Reply: Z-Man Games:: General:: Re: Status of Hans Im Gluck contract?
by wispwalker Vikings and Antike please!!!!!!!
View ArticleReply: Agricola:: Sessions:: Re: Teaching Agricola to my daughter
by apatheticexecutioner You're both very unusual, in a very good way. You have the patience to teach your daughter the way she should be taught, and she listens and absorbs.You don't see very much of...
View ArticleReply: Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small:: Reviews:: Re: The game that...
by pilgrim152 Absolutely top review! The first part captures the feeling of this game, and I can relate to the "optimising the borders" (and losing) approach... My "favourite" tactic is to accumulate...
View ArticleReply: Tales of the Arabian Nights:: General:: Re: ARRGH I got the version...
by Springheeledjack Just to clarify, if my board has the missing route, then I should have the corrected cards, book, and matrix as well.
View ArticleReply: Terra Mystica:: Reviews:: Re: First impression
by skipsizemoreclydeiii wrote:Also, I wish I got to play Vinhos as often as I get to play GIPF games, but the learning curve is far too steep for most players. And I think maybe that's why John thinks...
View ArticleReply: Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small:: Reviews:: Re: The game that...
by Moe45673 Thanks for the tip! That's a good point. I've seen people who dislike Agricola due to the stress of feeding one's family like this game. They say it leaves the fun part of Agricola without...
View ArticleReply: Terra Mystica:: Reviews:: Re: First impression
by DaviddesJskipsizemore wrote:How much playtesting would it take to balance a design this complex? A thousand plays? Maybe. Many types of games are self-balancing. If players compete for resources or...
View ArticleReply: Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small:: Reviews:: Re: The game that...
by h00sha Nice review!I liked hearing your thoughts on the ACBaS rule book. I figured it was a good rule book but, like many others, that's from the perspective of already knowing Agricola.+1 for...
View ArticleThread: Carcassonne:: Variants:: Number of players
by easye1982 I dont see why this isnt able to be done. But if I buy http://www.meeplesource.com/proddetail.php?prod=Setof14 and had every expansion and double the base set (almost 300+ tiles) couldn't...
View ArticleReply: Terra Mystica:: Reviews:: Re: First impression
by garygarisonout4blood wrote:garygarison wrote:DaviddesJ wrote:We're certainly not lacking in games that have been aggressively simplified to the point of extreme minimalism. So when you vociferously...
View ArticleSession: Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island:: A Sole Shipwreck...
by TheRiddler1976 Note:This is my first playthrough, and I know I got some of the rules wrong. But I thought it might make a nice write-up anyway.Week 1:I don't know what happened. One minute we were...
View ArticleReply: Terra Mystica:: Reviews:: Re: First impression
by skipsizemoreDaviddesJ wrote:I'm surprised you say, "given the number of games that prove to be broken". I think it's rare that a published game is broken, and usually it's because of something the...
View ArticleReply: Ascending Empires:: General:: Re: Turtling?
by billsaints Its so easy to start a game with fighting. At the start of the game, wait till a player has a bunch of tech and people on a planet and just put a ship into orbit around it and leave it...
View ArticleReply: Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island:: Rules:: Re:...
by Lines42 I´ll add this here:In the german rulebook the sentence: "The Dog can only be used for supporting other player’s pawns." is missing.This translator %#/%$*** ...I could live with missprints in...
View ArticleReply: Terra Mystica:: Reviews:: Re: First impression
by clydeiii There's questions ( unresolved as far as I can tell) of First Player advantage for both Vinhos and Trajan on their respective strategy forums. Perhaps that's what John is referring to?
View ArticleReply: Terra Mystica:: Reviews:: Re: First impression
by DaviddesJskipsizemore wrote:The full quote is "given the number of games that prove to be broken or otherwise faulty". Perhaps your experience has been different. But I find that quite a few games...
View ArticleReply: Carcassonne:: Variants:: Re: Number of players
by Reid666 You can with as many people as you wish. The problem is that even with 5 players downtime can be terrible. Players will get bored to death waiting for their moves.
View ArticleReply: Carcassonne:: Variants:: Re: Number of players
by hsiale For a really epic game of Carcassonne I would stop at two ;) And many expansions of course, so that you always have to think about 10 things simultaneously.But if you want lots of players...
View ArticleReply: Atlantis Rising:: General:: Re: How often do you win? [POLL]
by puchu We have played now something like 10 times.First one with components A,B,D; second one A,C,D; after that always B,C,D. Most of the times we played in 3 players, with exception of 3 times with...
View ArticleReply: Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island:: Sessions:: Re: A...
by Mr Mjeh Awesome write-up!one comment and one question for you:You needn't rearrange the camp when you play solo, normally, as your morale goes up by one every turn.Why did Friday get food in round 9?
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