Board Games

Kuro · May 17, 2021

Played Hallertau for the first time last boardgame night. Was pretty much what we expected from the creator. Seemed like a solid core with decent replayability, but if you're the kind of person who prefers strategic focus (different faction abilities, different end goals) vs tactical focus (playing to current board state, adapting to new minor short term goals on the fly) it probably won't hold your attention. Also has the issue most "different decks of cards that do things" games have, that the internal balance of the individual cards is sacrificed for the sake of variety. You'll see cards with the same rewards for wildly different (higher/lower) costs. Really enjoyed the game, but I'd probably still rather play Agricola.

Genjiro · May 17, 2021

The FH comments section is getting blown up. What a dumbfuck.

I truly hope thousands of people cancel

Hateyou · May 17, 2021

Genjiro said:
The FH comments section is getting blown up. What a dumbfuck.

I truly hope thousands of people cancel

Hope so but probably not enough to really matter. Board gaming is mostly a bunch of nerds and rejects and they love this kind of woke bullshit. Would be hilarious if they guilt him into pulling the original GH due to all these harmful things his consultant is guilting him about. Can tell Childres is a virtue signaling champion. Saw someone call him a virtue paladin in the comments lmao

Cutlery · May 17, 2021

Genjiro said:
The FH comments section is getting blown up. What a dumbfuck.

I truly hope thousands of people cancel

Wouldn't count on it. The thread on the Gloomhaven subreddit is absolute aids to read. I had to stop going there because of the insufferability of the vocal minority.

The good news is that Gloomhaven's weak spot has always been the story. I just wont read your woke bullshit intros anymore and it shouldn't matter. The scenario goal is always "kill shit" anyway.

Guurn · May 17, 2021

It makes me want to pick up a couple games that are primarily big busted women killing everything. I find it pretty funny they never say anything about the men with ridiculous bodies and impractical armor. I take one furry skin to cover my crotch thanks. I need to take time off killing orcs to hit the gym.

Maxnome · May 17, 2021

Stonemaier Games is hiring a cultural consultant as well. Jameys been virtue signaling for a while with ACLU and BIPOC stuff. IMO his last two games have been bad, so nothing of value will be lost.

Cultural Consulting for Tabletop Games

In February, we were wrapping up the design to the second Tapestry expansion, and I decided to send the files to a cultural consultant. There was no particular reason I did this for Tapestry, as it…

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Onoes · May 18, 2021

Requested my refund as well. Pretty funny with the timing on this because I got home from work today and my pledge for Middara was here, and when my wife asked me what the game was I said "Think a less punishing Kingdom Death Monster, with anime titties." I then proceeded to tell her that's its fucking nice to get a game that looks like its going to just be over the top, ninja superpowers, everyone in a g-string, unabashed nonsense.

I'm just not interested in playing a game as a gender fluid fantasy humanitarian who goes to rescue the princess from trolls, only to find out that eating her is part of their religious ceremony and I need to apologize and give them my gold after listening to a speech about how inherently racist I am.

Seananigans · May 18, 2021

Onoes said:
Requested my refund as well. Pretty funny with the timing on this because I got home from work today and my pledge for Middara was here, and when my wife asked me what the game was I said "Think a less punishing Kingdom Death Monster, with anime titties." I then proceeded to tell her that's its fucking nice to get a game that looks like its going to just be over the top, ninja superpowers, everyone in a g-string, unabashed nonsense.

I'm just not interested in playing a game as a gender fluid fantasy humanitarian who goes to rescue the princess from trolls, only to find out that eating her is part of their religious ceremony and I need to apologize and give them my gold after listening to a speech about how inherently racist I am.

Let me know how Middara is, I’ve been curious about it.

Onoes · May 18, 2021

Seananigans said:
Let me know how Middara is, I’ve been curious about it.

I'm probably at least a year away from getting to play it, just have a million projects going on at my new house >_<

Hateyou · May 18, 2021

I want to play Middara, no room for more stuff though. Need more friends that game

Hatorade · May 20, 2021

No idea if this means Too Many Bones is getting a video game or if they some how incorporating a boardgame but could be cool.

Hateyou · May 20, 2021

These went live for anyone that was interested.

GeekUp Bit Set: Dice Throne Season 1

If you love the fast-paced thrill of battling it out in Dice Throne: Season 1, your experience will now include the added dimension of upgraded status tokens. The pieces are made of a hard plastic, similar to Bakelite, and the graphics are applied via a 4-color heat transfer process, which fuses...

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Seananigans · May 20, 2021

Hateyou said:
These went live for anyone that was interested.

GeekUp Bit Set: Dice Throne Season 1

If you love the fast-paced thrill of battling it out in Dice Throne: Season 1, your experience will now include the added dimension of upgraded status tokens. The pieces are made of a hard plastic, similar to Bakelite, and the graphics are applied via a 4-color heat transfer process, which fuses...

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I feel like being an incomplete set (no treant spirits) makes it a no-go. I'd have considered it if it had everything.

Seananigans · May 20, 2021

Hatorade said:
No idea if this means Too Many Bones is getting a video game or if they some how incorporating a boardgame but could be cool. View attachment 354722

Wasn't this related to Hoplomachus or something? The hexes in the background imply something other than TMB, to me. I don't know much about that one, but I believe it's played on a hex board.

Mizake · May 20, 2021

Seananigans said:
Wasn't this related to Hoplomachus or something? The hexes in the background imply something other than TMB, to me. I don't know much about that one, but I believe it's played on a hex board.

They apparently got the license to make an Elder Scrolls game, if you've ever played the computer game before. It's basically like an open world RPG. It's one of the most popular I would say. Skyrim was a huge hit, and that was the latest release, being years ago. Others like Morrowind did very well. They also have an Elder Scrolls MMO.

I'm excited to see what they do with it.

Hateyou · May 20, 2021

Seananigans said:
Wasn't this related to Hoplomachus or something? The hexes in the background imply something other than TMB, to me. I don't know much about that one, but I believe it's played on a hex board.

Probably a surprise or stretch goal for the one finishing today.

Seananigans · May 20, 2021

Mizake said:
They apparently got the license to make an Elder Scrolls game, if you've ever played the computer game before. It's basically like an open world RPG. It's one of the most popular I would say. Skyrim was a huge hit, and that was the latest release, being years ago. Others like Morrowind did very well. They also have an Elder Scrolls MMO.

I'm excited to see what they do with it.

Well of course I’ve played Elder Scrolls games, dating back to Arena!

Its been awhile though. I guess that symbol is from ES games? I don’t recall. An ES themed game would be kinda neat maybe. TMB was cool enough for me to be quite interested in their future stuff.

Phazael · May 22, 2021

Today is crunchy euro game day at our house. Hans Tutanica, Scythe, and Birmingham Brass are all on the menu.

Guurn · May 22, 2021

Although it's an atypical board game this makes me want to buy it and save it for my grandchildren. Scratches all those cool itches for me.

Mizake · May 24, 2021

It will be an epic weekend coming up for gaming. My Nemesis KS package came in.....I got the sundropped version and I have to say the aliens are really cool looking being a darker shade of green with black accents. I got the Carnamorph and Void Seeker expansions with it and I heard they are different colors although I haven't had a change to open them and find out. Great production all around.

I also purchased a used Thunderstone Quest KS pledge with quests 1-5. I don't know much about this game except it's a competitive deck builder. We really love Aeon's End, the only thing that gave me pause in the past is that it's competitive and my partner prefers coop, but I got it for a really good price. This will probably be the first thing we play because the rules seem easier and more manageable than Nemesis. I think I will play Nemesis solo first until I get the rules down.

Lastly, tomorrow my Midarra package arrives! I think it's only Act 1. It'll stay in shrink until I play the other two for a bit, but I will probably break it out in June and take it for a spin. The good news is I have gotten another couple into gaming, so now I have 4 of us that can play. The bad news is they live farther away so I only get to see them once a month or so, but we are planning on making a gaming weekend happen soon.

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