OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
It's really a shame the 'good guys' don't look better,

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I could see the bulk of the heroes getting replaced in my family. Not a fan.

MIght have to look for some of those Infinity wolf men to replace Karl...

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
I think the big question is whether it's worth $100 (or whatever) for the monster models. I think it's going to be an interesting KS if/when it finally launches.

 cincydooley wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
I think the big question is whether it's worth $100 (or whatever) for the monster models. I think it's going to be an interesting KS if/when it finally launches.

I personally think the game is probably worth it even if it included cardboard standees.

The Pride figure I have is phenomenal, and the other sin figures that I've handled are as well.

 cincydooley wrote:
Errm....

It's a "DM vs ALL" style game, so in that vein it isn't dissimilar from like, Descent or SDE. But the game feels much different. The balancing of corruption is super important, and teamwork is also REALLY REALLY important.

I'd say that while it's still firmly rooted in "ameritrash," it has enough resource management aspects to make it friendly to eurogamers. I thought the same, coincidentally, about the new Conan boardgame, and for that reason both really appeal to me.

wolfpackee on BGG wrote:I got the chance to play this at CMON Expo with Eric Lang running the game.

For days he had talked about he was going to make us cry and during the game he was collecting our tears as we suffered losses...but first a little about the game. This is a one vs many game like Mansions of Madness or Descent. The world is going to end and the 7 Deadly sins have corrupted people in your town and you are trying to protect it. It's a story driven game where each piece of the story has different objectives you need to fulfill like collect certain pieces, kill certain monsters, etc. During your turn you move around the town fighting bad guys, gathering loot, and just trying to stay a live. It's a dice based combat game in the vein of Descent. Weapons or armor you loot gain you dice to roll to increase you odds of hitting or defending.

The unique mechanic of the game is the corruption track. Whenever you need to make a roll, you can increase you corruption to give you bonuses. Corruption ranges from 0 to 7. Each time you increase your corruption it gives you a bonus such as an extra die to roll, or automatic hit. But not only do you get the bonus of the current corruption level, you get everyone below it. So by the time you hit 7 corruption, you get 7 bonuses which are very powerful. BUT, if you max out your corruption, anytime you get be corrupted by a monster or mechanic that the evil player is doing you'd take a wound. When you take a wound you cover one of the bonuses you'd get on your corruption track which means you don't get that bonus anymore. Four wounds and your dead.

Once you die, there are other characters that can come into play. But if any player dies, and there are no more characters you can use, game over. If the players complete the last story objective the players win. It's a very tense game and the difficulty ramps up as the game progresses. The management of the corruption is the most important aspect. And co-op is VERY important. You have to work together. Also there is replayability in the game because there are multiple scenarios and each of the 7 sins affects the environment differently. For example, we played again Lust. If two players were ever in the same room together at the end of a turn, something bad happened.

Once again, the minis looks gorgeous (duh it's a CMON game )

In conclusion...

In our game, we were on the brink of death and decided to attack the final boss in a blaze of glory, we took our last corruption bonus, rolled well and won the game. It was we who got to drink Eric's tears that night :cool: