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 Talizvar wrote:
I see MTG dominating the space at my local FLGS and the regular groups of RPG players is good to see (Pathfinder and D&D). I have sworn off those two formats to preserve my finances (MTG) and my time (RPG). Not that I would not like them (I know I would like them too much...).

MTG doesn't need to be expensive. Compared to miniature games, I think you get a lot more "game" for your money. My gf and I went splits on a Duel Deck (which was like £7.50 each), and we played with that for months, we played with it until the sleeves wore out. It's probably the best £7.50 I ever spent. I would never be able to get that much play or value out of a board game, and they are usually in the £60-£100 range.

We do get a few boosters each, whenever a new set comes out, and then play a little league with whatever cards we pull. It costs about £15 every 3-4 months, but I could probably half that if I sold some of the rares that I don't use. I think it's worth checking out if you have someone to play with, it's a good game, with a lot of strategy and almost infinite replay value.

Mostly played Warmaster for the last six months never mind one in oreperation for the next Tournament at 4TK gaming. Definitely how Warhammer FB should be played.

Had a first game of Sparticus last week. Awesome.

Also nabbed a copy of Heroquest off a mate last week and have played most of the weekend with my daughter. Also great fun.

 Smacks wrote:
MTG doesn't need to be expensive. Compared to miniature games, I think you get a lot more "game" for your money. My gf and I went splits on a Duel Deck (which was like £7.50 each), and we played with that for months, we played with it until the sleeves wore out. It's probably the best £7.50 I ever spent. I would never be able to get that much play or value out of a board game, and they are usually in the £60-£100 range.

We do get a few boosters each, whenever a new set comes out, and then play a little league with whatever cards we pull. It costs about £15 every 3-4 months, but I could probably half that if I sold some of the rares that I don't use. I think it's worth checking out if you have someone to play with, it's a good game, with a lot of strategy and almost infinite replay value.

I think that it's hard for alot of us to keep CCG's at an affordable level. The wife and I tried with MTG, but it spiraled a bit and over the course of a year, I proabably spent a couple hundred bucks. Ended up selling everything but our Decks just to get out of the rat race.

We found Pre-packaged Deckbuilding games to be a better deal for us. On the low end you have the Crytozoic LoTR Deckbuilding games which are about $20 each, are great as 2 player or with multiplayer as friends. They don't really combine terribly well with each other (though they say they will) but at $20 each (around $15 used) you can cycle through multiple games for a relatively low price.

Of course if you really like the CCG thing and are just playing with close friends or family, then buying a dead game can be another way to go. When you can get a box for the price of a few packs, the cost of entry is amazingly low. The now-defunct "WARS" game is ridiculously cheap and pretty well done.

Dragon Rampant and Wasteman

Fast and fun - the latter has truely great models

 notprop wrote:
Had a first game of Sparticus last week. Awesome.

I found if you are not swearing at your friends while playing, you are not doing it right.
That game promotes doing very evil things to each other.
Great fun but you certainly get to know how far someone would go in a game.

<edit>Cards:
I still have a horde of "Shadowfist" cards from wayyyyyy back.
This gallery shows the cards from the original release that I have: http://www.shadowfist.com/card_gallery/cardgallery01.htm
I had a black deck from when MTG first came out and we played after hours at the hobby shop on Mondays, I then part-way shifted to Blue deck because it is all about prevention...
Then I gave it all to a cousin and he became a god in his MTG group.
I shudder to think what those cards would be worth now.

I even have a "Groo the Wanderer" card/dice game that is fun.

Roleplay:
Rifts (All PB stuff until Wormwood), "Cyberpunk 2020" with all the add-ons, "Star Trek the Roleplaying game from FASA" 2nd edition plus the various D&D stuff as well as "RoleMaster".
I played this stuff till well, it was best to have a break. But I am much better now...

Kings of War

For me, HeroQuest because I can play it with my 6 year old daughter and various card games (MtG, Game of Thrones) that I can play with the wife.

 filbert wrote:
For me, HeroQuest because I can play it with my 6 year old daughter and various card games (MtG, Game of Thrones) that I can play with the wife.

I forgot about gaming with family. In that case the most played game for me was Starcrashers with my 5 year old son. He loves playing it and I've had fun putting it together.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/691684.page

I've been playing a fair bit of Warmachine lately in preparation for the upcoming MK3 release.

Miniatures gaming - Kings of War followed by Deadzone. (I am finally getting to play Deadzone... so far I am getting stomped by my good lady and her Orcs.) There is a league for KoW, and there will be a league for Deadzone.

For RPGs, Pathfinder. (We were planning an Airship Pirates game, but....)

The Auld Grump

Battletech, easily.

But I've played way more Pathfinder...

 Eilif wrote:
Of course if you really like the CCG thing and are just playing with close friends or family, then buying a dead game can be another way to go. When you can get a box for the price of a few packs, the cost of entry is amazingly low. The now-defunct "WARS" game is ridiculously cheap and pretty well done.

I couldn't agree more! My brother and I got into Decipher, Inc.'s old Star Wars CCG as well as the Star Trek CCG from way back when. The cards were pretty cheap on eBay and a couple of other sites that sell older games. We've had a blast, but lately we haven't played them much because we've both kind of moved on with our lives and don't get together often. I still have the Star Wars cards, and he still has the Star Trek ones and even has a couple of friends that he has introduced the game to.

 TheAuldGrump wrote:
Miniatures gaming - Kings of War followed by Deadzone. (I am finally getting to play Deadzone... so far I am getting stomped by my good lady and her Orcs.) There is a league for KoW, and there will be a league for Deadzone.

For RPGs, Pathfinder. (We were planning an Airship Pirates game, but....)

The Auld Grump

If you're playing DZ 1.0 stand by for a lot of Orcs winning.


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 Smacks wrote:

 Talizvar wrote:
I see MTG dominating the space at my local FLGS and the regular groups of RPG players is good to see (Pathfinder and D&D). I have sworn off those two formats to preserve my finances (MTG) and my time (RPG). Not that I would not like them (I know I would like them too much...).

MTG doesn't need to be expensive. Compared to miniature games, I think you get a lot more "game" for your money. My gf and I went splits on a Duel Deck (which was like £7.50 each), and we played with that for months, we played with it until the sleeves wore out. It's probably the best £7.50 I ever spent. I would never be able to get that much play or value out of a board game, and they are usually in the £60-£100 range.

We do get a few boosters each, whenever a new set comes out, and then play a little league with whatever cards we pull. It costs about £15 every 3-4 months, but I could probably half that if I sold some of the rares that I don't use. I think it's worth checking out if you have someone to play with, it's a good game, with a lot of strategy and almost infinite replay value.

Agreed. You can have a lot of fun with MTG if you treat it like an LCG.
Those pregenerated decks they were selling a couple of years back were very cool for that.

Kings of War, it's gotten people to dust off their old fantasy armies. I'm really enjoying playing again where you rarely, if ever, have to consult the rule book.

My favorite game at the moment is Eden.
It's a post apocalyptic skirmish game. You only play a handfull of models, but the game is damn tactical, nervous and fun. I love it.

Epic:Armageddon, although my Speed Freaks have yet to win a game....
I have also been playing some Bolt Action and Saga. I have managed to find a local group that plays Dropzone Commander so I hope to get a game next week(finally!).

Easily Frostgrave (once a week). Followed by Infinity (once a month).

I've been playing Deathwatch Overkill, Age of Sigmar and most recently, Silver Tower. All brilliant games IMO.

 ZergSmasher wrote:

 Eilif wrote:
Of course if you really like the CCG thing and are just playing with close friends or family, then buying a dead game can be another way to go. When you can get a box for the price of a few packs, the cost of entry is amazingly low. The now-defunct "WARS" game is ridiculously cheap and pretty well done.

I couldn't agree more! My brother and I got into Decipher, Inc.'s old Star Wars CCG as well as the Star Trek CCG from way back when. The cards were pretty cheap on eBay and a couple of other sites that sell older games. We've had a blast, but lately we haven't played them much because we've both kind of moved on with our lives and don't get together often. I still have the Star Wars cards, and he still has the Star Trek ones and even has a couple of friends that he has introduced the game to.

If you liked Decipher's Star Wars game, you might like WARS. It's essentially a the same rules with different fluff and art. Folks describe it as taking the best mechanics from the SW game. It only had two releases, but you can get a box of each and all 6 stater decks for $20!
http://www.wholesalegaming.biz/wars/
More info about the game here:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12488/wars-trading-card-game

Armada, because we have a league going on. The rest of my group aren't much for painting, so all of the Star Wars games from FFG...which I'm personally getting a bit jaded on. I think it's because I prefer Fantasy...something with some character.

I brought over Silver Tower a couple weeks ago, and it was great fun! I can't wait to play again. We'd also played a bit of Bolt Action, which the group seemed to like...but not many want to invest in another game...especially when they don't build/paint.

 privateer4hire wrote:

 TheAuldGrump wrote:
Miniatures gaming - Kings of War followed by Deadzone. (I am finally getting to play Deadzone... so far I am getting stomped by my good lady and her Orcs.) There is a league for KoW, and there will be a league for Deadzone.

For RPGs, Pathfinder. (We were planning an Airship Pirates game, but....)

The Auld Grump

If you're playing DZ 1.0 stand by for a lot of Orcs winning.

The second edition - but my good lady has a lot more practice at the game than I do. (The games were taking place on a night when I was working.)

I do miss the way cover used to make it easier to Pin your target even as it made it harder to injure them..

Also... Goblin snipers are bad, bad news!

The Auld Grump - she is doing a better job of focusing on her missions than I am.

X-wing for me. Even that is only due to the fact I have found an online version you can play solo.

It has become my preferred game bacause 1) it's prepainted, 2) individual ships are relatively cheaps and you only need a handful to play, 3) Set-up and tear-down is relatively quick and 4) you can play several games in a relatively quick time. In each of those points, it's the exact opposite of 40K, which I have been struggling to organize a single game of late with my son.

 Stormonu wrote:
X-wing for me. Even that is only due to the fact I have found an online version you can play solo.

Wait what?!

A man needs link, getting an in person game is hard enough but this sounds amazing.

I've played two games a lot roughly equally. Hail Caesar I've been playing a lot because it's the ruleset a friend used for a demo game and I was helping him with it. Ronin is the game I choose the play the most. I love 16th century Japanese history, painting samurai and the ruleset has nice tactical gameplay.

Blood Bowl. Always Blood Bowl.

It's the Brutiful Game (tm)

Me: Malifaux, trying to get hubby into it (and all my other miniature games as well)
Me & Family: MTG, Pathfinder (Emerald Spire superdungeon atm), a couple of homebrew rules RPGs on roll20 with my Aussie friends (we alternate which one every week), 40K a bit, WHFB more and just starting into Frostgrave (still getting warbands together)
Family & Friends: we had a Call of Cthulhu game going for a long time but took a break for the summer, hopefully will pick it up again shortly.

Honorable mentions: Munchkin, Evil Baby Orphanage, and Gloom

Flames of War still gets about as much gaming time as all my other games combined here.

IKRPG has gotten the most play for me this year.

 Eilif wrote:

 ZergSmasher wrote:

 Eilif wrote:
Of course if you really like the CCG thing and are just playing with close friends or family, then buying a dead game can be another way to go. When you can get a box for the price of a few packs, the cost of entry is amazingly low. The now-defunct "WARS" game is ridiculously cheap and pretty well done.

I couldn't agree more! My brother and I got into Decipher, Inc.'s old Star Wars CCG as well as the Star Trek CCG from way back when. The cards were pretty cheap on eBay and a couple of other sites that sell older games. We've had a blast, but lately we haven't played them much because we've both kind of moved on with our lives and don't get together often. I still have the Star Wars cards, and he still has the Star Trek ones and even has a couple of friends that he has introduced the game to.

If you liked Decipher's Star Wars game, you might like WARS. It's essentially a the same rules with different fluff and art. Folks describe it as taking the best mechanics from the SW game. It only had two releases, but you can get a box of each and all 6 stater decks for $20!
http://www.wholesalegaming.biz/wars/
More info about the game here:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12488/wars-trading-card-game

I actually bought that deal a few years ago. Me and my brother only played it once, though. I mostly bought it for the cards since I thought they were cool and I liked the artwork (and for 20 bucks, I wasn't out anything if I didn't like the game).

Infintiy. Its bringing me back to my Shadowrun RPG playing days without having to invest 6 hours per gaming session. I'm loving it.