The NEW New Boardgames Thread

[CountDeMoney]

Newly ordered:

Compass- Proud Monster Deluxe(pre-order)

So it's out.  Thoughts?

[Ed Anger]

Newly ordered:

Compass- Proud Monster Deluxe(pre-order)

So it's out.  Thoughts?

I've only opened the box and checked to see if everything is there. It does look nicer than the original Command Mag version.

[The Brain]

Bought the Emerald Empire and Enemies Of The Empire books for Legend Of The 5 Rings 4th Ed. Very nice books, just like the rulebook. Lots of book for your buck, too bad I probably won't get to play the game.

[CountDeMoney]

Bought the Emerald Empire and Enemies Of The Empire books for Legend Of The 5 Rings 4th Ed. Very nice books, just like the rulebook. Lots of book for your buck, too bad I probably won't get to play the game.

No, probably not;  but it makes for fun reading.

[Tamas]

I was on a buying spree recently (btw, coolstuffinc worked magnificently, by keeping just under a hundred bucks I avoided both tariff and VAT, yay!), and my funnest aquisition is a (yeah Berk, I know) solitaire space strategy: Struggle for the Galactic Empire:




It is one of those games where the random events manage to present a narrative, and I often preferred the story aspect in games, so it is quite nice. But it is far from being devoid of any decision-making.

In it, you rule a galaxy-spanning empire, in various states of decline, depending on the scenario.Depending on how fucked up the internal situation (represented by a Chaos Index), you draw a number of events per turn. There is a lot of them. Mere rebellions, invaders, independent empires (also simpleton rebels can end up forming their own independent empires), various aliens (like Alien-ish killing machines, or V'ger-ish megaprobes, and the like), usurpers, the chance to install a WH40K-ish immortal cyber-emperor etc.

There are two types of combat: the actual "combat" and the political/psych/whatever conversion of the opponents. Obviously the cheapo units specialize in one, and can get easily wiped by the other combat if caught on the defensive, plus there is the Imperial Guard which is half-decent in both, plus the World Ships which are expensive like hell but are very nice (if slow) units.

Another interesting unit is the Transhumans, representing an evolution of humans. Their combat values depend on the chaos index and the side they are on.

And of course there are rules regulating the various types of chaos units but they are pretty straightforward, and they do fight each other if encountered, so as I said, while a lot of it is random, and the management is as macro as it can get, nice situations and narrative can appear.

[The Brain]

Did you play it yet? I own it but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

[Tamas]

Did you play it yet? I own it but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

yes! Took a couple of games to not forget any rules. Last time I won a long version of the first scenario (you start with much chaos but everything still under Empire control, and you only win if you retain control of every system and having the chaos index at or below 10), mostly by luck of events. Especially because once I had a very low chaos index, I drew the god-emperorish event (where you can install a WH40Kish immortal cyber-emperor), which halves chaos index changes.

Right now I am in a much more interesting session of the same scenario. I gradually decreased the chaos index (starts at 80, over 100 is game over), while an Independent Empire grew up in the Alpha Quadrant, with a big but totally combat-oriented fleet. I grew greedy and unleashed a Control Group (think badass Hansmeisters) army on them to convert that huge force to myself, but rolled horribly both for my attack, then the following regular combat defeat (the latter wasn't that hard, I merely had a couple of starfleets as escort), ending up with the majority of my entire armed forces totally wiped out. Chaos index rose big time, eliminating all my work.

But since then I have managed to defeat this local empire, and survived a general mutiny as I had no money reserves when the "troops demand pay" event came up. Have discovered the stargate tech in an expedition but seriously lack the money to build some. Etc.

Good game.

[The Brain]

Nice.

[Habbaku]

Man, I love public records :

[Ed Anger]

I assume a shitstorm is brewing at consimworld? I'll also assume the guy at GMT fondling underage girls is being brought up?

[Habbaku]

Nah, RHB came up and someone made a crack about his being disbarred.  So, I being myself, I asked if anyone had the story.  They linked me that.

[The Brain]

Lot5R got me in an Asian mood. I ordered Ikusa (Shogun) and A Most Dangerous Time.

My money is going. I can feel it.

Edit: I never played Shogun back in the day btw.

[Tamas]

Played Android today with 4 friends. Interesting game, quite unique.

I was playing the corrupt cop, in serious guilt over the death of my partner, for which the cause was me being away due to bribery, and trying to save his marriage, which was in a crisis for exactly the same thing. While I tried to subtly build up evidence against the guy I suspected for the game's murder case (and I did manage: the guys were so busy fighting over the other suspects they cancelled each others' evidences out and my guy was determined to be the perpetrator at the end, even if barely), I took good care of personal issues. First I managed to make my crime boss let me leave his side of the business, out of my guilt, then saved my marriage

I did not care much for the third aspect of the game, the puzzle game of figuring out the conspiracy behind the murder, but I did not need to. With the perpetrator being my hunch, and my personal triumphs, I won the game.

But, since it was a first for almost all of us, it took a long fucking time. Also in part because of all the possible options make this game hard to play with sufferers of Analysis Paralysis.

[dps]

Nah, RHB came up and someone made a crack about his being disbarred.  So, I being myself, I asked if anyone had the story.  They linked me that.

What folder was that in?

[The Brain]

Played Android today with 4 friends. Interesting game, quite unique.

I was playing the corrupt cop, in serious guilt over the death of my partner, for which the cause was me being away due to bribery, and trying to save his marriage, which was in a crisis for exactly the same thing. While I tried to subtly build up evidence against the guy I suspected for the game's murder case (and I did manage: the guys were so busy fighting over the other suspects they cancelled each others' evidences out and my guy was determined to be the perpetrator at the end, even if barely), I took good care of personal issues. First I managed to make my crime boss let me leave his side of the business, out of my guilt, then saved my marriage

I did not care much for the third aspect of the game, the puzzle game of figuring out the conspiracy behind the murder, but I did not need to. With the perpetrator being my hunch, and my personal triumphs, I won the game.

But, since it was a first for almost all of us, it took a long fucking time. Also in part because of all the possible options make this game hard to play with sufferers of Analysis Paralysis.

Own it, haven't played it yet.