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Game of Thrones (digital) game
MrBody
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Free for another 24 hours on Epic games store
Let's try to get a 6 player digital game going. Claim the game for free and download. I'll set up a lobby once 5 others have added my account to their friend list.
My display name (back when I didn't care because I never thought I'd actually be adding friends on Epic) is ItchyTaint.
How to add friends on Epic Games launcher:
1. Click "double meeple" icon in top right.
2. Click the tiny "connect your social account" on the bottom of the new window
3. NOW you are taken to a screen where you can simply add a friend. You do not have to connect other social accounts.
4. Send request to "ItchyTaint".
Let's try to get a 6 player digital game going. Claim the game for free and download. I'll set up a lobby once 5 others have added my account to their friend list.
My display name (back when I didn't care because I never thought I'd actually be adding friends on Epic) is ItchyTaint.
How to add friends on Epic Games launcher:
1. Click "double meeple" icon in top right.
2. Click the tiny "connect your social account" on the bottom of the new window
3. NOW you are taken to a screen where you can simply add a friend. You do not have to connect other social accounts.
4. Send request to "ItchyTaint".
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Have never used Epic so I might just be doing something stupid.
But I think you hit the "double meeple" icon in the top right, then hit the meeple button with the '+' sign and type in either their display name or email address.
What's your name/email? I'll try to add you.
I'm going to try to find like a Cliff's Notes guide to know how to play, and see if I can make any sense of it. Put me down as an Alternate, Maybe I suppose.
I see the physical game is like a 2-4 hour game. How does the digital version play? Is it asynchronous? Or would we/I be locked into a block of time to play?
1. Click "double meeple" icon in top right.
2. Click the tiny "connect your social account" on the bottom of the new window
3. NOW you are taken to a screen where you can simply add a friend. You do not have to connect other social accounts.
Clicking on what seems like the obvious add friend icon, the single meeple with the plus sign, merely brings you to a "filter friend requests", because the more common problem is filtering out the constant deluge of friend requests you've received? Then bury the button to actually send requests? This is the stupidest online friend system I've ever seen. Worse than Wii.
It seems asynchronous. You can set the player timers from 1-168 hours.
That's TOTAL game time though. So in a 10 round game you have around 2/3 a day to respond and play your turn.
I think I might be able to manage that, maaaaaybe. Let me see if I can figure out the game first!
That really is shockingly stupid.
Like it seems like they may have hired some sort of anti-UX designer and invested money in figuring out how to make it worse?
Steam: Elvenshae // PSN: Elvenshae // WotC: Elvenshae
Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]
Sent requests out to @cj iwakura and @jdarksun . Did those go through?
PSN: TheBrayster_92
Elvenshae said he'd have to wait for next time due to RL obligations. Similarly I'm interested, but want more time to read up on how to play and make sure I can commit to whatever schedule it's played on, so I'm inclined to wait.
I've played several times in person but usually with a group of newbies where 1 or 2 people mentally checked out by the end, leading to disappointing conclusions. I'm hoping the online version spreading it over multiple sessions helps keep the engagement.
My mistake, it's cjiwakura , no underscore.
Ditto!
Steam: Elvenshae // PSN: Elvenshae // WotC: Elvenshae
Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]
That'd be me!
PSN: TheBrayster_92
That makes 5. We'd need 1 more to start a full 6 player base game.
Query: how many would be interested in trying a game with one of the expansions? There's Feast for Crows that allows for a more balanced 4 player game (with House Arryan). Or there's Dance of Dragons with a setup that's later in the series (also more balanced).
The DLCs are $5 each.
Also, how are we deciding Kingdoms? Random Allotment?
PSN: TheBrayster_92
Damn, I wish Battlestar Galactica (or Unfathomable now, I guess) had a video game client.
Random or however people want. I'd be willing to be wipping post Lannister to get this going.
WELL, I bought and took a look through Feast of Crows. Seems interesting. It's hidden objective with victory points like Twilight Imperium rather than the base game victory condition of grabbing 7 castles. Seems interesting.
Do we have 2 more who want to hop on board with it?
PSN: TheBrayster_92
So Feast for Crows flat out removes Houses Greyjoy, Tyrell, and Martel (with all their lands inaccessible). Then adds The Eyrie as a playable faction. They get their own cards while all other house cards are the same so there's not too much new stuff to absorb.
Every house gets a constant public objective, usually to the tune of "Control your home territory and King's Landing". So King's Landing is sort of like Mecatol Rex now. Then everyone draws 3 face down secret objectives, score one max per round, draw a new replacement every time you do. First player to 7 vp wins, unlimited rounds until that happens. One interesting thing is that the secret objectives are worth different amounts for each house depending how difficult it is ("control Castle Black" is worth zero to Stark).
Overall it looks like a big improvement over the base game, if for nothing else than eliminating House Greyjoy (I would go on record saying 90% of the issues with the base game stemmed from Greyjoy, their Balon card, and their forced suicide rush with weakest Lannister).
The 4 player expansion then just has the additional learn of following your allotted secret objectives.
PSN: TheBrayster_92
So you can only invite Asmodee account friends.
Screw it. I just threw up a password protected game.
PAgame
pw: wang
First come first serve.
I don't see it listed... how do you search for it?
and ID is cj_iwakura .
PSN: TheBrayster_92
Would friend invite games work different? Try adding ASMODEE account "MrBody"??
PAgame was still up when I went back on, but I wasn't in it. I could have sworn I set the clock to 7 days but it says 1? I set up "PAgame2" with the same password and definitely for 7 days.
Edit: okay it's gone. Did Brayster set up the PAgame that's still up?
PSN: TheBrayster_92