Re: The DCTR Birthday Shout Outs Thread!
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:49 amDang, good luck on your Lightray, man. I've seen him at very fluctuating prices so hopefully you'll get him in a good trade or buy.
Yeah, the RE deck building game. It's actually VERY good for what it is. It's not the most in-depth game I've ever played but sometimes, these games are 50% of what you put into it yourself and heck, it's a card game, so what can you expect? I think it plays pretty good and I'm actually looking at getting the expansions. Basically it's 1 to however many players you want. You take turns exploring the mansion and acquire ammo, weapons, currency, etc, along the way and purchase better ammo and more powerful weapons along the way. Mansion cards reveal zombies and other enemies as well as random things like herbs. The printed instructions that came with the game are junk and have print head alignment errors and mistakes but I found some Errata online which helped.
I also got Arkham Horror the boardgame which is pretty darn fun if everyone gets into it. Lovecraft literature is hit or miss for me although Rats in the Walls is just awesome and the Cthulhu mythos that followed thanks in part to fan-made/third party contributions has just made for great fun. The boardgame is long but fun (IMO) and does a good job of immersing you in the lore.
Awesome, I took a look at Mice & Mystics online and I've got to say, I think I've found the next boardgame I want to pick up. A few years back, I thought about getting Mouse Guard but I'm pretty much the only guy in my social circle who would even consider playing a pen and paper RPG game but a boardgame with wedges of cheese for counters that looks like it kind of plays like Hero Quest... but you're all Mice?? That might just take a little less persuasion! Especially the cheese counters part.
Yeah, the RE deck building game. It's actually VERY good for what it is. It's not the most in-depth game I've ever played but sometimes, these games are 50% of what you put into it yourself and heck, it's a card game, so what can you expect? I think it plays pretty good and I'm actually looking at getting the expansions. Basically it's 1 to however many players you want. You take turns exploring the mansion and acquire ammo, weapons, currency, etc, along the way and purchase better ammo and more powerful weapons along the way. Mansion cards reveal zombies and other enemies as well as random things like herbs. The printed instructions that came with the game are junk and have print head alignment errors and mistakes but I found some Errata online which helped.
I also got Arkham Horror the boardgame which is pretty darn fun if everyone gets into it. Lovecraft literature is hit or miss for me although Rats in the Walls is just awesome and the Cthulhu mythos that followed thanks in part to fan-made/third party contributions has just made for great fun. The boardgame is long but fun (IMO) and does a good job of immersing you in the lore.
Awesome, I took a look at Mice & Mystics online and I've got to say, I think I've found the next boardgame I want to pick up. A few years back, I thought about getting Mouse Guard but I'm pretty much the only guy in my social circle who would even consider playing a pen and paper RPG game but a boardgame with wedges of cheese for counters that looks like it kind of plays like Hero Quest... but you're all Mice?? That might just take a little less persuasion! Especially the cheese counters part.
Happy belated!