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[PRC]

Has anyone here played "Friedrich"?  I picked it up in a bargain bin for $15.00 recently.

[frunk]

Friedrich's one of my favorites.  The rules are pretty easy, only a few exceptions, games take 2 1/2-5 hours each, but expect some lopsided victories the first few times you play.  If you are looking for a wealth of historical detail in the battles you won't find it, combat is heavily abstracted.  The map is a beautiful thing in and of itself.  Playing as Friedrich is a stressful but rewarding experience, you are continually under pressure from every player.

Check and see if you have first or second edition,  the major differences are that the second edition fixed a couple of errors on the map, uses better counters for marking control, and has both a German and English Deck of Fate.

[PRC]

Friedrich's one of my favorites.  The rules are pretty easy, only a few exceptions, games take 2 1/2-5 hours each, but expect some lopsided victories the first few times you play.  If you are looking for a wealth of historical detail in the battles you won't find it, combat is heavily abstracted.  The map is a beautiful thing in and of itself.  Playing as Friedrich is a stressful but rewarding experience, you are continually under pressure from every player.

Check and see if you have first or second edition,  the major differences are that the second edition fixed a couple of errors on the map, uses better counters for marking control, and has both a German and English Deck of Fate.

Thanks, that's good to hear. I don't know what edition I have, i'll have to check later.

[Habbaku]

New game (due out in November) for Seedy to buy and never play.  I think I'll be getting this.  Battalion-level, team game for Normandy!

http://www.gmtgames.com/p-213-the-battle-for-normandy.aspx

[PDH]

Of course, a King Tiger on the sample counters...

[CountDeMoney]

New game (due out in November) for Seedy to buy and never play.  I think I'll be getting this.  Battalion-level, team game for Normandy!

http://www.gmtgames.com/p-213-the-battle-for-normandy.aspx

Hmmm, veddy interestink.  The map layout is practically the same one from The Longest Day--

--which, while an oldie but a goodie, suffers from age.   And those goddamned German unit designations I could never get a handle on.

Did you ever get The Killing Ground and the Overlord expansion?  FWIW, a top notch production by NES on the same scale.

[PDH]

It does have that map layout...I wonder if has those hidden little Ost-Battalion setup sites on the map that one can never find?

[Habbaku]

Did you ever get The Killing Ground and the Overlord expansion?  FWIW, a top notch production by NES on the same scale.

Nope.  Certainly on the radar, though.  I'm hoping to get a look at a copy up close (and maybe read the rules) before I buy.

[Scipio]

I bought A Touch Of Evil. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35815

I am not sure why they bother with an original music CD (just like in Last Night On Earth), but the game itself should be cool.

Which of the two is better, IYHO?

[The Brain]

I bought A Touch Of Evil. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35815

I am not sure why they bother with an original music CD (just like in Last Night On Earth), but the game itself should be cool.

Which of the two is better, IYHO?

I have only played Earth twice and Evil once, but I would say Earth. There is more player interaction in Earth (since the bad guys are player controlled) and Evil is a bit like a simplified version of Arkham Horror (not necessarily a bad thing, but for instance the challenges encountered on the cards feel samey compared to the more varied cards in Arkham).

They are both fun games, though probably not with extreme replayability.

[The Brain]

Just got Space Hulk. Heavy box. Great new game smell. Nice detailed figures, but obviously the Space Marines are packed with GW's patented OTT accessories. "I'm going into combat in space, of course I must look like a christmas tree"

Never played Space Hulk back in the day, haven't read the rules yet.

[Tamas]

Just got Space Hulk. Heavy box. Great new game smell. Nice detailed figures, but obviously the Space Marines are packed with GW's patented OTT accessories. "I'm going into combat in space, of course I must look like a christmas tree"

Never played Space Hulk back in the day, haven't read the rules yet.

are they pre-painted? are the rules solitaire-friendly?

[The Brain]

Just got Space Hulk. Heavy box. Great new game smell. Nice detailed figures, but obviously the Space Marines are packed with GW's patented OTT accessories. "I'm going into combat in space, of course I must look like a christmas tree"

Never played Space Hulk back in the day, haven't read the rules yet.

are they pre-painted? are the rules solitaire-friendly?

No. I know dick about the rules.

[Syt]

If it's a remake of the original Space Hulk (of which I played the C64 version called Space Crusade) then yes, it should be. The enemies are controlled by a set of rules and chances. Only the space marines are human controlled IIRC. So in single player you can go in with a single squad. Of course the game is much more fun when you have to compete for the objective. 

[Habbaku]

Wasn't there a free version of this posted online somewhere, complete with decent graphics?