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Author:  Mimi [ Fri Jul 10, 2015 17:53 ]
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Ok, got Forbidden Island and Takenoko as one was cute and the other sounded good, too.

Have told Russell not to look in here, so if you are reading this right now Russell: :slappychops:
Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Fri Jul 10, 2015 19:20 ]
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Forbidden island is great. We have played it lots. I like the sound of that panda game too.

Mimi, I hope you haven't bought them using Russ' Amazon account... :D
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Jul 10, 2015 20:13 ]
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I'd like to reply that I'm not that silly, but I very much am :) just not on this occasion.

I even remembered not to get it on the joint credit card.
Author:  sdg [ Fri Jul 10, 2015 21:46 ]
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Excellent, let us know how you like them! I've been tempted by the idea of forbidden island or desert so I'm sure they'll find their way into my collection at some point. Takenoko is one my favourite games :)
Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:40 ]
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We popped into Village Games in Camden yesterday. Came out with Chrononauts and Mindtrap. Looking forward to giving them both a try later. :)
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:18 ]
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Forbidden Island is great, and it's accessible enough that non-boardgame-players can pick it up and enjoy it too (which I think isn't as true of Pandemic, which has moderately cluttered mechanics.) It's s inevitable I'll buy Desert at some point but so far I've put it off (faced with the choice on one new game, I picked up King of New York most recently instead.)
Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Jul 12, 2015 13:23 ]
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I'd agree with all of that Doc.

How have you found King of New York?

Has anybody got or played Marvel Legendary? Joans is talking about putting it on his wish list for Christmas.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Sun Jul 12, 2015 14:04 ]
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Goddess Jasmine wrote:
Has anybody got or played Marvel Legendary? Joans is talking about putting it on his wish list for Christmas.


Not played but it was last weeks game on Tabletop - looks like great fun
Author:  Grim... [ Sun Jul 12, 2015 15:39 ]
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Goddess Jasmine wrote:
Has anybody got or played Marvel Legendary? Joans is talking about putting it on his wish list for Christmas.

The chance of me not owning Aliens Legendary before the Cottage is incredibly slim.
Author:  Kern [ Sun Jul 12, 2015 20:19 ]
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Goddess Jasmine wrote:
We popped into Village Games in Camden yesterday. Came out with Chrononauts and Mindtrap. Looking forward to giving them both a try later. :)


I love 'Chrononauts'. For reasons that are beyond me, the 'videotape of the creation of the universe (on Betamax)' card cracks me up every time. And it took me a long while to work out why 'Emily' is a good name for a Brontosarus.

By the way, be very careful with the 1945 cards: all the patches for it affect the rest of the timeline in slightly different ways.
Author:  Joans [ Sun Jul 12, 2015 22:36 ]
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We just had a game, although it was probably not the best thing to try just before bed. We did patch 1945, so I hope we did it right.
I liked my stegasaurus called Steggy.
Author:  Achilles [ Sun Jul 12, 2015 22:44 ]
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Author:  Kern [ Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:36 ]
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Played 'Flashpoint' last night using one of the expansions that allows for additonal floors on the building and specialist roles (including a rescue dog). First game was a pretty diastrous: despite our valiant efforts the whole building collapsd as the fires in the basement and the first floor ruined the structure. Second game, reverting to one board, went off far better and all the civilians and their pets were heroically rescued.

This game grew on me. When I played it last year I wasn't that impressed but was glad I gave it a second chance. Like 'Pandemic', as the fires get out of control your team's carefully orchestrated plan becomes increasingly irrelevant. And the plastic fire-fighter pieces are pretty cool too.
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Jul 31, 2015 13:36 ]
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We played Takeneko. I won.

It's a great little game. The design is particularly charming :)
Author:  Achilles [ Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:01 ]
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Author:  Grim... [ Sat Aug 01, 2015 18:41 ]
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This is the Legendary Encounters: Alien game.

It's very beautiful and very good fun, even if we did just get our asses kicked.

It's a deck-building card game, so anyone who has played Star Realms or any other Legendary game will know how to play it. 600 cards!
Author:  Achilles [ Sun Aug 02, 2015 4:15 ]
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Author:  Morte [ Sun Aug 02, 2015 17:08 ]
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Dark Tower! Yes I had that one as a young 'un. It became an early mobile game once you realised it didn't need the board.
Author:  ApplePieOfDestiny [ Sun Aug 02, 2015 19:13 ]
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We played Destination:Portsmouth on Friday so that none of you have to. You owe us.
Author:  myp [ Sun Aug 02, 2015 19:16 ]
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ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
We played Destination:Portsmouth on Friday so that none of you have to. You owe us.

It was an epic game of skill and bravery.
Author:  myp [ Sun Aug 02, 2015 19:17 ]
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Proof!
Author:  Curiosity [ Sun Aug 02, 2015 21:32 ]
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Fuck me that is a shambles of a game.
Author:  myp [ Mon Aug 03, 2015 0:05 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Fuck me that is a shambles of a game.

For just £100 I could get the south coast full set!

http://destinationboardgames.com/region ... ons-1.html
Author:  sdg [ Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:55 ]
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Cross post with the kickstarter thread!

One of my favourite games, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, has a prequel on kickstarter right now. It can be played as a stand alone game or combined with the other games in the One Night series. If you don't have it, I recommend it. I've introduced it to a really wide range of people and they've all loved it and it's one of those games where every time you finish someone asks if you can play again. Each game takes less than ten minutes and it's like normal werewolf/mafia except there is only one night phase and lots of night actions. Brilliant fun!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/te ... ory_newest
Author:  Kern [ Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:54 ]
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Ooo...UK and Pennsylvania maps for 'Ticket to Ride' coming in October. Wonder if it'll be here in time for Cottage. Knowing UK railways, probably not.
Author:  Kern [ Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:34 ]
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So, gaming session yesterday. Key point was learning how to play Dominion. Nowhere near as complex as I thought, and great fun. Won my first game (admittedly with A LOT OF HELP in the first half), but lost badly on the second (with different cards in play).

Sushi go- fun fast hand passing game.

Played Machi Koro again. I still love the game, and it works best if people keep things moving. This time round, rather than lay out the buildings as prescribed in the rules, we shuffled them all together and dealt out 12 to start with, replacing them as they were bought. This made for a more interesting game as you could never quite tell if that high-scoring card was going to come out again.
Author:  MaliA [ Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:32 ]
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NetRunner:

It's effectively 2 games, as each player has different rules. A Criminal (player) must steal Agendas (point scoring cards) from The Corporation (player). The Corporation must score these agendas by placing the correct amount of tokens on them and score 7 to win. The Criminal just has to steal them to score. Or the Corporation can kill the Criminal.

To protect its Agendas, the corporation can place different types of security in front of them that the Criminal must pass through. To pass through them, the Criminal must both have the correct key, and the means to pay to upgrade them.

Criminals can also take cards from the Corporation's hand, the draw pile or the discard pile.

The Corporation plays cards face down until activated (at a cost). These ate known as servers. Security sits in front of Agendas cards. Non agenda cards can also be played with security in front as a trap to waste Criminals resources.


Resources are gained by playing cards from a players hand, or drawing from bank. Other active cards generate income.

The Corporation gets 3 actions per turn and a mandatory card draw, The Criminal 4.

Tge game I played last night was super fun.
Author:  Curiosity [ Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:50 ]
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It sounds better from your description than from the 400 page manual.
Author:  MaliA [ Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:56 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
It sounds better from your description than from the 400 page manual.


Everyone agreed the manual is awful. It is surprisingly simple in reality.

Setting up a server is place any card (not ice or operation card) face down and that is it. Run a server is simple and then youook at the card and trash it at a cost or keep it if an agenda.

As the Criminal you put action cards in one row, bonus cards in another.
Author:  Curiosity [ Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:39 ]
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I shall make it a priority to play a game or two of it at the cottage.
Author:  Kern [ Wed Sep 09, 2015 13:09 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
I shall make it a priority to play a game or two of it at the cottage.


Likewise. Malia has a month get up to speed with the game and how to teach it :)
Author:  MaliA [ Wed Sep 09, 2015 13:49 ]
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Kern wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
I shall make it a priority to play a game or two of it at the cottage.


Likewise. Malia has a month get up to speed with the game and how to teach it :)


Pretty much. You can play me weekend after next. I think many here would enjoy it.
Author:  MaliA [ Wed Sep 09, 2015 13:59 ]
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Oh, there's 4 factions on either side with different cards. One Corporation is all about the firewalls, another is about killing the Criminal and different Criminals factions have different cards.
Author:  sdg [ Thu Sep 10, 2015 19:15 ]
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Yes! Netrunner is awesome, I'm a big fan.
Author:  MaliA [ Thu Sep 10, 2015 19:20 ]
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sdg wrote:
Yes! Netrunner is awesome, I'm a big fan.


Come to the cottage and play it!
Author:  Kern [ Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:28 ]
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Played my first game of 'Puerto Rico' last night. I enjoyed it, but despite the relatively simple mechanics there's a lot to learn about how to play it. It's the kind of game where it's too easy to think you're playing a solo game and forget that what you choose to do might help your opponents.
Author:  myp [ Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:08 ]
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Kern wrote:
Played my first game of 'Puerto Rico' last night. I enjoyed it, but despite the relatively simple mechanics there's a lot to learn about how to play it. It's the kind of game where it's too easy to think you're playing a solo game and forget that what you choose to do might help your opponents.

Can you 'become' the 51st State?
Author:  Kern [ Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:35 ]
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Future Warrior wrote:
Kern wrote:
Played my first game of 'Puerto Rico' last night. I enjoyed it, but despite the relatively simple mechanics there's a lot to learn about how to play it. It's the kind of game where it's too easy to think you're playing a solo game and forget that what you choose to do might help your opponents.

Can you 'become' the 51st State?


No, but most of the game involves importing 'willing colonists' from abroad and putting them to work on your plantations. The colour choice for these tokens is a little unfortunate.
Author:  MaliA [ Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:45 ]
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Kern wrote:
Future Warrior wrote:
Kern wrote:
Played my first game of 'Puerto Rico' last night. I enjoyed it, but despite the relatively simple mechanics there's a lot to learn about how to play it. It's the kind of game where it's too easy to think you're playing a solo game and forget that what you choose to do might help your opponents.

Can you 'become' the 51st State?


No, but most of the game involves importing 'willing colonists' from abroad and putting them to work on your plantations. The colour choice for these tokens is a little unfortunate.


Do you have this?
Author:  MaliA [ Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:46 ]
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Netrunner club again tonight. I am looking forward to it a lot.
Author:  Kern [ Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:46 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Kern wrote:
Future Warrior wrote:
Kern wrote:
Played my first game of 'Puerto Rico' last night. I enjoyed it, but despite the relatively simple mechanics there's a lot to learn about how to play it. It's the kind of game where it's too easy to think you're playing a solo game and forget that what you choose to do might help your opponents.

Can you 'become' the 51st State?


No, but most of the game involves importing 'willing colonists' from abroad and putting them to work on your plantations. The colour choice for these tokens is a little unfortunate.


Do you have this?


Not currently, but it's gone onto the list.
Author:  MaliA [ Mon Sep 14, 2015 22:28 ]
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Played 4. Won 2. Lost 2.

The ones I lost was against a far more experienced player. The first game he used my Corp deck and flatlined me (I lost all my cards) with a trap as it was designed to do. Second game I got no ice up and he snaffled my agendas.

The two I won was against someone as new as me. I flatlined him on turn three with a trap in the first game and then turn 6 in the second.

I love this.

Edit: not all decks are ones like mine to trap and flatlined. Others are geared towards protecting agendas and building them. Mine was geared towards making the runner scared about turning over my cards and making him waste his resources that way.
Author:  MaliA [ Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:21 ]
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In case anyone is interested, the moment I fell in love with netrunner:

I won a game by setting up a remote server (I used an agenda card which i can upgrade to score points) with one layer of ice (protects the server by the runner needing things (cash, other cards) to pass it). I upgraded the agenda once. The runner ignored it for his go so on my next turn I got some more cash in then drew more attention to the face down agenda card by upgrading it again. The runner, seeing it was a card that could be worth points and worth having, took the bait, had to pay to get through my ice and got the agenda card. It was a successful run but left him with little cash. On my go, I then used Sea Source (if the runner has made a successful run, whuch he did, you can use money to get a tag on the runner (who has to outbid you for it to not happen) and Scorched Earth (tagged runner loses 4 cards )to flatline him (runner has no cards in their hands). Boom! I got that tingly feeling like when you explode someone in Eve or you see Aunt Tumble.
Author:  Kern [ Tue Sep 15, 2015 14:40 ]
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Next week: Malia learns 'Blast Off'
Author:  myp [ Tue Sep 15, 2015 14:44 ]
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Kern wrote:
Next week: Malia learns 'Blast Off'

I'll bring it to the Cottage again. ;)
Author:  MaliA [ Tue Sep 15, 2015 14:45 ]
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Future Warrior wrote:
Kern wrote:
Next week: Malia learns 'Blast Off'

I'll bring it to the Cottage again. ;)


I has a set, too.
Author:  MaliA [ Wed Sep 16, 2015 14:28 ]
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Netrunner guide
Author:  MaliA [ Wed Sep 23, 2015 23:04 ]
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1 for 2 tonight. I won by scoring agendas. I lost by trying to play my game and not stopping theirs.
Author:  Grim... [ Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:51 ]
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I suspect this will interest a few of you:

Quote:
Introducing Ticket to Ride® United Kingdom, the fifth in the Ticket to Ride Map Collection Series.


http://blog.daysofwonder.com/2015/09/24 ... -preorder/
Author:  Kern [ Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:52 ]
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Grim... wrote:
I suspect this will interest a few of you:


Yes. I love Pennsylvania :)
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