Category: Syndicated

linkme: Ascension, Star Realms, San Juan, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Hearthstone yeah, I am a card freak. Too bad that some of them are only for tablet (hearthstone and sentinels for example)

well, it is a 2-player-only game. You can’t solo it. Wether you enjoy it is only one part of the equation – how are the chances you can have some other player enjoy it with you? If those chances are slim, go max for one of the base packs and try it out…

Well, there is no risk in sleeving them per cycle, but some of the adventures have encounter cards that go into your players deck (voice of isengart for example has that in the second scenario), which means those cards will have to be sleeved the same …

by TheGargoyle
For dwarf I would just take fundamentals (but that’s because my dwarf does double duty as decker and face)and work on the next upgrade and get prep work. I feel the dwarf starts to shine if it has prep work, because you can “customize…

by TheGargoyle
Yeah, when seeing that TMG KS I immediately thought “that should make Rahdo happy”, remembering how he practically fell on his knees to beg for an english translation 😉

http://se4xai.appspot.com/ and http://www.reallybigsquid.com/SpaceEmpires4X/installation.html is what I found, no idea how good they are.

on BGG, fan made: http://boardgamegeek.com/article/16042892#16042892

ah, sorry, must be mixing it up with some other game I looked at recently, then. Too bad.

**Shadowrun: Crossfire** is an all-time favorite of me. Tons of fun whenever I play (even though still I mostly lose). Looking at your other game mentiones, you seem to be much more into euro-feel games. I think SC is more liked by people who like opti…

Heh, **Elder Sign** is one of the favorites of my wife. Cthulhu is the only GOO we actually had awaken and succeeded in defeating. Usually we close the gate and win that way, if we get into the fight with the GOO we are done in very quickly, but Cthulh…

Still haven’t played Arctic Scavengers – the solo variant is a bit fiddly and due to it’s bluffing aspects it probably will only be a dry learning run playing it solo, so I will have to get the guys to play it. But it’s probably a bit too long for the …

Hmm, around here in Germany it is easily available on Amazon. Aren’t it’s components aside from the rules book language neutral, at least with the current version?

Wow, I didn’t know about this one so far. From descriptions and what I can find on BGG it looks totally up my desires – since it looks very well built for solo plays. And a mechanical war game without direct linkage to real life wars is much more to my…

Well, as with Dominion, there are some easily spotted strategies, but I think as with Dominion, those aren’t necessarily the fastest, so can be countered. It is a bit more random, though, so you can’t guarantee to follow a strategy like you can with Do…

Finally got some time to get in plays with **Gears of War** – whenever I play it, I think “damn, solid mechanics, I should play it again” – and then don’t do for quite some time due to the longish setup time. But this time I went in pure solo with Markus Fenix, I think for soloing this might be a smoother experience, even though I miss out on some of the interactions (following and reviving mainly). And as almost every week I got in some **LOTR LCG** plays. Oh, and finally got to sit down with my wife and play **Forbidden Desert**, and she liked it. So looks like we got another option for spending rainy weekend afternoons when we don’t want to go outside. Fun game, very relaxing and not too brain-burny, but can be ramped up if needed. And it just looks good on the table. Favorite game reviewers: rooting for Rahdo’s rambling run throughs 😉 and for solo experiences the lonsome gamer and box of delights. Tom Vasel for quick orientations and Drive Thru Reviews and Board Game Brawl for more indepth reviews as alternatives to rahdo. Oh, and BGB for it’s coverage of totally obscure japanese card games, of course. And buying new games: 1-3 per month, if you count things like LOTR LCG expansions (am in the process of building up my collection on LOTR LCG player cards – yeah, I am doomed). Full board games not as much, due to limited space I allow myself for the games. Probably 4-6 per year? Last year was a bit unusual in that I went on a KS binge, but I am recovering from that 😉

My wife isn’t a heavy gamer and lately **Valley of the Kings** was our travel game of choice and I think it succeeded very well in that. Before that it was a base box of **Ascension** in a deckbox for two magic 100-card decks (there is a nice double-10…

by TheGargoyle
B Wumpus wrote:I am guessing the people that enjoy LoTR LCG, Robinson Crusoe and other devilishly tough to beat solo/coop experiences may possibly think more positively of this game as they are used to investing time in non-success, a…

by TheGargoyle
Heh, your solo session report made me play through it solo, too. Took Markus Fenix, too, and failed horribly the first run, so just reset and did a second run. That one went much smoother. But I think, yes, keeping a wretch around to …

by TheGargoyle
Well, he can have one real function: combined with word of command as a permantly available istari to trigger WoC without the threat problems of hobbit-Gandalf or the need of hero-gandalf. Although having the function of “overpriced p…

by TheGargoyle
Yeah, the after-release support is quite a bit lacking on this. Well, if this means Tom is busy making games, I’m ok with it – the challenge stuff didn’t interest me anyway, and it sounds like it could easily be a fan-created variant …

by TheGargoyle
One suggestion I haven’t seen is Galaxy Defenders. SciFi, level of action movies, but more like star trek than like alien.

by TheGargoyle
Legends of Andor is a fantastic game that I truly enjoy. That said, it is not a dungeon crawler, but a very brainy time/move optimization puzzle. I think it might be a bit too heavy on optimization for a 10yo to have her enjoy it, but…

by TheGargoyle
I too hope rahdo will do a run through some day, allthough I guess my copy will be delivered before his run through if it isn’t high on the list 🙂

by TheGargoyle
Assault on Doomrock and Shadowrun: Crossfire – rahdo is to blame for my aquisition of those. The worst thing even is they both are not available in German, so I can only play them solo. At least I weened myself off S:C by jumping into…

by TheGargoyle
Theodred + Heir of MardilTheodred quests and punches people.Radagast + Word of CommandTutor it, baby! (yeah, works with any Gandalf or Sauron, too, but Radagast sticks around for more tutoring later on. bonus points for throwing in Sc…

by TheGargoyle

Ignorier einfach die Erweiterung und schon ist der Preis besser. Die Erweiterung ändert nichts am Spiel, das ist nur alternative Illustrationen und zusätzliche Sticker. Die Charakterbögen haben gleiche Werte wie die der Grundbox, es sind die gleichen Sticker und keine Missionen oder sonstiges spielveränderndes oder -erweiterndes.

by TheGargoyle
I’ve been in the same boat with the added complication that I don’t get any MTG plays anymore (or if, then I only get them very rarely), so for me it was getting something I can play on my own while still having a full deck constructi…

by TheGargoyle
kysmart wrote:And as soon as someone can tell me why in the world you would take that upgrade, I’ll view them as more than the simple “My dog chewed up a card so what do I do?” backup cards. In a deck-builder that doesn’t let you cull…