Nobody?

[Bruce Neiger]

So -- I am taking my game and just going home tonight?

-BDN

[James H.]

My evening plans are still in flux.

On Feb 9, 2016 2:46 PM, "'Bruce Neiger' via NYC Shadowfist" <nyc-sha...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

So -- I am taking my game and just going home tonight?

-BDN

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[Jan Malina]

Don't be sad Bruce.  I would come if I could.

Jan

On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 2:46 PM, 'Bruce Neiger' via NYC Shadowfist <nyc-sha...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

So -- I am taking my game and just going home tonight?

-BDN

[Joshua Kronengold]

On Feb 9, 2016 2:46 PM, 'Bruce Neiger' via NYC Shadowfist <nyc-sha...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> So -- I am taking my game and just going home tonight?

I'll be there! Brought a few game of my own as well.

[Bruce Neiger]

OK, cool.  Please be on time?

@ James, I hope you can come, as the game plays better with 3 than 2, although you can play with 2.

@ Anyone else....   four is good, too.

 

-BDN

[Joshua Kronengold]

On 2/9/2016 3:27 PM, Jan Malina wrote:
> Don't be sad Bruce. I would come if I could.

I got Sarah J to come again, so we had a lovely little game of Bruce's
coop deckbuilder. I think it may have a bit more moving parts than it
needs? And we lost. But it was fun enough.

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[Bruce Neiger]

Agreed on all counts.

It is interesting to see what a game that combines Tower defense, co-op, and deck-building looks like.

But the game does get a little needy on the setup side.

So far I am one-and-one vs. that game.

Worth trying a third time at some point.

All right.  Is the planned attendance for  this gaming club now me, Josh, sometimes Sarah, sometimes James?

 

-BDN

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On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 12:33 AM, Joshua Kronengold <mn...@labcats.org> wrote:

On 2/9/2016 3:27 PM, Jan Malina wrote:
> Don't be sad Bruce.  I would come if I could.
I got Sarah J to come again, so we had a lovely little game of Bruce's
coop deckbuilder.  I think it may have a bit more moving parts than it
needs?  And we lost.  But it was fun enough.

>
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[Jason Robinette]

I have the expansion that lets the game scale up to 6.  I can't imagine how that would be yet... but something tells me it'll just be a longer setup and breakdown, honestly.

My wife is taking a class on Tuesdays, so I won't be able to attend on those days for the foreseeable future... but I'll figure it out :)

J

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[Joshua Kronengold]

On Feb 10, 2016 10:20 AM, 'Bruce Neiger' via NYC Shadowfist <nyc-sha...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> Agreed on all counts.
> It is interesting to see what a game that combines Tower defense, co-op, and deck-building looks like.
> But the game does get a little needy on the setup side.
> So far I am one-and-one vs. that game.
> Worth trying a third time at some point.

Could be.  I disagree that it has tower defemse elements, though.  Tower defense is fundamentally about DoT and hard defense points vs melee enemies movement and melee attacks -- the fundamental mechanic is invariably trying to mow down enemies before they get to a goal, with movement buffs and debuffs definitely part of the game.  Blind corridor dueling is an interesting combat system, but its the opposite of tower defemse--there isnt even an element of ranged combat where your rear defenders can fire at am approaching foe,

> All right.  Is the planned attendance for  this gaming club now me, Josh, sometimes Sarah, sometimes James?

I have no idea.  We should really set up a separate list so we can discuss strategy and plans for the spin off/sequel group. 

Sometimes Jan, too.  The issue with Julian is that he often has a conflicting plan.

[Bruce Neiger]

@ Josh -- Good analysis.  I suppose you woul dhave to add, at minimum, ranged attacks, have the enemies move down the lane before engagement, and then add movement buffs and de-buffs to make it a tower defense sort of thing.

Sounds interesting, but the game clearly focused on relatively simple rules and a higher degree of replayability with all the possible item cards -- I suspect they spent their "complexity budget" doing that, instead.

So, would you like to invite Sarah to this group in the meanshile? 

and yes, it kind of makes sense to start a new group -- although no outsider would get confused -- if no one has found us in the past umpteen years no on wwill do so now.

Still -- I suppose that it is possible that someone would search for and find a mid-town gaming group ?...

No reason to change groups.. if no outsiders found us in the past umpteen years, no one will do do now.

@ Jason -- My son told me about the expansion, and the idea of playing this with more than 4 players sounds .. just awful.  It;s co-op now.. but you can tune out a bit on ther players tunrs... with 6, it almost sounds like a solo game where you have to wait your turn to play.

Really, 3 players seems best.  2 a bit too non-interactive, and 4 almost a stretch.

-BDN

Robert Heinlein:

This Universe never did make sense; I suspect that it was built on government contract.  - The Number of The Beast - 1980

Women seem to have almost unlimited capacity for forgiveness. (Since it is usually a man who needs forgiveness, this must be a racial survival trait.) - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls - 1985

“There are three schools of magic. One: State a tautology, then ring the changes on its corollaries; that’s philosophy. Two: Record many facts. Try to see a pattern. Then make a wrong guess at the next fact; that’s science. Three: Awareness that you live in a malevolent universe controlled by Murphy’s Law, sometimes offset in part by Brewster’s Factor: that’s engineering.” - The Number of The Beast - 1980