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[Amish Rabbi]

Thought there might be interest here for these. A friend is heavy into memoir 44 and I hated the printed dice so I’m doing some laser engraved ones for him.

This was just testing paint fill with different settings

 

[One Eyed Dollar]

So far I've 3D printed some component trays, some box organizers, and some meeples for LoW:

 

[Amish Rabbi]

meeples are a must for LoW, keeps the theme in the game much better than cubes

 

[One Eyed Dollar]

How does the laser engraving work? Is it a consumer or pro level machine? I don't know anything about that tech. What can you do with it?

 

[Amish Rabbi]

How does the laser engraving work? Is it a consumer or pro level machine? I don't know anything about that tech. What can you do with it?

My current one is a pro level one but I started with a consumer one. Engraving dice isn't a taxing thing so even 40w CO2 laser can do it.

I can cut and engrave most things that aren't metal; I do a bunch of acrylic and wood replacement pieces/upgrade for my games. Did a set of LoW actually
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3015410

 

[slisk250]

I've been buying up games a couple years now. Need to find gamers when I'm around in summer. Will go to Los Angeles tonight to see my son and he has some things waiting for me. The Gallerist, Flamme Rouge Peleton expansion and some upgrades for Wingspan.

 

[anotherdaydown]

Be sure and check out @physics squirrel PrOn post of his awesome custom chips for 18xx!

It can be found here: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/1830-themed-gaming-chips.41529/#post-770999

 

[anotherdaydown]

My copy of Feudum finally hit the table last Saturday... 3 players, first time for 2 of us... I'm way back in last place (yellow)
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How was it?

 

[Psypher1000]

 

[18xx Board Gamer]

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I love BattleLore... only played it once, though.

 

[18xx Board Gamer]

How was it?

I enjoyed playing it. Not sure it'll get to the table again, though. Tough to find players like myself. I've got an expansion for single player games that I need to use to get better at it.

 

[anotherdaydown]

I enjoyed playing it. Not sure it'll get to the table again, though. Tough to find players like myself. I've got an expansion for single player games that I need to use to get better at it.

I'll have to look into it. I play quite a bit solo. Especially when learning a new game before a first play with the group.

 

[One Eyed Dollar]

My weekly group took a break from Gloomhaven and played Scythe for a while. I'm pretty terrible at it, but I also kept getting stuck with some of the worst or hardest factions to start with (Blue then Green). By game 4 I was getting better and was lucky enough to get the powerful Red faction and made use of the repeated action power to win that one. I also realized that my friend had been dominating the prior two games with the Red faction by abusing its mech power to jump to any village on the board. He missed the two words that you could jump to any village "you control" which changes things a bit.

We've now switched up to D&D 5th edition, and I'm DMing the Starter Set. I've got 4 players, of which 1 is new to D&D, 2 played 2nd edition back in the day, and 1 of them has played 3.5. We had our 2nd session last night and the party barely survived. There were some great battles and some epic fails along the way, and it was a lot of fun.

If any of you are on Facebook, check out the BGSmack Board Game Deals Group to stay on top of games on sale. He does a great job of searching out deals. I recently bought two cheap games to play with the family that he posted:
Spirits of the Wild - a nice little 2 player game with beautiful art.
Ya Blew It! - It's a very luck heavy dice-rolling game with a mining theme. Easy enough to play with the kids and small enough to take on camping trips. Rolling the dice shaped like dynamite sticks is half the fun. Well worth $5 on sale.

 

[anotherdaydown]

I don't own a physical copy of Scythe but did purchase a digital copy on Steam a while back. I have yet to give it a go.

I haven't played D&D since '92. I played Vampire the Masquerade, Earthdawn, Marvel Role Playing, and Shadowrun a bit throughout the 90's. My old gaming group is supposed to be getting a Shadowrun 2nd Edition game together again at some point.

 

[Poker Zombie]

You know you got it bad when you actually consider a 4 hour drive to Memphis for some D&D.

 

[Psypher1000]

You know you got it bad when you actually consider a 4 hour drive to Memphis for some D&D.

Well, if you’re willing to travel four hours, might I interest you in a game in Phoenix?

 

[Poker Zombie]

Well, if you’re willing to travel four hours, might I interest you in a game in Phoenix?

I've never been to Phoenix. My fear is that if I did, I'd be obligated to consider it for retirement.

 

[Psypher1000]

I've never been to Phoenix. My fear is that if I did, I'd be obligated to consider it for retirement.

You better retire first, lest they send you to the nearest hill country that’s on fire as soon as you arrive. Tis the season, and this year there will be LOTS of underbrush due to heavy rains/snow during the winter.

 

[physics squirrel]

Be sure and check out @physics squirrel PrOn post of his awesome custom chips for 18xx!

It can be found here: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/1830-themed-gaming-chips.41529/#post-770999

Thanks for the plug. Hey, I see there are a few 18xx gamers in here ;D

And did I see some pictures of 1828 a few pages back? We just picked that one up a month or so ago, and it's been hitting the table a lot.

 

[Amish Rabbi]

Yea, I played it 2 months ago and played it again this past weekend

My group likes the game but think it's too long for our monthly sunday game days. Last play was 9 hours and that was without much staring at the board at all, we all made decisions quite quickly

 

[Amish Rabbi]

This was the end game board and stock market and my (winning) personal holdings

 

[physics squirrel]

9 hours does feel a bit long for 1828. Our games have been finishing in ~6 hours I think, and we're not the fastest group, though we'll often call a winner before the last one or two OR sets if there's a clear lead, so I'm not 100% sure on the play time.

Well played. Looks like that B&M CPR combo worked well for you!

 

[physics squirrel]

I guess it's twice as long a drive from where you are, but have you ever come down for the Portland, OR 18xx convention? It's coming up next month.

 

[Amish Rabbi]

I only picked up B&M control in the last stock round actually lol. I floated 4 companies and formed 2 systems in SR4 after just being an investor early on. We went through 14 trains in OR4.1 which was awesome lol

My systems both had permanents and they ended up acting one after the other. Found out that it's a huge benefit to do that because with a couple shares left in the bank I could lay a token every OR and man did it cut everyone else diesel runs to pretty crappy income.

I had planned to do the Portland convention this year (I really wanted to play 4th age lol) but my wife is due with twins in July so no travel for us.

 

[Poker Zombie]

I'm not taking the time to photograph each shelf, but you get the idea...

...and we have more in the attic, but they're copies of games already on the main floor.


So yeah, I like games.

 

[FDLmold]

Batman!

 

[markleteenie]

Recently been playing a lot of Betrayal at House on the Hill. I like the cooperative nature and then the twist of suddenly turning on the others. Great party type game!

 

[markleteenie]

I love traitor-y type games, Dead of Winter is also one I need to bust out again soon!

 

[anotherdaydown]

I love traitor-y type games, Dead of Winter is also one I need to bust out again soon!

I like Co-ops more than any other genre for our group. Helps take the edge off of the highly competitive types. I agree Betrayal is fantastic!

 

[markleteenie]

I like Co-ops more than any other genre for our group. Helps take the edge off of the highly competitive types. I agree Betrayal is fantastic!

Ever play the card game Oregon Trail? I do not recommend.

Coop games are nice, but I like games with twists. Therefore Coop with a betrayer is quite nice, you get the low stress first part, then the frantic survival after.