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Also. RE: Kickstarters...I got sent this by another friend who was addicted to KS and has way too many games he doesn't play.
There's some good advice in there. It's already saved me a few hundred bucks since I watched it
Number 8: Starts at about 13:25.
Can you recommend Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition? From a glance it looked like the original board game, minus the board, and an added RftG-like phase selection mechanic.
That's exactly what it is. It's quite difficult to track accidental or intentional cheating even in 1v1, and it's not very interactive, but we were happy enough with it
Speaking of, FFG just announced their next Marvel Champions pack!
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2022/4/1/hamming-it-up/
Soooo.... yeah! There's enough signs and detail here that this is a real product, sorta like Barkham Horror became. As evidenced by the... regular cards!
Also, as is usual he leaked in some online places earlier, so it has been verified as real. And supposedly means whatever is coming next is gonna be really, really exciting.
I've been googling and checking out the regular sites (Hall of Heroes) and I can't find leaks past Spider Ham. Can you point me in the right direction? Champions dragon craves leaks!
In case it doesn't work I will just spoil here the next things known.
That takes it into the later parts of this year so plenty of lead time still. All the same I am dying to know more myself.
It's okay. I think it's a lot better than the original boardgame, mainly because it's a lot faster. It isn't fast enough to really be a favorite for me, and the phase selection is nowhere near as interesting here as it is in RFTG (you almost always choose the thing that you really need and sometimes get a bonus from what other people choose, there's hardly any actual way to play against what other people are doing), and it's largely just who draws stuff that combos wins (much like the original game). The solo is fun, and it's pleasant overall, and it's cheap enough to be worth a shot if you like that kind of thing.
The expansions seem wildly miscalculated to me, as they cost double what the base game costs. The base game already fits in a tiny corner of the base game box, so offering a bigger box with the expansions just makes me go what? If you have the retail version of the bar game the expansions also come with stuff that won't match. It's just a big whatever. I'll pick it up retail eventually if it's cheap.
Yeah, I thought it was just okay, too. It's by no means a bad game, but I'm having a harder time fitting it into my large collection. I did like the action selection, though, and it is significantly faster than the original game.
I may prefer the grander nature of the original, however. I like its broader area control mechanism. Yes, Ares Expedition takes much less time to play, but does that matter if I don't engage with the puzzle nearly as much?
Tangentially related, I put my name down for a copy of Ark Nova. I keep seeing/reading lots of opinions that it kills Terraforming Mars for them. I might keep that order if/when it comes into my FLGS. (I'm also waiting on Return to Dark Tower. You are all bad influences.)
https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/244098/board-games-climbing-out-of-our-hovels-to-play-in-meatspace
This stuff worth anything?
@MegaMan001 The KS exclusive stuff may be but otherwise not really
I don't know. I had the base game. I opened it, but never opened the sealed cards and stuff. A year later and never playing it I was still able to ebay it for double the asking price.