The NEW New Boardgames Thread

[celedhring]

Anyone check out SpaceCorp yet?
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/214029/spacecorp

Also anyone following The Tainted Grail?
http://awakenrealms.com/games/tainted-grail-the-fall-of-avalon/

I backed Tainted Grail. My group enjoys story-heavy games and this seemed fairly unique.

I was/am fairly interested in the idea, but am pretty gunshy about Kickstarter these days. If it turns out to be good, I'll definitely buy it second-hand.

Most of the games I get nowadays are from KS or P500. It's the place where I can find somewhat unique stuff, regular publishers seem to have stagnated creatively (with exceptions, of course).

[Habbaku]

Anyone check out SpaceCorp yet?
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/214029/spacecorp

I have it and am itching to try it - will certainly get some play at NBW in a couple weeks.

You should make sure yours isn't missing any cards. Apparently some are.

[11B4V]

Anyone check out SpaceCorp yet?
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/214029/spacecorp

I have it and am itching to try it - will certainly get some play at NBW in a couple weeks.

I'll be interested in your assessment

[Tamas]

Anyone check out SpaceCorp yet?
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/214029/spacecorp

Also anyone following The Tainted Grail?
http://awakenrealms.com/games/tainted-grail-the-fall-of-avalon/

I backed Tainted Grail. My group enjoys story-heavy games and this seemed fairly unique.

I was/am fairly interested in the idea, but am pretty gunshy about Kickstarter these days. If it turns out to be good, I'll definitely buy it second-hand.

Most of the games I get nowadays are from KS or P500. It's the place where I can find somewhat unique stuff, regular publishers seem to have stagnated creatively (with exceptions, of course).

I am not sure cramming as many plastic toys into your game as humanly possible counts as creativity.

[Syt]

Possibly of interest to some people here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbWzl1ucfuA&feature=youtu.be

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1957090458/war-room-a-larry-harris-game

[celedhring]

I am not sure cramming as many plastic toys into your game as humanly possible counts as creativity.

Missed this. 

Yeah, there's loads of "bucket of minis" KS projects, but a lot of really creative stuff too. There's such a ludicrous amount of coming out on KS any given month (the bubble has to burst at some point surely) that there's always interesting projects.

[The Larch]

We started a campaign of Gloomhaven on friday in my group. Now that game is massive! The box weights like 10 kilos, no BS. It appears to be a modern version of Hero Quest on steroids. The system took a bit to get used to, and play was not super efficient at times, but it looks to have some great long term value.

[celedhring]

We started a campaign of Gloomhaven on friday in my group. Now that game is massive! The box weights like 10 kilos, no BS. It appears to be a modern version of Hero Quest on steroids. The system took a bit to get used to, and play was not super efficient at times, but it looks to have some great long term value.

My favorite game right now, got a session this afternoon 

[The Brain]

Gloomhaven is the shit.

[The Larch]

Happy to hear that more people here is playing it. In which mission are you guys at? Which are your characters?

[The Brain]

We've played fewer than ten missions. Using the Brute, Tinkerer, Scoundrel, and Mindthief.

Also: if anyone posts any Gloomhaven spoilers without using spoiler tags I will find you. And I will kill you. I do this for a living.

[The Larch]

We've played fewer than ten missions. Using the Brute, Tinkerer, Scoundrel, and Mindthief.

Also: if anyone posts any Gloomhaven spoilers without using spoiler tags I will find you. And I will kill you. I do this for a living.

Is the overall story that important? I've only played the first mission, but it seemed quite generic fantasy so far. Is there anywhere where one can read about the background?

[celedhring]

What I like about the campaign is that it has loads of sidequests. We've played 15 missions but have barely advanced the main story, instead we followed a sidequest involving evil cults and evil-er demons, plus a few standalone missions.

The writing in Gloomhaven is above average for boardgame standards - which are not particularly high so don't expect anything groundbreaking. What I like is that the creator hasn't gone with generic races (dwarves, elves, etc...) so the game has a certain flavor to it. As you progress in the main campaign you come across a lot of information about the setting's history, so I wouldn't go out of my way to read it elsewhere.

[The Brain]

We've played fewer than ten missions. Using the Brute, Tinkerer, Scoundrel, and Mindthief.

Also: if anyone posts any Gloomhaven spoilers without using spoiler tags I will find you. And I will kill you. I do this for a living.

Is the overall story that important? I've only played the first mission, but it seemed quite generic fantasy so far. Is there anywhere where one can read about the background?

I don't know what the overall story is. And I don't want to know.

[The Brain]

Is Highlander any good?