Please! I’m not the one to start it since I don’t know what’s going on. But I’d be interested since I’m always looking for updates and they can get lost in the bigger board game thread.
Amazon is currently offering pre-orders on Discworld: Ankh-Morpork for $39.57 with free shipping, which is only $0.37 more than CSI.
Amazon is also currently offering Wizards of The Coast Legend of Drizzt: A Dungeons and Dragons Board Game for $39.99. As an FYI, it sold out the first time they offered it at this price.
It’s too bad that Treefrog is the only place to get the CE for Discworld.
dogbert
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Look for a thirty something bald white guy with a belly. That will be me & 500 other people ;) If you hear a Scottish/texan accent, it’s likely me. My BGG username is fenners.
Big enough difference to not look at the “standard” edition?
From their website:
Treefrog have released a Collector’s Edition of the Ankh-Morpork game. This is only available directly from Treefrog.
As well as having a different box cover, wooden coins, a larger map (620mm x540mm as opposed to 520mm x 430mm), and a poster with artwork from the game, the Collector’s Edition avoids the use of the number eight (for reasons that should be well known to those versed in Discworld lore). It’s not a big change, but it does mean the production of a special 12 sided die and the separate printing of the cards just to make sure the one with 8 on it has 7a instead (Treefrog will go to any lengths for thematic accuracy!).
An image of the poster is available at the above link.
Amen to that. One of my top five!
The wooden bits and the board (about 3" bigger in both dimensions) are nice, but I want that specially made die that includes the number 7a.
The die is unique and nice to have, but the CE board doesn’t contain the number 8. So districts with $18 on the non-CE board instead have $17 on the CE board. Since all of the other districts have even dollar values, the CE edition rules didn’t account for halving $17 (per the designer, it halves to $9 as if the board showed $18). Also, how does the $1 difference affect balance?
But if I had money to burn, I’d purchase the Deluxe edition. :-)
I did not realize that.
How silly.
Though it’s meant to be a fairly light, chaotic and silly game, so I guess it doesn’t actually matter that much.
Anyone ever touch the grognard-y CDGs in GMT’s catalogue? I’ve played a few games of Twilight Struggle (which seems very well made) and a game of Wilderness War (which threw enough rules that I couldn’t gauge it in one play). Any feelings? Recommendations?
I like Sword of Rome quite a bit. It does an excellent job with the asymmetrical factions and working in historical events without being too slavish. Setting the scenario before the Romans dominate the Italian Peninsula is a nice change of pace from the usual Roman Empire fare.
GMT CDGs are quite good. Napoleonic Wars is a hoot, Wilderness War is quite fun, etc. For The People and Paths of Glory are classics. Here I Stand is supposed to be really, really good, and Successors is pure multiplayer chaos.
— Alan
What does CDG mean? Charles De Gaul airport? Collectible Dice Games?
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Paths of Glory is the classic. I also have For the People, but honestly have never gotten to play it. The river rules in it seemed a bit wonky, and it definitely approaches the “too complex for a simple wargame” point for me in reading the rules. (This is coming from someone who plays Advanced Squad Leader.)
Don’t forget Hannibal, which while not by GMT, is also revered.
Card-Driven Game, usually a game where a deck (or two) of cards are the main driving mechanic, though you still use a map, counters and/or standees, and potentially dice for various things.
— Alan
Ah. Not quite sure how I didn’t figure that out. Sword of Rome does that, so I guessed right at least! Sword of Rome is neat in that each faction gets it’s own deck.
I played a half-game of PBEM HIS, and I decided that I hate PBEM, but that the game seems excellent. Thematic as hell, asymmetrical sides with different things to do (if you’re the Pope, you have very different concerns than the Holy Roman Emperor), and pretty straightforward gameplay elements. Is it balanced if you play it a lot? Does it fizzle in the endgame? I have no idea. But it seems appealing.
The problem is, when are you ever going to get together with six friends who are into a many-hour ultra-hardcore gaming experience and willing to read a complex-ish rulebook ahead of time? If your answer is “pretty often,” I envy you. For me, it’s “basically never.”
Yeah. Sad isn’t it? I love such games but rarely get to play them. :-(
