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Haven’t tried this one but recently caught my eye. For some reason I thought it was a bad async choice but on reading the rules seems it should work just fine.
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Let’s do this.
…and a long post on the “anyone have opinions on…” thread incoming as I’m trying to make sense of Gaia / Terra / Innovation right now.
There’s a lot of micro turns in Nidavellir. It works fine async, but its better in real time.
#mykingdomforadwerg
Curious how it plays out then - rules suggested we all place bids simultaneously, and then resolve the bids on each of three taverns in turn order - so that’s 4 actions per player per round. At 6 rounds, that’s 24 actions each. I admit I haven’t played it so very possible I’m omitting some steps.
You choose a dwarf from each tavern in bid order. There’s not a lot, its a very quick turn, but if we get a bad turn order for time zones it can take a good while between actions.
Is Terra relatively grokkable (I like grok, damn you Elon) for an age of innovation newb who has 3 games under his belt?
Rules, yes. Very much so.
Strategy… this is where I’m learning the games diverge, like Caverna and Agricola that share so many mechanisms but have a completely different objective.
TM has much simpler race powers and very little (comparatively) combo potential for extending your round. So the focus is more on long term strategy and map brinksmanship, rather than tactical insights, race exploitation, and incremental opportunity.
I was raised on Gaia Project, so I know the rules here but play relatively poorly!
I always leave it too long between games, so forget, for example, which scoring and bonus tiles are not in the game, which is supposed to have some bearing on faction selection and not easily determined from the BGA interface. Free faction selection is hard: I think I prefer being dealt colours, so you get to pick from 4 options.
Djct and I, at least, are not playing at a high level. Just pick what you like to play.
I wasn’t clear on the game options but I also prefer a constrained choice.
Anybody interested in a game of Pax Porfiriana on Yucata?
Im willing to go on Yucata for some Mexican cowboy fun
If we’re talking Yucata, there’s a bunch over that that I’ve been wanting to try but not buy…
Feld back catalog: Bruges (Hamburg), La Isla (Vienna), Macao (Amsterdam), Carpe Diem
Older Euros: Egizia (Gigli), Rajas of the Ganges (Brands), Renature (Mexica 2)
Luciani: Grand Austria Hotel, Lorenzo Il Magnifico
Lighter fare: Cacao (Walker-Harding), Port Royal, Red Cathedral
And of course Carson City would be a treat to play with a full table, which I’ve never done.
Rematch of TGZ or something else on OBG?
I’m in for any Splotter.
I’d go for another round of TGZ.
Good for a rematch.
Interested to learn fcm one of these days but right now would like to stick with the familiar.
Just home from a gaming weekend and got the buzz again, so here’s a games dump for people to join…
GWT with RTTN
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Orleans
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Yokohama
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Terraforming Mars with Prelude on the Hellas map
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Castles of Burgundy
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Race for the Galaxy
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Can’t join RFTG, limited to a BGBers group.
Changed the settings
Rats, too late on Yokohama. But it’s for the best. Starting a new job tomorrow, shrewdness dictates fewer tables for a bit…
I need to write a general life update somewhere.