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I played Eclipse the other day.
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It's a strategy/economy game of galactic conquest. You can play as Terrans or multiple alien races with different strengths or weaknesses. You explore and seize new galaxies to harvest resources from, research new technologies, build battle spaceships, customize and equip them to your liking, and send them to conquer territory. The combat system works by rolling dice and involves ships of multiple different types with very customizable abilities. The player who has the most victory points after nine turns wins. Victory points can be gained in battle, by researching technologies, by forcefully taking artifacts from neutral civilizations, and by holding territory. Both an aggressive militaristic style and a defensive, economy-based approach can lead to victory.
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The game is very complex. There's a fuckton of rules and pieces to set up, and the game takes 30-60 minutes per player to complete, so you better make sure that players are serious. However, gameplay is very rewarding. There are lots of options and possible courses of action to prioritize to make the best of your limited resources. Attaching a fat new plasma cannon or shield generator to your ships and sending them to battle is a lot of fun.
![[image loading]](http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic952898_md.jpg)
It was the first time playing for all four of us, and we all agreed Eclipse is a fantastic game. I'm very much looking forward to playing again.
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On June 29 2011 00:41 Tachyon wrote:
Why didn't the list include chess? =(
Best board game ever made, and most complex.
Look up Go. It will blow your mind.
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Paths of Glory looks amazing; shame it's so expensive (on amazon anyway).
Seeing as this is a board game thread, and it hasn't been mentioned yet, I thought I'd point out Wil Wheaton's show TableTop. First episode had Day[9] as a guest, which is how I first heard of the show (via the thread on TL).
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Eclipse is awesome, however there are some elements I just don't like.. for example, the strength of each alien race is highly dependent on the players mindset. Also the luck factor, for example, drawing the über hull-upgrade early on lets you easily crush any ancients, and drawing a supernova as the Hylden (? the science guys) gives you such a huge advantage.
In our games everyone is usually quite defensive, because the first player who invades someone else usually just gets stabbed in the back. Untill the last rounds, because then it's pure chaos.
The luck factor in the dice is also quite infuriating, but I guess not much to do.
Still its a game with great quality and probably my second favorite 3+ player game after agricola.
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TableTop is great, I picture in my head Wil Wheaton as a serial-killer or something, that guy is quite creepy; but an awesome series!
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damn those scarlett racks!
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Twilight Imperium: 3rd edition is amazing.
Game of Thrones: 2nd edition is also amazing.
I play both of these games regularly with my friends. Every time the experience is different. If you have the time and the patience, play these games.
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Monopoly can be a surprisingly competitive and game of skill if you play it right and get past relying on the dice to do your work.
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On August 20 2012 20:18 Shiragaku wrote:
Monopoly can be a surprisingly competitive and game of skill if you play it right and get past relying on the dice to do your work.
I do not understand this, can you elaborate? In my opinion it's nothing but basic concept and soo much dice luck, but I'll be glad to be convinced otherwise.
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On August 20 2012 20:48 KaiserJohan wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 20:18 Shiragaku wrote:
Monopoly can be a surprisingly competitive and game of skill if you play it right and get past relying on the dice to do your work. I do not understand this, can you elaborate? In my opinion it's nothing but basic concept and soo much dice luck, but I'll be glad to be convinced otherwise.
The vast majority (easily over 90%) of people play monopoly wrong, and don't follow the rules in the booklet.
The real monopoly game has an auction system which adds strategy and is designed to shorten gametime. Because people in general don't know/care about this rule, Monopoly becomes the massive grindfest of 4 hours where people keep going in circles until they get bored with it.
You can actually be good at "real" monopoly, but the game that most people play has no skill to it.
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On August 20 2012 20:53 zalz wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 20:48 KaiserJohan wrote:On August 20 2012 20:18 Shiragaku wrote:
Monopoly can be a surprisingly competitive and game of skill if you play it right and get past relying on the dice to do your work. I do not understand this, can you elaborate? In my opinion it's nothing but basic concept and soo much dice luck, but I'll be glad to be convinced otherwise. The vast majority (easily over 90%) of people play monopoly wrong, and don't follow the rules in the booklet. The real monopoly game has an auction system which adds strategy and is designed to shorten gametime. Because people in general don't know/care about this rule, Monopoly becomes the massive grindfest of 4 hours where people keep going in circles until they get bored with it. You can actually be good at "real" monopoly, but the game that most people play has no skill to it.
This is the most important rule that people look over:
BUYING PROPERTY
Top of Page
Whenever you land on an unowned property you may buy that property from the Bank at its printed price. You receive the Title Deed card showing ownership. Place the title deed card face up in front of you. If you do not wish to buy the property, the Bank sells it at through an auction to the highest bidder. The high bidder pays the Bank the amount of the bid in cash and receives the Title Deed card for that property.
Any player, including the one who declined the option to buy it at the printed price, may bid. Bidding may start at any price.
Other than that, people creating a pot for the free parking space are unnecessarily extending the game time too with an unfair way to get ahead or get out of trouble.
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Back when I was in college (3 months ago ha!) my roommate and I held a weekly board game night with a few of our close friends and coworkers. We played a lot of the games mentioned in the OP like: Carcassonne, Settlers of Catan, and Dominion.
We played a few other games much more though
Arkham Horror
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Rune Wars
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On August 20 2012 21:03 Doctorbeat wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 20:53 zalz wrote:On August 20 2012 20:48 KaiserJohan wrote:On August 20 2012 20:18 Shiragaku wrote:
Monopoly can be a surprisingly competitive and game of skill if you play it right and get past relying on the dice to do your work. I do not understand this, can you elaborate? In my opinion it's nothing but basic concept and soo much dice luck, but I'll be glad to be convinced otherwise. The vast majority (easily over 90%) of people play monopoly wrong, and don't follow the rules in the booklet. The real monopoly game has an auction system which adds strategy and is designed to shorten gametime. Because people in general don't know/care about this rule, Monopoly becomes the massive grindfest of 4 hours where people keep going in circles until they get bored with it. You can actually be good at "real" monopoly, but the game that most people play has no skill to it. This is the most important rule that people look over: BUYING PROPERTY Top of Page Whenever you land on an unowned property you may buy that property from the Bank at its printed price. You receive the Title Deed card showing ownership. Place the title deed card face up in front of you. If you do not wish to buy the property, the Bank sells it at through an auction to the highest bidder. The high bidder pays the Bank the amount of the bid in cash and receives the Title Deed card for that property. Any player, including the one who declined the option to buy it at the printed price, may bid. Bidding may start at any price. Other than that, people creating a pot for the free parking space are unnecessarily extending the game time too with an unfair way to get ahead or get out of trouble.
Sadly, when you try to use that tactic, people often get annoyed and call you a tryhard. It is like Halo, a very competitive game but people do not realize it.
However, playing with students of economics can be really fun.
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On August 21 2012 09:23 Shiragaku wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 21:03 Doctorbeat wrote:On August 20 2012 20:53 zalz wrote:On August 20 2012 20:48 KaiserJohan wrote:On August 20 2012 20:18 Shiragaku wrote:
Monopoly can be a surprisingly competitive and game of skill if you play it right and get past relying on the dice to do your work. I do not understand this, can you elaborate? In my opinion it's nothing but basic concept and soo much dice luck, but I'll be glad to be convinced otherwise. The vast majority (easily over 90%) of people play monopoly wrong, and don't follow the rules in the booklet. The real monopoly game has an auction system which adds strategy and is designed to shorten gametime. Because people in general don't know/care about this rule, Monopoly becomes the massive grindfest of 4 hours where people keep going in circles until they get bored with it. You can actually be good at "real" monopoly, but the game that most people play has no skill to it. This is the most important rule that people look over: BUYING PROPERTY Top of Page Whenever you land on an unowned property you may buy that property from the Bank at its printed price. You receive the Title Deed card showing ownership. Place the title deed card face up in front of you. If you do not wish to buy the property, the Bank sells it at through an auction to the highest bidder. The high bidder pays the Bank the amount of the bid in cash and receives the Title Deed card for that property. Any player, including the one who declined the option to buy it at the printed price, may bid. Bidding may start at any price. Other than that, people creating a pot for the free parking space are unnecessarily extending the game time too with an unfair way to get ahead or get out of trouble. Sadly, when you try to use that tactic, people often get annoyed and call you a tryhard. It is like Halo, a very competitive game but people do not realize it. However, playing with students of economics can be really fun.
What's the significance behind that rule? Whenever I play with people, they just buy anything they land on and the issue never even comes up. Or are you saying it's advantageous to let it go to auction in some cases?
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On August 21 2012 09:28 starfries wrote:Show nested quote +On August 21 2012 09:23 Shiragaku wrote:On August 20 2012 21:03 Doctorbeat wrote:On August 20 2012 20:53 zalz wrote:On August 20 2012 20:48 KaiserJohan wrote:On August 20 2012 20:18 Shiragaku wrote:
Monopoly can be a surprisingly competitive and game of skill if you play it right and get past relying on the dice to do your work. I do not understand this, can you elaborate? In my opinion it's nothing but basic concept and soo much dice luck, but I'll be glad to be convinced otherwise. The vast majority (easily over 90%) of people play monopoly wrong, and don't follow the rules in the booklet. The real monopoly game has an auction system which adds strategy and is designed to shorten gametime. Because people in general don't know/care about this rule, Monopoly becomes the massive grindfest of 4 hours where people keep going in circles until they get bored with it. You can actually be good at "real" monopoly, but the game that most people play has no skill to it. This is the most important rule that people look over: BUYING PROPERTY Top of Page Whenever you land on an unowned property you may buy that property from the Bank at its printed price. You receive the Title Deed card showing ownership. Place the title deed card face up in front of you. If you do not wish to buy the property, the Bank sells it at through an auction to the highest bidder. The high bidder pays the Bank the amount of the bid in cash and receives the Title Deed card for that property. Any player, including the one who declined the option to buy it at the printed price, may bid. Bidding may start at any price. Other than that, people creating a pot for the free parking space are unnecessarily extending the game time too with an unfair way to get ahead or get out of trouble. Sadly, when you try to use that tactic, people often get annoyed and call you a tryhard. It is like Halo, a very competitive game but people do not realize it. However, playing with students of economics can be really fun. What's the significance behind that rule? Whenever I play with people, they just buy anything they land on and the issue never even comes up. Or are you saying it's advantageous to let it go to auction in some cases?
You can get properties for cheaper. There are spaces that are mathematically superior to others, so if you can pass over bad places and let people waste money on them (or you get them cheap), you can get a big advantage.
Dominion is insanely good. Everyone should play it :X
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wow how did i miss this thread! thanks for this!
i miss MUTANT and the old StarWars boardgame loved it and that game called "Drakar Och Demoner" my favorite
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Is there anyway to play risk like the stock boardgame (none of that shitty fake shit) online with other people? Like it would be sick if we got a TL risk game going (legit risk, you move pieces and roll dice etc).
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Apples to Apples, Charades, Chess, and Risk.
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Try playing Scrabble in your second language (obviously in that language edition)
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For anyone who has played the Game of Thrones Second Edition board game, does it spoiler much?
IE can people who have only watched the series play it without spoilering future season events?
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