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Off Topic => Other Games => Topic started by: jungleboy on December 29, 2017, 06:29:50 AM
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Since 2018 is nearly upon us, I thought I'd get the ball rolling. Obviously a lot of 2018 games (especially Essen releases) haven't even been announced yet, but I thought people could post what they're looking forward to as of now, and then when new titles get announced throughout the year that sound interesting, we can add those to the thread too. I'll start with a few, all links and pics are from BGG.
Kashgar: Merchants of the Silk Road (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143175/kashgar-merchants-silk-road)
This is a 2013 language-dependent twist on deck-building that's only been available in German until now, as Grail Games is releasing an English edition, which I've preordered. My interest in the game stems from several things: firstly, it's set in Kashgar, a Chinese merchant city in the Xinjian region at the northern end of the Karakoram Highway that I've been to, so that's the sort of thing that draws me in to check out a game in the first place. My limited experience of standard deck-builders (the 'play five cards on your turn' type) is that they don't interest me much, but I'm intrigued by variations of deck-building like Concordia and Century: Spice Road. In Kashgar, you have three open decks and you cycle through them, deciding which deck to play from on each turn based on the three cards available to you and the cards behind them that you're trying to get to. Finally, I've backed quite a few KS games by Grail Games and I've always been impressed with their games and production. They've significantly reduced the size of the Kashgar box from the German original, so that's already a good start in my book.
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Century: Eastern Wonders (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/242574/century-eastern-wonders)
I just got Century: Spice Road for Christmas and haven't played it yet, so I'm probably getting ahead of myself here, but this is the second in this trilogy of games. It can be played as a stand-alone game or combined with Spice Road to create a new game. Eastern Wonders is set in Asia (Indonesia I think) as our spice merchants from the first game now have a new way to get their spices. The third game is coming in 2019 and I assume that by then the merchants will just go to their local supermarket for spices.
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Curio: The Lost Temple (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240842/curio-lost-temple)
The rulebook for this was just placed on BGG today, so I'll have a proper look at it soon. From what I know, it's a real-time temple escape game set in ancient Mesopotamia, where players solve puzzles that change each game based on modules. It sounds fun and good for non-gamers and with the modules and the various difficulty levels, it looks like there's lots of replayability. I was at the fabulous Pergamon Museum in Berlin a couple of days ago and after seeing the Ishtar Gate and the other great pieces there, I have ancient Mesopotamia on my mind.
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Museum (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204505/museum)
The only Kickstarter game I'm currently waiting on (except for a very delayed game about dwarves that I probably shouldn't have backed), which just wrapped up its campaign a couple of weeks ago. With the archeology theme and Vincent Dutrait art, I was in on this one straight away even though in general I'm getting away from KS. The gameplay looks great too, and there are already a bunch of expansions although so far I've only pledged for the base game.
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jungleboy, I'm with you on Century Spice Road: Eastern Wonders!
I would add:
The Voyages of Marco Polo, Agents of Venice.
We are enjoying this game and look forward to more. (Already preordered).
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Isle of Skye: Journeyman.
We love the original and look forward to what this will bring. I understand it ups the play time and complexity but I like what I've seen so far. (Already preordered).
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/45/36/c4/4536c4841f72afce2798ac69c7f02157.jpg)
Dixit Harmonies:
Dixit is a long time favourite so am always looking for new cards. (Already preordered).
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Lorenzo il Magnifico: Houses of Renaissance.
This hasn't hit the table yet but I'm a big fan of the designers and it is near top of my list to get played.
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Fields of Arle: Tea & Trade.
Sadly another title that hasn't hit the table but I am confident in this game as a big Uwe Rosenberg fan! In North America this title can be hard to get a hold of so I want to get it when and while I can. (Already preordered).
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a9/48/6c/a9486ce033095d6325b9135af3e9d393.jpg)
Terraforming Mars: Venus.
I've only played the main game once but loved it. I have a pal with great interest we just need to find the time. This looks to be a fairly easy one to integrate so would want to give it a go at some point. (Already preordered).
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d5/d7/9e/d5d79ed60f37442c997d136b03d0f06e.jpg)
Needless to say I've made no new Year resolutions about game buying >:D
Edit: Forgot to add - all images from BGG main page and likely Publisher photos
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Franks beat me to the Isle of Skye expansion. I see they changed it from "Wanderer" to "Journeyman". Like Jungleboy, I am looking forward to Museum.
Here are some more:
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I didn't even know about the Imhotep expansion. I guess that might force me to decide where I stand with Imhotep, i.e. whether I should double down and get the expansion or trade/sell the game instead. I like the game but I haven't played it for quite a while now.
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Might have to look at the the due Kickstarter....
Mint Delivery, expansions for 7th continent, the north sea saga continues too.
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I also like Kashgar very much. Have only once played it at the table, but several times on yucata.de. I'd also call it a deck builder, but one which is quite different then any other deck builder, I know. Not only don't you shuffle your deck (there are others, where you don't do that, too. But you build three different open rows of card, and activate always the card on top and put it to the back. This makes for a great puzzle, how to develop your deck(s).
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I should probably add the coming expansion for Kingdomino - Kingdomino: Age of Giants (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/240909/kingdomino-age-giants), which is due out in France in Q2 2018, to my list. There aren't any images yet and not too much is known about it, but I love Kingdomino, just got Queendomino, and, besides, part of the point of this thread is to anticipate what's coming and see what we might be interested in without knowing everything. Here is the publisher's description:
You might fear the giants who will crush your precious buildings, or you could make them move smartly on your opponent's kingdoms. In Kingdomino: Age of Giants, the first expansion for Kingdomino, new royal challenge tiles allow you to score more victory points in many different ways. This expansion also includes a tile dispenser tower as well as a castle and king for a fifth player.
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Rahdo just did a runthrough of his 25 most anticipated games of 2018:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb_R4KzenGA
I must admit that not many of them appealed to me (maybe none, really, except Eastern Wonders which I already listed upthread, and possibly Sorcerer City). There's a lot of fantasy/crime/legacy in it.
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I went through his geeklist:
Dice Settlers caught my eye, as they made some well regarded games.
Mines of Ōlnäk, already on my list, but nothing about it.
Helionox is arriving at some point this year, I KS'd it.
More Raiders of north sea, KS'd that too
Above and Beyond: Amber Mines: as above.
Targi: Die Erweiterung in English :(y)
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Near and Far: Amber Mines
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Flash Point
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The Grimm Forest
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Rise of Tribes
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Special Mention to:
Raiders of the North Sea
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And of course without doubt
The 7th Continent: What Goes Up, Must Come Down
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But it can always delay to 2019
I really need to learn have learned how to scale images on CCentral
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If you modify the post you'll see the one i scaled at the top :(y)
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I remember the Grimm Forest KS campaign. It should be great to play with the kids.
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BGG's top anticipated games:
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/231943/20-most-anticipated-games-2018-nominations-are-ope/page/1?
Not much on the first few pages for me atm.
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Flash point??
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Flashpoint: Fire Rescue (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/100901/flash-point-fire-rescue)
I received my latest KS expansion before Xmas, so you're can't be far away
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Flashpoint: Fire Rescue (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/100901/flash-point-fire-rescue)
I received my latest KS expansion before Xmas, so you're can't be far away
Momentary derail of thread!
I just got the new mini expansion played during the holiday and it was great! I'm working on a mini session/review and might bring it to my work group tomorrow! Enjoy,
Back to our scheduled programming ;D
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Flashpoint: Fire Rescue (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/100901/flash-point-fire-rescue)
I received my latest KS expansion before Xmas, so you're can't be far away
Momentary derail of thread!
I just got the new mini expansion played during the holiday and it was great! I'm working on a mini session/review and might bring it to my work group tomorrow! Enjoy,
Back to our scheduled programming ;D
Still waiting my all in pledge.... :-[ :'(
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Flashpoint: Fire Rescue (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/100901/flash-point-fire-rescue)
I received my latest KS expansion before Xmas, so you're can't be far away
Momentary derail of thread!
I just got the new mini expansion played during the holiday and it was great! I'm working on a mini session/review and might bring it to my work group tomorrow! Enjoy,
Back to our scheduled programming ;D
Still waiting my all in pledge.... :-[ :'(
Nice to see you pledged all in!
You are in for a treat once it finally all arrives!!
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I didn't even know about the Imhotep expansion. I guess that might force me to decide where I stand with Imhotep, i.e. whether I should double down and get the expansion or trade/sell the game instead. I like the game but I haven't played it for quite a while now.
I played a couple of games of Imhotep last night for the first time in over a year, including playing the B-side location spaces for the first time. We all really enjoyed it. I already have two mini-expansions yet to be tested, and since the game box is quite large, the A New Dynasty expansion should fit inside it (a nice bonus as I'm trying to save space). So I might go for this expansion too.
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I already have two mini-expansions yet to be tested, and since the game box is quite large, the A New Dynasty expansion should fit inside it (a nice bonus as I'm trying to save space). So I might go for this expansion too.
We have the little private ships expansions from one of the advent calendars. We play with that all the time. We don't have the Pharaoh's Favor or Stonemason's wager. I believe we can play those without actually owning the expansions. Maybe we will try them on our next go.
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My List
1. Carcassonne Stuff
End Of List
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My List
1. Carcassonne Stuff
End Of List
Nice! This was my list from 2013-15. :green-meeple:
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I already have two mini-expansions yet to be tested, and since the game box is quite large, the A New Dynasty expansion should fit inside it (a nice bonus as I'm trying to save space). So I might go for this expansion too.
We have the little private ships expansions from one of the advent calendars. We play with that all the time. We don't have the Pharaoh's Favor or Stonemason's wager. I believe we can play those without actually owning the expansions. Maybe we will try them on our next go.
I have the private ships and the Stonemason's Wager, so if I get to play again with the same group, we'll definitely include those. I just found out about the Pharoah's Favor. Both the last two are available on the Geek Store but you're right in that you could just print something out to approximate them.
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Endeavor: Age of Sail (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233398/endeavor-age-sail) is coming to Kickstarter on Jan 30. It's a reimplementation of a 2009 game just called Endeavor (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33160/endeavor). I don't know much about it but I like maps and sailing so that's a good start.
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A couple of sequel-type games have been announced in the last couple of days and I'll be following their developments this year.
The first is Yellow and Yangtze (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244114/yellow-yangtze), Reiner Knizia's new sequel to his 20-year-old masterpiece Tigris and Euphrates (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates) (one of my favourite games). It's a continuation of the recent run of Knizia games published or reprinted by Grail Games with art by Vincent Dutrait (following on from Medici, Medici: the Card Game and King's Road). Gameplay-wise, Y&Y introduces a fifth leader and fifth 'wild' cube. A BGG poster summarised the main differences between Y&Y and T&E in this post (https://boardgamegeek.com/article/27991057#27991057).
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The second is Herbaceous Sprouts (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244099/herbaceous-sprouts), a sequel dice game to Herbaceous, a beautiful little card game that came out last year by Pencil First Games, designed by Dr Finn with art by Beth Sobel. Herbaceous is a really clever little game that I look forward to playing with my Mum when I see her from March to May, so I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with dice.
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Links and images from BGG and from the Herbaceous Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/herbgame/) page.
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The first is Yellow and Yangtze (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244114/yellow-yangtze), Reiner Knizia's new sequel to his 20-year-old masterpiece Tigris and Euphrates (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates) (one of my favourite games).
Not long after I posted this, the Yellow and Yangtze announcement received the full treatment from Eric Martin in the form of a long write-up on BGG (https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/72893/conflict-old-and-new-be-found-reiner-knizias-yello), including some interesting quotes from the publisher about certain differences between Y&Y and T&E.
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August 3rd is the release date for the Imhotep expansion in English (it’s language dependent).
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Thanks Nick! I will keep my eyes out for it.
Isle of Skye's Journeyman expansion has made it to Amazon in the US, but so far not the FLGS. I can wait a little more and give the FLGS some love. O:-)
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Endeavor: Age of Sail will launch on Kickstarter on Tuesday. Here is the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHrH_8-9y4&
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jungleboy, Endeavor: Age of Sail, looks very interesting but the player count would be a challenge for us to get to the table :(
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I'm always up for a Portuguese theme and when there's dice drafting involved, then it's 2/2 in the early going in my book.
Coimbra (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245638/coimbra) is a new euro coming out mid-year that got a write-up in the BGG news section (https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/73196/earn-fame-portugals-coimbra-gen-con-2018) today. I'll be following it to see how it looks once more details come out.
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I was also immediately intrigued by the eggertspiele / (Plan B) announcement of Coimbra in an email notification this mornings.
Especially the designer team, Flaminia Brasini and Virginio Gigli, (the later author of my favourite Grand Austria Hotel, along with Lorenzo il Magnifico and Egizia).
One to keep an eye out for sure!
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An update on a few of the titles that I've mentioned so far in this thread:
Century: Eastern Wonders
Tom Vasel has done several preview videos (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/242574/century-eastern-wonders/videos/all). I like the look of it so far and the fact that you can also make another game by combining it with Spice Road is a bonus. I'm pretty sure I'll pick this up when it comes out.
Yellow and Yangtze
The new sister game of one of my favourites (Tigris and Euphrates) is now available for pre-order (https://grail-games.myshopify.com/collections/pre-orders/products/yellow-yangtze-pre-order-due-q3-2018) including free shipping. I'll probably go for it!
Endeavor: Age of Sail
Decar and Chooselife forced me to back it on Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burntislandgames/endeavor-age-of-sail/description). Jerks. Chooselife even made me get the 'Chooselife Special' (i.e. the Commodore pledge).
Those are the only three 2018 games that are on my wishlist at the moment.
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Decar and Chooselife forced me to back it on Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burntislandgames/endeavor-age-of-sail/description). Jerks. Chooselife even made me get the 'Chooselife Special' (i.e. the Commodore pledge).
We didn't force or make you do anything Jungleboy. We just helped you rationalise your excellent purchasing decisions :(y)
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I am late to the party here, but the titles I am really looking forward to are:
Re-implementation of Brass (https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28720/brass-lancashire)
CO2: Second Chance (https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/214887/co-second-chance)
Expansion... XIA: Missions and Powers (https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/244564/xia-missions-and-powers)
Any future expansions for the following games:
...Carcassonne
...Terraforming Mars
...Orleans
...Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn
...Twilight Imperium IV
...The Colonists
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jungleboy, I'm with you on Century Spice Road: Eastern Wonders!
I would add:
The Voyages of Marco Polo, Agents of Venice.
We are enjoying this game and look forward to more. (Already preordered).
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Isle of Skye: Journeyman.
We love the original and look forward to what this will bring. I understand it ups the play time and complexity but I like what I've seen so far. (Already preordered).
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/45/36/c4/4536c4841f72afce2798ac69c7f02157.jpg)
Dixit Harmonies:
Dixit is a long time favourite so am always looking for new cards. (Already preordered).
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Lorenzo il Magnifico: Houses of Renaissance.
This hasn't hit the table yet but I'm a big fan of the designers and it is near top of my list to get played.
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Fields of Arle: Tea & Trade.
Sadly another title that hasn't hit the table but I am confident in this game as a big Uwe Rosenberg fan! In North America this title can be hard to get a hold of so I want to get it when and while I can. (Already preordered).
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Terraforming Mars: Venus.
I've only played the main game once but loved it. I have a pal with great interest we just need to find the time. This looks to be a fairly easy one to integrate so would want to give it a go at some point. (Already preordered).
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d5/d7/9e/d5d79ed60f37442c997d136b03d0f06e.jpg)
Needless to say I've made no new Year resolutions about game buying >:D
Edit: Forgot to add - all images from BGG main page and likely Publisher photos
Since the thread has been bumped, thought I'd give a quick update on my list. I've received half of this list but have only played one so far.
The Voyages of Marco Polo, Agents of Venice. Have played this one twice and really like what has been brought to the game. I am relatively sure it won't be enjoyed by all but will leave it at that. I plan to do an update to my CarcC Marco Polo review, writing about all the expansion to date.
Isle of Skye: Journeyman. Still no sight on this side of the pond.
Dixit Harmonies: Have received this and the cards look wonderful as usual. Haven't played them yet but they are easy to incorporate. I like to play the decks individually but I'm sure one day, when I find a suitable storage, I'll make one big deck.
Lorenzo il Magnifico: Houses of Renaissance. Still no sign of this either. Pre-order is up but haven't placed an order, yet.
Fields of Arle: Tea & Trade. Received and unplayed. No surprised since I've yet to play the base game :(
Terraforming Mars: Venus. Received and unplayed.
Anyone else got updates?
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Architects of the West Kingdoms is wrapping up it's Kickstarter - looking forward to seeing this.
Rocks of Ruin their expansion for Explorers of the North Sea, is due later this month, so that's my most anticipated thing atm.
Dice Settlers
- didn't back
Mines of Ōlnäk
- no progress
Helionox
- have yet to play because the packaging lost several important components...still hoping the game redeems the poor delivery.
Above and Beyond:
- no progress
Targi: Die Erweiterung in English :(y)
Maybe 2019 now :(