Argh stop making me want to buy this game! I already have the original but urgggh resist resist
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Iām not entirely sure whatās there to entice current owners into switching over. @RogerBW, any insights? I mean, for me the art changes probably would have been enough. 
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@Lordof1 may be a better person to ask because Iāve only played āoldā Sentinels once, virtually, while heās played it quite a bit. But the impression I get:
- yes, you no longer have early artwork by a guy whoās learning his trade (actually I care more about the better graphic design which makes it easier to parse a card quickly);
- some effort to streamline the rules, particularly with prowords replacing card text (e.g. ādiscover a cardā rather than āsearch your deck for this card and put it into playā);
- some effort to get the āslowā heroes up and running more quickly, so that you may play fewer turns overall but theyāre the fun ones;
- tighter thematic integration for heroes rather than ābag of powersā.
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Asking for a certain Lord. 
[EDIT] Lemme beef this post up a little. Iāve been thinking about Sentinels since I put it down for the night last night. Iām finding the [application of] theme incredibly satisfying, which is something I kind of expected, but not to this degree.
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I havenāt bought anything in a few weeks since my last post, but a pre-order-held OGS order came in.
War of the Ring: The Fate of Erebor ā a good price for a pre-order of this rather small expansion, which held up everything else
Res Arcana: Perlae Imperii ā another expansion for a game I havenāt yet played. Yet I feel as though the pearls probably should have been included from the beginning, so I expect to use this expansion right away just as soon as I can get a game night scheduled with my ex-neighbor.
Colt Express: Bandits ā Belle/Cheyenne/Django/Doc/Ghost/Tuco ā these were at a huge discount at one of my preferred OGS, so I opted to pick them all up. Mostly, Iām looking to leverage these to make 2-player Colt Express more interesting. In order to learn them, I might just play solo with all of the bandits and see how that goes; Iām not even sure itās possible, but I can try, right?
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Swapped Rallyman GT for Medici I know have the full Knizia auction quadrilogy
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Officially itās completely disallowed. But Iāve done it (playing as the Marshal) and I thought it worked pretty well.
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Roger has basically summed it up. I have the huge black box of doom with absolutely everything in it and I donāt think itās sufficiently different to justify getting it all over again honestly. Thereās mild changes and balancing changes and the new version is a little tighter but the actual experience of play is effectively identical, honestly.
Itās made me want to dig out my old box again honestly but not sure I want to get the new version again other than FOMO (which is a depressingly powerful motivator!).
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Whatās the fourth game? Dream Factory, High Society?
High Society but Dream Factory would fit too, dammit.
Off to BGG
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I would recommend Strozzi too 
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The first of my maths trade games arrived today: Tokyo Highway. Iām not sure that the box could look any more boring 
Also waiting for Praise, Loot, and Kittin.
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Itās starting to be the ideal nber of Knizia auction games I need is n+1 where n is the current number I have.
Dream Factory looks interesting with the closed economy, and copies are reasonably priced
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Still waiting for a few Maths trade to come in but I manage to trade off some games and Iām only making a small backslide in my gaming goal for this year, so that is a success
- Homesteaders - havenāt arrived yet
- Age of Civilization - played it and enjoyed it as a big game in a small box. Needs more plays
- Mini FITS - Knizia
- Dune - the old Dune that was reprinted a few years ago
- Genesis - a tile-laying Knizia that I played and was keen on having. This is going into the collection.
- De Vulgari Eloquentia: Deluxe Edition - heavy Euro that I might chuck out after at least a couple of plays but geekbuddies seems to like it
- Kyoto - negotiation game. Pleasantly surprised that itās a small box game actually.
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Bought (damaged)
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Wits and Wagers: Itās Vegas Baby A trivia game as some friends expressed an interest in a games night (crush damage, 25% off OLGS selling price)
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Irish Gauge I regret selling this, so repurchased
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Iberian Gauge Amabel Holland does trains with Ian OāToole art and Capstone production
The Gauges are 10% off for a minor ding on the box.
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Ack, more Unmatched goodness. Restoration Games just put up the Jurassic Park: Sattler vs. T-Rex on their store, but for a bit extra, you can get a promo:
The first sidekick character to have a mini. I had to have it! 
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Stupid no uk shipping. Arg!
Yeah, unfortunately RG can only ship to US and Canada, and even then, with this set, due to some licensing issues, they canāt even do Canada.
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Hopefully managed to get a US-UK Facebook shipment group to order me a copy. Fingers crossed.
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Oh balls. I had Polynesia and its expansion map on a wish-list and I got email that they were on sale at a really good discount, so I popped them into my shopping cart and went browsing the rest of the sale, and by the time I was done theyād sold them to someone else.
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