Darkus Black @ 13/12/2017 18:46

vladykins @ 13/12/2017 15:50 I've wanted to get Mansions of Madness for awhile, but just haven't done it. I have three or four editions of the Call of Cthulhu RPG and got all the goodies from Petersen's Cthulhu Wars kickstarter. Spoiler + Those look amazing. I am jealous! Mansions of Madness is brilliant. Had so many great games of it.

It's pretty fun- basically all the mythos battling against each other by trying to get acolytes and priests to get enough power to raise minions and ultimately bring in a Great Old One or Elder God. You can pick up the game and expansions still post-Kickstarter: oouir big bonus (other than getting it cheaper than retail) was each of the monster/minion pieces were done in a maroon for display purposes only. Doesn't include the Great Old Ones or Elder Gods, but gets all the way up to Starspawn and Dark Young.

Lamps @ 14/12/2017 6:28

Arkham Horror card game yes We have so many board games, but not much time to play them.

yeah- this is my chief problem. That and I love complexity while my wife likes simpler games. So stuff like Pandemic or Zombies!!! are awesome since they are pretty simple up front.

DnD & Pathfinder > all

Don't remember what other board games I liked the most when I played them more...

vladykins @ 14/12/2017 15:24

Darkus Black @ 13/12/2017 18:46 vladykins @ 13/12/2017 15:50 I've wanted to get Mansions of Madness for awhile, but just haven't done it. I have three or four editions of the Call of Cthulhu RPG and got all the goodies from Petersen's Cthulhu Wars kickstarter. Spoiler + Those look amazing. I am jealous! Mansions of Madness is brilliant. Had so many great games of it. It's pretty fun- basically all the mythos battling against each other by trying to get acolytes and priests to get enough power to raise minions and ultimately bring in a Great Old One or Elder God. You can pick up the game and expansions still post-Kickstarter: oouir big bonus (other than getting it cheaper than retail) was each of the monster/minion pieces were done in a maroon for display purposes only. Doesn't include the Great Old Ones or Elder Gods, but gets all the way up to Starspawn and Dark Young.

I think I may have found a copy so I am going to buy it!

vladykins @ 14/12/2017 10:24

.....do i see harpoon?!?

Dsssss Black @ 14/12/2017 21:59

vladykins @ 14/12/2017 10:24 .....do i see harpoon?!?

That you do. That's also why I have the old Janes and the Combat Fleets books.

Board games are awesome! I have a bunch of them, but no longer a game group to play them with. Most of my best ones need 3+ people, but until my daughter is old enough to understand how to play, they sit on my bookshelf collecting dust. Here are a few "awards" from my collection:

Best game: Twilight struggle
Most played game: Dominion (plus it's many expansions)
Most likely to be played over the holidays: Ticket to Ride (and expansions)
Biggest game: Railroad Tycoon
Game with the most pieces: Galaxy Trucker
Best vintage game: Solarquest (original 1980s copy)
Best games to not be listed above: Power Grid, Puerto Rico, Seismic, Gheos, Risk, Settlers of Catan, probably some more I can't see from this angle.

Some games I usually play when I go back home are

Bounce Off (fun new recent game I picked up)
Apples to Apples/CAH
Catan expansions (Cities & Knights is the best if I have 2 hrs to devote to a game)

I played Mountains of Madness yesterday and it was so much fun! It was quite different, because it had the complexity and feel of a serious coop board game, but it forced people to ACTUALLY go insane while playing the game. We were lucky with our madness cards so that made it a bit easy, though.

Lamps @ 17/12/2017 3:06

I played Mountains of Madness yesterday and it was so much fun! It was quite different, because it had the complexity and feel of a serious coop board game, but it forced people to ACTUALLY go insane while playing the game. We were lucky with our madness cards so that made it a bit easy, though.

Yeah- it has been on my list for awhile but I never pull the trigger. But that concept is why I worked sanity in my Lovecraft Shadow Over Kingsport game.

One I love but have not played in years is Cosmic Encounter.

So I bought clue to play with my family on thanksgiving and apparently Mrs White has been replaced by a pink character named Dr Orchid who is an Asian American woman doctor


Fun times

DsssssssS @ 17/12/2017 19:42

So I bought clue to play with my family on thanksgiving and apparently Mrs White has been replaced by a pink character named Dr Orchid who is an Asian American woman doctor Fun times

Should have bought Mysterium instead.

Darkus Black @ 17/12/2017 15:26

DsssssssS @ 17/12/2017 19:42 So I bought clue to play with my family on thanksgiving and apparently Mrs White has been replaced by a pink character named Dr Orchid who is an Asian American woman doctor Fun times Should have bought Mysterium instead.

Or the classic 221B Baker Street. We play that a lot too, especially since I bought all the expansion cases.

tried out Cash 'n Guns, really enjoyed it. Shit can get pretty tense down the stretch. And the gun props instantly make it more fun