Session: Belfort:: Five-player Belfort: The right game and the wrong game for us
by jjfoley ( Cross-posted on a small blog I've started at http://wp.me/p2ugZf-s )We tried a 5-player version of Belfort, a whimsically themed game which pits the players against each other to build a...
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by senfoonglim Thanks for playing the game and posting the report. I appreciate the comment re: AP - it really does depend on the players you play with. Some great strategic / tactical hints at the...
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by jjfoley We do intend to play it again! Just... probably with 3 people. Nathan's already tried 2-player and enjoyed it. I bet we could go 4 people with the right people. And 5 once everyone was...
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by senfoonglim LOL. Yeah, I find that as long as I personally get enough out of a game to warrant the time spent learning it, setting it up, etc., I will invest time in playing it.Let us know what...
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by coolpapa I think the building placement is maybe more interesting with fewer players, too. With 5 people start off with "their" area, along with some other places they're trying to get points. With...
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by jjfoley coolpapa wrote:I think the building placement is maybe more interesting with fewer players, too. With 5 people start off with "their" area, along with some other places they're trying to...
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by Kcrash5 I'm sorry but I'm a little confused. I thought the Thieves Guild allowed you to steal two GOLD from another player or one gold from multiple players, not other players buildings. Am I...
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by Kcrash5 Sorry not buildings I meant cards. Either way, isn't it gold that is stolen?
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by jjfoley Kcrash5 wrote:I'm sorry but I'm a little confused. I thought the Thieves Guild allowed you to steal two GOLD from another player or one gold from multiple players, not other players...
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by klurejr Sounds like you have forgotten how to enjoy playing board games in general, statements like "mental masturbation" are quite frankly disgusting.
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by UnknownParkerBrother jjfoley wrote:It’s not a first for us — we’ve had other 1-2 hour games take 3+ hours as well. Why? We sometimes care too much about optimizing each turn to just put our heads...
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by jjfoley re: the term "mental masturbation" -- apologies if that offends; I thought it was a cute term. What I'm trying to convey is the pleasure of sitting and staring at a problem by yourself...
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by dougbass68 Good review. Based on your descriptions, it sounds like you like the game more than you don't like it.
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by Yuglooc jjfoley wrote:If you're playing a worker placement game, and you're not trying to anticipate the moves of the other players, then you're playing PvE, not PvP, to borrow MMO parlance.Agreed....
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by nberndt Hello all. I am the one who got hosed by the interactive guilds in the original post, so I can vouch for Jeff's session report. :)Just to clarify, I believe Jeff was trying to make a simple...
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