Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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Menace and the Saga of the Bloody Bowls
Saga: DO IT! And do it by ManCon! Run down to Brookblurst, grab those Normans, and git em painted! 3 Saga armies at ManCan > two armies!
Bloody, Bloody Bowls: I know you mentioned you would bring your teams, is there any interest from anyone else in playing some 7's vs. the full game? Its on a smaller board so the play is faster and I THINK there is less bookkeeping, too.
Here's a link to the rules summary:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92588516/Sevens%20v0.3.pdf
And the original rules here:
http://www.gamingcorner.nl/rules/boardgames/bloodbowl_7.pdf
And a sort of ugly but functional pitch here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92588516/blood%20bowl%207s%20pitch.pdf
Menace Painting 10x10 Rules: I think finishing partially painted mini's is totally acceptable if Cribbage counts towards my 10x10 games this year.
Bloody, Bloody Bowls: I know you mentioned you would bring your teams, is there any interest from anyone else in playing some 7's vs. the full game? Its on a smaller board so the play is faster and I THINK there is less bookkeeping, too.
Here's a link to the rules summary:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92588516/Sevens%20v0.3.pdf
And the original rules here:
http://www.gamingcorner.nl/rules/boardgames/bloodbowl_7.pdf
And a sort of ugly but functional pitch here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92588516/blood%20bowl%207s%20pitch.pdf
Menace Painting 10x10 Rules: I think finishing partially painted mini's is totally acceptable if Cribbage counts towards my 10x10 games this year.
You can do it, Menis!
Def get your BB team ready to roll, because I think everyone there will be down for some Blood Bowl action. Saga too, because if J-Dawg moves back to the LA area, he'll need someone to play historical battles with.
I saw that card game bundle. Has anyone heard anything about the Mojang game, Scrolls? I remember it being a big deal, because Minecraft, but I'm so out of the video game loop, I know nothing about it. The other thing of note about that bundle is if you pay $35 to get the t-shirt and Star Realms physical set (MSRP ~$15) they have a single alternate-art card for the game. Kinda pricey but it's for charity n all that shit.
PS: Seeing they have that not-great Dominion Online game expansions as part of the bundle, got me to read it's wikipedia page. Interesting background of how he created the game.
Def get your BB team ready to roll, because I think everyone there will be down for some Blood Bowl action. Saga too, because if J-Dawg moves back to the LA area, he'll need someone to play historical battles with.
I saw that card game bundle. Has anyone heard anything about the Mojang game, Scrolls? I remember it being a big deal, because Minecraft, but I'm so out of the video game loop, I know nothing about it. The other thing of note about that bundle is if you pay $35 to get the t-shirt and Star Realms physical set (MSRP ~$15) they have a single alternate-art card for the game. Kinda pricey but it's for charity n all that shit.
PS: Seeing they have that not-great Dominion Online game expansions as part of the bundle, got me to read it's wikipedia page. Interesting background of how he created the game.
Oh man, 100 minis? I don't think I've even ever finished painting 100 minis yet. I have 100s (hundreds!) primed though...
While I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to do 100. Shall we see how far I can go? And as for figures, trust me I have plenty just sitting around. Just staring... Most are older than all your kids. Does finishing partially painted ones count? Partial credit?
As coincidence would have it, I'm trying to paint up a Blood Bowl chaos team for Cayucos Con. Maybe 10-16 minis by Feb?
Maybe try some Saga minis later? I think I'm going to start a Norman army. Just ordered the rulebook. Curse you and your enabling peer pressure.
While I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to do 100. Shall we see how far I can go? And as for figures, trust me I have plenty just sitting around. Just staring... Most are older than all your kids. Does finishing partially painted ones count? Partial credit?
As coincidence would have it, I'm trying to paint up a Blood Bowl chaos team for Cayucos Con. Maybe 10-16 minis by Feb?
Maybe try some Saga minis later? I think I'm going to start a Norman army. Just ordered the rulebook. Curse you and your enabling peer pressure.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Dang, sons! Check out this pretty amazing online card game Humble Bundle.
Yeah, Pump you should definitely take the 100 minis challenge! You know I've got some you can paint....
Yeah, Pump you should definitely take the 100 minis challenge! You know I've got some you can paint....
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Pumpkin Conversion
How can we get an equivalent challenge going for Pumpkin? Since he pretty much hates games and won't play them unless we make him at Kubla/Mancon/GenCon, what is the miniature painting equivalent of 100 games? 100 minis?
I painted 37 minis for Saga, Eric-stylee, in about a week and half but I know that Pump is much more precise and exacting in his point jobs. Do you think 100 mini's this year is fair? Is that insane?
If it's not insane, I have some mini's I can totally ship you to 'help' you meet your goal, Pump!
I painted 37 minis for Saga, Eric-stylee, in about a week and half but I know that Pump is much more precise and exacting in his point jobs. Do you think 100 mini's this year is fair? Is that insane?
If it's not insane, I have some mini's I can totally ship you to 'help' you meet your goal, Pump!
Monday, January 19, 2015
Ya, I don't see how a solo-play of a non-solo game wouldn't count, when solo games count fine on their own. You're basically playing a variant.
I think I'll add Lord of the Rings Card Game to my list. That's another hard one that I only played 1.5-2 times, mostly to try and figure out the rules. I started watching rules explanations last night to relearn it, and I bet it'll be fun to try and complete the quests from the core box.
I think I'll add Lord of the Rings Card Game to my list. That's another hard one that I only played 1.5-2 times, mostly to try and figure out the rules. I started watching rules explanations last night to relearn it, and I bet it'll be fun to try and complete the quests from the core box.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
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10x10 Flat File Database
This is my flat file database tracking games I have played so far toward the 10x10 goal:
1 - Fallen
1 - Sons of Anarchy
1 - Cribbage
2 - Letters to Santa
0 - Russian Roulette (until my 40th BDay, then all bets are off)
QUESTION: Are solo plays of non-solo games allowed? IE Combat Commander or other wargames where I tend to play solo almost exclusively? Also see: Thunder Alley
1 - Fallen
1 - Sons of Anarchy
1 - Cribbage
2 - Letters to Santa
0 - Russian Roulette (until my 40th BDay, then all bets are off)
QUESTION: Are solo plays of non-solo games allowed? IE Combat Commander or other wargames where I tend to play solo almost exclusively? Also see: Thunder Alley
Ya, the XCOM board game sounds cool. I guess you aren't really controlling the troops in a tactical way, but instead you and the other players are like the administrators of XCOM, and you do budgeting and research. I still don't exactly get it, but people are saying it's fun.
Jon: That's a tough list! Mage Knight, especially. But it looks like a good balance of doable ones and some harder ones. Saga also sounds difficult because it's dependent on Elzar and maybe Menace or whoever else. The RPG one I'm fully behind.
I'm still mulling over what games to shoot for. There's a bunch of light weight games that my wife and I play pretty regularly, so it almost feels like cheating to include them. The toughest one I'm going to put on the list is Robinson Crusoe. I only got through 1.5 solo games of it, and it was pretty brutal. I want to get my money's worth, so that will be great to play 10 times to completion.
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Bored Games
Gonna have to try and play on with the family for the most part I think. Does Candyland count? lol Actually, have a cool Pirate-themed game the kiddos like to play called "Pirateology", it just takes a good long while per game. Roborally may yet again see the light of day as well!
X-com is an amazing game on the PC, and I can totally see it translating well to a turn based board game. The action point / combat system is perfect for that.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Still thinking over which games to put on my list. Here's what I've got so far:
- Shadows of Brimstone: The big Warhammer Quest-meets-Deadlands game I got from Kickstarter. I've only played it a couple of times, but it looks like the fun is about the campaign and building up your character. Gotta do it!
- Saga: I would extract to extract maximum juice out of this fun Viking wargame. 5 meetups, 2 games each time. We can do this, elzar!
- Role-playing Games: I would like to role playing game 10 times this year.
- Warmachine/Hordes: Still the best, and I don't think we played 10 times last year. (Note: enr0n and I probably started playing almost exactly 10 years ago. Numerology!)
- Agricola: Wife likes it (and has played it hundreds of times on the iPad), but we haven't had that much time for gaming in the last year. Let's change it!
- Galaxy Trucker: See above. I think the wife actually likes this one more than I do, so it shouldn't be too hard to get this one done!
- Deadzone: So fun, almost all of us have it and we've barely scratched the surface of it.
- Mage Knight: This one's going to be tricky. It is long and requires focus, has a bunch of rules that I'd need to remember, and absolutely can't be played around the young'uns because the mana tokens look exactly like candy and are super sharp. But it's very satisfying, I have a cool expansion I've never used, and I didn't play it once last year, so it's on the list!
Not sure what else. Doomtown? That's a fun one, and plays quick, so it seemingly should be easy to crank out that many games. Better put something simpler on the list.
- Shadows of Brimstone: The big Warhammer Quest-meets-Deadlands game I got from Kickstarter. I've only played it a couple of times, but it looks like the fun is about the campaign and building up your character. Gotta do it!
- Saga: I would extract to extract maximum juice out of this fun Viking wargame. 5 meetups, 2 games each time. We can do this, elzar!
- Role-playing Games: I would like to role playing game 10 times this year.
- Warmachine/Hordes: Still the best, and I don't think we played 10 times last year. (Note: enr0n and I probably started playing almost exactly 10 years ago. Numerology!)
- Agricola: Wife likes it (and has played it hundreds of times on the iPad), but we haven't had that much time for gaming in the last year. Let's change it!
- Galaxy Trucker: See above. I think the wife actually likes this one more than I do, so it shouldn't be too hard to get this one done!
- Deadzone: So fun, almost all of us have it and we've barely scratched the surface of it.
- Mage Knight: This one's going to be tricky. It is long and requires focus, has a bunch of rules that I'd need to remember, and absolutely can't be played around the young'uns because the mana tokens look exactly like candy and are super sharp. But it's very satisfying, I have a cool expansion I've never used, and I didn't play it once last year, so it's on the list!
Not sure what else. Doomtown? That's a fun one, and plays quick, so it seemingly should be easy to crank out that many games. Better put something simpler on the list.
You and "Ken" should go halfsies on the new XCom board game from FF that integrates with an iPad for... stuff. (I've never played an Xcom game, so I don't have much attachment any which way.)
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