The NEW New Boardgames Thread

[Maladict]

Empire of the Sun is here 

After paying 35 euros import duties at the post office

[Ancient Demon]

Triumph and Tragedy was just released by GMT games. It looks pretty good.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/130960/triumph-and-tragedy

[11B4V]

Finally got Winter Storm. The last I need to fill out the series.

Winter Storm
Edelweiss
Last Victory
Prelude to Disaster

[Tamas]

Churchill now has a VASSAL module. I am awaiting it to be available in Europe to buy my copy, but if somebody has the game, we should do a Languish AAR game of it, should be fun.

[Tamas]

You guys are a bore.


So has anyone checked out Triumph and Tragedy yet? Unlike Churchill, my only chance of playing it would be Languish, but I am still wondering as it looks very intriguing.

[Ancient Demon]

You guys are a bore.


So has anyone checked out Triumph and Tragedy yet? Unlike Churchill, my only chance of playing it would be Languish, but I am still wondering as it looks very intriguing.

I just mentioned that game three posts ago in this thread, but was ignored.

[Delirium]

I was at a mini-convention last weekend and played https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163172/waterloo-1815-fallen-eagles

Great, great game, just the right level of detail for me and beautiful game visually. Best game I played this year.

There were games of Triumph and Tragedy and Churchill going on contiuously over the weekend and all players seemed to enjoy T&T more. Two guys I know who are notoriously picky wargamers ran in three consecutive games of T&T and were very impressed with it.

Personally I bought Churchill and am reading the rules now, the topic interests me more than T&T. It may be that T&T is easier to get into at a convention for new players.

[frunk]

I haven't played either, but my friends that have dislike Churchill and like T&T.

[Berkut]

I played Churchill at WBC.

I actually really like it as a game - but it is almost designed to make three people hate each other. So that maybe isn't so great...

[Tamas]

What really intrigues me about TandT is all the claims that its a very tight rule system. Usually games trying to cover the same topic are bloated rule-nightmares

[frunk]

I played Churchill at WBC.

I actually really like it as a game - but it is almost designed to make three people hate each other. So that maybe isn't so great...

Their major complaint seems to be that there isn't enough incentive for the Western Allies to fight the war in Europe (in particular Normandy).  Not enough benefit for themselves and too much benefit for the SU.

[The Brain]

I played Churchill at WBC.

I actually really like it as a game - but it is almost designed to make three people hate each other. So that maybe isn't so great...

Their major complaint seems to be that there isn't enough incentive for the Western Allies to fight the war in Europe (in particular Normandy).  Not enough benefit for themselves and too much benefit for the SU.

History is a bitch.

[Tamas]

I played Churchill at WBC.

I actually really like it as a game - but it is almost designed to make three people hate each other. So that maybe isn't so great...

Their major complaint seems to be that there isn't enough incentive for the Western Allies to fight the war in Europe (in particular Normandy).  Not enough benefit for themselves and too much benefit for the SU.

The designer has posted a long analysis on why that is not true. He sounded convincing.

[frunk]

The designer has posted a long analysis on why that is not true. He sounded convincing.

Could be.

[Habbaku]

I played Churchill at WBC.

I actually really like it as a game - but it is almost designed to make three people hate each other. So that maybe isn't so great...

Only if one of them is really unreasonable or doesn't like negotiating.  Treating Churchill as a game that you can just play by the rulebook and ignore the other players is bound to make for a poor game.