Gaming News

by gavingva

€15.00 for Board Game: Sealords: The Vietnam War in the Mekong Delta
Condition: Like New
Location: France

by ratbulogg

$2.00 for Board Game: Blitzkrieg in the South
Condition: Like New
Location: United States

by dastierchen

€37.00 for Board Game: Arkham Horror: Kingsport Horror Expansion
Condition: New
Location: Germany

by dastierchen

€22.00 for Board Game: Torres
Condition: New
Location: Germany

by nickp

I have been slowly making in-roads with this game system and enjoy it very much - in fact I don't know why people sometimes seem moved to attack this system as it is a perfectly respectable squad level game.

My first question: I note that infantry fire is highly lethal and the troops take much higher casualties than in say Squad Leader and Lock n Load. Is it possible I am misapplying the rules or has anyone else noted this? C1s, 2s and 3s seem very common here.

Am I right in thinking that there is no adjacent shot bonus for small arms fire?

I have the Avanti Savoia module which includes information cards for BT7 tanks but I have no BT7 counters - where would I find them (I should add here that I know this last question does not apply to this specific game but it is the flagship set so I presume ATS fans are more likely to spot my questions on this page)?

Thanks

by noelgames

€12.00 for Board Game: Spellbinder
Condition: Very Good
Location: Ireland

by ratbulogg

$2.00 for Board Game: Dixie: Bull Run
Condition: Very Good
Location: United States

by binraix

Introduction

Hello to everyone who might happen to read this. My name is Raiko and I have a little session report here I want to write to you about. About the title - on the 18th of February I had 100 days left to serve my country in the army, so I decided to play a game every day and then write a session about them. You can read them all in the Geeklist [geeklist=52269][/geeklist]. For my 28th game in the series I played game called [thing=1955][/thing]. This is beautiful game, with little strategy possibilities. Well, the game is real dice fest, but still, I kinda liked the game! Now, little more about the game!

The Game

We played with four players and we each chose our colors. I was paired with Priit, and Henrik with Rivo. I was blue, Priit was red, Rivo was silver and Henrik was gold. The first game we had little ideas about the game. After like five minutes the dice rolling got quite boring, so I started actually to place my units and to think. We made some plans with Priit, on how to win Rivo and Henrik. All the plans were pointless, because at some point we all were just throwing those dice to get the 22 needed. It never came. Like 20 minutes just dice throwing, but each time at least one players failed to get necessary sum. So we made little rule modification. We changed the 22 need to 20, so we need 10 with two dice. So after couple of rounds we got it, and just after us, Rivo and Henrik got it too. So the hunt to the princess begun. They reached her first and with their strongest unit, so we had nothing to do, although we tried. And the dice luck was against us too. So Henrik and Rivo got their win over us.
We played the second game after that and what we changed, was not teams, but playing colors. I was now gold, Priit silver, and the others red and blue. This time we used notes with Priit, to make some plans and tricks, so here are what we found out turing the game play:
* Use your D:5 & A:2 unit to seal your opponent base in. Use your alliance to seal the second gate to the base the same way, so the moving is hard from that base, and concentrate your powers to the second base. Very good tip this one is. We had so much fun with that one, so they had some head ache with us.
* Don't step into the Star Wars space before your alliance is near you, because you don't want to seal your movement just by standing there. Just keep your unit mobile, because you never know when that is needed. And that was correct decision. While they both had 2 units sealed, we still had so much mobile units available.
* You can use that one base watching unit from above to save your unit very fast. You can arrange that way your alliance unit into your base where you can then move to the gate opening position. That is what we did and when we finally stepped into the Star Wars space.
* Another great idea, when other team already is trying to open the gate, just let them, and don't do it by yourselves. Just wait until they open the gate and then move your D:6 & A:4 in front of the gate and just wait. Protect that unit with D:4&A:4 units. This way the princess cannot pass your unit. This one worked until the princess came and attacked us. She lost, but know we were in the same situation as them, but know we started to open the game. Since Princess had defense 6, we had no worries. We opened the gate and won the game with great strategy and plus we kept 2 units always in reserve and didn't let other team choose battles. We chose before them.
After that we played few games more, but the game was now mine. They had nothing against this strategy. They tried and had some good luck with dice, but in the end, we won.
So this was my 28th game in the series. That means that I have only 72 more games to play. Til next time!

by Yokiboy

Board To Death reviews [thing=40760][/thing].

Youtube Video

They summarize the game as follows.

What's Cool:
Nice production quality & you get lots of dice.
Fun, fast paced and anyone can play.
The artwork is comical.
Great rulebook with many examples.
It’s a very colorful game.

What's Not:
Learning all the Senate cards by heart.

Neutral Information:
Not a very long game, depending on the group.
Strategy and luck are well combined.
Alea Iacta Est is Latin for: "THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST"

P.S. I have been granted permission to share these reviews on Geekdo.

by Yokiboy

Board To Death reviews [thing=40760][/thing].

Youtube Video

They summarize the game as follows.

What's Cool:
Nice production quality & you get lots of dice.
Fun, fast paced and anyone can play.
The artwork is comical.
Great rulebook with many examples.
It’s a very colorful game.

What's Not:
Learning all the Senate cards by heart.

Neutral Information:
Not a very long game, depending on the group.
Strategy and luck are well combined.
Alea Iacta Est is Latin for: "THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST"

P.S. I have been granted permission to share these reviews on Geekdo.

by thdizzy

I've heard several people say that it's pretty easy to find the unique packs for Wave 5 at local stores. Is this true? Can anyone find the Ninja & Samurai and the Gladiators & Agents packs at stores near you?

by Perry

...anyone know?
It says hand-painted, and there are some 250 minis in each game.
250 x 800 copies = 200 000 Minis.

That is a hell of a lot of Minis to paint!

by rickdt

Anyone have a good recommendations?

I have read World War Z (good) by Max Brooks,

The Rising and City of the Dead (horrible) by Brian Keene

and My personal favorite Day by Day Armageddon (A must read) by J.L. Bourne

I need something zombie to pass the time waiting for my preorder.

Thanks.

by BigNel

$29.95 for Board Game: 1776
Condition: Like New
Location: United States

by tesuji

Anyone by chance know of a video tutorial for this game?

If no tutorial, I'll settle for a video review. I see one from boardtodeath.tv in the links section - are there any more than have not been added yet?

I'm going to be learning this game myself, and then teaching it to my wife. I find video explanations very helpful.

by Progmode

What, if any, differences are there between the Indie Boards & Cards version and the Bambus Spieleverlag version?

by Riptcord

I was thinking about the reinforcement phase recently and began to wonder about repatriation of generals aspect of the phase. I am curious about the possible ramifications if only generals of "similar" potential battle ratings were repatriated one for one?

Suppose at the end of a turn the English player has an American general as prisoner, but the Americans have no English generals as prisoner. What would motivate the English to repatriate the American general? Alternately, suppose Greene (P.B.R. 4) and Lee (P.B.R. 1) are English prisoners and Burgoyne (P.B.R. 2) is a prisoner of the Americans during the reinforcement phase. Why not just repatriate Lee and Burgyone on a one-for-one basis as they are the most similar in characteristics?

If there are an odd number of generals to be repatriated, might one receive some other benefit for not being able to repatriate on a one-for-one basis? In the example above, might the Americans surrender political control in a city for the repatriation of Greene as there is no general for which he might be traded in this particular case?

I would be interested in your thoughts about the potential costs and benefits as you see them. Thanks.


-Riptcord

by jsharp

$75.00 for Board Game: Age of Renaissance
Condition: Very Good
Location: United States

by prjm

€69.00 for Board Game: Goa
Condition: Like New
Location: Italy

by jsharp

$16.00 for Board Game: Goblin's Lair
Condition: Very Good
Location: United States