the game up. Been playing that quite a bit, now, actually. At first, I wasn't sure there was much in the way of strategy, but now after playing quite a bit of it, and of course, purchasing the digital version....I am impressed, and liking the game more as I play each time.

Also, Forbidden Stars. Oh. My. God.....wow, what an awesome game!! I managed to teach it to my two boys (ages 12 and 14), and they seemed to grasp it for the most part. Our 3 player game did take about 5, almost 6, hours...but it was so much fun!! And now, I am on a Warhammer 40k kick. Heh, I tried finding copies of the Ultramarines Omnibus books, 1 & 2....but the 2nd one is going for 65 bucks or more. No thanks...I will pass and just play games.

Those of you that read those books, any suggestions? I was looking at the Grey Wolves (I think that is it) books. But not sure which ones to get. I was looking for the Ultramarines, Einhart (or whatever it is), or Caiphas Cain...but they are so expensive.

I love love love the Eisenhorn Ominbus. Ravenor was not as good, but you sort of need it to continue the story. If you want something very different, you should read the Night Lords Omnibus. They are written by a relatively new author, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, but the story follows the Night Lord Chaos Marines (you rarely see the perspective of the Chaos Marines, although the Night Lords are some of the least "corrupted" of the bunch). I just did not enjoy Gaunt's Ghosts, but I need to give it another try. I also have the ones about the demon hunting space marines (the Gray... somethings) but did not get into it yet.

And as always... blood for the blood god.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:15 am

Impressions of Cruel Necessity, having played through two of the three English Civil Wars:

The game is fun and fast-moving. Despite all the tracks to keep track of, everything is very straightforward, and once I got through a few rounds, I rarely had to refer to the rulebook.

The English Civil Wars were very, very complicated. I'm trying to follow the historical developments by reading the flavor text on the event cards, and my head is spinning. So many different and changing sides. Because of this, it's not always clear how the historical event described by the flavor text relates to the in-game action that results. "John Pym establishes the Parliamentary Committee on Safety: +1 to the Catholicism track." Okay then.

Despite my ignorance of the time period, the wars are going well enough. According to the interim victory point checks, I achieved the historical result (a modest defeat) in the first civil war, and a solid victory in the second. Now to take my forces into the third and decisive war. Will the Rump Parliament overcome the Covenanters? Will the Levellers continue to stand in the way of the Grandees? What do any of those words even mean? I guess I'll find out.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:21 am

coopasonic wrote:First solo game of Hostage Negotiator (a solo only game). It did not go well. Many hostages died. It seems interesting, but I need more plays to see if it is worth it.

Played again, won this time by the skin of my teeth. The dice take so much control away from the player. You do everything you can to guarantee success for the win and still manage to come up empty... all I need is a single 5 or 6, I roll 5d6 and...

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:30 am

Lets see, I played the DC deck building game twice. Played Wonder Woman and then Aquaman. I wasn't really that impressed with the game, but I'm not a fan of superheroes, and didn't find the gameplay compelling. (it didn't help that it was on the slow side because of the frequent need to understand what cards were available at the moment, and that you usually couldn't plan ahead because the card you would want would be gone by the time it was your turn).

Played a couple of pattern recognition game (Set and another one where when you have the same pattern on your card as someone else you have to name an example of whatever named on the other persons card). Set infuriates me every time I play it, though I managed to do quite well. Then we played Black Stories, which is just lateral thinking puzzles. A bunch I had seen before so I was usually the person narrating the puzzle. It drew a lot of strange looks from the group playing 7 wonders (Some of the solutions, and even more of the questions being asked, were morbid or absurd). (Also, the group playing with me was 2/3rds African American, and one of the guys playing wonders said "You're playing a game called "Black stories" with a group of African Americans? I would get in so much trouble for even suggesting playing that!")

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:38 am

AWS260 wrote:Impressions of Cruel Necessity, having played through two of the three English Civil Wars:

I need to play that more. I do love it. Plus, you get the chance to cancel Christmas!

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:36 am

hepcat wrote:
AWS260 wrote:Impressions of Cruel Necessity, having played through two of the three English Civil Wars:
I need to play that more. I do love it. Plus, you get the chance to cancel Christmas!

I was not expecting that card! The Puritans were pretty pissed when I let the yuletide celebrations go forward.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:25 am

Played another round of LE: Alien, this time playing two characters. Once again, I got overrun at Objective 3 - just did not have the attack power playing a Commander and a Priest to keep the aliens in check.

One thing I really like about the game is how it simulates the pace of the movies. Things start quietly with a few rattles in the ventilation shaft, you hold your own as the first xenomorphs show up, and by the end of it you are overrun and scrambling for your life.

As fun as the solo game is, I'm hoping to get some playtime in with some actual people this weekend.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:26 pm

Whoops, didn't see your reply to me about LE:Alien earlier. I'm glad you like it! It really is a gem. I'm hoping to grab LE: Predator at Gencon in a few weeks. Apparently it has PvP as well as coop and can be used with LE:Alien.

One thing I would suggest for your games is to add either the player agenda/traitor mechanic or the alien player option to your games, not both. The one game we tried to do both with ended very abruptly for the players as it was just too brutal.

But damn, the alien player option is just a hoot.

p.s. I was worried that with only 4 movies/scenarios to play, it wouldn't have legs. But I've played this about 10 times so far, and I've only played the first two. Can't wait to try to the others though.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:17 pm

So the local convention I attended last week had an auction and I figured I'd give it a whirl to try and unload a bunch of games that have been collecting dust. Somehow managed to make $200 and of course, like a monkey, I just reinvested some of that into a copy of Bolt Action and Dust Tactics Revised. Good thing I just made room on my shelves.

When we started board gaming 3+ years ago, I remember commenting that we'd never become the old grizzled dudes pushing WW2 soldiers around, and yet now I find we're slowly morphing into them. It's hilarious.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:38 pm

So I played a variant of Werewolf with some interesting new roles. I liked the fox, which can choose three people and gets an up or down if at least one of them is a werewolf. Didn't like the one that becomes a werewolf if their chosen mentor dies (the odds seem high for that, since most people tend to get killed/lynched)

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:49 pm

AEG announces Automobiles, a new racing game.

Will you cross the finish line first? Now is your chance to find out! Automobiles is a deck‑building game where the fun is cubed. Instead of cards, you’ll be building your collection with cubes. Your cubes not only allow you to race your car around the track, but they will also allow you to improve your handling, optimize your pit crew, and boost your speed, which are your keys to victory!

Rulebook available from the page.

Automobiles is the exciting new game in AEG’s Destination Fun series! Continue your travels in the acclaimed Trains and Planes boardgames.

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:24 am

We played a three player game of Forbidden Stars tonight. This is the second time I’ve tried playing, the first we only did a half game because it was getting late. This time things went a lot smoother and was incredibly fun.

I was playing Eldar and was stuck between Orks and Space Marines. For whatever reason they decided I was the best target and by round three I had a full Ork invasion force east of my home sector and a train of Landraiders west of my home sector. Realizing I couldn’t stand up to either one, I did what Eldar do best; RUN AWAY!

I sent almost my entire civilization straight down the center of the map, laying waste to everything in my path and actually ended up invading the Ork homelands, completely taking him by surprise.

Unfortunately, the Space Marine already had two of her required objective tokens and so she claimed victory from my mostly vacated Craftworld, but it was fun while it lasted!

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:32 am

Friday after work, Seppe and I played a couple rounds of DC Dice Masters and a couple games of Doomtown Reloaded. I lost every single game, which isn't surprising given that I'm one of the worst board gamers in the history of board gaming. But I love the hobby, so I've had to learn to just enjoy the ride.

But yesterday I spent a good hour reviewing the Doomtown Reloaded card database and I realized I've been approaching the game in a way that results in only half of the actual game being played. This beautiful, deep card game should be called Deadlands: the RPG card game. I say this because you can upgrade your characters depending on their class. Cowboys can get horses and weapons, mad scientists can build gadgets for themselves and fellow characters and, most importantly, Hucksters (read: mages) can equip a whole slew of hexes (spells). I was playing it all this time in a way that normally only saw one item attached to a character at most during a game. But doing that causes the game to lose half of its fun. You really need to build up your characters the way you would during an RPG session. Eventually you have hucksters with huge arsenals of spells, and mad scientists with teleportation devices and ray guns. I can't wait to try this again but with my new mindset on the way it's played!

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:30 am

As a Deadlands fan (I ran a campaign for a while), I've had my eye on Doomtown.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 1:18 pm

Blackhawk wrote:As a Deadlands fan (I ran a campaign for a while), I've had my eye on Doomtown.

I HIGHLY recommend watching a few play through videos. AEG even hosts a few on their website. While I love this game, and it really does capture the feel of an RPG night with Deadlands in many ways, it is not a game you'll grasp during your first game. Hell, I'd say you won't even begin to wrap your mind around it until you've got at least a half dozen games under your belt. But that's by design. This is a really deep game. But it's also incredibly rewarding once you do start to see all the possibilities.

Also, I love the fact that it can easily take 3, 4 or even more. Although I would imagine after 4 it would turn into an all day event.

Check out the Shut Up and Sit Down review for a great overview.

Note: the starter box is INCREDIBLY generous with cards. You get enough to make 4 full faction decks. And you will have a bunch left over so that those four factions can actually do a small amount of deck refinement. You can get it for less than 22 bucks on Amazon, for cryin' out loud. That's insane.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:07 am

Another couple games of Hostage Negotiator and one game of... Monopoly. X(9) asked if I had a copy and foolishly I do (60th anniversary edition - this year is the 80th anniversary, I think) and more foolishly I told him so. Saturday morning we played, two player, by the book. It only took me about an hour to wipe him out. I never landed on his developed properties and I couldn't convince him to participate in property auctions. He had little chance.

Hostage Negotiator is growing on me. The dice can be particularly cruel, but the game is so short it doesn't sting for too long.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:11 am

So do you roleplay as Danny Roman or Chris Sabian?

RMC · Post by **RMC** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:16 am

We played a few games over the 4th of July weekend.

We played Level 7 Escape from Privateer Press, with the expansion. It was a fun little 'zombie' type game. IE - you place tiles will avoiding aliens and guards until you find the exit square, and then escape. We found the escape tile and the other 3 made it, and I died, as I had to fight my way through almost all the aliens and guards to escape.

Then we played Relic(I think that was the name, it is the 40k re-skinning of Talisman) with 2 expansions. I hate Talisman, as I always draw the wrong card, and get my butt kicked by the decks. And I hate that it takes a zillion years to play it. But we actually had fun with this game, the mechanics are close to the same, and the characters add a ton of cool abilities to the game as well. We ended up calling the game when one of us, not me, was clearly going to win, but it was still surprisingly fun.

The we finished up with Eclipse, my all time favorite space opera type board game. I played the researcher race, and actually did very well. I would have won the game, except in the last turn I choose to attack an ally to try to reduce his VP's and ended up losing 3 points in the ensuing mini war. Which ended up with me having a tie(I had more systems, which I think means I won, but we called it a tie). I had souped up Cruisers and he had souped up Dreads. I also for the first time built missile fighters, and they were actually effective. I own the expansions, but do not own the Ship pack one, and I think I might end up picking that up, just for the cool looking ship tokens.

We played until about 2 am, and boy was I worthless the entire Sunday, as I could not focus and even slept in until 10. I am almost always up by 7am at the latest.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:35 am

Isgrimnur wrote:So do you roleplay as Danny Roman or Chris Sabian?

Having never seen the movie, I guess my answer is no.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:38 am

I played my first game of Tzolk'in yesterday. It took about an hour for my friend to explain the rules, but once we got going I started getting it. Pretty cool game; of course, it helped that I won.

We also played a game of Five Tribes and somehow I destroyed the two people I was playing with.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:41 am

coopasonic wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:So do you roleplay as Danny Roman or Chris Sabian?
Having never seen the movie, I guess my answer is no.

You should remedy that.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:58 pm

Right after I watch the dozens of movies and TV shows I actually want to see that I haven't gotten around to.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:45 pm

coopasonic wrote:Right after I watch the dozens of movies and TV shows I actually want to see that I haven't gotten around to.

Miss Congeniality and Small Wonder can wait.