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Wargaming => Intel Dump => Topic started by: Silent Disapproval Robot on September 28, 2019, 05:35:06 PM
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Ever buy a game chiefly based on the attractiveness of the design and components?
I bought the PC game Cuphead just because of the art. That was a mistake because I am not a fan of platformers and Cuphead is insanely difficult. I ended up just watching videos of someone else playing because I couldn't progress past a certain point (quite early on).
I was intrigued by Scythe due to the fantastic artwork. I didn't buy a copy as several friends had already backed the Kickstarter and I'm glad I avoided it because I do not like the game much at all. It's pretty polarizing within my local groups. The wargamers generally dislike it and avoid playing it (my two wargaming buddies who backed it both sold their copies early on) whereas the social/Euro crowd generally love it and want to play constantly.
When I first saw photos of War Room, I loved the look and nearly backed it. After reading the rules and watching a few demo videos, I decided against it as it seemed quite light (comparable with Axis & Allies- same designer) but also fiddly as you have to do book-keeping to track your resource income and expenditures as well as having to write out all your move orders each turn.
But still....if you get the embiggened version, it comes with sticks to move units! I need that!!!! Anyway, there's a guy in Vancouver who's got a side business that caters to idiots like me with FOMO issues. He backs games on KS and then sells them on to people who missed out. So, I bought it....and now I need to order the embiggened version to get my movement sticks.
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Borg's re-boot of "Battle of Britain" -- lots of little planes buzzing over a map that looks like something out of the war room.
"Napoleon: 1806", but I'd have probably bought that if the map were sketched on the back of a greasy brown lunch bag.
I am now at the point with Mr. Harris' designs that I think I'd rather repeatedly punch myself in the...well, yeah...
He lost the plot a long time ago.
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What'd Harris do other than Axis & Allies and a few of those other big box MB games from the early 90s?
Napoleon: 1806? I thought you bought everything Napoleonic?
Just like I buy everything Bomber Command.
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Borg's re-boot of "Battle of Britain" -- lots of little planes buzzing over a map that looks like something out of the war room.
Except for the initial run of the planes being a disaster :P
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Borg's re-boot of "Battle of Britain" -- lots of little planes buzzing over a map that looks like something out of the war room.
Mine were not in bad shape, though I certainly heard the noise from others.
Except for the initial run of the planes being a disaster :P
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i admit I bought the Big Trouble in Little China boardgame with little investigation; the aesthetics looked awesome and I didn't check game play out. But it's my understanding that it's a solid play. I guess I'll figure that out for myself sooner or later! :D