Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Philip Newman
United States
Richardson
Texas
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MATCH 3
Thunderstone vs. Cyclades
This is our first matchup between BGG top 100 games... barely. Cyclades was nominated by Christopher, with a placement value of 3.50.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Todd Baker
United States
Elmira
New York
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4/7/2011
Part of 2nd CSI order. I just played this again the other day. I had forgotten how much I liked it. I also realized that I need to paint the minis for this. I will add them to the list of things to paint during summer vacation!
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Samo Gosaric
Slovenia
Ljubljana
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Played in my new gaming club. my first 5 player game.
Best game of the month. Period. My best game of Cylcades as well. So that's another period. Playing with friends the game allways felt it starts too slowly and then ends abruptly in a total chaos where somebody wins. With seasoned gamers (mostly new to the game) it was a total blast: once we went past the "omg somebody's going to win" threshold, the game didn't stop in the next 2 turns as usual, but continued for 4 or 5 very tense turns. We've seen blitzkrieg, one player using the Zeus cycling action twice (!)- once by selling all his units as well, and the most quiet player won in the end. If every game of it was like this, I'd rate it as 9.5 at least.
Comparing it to my latest gaming experiences I must say I'm not a fan of the set up, as you don't have adjacent islands. Want to try it with Free positioning variant from the expansion.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Jonny Jonny
United States
Baltimore
MD
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Traded
to lj1983 for Dominant Species
Played once. Came with slight crease on the bottom of the box. Otherwise great condition.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Kent Pritchett
Canada
Calgary
Alberta
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Anytime the board changes depending on the number of players. Usually occurs when someone drops out at the last minute. Not to bad to correct as it is only the soldiers and ships that you need to redo.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Kent Pritchett
Canada
Calgary
Alberta
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This one I own and have never won with my gaming group. I still love playing it.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Robert Ell
United States
Emeryville
California
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Played a few times. English edition, not sure if there are multiple versions. If there are this is probably the first.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Denmark
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A highly rated hybrid game with fantastic production values.
Is it worth picking up?
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Kent Pritchett
Canada
Calgary
Alberta
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Another great one to start with, pretty sure it will be received well by the two who have never played it before. Easy rules and the set up isn't two bad so can always play it towards the end.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Tim Vojta
United States
Decatur
Georgia
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Minimum Suggested Bid: $40
Condition: New
Comments: New in shrink.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Gleb Semenjuk
Estonia
Tallinn
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And yes, The Epic game should include gods.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Ted Magdzinski
United States
Kalamazoo
Michigan
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3/15/12
Saw that CoolStuffInc had this for $30 a couple days ago; couldn't resist. Also couldn't justify dropping $13 for shipping, so I thought," I'll want all the Memoir expansions eventually, why don't I just get them all now!"
Bazinga.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Foomer McCloud
United States
Troy
NEW YORK
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Game Condition
Punched, never played.
Box Condition
Slight ding in one corner from shipping.
Shipping Info
Free to lower 48, first 10 elsewhere.
Version
The date on the back of the box is 2011. Manual is in three languages.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Jonny Jonny
United States
Baltimore
MD
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Opened but unplayed. None of the pieces are punched out either. Just unsealed the wrap. Asmodee english edition.
Shipped free to all 50 states. I will pay at least the first $10 internationally.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Greg H.
United States
Cleveland
Ohio
...is a set of steak knives. Third place is you're fired.
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Game:
Cyclades
[Edition:
Asmodee English
Condition:
Played three times and well cared for. One of the black miniatures was broken in the box (bummer!)
Shipping:
Free shipping to the U.S. only.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
J. Alex Kevern
United States
Chicago
Illinois
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Ted Magdzinski
United States
Kalamazoo
Michigan
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CoolStuffInc had it for 30 and I couldn't resist. Got some nice praise at my last gaming night.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Bob Archer
United States
Tampa
Florida
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Matt
Bob (winner)
Dennis
Heather
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Josh E.
United States
Champaign
Illinois
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On Friday, I got to try Cyclades with a local group that formed through BGG. We had a ridiculous 5P game, and it was fantastic. At the end of the game, everyone had their first metropolis AND Pegasus came out for the first time in the game right at the end. Crazyness.
After that, we ended with 7 Wonders + Leaders.
I also played two games of 2P Carson city earlier in the day with a non-BGG friend.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
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Was anyone keeping an eye on James?!?!? No Kraken (boo!!!!) this time. Maybe we could have used it to slow James down.
Congrats James!
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Anton Wilsbach
United States
Columbus
oHIo
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BASE.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Alan Roberto
Brazil
Campinas
São Paulo
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Edição americana.
Como novo.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Jon
United States
Urbana
Illinois
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My gaming finally kicked back in with a night of gaming hosted by GCL Eclipse's own:
Jonathan Harrison
United States
Fisher
Illinois
South Quarter Independent Games
Firp! ding! blast!
We got a nice little group to form and we all had a fun evening of games. Other included Jonathan's wife Jane and:
Jesse Rouse
United States
Champaign
Illinois
Josh E.
United States
Champaign
Illinois
Dan P
United States
Illinois
_7_ Cavum x1
Played with Jane and Jesse, while Jonathan played Yomi with Dan.
This was the first time for Jane and Jesse to play and it had been awhile since my last play. In the end, Jane won with 143 to my 125 and Jesse's 120. I believe she got ahead primarily based on city scoring.
_6_ Cyclades x1
The highlight of the evening was five players of Cyclades with Jonathan, Jesse, Josh, and Dan.
The game was marked by bouts of ridiculousness as various potential leaders got slammed by the table. I had an army ready to get me a metropolis when Medusa froze my people, then another force came and took me out, basically the two of us fighting for the chance to fight someone else. A potential win by gathering Athena's favor was blocked by high bidding on her. In the end, Jesse won by conquering anothering of my islands, which gave him the parts needed to form his second metropolis. Fun times!
_5_ 7 Wonders x1
Cyclades ran late but we decided to play one last thing before calling it an evening so I got to try 7 Wonders for the first time. I ended up with a high military strategy that didn't pay off too well and tied Jonathan for last place at 46 points. Josh managed a bit better at 52 and Dan, the other person at the table I believe hadn't played before, did well with 60. However, Jesse won the day with 71 points due to superior science set collection skills.
I may talk about 7 Wonders later in the week, but right now we're getting ready for a mega brunch outing with visiting family.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Duy Lam
United States
Los Altos
California
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Although the end goal is the same for everyone (own two metropolises), the three ways you can get a metropolis (building one yourself, creating one with philosophers, and conquering another player's metropolis) have almost nothing to do with each other... and you can focus your efforts however you want. You can legitimately win by spending the entire game attacking everyone, not attacking at all, or any point in between.
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Board Game: Cyclades
[Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:98]
Mike Young
Japan
Ota-ku
Tokyo
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Per Yannis' request, I'll bring this game.
It's a great euro and AT hybrid game that only takes 90 minutes or so.
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