[Morgoth]

I've backed David Lang's new kickstarter, Rising Sun. It looks awesome, and already the stretch goals have reached the sky.

https://www.kickstar...?ref=nav_search

[Tapper]

Morgoth, on 08 March 2017 - 07:10 AM, said:

I've backed David Lang's new kickstarter, Rising Sun. It looks awesome, and already the stretch goals have reached the sky.

https://www.kickstar...?ref=nav_search

Same here. Blood Rage (as we discussed) is a favorite, and this looks a very good follow-up on that game, with expanded interaction and mechanics.
My one complaint is that the video somewhat lacking in the way it explains play (religion, turn order, province rewards, et cetera).
On the bright side, at the least this time, CMON does let its lady participants in the video actually do more than stand on either side of the board.

[PLUGO]

Tapper, on 08 March 2017 - 02:12 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 08 March 2017 - 07:10 AM, said:

I've backed David Lang's new kickstarter, Rising Sun. It looks awesome, and already the stretch goals have reached the sky.

https://www.kickstar...?ref=nav_search

Same here. Blood Rage (as we discussed) is a favorite, and this looks a very good follow-up on that game, with expanded interaction and mechanics.
My one complaint is that the video somewhat lacking in the way it explains play (religion, turn order, province rewards, et cetera).
On the bright side, at the least this time, CMON does let its lady participants in the video actually do more than stand on either side of the board.

Reading the description of this game reminds me of the game MARE NOSTROM which seems very similar to this set on the Mediterranean Sea and including all sorts of historic and mythical heroes and creatures, plus ancient wonders and a sweet trading mechanic which could allow a player to win solely with smart economics.

[Morgoth]

We played the new Dark Souls boardgame last night, and it was a lot of fun! We made sure not to powergame too hard, and let people organize their own actions. The result was a fun, tense gaming experience that made us want to continue playing way too long. I was the assassin and gained the masters attire early, which made me a dodging god. Right until I had a single bad roll and was smashed in the face by Super-Smough and died.

[Cause]

Anyone play castle panic? Recommend it?

[Maark Abbott]

I'm playing D&D now. Level 3 Dwarven brewmaster cleric. 19AC, 22HP, spec is largely geared towards support.

Spiritual Weapon is so much fun.

[Salt-Man Z]

Got Terra Mystica as an anniversary gift, and have played a couple games of it now. I kinda like being the Swarmlings.

[Blend]

Maark Abbott, on 14 July 2017 - 04:25 PM, said:

I'm playing D&D now. Level 3 Dwarven brewmaster cleric. 19AC, 22HP, spec is largely geared towards support.

Spiritual Weapon is so much fun.

My friends and I play D&D every weekend!

I am currently DMing, but in the game where I was a player, I had gotten up to level 6 Wood Elf Wizard. The team I DM are a level 12 Fire Genasi Phoenix Sorcerer, a level 12 Sahaguin Battlemaster Fighter, a level 12 Soulbound Bard, and a level 12 Kitsune Trickster Cleric.

LOVE LOVE LOVE D&D!

[Imperial Historian]

Also love me some d&d, as much fun as dming is wish I could play more. I've been addicted to the webshow critical role which really introduced me to the hobby.

In other gaming related news recently played gloomhaven which is insane. Over 90 different scenarios in am evolving legacy type game. Plays similar to the combat aspects of dnd. If you have a regular gaming group you are going to want to play this.

[Morgoth]

Salt-Man Z, on 14 July 2017 - 06:39 PM, said:

Got Terra Mystica as an anniversary gift, and have played a couple games of it now. I kinda like being the Swarmlings.

My groups of friends have played a lot of Terra Mystica. It's great. My only victory was with the mermaids, normally I do rather poorly.

[Coltaine -]

Blend, on 14 July 2017 - 07:36 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 14 July 2017 - 04:25 PM, said:

I'm playing D&D now. Level 3 Dwarven brewmaster cleric. 19AC, 22HP, spec is largely geared towards support.

Spiritual Weapon is so much fun.

My friends and I play D&D every weekend!

I am currently DMing, but in the game where I was a player, I had gotten up to level 6 Wood Elf Wizard. The team I DM are a level 12 Fire Genasi Phoenix Sorcerer, a level 12 Sahaguin Battlemaster Fighter, a level 12 Soulbound Bard, and a level 12 Kitsune Trickster Cleric.

LOVE LOVE LOVE D&D!

Never played D&D, but me and my friends started playing DSA a few months ago, a german pen & paper RPG, that is probably very similar. We tried to meet some regulary, but sadly the guy who started everything, bought a lot of books and adventures, and was our DM at the beginning lost interest. Now I'm doing his job when I have the time to prepare a new adventure and the team consists of a depressed knight, a male witch without any personality or traits, a cowardly noble who runs from everthing, a callboy and two drunken dwarves with rage issues I desperately try to get to breed.

[Blend]

Imperial Historian, on 15 July 2017 - 09:24 AM, said:

Also love me some d&d, as much fun as dming is wish I could play more. I've been addicted to the webshow critical role which really introduced me to the hobby.

In other gaming related news recently played gloomhaven which is insane. Over 90 different scenarios in am evolving legacy type game. Plays similar to the combat aspects of dnd. If you have a regular gaming group you are going to want to play this.

I'm up to episode 86 in Critical Role at the moment!

I've also listened to everything put out by Acquisitions Incorporated (you should really check them out if you like Critical Role), and 5 of the 6 seasons of DNDUI. LOVE LOVE LOVE Critical Role!

[Tapper]

Imperial Historian, on 15 July 2017 - 09:24 AM, said:

Also love me some d&d, as much fun as dming is wish I could play more. I've been addicted to the webshow critical role which really introduced me to the hobby.

In other gaming related news recently played gloomhaven which is insane. Over 90 different scenarios in am evolving legacy type game. Plays similar to the combat aspects of dnd. If you have a regular gaming group you are going to want to play this.

Good to know it is a good game - I jumped in on the last day of the Kickstarter, because I was quite unsure about whether the game underneath the heap of cool stuff was going to be good. Still not sure if the wife will join me in playing it, but apparently it is a good solo game, too.

[Imperial Historian]

Blend, on 17 July 2017 - 01:52 PM, said:

Imperial Historian, on 15 July 2017 - 09:24 AM, said:

Also love me some d&d, as much fun as dming is wish I could play more. I've been addicted to the webshow critical role which really introduced me to the hobby.

In other gaming related news recently played gloomhaven which is insane. Over 90 different scenarios in am evolving legacy type game. Plays similar to the combat aspects of dnd. If you have a regular gaming group you are going to want to play this.

I'm up to episode 86 in Critical Role at the moment!

I've also listened to everything put out by Acquisitions Incorporated (you should really check them out if you like Critical Role), and 5 of the 6 seasons of DNDUI. LOVE LOVE LOVE Critical Role!

I'm fully up to date with critical role, tried a few episodes of acquisitions inc, but didn't enjoy them much... can you recommend a starting point? I've recently started listening to the adventure zone, which is a more comedy focused dnd show which is pretty good.

And yes Tapper, gloomhaven has an incredible amount of stuff involved, but the underlying gameplay mechanics seemed solid. My friends who'd bought it had played well over 60 hours and were still loving it. I'm very tempted to get a copy myself when it is retailing properly.

[Blend]

Imperial Historian, on 17 July 2017 - 04:14 PM, said:

Blend, on 17 July 2017 - 01:52 PM, said:

Imperial Historian, on 15 July 2017 - 09:24 AM, said:

Also love me some d&d, as much fun as dming is wish I could play more. I've been addicted to the webshow critical role which really introduced me to the hobby.

In other gaming related news recently played gloomhaven which is insane. Over 90 different scenarios in am evolving legacy type game. Plays similar to the combat aspects of dnd. If you have a regular gaming group you are going to want to play this.

I'm up to episode 86 in Critical Role at the moment!

I've also listened to everything put out by Acquisitions Incorporated (you should really check them out if you like Critical Role), and 5 of the 6 seasons of DNDUI. LOVE LOVE LOVE Critical Role!

I'm fully up to date with critical role, tried a few episodes of acquisitions inc, but didn't enjoy them much... can you recommend a starting point? I've recently started listening to the adventure zone, which is a more comedy focused dnd show which is pretty good.

And yes Tapper, gloomhaven has an incredible amount of stuff involved, but the underlying gameplay mechanics seemed solid. My friends who'd bought it had played well over 60 hours and were still loving it. I'm very tempted to get a copy myself when it is retailing properly.

I wouldn't bother with the C team, I don't like them much.

Check out the Acquisitions Incorporated PAX games (do them in order of dates and you should get a pretty full story). They also did a like 10 episode series at one point that was basically some playtesting of a new Sword Coast adventure unit.

I like Acquisitions Incorporated because the DM for those, Chris Perkins, is one of the guys who writes a LOT of the D&D lore and other D&D materials. He knows what he's talking about, and though their gameplay style is a lot looser than, say, Crit Role or DNDUI, it's quite interesting to see how a slightly more easy-going DM works.

Still, nothing can compare to Matthew Mercer and his crew - a bunch of voice actors playing D&D together is like a wet dream. Plus, some of the best NPCs are Matt's NPCs - I'm thinking Victor the Black Powder Merchant, and Gilmore and Clarota here... Oh, and Sun Tree. All really memorable NPCs!

[Messremb]

Blend, on 14 July 2017 - 07:36 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 14 July 2017 - 04:25 PM, said:

I'm playing D&D now. Level 3 Dwarven brewmaster cleric. 19AC, 22HP, spec is largely geared towards support.

Spiritual Weapon is so much fun.

My friends and I play D&D every weekend!

I am currently DMing, but in the game where I was a player, I had gotten up to level 6 Wood Elf Wizard. The team I DM are a level 12 Fire Genasi Phoenix Sorcerer, a level 12 Sahaguin Battlemaster Fighter, a level 12 Soulbound Bard, and a level 12 Kitsune Trickster Cleric.

LOVE LOVE LOVE D&D!

How did you folks end up with a group? Having moved 3 years ago I have a painfully small number of local friends and none show the slightest inclination. Is there a D&D matchup site or something?!

In the move I found all my old character sheets and DM notes, good times. All safely squirrelled away in the attic in the hopes I can convince our twins to play...

[Cause]

I'm too introverted to play with strangers. But google a gaming store in your area. Something that specializes in board games and comics etc and found out if they ever do demos or have a games night. Attend and make friends and tell someone you want to DnD.

[Imperial Historian]

Cause, on 19 July 2017 - 08:40 AM, said:

I'm too introverted to play with strangers. But google a gaming store in your area. Something that specializes in board games and comics etc and found out if they ever do demos or have a games night. Attend and make friends and tell someone you want to DnD.

Pretty much this, i attend a few games evenings/geek events and run a geeky bookclub through the website meetup, there is a huge appetite for playing d&d in that community so it's not too hard to find a group. Especially if you DM, DM's are in huge demand.

there are also a fair amount of gaming stores which run d&d nights.

[Blend]

I, luckily, had a friend who used to play with his brothers when he was growing up.

So I play with that friend and his boyfriend, one of his brothers, and another good friend of mine who expressed interest, once a week with lots of beer and BBQ!

The friend's brother was originally the DM - we played his campaign for about 2 years, but he was getting some major DM's block, and I had been working on an Elemental Planes campaign during most of that time, so I picked up the reins, had them all create new characters starting at level 10, and we've been doing that for almost a year now!

In fact, the group was originally my friend and his boyfriend, me and one of the brother's friends. The brother's friend dropped out because she couldn't commit to playing regularly. Then my other friend joined, then my other friend's girlfriend joined. She and the first friend's boyfriend didn't get along, so the first friend's boyfriend quit. Then other friend and his girlfriend broke up, so the girlfriend quit. So first friend's boyfriend is now back in the fold. We mostly try to keep drama away from the table, but sometimes there's no stopping it.

Regards finding a group - there are subreddits dedicated to finding groups, I think, and if you'd be open to trying to play over the computer (mike and potentially webcam needed), then you could try Roll 20.

This post has been edited by Blend: 19 July 2017 - 02:03 PM

[Nicodimas]

I have been playing board games in a group at comic cons and found a friend from like 10 years before that play’s. So naturally I’m obsessed as this scene is awesome..

Went with blood rage, shadespire, imperial assault, gloom haven(otw) and kingdom death(otw).

I placed a few on pre order via Kickstarter with Joan of Arc, too many bones and war room for late 2018 games.

Think I’m good! I’m going to put together a game for Phoenix comic con.. + see what SDCC has to offer this year.

Can’t wait

(As a note my 8-10 year exalted game came to a close— so this hopefully will fill that gap and nobody has the time anymore for these type of sessions)

This post has been edited by Nicodimas: 08 November 2017 - 05:25 AM