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Reply #45 on: December 29, 2018, 07:04:05 PM
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Quote from: BanzaiCat on December 29, 2018, 05:08:04 PM
Speaking of no self control, I just picked up Barbarossa by VPG and DnD Wrath of Ashardalon. With Hitler's Reich I did pretty well this year.

Anyone else get some good stuff?

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Reply #46 on: December 29, 2018, 07:06:04 PM
There was one?

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Reply #47 on: December 29, 2018, 07:11:04 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on December 29, 2018, 06:54:05 PM
I amost bought MBT

why? so it can sit on your shelf while complain there's no one to play with?
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(that one's pretty complex, and can be played solo, but not a ton of fun solo)

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Reply #48 on: December 29, 2018, 07:23:33 PM
Yeah, that's what stopped me. Barbarossa from VPG is solo though, and the others can be played solo.

Hitler's Reich was an impulse buy to be sure, but I'd heard nothing but good things about it.

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Reply #49 on: December 29, 2018, 10:52:42 PM
Gloomhaven arrived today. Holy hell this game is heavy and full of amazing content.


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Reply #50 on: December 30, 2018, 11:52:54 AM
HOORAH for the Gloomhaven Brigade!

That really is a great price and, if you wind up liking it as much as I think you will, an astonishing dollar-per-hour value.

How many do you both have to play it with?  I’ve now got a full four that all threaten me with harm if I advance the plot without them.

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Reply #51 on: December 30, 2018, 01:05:46 PM
LOL

Honestly it'll just be me. My daughter might play it but they're headed back on Saturday. My only challenge is figuring out if I want to play with two or three characters...just made it to page 16 of the rules and read the very interesting balance it calls for when soloing the game.

I've watched a lot of reviews on this game and some say you can easily get 100 hours of play out if it. I'm pretty happy with the ratio of cost to time, there.

Also thinking of might need a larger folding table on which to play this.

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Reply #52 on: December 30, 2018, 03:27:30 PM
It will be just me solo or me and wife. My biggest fear is the setup/take down.  :D

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Reply #53 on: December 30, 2018, 03:30:50 PM
There's organizers out there that apparently make it much easier to set up and take down the game, but the price tags are sky high. There's one on Amazon that's almost as much as what you and I paid for the game. Others out there are cheaper but still, about sixty bucks.

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Reply #54 on: December 30, 2018, 04:02:49 PM
Yet another reason to just go ahead and buy a proper board game table.  :D

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Reply #55 on: December 30, 2018, 04:47:32 PM
Oh, I've got more than table enough, but I am seriously thinking about the Broken Token organizer.  I futzed with it at Origins and it really is a remarkable piece of kit.

For a game I know I would play much more if it weren't such a challenge to set up and get down, it just might be worth it.

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Reply #56 on: December 30, 2018, 05:09:54 PM
I have the Broken Token organizer for 7 Wonders, and I can actually fit the base game plus first 4 expansions in the box together.  Now that Armada is out, though, I don't think it'll work.

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Reply #57 on: December 30, 2018, 05:19:23 PM
I installed a new chandelier this weekend over our dining table. The wife looked at it and said that it looked great but the table looked horrible now. She asked me, "what was that gaming table you were looking at when you were at Origins?"  :biggrin:

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Reply #58 on: December 30, 2018, 05:36:32 PM
https://www.carolinagametables.com

Tell Jodi that I sent you :)

Dunno if it gets you a discount, but couldn't hurt to mention it
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Reply #59 on: December 31, 2018, 03:28:12 PM
 Hm.m... making it hard not to take the 'Board-gaming plunge' 


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