I had my friends over for the usual board game night and we actually threw down Inis because I was motivated by the post I made here.
We are still very much on the fence about it in relation to Blood Rage but still enjoying it very much. We keep comparing to Blood Rage because we feel they are 2 different sides of the same coin and both are very tightly designed. There are 3 of us that get together once a week to game and I will share some of the thoughts here.
My bud Tiger - Prefers Blood Rage because it is more straight forward than Inis. Easier to manipulate troop placement for calculated risks and sure victories. Blood Rage āfeelsā tighter to him. (In my humble opinion I prefer the more chaotic approach to combat and board presence of Inis.)
My bud Guinn - Feels like it is comparing apples to oranges, but likes in Inis that you can āsneakā into territories with out combat as opposed to Blood Rage where there is always tension of oncoming battle.
Myself - Still on the fence, there is no variance in Blood Rage which it gives it a slight advantage compared to Inis. I know I have stated that there is no variance in combat but there is a deck of Epic Cards which you draw from and add to your hand if certain action cards are played. (I feel it is very minor variance, but it is there.) The big takeaway I am starting to get is that Inis is far more āpuzzle-yā than Blood Rageās straight forwardness. And I am leaning towards Inis because of my love for abstract puzzles.
Iāve recently become interested in the arkham horror LCG because itās a co-op game with deckbuilding (not the dominion kind, like, actually assembling a deck and taking it to a friendās place)
are there any better games than this that are co-op LCG/TCGs? I kind of donāt want to play an arkham horror thing because I am a contrarian
yeah Iād love to get into netrunner but Iām the only person in my group of friends interested in building decks so like, Iād have to build decks for everyone else to get them involved and stuff
I have like, $100 worth of cards and no one to play with
I spent too much money on Netrunner. My issue with Netrunner is its super aggressive release dates on expansions. They come out too damn fast and I canāt keep up with it. Does not help that none of my gaming peeps jumped on the wagon either and you really do need someone else who is committed to it to enjoy it.
I have grown wiser and will only get card games that can be enjoyed with their pre built decks and just treat it like a traditional board game. Summoner Wars has taken the mantle for me and it does have deck construction if you wish to dig deeper. ASHES is a great Magic clone.
I gotta see what my wifeās schedule is. If she is working, I am free no problems, however we have been running around a lot lately and if she has the time off we are definitely gonna spend some together times.
Contrary to otherās experience, I think Arkham Horror LCG is much better than LOTR LCG. The strategy revolves around risk management during the game, whereas LOTR is a lot more trad CCG in that strategy is mostly frontloaded into deckbuilding portion inbetween games.
Netrunner is fine but too expensive. The advantage co-op lcgs have is 0 requirement to keep up with the release cycle/evolving meta so you only ever buy more cards when you want them
No worries, I canāt really join in if it starts any later than Noon EST as I am sure this will take 3 to 4 hours to rock out. Maybe 1 EST at the absolute latest. I understand if people canāt make that happen. Sorry for having such a restrictive time table.
