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QUOTE(junyetwong @ Jul 7 2010, 12:17 AM)
Risk gets boring after a while, quite repetitive and too much luck involved.. Cluedo is too intense.. Everybody's too focused on their little sheet of paper all the time.
The reason i seldom play my WoW cos it feels so much like an AI game. Agree with the player interaction part. Sigh. My brother bought it for 300++, but i think my friends will like it la if we got time to play next time. Havent played it with my friends before.
Yeah man i feel its only worth it if i got cool pretty stuff.. Now not so keen on warhammer invasion already.. it's more expensive than i thought! just add a few more bucks then can get games with pretty miniatures haha.
o.o runewars has cool figures as well, but i'm pretty sure it's out of my price range haha.
I wouldn't mind hunting board games in Singapore, just that I dont know where the shops are.. I cant even find the shops in KL lol. =.=
Tried comics corner but my com says the websit may harm my computer so I'm gonna try to surf using public com tomorrow haha.
D&D can be quite a put off cos it's too virtual in a way. Unless you have figures to play with.. I haven't played before though.
I'm planning to get 2 board games soon. I'm trying to find one dungeon crawler sort of game and another game for more players
I'm thinking puerto rico since it has got such great reviews.. Or LNoE la but I read the reviews online and I've got some doubts about the game.. Hmm you seriously think it's a good buy ar?
So the games on my list now is puerto rico, chaos in old world, LNoE and claustrophobia
I've played Bang! before and I dont think it's the kind of game I'd spend hundred buck on haha. Quite interested in bohnanza and bang though if i can get them really cheap.. maybe i shoould try buying online,
Any cheap-must-try game you'd recommend?
Hype!
Aha, yea. Well,
Risk is so commercial that I think every family has it. As a matter of fact,
Risk is my 2nd board game after Monopoly. Risk is sitting in my shelf untouched for a really long time. I never played
cluedo before
World of Warcraft the board game is from the PC game franchise, so the title is more appealing to those who play the PC game, like your friends I believe.
Yup, comic's corner website is harmful, I told them already. They seldom update their items in their website except for the news column. E-mail them and ask to put yourself in their mailing list. They will update you with upcoming items through e-mail.
Puerto Rico is currently at no. 1 ranking board game, hence good reviews.
PR and
Agricola always fight for the 1st place. I dislike
Agricola and I find that
PR is hardly plays in my gaming group although we sometimes play it. My friends commented that
PR is too heavy for them, they had "brain-damaged" after that, lol. Friends are casual gamer, only few are hardcore.
Hmm, can you please tell me what are the doubts that you've seen about
LNoE? Maybe I can answer them for you ya.
Chaos in the Old World (CitOW) is an awesome game!!!! But I need to remind you that it is best to be played with 4 players. 3 will be less intense. FYI,
CitOW is in the same fantasy as space hulk, which is Warhammer. The figures in
CitOW is the real deal, awesome. For this game, I hardly find any girls wanna play it, like some of my friends. They say it's too wicked or something, lol. The best thing I found in
CitOW is that you get to play as GOD, and all 4 GODs (players) in the game are different, their winning points are achieved in different ways for different GOD. The board game map depicts a stretched human skin! Game time hits the sweet spot for me, around 90 minutes. Some of the territory in the board game is too small to fit all the figures. Also, the borders of the area are a bit hard to find, but not a problem though!
I recommend all 4 board games
(PR, CitOW, Claustrophobia, LNoE) since they all are different that one another. I know, its a tough choice! Reviews and videos will help you for sure.
Owh, 2 board games? Maybe I can help you out, but I need to know the criteria that you need in a game, like:
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-theme
-budget
-no. of players
-depth/game weight
-max playing time
-etc etc etc
These are important to ensure that your purchases are worth it and to see the board games to be on the gaming table more often. As games are an expensive hobbies to us (as we're still student), I just think that we're not in a state to collect board games now.
2 board games that you're planning to get= 1 dungeon crawler+1 board game with many players.
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As for dungeon crawler, I am waiting for the new+remake of DungeonQuest by fantasy flight games which is set to be released this year. It's in my waiting list. Maybe you would like to check it out? Other dungeon crawler game, hmm, how about Dungeoneer series? Game is okay, but you need to provide your own dice and counters, that's why the price is cheap, at RM100. No figures as the hereos are in card stand. It's actually a card game. Cool thing is that, the map/dungeon that your going through is also the card itself. The card shows the dungeon room, you lay them down to construct the dungeon of your adventure.
Descent or Heroscape might be a bit expensive. I never played them before, but they are really cool, check in youtube ya.
Talisman 4th edition is nice too, can be played with 6 persons. It's an RPG dungeon crawler themed. One thing I hate about it is like it feels like playing a monopoly. Hehe, you roll a dice to move, fight/buy. Take a look at the board game as well, does it look a bit like monopoly? Hehe, anyway, you might wanna try it too. Many expansions have been released for the base game. If you buy the fantasy flight games released, you will have figures.
Dungeon twister 2 is not bad too, feels like playing chess. Cool thing is that, at certain point, you can twist the map tile making your opponent hard to get out from the dungeon or otherwise for you, hence the name, dungeon twister. Map is like a maze.
Doom: the board game is nice as well. It plays very long, around 3 or so hours. It's a bit similar in theme with Space Hulk 3rd edition as the game is set in space, plays in narrow corridors, fighting aliens, and sliding door. But I never played this game. I was nearly about to buy this game. The theme really digs me in but the playing time is too long. Plus it's a co-op game, I don't like it.
Hey, claustrophobia is dungeon crawler game as well.
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Hmm, what about party cards? especially card game. If you think Bang! the Bullet is a bit expensive, you can just get the game without the XP, which is Bang! (only Rm79) No. of players are 4-7. Bohnanza is card game that can be played with 7 players
Talisman can be played with 6 persons.
Ticket to Ride series are for 5 players
Roborally, for 8 players.
Viktory II is for 6 players (or 8, I don't remember). I never played before.
Le Havre. Heavy like PR.
Citadels (Price is less than RM 100 if I'm not mistaken). For 7 players. I recommend this if you can play it fast. I just can't stand the downtime in this game.
And many2 more.
Caylus. This is very heavy game.
And many many more!
As for cheap games that you must try, this is a bit hard. Different person has different preference. What about Print and Play games (PnP). Some of them are free, which you can get from the internet. You just need to print it on paper, cut/paste it, and walla, you get yourself a game. But problem is, not many people willing to spend time to do the work. One PnP game that is in my favourite is
Zombies in my pocket (ZimP). Played for 1 person only.
Other cheap game, I recommend
Carcassonne (RM125),
Settlers of Catan (RM145).
San Juan (RM125). I don't remember all, sorry.
Regards
Damien
This post has been edited by leoskyangel: Jul 7 2010, 06:26 PM