They are on my list to try.
I did buy King Domino today. $17 cheap!
Have had Vita and Tusc for a few years. Pull the game out occasionally, good game. Not my top Euro either but I will keep them…and I dont keep many games.
I played Steampunk Rally which is a racing game…only you play as historical inventors/scientists like Tesla or Einstein, and you build/race giant steam-junk abominations that are modular but can fall to pieces as you take damage at certain parts of the track. Like on the last stretch I fired all my jet boosters, fully exhausted by heat sink, and flooded by treads with stream so I blasted forward a great distance but my entire rig basically exploded into pieces as I crossed the finish line with just me in the cockpit.
Yay. Boardgames are a dangerous hobby. There are always so many more to try; before you know it, you live in a house full of cardboard. Camel Up is the more chaotic and silly fun of the 2. If both are on the list, I’d start with that one. I’ve yet to find a group who hasn’t enjoyed the crazy and dramatic race reversals messing up with their plans.
Is this an expansion for Darkest Night second edition?
I hadn’t heard about that game, but this TDG review makes it sound like a somewhat fun night hunting evil.
He does complain about wonkiness and non intuitive rules though; also having to constantly look through the rule book which is not that well put together. Would you agree with that complaint? They can be a turn off when playing with my kids.
Interestingly, he liked it better solo.
Wendelius
I think it’s a conversion pack, that brings the 1st edition up to 2nd edition standards.
I got my 2nd edition the other day, so far I have punched and sorted everything and read the rules. The rules seemed fine to me; I mean it’s not a very complex game. But then I just came off learning Pendragon… ;)
I bought it to play solo, though the kickstarter was so long ago my tastes changed and I am kind of over the whole ‘play 4 sides yourself’ thing. :)
It’s a kind of add-on for converting a first edition into a second edition.
It was the first bigger solo game I’ve ever played and I learned the rules in no time. Some of the special powers of some of the characters are sometimes a bit difficult to understand (at least for me) but all in all I found the game rather simple and I’m easily intimidated by rulebooks (If only anyone could teach me High Frontier…). I always choose my characters blindly and then have to figure out how to play with the ones I’ve got.
So long story short: I like it a lot.
I can’t say a lot about multiplayer games. Could be that you have to deal with a bit of downtime. I guess I’m with Tom on this: Tom’s review.
Hey, if you want to try to start another forum game, I’m in. I find the game plays best at that speed and the forum format allows for rules discussions.
I don’t consider Darkest Night particularly complex and after a game or two I’ve almost never felt the need to reference the rules. I can see preferring it solo since there are characters whose abilities are nearly pure support that might not be all that fun as one’s sole character (though at any player count below four one could simply assign that character to someone alongside a more active character). I still struggle to find boardgames a good use of my solitaire time as the set up and tear down are invariably cumbersome compared to having other hands to help, much less the nearly instant startup time of the (literally) thousands of videogames clamoring for my attention, but I will say Darkest Night, alongside Sentinels of the Multiverse and explicitly solitaire games like Nemo’s War, has been one of the few where it’s felt at least vaguely worth doing so.
I’m a little surprised an experienced board gamer would consider DN rules heavy. I’d consider it medium weight at most, and possibly a shade or two lighter.
I will say that one of the many great things about second edition is that it contains a faq that has done a great job of answering any question I have had about the characters and their powers quickly and efficiently.
Kingdom Death Monster takes 10 minutes or less for a single hunt, and that’s just using the provided insert. With customs inserts it’s closer to 5. I spend more time clearing the table to place the game in…
Of course this depends whether you consider equipping your guys to be setup or gameplay, but since you are taking decisions at that point, I go with gameplay.
Unicornus Knights is slightly fiddlier but not by much. 10 minutes is definitely doable once you have practice. Spirit Island is not that bad either.
But stuff like Dawn of the Zeds or Eldritch Horror definitely takes a lot of time and it influences how often I decide to play.
10 minutes is still 9 minutes and 40 seconds longer than it takes to start most videogames.
So I ordered that kickstarter Duchess gaming table… it seems like I won’t see it for months, had to reorg the gaming room to make room for it.
Rising Sun painting has begun.
GMT just announced the second 18xx game they’re publishing – its 1862! Their previously published 18xx game, 1846, is one of my favorite games in my collection. Its the game that made me fall in love with business/share-holding games. Needless to say, this is a must-preorder for me.
On a seperate note, does anyone know if 1830 is ever going to get reprinted? I would love to get my hands on this classic, but its impossible to get where I live.
I wouldn’t hold my breath for a 1830 reprint. 18xx publishing is a labor of love, it doesn’t have the $$$ potential that Asmodee needs to see. Even if they somehow get to continue publishing the occasional 18xx, I bet it’d be a totally separate game.
Why do you want a copy of 1830 in particular? Obviously it has some historical significance, but everything it does is done better by some modern variant. It’s just not a game that I’d ever pull out these days if playing an 18xx face to face. (Online play, sure. And for playing against an AI it’s the only option).
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/357/1830+Railroads+%26+Robber+Barons.html
It’s freaking amazing how much they got into this game, especially considering it runs at 320x200. It has AI, random maps, optional rules, everything. It’s hard to look at, but functional, and doesn’t have any bugs I’m aware of.
I own two 18xx games 1846 and 1830. 1830 is my favorite and it is probably due, in large part, to the simtex PC game. I appreciate how simple and deadly 1830 is. I’ve played more modern 18xx games and I haven’t been more taken with them. There are a lot I haven’t played so that statement doesn’t mean a whole lot. 1846 is very different and I do like what’s going on there. Between the two I am not sure I really need any more 18xx games in my collection.
And hey they’re no John Company (my latest game interest) ;)
Tom Mc