BSG

OK I've decided. Since we're not directly under attack I'm going to attempt to build my hand. Baltar moves back to the Research Lab and and for my action I draw one Purple card.

I'm off to work in a bit. I should be back around 11:00 board time.

In MyBrute news...

Covenborn appears to be having an identity crisis, take a look at these two opponents - [link] and [link]

And here's Ill Omen in the toughest fight of his career so far - [link]

And here's Peeeeeeeeev's new record for damage in a single attack - [link]

Conquer Club....

Why is it that half the random strangers I play with bitch when I attack them? If you don't want to be attacked, or lose, don't play the damn game.

Most often it seems to happen when I'm just making attacks to pass time on the way out of a game I'm losing. Sorry dude, but I'm going to attack somebody. I don't care how much the game is lost, I'm not going to just lie here and wait for you to roll over me.

And frankly, if I attacked the other guy, he'd whine too, so it's really choosing between two (or more) people who don't want to be attacked. TOO BAD!

Why is it that half the random strangers I play with bitch when I attack them?

Everybody I've ever played RISK against bitches when they get attacked. Even when they know it's coming.

Everybody I've ever played RISK against bitches when they get attacked. Even when they know it's coming.

I don't get that, it's the point of the game (as long as people don't gang up explicitly, which I hate), what else would you do?

I don't get that, it's the point of the game (as long as people don't gang up explicitly, which I hate), what else would you do?

::pulling on balaclava::

This is thread hijack! The Masters of Eurogame Hijinks will now pontificate about game design theory! No one attempt to stop us and everyone gets out of this thread unharmed!

The MEH decrees RISK a poor and uninteresting game because you are right -- there is nothing else you would do. Leaving aside the sheer randomness of the combat system, whining in RISK is amplified because losing positions get established very quickly, it is very difficult to engineer come-back wins without poor play by someone else (which usually elicits accusations of game-throwing), and there is only one possible route to victory.

Teh MEH sees oppression where players who find themselves on the wrong end of a couple unlucky dice rolls or bad RISK card draws have little recourse other than whining or quitting. That is NOT GOOD design.

Throw out your Ameritrash, Gamers! Rise up and embrace the Eurogame! Balanced design, inherent breakaway brakes, and multiple paths to victory can be yours! Eurogames are meeples! EUROGAMES ARE MEEPLES!

::run off thread::

I guess it's true, all the good ones really are taken...

I guess it's true, all the good ones really are taken...

Or, y'know, insane. Especially since he's currently in an online game of the latest Ameritrash darling. Risk isn't just a bad game, it's a bad Ameritrash game.

BSG

Dr Baltar has been sent his new Tactics card. Crisis Card:

Rescue the Fleet
Admiral's Choice

Admiral Adama, when you are ready please post your choice.

You wouldn't believe how much railing against Ameritrash games I hear weekly. But "insane" is possible also.

I'm contemplating my BSG choice, and welcome input. I'm also really excited for The Beatles Rock Band. The art is GREAT. [link]