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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 19:14 
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Played Stationfall for the first time last night with Zeppo and some of his buddies. It was everyone's first time playing. Took ages to set up, but it's actually a really straightforward and quick game to get to grips with, but it'll take a long time to master because there's a lot that goes on in each game.

I can barely remember all of the rules and stuff so I won't try and summarise them, but it's a pretty unique game (at least, as far as games I've played go!) and I'd recommend it. Our game ended a very funny way, the possibilities for back-stabbing, emergent behaviour and Fucking GazChap Up (tm) are immense.


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 Post subject: Re: Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night.
PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 19:42 
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Sounds like my kind of thing.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 8:47 
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Looot : Vikings on tour!

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In Loooot, everyone plays vikings doing what vikings do best: pillage!

There's a central map of some unsuspecting island, full of rich pickings, and each player has a board representing their own fjord. A game of Looooot involves grabbing resources and buildings to place on your fjord for points.

You start with 13 vikings, and on your turn you land a viking, either from a longship or adjacent to another one. Over time, long hordes of vikings fan out across the map, and skilful placement can block opponents or help. Capturing houses just needs one viking next to it, towers require a chain from one tower to another, and to storm a castle you need a mob of four. You then have the option to take a longship.

You place these ill-gotten goods on your fjord in particular patterns to score points and earn bonuses. There are three set spaces requiring certain items around them to score, but the meat of the game is taking longships and meeting their criteria. Of course, once you've placed something on the board it's fixed for the rest of the game so it's very easy to trap yourself early on if you don't pay attention.

It's really easy to explain and understand, and very satisfying when you get just the right combination of items on your board to score big combos. It's also visually delightful to see the long lines of vikings encroach across the board.

I first started playing Loooooot on BGA and was impressed by the mechanics. The online version suffers due to the limitations of a screen - you want to be watching the main board and also checking your own, something that's much easier in the real world. Also, online you don't get that look of anguish as you place a viking in that sweet spot your opponent was coveting.

Looooooot is quite possibly my favourite game since Heat, and one I'm always eager to get to a table.

Watch out Stenson, the vikings are coming! :)


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 Post subject: Re: Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night.
PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2024 15:50 
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The Guardian's discovered Codenames:

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I’ve heard people say it’s a great date game to suss out potential partners who really get you (and put a red flag on those who don’t)


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 Post subject: Re: Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night.
PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2024 15:58 
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Codenames with just two players? Unless it's that Duet version, that doesn't seem very playable!

//edit: Oh, they mention the Duet version later on, but that quote is way before then.


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 Post subject: Re: Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night.
PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 8:15 
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Played several games of Captain Sonar last night. Most were new to game so it was fun to introduce it and think I nailed the teach. I'm probably a bit too pleased with myself by starting off with "it's the near future, not much has changed but we live underwater" but one person laughed.

Live is the only way to play I think. It's not as daunting as it appears but really makes the game an event. It also means the first mate has a key role in keeping the captain informed of system activation, and the engineer aware of what not to break. In turn-by-turn, the role becomes nothing more than colouring in.


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:33 
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I'd have laughed.

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