Reply: Troyes:: Strategy:: Re: How important is VP counting?
by ghorsche Secret VP chips help people who are prone to AP to avoid trying to make decisions based on the exact score. I can be such a person myself when I'm trying to be maximally competitive (like...
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by Bolger Gingko biloba is a tree that occurs in Eastern Asia, and is very weird in that it belongs in the same group of plants as the conifers (spruce, pine etc.), but has "leaves" rather than...
View ArticleThread: Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island:: General:: Preorder...
by thisaliensean Well I have an interesting experience with Rebel.pl. Whilst I was adding more items to my order, in the midst of the exchanging email with them in a course of a few days, I was told...
View ArticleReply: Ginkgopolis:: Reviews:: Re: The Future of City Building
by pratchettfan777 Very nicely written and I really appreciate you taking the time.Yes it seems like Xavier likes his games tighter than a grilled cheese sandwich and so I really look forward to...
View ArticleThread: Agricola: Farmers of the Moor:: General:: Having different starting...
by PimpMario Each player receives a differentdistribution of Moor and Forest tiles,but each distribution is equivalent.A player with tiles close to his homehas a wider open area for pastures...
View ArticleReply: Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island:: General:: Re: Z-Man...
by locusshifter TurquoiseKnight wrote: Plus, I'm afraid of the Z-Man copy being inferior in quality compared to the Portal Publishing copy. I could be wrong but I don't want to take that chance with...
View ArticleReply: Agricola: Farmers of the Moor:: General:: Re: Having different...
by NateStraight It doesn't really matter much. If it bugs you that much, it won't break the game to let players decide where to put their moors and forests. I'd make players pick a layout before...
View ArticleThread: Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island:: General:: Only 11...
by winnie1978 the game has a lot of replayability beacuase of the many, many cards. but what about the tiles? there's only 11 of them. isn't it a bit repetitive playing with the same tiles (terrains,...
View ArticleReply: Agricola: Farmers of the Moor:: General:: Re: Having different...
by andreww I think the rules may be trying to be colorful here, not asserting that some of those arrangements are better than others. I've never felt any of them were significantly different than...
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by MisterG The only card that I think stands out is #9, which hems in your hut with Forest tiles, requiring a Fell Trees special action to provide space for expansion. Irritating as that is, I've...
View ArticleReply: Agricola: Farmers of the Moor:: General:: Re: Having different...
by mrmonkeyball I love the different starting arragements as - even if you are experienced in Agricola, you have to lern to deal with these boundaries. Before I played the Moors, in all my games I...
View ArticleReply: Clash of Cultures:: Rules:: Re: Free action at the end of a turn?
by marqzenRobert Olesen wrote:Can you use one of the action cards that give you a free action after the third action of a turn, and before the next player starts his turn?Yes, no prob.
View ArticleReply: Ginkgopolis:: Rules:: Re: Rules
by Carver Although no English rules have yet been posted are English rules in the game box?
View ArticleReply: Clash of Cultures:: Rules:: Re: Rulebook Impressions after first...
by Robert Olesenmarqzen wrote:ataman wrote:4. Basing on this image - State Religion Advance: "Build a Temple without paying any Food (once per turn)"There is no "AAA" (As An Action) text. So can I do...
View ArticleReply: Clash of Cultures:: General:: Re: Component Questions - Plastic...
by Argorius We played our second game last night and in both games we made the same mistakes...we forgot about the prerequisites of some of the technologies (like engineering is required to build...
View ArticleReply: Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island:: General:: Re: Buy...
by Serapis German Online stores, like magierspiele.de / Cosimshop.de / Milan-spiele.de appear to have some copies left.
View ArticleReply: Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island:: General:: Re: Buy...
by Thanee Pegasus will produce a (new) german version of the game (probably early 2013?).ByeThanee
View ArticleReply: Clash of Cultures:: Rules:: Re: "The first player to pay 1 Culture...
by Robert Olesenmarqzen wrote:Robert Olesen wrote:We had a discussion in my game today.I think it implies that you have to do an action where you pay (at least) 1 culture token in order to use the...
View ArticleReply: Clash of Cultures:: Rules:: Re: Rulebook Impressions after first...
by ThaneeRobert Olesen wrote:"Increase City Size" with a Temple without paying any Food (once per turn)This can be read as - Increase city that already has a Temple, pay no food.I really don't see how...
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