It was on sale, so I got Project Elite. Ok, not buying more games starting froooooooooom, now! (at least I need to sell some first)
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A dastardly sale assaulted me and forced me to buy Legacy of Dragonholt, A War of Whispers, and the Vth Element expansion for Big Book of Madness (truly it is madness to buy an expansion that makes a game Iāve never won harder).
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Where was this sale?
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https://www.magicmadhouse.co.uk/
Theyāve got an Easter sale on at the mo.
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To be clear, these were just perceived issues, and really only a concern in the first place because it was going to get played at 2P the vast majority of the time. Basically the gameās passenger economy works in a way that had me immediately concerned about an ugly meta with a routine opponent in the 2P space.
[EDIT] To put it another way, this wasnāt a problem with the game (in fact I think itās the most exciting part of what Maglev offers; this is NOT a low interaction game like many are claiming), but a problem with how weād generally be playing it. Not really zero sum at 2, per se, but something similar.
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Yet another P500 with GMT - their upcoming reprint of the classic Vietnam: 1965-1975
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-911-vietnam-1965-1975-gmt-edition.aspx
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Aahhh i remember buying Dragonholt for Ā£13 this year. And it was legit.
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So Modern Art: The Card Game came. The cards are tarot sized with the name of the game on the back
Both my irrational card hates in one! The actual art on the cards is interesting, so Iām conflicted.
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Decided to buy Fall of Rome to finish my Pandemic collection (minus the third expansion for the base game and Cthulu - who can be bothered?). Was hoping for a massive drop in price in sales like the other pandemics used to get, but now itās just going up and up in price. Who pays Ā£50 for Pandemic?! Itās perverse! So figured itās the time to settle.
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Damn! Where was that from?
Amazon. Was a bit anxious that itās a wonky buy but nope
UK prices are off the chartsā¦ 50?
I mean I paid 50 but in ā¬
I do not have a lot of different pandemics except for the Legacy but I have really enjoyed my plays of Fall of Rome. Definitely need to get back to that one after Legacy 2.
Havenāt we talked about this just the other day?
To cheap for actual cardbacks, are they? In a game about artā¦
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Yes, on Rocketmen.
The back would be great if not for the game name. Itās one of the art pieces in the game with the name slapped on top.
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UK prices are, indeed, off the charts.
And what I didnāt realise coming into the hobby about a year ago was how 2nd-hand doesnāt drop those prices one bit.
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Yeah, the MSRP of P:FoR is Ā£50. In the real world is generally about Ā£40-45 online, but even so, Pandemic used to be the game that was slightly cheaper than everything else.
With the (actual) Pandemic and brexit prices have definitely shot up in the last year or so. Iām sure there was quite a sharp rise in 2015 or so too. Boardgaming used to be a lot cheaper!
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āHow cheaply you could get it on amazon.com importā used to be a baseline beyond which local markups couldnāt go too far. Shipping went up, so amazon.com import prices went up, and local prices did too.
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Went on a bit of an Easter rampage 
Decrypto & Laser Drive - I just love it so. Someone in one of my game groups has it, but Iād like it for playing more generally. Beats Codenames now for my tastes. So much more open and funny. Got both together for Ā£21, so bargain!
Modern Art Card Game - had held off because Modern Art is already a card game and I will die on this hill etc etc. Then I found out itās actually a reimplementation of a different auction game? So why not!
Cosmic Conflict & Alliance - The two last Cosmic Encounter expansions I donāt own. Iāve been acquiring the expansions bit by bit over the years - fodder for reaching free shipping thresholds and the like. Now I just have two more I thought I better buy them for security and to make sure I donāt make a mistake and accidentally reorder one I already own. A few friends want to play, so hopefully will play this a lot when lockdown ends.
Quacks Alchemists chucked it in with the cosmic expansions to get the discount and compile shipping costs. Itās quacks, Iām sure itāll be a laugh.
Iām eying up Summoner Wars, Anno 1800, and possibly Blood on the Clocktower. Think that might be my year sorted 
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I only bought my copy during the pandemicā¦ so it is sitting here unplayed as I refuse to try and teach it to people over voice chat. Cannot wait to finally play that one.
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For peopleās first game, they almost always go for quite obvious clues that build together for solid guessing from the opponent. Itās the second game that makes things crazy!
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