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  • jakobaggerjakobagger LO THY DREAD EMPIRE CHAOS IS RESTORED Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Darkewolfe wrote: »
    Twilight the card game, eh?

    For a minute there, I was really struggling to figure out how this was in any way related to the Cold War. Says something about what media I consume, I guess.

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  • GoodOmensGoodOmens Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    PMAvers wrote: »
    Oh, hey, so that's what AEG's secret release for early 2011 was going to be.

    Nightfall. (New deck-building game, except it sounds to be more focused on player interaction than "multi player solitaire".)

    Well, this looks like it might be tasty. I signed up for the contest because, well, why not?

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  • antheremantherem Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    NoScript freaked out and I accidentally signed up three times. :(

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  • Alistair HuttonAlistair Hutton Dr EdinburghRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Death Angel, how does it play as a single player game?

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  • DracilDracil Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Plays alright i guess?

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  • SlickShughesSlickShughes Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Alistair Hutton wrote: »
    Death Angel, how does it play as a single player game?

    I've played it one player 2x, once it was dead easy, the second time I didn't make it to the last room. But still fun both times.

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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Got to try out Dominant Species last night.

    Overall, not a bad game by any means but I can't imagine there evering being a case where I would rather spend that chunk of time playing it again instead of an 18xx game.

    I would compare it to Pillars of the Earth in that there's far more moving parts than the actual gameplay warrants. After the first couple turns you realize (in both games) that it's actually fairly simple but you still are stuck going through all the needlessly elaborate motions. (in the case of Pillars of the Earth: just play Caylus instead. So much better)

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  • RyadicRyadic Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    This has reached the 100 page limit, so anyone can feel free to take over the OP.

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  • starmanbrandstarmanbrand Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    You had a good run, Ryadic. I'll always be a fan of the meet the posters section.

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I didn't see a new thread yet, and this one isn't locked just yet, so I had a question.

    Now that I've completed Arkham as a whole, and BSG: Exodus is a ways off (as is Mansions of Madness), I want to get another board game. I just can't decide which.

    I'm torn between 1001 Arabian Knights and Civilization, or looking for a good "railroad building" game. I've pretty much stuck to Fantasy Flight in my initial board game geekery here, but I know there are other really good companies out there -- Catan, Caraconne, and especially Dominion are staples of my play group. So I'm just kind of looking for opinions here.

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  • antheremantherem Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    We played our first game of Civ last night. Once we actually started playing it took about 5 hours, probably because it was the first game. I think I like it, although I'm not sure what the Egyptians' angle for victory is. It turned out to be a close race between the Romans, the Russians, and the Americans. Looking forward to playing again.

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  • RyadicRyadic Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Athenor wrote: »
    I didn't see a new thread yet, and this one isn't locked just yet, so I had a question.

    Now that I've completed Arkham as a whole, and BSG: Exodus is a ways off (as is Mansions of Madness), I want to get another board game. I just can't decide which.

    I'm torn between 1001 Arabian Knights and Civilization, or looking for a good "railroad building" game. I've pretty much stuck to Fantasy Flight in my initial board game geekery here, but I know there are other really good companies out there -- Catan, Caraconne, and especially Dominion are staples of my play group. So I'm just kind of looking for opinions here.

    Well what type of game are you looking for?

    While this thread is still up, check out the OP. There are some good suggestions there. It should be the second post that shows you all about the people that post here.

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  • GoodOmensGoodOmens Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Athenor wrote: »
    I'm torn between 1001 Arabian Knights and Civilization, or looking for a good "railroad building" game

    Do you mean Tales of the Arabian Nights? Just a personal observation, it's more of an experience than a game. Things are highly, highly random, and making decisions which seem to make sense don't necessarily result in a logical conclusion. With the right group it could be great fun, but don't expect something like Civilization from it.

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  • scrivenerjonesscrivenerjones Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    new thread up http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=133437

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