Recommend me a board game?

Bahimiron · 2011-12-25T21:46:52.000Z

Dave Perkins:

Boston, right?

Yep. PA is a long drive to fulfill my vengeance oath.

mkozlows · 2011-12-25T22:39:55.000Z

Two Sheds:

My QT3 secret santa got me THUNDERSTONE this year. Never would have bought it myself but what the hey, I like deckbuilding. Just played the first game with my wife and holy crap, that was a lot of fun! And close, too. She beat me by two measly victory points that I would have had on my next turn if she hadn’t thrown the last fight to end the game.

My only problem with Thunderstone is that “dungeon vs. town” is rarely an actual choice. If you can beat the dungeon, you do; if not, you go to town. And you can do the math upfront, since there’s no random element, so if you’re at all close, it ends up being at least slightly AP-ish for everyone else as you sit there and count stuff up.

But I own all the expansions and have played it many times, so I’m hardly down on the game.

Don_Quixote · 2011-12-26T07:04:14.000Z

Dave Perkins:

Friggin Mark.

And you’re being a dick, why?

Dave_Perkins · 2011-12-26T07:36:34.000Z

Whoa.

Mike_O_Malley · 2011-12-26T07:49:38.000Z

I don’t think you get it, Quixote. Dave wasn’t at all being a dick.

philosophist · 2011-12-26T07:57:59.000Z

The Philosophist Family got quite the board game haul from Santa this year, and we also scored “Ticket To Ride: Europe” from my Qt3 Secret Santa. Impressions so far:

Dixit is a family and friends favorite. It got the seal of approval from both my father and wife both of whom get bored by games with too many rules. Going to be a Philosophist extended family classic!
Played Ticket to Ride once. My wife also liked this. Going to be a great family game.
Citadels is really interested and a new genre of game for me and the boys.
Loved playing Carcassonne on my iPad and Xbox, but it’s nice to be able to play it with the entire family around our table
War of the Ring looks fantastic. My 16 year old set everything up and started to read the rules, but I was too tired to play after a long Christmas day
Haven’t tried Pandemic yet

Other games we got:

Tetris Link: similar to Connect 4. Surprisingly fun
The Office Clue. Not a huge fan of Clue anymore, but I love the theme
Mario Yahtzee: Great for my 4 year old

Two_Sheds · 2011-12-26T08:29:02.000Z

mkozlows:

My only problem with Thunderstone is that “dungeon vs. town” is rarely an actual choice. If you can beat the dungeon, you do; if not, you go to town. And you can do the math upfront, since there’s no random element, so if you’re at all close, it ends up being at least slightly AP-ish for everyone else as you sit there and count stuff up.

But I own all the expansions and have played it many times, so I’m hardly down on the game.

Yeah, I kind of got that in the first game. I kept looking back to the rules to see if there was some reason you would ever end up in the dungeon and lose. Do you get to see your cards before you decide? Sure, of course. And you see what the monsters are? Sure. Okay so why would you ever go in if you can’t beat a monster…?

And then my wife went ahead and did that, forfeited the thunderstone, and I lost the game because of it. Still, I can’t think of very many instances where you would intentionally lose a fight just to clear a dungeon spot. Maybe you can’t beat a high level monster and just want to clear it out so your opponent doesn’t get the victory points? I guess that could work.

If I was going to buy one expansion right off the bat, which would you recommend? I’m leaning towards Dragonspire just because of all the stuff in the box (a board, everything redone). Is that worth it?

Mysterio · 2011-12-26T08:37:11.000Z

Dave Perkins:

Whoa.

It’s time you stopped being a dick, Perkins. I’d suggest including at least three words in future replies.

VegasRobb · 2011-12-26T08:48:06.000Z

Is there an urban dictionary reference or wiki reference that could help clarify things?

Mike_O_Malley · 2011-12-26T08:59:00.000Z

About Perkins being a dick? That’s a great idea!

Lorini · 2011-12-26T09:00:19.000Z

VegasRobb:

Is there an urban dictionary reference or wiki reference that could help clarify things?

Who cares, let’s move on.

In other news, I’m hoping to get in Eclipse, Pret a Porter, German Railways and Ora & Labora today. I might can fit them all in if I can stay up past my normal 9pm bedtime. It will be a first play for Eclipse so I will continue my board study so I can feel comfortable explaining it. I’ve played demo games of Pret a Porter and German Railways, but the rules to Pret a Porter are a little convoluted, so I’ll probably have to study that one this morning as well. German Railways is pretty straightforward and I’ve now played Ora half dozen times so I know I can explain those two.

I’m really looking forward to today and the rest of the week for board gaming, should have some awesome plays!

Dave_Perkins · 2011-12-26T09:14:34.000Z

Lorini:

Who cares, let’s move on.

Now that’s how you be a dick.

(Just kiddin and let’s move on! I can see how DQ could have construed my comment as exhibiting signs of dick, and I appreciate Mike de-dicking me.)

Daagar · 2011-12-26T09:15:29.000Z

About to pull the trigger on the LOTR LCG ($30), and the $4 expansion (which happens to be the 3rd in series) at Amazon - guessing these prices won’t be beat.

I’m sure this question asked been asked and answered, but please indulge me: Is there any penalty from not buying/playing the expansions in order? I could toss in the Gollum one without breaking the bank but can’t justify grabbing the 2nd right out of the gate. So I’d either have the Core Set + 3rd, or Core Set + 1st + 3rd.

Dave_Perkins · 2011-12-26T09:16:14.000Z

No penalty. Dick.

Mike_O_Malley · 2011-12-26T09:22:36.000Z

Stupid Titan question, because I get into arguments with a nine-year old about this:

At the beginning of the movement phase, you roll a die to see how far you can move your legions. Is that roll a per-legion move, do you split it between legions, or do you re-roll for each legion? The rules are well laid out, but unclear on this.

SlyFrog · 2011-12-26T09:49:29.000Z

Mike O'Malley:

Stupid Titan question, because I get into arguments with a nine-year old about this:

At the beginning of the movement phase, you roll a die to see how far you can move your legions. Is that roll a per-legion move, do you split it between legions, or do you re-roll for each legion? The rules are well laid out, but unclear on this.

No, one die roll at the beginning only. In other words, that die roll is for all of the legions, you don’t reroll for each legion.

Realize that you do not have to move each legion, you only have to move one.

Don_Quixote · 2011-12-26T10:20:44.000Z

Sorry. Must’ve missed a meme somewhere and misread your tone. Please accept my apologies. :(

Mike_O_Malley · 2011-12-26T10:21:52.000Z

SlyFrog:

No, one die roll at the beginning only. In other words, that die roll is for all of the legions, you don’t reroll for each legion.

Realize that you do not have to move each legion, you only have to move one.

So if I roll a 5, each legion can move 5 spaces? Or do I split that 5 between legions, so one moves 2 and one moves 3?

SlyFrog · 2011-12-26T10:24:00.000Z

Mike O'Malley:

So if I roll a 5, each legion can move 5 spaces? Or do I split that 5 between legions, so one moves 2 and one moves 3?

Each legion can move five spaces, and if it moves, must move five spaces. You cannot choose to move a legion and have it move less than five spaces either.

So in sum, you must move one legion. You may move up to all of you legions. Each legion that you choose to move must move the full amount.

EDIT: It might be helpful for you to take a look at the old version of the rules (from the Avalon Hill version of the game). As far as I know, the rules are intended to be the same in substance, though they might be laid out or written differently. Avalon Hill Titan Rules

Mike_O_Malley · 2011-12-26T10:48:52.000Z

That clears it up, thanks. We were using partial movements allocated across the die roll- one legion could move two spaces, another three, and the third didn’t have to move.

I like the official version much better.