On the weekend I played...

Chief · Apr 17, 2017

dracochapel said:
Is it easy to pickup the rules? (and not just the rules - but the strategy so you have something to do)

The rules are easy, but the strategy can be complex. It's all in the drafting.

dracochapel · Apr 17, 2017

Chief said:
The rules are easy, but the strategy can be complex. It's all in the drafting.

wait are we talking about AFL now?

Hard Ball Get · Apr 18, 2017

dracochapel said:
wait are we talking about AFL now?

Clearly not... he said the rules were simple!!

Goodo73 · Apr 23, 2017

Introduced a few people from work to Ticket to Ride: Europe. Most really liked it.

It was my first time playing it with stations. Not sure why I thought they would be hard to incorporate into the gameplay.

I lost by 1 bloody point! Was overtaken when the longest continuous route points were added.

EnolaGay · Apr 23, 2017

dracochapel said:
Is it easy to pickup the rules? (and not just the rules - but the strategy so you have something to do)

Quite easy to play, but to play well you will need to draft the right cards for the strategy you are going to pursue. Games will take around 2 hours. Lots or replay-ability, great game.

Wise Guy Sam · Apr 28, 2017

Played Cry Havoc for the first time on the weekend. Good fun, easy to pick up and lots of strategy.

Chief · Apr 28, 2017

dracochapel said:
Is it easy to pickup the rules? (and not just the rules - but the strategy so you have something to do)

If you are playing 4 players, you have 34 cards per Age, and only 24 make it into the game after drafting. Over 3 Ages in each game, you have heaps of replay depth there. After each game I am always eager to have another right away.

dracochapel · Apr 28, 2017

A friend played King of Monsters with his kids (i think about 11,10 and 8) on the weekend. Said it was fun and easy to pickup.

Im hoping to get in some Betrayal at House on the Hill next weekend.

Chief · May 2, 2017

Finally got a game of Adrenaline - it is pretty good fun. Blurry photo:

(Only 2nd

)

Then we played a dice game about finding and collecting antiquities which I won but I don't remember what it was called.

On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Chief · May 6, 2017

Got out a rare one last night: Blood Rage!

Still my favorite game. I only won by 2 points at the end - scores at 63, 126, 147, 149.

I could have bumped it up by another 19 to 28 points but stuffed it up with no Quests in the third age.

Everyone was woke to my yo-yo Fire Dragons strategy so didn't get as many points there

Luckily I also had Lord of Spears, making any province pillaged with my leader a Yggdrasil-like bonus of all stats raised by one.

We used Gods and Mystics expansions. Mystics are good fun and not too powerful.

On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Chief · May 6, 2017

Wise Guy Sam said:
Played Cry Havoc for the first time on the weekend. Good fun, easy to pick up and lots of strategy.

This is on sale at MilSims and Advent I think.

On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

EnolaGay · May 6, 2017

Chief said:
Got out a rare one last night: Blood Rage!

Still my favorite game. I only won by 2 points at the end - scores at 63, 126, 147, 149.

I could have bumped it up by another 19 to 28 points but stuffed it up with no Quests in the third age.

Everyone was woke to my yo-yo Fire Dragons strategy so didn't get as many points there

Luckily I also had Lord of Spears, making any province pillaged with my leader a Yggdrasil-like bonus of all stats raised by one.

We used Gods and Mystics expansions. Mystics are good fun and not too powerful.

On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Haven't got the Gods expansion, but do use the Mystics. Is the Gods expansion worth getting?

Chief · May 7, 2017

EnolaGay said:
Haven't got the Gods expansion, but do use the Mystics. Is the Gods expansion worth getting?

It does add something but it is expensive.

On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Niximus · May 8, 2017

Have had Smash Up for a while and finally got around to playing it this weekend. Played 2 player with the wife, but she wasn't a fan, probably because I absolutely destroyed her.

Will be good to try with more players.

Goodo73 · May 9, 2017

Chief said:
Got out a rare one last night: Blood Rage!

Still my favorite game.

After reading a few positive comments about Blood Rage I looked around and found it at ozgameshop. Picked it up for $92.99 with free postage (which was the cheapest I could see).

Chief · May 9, 2017

Goodo73 said:
After reading a few positive comments about Blood Rage I looked around and found it at ozgameshop. Picked it up for $92.99 with free postage (which was the cheapest I could see).

When I bought it they had it for $95 I think - but it soon became obvious they had run out of copies and this was actually an oversold pre-order. Took about 5 months to get it.

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Goodo73 · May 9, 2017

Chief said:
When I bought it they had it for $95 I think - but it soon became obvious they had run out of copies and this was actually an oversold pre-order. Took about 5 months to get it.

Website says 'In Stock' so fingers crossed it is!

Goodo73 · May 16, 2017

Goodo73 said:
Website says 'In Stock' so fingers crossed it is!

Been told it's in transit; due this week or early next week.

EDIT: It arrived a couple of hours after I posted the above. LOL.

Allan Shorty · May 17, 2017

dracochapel said:
A friend played King of Monsters with his kids (i think about 11,10 and 8) on the weekend. Said it was fun and easy to pickup.

Im hoping to get in some Betrayal at House on the Hill next weekend.

What's this king of monsters?

General Soreness · May 19, 2017

Last weekend I think I had a couple of games on the table.

One was a simulation of the first battle of El Alamein (1942) ( https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/198041/1st-el-alamein ) and the other was was game of the Battle of Campaldino (1289) ( https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34098/guelphs-and-ghibellines )

This weekend I'll be trying to come to grips with an unpublished solitaire game of the bombing of Darwin. (The player plays the Japanese forces.)

dracochapel · May 22, 2017

Allan Shorty said:
What's this king of monsters?

i presume this is what he meant.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo it says age 8+ so his kids could have played it.

Allan Shorty · May 22, 2017

dracochapel said:
i presume this is what he meant.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo it says age 8+ so his kids could have played it.

I've got that one and play it with my kids. But also looking for new games suitable for kids - hence my question.

One game we haven't been able to get into is hanabi. Too hard for my kids.

Chief · May 22, 2017

Allan Shorty said:
I've got that one and play it with my kids. But also looking for new games suitable for kids - hence my question.

One game we haven't been able to get into is hanabi. Too hard for my kids.

Tried Rampage/Terror in Meeple City?

Ticket to Ride My First Journey?

dracochapel · May 23, 2017

Allan Shorty said:
I've got that one and play it with my kids. But also looking for new games suitable for kids - hence my question.

One game we haven't been able to get into is hanabi. Too hard for my kids.

He's played Settlers of Catan with his kids. I dont know if it's just the base game or any particular expansions.

Kennedy Parker · May 24, 2017

Played Catan with the expansion pack allowing for 6 players.

Made the rookie error of not having a wood source at the start of the game, lamest thing when no one trades with you.

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