What board games are you BUYING?

Yeah, it's pretty beastly looking. There's a lot of text on the cards in that manuscript font as well. God help you if the light isn't good.

Based upon the good vibes read about here, I picked up Argent and Mancers. Damnation to the wizards on this site that make me purchase more games...

Msample wrote:

wadenels wrote: I P500'd Medieval Conspiracy back in 2012, and other than checking on the status maybe twice in that time I'd completely forgotten about it.

Well it came in the mail yesterday. Didn't expect that.

Besides the horrid looking map, I now understand that the rulebook is in some faux medieval looking font. WTF ???

It will have to be damn good to overcome those two graphic choices.

The rules are available in a normal font at ugg.de; I printed them out immediately. I don't think the game or rules were translated by a native english speaker, but they aren't terrible. The card text isn't difficult to read in person, and the board looks much better in person also. I really like the artwork, but we'll see how it holds up during play. Spread out on the table I quite like the design choices, but printing an entire rulebook in that font kind of baffles me.

Just finished stickering about 350 wooden squares. Reading the rules now. I'm not really getting a good feel for how the game will play out from the rules. All the little moving parts certainly seem interesting though.

iguanaDitty wrote:

SemiColon wrote: Ordered Merchants & Marauders: Seas of Glory since I found a few copies at one of my online haunts after noticing it was sold out at all the other ones I normally look at, and knowing Z-Man expansions, once it's gone it isn't coming back.

Where damn it? I cleverly waited on getting this and now it's impossible...

It was from Greatboardgames.ca: www.greatboardgames.ca/merchants-marauders-3933 , but they don't ship to the US unfortunately, if that is where you are.

Wow, $37 for an online discount store?! They seem to know it's hard to get because I bought it in a physical store that is usually MSRP or maybe a bit over for $10 less than that last summer.

Since paying off my taxes, damn the man, I've been on a bit of a spree. This month I've gotten

Mega Civilization
Food Chain Magnate
1775: Rebellion
AH Source of the Nile
Ace of Aces: Handy Rotary Deluxe Edition
1847: Pfalz

Now on to finding Magic Realm!

Armada came while I was on vacation so my next door neighbor picked it up, but then then THEY left on vacation until next week before I came home. Which means my gigantic box of Armada is sitting next door while I twiddle my thumbs.

I should break in.

Pax porfiriana CE is on sale at coolstuff, so went ahead and put my preorder in for SW:Rebellion at the same time

I have a birthday coming up and $50 store credit. I need to pick something out.

I'm thinking about Silent Victory, but I prepubbed this year so it will be half price this Fall. May hold off on that one.

I'm still under an Ultimatum List , but I decided that re-buying a game I already own didn't count as buying a new game, so I got the Pax Porfiriana Collector's Edition. Comes with a board, a much better box, and a MUCH better rulebook. In addition, the flip side of the board is a board for Pax Pamir, which the box is also designed to hold. That's a nice touch.

I like the game a lot, obviously, but boy, do I not know if I want to buy any more of Eklund's games. (Not that I've been really captivated by any other than this one.) This version of Porfiriana at least doesn't have the bibliography that suggests I read more of the brilliant writings of Ayn Rand, but it still has Eklund's notes in the back on the GOOD kinds of slaves and monopolies, and how we need to return to the gold standard and other ubercapitalist tripe. All enhanced by the fact that often his asides aren't actually needed, he just felt like doing some Eklundsplaining (as in Pax Pamir when he lauds the amazing benefits of British Colonialism and then points out how it doesn't apply to Afghanistan -- the setting of the game -- anyway.) I'm sure Eklund doesn't have the most odious philosophy out there -- for all I know, Michel Oracz is a neo-Nazi -- but his seemingly irresistible insistence that he lecture me about it makes it hard to overlook.

Anyway, my own ideological rant aside, it's a nice edition and as I say, the rulebook looks SO MUCH better. The cards are still a hot mess, but eh, what ya gonna do.

EDITED TO ADD: oh, and it still includes tiddlywinks for money.

Speaking of Pax Porfiriana CE. I have an extra unopened copy of the game I am willing to trade for something old school. Still looking for a lot of older games. My wishlist is here if anyone is interested.

boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/MWChapel?wishlist=1

All the dungeon crawl talk got me to order Dungeon Fighter. I had always wanted to pick it up.

Does anyone have any thoughts on any of the expansions for it?

hotseatgames wrote: All the dungeon crawl talk got me to order Dungeon Fighter. I had always wanted to pick it up.

Does anyone have any thoughts on any of the expansions for it?

I've come close to ordering a couple of the expansions on Amazon because they were like $16 shipped. However, I don't play the base game enough to warranty even spending that little on the game. The base game has plenty of value in it and offers a different enough experience each time that I've never thought it actually needed any more content. Like I said in the dungeon crawlers thread...I've never actually completed a dungeon. Everyone I play with...we all SUCK at the game. Tossing the die in that bullseye is friggin hard! Watching a grown man jump, spin around mid air, and trying to toss some dice onto a cardboard bullseye never gets old. Add some cocktails and beer to the equations and be prepared to get slaughtered by the most basic of creatures!

I got on board with a Massdrop for Tyrants of the Underdark. Only a few bucks cheaper than everyone else, but I'm really excited for this game. I detest Drow stuff, but the game sounds really cool.

Escape From the Aliens in Outer Space Ultimate Edition came in the mail today. There will be sneakery.