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Two rather lopsided games but it is pretty good random fun.
That's what Tabletop and SU&SD have wrought.
I think there must've been a small reprint earlier this year, when I picked it up. The good press from Tabletop and it moving into second edition have given it a real boost.
The price-point isn't as painful as Mansions of Madness, which is the only particularly similar game I can think of, as well.
That, or they'll have copies to lend to backers for the evening to play, since the copies they have there won't be the fancy foil editions, and if you just want to play it rather than have it take up room you could fill with other stuff.
Wish I could go, but nice to know I'll still have it by end of August at this rate.
No, its been doing that since the first printing back in 2004.
I'm going to need more storage for this thing.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
'Read this. It is very important you understand and follow these entirely new rules correctly, but I can't in any way help you.'
And then they would give me a look of total fear and/or cock it up entirely.
Maybe it's my inate superiority complex coming out and I'm underselling people, but nobody I play with ever wants to touch a rulebook themselves. And when they do they always seem to get it wrong!
Strange. When I first learned about it and played it (late 2012), there were copies on Amazon, CSI, my FLGS, and more, and it seemed to be that way for nearly a year. I must have just landed in a lull?
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
http://spielboy.com/GeekPrices.php?gameID=10547
Like, I just picked up Lords of Vegas, and am like..uh, that might not work. And my wife was interested in Takenoko.. which I don't think there's any way to make colorblind friendly.
For Quantum I just swapped in some white dice, and that worked, but I keep realizing how much this sucks.
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
If the problematic colors are on cards in the player's hand, though, the only fix I've found is to add symbols to the cards, such as the Ticket to Ride cards have. Then you can tell the color-blind person that, say, the green cards are the ones with triangles drawn in the corner, and the red cards have circles, and the blue cards have squares, etc.
In that specific case the symbols are on the board as well, yes?
But I'm pretty sure Takenoko might be impossible to fix, because there's nothing differentiating the titles except for their colors, right? Unless I wanted to mark the tiles somehow. At least with the cards they could be sleeved.. but not so much for the board-y bits.
Bad news: Argent is going to be delayed a month because they caught some mistakes in the printing (the box insert is too snug, and the expansions were printed with a different finish than the base game. >.<)
Backstory: Picked up Munchkin Quest and expansion years ago, played them once, never touched again since. I also have the majority (not all) of the Thunderstone pre-Advanced boxes, and then the classic Settlers of Catan. Settlers I could gift to someone, but I'm looking to get rid of it because I want to pick up the Star Trek version of the game that I feel really addresses some of the issues the original Settlers game has, which is attrition and shitty luck of the dice.
I think I've had Munchkin Quest up on BGG for sale forever and not one bite. I may have to just GIFT it to someone to get rid of it, but I'd rather at least try to make a buck or 10 from it.
Steam: TheArcadeBear
Look for a local comic/game shop that sells used stuff?
Played a first came of Camel Up (Camel Cup, Amel Cup) which was a lot of fun. Think I'll use it to introduce non boardgamers to the hobby too, it's really easy to understand and everyone loved doing the dice pyramid. Also played Devestation of Indines for the first time which was fantastic, kind of annoyed I missed out on the kickstarter now.
Can anyone tell me more about Forbidden Desert? Sounds interesting. How long is a game, how complex are the rules on a scale of Hey that's my fish to Arkham Horror?
Forbidden Desert is great. If you've played Pandemic it's a lot like that, take a choice of actions and then the game escalates via drawing cards to affect the storm.
That's been my experience with Betrayal. It appeals to a super casual crowd, but then screws that crowd over by forbidding any help on interpreting the scenario's traitor rules. Every single game I played ended up with the traitor cocking up the rules and making it impossible to win.
If you're willing for one person to be rules ref and GM, then Mansions of Madness is 10,000 times better as a game, even for casual play. Combat is drawing a bunch of colorfully descriptive cards saying how a magnificent jump kick delivered by your elderly professor knocked out a Shuggoth (making you the priest from Braindead), and non-combat is solving some sliding tile puzzles that can be enjoyed and solved by anyone who's picked up a crossword or sodoku puzzle. Very minimal rules memorizing for non-GMs and a great Halloween party game.
Nah, it's not strange. First edition printed in 2004, there weren't many copies and it was really fun so it vanished quick and prices skyrocketed. Second edition came out in a bigger print run with worse components and the price tanked and then THAT got rare and the prices went up again.
I loathe Arabian Nights but my group loves it so I can't trash the thing.
Not a huge fan of Forbidden Desert either but it's pretty simple and very well designed and, again, my group loves it.
Steam: TheArcadeBear
Penny Arcade Gamers vs Evil
Quack in the Box
Munchkin
Forbidden Desert (we've played island, haven't opened desert yet)
We also have some game I bought on clearance at the local game shop with a cloth mat in a red cylindrical tin which I don't remember the name of but I'll ask about that once the wife send me the name of it
If you've played Forbidden Island, then you can easily pick up Desert.