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Possibly in for future webcam gaming?

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My buddy just got me this....
Haven't gotten to play it yet, but it looks like it's gonna be pretty rad.

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snowing. so gonna play elder sign with boo.
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Geeheeb wrote:snowing. so gonna play elder sign with boo.
love that game. smartphone version is tits as well fwiw.
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Just when I get Mage Knight (a few weeks ago) on the basis that it's comparable to the Heroes of Might and Magic computer games, this comes to my attention:

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1083 ... gic-heroes
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yeah, this thread makes me want to play board games - checked out the top rated ones on that boardgame geek site and thought a lot of them looked cool. any suggestions for a guy who's only RPG board game has been Hero Quest?
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caldwell.the.great wrote:yeah, this thread makes me want to play board games - checked out the top rated ones on that boardgame geek site and thought a lot of them looked cool. any suggestions for a guy who's only RPG board game has been Hero Quest?
there's so many styles and themes that it makes your question tough to answer. browse bgg, or pick something from this thread.
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don't necessarily want another Hero Quest. Just talkin' about what I've played before, which isn't much. Games like Puerto Rico and Twilight Struggle look good too. Might just get Elder Sign because it seems a little less involved/requires a little less time than Arkham Horror or some of the other RPG board sets I've read about.

Was just curious if there was a good starting place. Always thought about playing various pen and paper games, but never ran into a good group and couldn't get one together myself.
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elder sign is relatively cheap and playable solo. excellent starting point. since you seem to have trouble finding a gaming group you should probably concentrate on solo optional games.
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descent requires people willing to put in the time and effort. for the required trouble you might as well go full fuck and play a proper paper and dice rpg.
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Yeah... Descent was okay, but I too would prefer playing Pathfinder.
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Friendly Goatus wrote:I'd totally be down for some online gaming with you dudes. I've never played any of these though. What game are you guys planning on doing? Vassal? Do I just need to download the Vassal boardgame engine and that's it? Or do I need all that other stuff too?
you need vassal, as it's the software all of the game modules runs off of. install that shit and then start downloading modules. follow my instructions above for what you need to play base arkham horror.
all vassal does is supply a digital version of the game. you still need to know the rules, and place the cards, chits, bits, pieces, and whatever else. it won't keep track of the game for you. if anyone has any trouble getting shit set up ask here or message me. it's not too difficult. at the very least familiarize yourself with the module and engine. game rules can be explained in game, but they're really not that difficult. move, search, fight monsters and elders. being a coop game, webcams, or at least audio chat, would be ideal.

universal head condensed rules for the game: http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/22286 ... ary-refere
Awesome. Probably a good idea that you guys aren't planning on playing until later next month. that'll give me some time to read up on this and get used to it so I'm not a sluggish noob holding up the game.

So any of you dudes wanna do this some time?
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I wish I jumped on that Kingdom Death kickstarter. It came at the wrong time for me and I really, really want to play that!
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that looks amazing
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looks expensive... i cannot personally justify investing in stuff like that when there's proper paper-pencil rpgs available for free.

despite that, it does look awesome.

i still haven't visited the games workshop that opened nearby.
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if you get netrunner i'm willing to get my own copy and play you across the net waves.
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amazon has some good fucking game deals at the moment. pretty much the lowest prices you're going to find anywhere.

netrunner $21.59
http://www.amazon.com/Android-Netrunner ... 1616614609
lotr lcg $17.84
http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Of-The-Rings ... 1589949811
game of thrones hbo card game $10.99
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1616615885
descent 2nd edition $35.54
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616611898
castle ravenloft $28.59
http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons- ... 0786955570
earth reborn $47.52
http://www.amazon.com/Z-Man-Games-7060Z ... B00408P0Y4
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You're probably better off with Descent. I have The Legend of Drizzt and it's just too damn easy. The heroes just have too many ridiculous powers to possibly lose. The healing surges almost seem unnecessary. I have been playing around with rule variants from Board Game Geek's forums to make it interesting because the game pieces are well made and I would rather not just pawn it off. I'm still working on that because some of the advanced monster AI variants just simply send plethoras of monsters your way and that's just not enough to solve the problem. Either way, there are better board game based dungeon crawlers out there (this is at least the best of the D&D board games).
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BTW, I played Netrunner for the first time last week. I am happy with that purchase!
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ravenloft is supposedly the most difficult but least polished of the three. i own, nor have i played, none of them.

got netrunner and that game of thrones card game.

anyone here interested in a game trade/sale? i've got some stuff lying around that i don't play. some unopened.
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ordered and cancelled Ravenloft within the day today.

this week however, i did get the Dominion Big Box and Flash Point: Fire Rescue. heard good things about both so we shall see..
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electronicham wrote:I am also considering getting the Android base board game. Anyone play it?
nope. but i hear it's garbage. read up on it.
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