Jul
17
2017

#olympus

Bwahahaha: "Doch genau an dieser Stelle beginnt das Problem. Die Olympus EM1 Mark II hat so viele Funktionen, dass sie überkomplex ist. Die Benutzerführung des Menüs ist unverständlich. Das Handbuch? Na ja. Wer noch nie mit einer Olympus gearbeitet hat, braucht zu Hause Stunden, um die Kamera nach seinem Geschmack zu programmieren. Wer die Vorgängerin […]

Jul
16
2017

/u/bboomslang on What game do you play with non gamers?

For me that is Paperback, because everybody can build words and so even non-gamers feel like they have an idea what they are doing and they don’t have to wrap their head about some abstract concept. It gives them something familiar and that helps to ease into the actual game and learn the basics of a deck builder.

Jul
16
2017

/u/bboomslang on What game in your collection is the very best at what it does?

Team Games As in players building up teams and playing against another team. Here I would nominate two again, one from the party game genre with Codenames: Pictures (pictures just because it is the one I own). It is super fun and fast and often closes …

Jul
16
2017

/u/bboomslang on What game in your collection is the very best at what it does?

Area Control

Not just military, there are lots of different ways to have area control matter, but for me in this category it would be Mare Nostrum: Empires due to its area control – while smack at the center of the game – gives you more than just victory points. Here it is just a means to the win cons and not the one and only wincon. If we would talk pure area control, my choice would probably be 1775: Rebellion, because I can’t see how you could go purer than that while still having a game 😉

Jul
16
2017

/u/bboomslang on What game in your collection is the very best at what it does?

For me that would be The Duke. I played chess in a team for 9 yeas and kinda buened out on pure abstracts, but The Duke brought me back in. I think it is the level of unpredictability due to random tile draw and the complexity with tile flipping that d…

Jul
16
2017

/u/bboomslang on What game in your collection is the very best at what it does?

Well, even though I just played Concordia yesterday for the first time, I would agree it is way up there. It was nice to have a game play right out of the rules without problems, especially without me doing any rule studies before, and still nit having…

Jul
16
2017

/u/bboomslang on What game in your collection is the very best at what it does?

I have two here, one is Paperback, which probably is really the best in my collection for this category, because I can get allmost everybody into it, even if they never played a modern boardgame before. The reason being that allmost everyone can at kea…

Jul
16
2017

/u/bboomslang on What game in your collection is the very best at what it does?

For me that would be Elder Sign, because it keeps Yahtzee at its mechanical center, but provides tons of story around it (especially with the recent expansions it got).

Jul
16
2017

Reply: The Golden Ages:: General:: Re: Any likelihood of a new edition with different art?

by TheGargoyle
I actually really like the art. Sure, it is different, but I like my games different and the art really is coherent, which is much more important to me (I hate games where different art styles are used – I even hunt down cards in diff…

Jul
16
2017

/u/bboomslang on Hoplomachus fans…are you still playing?

Solo player here and Hoplo: Origins still hits the table from time to time. I also have Rise of Rome, but that one is more involved to play, so I often prefer the simpler and faster playing Origins challenges.

Jul
16
2017

Progress: Evolution of Technology

I played a game of Progress: Evolution of Technology.

Jul
15
2017

15.07.17

Zum ersten Mal Concordia gespielt, obwohl das ja schon ein paar Jahre auf dem Puckel hat. Man sollte sich halt nicht von schlechten Box-Covers abschrecken lassen, das Spiel selber sieht deutlich besser aus. Und Macht echt Laune. Shared on Google+ by Georg Bauer: Our first time of Concordia. Looks like she liked it. But maybe […]

Jul
15
2017

15.07.17

Our first time of Concordia. Looks like she liked it. But maybe that is just because she won 😉 (View on Google+)

Jul
15
2017

Red7

I played a game of Red7.

Jul
15
2017

Red7

I played a game of Red7.

Jul
15
2017

Concordia

I played a game of Concordia.

Jul
14
2017

Thread: Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done:: General:: Language dependence

by TheGargoyle
From the KS pictures it looks like only the knight order cards have text that is game play relevant? Or are there more elements, especially hidden elements, with game play relevance? My wife doesn’t understand english, a single card w…

Jul
14
2017

Was für eine Grütztruppe da in Düsseldorf jetzt. Wir kriegen gerade so scheibchenweise mit, dass in …

Was für eine Grütztruppe da in Düsseldorf jetzt. Wir kriegen gerade so scheibchenweise mit, dass in HH beim G20 beileibe nicht alles so schön schwarz-weiß war wie es uns die Medien anfangs aufgemalt haben, und unsere Landesregierung verpasst mal fix wieder der Truppe den Freifahrtschein. Aber uns erzählen, wenn wir Anonymität im Netz fordern, “wer […]

Jul
13
2017

Between Two Cities

I played a game of Between Two Cities.

Jul
13
2017

Karnivore Koala

I played a game of Karnivore Koala.

Jul
12
2017

/u/bboomslang on What are your favorite under-the-radar solo games?

One that maybe only war game afficionados will know, but which is really great solo: Night of Man. SciFi skirmish game that doesn’t use dice but goes with cards – the hand management combines great with battle plans. Solo is a done with another deck of cards that make your enemies become alive in a way that doesn’t make you lose track of your own plans just because you had to manage the AI. Plays quickly, has a bunch of scenarios to play through and is just plain fun. Only downside is it is quite expensive and the solo expansion even costs extra.

Jul
12
2017

/u/bboomslang on What are your favorite under-the-radar solo games?

Yeah, it is quite fun, only be warned about the rule book, it is not the best. But the game is worth it, the buildup and teardown gives the game a great feel. Among my favorites of the series.

Jul
11
2017

Reply: 1 Player guild:: News:: Re: Solo-playable games that are on kickstarter (No Kickstarter links please)

by TheGargoyle
Razoupaf wrote:Watching the video it appears to be a single card again. Like, 1 card for solo, the same card for co-op with Xs added to its life total (yup, could have been a single card. Waaaaaste).overpriced, solo a crude joke and t…

Jul
11
2017

Reply: 1 Player guild:: News:: Re: Solo-playable games that are on kickstarter (No Kickstarter links please)

by TheGargoyle
MAJBrown22 wrote:Star Realms: Frontiers launched this morning with solo included at the base $20 level. The backer levels are on the high side, you’ll need to spend an extra $10 just to get stretch goals and a total of $65 + shipping …

Jul
10
2017

/u/bboomslang on Wizards: "Starting July 10, we will be reducing the total number of top decklists being presented per day from ten to five"

So they noticed a selection of 10 decklists pushes the meta in a specific direction and replace it with a 5 decks list as a solution? Somehow I think that will totally work. Not.

Jul
09
2017

Reply: 1 Player guild:: General:: Re: Solo games with strong and natural narrative building

by TheGargoyle
dthurston wrote:+1 for Burgle Bros.I’ve heard such claims about Dawn of the Zeds and Nemo’s War, but haven’t had a chance to play them myself.both do the job very well, but DotZ is a beast to set up with all the different options and …

Jul
09
2017

Reply: The 7th Continent:: General:: Re: Tracking the TITAN

by TheGargoyle
looks like it docks today!

Jul
09
2017

Reply: 1 Player guild:: News:: Re: Solo-playable games that are on kickstarter

by TheGargoyle
Really hoping for more depth to the solo play than the current solo challenges – maybe something along the lines of Hero Realms campaigns? I just love the goofy Babylon 5-esq scifi setting of Star Realms more than the generic fantasy …

Jul
09
2017

Sword & Sorcery

I played a game of Sword & Sorcery.

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