I remember. I also know it was a capitalism (lie)
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Erotically forced to buy a diesel
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seeing you lose will be a win for me then
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I thought this was a pretty interesting vid
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I finally gave up on ever finding it in a shop and got Escape: The Curse of the Temple secondhand. The only board game I know of to come with a CD soundtrack.
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Board games with sound tracks or audio components:
Space Alert
Seventh Continent
One Night Ultimate Werewolf
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Does that Gargoyles board game where you had to play a VHS tape at the same time count?
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vhs board games are their own genre
atmosfear and its sequels and expansions
star trek
that one with the gross-looking mouse character
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look I know its a kids game but YOU FORGOT OMEGA VIRUS
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canât bring up vhs games without bringing up DRAGONSTRIKE
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I watched this in a theatre with an audience once and it was great.
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25:22 is where the most interesting bits start imo
as a tool for exploring/understanding the effects of the East India Company, itâs great. as a game, it sucks. Diplomacy is a better negotiation game, 1830 a better economic game, Deep Sea Adventures a better gambling/push-your-luck game. the only thing John Company brings is a veneer of role-playing, and Iâd rather play one without a board
the randomness really killed it for me: Tom says a couple of times âretire earlyâ. thatâs not possible, your family members retire from their offices when the dice roll says they do. it might be before you (the guiding personality of the family) wanted them to, but you have no say in the matter. made me feel like I was always reacting, planning contingencies or disasters, rather than trying to work out what would happen and plan accordingly to take advantage of it. makes for a fairer game, but the low (planning) skill ceiling makes a 5 hour game a bit boring. I need to be scheming!
same complaints as I have about Oath tbh. Pax Pamir was great
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Good deal on Carcassonne (20 dollars U.S.).
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I found the 20th anniversary edition for a similar price and we got to play it 2-player last night. I really liked how peaceful it was to lay tiles and how conflicted you can feel about your moves near the end of the game. But I wished the game were a bit longer so I noticed some cheap expansions and got them, Inns & Cathedrals and Hills & Sheep. I hear those are good.
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Carcassonne is peaceful until you realize that you can steal territory from other players, then it becomes a tense kind of peaceful.
I have Inns and Cathedrals and Traders and Builders, and I like both of those. (Both are on BGA, too.)
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Hunters and Gatherers is quite good as a more-challenging Carcassonne variant, almost every resource is possible to fight over. also on BGA
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Valley of the Kings: Last Rites is very good. Lots of quirky card synergies that are super exciting to pull off, and the basic entombing mechanic shared across all three versions of the game is just really fun. The rush that happens near the end where youâre trying to get your cards into your tomb is like a phase shift you really feel in both strategy and emotion. Excellent.
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