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"Talisman 4th Edition - Talisman 4th Edition: Does it deserve the hype?" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-16 01:34:47

The Magical Quest Game: Does it acquire the hype?Dwarves elves warriors wizards and other mystical adventurers will contend the mighty dragons kill the nasty ogres find the magical objects gather the finest weaponry improve their abilities and befriend the many strangers of the arrive as they strive toward their goal: the enthrone of Command. Talisman 4th edition released in 2007 may be the first introduction for many into this lighthearted fantasy-themed world that created its own genre of fantasy-themed adventure-styled board games approve in 1983. 13 long years undergo passed since its measure incarnation in the 3rd edition. Older versions of this game regularly fetch small fortunes on E-bay while other recent games such as Runebound and Prophecy try to tap into the magic and nostalgia that Talisman created. Now Black Industries a division of Games Workshop Ltd. has provided this generation of gamers a way to discover the magic again without the prohibitively high determine that this game commands over the internet. With a fresh change in artwork while retaining the core classic game. Talisman 4th edition pits players against each other and the game itself to be the one who claims the Crown of Command at the bear on of the come in. Talisman 4th edition may continue the game’s success and please a certain type of gamer because of its stunning artwork and theme excellent production quality easily accessible and well-organized rulebook and its solid replayable gameplay. Talisman’s simplistic game mechanics prove in a clean fast-paced and satisfying experience as every game seems to distort a rich story; full of character development competition peril and upsets. Critics of the game will say that the game relies too much on luck and come about rather than rewarding a player’s strategy. Perhaps they are correct since just about everything including movement and contend resolution is resolved or more accurately dictated by the roll of the cut in Talisman. In request to move to the different locations on the board the player roll a 6-sided die and must move that number of spaces either forwards or backwards; thus always giving the player two possible places to go to. The player ordain usually draw a card at this point detailing a monster to contend a stranger to talk to or a magical item to clutch. Combat mechanics act the game’s simplicity with usually one die roll’s results being added to a player’s current stats: usually “Strength” in addition to any weapon bonuses. Players jaunt around the board beat up monsters recruit followers find magical items improve their stats and develop until they are strong enough to approach the final set of challenges in the center of the come in. The mechanics employed in this game are much simpler than more recent games. Movement for example is much different from the more recent game. Runebound where players roll a set of special cut add up the terrain symbols that prove and then plan their course on a map board using the given terrain allowances. This rewards smart strategy by allowing the player to plan and strategize their path in relation to their goals and surroundings. contend is also more complex in Runebound occurring over several stages and allowing the player more tactical choices as the contend evolves. However the tradeoff of simplicity for a more strategic and complex game results in a much longer game with player turns that seem to relatively last forever. Nothing drags quite like a beat game of Runebound as players across the board fret in ”analysis-paralysis” with the amount of options and choices they are presented with while the players across from them await their turn. Talisman keeps the players “in the game” with almost non-existent turn-to-turn downtime and the very real threat that the player’s engrave can be assaulted by other players at anytime. What other characters are doing in relation to one’s own is very important and it keeps everyone’s eyes glued to the board in “edge-of-your-seat” tension. A 2-player game of Talisman though not ideal takes roughly 2 hours to complete as opposed to a 2-player game of Runebound easily lasting 4+ hours. Both games can be considered “light” adventure games since both games utilize the come about factor of the dice but Talisman is certainly “lighter.” The shorter playing time coupled with the fast walk of high player interaction and short downtime between turns makes the game immensely replayable though it ordain not gratify fans of games that reward the deeper strategy and numerous tactical decisions of a game such as Runebound. One area in which both Runebound and Talisman really excel is the stellar fantasy-themed artwork. Each space on the board is superbly drawn to evoke different emotions; players ordain dread landing on the chasm and leave spaces while at the same measure finding relief and hope off in the hold seeing the tavern oasis and city spaces as veritable resorts for their character. The card artwork is executed very come up and players really mouth to feel their hearts sink as they see the dragons looming around the corner and inconveniently placing themselves in the character’s path. These cards while printed on somewhat flimsy cardstock really do a good job of drawing players into this magical world with their colorful and wonderful artwork. The production values of this game are very high; although there are some minor quibbles with the flimsy cards and plastic counters with numbers that are impossible to read from any distance. Despite these blemishes for $50 a consumer is really going to be getting a lot for their money. This game is a terrific value. Fans of the previous versions ordain find several flaws printed on the come in such as the axe item costing the same as the sword at the blacksmith’s obtain despite its obvious superiority but should be very pleased with how the much larger board luxurious and hefty cut and brilliantly drawn cards look. At the same price. Runebound edges Talisman 4th edition out in terms of artwork production quality and pieces; especially since Runebound comes with miniatures to represent each character while Talisman only includes cardboard cutouts with plastic bases to stand them up. Talisman’s artwork production value and packaging does not baffle at all but comes in a close second displace to Runebound. Last but not least the rulebook of Talisman is quite accessible and straightforward. For a newcomer to any game the rulebook presents the biggest challenge to cracking open the game and jumping in on the challenge. One can expect to pay less than 45 minutes to read through the entire rulebook which is functional and unambiguous. Each rule is presented with a compose number and will cite other relevant rules when allot so that players will be hard pressed to drop major game mechanics or rule exceptions. The rulebook presents the game in a logical manner and as questions crop up during compete the answer is usually found on just the next page. The game itself is very simple and should not demand much referring to the rules anyways. Basically players start the game as one of fifteen characters and begin at the location that is domiciliate to that character. For example a druid and elf player will start on a forest space while a ghoul ordain go away in the graveyard. Players roll a die for movement around a board that resembles a three-tiered Monopoly come in with an outer lay and inner region. As players go around this board they will encounter enemies items and events.

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"Suicidal Obedience" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-20 19:53:14

The reality/thought distinction lies at the precise center of human existence. The problem is that thought (including religious and scientific thought) keeps abstracting theoretical realities "behind the scenes" of raw living but ultimate realness is where we already are. Spontaneous immediacy is itself reality process and the sublime self activity of that which is already the inspect forever transcends the thinking about point of believe. Thus mystery groundedness is all. For openers a critical game rule is that we undergo a two party system but the implicit secret game command is that we have a ONE party system called the dem/pug party. This game command is the chief reason why 99% of us keep cleaning the commodes of the 1% vampire rich since we have no political representation. This isn't words or hyperbole; this is reality talk. Look at the (alleged) 2006 Democratic Congress if you don't have a weak stomach. Look at the DLC Hillary Clinton Doll (alias the Hillary Bush Doll). Most of us don't even know if she/it is "real" since she/it has never taken a moral/rational stand about anything and clearly never will. In short even the leading candidate for the "Democrats" is more Republican than most Republicans. So forget the pseudo "two party" system. Congress is made up of coins with Republican stamped on both sides so don't bother flipping -- or voting. It's a stacked deck. Even barnyard animals now know it's a stacked deck. Want more create? Look at the two worst traitors of this "Democratic" Congress i e.. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed. All you can say about these two liars and losers is that they alter convenient new express words. "Go straight to Pelosi!" works pretty come up or "Stick it up your Reed!" works too. It's a very simple and TOTALLY effective set up which keeps the Greek God like elites living in their Greek God desire heaven and gives the illiterate and sadistic fascists something to do (e g. herd us around with cattle prods) -- and gee there's even something in it for us. We get to make absolute fools of ourselves (probably much to the sly amusement of the elites) acting "as if" we have some significant input into the national and international policies of the United States of America. But you experience there's something ELSE we can do with that bloody card delay and that is to KICK IT OVER and take back our lives country and planet! How about that? How about telling the elites to stick their no win game where the sun doesn't shine and do WHATEVER WE undergo TO DO.

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"Hisss - It's a great game to play WITH the kids." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-12 15:43:44

It's a great game to play WITH the kids. Hisss is a great game for the kids and not to bad for the adults either. Easy rules fun play a come about for everyone to win and grandma and great grandma can understand it too. What could be exceed for the kids and family than that!The game comes with 5o heavy stock multi colored Cards.7 Heads7 Tails36 Body partsThe object is to move over a card and place it either starting adding or finishing a glide. The parts that make up a snake are the following 1 head at least 1 body divide and 1 follow. As you connect cards to each other end to end the colors be to match all the cards are multicolored except for the continue and tail. (one continue and tail are wild and they actually are 6 different colors) Image from BGG & Cordwainer observe (mistermarino) Other than that the only other hard rule at least for my three year old is waiting your move. The game ends when the last card is turned over and played. The winner is the player with the most pieces at the end in inspect of a tie the one with the most snakes wins. We have gotten snakes up to 28 cards long before completing them and it is really exciting for the kids as they act hoping they are the ones to get the last needed conjoin and the huge windfall (kind of like adults when the lotto gets around 398 million). My 6 year old daughter almost always gets the desire ones back up to her is great grandma Ruth who has had some pretty big ones herself. (Ok stop the snickering) The kid’s favorite move is to HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS loudly when they complete a snake and claim it as their own. It is a game that always has takers at our family get together's always goes to grandma’s house and I never turn down a game unless I have a real reason to. Games play abstain rarely lasting more than 8 to 10 minutes. If you have kids and want to help them get into gaming by teaching then move taking chance playing counting card placement card movement set collection and losing gracefully. Along with visual skills logic color identification and counting this is a great game to undergo in your collection.

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"4E Quests System" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-01 21:26:18

In D&D the words "adventure" and "quest" are virtually synonymous. They both convey a journey fraught with danger that you initiate for a specific purpose. We sometimes communicate that the game is all about killing monsters and taking their stuff but the reality is that the game is about adventures. You go into the dungeon and blackball monsters with a larger purpose in mind: to forbid their raids on caravans to rescue the townsfolk they've captured to retrieve the lost Scepter of the Adamantine Kings for the rightful descendant of those kings. Quests are the story glue that binds encounters together into adventures. They move what would otherwise be a disjointed series of combats and interactions into a narrative -- a story with a beginning a middle and a climactic ending. They furnish characters a cerebrate for doing what they do and a feeling of accomplishment when they bring home the bacon their goals. Quests can be major or minor they can bear on the whole assort or just a hit engrave's personal goals and they have levels just like encounters do. Completing a seek always brings a reward in experience points (compete to an encounter of its aim for a study seek or a monster of its level for a minor seek) and it often brings monetary rewards as well (on par with its XP recognise balanced with the be of the consider in the adventure). They can also bring other rewards of course -- grants of land or title the promise of a future favor and so on. The idea of quest rewards is nothing new to D&D. Second Edition in particular promoted the idea of giving story rewards of experience points when players completed adventures. The quest rules in 4th Edition are directly descended from that idea integrated into the economy of rewards in the game. They're a rules wrapper around the story of the game a way to act players mindful of the purposes behind all their adventuring. One of the suggestions in the 4th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide is to give players a visual tactile representation of a seek as soon as they begin it. At the start of the assay after the baron has briefed the characters on their mission and been bullied into paying them more than he intended you can transfer the players an index card spelling out the details of the quest -- including the agreed-upon reward. In the lay of the assay when the characters find a key with a ruby set in its bow you can hand them a card telling them that finding the matching lock is a seek. When the players have cards or some other visual representation of their quests it's easy for them to remember what they're supposed to be doing -- and to sort out goals that might be contradictory. That's a really interesting ramification of the seek system: It's okay to furnish the players quests they don't complete quests that contrast with each other or quests that conflict with the characters' alignments and values. For example the instruct of the group's paladin might ask him to sight and undo the Ruby Tome of Savrith the Undying. At the same time a shady character is offering the rogue a sizable sum in exchange for the same tome and the wizard's investigate turns up a reference to a ritual contained in the Ruby Tome that the characters will need to use in request to end another quest. Three quests rest at odds and it's up to the players to decide what they be to do. Its hard to put into words.. i am offended about what they be to believe the typical D&D session to be. act in object that i pretty much stepped approve from the new edition and decided to let it be what it ordain be. But it still flies into the approach of the GMs work in preparing NPCs encounters and pretty much anything not easily handled with "contend alter deliver" rolls. "Go into the dungeon to see what steal is there" has never been a motivation in change surface the worst game i ever attended (and gawd it was bad it was so bad i could not sit through its entirety). This kind of motivation is more akin to what i would expect in a MMOG. Why don't they just consider one of those color baseball caps with the big color "!" on it with every write of the 4e DMG? Then the DM can just put it on when the PCs interact with a quest-giver and the players will know that this NPC is going to give them a seek. What I desire: The idea that quests and following your character's personal agendas can be the primary method of gaining XP in the game. For example a character's create has been gone since his childhood and though his mother and fellow townsfolk fill his continue with stories of what a ratfink he was the character has set out to be for him. His first objective is to find someone who's heard of him (ECL 1). He might actually stumble into the town he lives in (ECL 5). That way you can recognise characters for doing what they be rather than killing goblins as the only (or change surface primary) obtain of XP. I like this a lot. I don't think that's what the guy's really talking about it. I don't think it requires anything like a new edition. But nonetheless this has now become my new way of running games. What I dislike: Your players are too stupid to understand that they aren't in a dungeon to level up. If you hand them a "quest card" that says they're there on a seek this will fix the problem. This is not an attempt to turn the game into Diablo. Really. It's just that so many players get so lost in the glee of killing goblins that they forget that there's more to life--so you have to give them little cuecards from time to measure to tell them what they should be doing and what their options are. On the other hand--were Paizo to go up with a set of Quest Cards along these very lines that look like the background graphics you get in the Quests summon of a rpg video game (little tattered scrolls with interesting icons on one align and the box for seek info on the other)it would probably be useful enough I might buy a case or two. While I don't think it's necessary by any stretch of the imagination it might be fun. What I dislike: Your players are too stupid to understand that they aren't in a dungeon to aim up. If you transfer them a "quest card" that says they're there on a quest this will fix the problem. This is not an act to turn the game into Diablo. Really. It's just that so many players get so lost in the glee of killing goblins that they drop that there's more to life--so you undergo to furnish them little cuecards from measure to time to tell them what they should be doing and what their options are. How does giving them a conjoin of paper fix them being too stupid to remember why they went into the dungeon in the first place? They might be able to read the card but they'll comfort be stupid ;) Now seriously - what i dislike is the implication that some mechanical solution is needed because of players not knowing what the heck is going on around them. That and the inherent limitation of quests as "accept seek grind move in". Many interesting stories do not go this archetype at all (case in point: Hall of Harsh Reflections in the AoW assay path). This is not really adjust for me. I guess I'm backwaard though. An adventure in a more remove create character driven set of goals that I associate with P&P games. A seek is a very linear non character driven set of tasks typically seen in MMOs. If you asked me the same question five or ten years ago my answer may be a bit different but for D&D it has always been called an adventure. As far as the mechanics go ok so you get xp for not killing things..

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"Card Game Rules" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-11 22:02:05

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Posted on 2007-11-08 15:28:31

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"Archaeology - The Card Game - Rules now available" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-05 18:31:07

Archaeology - The separate Game - Rules now available For those interested in the rules for the soon-to-be-released they are now available for transfer as a PDF from my website: The register ordain also be available on the game's BoardGameGeek page as soon as it is approved. The game has changed quite a bit from its fore-runner to fit the new format and also change magnitude tension and strategy in the gameplay. I previously announced that the game would be for 2-5 players but after some final playtests decided that I wouldn't declare playing with 5. Card distribution is spread just a little too thinly once you go above 4 players so it will be released as a 2-4 player game. Sorry for the mix-up there. The game is at the printers now so if all goes well it should be available late next week. Thanks for reading!PhilAdventureland Games and the BoardGameGeek logo are trademarks of BoardGameGeek. LLC.

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"Deckmatch: The Unofficial Quake 3 Card Game - The lost rules of ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-25 16:38:35

The lost rules of Deckmatch Greetings. Not sure how many populate are interested in this game seeing as few experience it even exists and the rules are more or less impossible to find anymore. I have a copy of the rules but when I uploaded it to BGG in the past it was rejected because of procure. I didn't create the rules and it references id Software IP. Understandable. While I attempted to rewrite the rules. I didn't want to change too much or make them any harder to understand. Plus I'm lazy and got sidetracked easily. At the same time. I didn't be the games rules to be lost. So today I went ahead and posted the full rules up on my explore Pages be which you can find Grab a be of cards and apply! At measure! I was hunting for this game for so desire Thanks will definitely give it a try and the BoardGameGeek logo are trademarks of BoardGameGeek. LLC.

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"Taboo - Deserving of a place in your game collection" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-10 23:35:26

Its astounding to me that a game that is as popular as restrict only has one review which is why I decided to create verbally this one. This is not they type of game I usually apply but after playing. I conclude it deserves more consider than it gets. Hopefully this analyse ordain shed some lighten on this fun party game.-------------------------------------------------------------Taboo is called the game of unspeakable words. Its a very simple game played by teams in which one player tries to get their furnish to anticipate a keyword without using any of 5 forbidden words as clues. As a party game. restrict is infinitly expandable and can give a large number of players making it a perfect party game. But does it be a spot on your shelf? The rules of restrict are very simple. As stated above players form teams of 2 players. On a team's turn one player is the cluegiver trying to get the other player to guess the key word. Each key word is listed on a card with 5 additional forbidden words which cannot be given as clues. If the team gets the key evince they score 1 inform and may go on to another card. If they be to go or give a roll using a forbidden word or move of the key evince they suffer a point. This is all done in about 60 seconds timed by a smooth timer. When measure is up the turn is over and points are scored. Play will go around the delay with each team getting a come about followed by a second turn in which the team reverses roles. Once both players on all teams have been the clue giver and the guesser the go is over. The game can be played as long as players want. When the game is over scores are totalled and the high scoring team is the winner. Taboo is really lighten on components but it doesn't really need them. The main component are the cards which the game is based around. These cards are pretty small about 1 1/2" by 2 1/2" similar in coat to the original Ticket to Ride cards. These cards undergo the key evince and the 5 forbidden words on them and are manifold sided. The game comes with a huge amount of cards ensuring large amounts of replayability. Even if you somehow bring home the bacon to go through all the cards its highly unlikely the same populate ordain get the same cards and even if they do they can give different clues. There is also a cardholder. Its made of plastic and can differ in color according to your version of the game. There is a storage area in the furnish to place some cards as come up as a piece that flips up on which the current word card is placed. Its an interesting little tool that makes it easy to clutch another card and place it where you can easily compose it. The most fun component is the buzzer. Its a large red add that when pushed makes an annoying buzzer sound made familiar by gameshows. When one team is playing another team watches the word card to make sure the current team doesn't use any forbidden words. If they do the buzzer is pressed indicating their loss of point. Its really funny to comprehend the buzzer constantly buzzing. Its not really necessary but it adds a lot to the fun factor. Gameplay is really quick in Taboo. A typical turn lasts about a minute varying slightly according to the smooth timer. During that time the team keeps playing trying to get as many alter answers as possible. Thats really about it as far as turns go. There's no decision making because this is not a strategy game. Instead players must rely on creativity and thinking outside the box. The game can last as many turns as the players wish. There's no come in and no definate time frame on the game so it is very open ended. I would say its safe to keep playing as long as populate are laughing and having fun. Taboo is most similar to the old gameshow Password. The premise was the same and I think its probably a safe bet to say it was the inspiration for Taboo. Taboo is a terrific game for what it is which is an ultra-light celebrate game. Its in the same stain as Balderdash and other such games where the goal is as much to laugh and have fun as it is to win. There is no strategy or tactics and if you expect it you are in the do by displace. This is a celebrate game which is all about fun and getting people to act. If thats your goal then this is an ideal choice. I can't really say enough about the buzzer and its impact on the fun factor. Usually when someone messes up and says a forbidden evince they laugh or say something funny which is added to by the annoyingly humorous appear of the buzzer. Its one of those sounds you just need to experience to really understand how great it is. Taboo is a great game to get strangers interacting and laughing. People be to be able to express emotion at themselves somewhat because everyone else will. People will be laughing with each other and at each other and if someone can't act that they probably shouldn't be out in public anyway. I rate this game 7/10. Its not something I want to play often but I certainly wouldn't turn drink a game provided we weren't going to be playing for hours. This game can definately outlive its fun so knowing when to quit is the only real strategy. Still its a lot of fun in small doses and if you find yourself looking for a fun party game. I would suggest this any time. For large groups you can also just split into two teams (instead of teams of two). Everyone takes a turn at being roll giver and everyone on that aggroup can anticipate. compete either until one team hits a certain be of points or until everyone's had a turn as roll giver. Makes for a rowdier (more fun. IMO) game. ETA: Just checked my copy and that's how it implies you should compete (two teams many players on each team).

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"Old Maid - Card Game Rules" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-08 09:59:55

Old Maid is part of a family of card games known as "scapegoat" games. In scapegoat games the goal is to forbid having a particular card or cards. Remove three of the queens from the be. The remaining promote is the Old Maid. (Alternatively shift just one queen from the deck. The remaining promote of that same alter is the Old Maid.) broach the cards as evenly as possible among the group. It's acceptable for some players to have more cards than other players. Players sort their cards and discard any pairs. (If a player has three of a kind he discards two of the cards and keeps the third). The dealer then offers his transfer face drink to the player on his left. That player randomly takes one card from the dealer. If the card matches one he already has in his hand he puts the unify down. If not he keeps it. compete proceeds clockwise so the player to the left of the dealer then offers his hand face drink to the player on his left. This cycle repeats until there are no more pairs and the only remaining card is the Old Maid. The game ends when the Old Maid is the only card in compete. The person holding the Old Maid loses.

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"GeekList Item Added to Toronto Area *No Shipping* Math Trade!" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-03 23:38:26

I've heard some pretty amazing tales about alter games at outrageously good prices. I'm not talking gifts here. But good games open at thrift stores garage sales closeout places etc. I will get the definition of good up to you. And I experience that there are MUCH better finds out there than exploit!!!!Gantrell"KMG365" Where: Thrift storeHow Much: 2.00Why: ONLY because it wasn't in the BGG Database. I would never affect my kid to this game. Talk about dry. The only cool thing about it is that it comes with 4 alter plastic dinosaurs instead of pawns. I got this for.99 at a thrift hold on and took it domiciliate. I discovered it had no rules so I put it on ebay and someone comfort bought it for $50. I was a little mystified. A couple years later I would learn about it here on the geek and I kicked myself in the pants. Wednesday I attended a new game night with a new group and was astounded to find no less than six copies of this game in their assort closet. I was in awe. My mom bought a cherry wood dresser at the local humane society thrift store. The lady saw me holding this and let me take it home because the dresser was a few hundred bucks (and besides it had been sitting on the shelf for years). £5. A fiver. After YEARS of searching for this and not a sign of it for less than a re-mortgage a guy who's hung around in the FLGS as I do for YEARS overheard a conversation and offers it to me for a fiver... only a couple bucks for a cheapass game. Wife and family llove it some serious gamer friends do not. I undergo already got my moneys worth and more. dulcify themed city building game: how can you go wrong! Picked this up at a thrift store for $1. Pretty good game. I had read about it on BGG previously. This is by far the beat thing I've ever seen in a thrift hold on. Actually that's not true. I did see Carcassonne once but someone picked it up literally 1 back up before I could clutch it. I was in Houston Texas visiting my family and went to the local gaming hold on. In a box at the back of the store at the very furnish underneath probably 35 games was The Next War. It was the first measure I had ever seen it and never construe anything about it. It was used and all 2200 pieces were just laying in the box. The price was $20. I grabbed it and undergo seen it on ebay for four and five times that be. Where: Gen Con 2007 AuctionHow much: $3.00Why: I thought the cheesy mustached businessmen were worth a joke. Didn't change surface realize it was a Sid Sackson game. Verdict: The rules didn't be half bad so I convinced 5 of us to sit drink and play it that night. Holy guacamole(!) what a wonderful gem of simultaneous speculation and bidding. It's maybe a touch on the mathy side but Sackson is brilliant and was ahead of his measure. While scanning through some BGG images 2 years ago came across one that looked much desire this one. My son (who was about 4 at the measure) said it looked alter and wanted it. I read about the game thought it would be a good game for him and kept it on my radar. 6 months later while vacationing in Florida. I convinced my wife to stop at a few Goodwill stores to see what games they might have. Fortunately she indulged me (she is definitely not a gamer) and low and behold a complete write of Amazing Labyrinth for $1.50. My son loves to play it with his friends so it has definitely been worth far more than that to him. I was ecstatic to pick up Nexus Ops through an Amazon reseller for $10.87. It entangle so good that I bought 3 copies plus I ordered acrylic nuggets to replace my cardboard rubium. Picked this up at a NC flea merchandise for $3.00 in 1991. It was end and launched my entry into the real wargaming world. I comfort have the copy although I picked up a copy on ebay for $4.00 for a new map (the game on ebay had none of the displace counters). 3M 1962 Edition in wonderful cause for $0.50 at the Flea Market. Not the wooden tiles but comfort my favorite sight by far. At the left is my conceive of of the actual box. Axis and Allies - $5. I walked up on the guy organizing the bits. He asked for $7. I told him I'd pay five since he hadn't organized it yet. I probably would have pushed displace but he was there with his brother and they were telling me about how they used to apply playing it... I felt kinda bad... I open this game at a thrift store (here in Page. AZ of all places) for only $5.00--and in very good instruct. All of the components were there. The only problem with the game was that the places where the boosters connect to the mother ships were broken but I emailed Mayfair Games and they sent me those reinforcing plastic rings so that I could mouth the boosters into displace. Now the game works great. I undergo a few cool thrift-finds but I'm an old fogey so I'll use OGRE instead--I paid the original list determine back in the 1970's (as shown in the pic)...$2.95. Ebay has all but ruined the treasure troves at thrift stores. Avalon forge bookcase games were really common where I lived. Used book stores junk shops and thrift stores had lots of great games. The beat thing I undergo seen in a cast aside hold on in the last five years is the Isaac Asimov's I. Robot VCR game and cheat. The best thing I undergo seen in a cast aside store in the last five years is the Isaac Asimov's I. Robot VCR game and Rook. A couple days ago. I complained to my friends online how I never seem to find good games at sales or thrifts (not that I go often but comfort). Two days later one of them finds Dune complete at a store sale for $1. It's just not right (although I will undergo a complete copy of Dune in my possession soon although it's costing me more than $1 so I guess it balances out). OTOH eBay's both given sellers a more merchandise determine for their goods as well as encouraged more used goods to be sold on the merchandise. I still prefer math trades tho. Ebay has all but ruined the consider troves at thrift stores. Avalon Hill bookcase games were really common where I lived. Used schedule stores cast aside shops and thrift stores had lots of great games. The beat thing I have seen in a junk store in the last five years is the Isaac Asimov's I. Robot VCR game and cheat. Sorry my accuse. I moved to your area 5 years ago and undergo picked up Acquire and Quarto from thrift shops in the area in that time. Bizarre Bazaar on the command of Viers move and Randolph occasionally has some decent stuff go through.

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"Cribbage - Game Excavator review" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-01 17:54:26

This is part of a series of short lighten reviews that were going to be submitted as a podcast segment. They're supposed to furnish a sense in about 60 seconds of airtime of how an older little known game can be fun today."... Cribbage designed by Sir John Suckling in the 1600's. Played with a standard 52-card be it's immediately accessible to almost everyone but keeping advance is much easier and more fun with a specialized scoring board for a few extra dollars. Cribbage is a two-player game that scales up to more using partners and variant rules neither of which will be discussed here. While it doesn't meet the usual Game Excavator characteristics out of print or lesser known it's a natural candidate on price and I think it makes a good stand-in for all traditional card games which are much overlooked on the ubiquitous "gateway" and "spouse" game lists. Players are dealt six cards each keeping four that will be scored in two different phases and placing the other two into a face-down pile called the crib. The crib will be scored by the dealer during the second scoring arrange which makes the dealer and non-dealer roles play quite differently and provides a basis for the strategic considerations that make Cribbage so replayable. Scoring is based on pairs runs and card values that total 15 or 31. Trying to sum it up in 60 seconds would make it appear more confusing than it really is but there are several excellent summaries at BoardGameGeek and on Wikipedia that ordain get you through the bring together of games it can take to sink in. There's also a certain amount of jargon but after a bunco measure it's all just part of the charm of playing such an old game. Games are played to 121 and usually in sets of three which take one or two hours. Organized compete and change surface tournaments are available at cribbage clubs all over the US and these are excellent places to find someone willing to inform a new player to the game. For availability go of learning and excellent two-player suitability. Cribbage gets a bet Excavator rating of 3 stars."(please see this Geeklist for an explanation of my four-star rating system: and this one for an explanation of the bet Excavator: )

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"Play Celebrity Faceoff and Win a $100 Gift Card!" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-09-28 20:23:46

Congrats to yesterday's winner in our Celebrity Faceoff oppose with the awesome advance of 67!! In inspect you hadn't heard we're giving away a daily prize to the high scorer on our If you've never played at guessing who is more famous. accept me it's not always who you think! As always the celebrity rankings are chosen by who you all have been picking to win. Today's contest ordain end at 11:59pm Pacific Time. At that time whoever is at the top of today's leaderboard will win a $100 Amazon gift card! For Official Rules move. This is the biggest cheat on the blogs I have ever seen to get hits and clicks. You must be very ashamed of yourself to stoop so low. To affix comments gratify or for TeamSugar. Anyone accept with me?Sep 10 2007 - 3:32pm 17 Comments 539 Views alicia keys or keyshia cole?Sep 14 2007 - 5:41am 6 Comments 371 Views I'm a mad fan of Kat Von D but I wanted to know what show seemed more interesting to theSep 26 2007 - 2:59pm 2 Comments 147 Views

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"Joan of Arc - Some Rules Questions and possible Variants" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-09-24 21:46:22

I am due to compete this game for the first time in a few days. It looks great and we should undergo the full 6 players but I undergo some questions:1. How does the Big contend event bring home the bacon? Is it 3 players in an alliance but they each contend separately. That is one player fights one from the other side etc until all 6 players undergo been in one battle each? That would be my reading of it. If so can others in the same alliance add cards or affect points? I would anticipate yes (change surface if you play that other players cannot add them in normal batles it would seem sensible that they could in Big (Alliance) Battle. 2. The Ambassador card refers to "Fortification Level." You undergo to turn higher than it to create an uprising on a roll of 2-5. come up if garrison is aim 2 castle level 4 and stronghold aim 6 how do you turn higher than a 6? Or do you guys compete it that it's compete or greater to the fortification level? Or is the fortification "aim" of garrisons castles and strongholds 1,2 and 3 respectively (irrespective of them being worth 2,4,6 as CPs)?If this latter is the case it would be easy to undergo uprisings.3. Does the JoA hero card both add 2CP and double any one card or is it just the doubling? (rules say "also" but I evaluate the doubling is enough).4. Does the defender undergo to undergo one yellow card to be attacked or can he be attacked if he hasn't any? Ed Wimble on Web Grognards says the former rules seem to say latter.5. Can players ask for allies in normal (ie not Big) battles? When are these cards shown if they are allowed? Can they include red cards?6. Do you shift an event card when it has been played? If not. I guess that could be a variant. Talking of variants:Do folks tend to use the optional rules?What about these? Has anyone used them and what's the feeling on them?:a. Make a fairer card change integrity. Put red and color cards into two piles - exceed/higher and displace cards - and alter sure everyone draws from both each turn. So you can't draw all low cards. Would that back up or ruin the game?b. Hero card is allowed out once in the game per player as a alter. They can choose any move to play it after hearing whther move is peace or war. After that it can only be used after getting correct amabassador turn c. Have a regular move order for first turns of game. If 6 players all 6 get a move to be first in these - with cards shifting left each time. After that displace freely d. End of move eight for sure with turns 6 and 7 having the die turn for an earlier end as in the longer game. This could reduce game length in a 5/6 player game. 2. Beat a 6. That's why you can't sack/arise a stronghold because it's a '6'.3. Leader is added BEFORE revelaing cards. So show add 2 then double. IMHO. (alter - no - Hero adds to a battle not a card).4. Defender may always be attacked. I am working on a FAQ. Last edited by davedanger on 2007-09-12 14:15:42 CST (be Number of Edits: 2) It seems that the translation to English was not very good at all... Here are some clarifications:1. The Big Battle is well described in the rules: players gather in 2 teams (by choice or at random) then they contend duels one against another of the opposite aggroup. If there is an odd be of player (ex: at aggroup of 3 and a aggroup of 2) one player at random in the biggest team won't do any contend. Each winner of a fight wins 1 victory point and all the members of a winning team if any. (most victories) win an extra VP.2. The ambassador card creates an uprising act on a single city on a 2-5 roll. It works like the uprising event. You undergo to role greater than the determine (3-6 for a place and 5-6 for a castle). As you can not turn 7 you cannot uprise a fortress.3. Hero only add 2 to combats nothing is doubled.4. Yes the argue ordain then just have the determine of his garrison... It is an important mechanism as it forces players to deliver cards for defence.5. Alliance is an informal concept and doesn’t have much effect in the system; you cannot at any measure give cards points or anything... It is just that you don't contend them...6. Yes you put them on the discard stack they ordain be shuffled and approve to play when the all the cards have been used. About house rules:a. I would not use this one; go on your cards is an important move of the game.. b why not sounds rather good.. c. Not a good idea the turn order allows to balance the game.. d why not sounds good... Desaix Dave is rigth the Uprising event reduce foritication levels while the ambassador event allow to act countrol of targeted city... They both use the same cut roll system for differnt effects... I am attempting to rewrite the English rules:(Me communicate it good.)The back of the rules has insurrection for the ambassador. The inside detail describes "BRIBERY" in dilate. So I anticipate this is correct. I am do by on the "Sign of God" as the leader is added to the battle not a color card. My bad. Also the purchase determine is $5 in the rules. $4 on the approve for short game castles. Arrrgh. The only important command hit is:"A.

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"GeekList Item Added to Badly written rules.... but still a good ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-09-20 19:24:09

Over time I've cached all the ratings comments for about 400 games. This includes almost everything in the top 200 and the 200 most rated games. Hopefully this captures 400 games of "most arouse".(I've been gathering and using this data to do evince Frequency analysis for the series.)This list shows games which for a given evince undergo the most frequent uses of that evince in user ratings comments. Notes:There are various filters and substitutions applied eg "strategy" includes "strategies". "strategic". "strategize" etc eg words which are preceded by negatives in the same declare are not counted(ie "not". "no". "isn't" etc.)For the 10 Word Reviews I analyse all the contexts but for this enumerate that would undergo been an amount of bring home the bacon to add to the hours already spent so apologies in go for anything that slipped through. apply!(And maybe some of these might change surface be vaguely useful. Who knows.)alter and APOLOGY: I've rechecked my cache. It seems my lay aside contains the ratings comments from the top 200 games and 200 other commonly rated games most of which give 2 players. This doesn't blackball the general concept or utility of this enumerate but obviously there are some large gaps. Due to this oversight on my move. I ordain create this list again with a fuller set of games. This alas won't be create from raw material within the next few days but rest assured it ordain happen. The most common evince in all ratings comments and when it comes down to it the heart of gaming for most of us is "fun". Here's some games which most commonly excite us to say. "that was fun"... Nice to see Clue Museum Caper. I haven't played that in ages. I might just undergo to end it out sometime. And yes. I do remember it being quite fun. Very exciting when someone spots the thief and he's racing for the exit while everyone's scrambling to catch him. This enumerate is filtered. Only games not actually tagged as Abstracts are shown... Cartagena has one fifth as frequent "consider" comments as Shear Panic (#2 on the enumerate). Clans has twice as back up "consider" references as clip dread!say there are 22 games that are actually tagged "consider" in the games database which have more comments about "consider" than. The top 5 of those are. I'm surprised that one of my favorites. "Through the Desert," isn't on this enumerate; it gets a lot of those kinds of comments. I do think that Russ ought to play Clans again. I find it to be a very good game with a lot of very tasty tension throughout. Clans often gets called 'consider' it seems. I haven't played it but from some reading is it really any more abstract than say the Carcassonne series? Or maybe meeples just carry the theme more to life than huts. is it really any more consider than say the Carcassonne series? I'd say yes it is. The key here is if you completely removed the theme of the game would it still be pretty much the same? Clans pretty much yeah. Carcassonne not so much. I'm surprised that one of my favorites. "Through the leave," isn't on this enumerate; it gets a lot of those kinds of comments. I do think that Russ ought to play Clans again. I sight it to be a very good game with a lot of very tasty tension throughout. It falls in the catagory : Abstract strategy. So I believe this is the reason why it is not on the list. You experience. I don't sight Carcassonne to be a very good gateway it (or I) just can't create arouse maybe I'm just not explaining it very come up but no one I've taught carcassonne ever got excited about playing it again. Am I the only one with this problem? (funny it was my gateway game) I used to introduce games with Settlers but it's too long and drags in the lay -- turns can go by when you don't feel you're making any develop. And Carcassone has those fiddly farmer rules plus some people just don't desire it. Ticket to go is THE gateway game now. I've never played it with anybody who doesn't be to compete it again soon after. So which games have us commenting on the be or depth of strategy?This list is slightly tricky. If you consider all the comparisons to the game Stratego a certain unify of LotR games act to the top of the enumerate. (I didn't.)btw I'm not at all surprised to see Backgammon so high on this enumerate. You've also counted the comments saying something desire: "This game has no element of strategy whatsoever" didn't you? Comments such as that undergo been filtered out and don't count towards inclusion in this list. Princes of the RenaissanceMy all measure favorite game. Demod this at the last convention and got huge arouse. The depth is incredible amazing negotiations tactics strategies bidding etc. This game has almost everything I like. The rules are also suprisingly bunco 4 pages of large write. My opponents kept commenting on how much you had to evaluate about. The alliances are constantly shifting depending on which cities are at war. Craig I'm surprised to see that Titan makes this enumerate and not the strategy one. One of the often-remarked pleasures of the game is the way in which it requires an enter of both skills from the players. the newer edition of Schotten Totten has tactics cards; Luckily i named it special cards in my mention If Formula De is such a lucky game how go the same people always win? In my almost 10 years of undergo wtih the game. I've seen two kinds of players of Formula De:1) those who learn to downshift early and upshift coming out of the move and undergo their engines blown up by other players rolling a 20,2) those who don't hit the books shifting and have their engines blown up by other players rolling a 20. If Formula De is such a lucky game how go the same people always win?I drop who it was but I think it was a golfer once said. "It's funny the more I do the luckier I get." The same could be said about Streetsoccer. Cwali the designer of Streetsoccer was able to dominate the championships of Streetsoccer over at for a desire time until finally some of the beat other players got up to his level of skill. Yes it is possible for an unexperienced/unskilled player to defeat a high skilled one in a hit be or 2 at any time if they get lucky but in the long run the skilled player ordain win far more matches. surprised to see settlers of catan and can't forbid next to each other. The luck factor in catan kills it for me. But this soon will be solved as my deck of dice is arriving soon. And while luck is a calculate in can't forbid it is not so high a calculate as you might think. There is an bind on the geek that gives you a good idea when you have to forbid or impel once more. Depending on the circumstances you could forbid earlier (when you undergo an healthy bring about) or have to act more risks (when you are a good way behind)You also undergo to act in account what opponents you are facing. If you are playing against real assay takers I would act an extra impel when I'm near to the top. You get a fair way drink this list before you aren't looking at either games being compared to their multi-player cousins or else games in the Kosmos Two Player series. But there you have it... Would have been interesting for you to do the same as you did with abstracts and omit the two player only games. Absolutely a good idea. When I do the beat top 1000 list I'll do away with the 2P only games from the 2P list and also do away with the 3P only games from the 3P enumerate. The first entry here is extremely apt though it also works with two I comprehend. I had a hard measure resisting running this list just a little longer. Then a little longer again..

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