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Ascension

20-Jun-12

“Great Gateway Deck Building Game”

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Pros:
– Easy to learn
– Quick to play
– Multiple expansions for added re-playability
– Expandable up to 6 players

Cons:

– Randomness in the cards. Not an issue for myself, but some prefer the structure of Dominion over the randomness of Ascension

Arkham Horror

20-Jun-12

“One Of My All-Time Favs”

35 out of 70 gamers thought this was helpful

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Pros:
– Great co-op game
– Great theme
– Fantastic components, but would not expect anything less from an FFG game
-Multiple chacters/ancient ones to choose from for lots of replayability

Cons:
– Lengthy setup & takedown
– Lengthy playtime could discourage some players
– Lots of rules, so your first game you will likely be referring to the rulebook

7 Wonders

20-Jun-12

“One Of My Favourite Games”

31 out of 86 gamers thought this was helpful

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Pros:
-Easy to learn
-Quick to play
-Plays up to 7 players

Cons:
-None that spring to mind, this game is awesome!

Alien Frontiers

30-Apr-14

Strategy: “Terraforming Station”

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Don’t be afraid to use the Terraforming Station during the game. Sure, you’re going to loose a die, but it’s a quick way to get colonies on the board. It’s usually pretty easy to get that die back later on in the game.

Flash Point: Fire Rescue

26-Jul-12

Strategy: “Start With The Hazmat Technician”

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One strategy I like to use is to start with the hazmat tech in my party. His special ability is removed hazmat markers from the board for 2 AP, rather than having to drag the marker out of the building like you would a victim. This way, you can clear out the hazmat markers early in the game and can focus on the POI markers for the rest of the game. After the hazmat markers are gone, you can always spend 2 AP to switch to another character

Flash Point: Fire Rescue

14-Jul-12

Strategy: “The Paramedic Is A Good Character To Have In Your Party”

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While playing a few games of Flash Point this week, my group decided to switch things up a bit by using a few characters that we don’t really use a lot. One of the big surprises for me was the Paramedic. Her ‘heal’ power can be quite useful as it does not cost any extra AP to have a victim move with you once the victim has been healed. Instead of carrying the victim, once the victim is healed, the victim can just follow you around. This can also allow you to carry 1 victim, while another victim follows you. Also, once a victim is healed, it can follow any other firefighter, not just the Paramedic.

Elder Sign

5-Jul-12

Strategy: “Amanda Sharpe - Another Good Character To Have In Your Party”

27 out of 32 gamers thought this was helpful

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I’ve been playing this game a ton with one of my gaming groups, testing out different characters, and one of the better characters I’ve found is Amanda Sharpe. Even though she has 5 stamina and 5 sanity, it’s her special power that stands out. Amanda can complete as many tasks as she is able to do, in one turn. So, instead of only being to complete 1 task and then roll the rest of the dice for one of the next tasks, you can complete as many tasks as possible on each roll, until the adventure is complete. For cards with the downward pointing arrow, they still have to be done in order, you can just complete multiple tasks as long as they follow the task order

Québec

1-Jul-12

Rule: “When Playing With First Timers, Don't Use Event Cards”

13 out of 14 gamers thought this was helpful

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I’ve found it easier to teach the game to new players by omitting the event cards at the start of each round, as stated in the rule book. Although this does not make the game that much more complicated, once players have played the game and gotten a feel for it, the event cards can add a lot more strategy to the game.

Québec

1-Jul-12

Strategy: “Use The Neutral Architect”

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Spending a turn to take the neutral architect can be a pretty good strategy. Although you don’t get the bonus for putting cubes on his area, similar to placing cubes on the area where your own architect is, since he automatically scores at the end of every round, this can be an easy way to get your cubes into the scoring region of your choice during the round itself, as well as at the end of the round

Chrononauts

26-Jun-12

Rule: “Let Players Choose Their ID and Mission Cards”

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With my gaming groups, I like to deal each player 3 or 4 ID cards and have them choose their ID, and the same thing with mission cards, dealing 2-3 per player. I’ve found that the players enjoy reading the brief backstories on the ID cards, and I also enjoy the increased chances of getting the ‘Crazy Joe’ ID, which always makes the game more interesting, as he wins by having 13 or more paradoxes on the timestream

Yggdrasil

25-Jun-12

Strategy: “Have Freyja Move The Vanir”

43 out of 50 gamers thought this was helpful

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If you are playing the game with Freyja in your party, since see can take the same action twice, she is quite useful to either move the vanir two spots in one or turn, or to move the vanir one spot further up the track and then use the vanir’s power.

Cuba

25-Jun-12

Strategy: “Add The El Presidente Expansion If You Have It/Can Find It”

9 out of 12 gamers thought this was helpful

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If you own a copy, know someone who owns a copy or can track a copy, add the expansion into your game. Similar to the Kingsburg: To Forge A Realm expansion, the El Presidente expansion for Cuba turns an already great game into an every better gaming experience by adding another small board to the game, with added charcters, laws, and buildings.

The Walking Dead: The Board Game

25-Jun-12

Strategy: “Try To Avoid Using Ammo Tokens”

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Since using your ammo tokens to roll the black puts a zombie token in every adjacent square around you, it pretty much guarantees that you’ll be fighting zombies next time you move, so if at all possible, avoid using ammo tokens.

Defenders of the Realm

25-Jun-12

Strategy: “Have The Wizard In Your Party”

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I find a good strategy for the game is to have the wizard as part of your party. This is for 2 different reasons: 1) The wizard can travel to any spot on the board for 1 action due to his teleportation ability and 2) The wizard’s fireball ability – This can be extremely powerful, as it allows you to discard a card of any colour minion you are fighting at the time, and destroy all minions on that spot for a result of 2 or higher on each die you roll

Ghost Stories

25-Jun-12

Strategy: “Take Out Tormenters When They Appear”

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I’ve found that Tormenters can cause a lot of trouble when they are on the board, as you have to roll the cursed die at the start of every turn, which can severely alter what your strategy is when you play the monk part of the turn. So, if you can, try to take care of Tormenters quickly after they appear on the board. Haunters are bad as well, but I find the Tormenters to be much worse

Small World

25-Jun-12

Strategy: “Can Play 6 Players If You Can Find The Necromancer Island Expansion”

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One of my gaming groups is a group of 6 people, which can sometimes limit which games hit the table when the group meets. Small World is probably one of my favourite games, so I like to introduce it to a lot of the new people I play games with. Since Small World usually only plays up to 5 players, the Necromancer Island expansion is a nice way to get in a 6 player game. I also like the fact that it gives the other players something else to watch out for, as the Necromancer can end, and win, the game early, if he manages to get all of his race tokens on the board at the end of his turn.

Pandemic

25-Jun-12

Strategy: “Use Revised Operations Expert Card If You Own The Expansion”

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Aside from several new role cards, the ‘On The Brink’ expansion also comes with a revised card for the Operations Expert. Instead of just being able to build a research center for only an action rather than having to discard the card of that city, the Operations Expert can now discard any location card to move to any location on the board, if he is moving from a location that contains a research center

Elder Sign

25-Jun-12

Strategy: “Have Jenny Barnes In Your Party”

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A good strategy I like to use is to have Jenny Barnes as a member of my party. I find that her special ability can be extremely useful in beating most adventure cards. At the start of her resolve adventure step, she can discard a Common Item, Spell or Clue Token to roll both the yellow the and red dice, assuming they are not locked. This can really come in handy with the adventure cards that have a lot of investigator symbols need to complete the adventure, as both the red and the yellow dice have sides with a larger number of investigator symbols on them. Also, the ‘wild’ side of the red die counts for 4 investigator symbols

Acquire

25-Jun-12

Strategy: “13 Stocks Is The Majority”

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Remember that for each type of stock, there are only 25 cards, so there is really no need to go crazy and buy up all of the stock you can from 1 company. As soon as you have 13 stocks from 1 company, you are the majority shareholder.

7 Wonders

25-Jun-12

Strategy: “Don't Overdue It On 1 Category”

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In many of the games I’ve played, I’ve seen people try to focus on 1 or 2 specific types of cards. While this can sometimes work, especially with the science cards, I’ve found that the person who had a little bit of everything, including war, seems to come away with the victory most of the time. It also helps to keep an eye on what you neighbours are doing, especially with the guild cards in Age 3

Kingsburg

20-Jun-12

Rule: “Pick up the expansion if possible”

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If you can find it, pick up the ‘To Forge A Realm’ expansion for Kingsburg. This expansion will turn an already great game into an even more fantastic game. The expansion adds a few more improvements/options that really make the game shine even brighter. I don’t play without the expansion anymore, even with new players.

Quarriors!

20-Jun-12

Rule: “Remove the dragons for first time player”

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As a house rule, whenever we have a new player playing the game, we remove the dragon cards, as I find them to be fairly powerful compared to some of the other cards. Once players are familiar with the game, add the cards back in for even more insanity.

Can't Stop

20-Jun-12

Rule: “Use Both Results”

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Sometimes my gaming group plays with a house rule that forces you use all 4 of the dice, rather than possibly using just 1 result from 2 dice. So once you have your first result from your first grouping of dice, the 2nd grouping must either advance another one of your makers, or bring a new marker onto the board.

Ticket to Ride

20-Jun-12

Rule: “Use All Of The Route Cards From The USA 1910”

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As a house rule, my gaming group(s) likes to use all of the route cards from the USA 1910 expansion, as this adds a lot more tickets to game, including more longer routes, creating adding intensity when trying to compete against the other players

Chrononauts

20-Jun-12

Tip: “Add expansions for more variety”

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If possible, try to purchase ‘The Gore Years’ and ‘Lost Identities’ expansions to add some variety. The Gore Years will add another 5/8s of a row to the game, while the Lost Identities adds another 13 IDs.

Arkham Horror

20-Jun-12

Rule: “Setup the game before hand”

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Due to the length of the game setup, I like to have the game ready to go people my gaming group arrives. The can definitely reduce some time in an already length, but awesome, game

London

14-Jun-12

Strategy: “Deadly Combination”

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If you can manage to acquire both the ‘University of London’ and ‘Parliament’ cards and build them to your display, this can create a powerful combination as you are allowed to draw up to 3 cards off the top of the draw deck and keep up to 2 of them, while putting the others back on top of the draw deck in any order you choose

Vinhos

14-Jun-12

Strategy: “Get A Cellar Early”

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If possible, try and acquire a cellar on one of your first turns as this can help with having extra wines available for other uses later in the game, such as giving a wine tile to a manager that you have a relationship with for bonus actions or extra points at the end of the game. Additionally, having a cellar can prevent a player from having to discard wines after a 2nd aging

Flash Point: Fire Rescue

13-Jun-12

Strategy: “The Driver/Operator Strategy”

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A good strategy when playing the advanced version of the game where you use the Specialists is to have someone play as the Driver/Operator character and have him drive around the board trying to put out some of the major fires. Since this specialist can fire the deck gun for half of the action points as any other specialist, this specialist becomes a valuable resource to put out large fires quickly, as the deck gun not only hits it’s target area that is rolled on the dice, but also any orthogonal area around it. The Driver/Operator also has another special ability that can re-roll the dice used to fire the deck gun, on top of the ‘flipping’ dice ability that every player in the game has

Yggdrasil

13-Jun-12

Strategy: “Rigged Bag Of Vikings”

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A good strategy early in the game is to empty one of the first two bags in Midgard, white or blue, of fire giants. Since these are the closest bags to the rainbow bridge where the Valkyries start when they are reset, they are the easiest and quickest to get to. Visit the Kingdom of Fire during your first couple of turns to try and remove all of the fire giants from either the white or blue bag. If possible, also try to visit the World of the Dead to add vikings to the same bag. I say if possible, because you might not be able to add a full 5 vikings to the bag, but try and maximize how many vikings you can add. This way, you can usually keep a bag stocked with vikings that should have little to no fire giants in it, ensuring lots of help when it comes to fighting the villains in the game

Ticket to Ride: USA 1910

22-Nov-11

Tip: “Worth the Money Just For Larger Cards”

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This expansion is worth the money just for the fact that you get the larger cards to replace the tiny Euro cards that come in the original game. Obviously getting all of the addition route cards is awesome too, but for someone like myself that has larger hands, the larger cards are a huge bonus.

Yggdrasil

9-Nov-11

Strategy: “Activating Runes By Killing Inactive Frost Giants Can Be Useful”

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Completing the runes by killing Frost Giants can be a pretty powerful way to keep the villains at bay. You can spend 1 action per turn to fight the top card of the Frost Giant deck, without activating that Frost Giant’s special power. Defeating the giant will get you 1/4 of one of the four runes in the game. Completing a rune will activate that rune’s special ability. These runes can definitely come in handy during the last half of the game, especially the 2 that move the villains back.

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