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ubarose wrote: Have we talked about Wasteland Express? Why don’t we have a review for Wasteland Express? Someone should jump on that.
I remember Charlie being lukewarm on this. It does look cool.
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ubarose wrote: Have we talked about Wasteland Express? Why don’t we have a review for Wasteland Express? Someone should jump on that.
I remember Charlie being lukewarm on this. It does look cool.
I never agree with Charlie.
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Orongo - A Knizia auction game that everyone dismissed, but would have been loved if it came out 10 (20?) years earlier. Admittedly, there are some
The Insider - A very quick social deduction game that combines elements of Werewolf with 20 Questions. It's been a huge hit with every group I've taught it to, gamers or not. The small box original should sell for $20, but since it's frequently out of print you'll see scalpers selling for 4x that. Just wait, it'll drop down again. There's also Werewords, which is apparently a complete rip-off of the game, but I have no experience with it and I'd rather support the original.
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ubarose wrote: Ethnos is great. I need to get my own copy.
Charlie doesn’t like Ethnos, so there’s that.
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I’ve been meaning to check out Orongo.
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ubarose wrote: Ethnos is great. I need to get my own copy.
Charlie doesn’t like Ethnos, so there’s that.
See, I am the Anticharlie.
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This is one where it shares the same design space as Tsuro, yet this is one of Knizia's better, if unoriginal, designs.
The hex tile placement offers more avenues, and the goal is to leave the board instead of attempting to remain on it.
Last but not least, Ravensburger really went the full nine yards to make this game be the definition of lavish. It's fit for a majarajah to play.
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It has the strange terminology of a centuries old folk card game (which is what they were shooting for) but is actually a very good variant on Casino and similar games of card collection.
Despite being based on a game shown in a Decemberists' film clip - there's actually been a bit of thought put into it. It's certainly one of the best kickstarter games I have.
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I do like Wasteland Express, but I had several criticisms. I reviewed it at Ars Technica. The campaign sucks and the game is a little repetitive. With an expansion it will be pretty damn good. I kept it because the designers mentioned an expansion was coming.
In its current state though, you're better off playing Merchants and Marauders or Xia with expansion.
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ubarose wrote:
Josh Look wrote:
ubarose wrote: Ethnos is great. I need to get my own copy.
Charlie doesn’t like Ethnos, so there’s that.
See, I am the Anticharlie.
Better than being the Anti-Elvis (Michael J. Fox has no Elvis in him.)
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trif wrote: I really think Illimat is kind of passed over despite being a more promising game than it appears.
It has the strange terminology of a centuries old folk card game (which is what they were shooting for) but is actually a very good variant on Casino and similar games of card collection.
Despite being based on a game shown in a Decemberists' film clip - there's actually been a bit of thought put into it. It's certainly one of the best kickstarter games I have.
Illimat is fantastic. I’ve got a group where a week doesn’t go by where we don’t take it out to finish off the night.
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I'd also add:
Tiefe Taschen - This may blow up with the impending North American release, although the new setting sucks
A Tale of Pirates - One of the best real-time, family weight games around
Battlestations (2nd Edition) - Excellent re-release of this classic
Sidereal Confluence - This is getting its due now and becoming more popular
Wartime - This game was DOA. I cherish my copy.
Vengeance - Love this take on the revenge film from 2017.
Hypergrid - You've never heard of this and it's not even available in North America, but it's the best modern abstract.
Codex - Sirlin sucks, but this game is great.
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I saw a copy of Vengeance at a game store... I'd like to try that one.
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