Boardgames - What have you played recently?

Brass Jester

Brass Jester

Rune Priest
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#182
2nd Game of Dinosaur World, results the same as last night (Ben first, Jenny second, me last) except this time I was - like - REALLY last (only scored 7 points after deductions for all the visitor deaths. Ben scored 57, Jenny scored 53.) I blame them for having nice, safe dinosaur parks. Have they not watched Jurassic Park?
 

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Acolyte
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#184
Since April 2nd:

  • Paris
  • Foundations of Rome
  • Space Base (lots)
  • Lost Ruins of Arnak
  • Um Krone und Kragen
  • Legendary Encounters: Alien
  • The City (lots!)
  • Favour of the Pharoah
  • Streets
  • Britannia
  • Cloudspire (4-5 solo scenarios)
  • At the Gates of Loyang
  • Carnival Zombie v2.0
  • Return to Dark Tower (4-5 games so far)
  • burncycle
  • San Marco
  • Airships
  • Carcassonne: Die Burg
  • El Caballero
  • Villagers + Shifting Seasons
  • + others I have probably forgotten
Currently looking at another Britannia game soon, plus I would like to try Pericles, Paths of Glory, Wilderness War, Crown of Roses (all GMT games)
 
Lost Barbarian

Lost Barbarian

Acolyte
#188
#188
d(sqrt(-1)) said:
Britannia really needs 4 players. We are playing this Saturday so I'll time it and see how long it takes.
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We've played it about a dozen times. It took a good four games to get it down to the 5 hours playing time suggested. Maybe I game with players who suffer from analysis paralysis, but I would suggest if it's your first time the four of you are playing that you give yourselves a good six hour slot.
 
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Acolyte
#191
#191
Lost Barbarian said:
We've played it about a dozen times. It took a good four games to get it down to the 5 hours playing time suggested. Maybe I game with players who suffer from analysis paralysis, but I would suggest if it's your first time the four of you are playing that you give yourselves a good six hour slot.
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I've played it quite a lot since 1986! A few weeks ago I did a solo run through and it took me 2.5 hours. I wasn't really tracking scoring though. This time will be longer as a couple of players have not played it before.

I remember playing a game a long time ago, and one of the players had only played Risk. When the Romans approached the north, all the Picts ran out of the mountains to fight the Romans - with predictable results. It's the only game I've ever seen where the board was practically empty when the Romans left...
 
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Dom

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#192
#192
Lost Barbarian said:
We've played it about a dozen times. It took a good four games to get it down to the 5 hours playing time suggested. Maybe I game with players who suffer from analysis paralysis, but I would suggest if it's your first time the four of you are playing that you give yourselves a good six hour slot.
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Wouldn’t mind trying it myself. We should set up another Boardgames meet.
 
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torus

Lay member
#193
#193
negromaestro said:
Talisman has been in the news lately as s role playing game.

Would you consider that a viable new avenue for the Talisman IP? II have been tempted to get the RPG, lots of sakes going on.
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I took a look at the RPG when it was announced and was unpersuaded. Didn't quite see the point, and the production wasn't sufficiently great in itself to make me get it.
 
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Acolyte
#196
#196
d(sqrt(-1)) said:
Britannia really needs 4 players. We are playing this Saturday so I'll time it and see how long it takes.
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Ok we had 4 players (+1 who turned up a bit later so took over from me with some help). Only one had played before other than me. Started at 12:30 and we finished about 5:45 so 5:15 hours including rules.

Romans got off to a tricky start and only made it about halfway up England. As a result the Picts were very strong and the Scotii never got a foothold in Scotland. It also meant that the Brigantes and Welsh did well. The Romano-British and the Belgae held on right up to the last, with the R-B being eliminated on turn 16. Saxons did well having enough red votes to be Bretwalda all 3 times. There was never a King as no one faction was able to get enough areas to hold. Harold was killed in a battle against William (near Gloucester) but it was a close thing. Svein Estrithson didn't last long, and the game ended with an impasse between William and Harald Hardrada.

Final scores:

Yellow: Romans 56 + Romano-British 12 + Scots 4 + Norwegians 32 + Dubliners 13 = 117
Green: Caledonians 46 + Danes 50 + Jutes 12 + Welsh 100 = 208
Red: Brigantes 52 + Irish 16 + Norsemen 34 + Saxons 112 = 214
Blue: Belgae 26 + Picts 79 + Angles 64 + Normans 36 = 205
 
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