Michael Hopcroft
United States
Portland
Oregon
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Looks like I'll be getting this after all. I just put in the order with Thought Hammer and hopefully it'll come next week (no idea yet how long it'll take to ship).
I've actually wanted this game for some time, so to actually get it is a very nice thing for the month. Maybe I'll even find an opponent at Orycon (thought it's a sci-fi convention so I doubt it). Anyway, I'd like to get an opponent somewhere to play this once it arrives.
Can anyone tell me what to expect once I start playing this game?
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Joseph Anderson
United States
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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Well besides the obvious (great fun!), you'll get a quick to set up and play tactical experience with wild variety.
The different armies require different offensive strategies when you are playing as them and different defensve strategies when you're playing against them. Traps will be set and different traps will be snared depending on the wide variety of terrain. I recommend switching to the "tournament" version relatively quickly (after two or three plays, even) as choosing your starting hand greatly increases the control and fun of the opening.
Keep your troops in a line and keep advancing, cycle your deck and be ready to occupy for a nightfall victory!
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Michael Hopcroft
United States
Portland
Oregon
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How big is the board when completely set up? One of the problems I have gaming is that I have a small apartment with a very small table and very little room to game. Though I hope there are people in the Portland area who can help with that (*and possibly host games if it came down to that).
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Rick
United States
Burnsville
Minnesota
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The board is 11 inches square. You'll need a little more room for your deck of cards.
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fightcitymayor
United States
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
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Michael Hopcroft wrote: Can anyone tell me what to expect once I start playing this game? Expect FUN!
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Jacob Cassens
United States
Las Vegas
Nevada
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RiffRaff14 wrote: The board is 11 inches square. You'll need a little more room for your deck of cards.
little being the operative word. The cards are tiny 
Enjoy it! It's a ton of fun!
Cheers!
Jacovis
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Michael Hopcroft
United States
Portland
Oregon
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Jacovis wrote: RiffRaff14 wrote: The board is 11 inches square. You'll need a little more room for your deck of cards. little being the operative word. The cards are tiny Enjoy it! It's a ton of fun! Cheers! Jacovis
Sounds like the perfect boardgame for my apartment then. Like it will actually fit on my table!
I've been reading the rules and it sounds like the sort of game where my lack of tactical skill is going to put me at a serious disadvantage.
It'll be interesting.
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Rick
United States
Burnsville
Minnesota
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You'll also need some room to the side for die rolls, but otherwise it has a small footprint.
Unless of course you are going to play with 7 other people. 4 simultaneous games can be played with what's in the box!
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Rob ZoBell
United States
North Salt Lake
Utah
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RiffRaff14 wrote: Unless of course you are going to play with 7 other people. 4 simultaneous games can be played with what's in the box!
I've heard this statistic from a couple of other people too, but I don't know how its possible. Each playing mat takes 4 tiles, correct? There's 24 terrain tiles included in the box, which seems to indicate that you'd only have playing surfaces for six players. What am I missing?
There's also the small matter of needing more "First Player" and "Redoubt" tokens for more simultaneous games, but that's easily rectified via printing off this document from the File page:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/31484/extra-counters-f...
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Joseph Anderson
United States
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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Well, since two people play on four tiles, 24 tiles would give you enough tiles for 12 people.
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Rob ZoBell
United States
North Salt Lake
Utah
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jmanders85 wrote: Well, since two people play on four tiles, 24 tiles would give you enough tiles for 12 people.
You're totally correct. I was somehow thinking that enough tiles for six simultaneous games only meant enough tiles for six people. Thanks. I knew that I was missing something.
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Michael Hopcroft
United States
Portland
Oregon
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The other eight would still need counters and cards.
However, that might be a cool event to run at a con. Maybe an expert player could do something like those chess masters who play dozens of simultaneous matches and win them all handily....
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Joe the Sith Lord
United States
North Carolina
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* at the original poster, once you play the game and love it, make sure you go to gmt's website and p500 the expansion. We need 500 + orders to make it happen! Do your part
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Michael Hopcroft
United States
Portland
Oregon
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I sadly have financial difficulties. I will gladly sign up once I am certain I will be able to pay for it when it comes time to ship. That time is unfortunately some way off, and GMT only takes card numbers in advance, not actual money....
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Derry Salewski
United States
Augusta
Maine
. . . give a ship.
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Michael Hopcroft wrote: I sadly have financial difficulties. I will gladly sign up once I am certain I will be able to pay for it when it comes time to ship. That time is unfortunately some way off, and GMT only takes card numbers in advance, not actual money....
It takes a long time to go from announced to charging, and you can always cancel your order if things aren't working out a year from now or whatever!
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Rick
United States
Burnsville
Minnesota
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scifiantihero wrote: Michael Hopcroft wrote: I sadly have financial difficulties. I will gladly sign up once I am certain I will be able to pay for it when it comes time to ship. That time is unfortunately some way off, and GMT only takes card numbers in advance, not actual money.... It takes a long time to go from announced to charging, and you can always cancel your order if things aren't working out a year from now or whatever!
Edit: It looks like you may be able to call them and work something out. They are good people and they certainly understand financial hardships (just look at the games they've been giving away to the jobless the last couple of years!)
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Michael Hopcroft
United States
Portland
Oregon
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And the game just arrived! I was lucky enough to be here when the FedEx driver arrived. I didn't expect to be.
The components look great, especially the maps (I somehow expected simple paper, not the mounted boards that actually came). And the game looks like it will actually fit on my table, which is one of the reasons I made the purchase in the first place.
If I get good enough at the rule, I just might run this at GameStorm. Heck, I might bring it to Orycon and see if anyone bites.
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Michael Hopcroft
United States
Portland
Oregon
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Nordiska wrote: * at the original poster, once you play the game and love it, make sure you go to gmt's website and p500 the expansion. We need 500 + orders to make it happen! Do your part
Done. I had to use the check option to avoid my card getting charged when it has no money, but I'm sure I'll be able to use Paypal or my card when the time comes. At least I hope so.
Distant Lands is almost at 300. Which, if I reckon correctly, is better than halfway there.
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