by TheGargoyle
nierensieb wrote:You might want to check out Warfighter: The Tactical Special Forces Card Game or Warfighter: The WWII Tactical Combat Card Game.Definitely this. It is not the same, but gives a lot of the feel of play like WHQ:ACG. Yo…
Dec
02
2016
Reply: Wargames:: General:: Re: Game with simmilar mechanics as Warhammer Quest adventure card game?
Dec
02
2016
/u/bboomslang on Just for the heck of it what is your top 3 tabletop games and why?
My rankings are really situational. It is very different if I am playing solo or multiplayer, and if multiplayer, which group I play with.
For solo, it’s LOTR:LCG, Shadowrun:Crossfire and either Hoplomachus:Origins or Night of Man (depending on my mood).
Multiplayer just with my wife, it’s Progress: Evolution of Technology (played over 130 times), 7 Wonders: Duels (played over 70 times) and Red 7 (played something like 25 times, but getting pulled out whenever we sit at a restaurant and wait for food, so chances are good for more).
For multiplayer with my weekly group where we have new players every now and then and many players aren’t as deep into the hobby as me and my wife, it’s 7 Wonders, Citadels and Codenames: Pictures currently. Directly followed by Paperback, which sadly isn’t played as much anymore, because our group is usually larger than 5 players.
For multiplayer with my semi-regular group of friends, it’s probably Mare Nostrum: Empires, Legends of Andor (on the third box now) and the third place fluctuating with whatever we want to try out that night. But I guess I can get them into Scythe easily, it should fire on all cylinders with that group. This group started out explicitely as a Legends of Andor play group, so that’s why we haven’t introduced them to many more games (allthough usually the second game the night is something different).
Dec
02
2016
/u/bboomslang on Just for the heck of it what is your top 3 tabletop games and why?
My rankings are really situational. It is very different if I am playing solo or multiplayer, and if multiplayer, which group I play with.
For solo, it’s LOTR:LCG, Shadowrun:Crossfire and either Hoplomachus:Origins or Night of Man (depending on my mood).
Multiplayer just with my wife, it’s Progress: Evolution of Technology (played over 130 times), 7 Wonders: Duels (played over 70 times) and Red 7 (played something like 25 times, but getting pulled out whenever we sit at a restaurant and wait for food, so chances are good for more).
For multiplayer with my weekly group where we have new players every now and then and many players aren’t as deep into the hobby as me and my wife, it’s 7 Wonders, Citadels and Codenames: Pictures currently. Directly followed by Paperback, which sadly isn’t played as much anymore, because our group is usually larger than 5 players.
For multiplayer with my semi-regular group of friends, it’s probably Mare Nostrum: Empires, Legends of Andor (on the third box now) and the third place fluctuating with whatever we want to try out that night. But I guess I can get them into Scythe easily, it should fire on all cylinders with that group. This group started out explicitely as a Legends of Andor play group, so that’s why we haven’t introduced them to many more games (allthough usually the second game the night is something different).
Nov
27
2016
/u/bboomslang on Game of the Week, Redux: Paperback
The German PnP is still my go-to game to rope in non-gamers, since it is very easy to feel like you really do something and the deck building and scoring and card powers come just naturally in the first play. Fantastic game for me and my wife and every…
Nov
27
2016
/u/bboomslang on Game of the Week, Redux: Paperback
The German PnP is still my go-to game to rope in non-gamers, since it is very easy to feel like you really do something and the deck building and scoring and card powers come just naturally in the first play. Fantastic game for me and my wife and every…
Nov
24
2016
Reply: Codenames:: Sessions:: Re: Coming back from a 5-1 deficit.
by TheGargoyle
My savings accounts benefits are microscopic.
Nov
22
2016
Reply: 1 Player guild:: News:: Re: Lisboa
by TheGargoyle
repairmanjack wrote:Usually? I may be wrong here, but I think he’s only done that once so far – in The Gallerist. The new edition of Vinhos has an automa – and it’s an aggressive bugger too. If he can do it for Lisboa, I’m in… but …
Nov
22
2016
Reply: Space Pioneers:: General:: Re: Solo results – post yours here
by TheGargoyle
fast variant, 20 Planets, 3 full mission cards and 3 extra missions, so 20+36+9=65 points. Probably had some misplayes due to it being my first play. Gives a nice “patience in space” feel, so missing a bit of the “bite” I prefer in my…
Nov
22
2016
Another game on my “Up to now unplayed” list down. Space Pioneers is an interesting card laying game that normally is played competitive, but has a solo variant, too. Which is mostly a beat-your-own-highscore variant. Not what I really like in solo games, but in this one it gives a relaxing patience game, so might hit the table from time to time. I mostly backed it on KS, because the designer lives in my hometown and visits our regular game
Heute das erste Mal Space Pioneer gespielt, nette SciFi-Patiebce in der Solo-Variante. Kompetetiv vermutlich interessanter, braucht aber mächtig viel Tisch schon für nur einen Spieler. Shared on Google+ by Georg Bauer: Another game on my “Up to now unplayed” list down. Space Pioneers is an interesting card laying game that normally is played competitive, but […]
Nov
22
2016
Another game on my “Up to now unplayed” list down. Space Pioneers is an interesting card laying game that normally is played competitive, but has a solo variant, too. Which is mostly a beat-your-own-highscore variant. Not what I really like in solo games, but in this one it gives a relaxing patience game, so might hit the table from time to time. I mostly backed it on KS, because the designer lives in my hometown and visits our regular game
Another game on my “Up to now unplayed” list down. Space Pioneers is an interesting card laying game that normally is played competitive, but has a solo variant, too. Which is mostly a beat-your-own-highscore variant. Not what I really like in solo games, but in this one it gives a relaxing patience game, so might […]
Nov
22
2016
Reply: 1 Player guild:: News:: Re: Solo-playable games that are on kickstarter
by TheGargoyle
ColintheFlea wrote:Lisboa is now on Kickstarter. Originally, I thought solo would be a stretch goal, but it appears the manual says 1-4.ColinYeah, Vital usually has solo right out of the box. Usually they are abstract timer based pse…
Nov
22
2016
Reply: 1 Player guild:: News:: Re: Lisboa
by TheGargoyle
Vital usually doesn’t create solo AIs or even automa but “fake” opponents that put pressure time-wise on you. In The Gallerist, the opponent in the solo game just gobbles up stuff in a way that puts pressure on you to “gobble up faste…
Nov
21
2016
21.11.16
Mound Builders ist ein spannendes Spiel aus der Stadt of Siege Reihe mit interessanten historischen Hintergrund. Vermutlich habe ich einiges falsch gespielt, denn ich hab beinahe gewonnen. Egal, war spannend 😉 Shared on Google+ by Georg Bauer: Moin Builders from VPG found its Way to the Table today. Fun Game, I allmost won. The First […]
Nov
21
2016
21.11.16
Moin Builders from VPG found its Way to the Table today. Fun Game, I allmost won. The First Pic is my loss – defending the palisades risks a breach and if there are multiple attack, that is a bad idea. Better run down the palisades, if they are high enough. So I tried that on […]
Nov
19
2016
/u/bboomslang on Games like Twilight Struggle and Wir sind Das volk?
The COIN series might do it, or maybe Polis: Fight for the Hegemony if you are into ancients. And of course the TS follow-ups like 1989 or the upcoming Imperial Struggle. Maybe some of the more classic CDGs like Washington’s War or the newly reprinted and extended Labyrinth: War on Terror if you want something present day themed.
Nov
19
2016
/u/bboomslang on Games like Twilight Struggle and Wir sind Das volk?
The COIN series might do it, or maybe Polis: Fight for the Hegemony if you are into ancients. And of course the TS follow-ups like 1989 or the upcoming Imperial Struggle. Maybe some of the more classic CDGs like Washington’s War or the newly reprinted and extended Labyrinth: War on Terror if you want something present day themed.
Nov
19
2016
/u/bboomslang on GMT November 18 Update (P500 & More)
Comancheria shocked me a bit, I didn’t expect it to ship this year. Hopefully it will only be in the November import at UGG, otherwise it might fall right into my vacation.