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Author Topic: Look what I picked up  (Read 3473 times)

judgedredd

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on: December 09, 2022, 02:01:22 PM
I have no idea if I'm going to like it...but it was £20. Worth a pint I thought



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Reply #1 on: December 09, 2022, 03:51:09 PM
It's fantastic. North Africa and Normandy are so much fun. I also preordered Stalingrad.

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judgedredd

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Reply #2 on: December 09, 2022, 04:10:22 PM
It looked fun I have to say...but I will be playing it solo.

I know there's a solo expansion - Reinforcements - out there but I don't want to use it if I can help it.

Have you played it solo?



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Reply #3 on: December 09, 2022, 05:06:27 PM
I drunk bought North Africa one night,  :whistle: , and have played a couple of times all solo.
It plays well enough solo but is card based so it does lose something.

It hasn’t really grabbed me. I’ll probably be selling mine.

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Reply #4 on: December 09, 2022, 07:22:29 PM
Hate the artwork so much that I ended up selling my copy.  I found it a bit too light for my tastes and the atrocious art sealed the deal to sell.  Hopefully someone comes out with some alternative artwork for the cards someday.



judgedredd

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Reply #5 on: December 10, 2022, 04:49:56 AM
^ snob  ;D

Actually, as a game, I'm not too bothered with the artwork. It might end up being a bit too light and repetitive for me though.

It was refreshing to be able to read a manual in a single evening. Whilst that doesn't bode well for complexity, complexity can be a double edged sword. As can being too simple. In the middle is ideal for me.

...but is card based so it does lose something.
I am very much enjoying Point Blank and absolutely love Fields of Fire - card games are more enjoyable to me than I ever thought they would be. This is described as a Deck Building game - and whilst I'm not particularly sure what that entails or whether I have any other games described as that (I don't think I do), it should be a new experience for me.



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Reply #6 on: December 10, 2022, 03:51:51 PM
It's fantastic. North Africa and Normandy are so much fun. I also preordered Stalingrad.
It looked fun I have to say...but I will be playing it solo.

I know there's a solo expansion - Reinforcements - out there but I don't want to use it if I can help it.

Have you played it solo?
BC?



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Reply #7 on: December 10, 2022, 09:13:53 PM
I have played it solo. I used One Man and his Meeple's playthrough; this was a couple of years ago before Reinforcements came out. I have Reinforcements but haven't tried it out yet.


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Reply #8 on: December 10, 2022, 10:08:51 PM
I have no idea if I'm going to like it...but it was £20. Worth a pint I thought

I only have Normandy.

I enjoy it for what it is and appreciate the design of a hybrid deckbuilder/wargamer with a maneuver element. I really thought it might bridge a gap for my better half to enjoy a wargame since she loves deckbuilders, but we didn't get past the second scenario.



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Reply #9 on: December 11, 2022, 03:32:20 AM
I have played it solo. I used One Man and his Meeple's playthrough; this was a couple of years ago before Reinforcements came out. I have Reinforcements but haven't tried it out yet.


Yeah and it-(the entire series) has too much 'Card Dependence'/"random draw" element of 'moi' "dislikings"-! What "if" they HAD 'Wooden cubes' instead-? For 'Normandy'-?: "Private Ryan's 'Savings' Die Rolls"-?



judgedredd

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Reply #10 on: December 11, 2022, 07:25:49 AM
I have played it solo. I used One Man and his Meeple's playthrough; this was a couple of years ago before Reinforcements came out. I have Reinforcements but haven't tried it out yet.


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Reply #11 on: December 11, 2022, 08:46:34 AM
What OM&HM did felt like it wasn't to the game's full potential - but that said, it was still a lot of fun. I need to try Reinforcements.

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Reply #12 on: December 11, 2022, 09:21:57 AM
OM&HM?



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Reply #13 on: December 11, 2022, 09:48:56 AM
one man and his meeple



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Reply #14 on: December 11, 2022, 09:49:16 AM
What UCG said  :groovy:

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