For the new game Tekhenu, his review has to do entirely with the dice. He measures each die by dimensions, die "cubeness", weight, and conducted a "density saline float test."
Can anyone recommend a good game based on Ancient Rome and the Roman Empire? My son (13) is super interested, and I thought that this might make a good gift for him. He likes the war aspect (like any teenager probably does!).
Violent and bloody, Circus Maximus details the chariot races that occurred in ancient Rome. Eight teams race around the track three times to determine victory. Players prepare for the race by selecting the composition of their team of horses, their rider's skills, and the type of chariot that will be driven. Once the race begins the players are free to do as they wish to hamper the other racers including whipping the rider, ramming chariots with scythed wheels, smashing into horses, and running over crashed opponents. A campaign game of multiple races, in which players have to manage their teams and can increase their income by betting on races, is also possible.
Commands & Colors is the same system as Memoir '44 which is a good WWII game.
The wife and I recently got Food Chain Magnate and it's awesome. It's seriously vexatious though. I'm really into games that cause the blood pressure to rise, and the only other one to do that for me lately is Twilight Struggle.
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So my 3.5 year old is starting to take a real interest in my miniatures and board games. He's always asking questions about the different games he sees on the shelf, and loves to go through my paints and ask which one I would use for what purpose.
I've shown him some of the more advanced RPG rule books I have and he loves looking at the pictures and rolling the dice, then asks me what it means, we go through the numbers.
I started doing a little research and there are apparently RPG's aimed at kids as young as 3-4 years old. Just wondering if anyone has attempted this or done some research on the topic? Given the fact we are quarantined here for the next month I thought it might not be bad to at least try, the PDF's are like 8 bucks Canadian, something along these lines. He has an incredible imagination, but does enjoy physically acting this imagination out, so I know it may be a tall task. But I figured it was worth a shot.
Anyone else walked this road already and has some advice?
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My kids also enjoyed checking out my miniatures and RPG books. My son could flip through my various monster manuals for hours. So when they were little, I let them play with my boardgames and books. Nothing systematic, just playing around.
At 7 or 8 we started playing Talisman. It's not the greatest boardgame design by modern standards, but it's pretty fun for kids. I has the minis and the RPG-like monsters, events, and progression. We played a shortened version where you need viewer trophies to level up.
By about 10 they were interested in actually playing an RPG, so we played Beyond the Wall, an introductory old-school RPG aimed at adolescents. It's easy to get into and a lot of fun. Highly recommended.
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Right on thanks for the suggestions. Hero Kids is the one that comes up the most on Google for his specific age, I'm going to try that one with him over Christmas break. But I will keep an eye on the other ones you mentioned Cliff.
Basically every night when I read him a story it turns into a RPG session where he ad libs, and we end up basically putting the book aside and just telling our own story.. so this should be fun. And for like 5 bucks its worth a shot.
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My son (14) and I started playing Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion - what a much better experience for learning and teaching the game. The scenario book becomes the map tiles so you play on the book, it has a dumbed down version of the game and its cards for the first five scenarios to slowly spoon feed you the rules and they also got Rodney Smith from Watch it Played to do the official tutorial - bravo!
So me and my online friends decided to try Gloomhaven digital early release. I bought it at early release but never really played much of it till now. I would recommend it to any Gloomhaven fan. It's like playing the game with out all the setup/tracking/etc. Just really can focus on your strategies and fire away. It sounds like they will be moving onto the campaign side of the game (what I am really looking forward to) starting in January. I think this will take over from my physical copy when that happens. Worth the $20 on steam imo.
My son (14) and I started playing Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion - what a much better experience for learning and teaching the game. The scenario book becomes the map tiles so you play on the book, it has a dumbed down version of the game and its cards for the first five scenarios to slowly spoon feed you the rules and they also got Rodney Smith from Watch it Played to do the official tutorial - bravo!
I got this on boxing day and I'm waiting for it to ship. Really looking forward it
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My wife and I went crazy for Christmas and got each other a bunch of board games. We've tried one so far - Nemesis. And oh my god it's good. So much fun. We had an epic game where my wife died on the last turn and then with the very last card to be played I managed to hibernate and shoot off to earth. It was something out of a movie. Fantastic game.
We're tackling Through The Ages: A Story of Civilization next.
Some of the other games we got for Christmas include On Mars and Gaia Project. Board gaming has become our main hobby and has kept us sane during covid.
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