I crack myself up

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

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Just recently skimmed my list of games and the comments I left for them, and I seriously entertained myself. Thought I'd throw those comments out for discussion, and invite others to post their own wittiest game comments.

also, this is my first contribution in almost 2 years i think so dont hate.

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:30 pm

1. Board Game: Advanced Civilization [Average Rating:7.97 Unranked] [Average Rating:7.97 Unranked]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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Best way to spend 11 hours of your life that doesn't involve finding gold in your back yard.

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:17 pm

Alan Pengelly

(Planar)

United Kingdom
Basingstoke
Hampshire

ONly 11 hours, why rush such an enjoyable experience

Posted Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:26 pm
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Philip Thomas

(Philip Thomas)

United Kingdom
London
London

The basic version is a solid 16 hours in my book, and I suspect the advanced version doesn't get any shorter.

Posted Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:25 pm
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Ken

(perfalbion)

United States
Crystal Lake
Illinois

16 hours? I've never had a Civ/Adv. Civ game get close to that. 8-10 for most games. A lot depends on whether you do things like let players move simultaneously when you can and cap trading with a time limit. But 16 hours is just too much.

The advanced version typically does play faster. Without the limits on the advances (11 per player) that were present in the original, you're not performing many, many calculations to make sure you can buy what you want to advance along the AST. Plus, with enough advances for everyone to have the one they want, it gets much easier to make a good purchase and not be chucking a whole lot of trade cards every turn.

8-10 hours, yes. Maybe as much as 12 if the calamities are striking exactly the wrong player at exactly the right time. But 16? That's more managing the players than the game itself.

Posted Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:04 pm
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Dick Hunt

(DSHStratRat2)

United States
Ovid
Michigan

Talk about cracking me up! 16 hours is outrageous, but 8-10 is perfectly acceptable? That's a fairly fine line to draw in the sand. I've got to try that sometime with a really short game:

"For Sale? No thanks. At 15 minutes, that one would be okay, but I've never played it in less than 20 and that's just too long."

Posted Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:43 pm
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Ken

(perfalbion)

United States
Crystal Lake
Illinois

I'm not sure whether you're saying "Once a game hits 8 hours, it's just too long" or "Once a game hits 8 hours, it doesn't matter how long it goes, it's just too damned long." I think it's the latter and I'm responding in that vein.

DSHStratRat2 wrote:

Talk about cracking me up! 16 hours is outrageous, but 8-10 is perfectly acceptable?

Ummmmm - Yes? If you're looking to play a longer game, 8-10 hours can be accomplished in a single day's gaming. 16 means starting at 8AM and finishing at midnight. Much more problematic than starting at 10AM and finishing at 6-8PM. The former probably means two days of gaming, the latter is at least moderately easier to arrange.

If that much time for a single game isn't you or your group's thing, that's fine. But it doesn't make the game bad - it just makes the game inappropriate for your gaming group. But some folks like playing larger games (if I can get an Empires in Arms game going, I'll be happy to sink a gaming session once every two weeks in for a year).

Posted Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:45 pm
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2. Board Game: Axis & Allies: Pacific [Average Rating:6.71 Overall Rank:844]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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Arguably the most tedious part of A&A is the pacific. Its a sinkhole for your money. Again, not bad for a game that makes you think you're employing strategy only to thwart you with bad die rolls. As with most of the A&A series, Yatzee offers the same combat system with much easier setup.

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:19 pm

Dan

(OrangeCat X)

Canada

Alberta

Yeah... I see what you did there.

Hey!!!

...

No, that's fair.

Posted Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:36 pm
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(thedude05)

United States

New York

OrangeCat X wrote:

Hey!!!

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No, that's fair.

There is no doubt that in any of the A&A games luck, whether it be good or bad can overwhelm good strategy & tactics every time.

Posted Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:45 pm
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3. Board Game: B-17: Queen of the Skies [Average Rating:6.77 Overall Rank:786]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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I love this game. I asked it to marry me, but it never replied. I own two copies and still bid on more off ebay. I even wrote two fully fleshed expansions that add damage charts for the german fighters similar to those used for your bomber. wanna buy the rights? call me. I'm a cheap date.

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:19 pm

John Burt

(Xlyce)

Canada
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan

YOu know there is a sequel coming, B-29 Superfortress

Posted Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:49 am
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Dick Hunt

(DSHStratRat2)

United States
Ovid
Michigan

Cheap, hell! You'd just require me to take you out 25 times before I could go home!

Posted Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:45 pm
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4. Board Game: Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game [Average Rating:6.54 Overall Rank:1756]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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Unspecified

a birthday present given during my Magic: The Gathering phase when my family thought: "He likes card games" - thanks family, but the genetic propensity for heart disease was a much nicer gift.

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:20 pm

Joey McNabb

(monkeyturtle)

United States
Portland
Oregon

Laugh Out Loud funny!

Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:57 pm
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5. Board Game: Backgammon [Average Rating:6.50 Overall Rank:787]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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I offer a rating of 10 for this game not because I personally love it more than life itself, but because any game that outlasts the empire that created it needs to be recognized for that alone.

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:21 pm

6. Board Game: Bang! Dodge City [Average Rating:6.99 Unranked] [Average Rating:6.99 Unranked]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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If you own Bang!, buy this. And then specifically do NOT buy 'Fistful of Cards' and 'Face off' as they suck harder than a moray on a nurse shark's tender underbelly.

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:21 pm

T. Nomad

(tommynomad)

New Zealand
Winnipeg/Auckland/Cheonan

Aren't those things called lampreys?

p.s. you crack me up, too.

Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:46 pm
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J S

(lordblooty)

"See that thing in the reef
with the big shiny teeth,
that's a... Hagfish..ay?"

Not quite the same ring to it, ay?

Posted Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:57 pm
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Dick Hunt

(DSHStratRat2)

United States
Ovid
Michigan

ssorg wrote:

could be a hagfish too.

Lesson to the ladies: Do NOT piss off your husband just before he has to come up with a name for the new species of fish that he discovered last week...

Posted Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:50 pm
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Lexingtonian

(Curtis Anderson)

United States
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Massachusetts

I don't think remoras suck blood like hagfish and lampreys do. They just hitch on for a ride to the next meal.

Posted Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:46 am
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Just call me Erik

(unixrevolution)

United States
Waldorf
Maryland

Curtis Anderson wrote:

I don't think remoras suck blood like hagfish and lampreys do. They just hitch on for a ride to the next meal.

Remoras actually eat food scraps left over by the things they cling to. The host never minds though, as he gets a free cleaning from the Remora. It's symbiotic.

Posted Tue Dec 2, 2008 8:46 pm
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7. Board Game: Bargain Hunter [Average Rating:4.37 Overall Rank:7783]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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Monopoly + Life - fun = Bargain Hunter. Its about as much fun as actually spending a day bargain hunting. pants for ten bucks?! wowee zowee we're having fun now.

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Edited Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:34 pm
Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:21 pm

Tom O'Keefe

(teabo)

United States
Richmond
Virginia

Ever buy snakes from the Egyptian, Taffey?

Quote:

Monopoly + Life - fun = Bargain Hunter

The "-fun" is basically unnecessary here...

Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:21 pm
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Chris Schenck

(cbs42)

United States
Dayton
Ohio

GO BUCKS!

Stop touching me!

> SELECT * FROM games WHERE name = 'Monopoly' AND fun > 0

0 rows returned

Posted Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:47 pm
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Matt B

(TakeMeToYourLizard)

United Kingdom
Colchester
Essex

Please. Stop. Now.

Posted Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:42 pm
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Chester Ogborn

(cornjob)

United States
Albuquerque
New Mexico

tigerAspect wrote:

I came for the humour, I stayed for the pseudo-math.

YES!!!

Posted Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:22 pm
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Mike Norris

(demondude777)

United States
Sacramento
California

I tried to buy this game...but it is too expensive these days. Poop!

Posted Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:05 pm
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8. Board Game: BattleTech [Average Rating:6.92 Overall Rank:486]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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If you like taking SAT "scan-tron" tests, or have an unhealthy obsession with doodling, then you'll love recording damage to your mech. Not a bad miniatures game. Not a great one either because it uses hexes, and battles between tiny lead-laden miniatures should use tape measures, not hexmaps. hexes are for squares, and you know it.

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Edited Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:34 pm
Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:23 pm

Chad Winter

(chad56s)

United States
Farmington
Utah

Quote:

hexes are for squares

Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:07 pm
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Edward McEneely

(HMS_Resolution)

United States
Lake Forest
Illinois

Uh, you can play Battletech without hexes. They made rules for it and everything.

Posted Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:36 pm
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9. Board Game: Blood Bowl (First Edition) [Average Rating:5.80 Overall Rank:4003]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
Unspecified
Unspecified

fun if you can find someone to play with you. unfun if you can't find someone to paint it with you.

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:24 pm

Chris Talbot

(ctalbot)

Canada
Fort Smith
Northwest Territories

Be seeing you... -Alphonse

There was no painting required in the first edition of Blood Bowl.

Chris

Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:22 pm
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Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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valid point. apply this comment to the game series in general.

Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:52 pm
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10. Board Game: Blood Bowl (Second Edition) [Average Rating:6.70 Overall Rank:985]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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couldn't stop myself

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:24 pm

Mike Norris

(demondude777)

United States
Sacramento
California

RRRRAAAAWWWWWRRRRR!!!!! BLOOD BOWL!!!!!

Posted Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:04 pm
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11. Board Game: Blood Bowl (Third Edition) [Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:129]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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please help me

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:25 pm

12. Board Game: Blood Bowl: Living Rulebook [Average Rating:7.93 Overall Rank:60]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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Unspecified

there's GOT to be a pill i can take or something.

update: Games Workshop has shut down its 'games that dont involve Frodo or Khornne' division, so my life can now be normal

update 2: just announced for Xbox Live. The devil smokes Durals.

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Edited Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:52 pm
Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:27 pm

Andreas Johansson

(Orcoteuthis)

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Quote:

update: Games Workshop has shut down its 'games that dont involve Frodo or Khornne' division, so my life can now be normal

Er what? Specialist Games is still alive as near as I can tell.

Posted Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:48 pm
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Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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Orcoteuthis wrote:

Quote:

update: Games Workshop has shut down its 'games that dont involve Frodo or Khornne' division, so my life can now be normal

Er what? Specialist Games is still alive as near as I can tell.

nope they're toast. The reason the actual business unit still exists is they will now be soley responsible for the publishing of books and novels, and possibly comic books. They are no longer making games.

Posted Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:08 pm
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Sven

(Tanakor)

Germany
Frankfurt am Main
Hessen

Er..no. You are referring to Black Industries, the makers of Warhammer and 40k Roleplaying Games and Talisman, who were shut down by Black Library. Specialist Games are still alive and kicking. Sorry - Blood Bowl is still around and your life can´t return to normal.

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Posted Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:49 pm
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Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
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Tanakor wrote:

I meet this correction with equal measures of glee and horror, but would be shocked if GW actually shut down Warhammer and 40k. Is this Lord of the Rings game REALLY doing so well that they would cancel their two biggest properties?

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Posted Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:38 pm
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A S

(sanguine)

United States
Unspecified
California

Arcadian Del Sol wrote:

Tanakor wrote:

They're not touching the properties, they're canceling the roleplaying games that were based on those properties. BL controlled the RPGs, whereas GW proper controls the core games.

This is all rather disappointing to the folks who waited two decades for a 40K RPG, only to have the line cut after the first book came out (although I've heard that it's not that exciting, anyway).

Posted Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:02 am
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Sven

(Tanakor)

Germany
Frankfurt am Main
Hessen

sanguine wrote:

This is all rather disappointing to the folks who waited two decades for a 40K RPG, only to have the line cut after the first book came out (although I've heard that it's not that exciting, anyway).

Yes...I know what you mean.
But in case you haven´t already seen this: Press release at Fantasy Flight Games

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13. Board Game: Britannia [Average Rating:7.32 Overall Rank:214]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
Unspecified
Unspecified

Own it, only played two turns before my friends hated it. I was Rome.

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:28 pm

Ken

(perfalbion)

United States
Crystal Lake
Illinois

Wow, do you need friends with a little patience.

Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:37 pm
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Nigel Strong

(NigelStrong)

United States
Glen Burnie
Maryland

You need friends.

Posted Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:16 am
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Take joy from you wins; take lessons from your losses.

(Sagrilarus)

United States
38.978164N 76.486881W
Maryland

We all got a little edgy when he started talking crucifixion for the vanquished.

Sag.

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Posted Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:56 am
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Ken

(perfalbion)

United States
Crystal Lake
Illinois

The barbarians get to do much, much worse than crucifixion when they arrive, so you missed out on the best part!

Posted Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:00 pm
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14. Board Game: Broadsides and Boarding Parties [Average Rating:5.97 Overall Rank:3088]

Arcadian Del Sol

(Arcadian Del Sol)

United States
Unspecified
Unspecified

Loved playing this game until someone breathed through their nose too hard and the ENTIRE GAME FELL DOWN INTO PIECES. I kid you not. You put sailors on big plastic ships, and if you accidentally look at a ship too hard, the game ends in a maritime controlled implosion of plastic and sorrow. You lose. I use the ships for miniatures games and roleplaying game props.

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Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:30 pm

Joe Cappello

(kennylibido)

United States
Minneapolis
Minnesota

I gotta stop drinking Rumple Minze before I start games for the night. I read that title as "Broads and Boarding Panties" which got my attention for the five seconds it took me to correct my perception.

As I think on it, though, I'm not certain why Boarding Panties would capture my attention. I kind of feel dirty right now.

WTF?