Octopus Overlords

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:I've been doing relatively well lately. I bought my first game yesterday (Blood Rage on sale for $45) since the summer B&N sale (June?). Considering that prior to that I was buying a game or two a month, that's pretty good!

hepcat wrote:

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:I've been doing relatively well lately. I bought my first game yesterday (Blood Rage on sale for $45) since the summer B&N sale (June?). Considering that prior to that I was buying a game or two a month, that's pretty good!

You are going to love Blood Rage. It's probably in my top 10 games of the year (hey, I buy a lot of games!). I don't own it, but Zarathud does...and I'm looking forward to playing it again.

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:Just reading through the rules and it looks pretty cool. Unfortunately, probably the main reason I haven't been buying board games as frequently lately is because my key members of my board gaming group have moved away. I've got find some new people to play with!

hepcat wrote:Yeah, I need to get out to some local game meetups and expand my group. It's down to only about 3 others now...and they rarely can all meet at the same time.

LordMortis wrote:

hepcat wrote:Yeah, I need to get out to some local game meetups and expand my group. It's down to only about 3 others now...and they rarely can all meet at the same time.

You and me both. I swore up and down I was going to the local meetup this last Saturday. Then Saturday happened and my shoulder hurt like I pulled a nerve a pinched a muscle and the lawn needed mowing and laundry wasn't doing itself and Oriental Empires asked for me to play a few turns and then I was plugged into the TV wishing I could take pain killers for my shoulder to just sleep the rest of the day away.

hepcat wrote:I need to learn how to be less selfish when gaming. I tend to force my own games on people.

hepcat wrote:Still, there are people who get a game and are excited to play it...and I should be more cognizant of that instead of just throwing my game onto the table the majority of the time.

LordMortis, Chaos and Remus are polite about it when they come to Octocon, thankfully. They should just tell me to shove off.

Bad Demographic wrote:

hepcat wrote:Still, there are people who get a game and are excited to play it...and I should be more cognizant of that instead of just throwing my game onto the table the majority of the time.

LordMortis, Chaos and Remus are polite about it when they come to Octocon, thankfully. They should just tell me to shove off.

I was going to be a smartass and tell you we tried that ("shove off!") but it didn't work. But actually, you guys at Octocon have played so many more games than I have that I'm happy to try your games. Not only do I get to try new (to me) games but I get to play them with somebody who can explain how to play.

hepcat wrote:Well, you did get me to play that fantastic little card game the last time that I enjoyed so much. I can't remember the name now though. You had to discard cards from your hand based on dice rolls?

LordMortis wrote: I'm not afraid to hepC

Zarathud wrote:Hepcat has saved me a ton of money because he buys many games before I even know about them.

Chrisoc13 wrote:Last night my gaming group got a four player game of Food Chain Magnate to the table. Easily my number two game right now. The game was close all the way with some real cut throat games. I went the guru route and trained up find of staff. It was a slow moving machine but once the ball started rolling I was raking in the dough.

One opponent took the same route as me and ended up besting me just slightly by getting the CFO a single turn before me and pulling in huge income.

My wife went heavy on waitresses and ran a lean machine that was slow but steady. It worked really well except... She had one turn where due to pricing she lost her sales and had to fire all of her senior staff. It was rough sailing for her from the on out. She stayed in the game though. The fourth player tried going heavy on building new locations eventually having three locations open and developing rich neighborhoods around her locations. This actually went pretty well except... I had to fight to stay in it and finally took the discount manager to undercut her prices and bring all those rich families to my location.

The game was a blast as always. There was no run away winner this time. I lost by about $100 but it was so fun seeing all the different strategies. Can't wait to get it to the table again.

coopasonic wrote:<- successfully kicked the uncontrollable buying habit

coopasonic wrote:

Chrisoc13 wrote:Last night my gaming group got a four player game of Food Chain Magnate to the table. Easily my number two game right now. The game was close all the way with some real cut throat games. I went the guru route and trained up find of staff. It was a slow moving machine but once the ball started rolling I was raking in the dough.

One opponent took the same route as me and ended up besting me just slightly by getting the CFO a single turn before me and pulling in huge income.

My wife went heavy on waitresses and ran a lean machine that was slow but steady. It worked really well except... She had one turn where due to pricing she lost her sales and had to fire all of her senior staff. It was rough sailing for her from the on out. She stayed in the game though. The fourth player tried going heavy on building new locations eventually having three locations open and developing rich neighborhoods around her locations. This actually went pretty well except... I had to fight to stay in it and finally took the discount manager to undercut her prices and bring all those rich families to my location.

The game was a blast as always. There was no run away winner this time. I lost by about $100 but it was so fun seeing all the different strategies. Can't wait to get it to the table again.

For some reason I watched four videos about this game last night. It's pretty much the opposite of what I would typically go for (primarily due to length), but for some reason the idea of the game fascinates me. I can't bring myself to buy it because of the price and how little I expect I would get to play it, but it is really capturing my interest for some reason.

Chrisoc13 wrote:Honestly it's worth it. I didn't think I would like it at first but it is just so fun.

Chaz wrote:That's interesting. WotR has been one of my favorites for about a decade now, but I haven't managed to pick up the Lords of Middle Earth expansion yet. I barely snagged the 2nd edition conversion kit, then waited to long, and the expansion was out of print. Adding some utility to the western half of the board is interesting. Most games, there's just nothing doing out there.

Holman wrote:

Chaz wrote:That's interesting. WotR has been one of my favorites for about a decade now, but I haven't managed to pick up the Lords of Middle Earth expansion yet. I barely snagged the 2nd edition conversion kit, then waited to long, and the expansion was out of print. Adding some utility to the western half of the board is interesting. Most games, there's just nothing doing out there.

Lords of Middle-earth is really a must-have addition to the game. Everything about it is great.

So far I think Warriors is not quite as indispensable, but it is all good stuff.

Both of the expansions have the virtue of widening the scope of available strategies while staying true to the original spirit. Nothing about "classic" play is nerfed or spoiled, but the new options make the game less predictable.

Chaz wrote:That's interesting. WotR has been one of my favorites for about a decade now, but I haven't managed to pick up the Lords of Middle Earth expansion yet. I barely snagged the 2nd edition conversion kit, then waited to long, and the expansion was out of print. Adding some utility to the western half of the board is interesting. Most games, there's just nothing doing out there.

coopasonic wrote:But yes, I am in. Co-op and programming = win for me. The price and production quality is secondary but nice.