'Shindig'
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
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New games arrived yesterday:
- San Juan, the card game version of Puerto Rico. PR is a brilliant game, but we often don't play it because it has a really fiddly setup. So maybe the card game will get more play.
- Power Grid. I'm unsure about this one.
- Ticket to Ride. The DH is hoping that Mallory will be ready to play board games, oh, next week I think.
- Amun-Re. Purchased completely because of the brilliant play report billytea linked to here. Plus, plastic pyramids!
Power Grid. I'm unsure about this one.
A friend of mine got Power Grid a few weeks ago and they like it.
Power Grid is actually one of the highest rated boardgames ever. I haven't gotten to play it yet but a few of my friends swear by it. Or at it. Hmm.
Power Grid is actually one of the highest rated boardgames ever. I haven't gotten to play it yet but a few of my friends swear by it. Or at it. Hmm.
This is true, and with good reason. I think it's something of a gamer's game - the high rating is mainly from fairly serious gamers (who favour Euro games). For a casual gamer, there's a lot to keep track of, and most turns you'll be counting your money fairly closely to avoid coming up just a dollar or two short for what you want to do. It's also clunkier than most Euros, there are a lot of things that change by phase or number of players; for instance there's an actual table for resource renewal. (For someone used to D&D, this shouldn't be a drawback.)
Another couple of notes. It's at heart an auction game, the biggest determinant of success is getting the right power plants for the right price. Also, although there are mechanisms to penalise the leader, it can still often be too hard to catch someone who takes an early lead.
If you enjoy it, there are a couple of expansion boards available (France/Italy and Benelux/Central Europe), with a couple of variant rules. Oh, final note, last game I had one player refused to buy any nuclear plants because of their opposition to nuclear power. Apropos of nothing.
anybody else looking forward to Fallout 3?
anybody else looking forward to Fallout 3?
If by looking forward to, you mean watching the few trailers that are out there about twice a day, then yes.
I didn't waste enough time with Oblivion, so I need another sprawling RPG from Bethesda.
I'm wasting time on Oblivion RIGHT NOW. It's still awesome.
anybody else looking forward to Fallout 3?
I'm going to go out on a limb and say NOT billytea's friend who wouldn't buy the nuclear power plants.
Sorry - the x-post just made me laugh and laugh.
Actually, while a lot of Fallout 3's trailers & screenshots had me excited, when I finally got down to watching actual gameplay I was left with a decided feeling of "meh".
I'm looking forward to Castle Crashers & Gears of War 2. Those are some seriously disparate games.
Gears 2, Fallout 3, Fable 2 and the next CoD game are all on my to buy list. And they're all coming out this year. I'm gonna be broke.