Magic the Gathering and other CCG's and boardgames discussion

[instantdeath999]

I played a few games of Magic once. I had a lot of fun, though I don't have enough people who'd be interested in playing to make it worth investing in the hobby.

[Der_Lex]

That's the biggest downside of all card and board games, you need to have enough people to play with. I'm fortunate in having a wife and a group of friends that all share my hobby, even if we don't all like the same games (R'hllor knows I'll never manage to get a group together to play the Game of Thrones board game).

[instantdeath999]

Strategy heavy game, huh? Or does it require knowledge of the books to play?

Unfortunately, the only card game where I've had multiple friends to play with was Yugioh, and that's because we were all young. It was pretty damn fun at the time, though.

[hakko504]

As can probably be guessed by looking at my avatar, I have played a few boardgames in my days as well. I did play some Magic a few years ago, but I've decided that I prefer regular boardgames ratehr than CCGs. However, the new Lord Of The Rings LCG has really caught my eye and our first playing was really good. And now it looks like FFG is adapting it to Star Wars as well for release early (?) next year. Apparently there has already been public demos at Cons in the US.

Anyway, anyone who hangs out at boardgamegeek.com as well, can add me to their geekbuddies.

[Der_Lex]

Strategy heavy game, huh? Or does it require knowledge of the books to play?

It's mainly pretty strategy heavy. Best game to compare it to is probably Diplomacy, but I don't know if you've ever played that.

As can probably be guessed by looking at my avatar, I have played a few boardgames in my days as well. I did play some Magic a few years ago, but I've decided that I prefer regular boardgames ratehr than CCGs. However, the new Lord Of The Rings LCG has really caught my eye and our first playing was really good. And now it looks like FFG is adapting it to Star Wars as well for release early (?) next year. Apparently there has already been public demos at Cons in the US.

Anyway, anyone who hangs out at boardgamegeek.com as well, can add me to their geekbuddies.

I only lurk at BGG, I don't have an account there... although I do have an account for the Geekstore, since I used that to get a friend of mine a Frigg character card for Yggdrasil for her birthday, so I'm not sure if that's compatible or not. Still, not sure if I'm all that inclined to post. The only board game-related community I've ever really been a part of was Warseer (for Warhammer), but that kind of ended as soon as I started getting more involved on here.

I might need to look into that LOTR LCG. I kind of assumed it was re-release of the old LOTR CCG, which I really didn't like.

I've mostly got my eye on the new Guards! Guards! Discworld board game coming out soon, though.

[hakko504]

I only lurk at BGG, I don't have an account there... although I do have an account for the Geekstore, since I used that to get a friend of mine a Frigg character card for Yggdrasil for her birthday, so I'm not sure if that's compatible or not. Still, not sure if I'm all that inclined to post. The only board game-related community I've ever really been a part of was Warseer (for Warhammer), but that kind of ended as soon as I started getting more involved on here.

I've been a member now for 7 years, and while I do split my time more these days, I've returned more and more to boardgaming since my life has changed in other ways that will allow me to spend more time playing boardgames.

I might need to look into that LOTR LCG. I kind of assumed it was re-release of the old LOTR TCG, which I really didn't like.

No, it's a completely new and completely different game. This one is a CoOp where you play a gang of heroes out to do missions which take place just before the LotR books, but after The Hobbit.

I've mostly got my eye on the new Guards! Guards! Discworld board game coming out soon, though.

Yes, that looks very interesting - but as I saw it described as 'Talisman in Discworld' I'm betting Discworld: Ankh Morpork will be the slightly better game. Martin Wallace have not let me down so far. I'll get both games anyway.

[Der_Lex]

Ankh Morpork has been on my radar for a bit longer, and is another game I'm definitely looking forward to. Nice to see both Discworld games are playable with only 2 players, since most of the time it's just the missus and me playing.

[Ledgo2]

I've lurked around a few Magic forums. I never register because I can't keep track of the forums I post on. Typically I lurk around to pick up some knowledge. I've only posted in a CCG forum once for some card opinions. I tend to stray from a lot of forums like that due to the flamefests and the bashful output that can happen from a mere disagreement over cards/whatever.

I have the same situation with my brother Der_Lex. For a week or two my brother would be the only person available. I actually don't mind it-It helps to make a good 2v2 team to play each other and in general to critique each other. Though being brothers, there is a lot of bickering at times.

[Der_Lex]

My wife and I just finished our game of Arkham Horror (her first, my third). Good news is she really liked the game. Bad news is I haven't won a single game yet... yet again the terror level rose too high and monsters flooded the town. We just couldn't seem to close gates fast enough (my character getting jumped by two monsters in the second turn and never getting above 1 stamina again for the rest of the game didn't help).

[mercuryshadow09]

I haven't played Magic in about fifteen years, last time I did, I played against some kid who built a Turbo Stasis deck out of a magazine and needless to say, got my ass handed to me, Fungasaur was highly underrated!