I’ve been keeping my eye out for a discounted used copy of Septima since it started landing on backers’ doorsteps. A couple of weeks ago, I saw a Deluxe copy get posted on BGG marketplace by a seller whose profile suggested they lived near me. So I reached out to them and after some negotiation on time and place (but not price! They posted it for a fair price, and I don’t need to brow-beat them; based on my rough number, back of the napkin numbers, they took a hefty loss to sell to me for what they did).
We were able to take the family to an early dinner and then head out to meet up with the seller at our FLGS parking lot for the deal; all the while, I was somewhat nervous that I didn’t actually clarify that it was a Deluxe edition, rather than someone identifying a retail copy incorrectly as “Dexlue”. But, it turned out for the best! I managed to get a copy of the Deluxe game (which includes, by definition, the available-at-launch expansion), the metal coin upgrade and deluxe card sleeves.
So, all that’s left is to see if the game is any good; but that may have to wait because my brain hasn’t been working great for about a week due to a tiny human disrupting my life in every way.
this arrived yesterday
looks very lovely
as far as I’ve read I recognize MotW. Also it seems to position itself to appeal to total rpg newbies. It makes some of the parts i liked most about MotW (and failed to get across to my players) even more explicit. Namely the initial setup of group, goal and conflict involving way more participation of the players than I was used to in my early rpg days when the GM would present all that, sometimes even including character motivation.
It’s also trying very hard to remind everyone that you’re playing the heroes and to make sure boundaries are set. I already have 2 people interested in playing. But first we have to finish watching Korra. And I need a third player.
this is the German retail book. I had looked at the KS back then but not having seen any of the shows at the time passed on it despite the campaign looking pretty exciting.
My friend ran it the other day and said it went really well. Apparently the adventure that comes in the book is fun.
They usually run MotW, so it sounds like it would be very easy to get going. Nice to hear it makes stuff explicit though. I’ve got one book for a PbtA-based game that obviously assumes familiarity with the system/other games like it, so just skips over some of the basics.
Got home from AireCon and received my Button Shy games for the rest of the Sprawlopolis Universe.
Also, got these from the Maths Trade: Detective: A Modern Crime (another whodunnit game!) and the whole shebang for R.O.V.E (another solo Button Shy title). Will this be on the same level as Sprawlopolis?
Bought Whale Street and Oink’s latest Whale to Look. Plus, Trick and Trade and Knizia’s Choco Smugglers (aka Soda Smugglers) from Travel Games. I like Soda Smugglers, so Choco Smugglers is yet another “prestige edition” I took
I have resisted Ginkgopolis + expansion from Yachew for really cheap so far.
I think it’s worth giving a shot. You can get into this crossed eyed state where the good pair to place between just pops out. After a while all the moves become even faster.
Agreed. I played @lalunaverde ’s copy of Tindahan and @RogerBW ’s copy of Nokosu so feeling confident on these purchases. That was why I stomached the cost.
I think I actually preferred Tindahan to Nokosu but both are great.
In an odd case of FOMO, I picked up Reiner Knizia’s Age of War used at my FLGS. I was a bit shocked when I saw it was $20, as I feel like I had seen it for sale new there just a year or so ago for that or even less. But looking online, I see it going for $60+ at various retailers, so went ahead and got it.
Simple enough filler. Hopefully can try it out soon.
I think it was regularly in the bargain bins until it went out of print. Then you suddenly see listings at 4x the price but I doubt they get any takers at those high prices.
Some games get a bad rep, or are otherwise not popular enough to justify their print run, and can be very cheap indeed—I’ve seen GEN7 under £10 new, Tainted Grail at £15, in sales. I bought my copy of Homeland for a fiver.
It might take a few days.
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