Comments on: Office Gaming Lunches http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/01/30/890/office-gaming-lunches/ War Gaming and Modeling for Pulp, Warhammer, Mordheim and Flames of War Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:37:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stu http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/01/30/890/office-gaming-lunches/comment-page-1/#comment-15296 Stu Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:51:58 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/01/30/890/#comment-15296 Actually I take it back. I've learned to loathe Race for the Galaxy with a burning passion. It's totally dependent on the cards you draw. And it's got a vicious feedback loop. If you can draw a couple of good cards to build a draw factory early on you'll win or at least do well. If you can't - or you don't get such good draws as your opponent, you're screwed, and you're probably going to remain that way through the game. Actually I take it back. I’ve learned to loathe Race for the Galaxy with a burning passion. It’s totally dependent on the cards you draw. And it’s got a vicious feedback loop. If you can draw a couple of good cards to build a draw factory early on you’ll win or at least do well.
If you can’t – or you don’t get such good draws as your opponent, you’re screwed, and you’re probably going to remain that way through the game.

]]> By: Stu http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/01/30/890/office-gaming-lunches/comment-page-1/#comment-14476 Stu Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:57:24 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/01/30/890/#comment-14476 Hey it's your baby, I didn't want to violate an NDA or anything :). Have you blogged about it? Hey it’s your baby, I didn’t want to violate an NDA or anything :). Have you blogged about it?

]]> By: Andrew Stephens http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/01/30/890/office-gaming-lunches/comment-page-1/#comment-14443 Andrew Stephens Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:48:35 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/01/30/890/#comment-14443 Clans has surprising depth, but really plays best with fewer players because with everyone pulling the huts in different directions the outcome seems a little random. Maybe not such a good choice for our lunchtime free-for-alls. I guess that is Race for the Galaxy's strength. Its lack of interaction means it plays equally as well with different numbers of players. In fact, with only small changes to the rules I can imagine playing with 6 or even 10 players (selecting actions on alternating turns would probably be needed). There are a few Cheapass games somewhere in my game library. The best one is "Kill Doctor Lucky", I will bring it in sometime. Also, I did not see any mention of Evil Genius - what's up with that? Clans has surprising depth, but really plays best with fewer players because with everyone pulling the huts in different directions the outcome seems a little random. Maybe not such a good choice for our lunchtime free-for-alls.

I guess that is Race for the Galaxy’s strength. Its lack of interaction means it plays equally as well with different numbers of players. In fact, with only small changes to the rules I can imagine playing with 6 or even 10 players (selecting actions on alternating turns would probably be needed).

There are a few Cheapass games somewhere in my game library. The best one is “Kill Doctor Lucky”, I will bring it in sometime.

Also, I did not see any mention of Evil Genius – what’s up with that?

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