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furriebarry — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:34:49 +0000

Reply: Vampire: The Eternal Struggle:: Rules:: Re: Ex Nihilo + Catatonic Fear

jozxyqk — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:34:48 +0000

I would say "yes", the damage from Catatonic Fear is inflicted,
for similar reasons to the Catatonic Fear damage-prevention rulings. The damage is inflicted after combat, therefore it is not "damage in combat".

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GerryRailBaron — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:34:46 +0000

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Battlestar Galactica: Exodus Expansion has been added to the geeklist Battlestar Galactica - Online BGG Game - Photo Gallery / Avatars ]]>

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monkeyhandz — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:59 +0000

by monkeyhandz

Related Item: Unpublished Prototype

Tinder - I adore this name! It's interesting and I feel is in keeping with your target audience people who are more interested in mechanics than theme. eg. you could have called this "The search for the golden Civilisation of fire" but tinder is far more interesting, thought provoking and winks at your theme - wonderful choice!

Oh wow - you've got hexes - the abstract designer in me salivates! Why is a hex better than a square? Because it is in contact with 50% more spaces = 50% more options. Solid design decision :)

I love the theme - It look solid but is one of these games that you really need to play to get to grips with. Have a look at Samurai a game by the godfather of gaming Reiner Knizia. Designing a game that is comparable is a great achievement.

i) How does conflict work?
ii) When can players buy certain technologies - how are they different.
iii) Who is your game aimed at?

Reply: Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition):: General:: Re: Say hello to...

Freedeath — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:53 +0000

by Freedeath

Terrible art design; they look like pathetic action figures.

Reply: Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition):: General:: Re: Statistical analyses of Descent dice mechanics

youperguy — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:37 +0000

by youperguy

Average hearts Blue + Yellow = 2.3
Average hearts Blue + Red = 3.13

Average Surges Blue + Yellow = 0.75
Average Surges blue + Red = 0.47

Note: You must remember that 5/6 of all yellow and red dice are wasted due to the Blue X being rolled.

Interesting that bLue + yellow versus grey is about 1 damage on average and blue+ red is about two damage. Surges change all of this of course.

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Amiguero — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:32 +0000

by Amiguero

What can be done about the items not longer available?

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supamanu — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:29 +0000

by supamanu

Reply: Kittens in a Blender:: Variants:: Re: The box says 2-8, so we played with 8!!!

Monkey Prime — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:32:59 +0000

by Monkey Prime

Agreed we played 3 teams of 2 and one of 1 (I was the one). On the whole it worked ok although we ran out of cards and I was pretty bashed most of the game as there was only one of me saving my colour. But it works alright. Wouldn't mind getting the expansion if it comes out beyond Kickstarter

Reply: Feel the Love:: Re: Feel the Love - Second Age - Thread #2

Shamurai — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:32:44 +0000

by Shamurai

batcut wrote:

Shamurai wrote:
Happy Wednesday Every BODY!

Yes it was!! Got to drive to work for the first time since my operation on March 2nd - very empowering and liberating.

Great news!! I am and AM NOT looking forward to my surgery in June...

Reply: BGG General:: Re: Microbadge Submissions, Design, and Feedback (post all new microbadges here before submission)

Madcapmartini — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:32:21 +0000

by Madcapmartini

Almecho wrote:

Madcapmartini wrote:
For Alien Frontiers Fans. Rocket tokens with blasting-off action!

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What do you think?
Hm, those rockets don't look like the AF-Rockets at all!

These are slim, while the AFs are more bulkier...

ADD ROCKETBELLIES!!! ;)

Sorry. One pixel on either side and it's not even a rocket anymore. I'm happy with the resemblence.

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Amiguero — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:32:14 +0000

by Amiguero

Settlers of Catan: Gallery Edition has been added to the geeklist The Australian Mid Year Math Trade 2012 ]]>

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Killing Joke — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:32:13 +0000

by Killing Joke

Reply: Star Wars: X-Wing:: General:: Re: One thing I don't get

ColtsFan76 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:31:59 +0000

by ColtsFan76

The Rog wrote:

Why doesn't the TIE expansion just cost a little more but have two TIE's?

The point of the expansions is to get the exact ships that you want - nothing more, nothing less. If you want another 2 TIEs for 1 X-Wing, then get 2 TIEs and 1 X-Wing. This way people aren't forced to pay for a 2nd TIE if they only want 1.

Plus, the expansions will most likely be in a standard package that wouldn't allow 2 ships to fit in it. If they did that, then they would have to redo packaging probably making for a less economical 2-pack than you think.

Finally, if you really want to keep the ratios the same 2:1, then you might consider just getting 2nd base set. From what I can see on sites that have it on pre-order, for 3 ships, you are better off getting a 2nd copy of the base game and get all teh extra stuff that comes with it.

Reply: Recommendations:: Re: 2-player abstract for father and son

AnnC — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:31:51 +0000

by AnnC

Tsuro perhaps? It is a lovely looking game, with largeish board and tiles, though compared to Go the art on the board might be a bit too much for your brother. The tiles themselves are very simple.

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Killing Joke — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:31:40 +0000

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Amiguero — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:31:40 +0000

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Callisto has been added to the geeklist The Australian Mid Year Math Trade 2012 ]]>

Reply: Feel the Love:: Re: Feel the Love - Second Age - Thread #2

batcut — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:31:38 +0000

by batcut

Shamurai wrote:

Happy Wednesday Every BODY!

Yes it was!! Got to drive to work for the first time since my operation on March 2nd - very empowering and liberating.

Reply: A Touch of Evil: The Supernatural Game:: Variants:: Re: "There's a Vampire. Why do you have to be so competitive?"

savantt — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:31:35 +0000

by savantt

Hmm. I always saw the competitive game as each hero thinking: 'I know how to defeat this fiend! I'll do it my way, and without the incompetent meddling of that (XYZ).'

Many of the characters are diametrically opposed in some way that would justify them not working together: 'rational men of science versus those crackpot mystics', 'lawmen/respectable citizens versus vagabonds', even 'tough, brave menfolk versus women who are obviously too weak to be of assistance'. I don't find it hard figuring out why these investigators wouldn't work together...

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BGOrion — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:31:28 +0000

by BGOrion

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Sorry, I am rather confused! Can one play this version of the game, having the 2nd edition or is it meant for people owning the 1st edition (+SoS of course), who simply like the 2nd editon terrain design better? In other words, to play the 4-player version offered by this map, do I need extra cards/bits from the 1st edition expansion of the game or does it suffice to have the 2nd edition? In particular, I am not familiar with the Clash status bar and its use.

Nontheless - awesome work!!!

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vejrum — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:50 +0000

by vejrum

Thread: Red November:: Variants:: Final Destination

barabanus — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:36 +0000

by barabanus

There's game master in the game. When random event occurs he decides which room (hatch lock) to affect.

His task is to kill players in some order he chooses before the game starts. Just single kills made in the given order are scored to game master, so he should find the way to separate that single player from others using those random events.

Reply: BGG General:: Re: Microbadge Submissions, Design, and Feedback (post all new microbadges here before submission)

Madcapmartini — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:24 +0000

by Madcapmartini

DanielCG wrote:

Madcapmartini wrote:
For Alien Frontiers Fans. Rocket tokens with blasting-off action!

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What do you think?
The yellow one isn't good because it's somewhat different.

I had to outline it in black. Without the outline, there is no definition at all.

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Amiguero — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:19 +0000

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Ca$h 'n Gun$: Live has been added to the geeklist The Australian Mid Year Math Trade 2012 ]]>

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HakFoo — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:17 +0000

by HakFoo

You may want to be more specific with your end time:

[q=mariogolbee]Auction will end between 12 and 5PM BGG time on Monday, May 21st, in order to deter sniping.

Everyone can set their own BGG time by going to My Geek - Account - Forum Settings. Or maybe you mean central time since that is what Dallas is?

Reply: Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition):: General:: Re: Say hello to...

jafix — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:14 +0000

by jafix

Fat Goblin looks cool for me, those other guys... there are some details which i cannot accept. Hand holding a sword of that knight guy and dragon guy looks like something which hit my car window yeasterday...

Reply: Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game:: General:: Re: LNOE World Record is to be challenged.

markgravitygood — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:12 +0000

by markgravitygood

It's already wrong that LNOE hold the record. This is simply a correction in the vast universal void.

Reply: Feel the Love:: Re: Feel the Love - Second Age - Thread #2

batcut — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:10 +0000

by batcut

I've been out looking at the night sky with my daughter and I must say that there is nothing like seeing it on a moonless night in a late Autumn or in Winter when the air is clean and seems to give everything a special sparkle.

I might call it a night as I have to sort out another character for a new RPG PbF game I've joined.

Toodles.

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loopoocat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:29:34 +0000

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DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:29:33 +0000

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corna — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:29:26 +0000

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Roolz — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:28:50 +0000

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Reply: Sergeants Miniatures Game:: Rules:: Re: Marsh and pasture

Walt Mulder — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:28:29 +0000

by Walt Mulder

Pasture is open and you can't hide. For some reason I'm thinking the swamp is open area as well that you can't hide in. Again, a good tell is whether there is a negative hide modifier in the square.

Reply: BGG News:: Re: ABACUSSPIELE "Africana" Contest!

MoonMann — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:28:19 +0000

by MoonMann

5/5 - First contest I've tried here. This game looks like a lot of fun.

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Butlerian — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:27:54 +0000

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EndersGame — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:27:40 +0000

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Railways of the World: The Card Game Expansion has been added to the geeklist Ender's Reviews: Comprehensive Pictorial Overviews ]]>

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Amiguero — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:27:32 +0000

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Butlerian — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:27:12 +0000

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Sam Houston — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:27:08 +0000

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221B Baker Street: The Master Detective Game has been added to the geeklist Your Thrift Store / Bargain Finds: 14 - 20 May 2012 ]]>

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Amiguero — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:59 +0000

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DanielCG — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:53 +0000

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New Flag: BAHAMAS

Reply: Vampire: The Eternal Struggle:: Rules:: Re: Ex Nihilo + Catatonic Fear

arkayn — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:52 +0000

by arkayn

david_tatu wrote:

Pretty sure the Vampire is immune to non-aggravated damage all the time and combat has nothing to do with when the damage takes place.
If you have more questions you should ask the official rules person at the official player's organization: Vampire: Elder Kindred Network
http://www.vekn.net/

I think you're misinterpreting the question, David. Obviously the Ex Nihilo'd vampire is immune to the damage regardless of when it occurs, but can he inflict damage with Catatonic Fear? I would say yes, but I'm 50-50 on that.

Review: Railways of the World: The Card Game Expansion:: Ender's Comprehensive Pictorial Overview: Travelling further on a Ticket-to-Ride-type train game

EndersGame — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:48 +0000

by EndersGame

Introducing Railways of the World The Card Game and its expansion
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When I first reviewed the base game Railways of the World: The Card Game, I billed it as "This is what Ticket To Ride The Card Game should have been!" It really is a pleasant mix of elements strongly inspired from the card play of Ticket to Ride, combined with some of the pick-up-and-deliver mechanics from one of my all time favourite board games, Railways of the World. If you're not familiar with the card game, it is played by using cards to build a literal network of trains on the table. Points are earned during the game by building links between cities and by delivering goods, and at the end of the game from cities that you control by having the most valuable links connecting to them, as well as from sets of goods you've delivered. It's a light medium game that features an innovative use of cards, and provides a satisfying blend of luck-of-the-draw and strategic decision making. And it's certainly a lot better than the memory-intense and official card game version of Ticket to Ride!

Railways of the World The Card Game works quite fine on its own without any expansions. But after it was published in the middle of 2010, the designers continued coming up with other great ideas to improve it by adding new cards and concepts. Fortunately they had the blessing of the publisher, Eagle Games, and so 2011 saw the appearance of Railways of the World: The Card Game Expansion, a small shrinkwrapped expansion which largely consisted of about 50 cards. Let's show you what you get, how it works, and what impact it has on the original game!

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A fast developing network of rails in a four player game

COMPONENT OVERVIEW

Packaging

The expansion comes in a no-nonsense shrinkwrapped package - which is just fine, because you'll be wanting to add these cards to the base game anyway. The original game box is fairly full to begin with, but you should be able to find a way to fit these new cards in okay, even if it means utilizing some of the room in the large compartment normally reserved for storing the train miniatures.

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The expansion in shrinkwrap

Component list

So here’s a list of all the cards you get once you bust open that shrinkwrap:

● 10 Baron cards
● 10 Tunnel cards
● 5 Switch cards
● 5 Grey City cards
● 25 Fifth Player cards: extra track (20) and engines (5)
● Instructions

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Everything you get with the expansion

The instructions consist of the simple double-sided sheet pictured above, with a brief explanation of all the new cards and how they work, along with an explanation of a new "draw deck" variant. It's not quite as comprehensive as it could have been (no mention is made of how the grey cities work, and how the discard pile works in connection with the the `draw deck variant' isn't fully explained), but most of the changes are easy enough to figure out.

GAME-PLAY CHANGES

Players can use any elements of the expansion that they wish, picking and choosing some or all of the potential additions. This means that there's lots of scope for altering the game in line with your preferred way of playing. Let me go through each of the six different ways that the expansion gives potential for changing the original game:
● Barons
● Switches
● Tunnels
● Grey Cities
● Fifth Player
● Draw Deck variant

1. Barons

What you get:

There are 10 different Baron cards (note that the instruction sheet incorrectly states 11), like the two pictured here.

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How it works:

These work similar to the Baron cards in the board game, and effectively give players long term objectives for earning bonus points. At the start of the game, each player is dealt two random Baron cards and selects one to keep. These Baron cards are revealed at the game end, and give the players that hold them extra points for accomplishing specific goals, e.g. 6 points for controlling the most 2 value cities, 6 points for having the highest level engine, 1 point for each red cube you have delivered, 1 point for each link connected to a red city, etc. The rules also suggest a variant way of playing with the Barons, i.e. rather than giving them to players at the start of the game, five are dealt face up at the start of the game, and in place of an action and only once during the game, a player may take one Baron card.

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The James J. Hill baron card gives bonus points for each link to a red city

2. Switches

What you get:

There are five Switch cards, and each player is dealt one at the start of the game.

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How it works:

Just like the Baron cards, the Switch cards don't count towards your hand limit. They can be used to switch colours when building a single link, and thus enable you to connect two cities with different coloured track (or a wild) on either side of the switch. So for example, you could play a orange track card going out of one city, then the switch, then green track cards going into a new city. The switch card itself doesn't count as points toward the minimum value of track cards required for making a new link, so the other cards used along with the switch still need to meet the required value of the new city.

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Using a switch to make a link with orange and purple track cards

3. Tunnels

What you get:

There are ten Tunnel cards, and each player is dealt two at the start of the game, again not counting towards your hand limit.

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How it works:

As an action on your turn, you can join two existing cities on the board. To do this, make a new link from each of the two cities in question to a tunnel. These two links must use the same coloured track, and are each marked with one of your trains, both counting as a link when delivering between them. Note that only the adjacent link counts towards city control scoring at game end, rather than both links. (Note: the example below was played with a house rule allowing tunnels to be connected with different coloured track).

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Using tunnels to connect the yellow city and black city

4. Grey Cities

What you get:

There are five neutral or grey coloured city cards.

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How it works:

While the function of neutral grey cities isn't explained in the rules (see this thread for an explanation), this concept will be familiar enough to anyone who has played the board game. How they work is quite intuitive: they're simply added to the deck, and when put into play with a new link they provide new goods, but they don't demand goods and thus goods can't be delivered to them.

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Some of the neutral cities in play during a game

5. Fifth Player cards

What you get:

There are 20 additional regular track cards (four in each of the five colours) and 5 additional engine/wild cards.

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How it works:

The original game can be played only with 2-4 player games, and so the expansion comes with extra cards enabling games to be played with 5 players. There is a catch, however: trains aren't provided for a fifth player, but it's easy enough to borrow some from the board game or substitute by using 12 matching tokens of any type. The important thing is the extra cards. Just add them to the deck in order to play with five players. Without these extra cards, a five player game would end too quickly by exhausting the deck.

6. Draw Deck Variant

What it is:

Prior to the release of the expansion, the designers posted their proposal for a Draw Deck Variant, geared towards reducing some of the luck of the draw inherent in the original game. With a few small tweaks, this has been incorporated into the instruction set that comes with the expansion. The good news for owners of the original game is that you don't need to own the expansion in order to give this draw deck variant a shot.

How it works:

instead of a single draw deck with three face up cards and a single discard pile, you create three separate draw decks as follows:
1. Track deck (face down, with three face-up cards, and a separate discard pile)
2. City deck (face down, with two face-up cards, and a separate discard pile)
3. Engine deck (face up)

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Set-up for the draw deck variant

When drawing as the last part of your turn, you can either draw:
● two track cards (from the deck, the face-up cards, or discard pile); OR:
● one city card (from the deck, the face-up cards, or discard pile); OR:
● one engine card
The printed instructions aren't quite clear about the use of discard piles, so be aware that the above explanation has the benefit of clarifications from the designer in a BGG thread. Note also that the existing rule about using an action to discard a card in order to replenish a good or draw a card is unchanged, and you can use this to draw either one track or city card but not an engine card.

CONCLUSIONS

What do I think about the new cards?
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The Barons: The Baron cards help give some long-term goals for players to aim for, and so they're a welcome addition. I especially like the cards which give bonuses for delivering cubes of a certain colour, because they help make a goods delivery strategy more viable - in the regular game this is usually inferior to a city control strategy. The only disadvantage of the Barons is that at the start of the game you don't really have much information to work with, because you don't know how the game is going to pan out and what cards will be available. I've only tried using them by assigning them at the start of the game, and the suggestion from another gamer that players keep both and then use the card which scores the highest at game end is worth considering. Even so, most of time these cards only will generate 3-6 points, which is not very significant in the larger scheme of things. But they do help by giving players some new and additional motives for their choices, and keep things interesting by adding a secret objective. In the final analysis they only have a small impact on the game, but are nice to have.

The Switches: These can especially be useful in the end game to dump a large hand and get cards of two different colours onto the table in one shot, and potentially build a very solid link that not only scores a lot of points but also can wrest control of an important city currently controlled by an opponent. They also give a bit of flexibility to rescue a player who has a dog's hand with track cards of every different colour. Again, it's a small addition that doesn't play a big role on its own, but an interesting one that helps players with a bad hand, and just gives some new options.

The Tunnels: Cube delivery isn't the heart of this game, and personally I've never felt hamstrung by being unable to link together two existing cities. But I can understand that some players want to do this, and using tunnels is a neat solution. It does require players to use two engine miniatures (one for each link), however, which means that a player with eight of his engine miniatures in play can unexpectedly use this as a way to trigger the game end when you still were counting on at least a couple of rounds! In most cases this would only happen in a two player game, and I'm not sure whether this added uncertainty about predicting the game end is a good thing or a bad thing. But overall the tunnels are another small but welcome addition that offer players a small way of improving their rail networks, and so can help in making larger deliveries and earning more points.

The Grey Cities: One of the advantages of adding grey cities to the game is that it can make it easier for players to make longer deliveries. Without them, players are almost certain to come across a city matching the colour of the cube being delivered, but having these neutral cities in your network guarantees an extra link of travel, and thus can help scoring more points with the pickup-and-deliver mechanism for those players willing to upgrade their engines and pursue this strategy. However cube delivery isn't typically the main way of scoring points, so often you'll find yourself preferring to pick up a non-grey city that you can actually deliver to, and thus perhaps get end-of-game bonuses for sets of goods. It's addition change that's not tremendously game changing, but can easily be added to the game seamlessly and helps keep the game fresh.

The Five Player game: Personally I enjoy Railways of the World The Card Game the most as three player game, and the current feedback in polls for the recommended number of players supports that quite strongly. Certainly it works quite well as a two player game, but the game end is almost always triggered by placement of all player miniatures rather than exhausting the deck, and there's only one other player to interact with; having said that, it's still thoroughly enjoyable and I'm happy to play with only two players, but with three players the interaction seems just right. In contrast, with four players the scores are lower and there's slightly less opportunities and control before the game ends, although the game still works well enough if you want to play with four. I've not played with five players, since I prefer the three player game above the four player game as it is. But the game still works well enough with four players, and having extra cards to make a five player game possible will be welcomed by some - I'd expect that the overall experience is fairly similar to the four player game. Don't forget that if you want to play with five players, you will need to get yourself a set of 12 trains for the fifth player, since they don't come with this expansion. Another nice thing about these extra cards is that you can also add to them to the deck for 3-4 player games. Usually these games end by exhausting the deck rather than placing all player trains, so they can be a nice addition to extend these games slightly.

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All ten of the Railroad Baron cards

What do I think about the draw deck variant?
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This variant was already suggested before the expansion came into print, and it's nice to see it get some kind of official status. The fact that it's playable with the base game means that you can try it even without the expansion.

Pros: The biggest strength of this variant is that it helps reduce some of the luck of the draw. With the original game, there were cases that you desperately needed to draw an engine card or a new city card in order to make use of the other cards in hand, and it could be most frustrating if one never turned up, sometimes handing your opponents the game as a result. This variant seeks to correct this weakness, and for the most part does so successfully. Players now have more options to choose from when drawing cards, and while there still is some luck of the draw, whether you get track cards, a city card, or an engine card is now entirely the result of your own decision rather than the luck-of-the-draw. No longer will you find yourself drawing a hand of cities without any tracks, or a hand of tracks without any cities, as could sometimes happen. This has a real advantage of helping make the game more strategic, and introducing tougher decisions, and it also prevents the three face-up cards becoming static unwanted junk which everyone ignores and takes from the face-down deck instead.

Cons: But all this does also come at a cost. Firstly, the game feels less casual, because there's much more to think about, and it's no longer just a matter of drawing from the top of the deck and making the best of what you get. Not everyone will like this, and there will be gamers who prefer the more relaxed pace of the original rule-set, even if it's more luck driven, and will miss not being able to take their chances and hope to top-deck some engine cards.
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Secondly, the rules about triggering the game end are not entirely satisfactory. The designers' suggestion is that the game end be triggered when all three decks are exhausted. In the times we've tried this variant, we found that the track deck was exhausted first, often leaving several cards in the city deck and lots of cards in the engine deck. When this happens, it can make the final part of the game an anti-climax, since players could no longer build new links, and have to kill time waiting for the game end to be triggered in some way.

Thirdly, the draw deck variant seems to discourage building up engines and delivering goods, by having an impact that typically reduces the number of engines taken and used, and as well as the amount of cubes delivered. When using a single draw deck players will be more likely to get engines as a result of taking a punt and having the good fortune of top-decking one from time to time. In contrast, when using the multiple decks of the Draw Deck variant, you lose a whole turn taking a single engine card, and so players will often find it more profitable to focus on gathering track cards for city-building. As a result, in our experience with this variant we saw players not worry about developing their engines or delivering goods cubes, and still win quite comfortably; and this strategy seems to get able assistance from the Draw Deck variant, thus in essence taking away part of the pick-up-and-deliver aspects of the game which make it fun. As a result, the game has become even more about controlling cities and less about delivering goods. Some earlier discussions about the original game have raised questions about the viability of a goods delivery strategy, and these concerns become even more pressing with this variant.

Alternatives: While I like the idea of having separate decks to mitigate some of the luck factor, this system does need more polish. I'm favourably inclined to the alternative suggestion to incorporate the engines into the track deck, with the second deck being the city cards, as suggested by BGG user loofish (here). One of the designers has also stated that he prefers playing this way: "This is more within the feel of the original design and I think after continued play this really is my favorite." (here and here) We've also incorporated the TTR-inspired rule to replenish the three face-up cards of the track deck if ever they are all engines. With this modified form of the draw deck variant, exhausting the track/engine deck triggers the game end independent of the status of the city deck. The draw deck variant as printed in the expansion rules does have some issues, the reduced role of engines and some confusion about how the end game triggers among them, so mixing in the engines into the track deck seems to be a better way of doing things. I've tried it numerous times now, and am much happier with the result.

In short, the Draw Deck variant adds elements to the decision-making process that improve the game by reducing luck, and for many gamers this will remove some of the criticisms that some gamers had about the original form of Railways of the World The Card Game. But it also seems to create new problems, as a result of a murky game ending trigger, and by weakening a core aspect of the game, namely goods delivery. I'm not yet ready to give up on it, but at this point I do have mixed feelings about it in its current form. My experience with a modified form of the draw deck variant by combining the engines into the track deck (and using this deck as a game end trigger) has proven much more satisfactory. Fortunately players can choose for themselves which way they prefer to play.

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So, is Railways of the World: The Card Game Expansion something for you? The base game continues to perform strongly in my family, and my older children in particular have enjoyed coming back to it, and requested it numerous times in short succession. It's a good game as it stands, and if you want to reduce some of the randomness you can experiment with the Draw Deck variant - I wonder if it still needs some more work, but either way it's something that folks both with and without the expansion can try. The new cards offered by the expansion do offer some nice small touches such as the Barons, Tunnels, Switches, and Grey Cities. None of these have a huge impact on the game individually, but they will be welcome to fans of the game who are looking for some twists to the original, by providing some additional choices and new things to think about while playing, and who don't mind the little extra complexity that's required to accomplish this. The extra cards needed for playing with five players will be appreciated only by those looking to play with a larger crowd (and need to be supplemented with an extra set of trains anyway), but they aren't really the real appeal of this package to begin with. Overall this is an expansion that slightly strengthens what is already a good game in its own right, and will be appreciated and well received by fans of the original.

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Thread: World War II: Barbarossa to Berlin:: Rules:: "Romania defects"

annibale35 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:39 +0000

by annibale35

"Romania defects", is a yellow card, can it be played as an Event/OPS before having an area in Romania and THEN with the ops move a unit there and apply the event? and declare it immediately defeated.
Is that correct?

What do you gaming geeks think?
Cheers.
Andrew

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Shamurai — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:04 +0000

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Thread: Paletto:: Rules:: Error in rules example Fig. 4?

russ — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:25:56 +0000

by russ

http://spielstein.com/games/paletto

Fig. 4 – The player on the right wants to take black pieces. Only two of them are safe to be taken. The one marked with a red X would release the last green piece such that the left player could win with green in the next turn.

Is the diagram incorrect and intended to have the left player already holding 5 of the 6 green pieces?

Or is the aim of the game to collect at least 4 of a color, not 6 of a color? (On the face of it, collecting all 6 of a color sounds hard...)

Or I'm just somehow confused?

Reply: On the Edge:: General:: Re: Looking for a few cards

zedlopez — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:25:56 +0000

by zedlopez

I recently bought a bunch from Ebay and have 79 & 80 to trade. I'm missing 1, 7, 15, 32. 42. 66, 69, 70, 92, and I don't yet know many over 99. I'm new here, but have a track record as a trader on the rpg.net forums.

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ImaginaryRoot — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:25:51 +0000

by ImaginaryRoot

OK everyone. Last night I dreamed I found a pile of Heroscape land, Dominion Seaside, Dominion Intrigue, and a whole mess of Killer Bunnies.

If anyone finds any of the above mentioned today, you're welcome :p

Also, in my dream I remember mentioning to myself: "Someone on the thrift list wanted Killer Bunnies I thought. Who was that?" So tell me... who wanted Killer Bunnies again? Or at least to find it? I swear there's someone here...

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merc007 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:24:46 +0000

by merc007

To check out what Japanese games were available/being released at the Game Market, you can go to this link, and even though everything's in Japanese, there are a lot of pictures of the games. It's in a blog format, and the vendors posted up information about their games there. (latest pages only have text, so just Scroll down, and then click on the next page number, and the next to see the photos of the games released)

Game Market - Spring 2012 blog

This game piqued my interest
AkaFuji (Red Mt. Fuji)

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DanielCG — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:24:41 +0000

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Thread: A Touch of Evil: The Supernatural Game:: Variants:: "There's a Vampire. Why do you have to be so competitive?"

timgamer — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:24:08 +0000

by timgamer

Just my two cents. And feel free to ignore.

For those of us who play ToE as a competitive game, there's a strange question we occasionally ask ourselves:

If there's a Villain about to destroy the village and perhaps the known world, why am I being competitive?

Granted, the answer could be money. This town is going to pay me to stop the Villain.

But if you win, you can't spend that money. And if you lose, there's no down side. You just didn't get paid.

"Oh, well. At least someone got rid of that pesky Vampire..."

So there's nothing that really encourages you to be competitive in the competitive game. (Unless, of course, you play with real money or have found the perfect vehicle for your passive aggression.)

I would suggest, for those with a similar feeling, to keep track of the wins. Whoever has the most wins at any given time gets additional Investigation tokens at the start the game. That imbalance will at least put a target on the leader's back early on in the game.

Another idea would be to give out role cards where one Hero is a hidden traitor. That Hero wants to destroy the Villain to steal its power. (In the next game, you could try to defeat the Hero-turned-beefed-up-Villain.)

With extra Investigation that carries over or a hidden traitor (or real, hard-earned cash on the line), I think the cooperative game makes more sense, thematically.

Again, it's must my two cents (which I will bet on the next game of ToE).

Reply: The Village Square:: Re: Werewolves pwning villagers: the video game thread

miraria — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:23:47 +0000

by miraria

SuperChutney wrote:

miraria wrote:
I have Vista. I have no updates to it, all updates are installed. Diablo is still saying I need a newer operating system for this game. wtf.

Ah, I use Vista as well, so I guess I won't be buying this game. :)

It apparently works fine with Vista, I am just having some issues.

Reply: Napoleon's Triumph:: Rules:: Re: When to reveal

WalterLai — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:23:41 +0000

by WalterLai

ekted wrote:

..but if you do so, you are committed to using the same cav because you would have had to reveal if the move was complete.

My understanding was that you don't have to reveal until it is obvious movement is complete for a unit.

Example: Unit A moves two locales along main road. Player makes new attack threat that may be fullfilled by either A or B. B is appointed as the attacking unit during attack declaration, only then is A revealed.

If I'm wrong, then you must reveal A before making a new attack threat to be fullfilled by B.

Which is it?

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Waiting for NEW FLAGS.

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TheBahn — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:22:46 +0000

by TheBahn

Related Item: Unpublished Prototype

Looks like the blogosphere may have led to Tentacle Bento demise on Kickstarter. The funding campaign has been relocated to Soda Pop Miniatures website.

Reply: Feel the Love:: Re: Feel the Love - Second Age - Thread #2

Ben_Tyrer — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:22:39 +0000

by Ben_Tyrer

shacky22 wrote:

No email about it, but I found this in my microbadges, just recently earned.

[microbadge=2835] Silver Boardgame Collector

Congratulations :D

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DanielCG — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:22:24 +0000

by DanielCG

Everybodu visited and nothing new.

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DanielCG — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:21:53 +0000

by DanielCG

Hello folks !

Item For Sale: Leuthen: Drums and Muskets Vol. 1

DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:21:23 +0000

by DerDiplomat

€22.99 for Board Game: Leuthen: Drums and Muskets Vol. 1
Condition: New
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Thread: Chit Chat:: RIP: Carlos Fuentes

Sinister Dexter — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:58 +0000

by Sinister Dexter

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/15/world/americas/mexico-fuentes/...

Item For Sale: Franco-Prussian War 40

DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:47 +0000

by DerDiplomat

€32.99 for Board Game: Franco-Prussian War 40
Condition: New
Location: Germany ]]>

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Roolz — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:30 +0000

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Reply: ACT (Canberra):: Re: GameTrail at Gorman House Markets

imposter — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:09 +0000

by imposter

Yeah nice atmosphere, can just play and enjoy yourself. And awesome friendly people too :-) The guy had a slightly weird smile but again very helpful, and knows a lot about his stuff. And very good prices too

Reply: A Game of Thrones: The Card Game:: Rules:: Re: Winterfell Honor Guard coming into play durring a chalenge

corvus23 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:01 +0000

by corvus23

Hello,

Thank you for the input, I did look at the card you mentioned but the description is more to the point while the one for the Winterfell Honor Guard is not so clear.

Item For Sale: Disaster on Kangchenjunga

DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:19:56 +0000

by DerDiplomat

€26.99 for Board Game: Disaster on Kangchenjunga
Condition: New
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Item For Sale: Paul Koenig's Market Garden: Eindhoven Bridge

DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:19:12 +0000

by DerDiplomat

€20.99 for Board Game: Paul Koenig's Market Garden: Eindhoven Bridge
Condition: New
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Item For Sale: Paul Koenig's Market Garden: Arnhem Bridge

DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:18:39 +0000

by DerDiplomat

€20.99 for Board Game: Paul Koenig's Market Garden: Arnhem Bridge
Condition: New
Location: Germany ]]>

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merc007 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:18:35 +0000

by merc007

Related Item: Unpublished Prototype

After opening it up, and discovering no rules, and the website link on the back didn't point to anywhere...:cry:. At present it looks like a set of playing cards, with 3 wild cards & a black swan card. How do I play this game? hehe.

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Mr_Nuts — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:18:31 +0000

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Ben_Tyrer — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:18:26 +0000

by Ben_Tyrer

frumpish wrote:

Got a new badge today.

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Congratulations :D

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superflypete — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:18:01 +0000

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Item For Sale: Hawaii

rcrawford — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:18:00 +0000

by rcrawford

$19.00 for Board Game: Hawaii
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Item For Sale: Malta Besieged: 1940-1942

DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:17:55 +0000

by DerDiplomat

€27.99 for Board Game: Malta Besieged: 1940-1942
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annibale35 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:17:17 +0000

by annibale35

Hi I have a question that came up and I can't find the answer in the rules.
Could you please help?

"Romania defects", is a yellow card, the russian player played "Romania defects" when he had no spaces in Romania as OPS/Event and moved a unit in romania and decleaered it immediately defeated. Is that correct?

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Boscrossos — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:17:10 +0000

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Scrabble has been added to the geeklist If you had to play a game against an Alien to save the human race... ]]>

Item For Sale: Battle of 4 Armies Expansion Kit: The Battle is Joined

DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:17:08 +0000

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€8.99 for Board Game: Battle of 4 Armies Expansion Kit: The Battle is Joined
Condition: New
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stoneart69 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:16:51 +0000

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Reply: Recommendations:: Re: Seeking tablet recommendations

FreeHansje — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:16:33 +0000

by FreeHansje

Ipad, no contest. I bought it with the excuse of needing an e-reader with gaming possibilities. I had an Iphone and, as some1 already mentioned, that is an incentive to go for Ipad.
It works very well as an e-reader, there are a ton of boardgame ports, very important to me, and I use it as productivity tool for many purposes, including remote controling PC's and SQL Server environments. No doubt all this can be done on Android as well, but let's not start an IOS-Android war again.

Reply: Dungeon Command: Sting of Lolth:: General:: Re: Available for Pre-Order on Amazon

awakeneddragon — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:16:27 +0000

by awakeneddragon

Got them all. Why not?

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monkeyhandz — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:16:09 +0000

by monkeyhandz

Related Item: Unpublished Prototype

Neat theme - I'd have a look at Survive: Escape from Atlantis! and Lifeboats.

I like your reflection on the metagame too many designers fail to anticipate how social aspects of the game will impact upon the experience. Keeping an eye on this and reflecting on what is and is not allowed is a credit to any design! Nothing worse than two players allying and the rules not being clear on whether this is allowed. Some high quality design reflection - take a meeple :meeple:

The trading aspect sound like a key element of the game. Do you know what cards your opponents have or is this secret information. My point is that I won't trade with someone if I know they will make it to the water first.

Looks like a very exciting game but I want to know more! :)

i) I'd like to know more about who you are escaping from.
ii) What resources are there - how do you gather them?
iii) Can you tackle the frustration you mention or do you want it as part of the design?
iv) Can you come up with a cooperative variant?

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Mr_Nuts — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:15:59 +0000

by Mr_Nuts

Item For Sale: Astra Titanus

DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:15:38 +0000

by DerDiplomat

€27.99 for Board Game: Astra Titanus
Condition: New
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Butlerian — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:15:35 +0000

by Butlerian

Reply: Up Front:: Rules:: Re: Five Building Discard Rule in Scenario A

JMcL63 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:15:27 +0000

by JMcL63

badinfo wrote:

Again... Rule 16.1, page 10.

Bob's right you know:
[q="Up Front (16.1)"]A player may not discard an outlawed card from his hand face down in an attempt to keep it in play. However, such a card could be played face down as an Open Ground card and thereby avoid being removed.
If we'd only followed his lead earlier then all this pointless to and fro could've been avoided. ;)

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Butlerian — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:15:15 +0000

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Game page (multilingual) - Gigamic

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CarlosLuna — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:14:57 +0000

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Item For Sale: We Must Tell the Emperor Expansion Kit

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€9.99 for Board Game: We Must Tell the Emperor Expansion Kit
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Game page (French) - Gigamic

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A new weblink has been added for board game Home Sweet Home: Game page (French) - Gigamic

Reply: Starfarers of Catan:: General:: Re: Spare Mothership anyone???

toon05 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:14:17 +0000

by toon05

Hi Markus,
Huge Thanks for the reply and I'm afraid you are correct I have not a clue what the order form says or means my grasp of the German language is almost ( I'm afraid to say! struggle with English at the best of times!!) non existant:blush:. you mention to "send pm" could you explain a little further my friend?
A GROSSE DANKE (hope that means something?!:whistle:) Markus
Regards,
Jonny

Item For Sale: We Must Tell the Emperor

DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:14:07 +0000

by DerDiplomat

€26.99 for Board Game: We Must Tell the Emperor
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stoneart69 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:13:59 +0000

by stoneart69

Reply: Age of Industry:: Rules:: Re: Building a ship with a location card (rules v2.0)

Almecho — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:13:59 +0000

by Almecho

So, that means I don't even need an industry counter in the space connected to the ship? It is sufficent to be connected via a rail counter to the space from where the sea lane starts?

Rules (French, PDF) - Gigamic

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Ben_Tyrer — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:13:38 +0000

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Nothing new today.

Item For Sale: Soviet Dawn Expansion Kit

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by DerDiplomat

€6.99 for Board Game: Soviet Dawn Expansion Kit
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$15.49 for Board Game: Sanitarium
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Item For Sale: Soviet Dawn

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by DerDiplomat

€25.99 for Board Game: Soviet Dawn
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Butlerian — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:12:55 +0000

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Item For Sale: Parsec Expansion Kit 2: Nebulas and Nanotechs

DerDiplomat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:12:29 +0000

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€9.99 for Board Game: Parsec Expansion Kit 2: Nebulas and Nanotechs
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Reply: Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! Russia 1941-1942:: General:: Re: PC version out now

tsnouffer — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:12:25 +0000

by tsnouffer

How's the multiplayer? Are you seeing many folks in the lobby waiting to play?

And I can't remember, does multiplayer include a PBeM option?

Thanks!

Thread: Robot Master:: Variants:: You can play Paletto with Robot Master!

CarlosLuna — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:12:06 +0000

by CarlosLuna

Robot Master is a rather light Knizia filler but the Cocktail Games edition is really handy and sometimes you can find it as cheap as 3 or 4 € so I've purchased one and I was planning to use it as a game-system or as a not-so-memoryless dice alternative.

Yesterday, thought, I discovered a really interesting abstract called Paletto and, surprisingly enough, the components of Robot Master are exactly what you need to play it!

Of course, the Clemens Gerhards edition of Paletto it's 1000x more beautiful and Dieter Stein deserves your bucks but once you have purchased Paletto you can always consider Robot Master as a pocket-size portable version of it.

PS: As a game-system, Robot Master is quite limited, you only have 6 identical copies of each card in the range 0-5. Can anyone else point other games that can be played with such components?

Reply: Arkham Horror:: Rules:: Re: Patrice Hathaway's Personal Story

Dam the Man — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:11:35 +0000

by Dam the Man

Yes, draw = "draw and keep", clarified by KW himself.

Item For Sale: Objective: Odessa

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Reply: Swords & Sorcery:: Variants:: Re: My house rules

robertg611 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:11:07 +0000

by robertg611

Thanks for the replies John! A question for you though: Do you find yourself using more spells or direct magic in your games?

Makofan wrote:

You basically decide who you want, and generate 2 emissaries and send them out to the same place. So you get rolls in two consecutive turns. When the first emissary disappears, create a new one and send him out. You can pretty much get at least one ally in every game; you just have to decide which one you want. At least, that's how it works in our games

All true, only I've found that in the first scenario especially Ben Ruben needs more than one ally to balance the game in the ten turn time limit. My fix is focused on getting more allies quickly because I like getting the allies involved. Using the rules as written, I've played way too many scenarios having to set up unused allies just to put them back in the box at the end.

Manna Regeneration fix: Since 27 turns is considered a year, each turn probably represents more than one day. Go ahead and regenerate all magic users their normal amount every turn.

I disagree here also. I look at S&S as an army game with some magic. This adds too much magic power to the game IMO

I've played most of my games with Direct Magic having an enormous impact on the game, especially for the defenders. That plus I dont enjoy the extra "bookkeeping" of figuring out who moved when during some long turns. Maybe the exclusion of Direct Magic will alleviate some of these problems, I honestly haven't tried that yet. I feel it needs fixing in some way and look forward to getting other ideas.

Victory Condition fix: When receiving victory points for eliminated units, you only receive points for units that you killed and are still dead at the end of the game. If you kill a unit that is later taken as a replacement then you don't get any points for that kill.

Ouch! This is just wrong

I actually must disagree with you here. If I start the scenario with 12 Heavy Axe and 2 Light Bow and end the scenario with 10 Heavy Axe and 2 Light Bow, then only two of my units were eliminated.

In any case, in a two player scenario, it's not difficult to figure out how many I've taken as replacements and I've calculated the VPs both ways before. It doesn't make too much of a difference since both sides are effected almost equally.

Random Events fix: I tend to not use Random Events at all. I like some but others just ruin or prolong the game.

We play a house rule where each player can pick one event that we will treat as 'No effect'. That way we can still get random events but not have to worry about the dreaded 4-6 Wind Storm

A nice option! I've spent way too much time trying to reduce the effects of certain random events, especially the one you mentioned. What a game stopper that one is! I've also played with only the "Sun" random events because I like those.

Again, thanks for the replies.

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Item For Sale: Legions of Darkness

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Item For Sale: Dawn of the Zeds

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Reply: Wiz-War (eighth edition):: Reviews:: Re: Why the new version seems unfun and my suggestions to make it fun again

Kingdaddy — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:09:07 +0000

by Kingdaddy

Excellent job describing the appeal of classic Wiz War and how the new edition mucked with it.

Reply: Recommendations:: Re: 2-player abstract for father and son

Markus Hagenauer — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:09:02 +0000

by Markus Hagenauer

Have a look at nestorgames.

With no luck and rather deep I´d suggest Adaptoid, Isaac and maybe the recently published Crosshairs (havent played this yet).

Reply: Star Trek: Fleet Captains:: General:: Re: Change ships with Star Trek Heroclix Tactics

Kahless1977 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:09:02 +0000

by Kahless1977

Thx for all the info everybody.

They indeed have the name and registry number printed, glued on the hull and nacelles.

Reading all the reactions and experiences you all had with removing them from the base it indeed seems best to use a paperclip to adjust the settings or to change the inlay of the dial.

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Reply: Hemloch:: News:: Re: Hemloch now available on smallboxgames.com!

justjohn — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:08:17 +0000

by justjohn

No, we don't operate at the distributor level. We don't get nearly enough games printed to enter into the distribution channels.

Item For Sale: Zulus on the Ramparts! Expansion Kit

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Thread: World at War: The Untold Stories:: General:: East Germany Units. Vassal

xavutrecht — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:07:53 +0000

by xavutrecht

Is there an extension to the WaW moudule with East German units?
I would love to play some of the scenarios from LoF

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Thread: Busstop: The Boardgame:: General:: What a beautiful game!

merc007 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:07:08 +0000

by merc007

Wow! I just opened this game up after buying it from the 2012 Tokyo Game Market and it is beautiful! I love the components, and everything about it. Just makes me want to play this game. I'll definitely be reviewing this after I get it played. Oooh. Hot Hot.

Thread: Recommendations:: For a new player: Imperial 2030 or Steam over Holland

Romtos — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:06:52 +0000

by Romtos

I'm going to introduce a friend to a heavier boardgame this Saturday. He has experience with Dominion, Werewolves and Munchkin. We'll be with 3 players. I'm doubting between Imperial 2030 and Steam over Holland.

This reason I want to have opinions is that I lost perspective on what is a reasonable 'gateway' game. I have a tendency of dropping players in the deep and see if they can swim, but I really don't want to intimidate this player.

I think Imperial 2030 will be a tad lighter, but Steam over Holland delivers a deeper experience (and it's my 18xx intro game of choice), imho. Which one of these games is more likely to hook him, without intimidating him?

Feel free to check out my collection for other alternatives. I don't have much to choose from though. And it needs to feel quite a few hours on its own.

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Thread: Arkham Horror:: Rules:: Patrice Hathaway's Personal Story

Robert Leonhard — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:06:29 +0000

by Robert Leonhard

Patrice's personal story requires her to "draw" two Unique Items. At the Curiositie Shoppe, she can "draw" three, buy one, and discard the other two. Technically, since she "drew" three, one could argue that she has completed her personal story.

However, I'm going out on a limb to suggest that the intent of the word "draw" was "draw and obtain". Do you veterans agree?

In other words, simply drawing is not sufficient. Further, she cannot fulfill the story by being given items. They must be drawn from the deck and obtained by Patrice.

Item For Sale: Trenches of Valor

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agnieszkaemilia — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:06:14 +0000

by agnieszkaemilia

Thread: Runewars:: General:: English video

Morbaus — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:06:10 +0000

by Morbaus

I wish there was a English video, rules primer/playthrough ect.
It would nice as a refresher after coming off the shelf!
not that I think my copy will go there any time soon!
The Board-to-death video has cool images, but thats it!

Reply: Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition):: General:: Re: Conversion Kit Question

Proto Persona — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:06:04 +0000

by Proto Persona

shnar wrote:

Well, going off the facts, the only quest they've shown us has 2 monster groups. And this isn't the "short" intro quest (which I previously thought it was). That being the case, I have a feeling the intro quest will have just one group (the Goblin Archers, with the Etten already on the board), and that most of the other quests will have 2 groups, with the occasional 3 group quest (probably the Interlude and the Final quests).

-shnra

Shnra? Oh god he's having a stroke!

Reply: Women and Gaming:: Re: women - games you just bought/recieved ? comments ?

Kattvippa — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:05:46 +0000

by Kattvippa

Aleema wrote:

scdoster wrote:
I have not gotten Castle Ravenloft yet, but I really like playing The Legend of Drizzt. I think I am going to buy Wrath of Ashardalon because it has a campaign mode.

Ha, that was exactly my thought. The campaign rules really intrigued me, but I only learned about them after I ordered the first one. Well, it's not so bad starting from the beginning. :)

I hear that CR and WoA are harder than LoD. I haven't tested it, but considering that Drizzt can attack twice per turn ... probably very true. But the awesome thing is that you can mix and match heroes and such all you want.

I've played all three of those and CR is definetily the hardest one to beat, WoA is surely a challenge but you can actually win from time to time. LoD is very easy compared to the two other games. Drizzt is way too effective and kills everything that dares to move :laugh: I like all of those game though I do prefer CR and LoD for some reason...

Item For Sale: The Lost Cause Expansion Kit

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Reply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: A few rule and card questions (#59 John Hawkins, William's marriage bonus, fortresses and fortified spaces, Ottoman plantations)

bhejda — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:05:12 +0000

by bhejda

Thanks for the clarifications. Just to be clear:
If William marries i.e. Anna of Saxony, if the result is last minute cancelation, he does not get the card, but he returns fresh in the next turn to try another marriage. If he is murdered, he gets the card, but is dead forever.

Item For Sale: The Lost Cause

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Reply: Age of Industry:: Rules:: Re: Building a ship with a location card (rules v2.0)

Dubbelnisse — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:04:32 +0000

by Dubbelnisse

Yep, you're making the right choice!
A quote from Martin Wallace in a previous thread says

Frog1 wrote:

The wording in the rules should ahve been a little tighter. A sea lane has the potential to be a rail link for any player, but only if they have a counter at one end. You cannot use it to build from using an industry card if you do not have one of your counters at one of the two ends (one of these counters could be a rail link).

Hope that helps.

Martin

Item For Sale: Israeli Independence Expansion Kit

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Reply: Gunship: First Strike!:: Rules:: Re: Changes to the rulz!!

Escape Pod Games — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:04:21 +0000

by Escape Pod Games

vaporwolf wrote:

:shake: This game is sooooo not finished! How dare you make changes when it hasn't even been sent to the printers yet! :whistle:

I like the Ion and Carrier repair changes for sure.

The only question I have on the engines damage change is if having them as only a single hit box now makes it too easy to slag the engines and cripple the gunship for the rest of the game.

I'd recommend at least one Armor on them and best save an Evasive Action. When they do get damaged, make quick runs to the Carrier (which we have made easier) and keep them in good condition. Because in the Asteroid Field, no one can hear you scream. Well, just the guy sitting across from you and mocking you.

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yaagma — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:04:17 +0000

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Space Hulk (third edition) has been added to the geeklist WHAT GAME DO YOU DESPERATELY WANT??? ]]>

Item For Sale: Israeli Independence

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tssfulk — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:03:21 +0000

by tssfulk

Related Item: Test of Fire: Bull Run 1861

luigi54 wrote:

This time I don’t agree with Tom feelings about the game.
…

+1000 for everything you just said. This game is a complete back-and-forth, goes-down-to-the-last-roll blast.

Item For Sale: High and Tight

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Closet Thrifter — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:03:04 +0000

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merc007 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:03:04 +0000

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monkeyhandz — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:02:42 +0000

by monkeyhandz

Related Item: Unpublished Prototype

I love your title and your introductory paragraph. 'Expansion' is really clever as I am left wonder who's expansion you are talking about - the 'animals' or the humans or both. Good stuff :)

Overall your opening paragraph appears simple but is actually very deep perfectly describing the history of humankind - our success has been at the cost of other species and the impoverishment of the ecology of this plant named earth.

I like the use of area control mechanic in your design. It's abstract and therefore easy to play but it offers a deep meaning and a simple representation of the survival of the fittest. There is a game called Dominant Species that is somewhat similar in that animals are competing for survival. The problem with it is it takes 4 hours to play!!! - I'd much rather play a design like yours that is streamlined and hopefully plays quicker.

Balancing the tactical choices of attack and defence is always interesting. I want to know more about my options.

Returning to your theme, I love that it's come from a good bit of critical thinking about human beings and our effect on the (not our) environment. You make a sagely point about our lack of reflection on what our actions do to the other animals we share the earth with. Really good work - this is the sort of game born out of thought that certain charities might like to stock on their website.

This said there is a further reflection that we all most take in that by creating(producing) and buying games we are cutting down trees and encouraging new expansions, explorations and extinctions. It's hard to survive(fit) in a technological age where so much of our everyday life is based on inequality and exploitation of the earth and all things that dwell on it. :what:

i) How do you stop players from literally 'turtling'?
ii) How does movement/conflict work?
iii) How do you record who owns which square?

Reply: New Zealand:: Re: Details of NZ board game clubs

blaecblaed — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:02:37 +0000

by blaecblaed

JimmyNZ wrote:

Just wondering if there are many people out West Auckland wanting a board gaming group to join that's also based out West?

I'm a Westie. Kinda keen to play outside of work & the occasional game with friends. (I get up pretty early so late night gaming isn't my thing at the moment. Ignore the time I'm posting this.)

Item For Sale: For the Crown Expansion Kit 1: Cover of Night

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Reply: A Call to Arms: Star Fleet:: General:: Re: Price of the Figures

billclo — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:01:43 +0000

by billclo

billclo wrote:

Talorien wrote:
billclo wrote:
The Starline 2500s are actually cheaper if you buy the Fleet Boxes. $100 USD for 16 ships works out to be $6.66/ship.

Yes, the fleet boxes are much cheaper.

The loose minis are about $12 a ship.

I've seen FRP Games offering the Fleet boxes as cheap as $80, but they never seem to get any in stock. I guess Mongoose's production, while slowly getting the preorders and current orders shipped out, isn't enough to get the resellers/distributors stocked significantly. NO one I've checked with besides ADB and Mongoose have any minis for sale.

FRP games now has the fleet and squadron boxes, but still no singles.

My strategy for increasing my Fed fleet has been to buy 3 boxes of the Reinforcements box (to get 3 DW, 3 NCL, 3 NCA) and sell off the 3 DN/BCH I won't need. Should work out to be about $8/ship...

Reply: Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition):: General:: Re: Statistical analyses of Descent dice mechanics

youperguy — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:01:23 +0000

by youperguy

Average shields for 1 brown = 0.67
Average shields for 1 Grey = 1.17
Average shields for 1 black = 2.17

Note the base shield give 1 shield which is better than the brown die on average. Also grey + shield averages to a black die.

New Image for Sacramentum Gladiatorum

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Reply: General Gaming:: Re: If you could only have 5 games, what would they be?

Perturabo — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:01:12 +0000

by Perturabo

Well, lets see:
Stuck on an island without hope of rescue, entire weeks to waste and some other humans to enslave as 'gaming volunteers'... :D

Clearly the following games:

Earth Reborn: with full rules and SAGS endless replay value and quite time consuming
Descent 1st edition including all expansions: finally time to play through an entire campaign. Perfect.
Space Hulk 3rd Edition: when something short and intense is needed after a hard days work of coconut cracking and diving for shellfishs.
Twilight Imperium including all expansions: who does not feel the urge to seize global domination? The perfect game to satisfy this need in an epic galactic conquest.
Warmachine (does the entire miniature selection count as 'one game'? :D ): when you feel like crushing your opponent with the might of your unstoppable wall of steel. Furthermore, plenty of time to paint all of them.

I don't need short euros about farming when forever stuck on a boring island with nothing to do than becoming a farmer. :D

Reply: Vampire: The Eternal Struggle:: Rules:: Re: Ex Nihilo + Catatonic Fear

david_tatu — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:01:12 +0000

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Reply: Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition):: General:: Re: Say hello to...

JJWonderboy — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:01:10 +0000

by JJWonderboy

+1 for the new artwork. Looks good to me.

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Reply: Histogame:: General:: Re: What will be Richard Sivel's follow-up to Friedrich and Maria?

Archbold — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:36 +0000

by Archbold

My bet would The War of the Spanish Succession.
For two reasons:
(i) A lot of the areas faught over in The War of the Austrian Succession were also faught over in The War of the Spanish Succession.
(ii) From the little I know about that conflict it seems to me that Louis XIV was placed in a role very reminescent of the position endured by both Friedrich and Maria.

Reply: A Game of Thrones: The Card Game:: Sessions:: Re: My First Two Jousts

Reager — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:07 +0000

by Reager

well done!
That guy is such a loser! It is evident that he changed the rules for his own purpose just to not lose the game to a beginner in front of his friends; btw didn't you have the normal rulebook with you? It clearly states:

Deadly:
During a challenge, if the attacking player controls the most participating characters with the
“Deadly” keyword, the defending player must
choose and kill a defending participating character after the challenge resolves.

Item For Sale: Destined Hero

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Reply: Fleet:: General:: Re: Who else is going to be at Origins?

riddlen — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:59:39 +0000

by riddlen

Kengi wrote:

riddlen wrote:
Kengi wrote:
CIlantr0 wrote:
Hmmm. I'll be in Columbus that weekend, but this would be my first con as well. Not sure if I'll have the time, either. Is this the sort of PAX-like event where I should have bought a pass months ago, or can I just show up and do okay?

You will be fine getting in, and if you just feel like checking it out for a day, you can get a daypass. That being said, I've done Origins every year since 2008 and I look forward to it every year.

Excited about meeting you Matt, as I'll be demoing games in the Eagle & Gryphon Games area. :)

very cool Ken, what are you demoing? Are you a wingman or just a helpful guy?

I'm a Wingman for Eagle & Gryphon (as well as an MIB for Steve Jackson and a Gaming Technician for Looney Labs, and I'll be teaching for Mayfair all mornings of the con)

My schedule for Eagle & Gryphon is:

Thursday

Caveman Curling 4PM
Road to Canterbury 5PM
Reverse Charades 6PM

Saturday

Caveman Curling 4PM
Reverse Charades 5PM
Road to Canterbury 6PM
Tumblin' Dice 7PM

Edit: Yes, I'm crazy. What of it? :p

Where dies the teaching occur?

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Item For Sale: Assault on Galactus Prime Expansion Kit 1: The Empire Shoots Back

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Reply: Vietnam 1965-1975:: Strategy:: Re: I think I get it...!

Minedog3 — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:58:43 +0000

by Minedog3

38 Choppers is impressive! Plus 2 Airmobile Divs I presume.

Kind of interested to know what losses the FWA are taking in killing off those 40+ VC. Repl & Support.

I seem to recall it was about 1968 and US morale was still well above US Commitment. How is that going, because it seems like an huge commitment.

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Item For Sale: Ancient Battles Deluxe Expansion Kit 5.1: Way of the Samurai

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Item For Sale: Ancient Battles Deluxe Expansion Kit 5: Design Your Own

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