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Your mother should give him the following proposal: Without looking at his collection he has 24 hours to make a list of all the ones he can remember. He can keep as many as he can remember.

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08-06-2017 , 01:53 PM

#1402

clowntable

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That's fantastic. I'm in the process of ordering my collection a bit. Will post some pictures soonish

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08-06-2017 , 02:43 PM

#1403

Nicholasp27

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Nice collection, looks like many years in the making

I'll post mine when I figure out my storage solution

Got to play my first 4-player Food Chain Magnate last night; was great

More games should use meaningful milestones like that

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08-06-2017 , 11:23 PM

#1404

ibavly

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Wow has he played every one of those? He should open up a board game cafe

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08-07-2017 , 06:45 AM

#1405

xander biscuits

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I'm sure there's a couple he's never played

I can just imagine

"Not tonight Derek, I know you just got the expansion pack for Marrying Mr Darcy, but we've played too many games recently. Maybe some other time."

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08-28-2017 , 04:02 PM

#1406

Gabethebabe

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Bought Kingdomino, Spiel des Jahres 2017 and in my family (10-14) it was a resounding failure.

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08-28-2017 , 04:54 PM

#1407

DWetzel

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Has anyone shelled out the ridiculous amount of money for Gloomhaven? It looks amazing, but I'll have limited chances to play it so it'd really need to be great for me to buy.

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08-28-2017 , 07:31 PM

#1408

PrimordialAA

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Originally Posted by DWetzel

Has anyone shelled out the ridiculous amount of money for Gloomhaven? It looks amazing, but I'll have limited chances to play it so it'd really need to be great for me to buy.

yup waiting for it to be delivered (should be in Sept.), also trying to shell out even more ludicrous amounts of $ for kingdom death: monster 1.5 but it seems impossible to get at this point

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08-29-2017 , 02:45 PM

#1409

Nicholasp27

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I got it in the second kickstarter but I haven't received yet

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09-02-2017 , 01:33 PM

#1410

PrimordialAA

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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

I got it in the second kickstarter but I haven't received yet

if you have any interest in selling hmu, will pay a decent markup for it if it's one of the better tiers (ancient gold lantern or higher)

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09-05-2017 , 01:57 AM

#1411

Weatherguy

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Got to try/buy Witches of the Revolution, as well as Dragonfire. Both as a pre-release at PAX West. Both fun co-op deck building games, with Dragonfire set in the DND universe.

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09-05-2017 , 11:30 AM

#1412

PokerRon247

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Originally Posted by Gabethebabe

Bought Kingdomino, Spiel des Jahres 2017 and in my family (10-14) it was a resounding failure.

Any particular reason? I just ask because I've not come across anybody that hasn't liked it yet. I have played it with groups of hardcore gamers and with novice gamers and it's gone down a storm with everyone.

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09-05-2017 , 08:13 PM

#1413

Nicholasp27

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Originally Posted by PrimordialAA

if you have any interest in selling hmu, will pay a decent markup for it if it's one of the better tiers (ancient gold lantern or higher)

I got the $99 tier + $10 solo add-on

That was the highest there was (and only one that is full game versus the lower tiers that are expansions to first printing), there is no gold lantern or other cool names in the second printing

I may be willing to part with it

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09-06-2017 , 01:25 AM

#1414

ChrisV

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Just bought Codenames Duet and hoping to give it a play sometime in the next few days. I'm a huge Codenames fan so I hope they've nailed a two player version which is fun.

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09-06-2017 , 10:53 AM

#1415

Gabethebabe

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Originally Posted by PokerRon247

we played with 3 and the decisions just weren't interesting enough. It felt like it played itself. I'd like to play it with 4 but my son has quit already on it after one game so we're one short

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09-06-2017 , 11:06 AM

#1416

PartyGirlUK

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https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/183...cation-3p-game

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09-08-2017 , 09:30 PM

#1417

PrimordialAA

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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

are we talking about the same thing?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ath-monster-15

tiers I'm looking at start at $750 and go up to ~$2000

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09-08-2017 , 09:47 PM

#1418

Eric

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Has anyone played Grand Austrian Hotel? I bought it at an auction for $25, still in plastic. I'm trying to decide whether to resell or play.

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09-09-2017 , 03:03 AM

#1419

PokerRon247

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Originally Posted by Gabethebabe

we played with 3 and the decisions just weren't interesting enough. It felt like it played itself. I'd like to play it with 4 but my son has quit already on it after one game so we're one short

Try it with 2 then, it works great as a two player game.

This may be obvious but someone in our gaming group missed it first time around - did you notice that the higher numbered tiles are more valuable for your grid, so your decision when choosing your tile has to balance tile value with play order for the next round. Also you have to keep an eye on what your opponents are doing and balance out getting tiles that benefit you with taking tiles that would be highly beneficial to them.

For sure it's not the deepest game ever but for a light filler that teaches and plays in about 15 mins it's got a good amount of strategy.

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09-09-2017 , 12:13 PM

#1420

Nicholasp27

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Originally Posted by PrimordialAA

are we talking about the same thing?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ath-monster-15

tiers I'm looking at start at $750 and go up to ~$2000

Oh I was taking about Gloomhaven

Yeah I passed on that ridiculously expensive kingdom game

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09-09-2017 , 12:14 PM

#1421

Nicholasp27

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Originally Posted by e_holle

Has anyone played Grand Austrian Hotel? I bought it at an auction for $25, still in plastic. I'm trying to decide whether to resell or play.

This is a good game; definitely keep it

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09-09-2017 , 12:29 PM

#1422

Eric

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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

This is a good game; definitely keep it

Thanks!

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09-10-2017 , 12:44 PM

#1423

clowntable

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Since I was curious I recently checked ebay to see how much my War of The Ring anniversary edition is worth. Oh my

It's still in shrink wrap.

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09-10-2017 , 01:58 PM

#1424

Carl_Spackler

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Hello, board game thread!

If you haven't already, please take a moment and fill out my survey to be used in a POG guesstamania game. Ten quick yes or no questions. However, please don't say in the thread if you have filled out the survey or not.

I’m trying to get a large cross-section of POG people, so I’m spamming this survey post everywhere I can think of. Sorry if you keep seeing it.

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