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Author Topic: Stellaris - the board game! - coming soon from Academy Games  (Read 27545 times)

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Reply #75 on: September 13, 2024, 05:18:41 PM
Just recently, purely out of curiosity, I was looking at the 'Too Many Bones' game. There is a huge amount of content for it, but cheap, it aint!

That game is ridiculous. All neoprene mats and plastic cards and dice - you could legit play it while in the bathtub and it would come out fine.

My quick take : it is a need game with a ton of character customization in game through variable dice pools. But there is basically zero maneuver once things kick off since the battle board is so small. I liked it, but I don't think I liked it enough to part with the kind of money it costs. Plus, the learning curve borders on nightmarish since every character is so different.



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Reply #76 on: September 17, 2024, 12:13:06 AM
how's that ETA working out for you  ;D

Well I wasn't *wrong*, technically.  :biggrin: 


But, yeah.  I'll admit to a bit of disbelief that now the game very likely won't ship until 2025.  :kling:  I just...I almost don't have words at this point.  What an absolute shitshow. 



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Reply #77 on: September 17, 2024, 09:06:02 AM
I'm going to rename the thread title as

Stellaris - the board game! - coming "soon" from Academy Games

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Reply #78 on: September 17, 2024, 05:44:37 PM
Appropriate, though I doubt that's sarcastic enough at this point.  ::) 

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