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Fantasy Flight Games

TrainwreckXTrainwreckX Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in PAX Archive
So I thought I would post this story in the PAX forums, since FF Games is going to have a booth in the Exhibition Hall and they are selling their new Battlestar Gallactica game at the show.

I recently bought the Starcraft boardgame (debuted at PAX last year) at a local game shop. Upon opening it I found that several pieces were DOA, broken into 2 or more pieces.

I contacted their customer service and got a response right away, just asking for my address and a list of the broken pieces. 3 days later I received a small box with all my new miniatures, no hassle or payment needed.

The customer service was so great (plus fast), and the Starcraft boardgame is so fun, that I had to give these guys props publicly and encourage you all to go visit their booth if you didn't plan to already. If you like strategy games at all, their games typically rank pretty high on Boardgamegeek. The production value of each game is the highest I have seen of any company, other than maybe Days of Wonder. This holds true of other games I have seen by them.

I plan to pick up at least one new game from their booth this year (Perhaps Tannhauser) and definitely let them know how impressed I was with customer service.

That is all!

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2008
    I might have to check this out

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  • WinyderWinyder Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    They also make Arkham Horror, a game which BrennaCeDria and her husband introduced me to back in December. A game, no less, that reinforces my belief weekly that we are doomed from the start, that powers great and terrible slumber beneath our illusion of reality. Ready to rend and destroy all which is mortal and fleeting upon the horrific, and inevitable awakening.

    It's a really fun way to spend a Saturday night, if a little long. Particularly when someone in the Investigator's party pulls consequtive Moon Beasts for random combat.

    Not naming names :)

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2008
    I want this fucking game right here
    http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/dust/product.html

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  • PucSpifoPucSpifo Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    So I love FFG, and will be their bitch through all of PAX :) On Saturday we are going to run the second (annual?) Starcraft Boardgame tournament and the first (ever?) Battlestar Galactica tournament. Additionally, we will have both Tannhauser and Dust available for checkout, so you can always come and get your game on that way.

    The staff at the FFG booth are all great folks to talk with and have a great love for all of their games, so stop by and grab a game and say hi.

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  • BigWhiteRyanBigWhiteRyan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The big question for me: Is Conan going to be playable??? Anybody know? This is a purchase for me if it's fun at all (because I love Conan, and FFG production value is fantastic).

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  • TrainwreckXTrainwreckX Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Winyder wrote: »
    They also make Arkham Horror, a game which BrennaCeDria and her husband introduced me to back in December. A game, no less, that reinforces my belief weekly that we are doomed from the start, that powers great and terrible slumber beneath our illusion of reality. Ready to rend and destroy all which is mortal and fleeting upon the horrific, and inevitable awakening.

    It's a really fun way to spend a Saturday night, if a little long. Particularly when someone in the Investigator's party pulls consequtive Moon Beasts for random combat.

    Not naming names :)

    BTW, for all your Cthulu lovers, this game is Lovecraft-based.

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  • StarstewStarstew Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    FFG makes games with very high-quality bits. I've been playing Drakon a lot lately. Looking forward to what they have at their booth this year.

    I should bring Drakon with me on the PAX Train.

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  • OctobotOctobot Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    loves me some FFG games, i hope they have additional dice for descent (and perhaps the newest expansion). and Dust looks really cool would like to try that out too.

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  • Mystral721Mystral721 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Moe Fwacky wrote: »
    I want this fucking game right here
    http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/dust/product.html

    Dust reminds me of this in April's issue of Wired: Artifacts From the Future - Risk

    Look closely and you'll see a space elevator, teleportation facilities, drowned coastlines and a sentient robot legion.

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    "Little baby Cthulhu hopping through the forest, picking up the field mice and Sucking Out Their Souls"

    http://www.logicalcreativity.com/jon/plush/01.html
  • BrennaCeDriaBrennaCeDria Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Winyder wrote: »
    They also make Arkham Horror, a game which BrennaCeDria and her husband introduced me to back in December. A game, no less, that reinforces my belief weekly that we are doomed from the start, that powers great and terrible slumber beneath our illusion of reality. Ready to rend and destroy all which is mortal and fleeting upon the horrific, and inevitable awakening.

    It's a really fun way to spend a Saturday night, if a little long. Particularly when someone in the Investigator's party pulls consequtive Moon Beasts for random combat.

    Not naming names :)

    Hey, I can't help it if my Monster Bag powers vastly surpass your puny little investigator's fight check. I learned very early on with that game that if you can't beat them, join them, even if it's unofficial and you don't have the "Join the Winning Team" mission.

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  • tr0tskytr0tsky Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Arkham Horror is fun :D

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  • The DermThe Derm Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Descent is create, but good lord it can take a long time to play.

    The Derm on
    Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position
    Such a heavy burden now to be the one
    Born to bare and read to all the details of our ending
    To write it down for all the world to see
    But I forgot my pen...
  • TrainwreckXTrainwreckX Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The Derm wrote: »
    Descent is create, but good lord it can take a long time to play.

    It's create? That's a new level of awesome! I'll have to check it out!

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  • The DermThe Derm Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The Derm wrote: »
    Descent is create, but good lord it can take a long time to play.

    It's create? That's a new level of awesome! I'll have to check it out!

    Too much blood in my caffeine system this morning, sorry.

    I have had a lot of fun playing descent, either with my kids (10, 15) or with friends. It does take a while to play though. 3-4 hours for most scenarios. Ironically I bought this because Battlelore took too long to set up...:lol:

    My dream is to have a house big enough for a dedicated games room one day. You know, one where you can lock the door so that curious 4 year old hands aren't able to grapple with figs, or rearrange gameboards and their attendant pieces into fractal landscapes. So you can walk away from a game, and come back later knowing that you can just pick up where you left off.

    Yes, I have a dream. It's the dream of a game geek, but it is still a dream.

    I'm only about 250k short. Donations cheerfully accepted.

    The Derm on
    Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position
    Such a heavy burden now to be the one
    Born to bare and read to all the details of our ending
    To write it down for all the world to see
    But I forgot my pen...
  • TrainwreckXTrainwreckX Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Yeah, when I buy a place, I've already determined that is a must (a big game room where I can lock the door).

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  • The DermThe Derm Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Yeah, when I buy a place, I've already determined that is a must (a big game room where I can lock the door).

    Kids (until they are old enough to play Evo) and cats are the bane of gamers everywhere!

    The Derm on
    Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position
    Such a heavy burden now to be the one
    Born to bare and read to all the details of our ending
    To write it down for all the world to see
    But I forgot my pen...
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