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Colorcrayons wrote:
is it like the original but updated for new rules?san il defanso wrote: For the first time in my life I've managed to land a weekly D&D group, which has made me feel better about spending money on that part of the hobby. To that end I picked up the Tomb of Annihilation module, hopefully to DM it later this year.
Slow going through my first read through, but it's basically a hex crawl set in Chult, with lots of undead. Cool!
It's different from Tomb of Horrors, which got an updated 5e release last year in Tales From the Yawning Portal. This is much more of a full-fledged adventure that goes from levels 1-11 (so it says on the back).
It does have the same lich running the titular tomb though, which would be Acererac.
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I might be able to beg someone to play it besides my wife. NFW would she pick it for fun, and it would take too much begging on my part to make her play it.
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hotseatgames wrote: I ordered Fantasy Realms after reading Charlie's review. It sounds fun!
This game is totally underrated and another victim of Wizkids not promoting. One of the most satisfying 10 minute games I've played.
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Arkham Horror Card Game - Way late to the party on this. We'll see if she's into it. If so, and we finish what's in the box, I guess I get to figure out where to go from there with all the stuff that's come out since.
Mythos Tales - Even though this has been out for a while I think I got the first printing that I know has a fair amount of mistakes in it? Gonna need to make sure that's the case and then figure out how to best integrate the errata without spoiling things.
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Recently have bought:
Lords of Hellas + Terrain expansion: One of those that I wish I'd known about during Kickstarter. Probably a game that as it catches on more and more will be spoken of in more revered tones.
Roll Player + Expansion: I like dice. I like dice drafting and placement. I like the theme, it's so meta. We played it at DTC and I decided would be a good one to have. The expansion I have not tried but supposedly gives you something to do with the character you've created at the end.
VAST + Bonus Cards + Miniatures Expansion: Totally based off watching playthroughs and reading about the asymmetrical play. A great theme and new, even weird mechanics that work deserve to be rewarded. Maybe I'll get burned and won't like this as much as I think, but I've had some juuusssst near misses in this category for a long time (Dungeon Twister, Dungeon Heroes). Hopefully this is good fun.
Scythe stuff: One of my favorite designs of the past few years. There was stuff I didn't have yet including pre-ordering the new legacy-style expansion.
My Little Scythe: Because fuck yeah, I want to play Scythe with my kids. So fuck yeah.
Rush n' Bash + Winter expansion: Looks like Mario Kart the board game, but good this time. (Also another category where there have been near misses.) There was a bundle special on this at DTC.
Thanos Rising: Nice cooperative dice game. Amazing family game.
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A: The box, apparently.
I came across a copy of Twilight Imperium 4e that was heavily marked down, from AU$260 to AU$140. What was wrong with it? Well, the shrink wrap had split, and the box lid had been torn in one corner. No warped cardboard, no lost/damaged pieces, the only thing that was wrong was the box. Everything else was in mint condition, so I bought that and a roll of thick cellotape for a further AU$0.50, and I walked away a very happy man!
Gotta love nerds and their OCD...
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ChristopherMD wrote: Got an Amazon gift card from work so I ordered This War of Mine: The Board Game to add to my solo library.
Brilliant game, hope you enjoy it.
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We played it today and it's a really fun cross between Incan Gold and Mille Bornes with great artwork. You travel into the labyrinth a certain distance to the treasure room and have to travel back out. You play monster cards on other players; if you have a monster card in front of you then you're stuck until you play character cards to kill the monster with die rolls. Some treasures you get are also weapons that help. Once a player gets out the game wraps up quick with treasures and distance penalties for not traveling the same distance in and out.
I dig it.
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- Erik Twice
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This year it wasn't that great. I found a bunch of games that were on my list, but prices were high and I put them back pretty quickly. There's really no reason to buy an used copy of Unlock at 28€ when a new one is literally one euro more. I almost walked away empty-handed but as I was about to leave I saw a copy of Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective for 25€ and grabbed it. There was also a deluxe copy of Pax Porifiana that grabbed me, but I decided to save the money for either Bios: Megafauna, High Frontier or the upcoming deluxe edition of Pax Renaissance.
There were a couple games that were expensive but that tempted me. There was a copy of Greed Incorporated for 90€, but I decided it was a gamble and I did not want to especulate. There was also a copy of Titan with "Titan miniatures" attached for 60€ which was probably a steal but, again, it was a big gamble and I was not in the mood of speculating.
Either way, I'm superhappy because I took a bunch of comics and other nerdy stuff and managed to sell the vast majority of it. I sold stuff I hadn't used in more than a decade, which makes me kind of proud.
Now the question is whether to buy a boardgame I like or save up a bit to finish my gaming setup. I only need a couple things (RGB Capture card and a big Switcher for all the cables) and between the money I saved up by not buying games and the money I got by selling I could get one of those things. It's crazy to think there's such a thing as a "complete" gaming setup but I'm getting awfully close.
Of course, if I sell my Magic cards I could get everything.
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