12-21-2014, 04:40 PM
Played three games today:
Zombicide. I don't buy minis games on principle, but I could easily describe it as Left 4 Dead, the board game. You're a team escaping a zombie hoard, jumping from area to area finding weapons and items, and the game gets harder the more zombies you kill. Lots of cooperation and group planning.
I played as Jack Nicholson's character from The Shining. There was a kickstarter bonus set of characters based on movies, so they had stuff like Hannibal, The Dude, and Dana Scully as playable characters.
It's pretty fun, but my problems with minis games kinda prevents me from ever buying it for myself. Also kinda stinks that the joke characters are only available on eBay at this point.
Management Material is an old card game that seriously deserves a reprint.
The players are corporate slackers constantly try to get out of work by giving excuses to pass assignments to the next guy. It's simple and hilarious.
If you find it, buy it then and there. You won't regret it.
And the last game I played was Kittens in a Blender. Very dull. Very boring.
Each player has a pool of kitten cards, and the object of the game is to kill the other player's kittens while rescuing your own, scoring points from the ones you rescue. Not a game worth anyone's time. I have no problem with the concept, it's just really boring.
In other news, I'm very interested in trying out Doomtown. It's mechanics seem a little complicated, but very intriguing. It's a western themed card game where players fight for control of the town. Like Netrunner, it was originally a dead TCG with a very loyal fanbase, but this year it was rebooted into the LCG format and has been flying off the shelves.
What makes the game very unique is that part of it's gameplay utilizes poker mechanics. Every card in the game has a suit and rank (Ace of Spades, Queen of Hearts, ect) and during certain parts of gameplay you'll use them to play poker. It's very interesting. Does anyone here have an opinion on it?
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Zombicide. I don't buy minis games on principle, but I could easily describe it as Left 4 Dead, the board game. You're a team escaping a zombie hoard, jumping from area to area finding weapons and items, and the game gets harder the more zombies you kill. Lots of cooperation and group planning.
I played as Jack Nicholson's character from The Shining. There was a kickstarter bonus set of characters based on movies, so they had stuff like Hannibal, The Dude, and Dana Scully as playable characters.
It's pretty fun, but my problems with minis games kinda prevents me from ever buying it for myself. Also kinda stinks that the joke characters are only available on eBay at this point.
Management Material is an old card game that seriously deserves a reprint.
The players are corporate slackers constantly try to get out of work by giving excuses to pass assignments to the next guy. It's simple and hilarious.
If you find it, buy it then and there. You won't regret it.
And the last game I played was Kittens in a Blender. Very dull. Very boring.
Each player has a pool of kitten cards, and the object of the game is to kill the other player's kittens while rescuing your own, scoring points from the ones you rescue. Not a game worth anyone's time. I have no problem with the concept, it's just really boring.
In other news, I'm very interested in trying out Doomtown. It's mechanics seem a little complicated, but very intriguing. It's a western themed card game where players fight for control of the town. Like Netrunner, it was originally a dead TCG with a very loyal fanbase, but this year it was rebooted into the LCG format and has been flying off the shelves.
What makes the game very unique is that part of it's gameplay utilizes poker mechanics. Every card in the game has a suit and rank (Ace of Spades, Queen of Hearts, ect) and during certain parts of gameplay you'll use them to play poker. It's very interesting. Does anyone here have an opinion on it?