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    Image of Scazza Scazza
    07/09/09

    In reply to Carcassonne Coming To A DS Near You
    I absolutely love the game, and hopefully this version will have some sort of online play involved. Its the only way to play!
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    Image of Kenofthedead Kenofthedead
    07/09/09

    In reply to Carcassonne Coming To A DS Near You
    Quite nice to see, it's one of the few puzzle games I've ever been able to play for more then a first try (Scotland Yard is the other).

    Now to have it on the go? Multiplayer to introduce other people to? Good times shall be had by many, even if I have to force them to try it out.
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    Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon
    07/09/09

    In reply to Carcassonne Coming To A DS Near You
    YESS!!!


    Not having a 360, this is GREAT news. Plus, DS is the only video gaming I can get the g/f to do, so I'll get two copies.

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    Image of atomicstrawberry atomicstrawberry
    07/09/09

    In reply to Carcassonne Coming To A DS Near You
    I wish they'd put in the other expansions. And fix the scoring in the XBLA version, 2-tile cities are meant to be worth two points, not four.


    As someone who plays the actual board games regularly, I can't stand going back to Vanilla Carcassonne having played with expansions. On its own the game is short, overly reliant on luck, and not very strategic. It doesn't really shine until you're playing with at least one of the river expansions, Traders & Builders, Inns and Cathedrals and the extra interesting tiles from King and Scout. Abbey & Mayor and an added river (with some revised rules that place both endings and the fork into the mix, so that the river ends when one or both end pieces are drawn depending on whether the fork comes out) add even more strategic value to the game.

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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    07/09/09

    @atomicstrawberry: And fix the scoring in the XBLA version, 2-tile cities are meant to be worth two points, not four.


    That's the American rules set, which has been available in the XBLA version since release I believe. Check your options.

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    Image of Cloudleet Cloudleet
    07/09/09

    In reply to Carcassonne Coming To A DS Near You
    another carcassonne? but... I just broke off my addiction to the 360 one:(
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    Image of JZeitler JZeitler
    07/09/09

    In reply to Carcassonne Coming To A DS Near You
    Hopefully it'll have more than just the River expansion, and hopefully it'll have game-sharing multiplayer (but I doubt that part). Carcassonne was the first European board game I played, and it really got me into them big time.


    Now, when are we gonna see Dominion, Race for the Galaxy, and Arkham Horror on consoles?

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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    07/09/09

    @JZeitler: I'd love to see Zertz myself. I'm disappointed that Carcassonne doesn't support more expansions, particularly Inns & Cathedrals. It's still an excellent port, but the game's been out for quite some time now, and I don't see why it wouldn't be offered.
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    07/09/09

    @JZeitler:
    I am hoping for Inns and Cathedrals myself, but we shall see. All around good news.
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    Image of Darthvinder Darthvinder
    01/27/09

    In reply to You Can't Hold Australia In Risk: Halo Wars
    Risk: Halo Wars: Dice Rolling Evolved: Red vs. Blue vs. white vs. purple vs. black vs. green?
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    01/27/09

    In reply to You Can't Hold Australia In Risk: Halo Wars
    Risk is the sole reason i am afraid of the fact that the Australians have a standing army.
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    Image of Chalkdust Chalkdust
    01/27/09

    In reply to You Can't Hold Australia In Risk: Halo Wars
    Interesting.. so far I haven't seen any Risk spin-off that I enjoy nearly as much as the original. Some things just don't need to be improved. Now, if only I could find people to play these days...
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    Image of ReconToaster misses garnett :( ReconToaster misses garnett :(
    01/27/09

    In reply to You Can't Hold Australia In Risk: Halo Wars
    WHY! WHY must it have "Halo wars" in the title?


    I'd buy it if it were just "Halo: Risk" but of course it has to reference a game that will ruin the IP.

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    Image of kazooiedog kazooiedog
    01/27/09

    In reply to You Can't Hold Australia In Risk: Halo Wars
    Risk without Australia is like a hooker without gonorrhea, it just doesn't make sense.
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    Image of Torgen got 99 problems but the PAXFlu ain't one Torgen got 99 problems but the PAXFlu ain't one
    01/27/09

    @kazooiedog: Risk 2210 doesn't have a campable Australia and it's awesome. It also ends in a reasonable timeframe.
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    Image of kazooiedog kazooiedog
    01/27/09

    @Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc: Risk 2210? The world won't exist then anyway... 2012 being the end of the world and all.
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    Image of excaleranth excaleranth
    01/27/09

    @kazooiedog: maybe they got their numbers messed up.
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    Image of kazooiedog kazooiedog
    01/27/09

    @excaleranth: Riks dysexlia?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    01/28/09

    @Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc:
    Well, see, there's the difference. If you're playing by original Risk rules, Australia (or some reasonable facsimile thereof) is vital (I suck at Risk, and I once won a game after being reduced down to the back corner territory of Australia...but then again, I also once crushed all opposition in a game I wasn't even part of with Galoob's motorized Action Fleet AT-AT, so...).


    If you're playing by "we actually want to be able to do something else this week" rules, such things are no longer necessary, and indeed probably help to force people to play more by the name of the game (i.e. taking risks instead of camping the safe part of the board).

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    Image of Daisuash can´t comment and doesn´t know why :( Daisuash can´t comment and doesn´t know why :(
    01/06/09

    In reply to EA Bring Family Game Night To Xbox Live
    Give me Scrabble: Internet edition and i´m sold. Winning a Scrabble game with Nom Nom or MILF would make me happy.
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    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    01/06/09

    @Daisuash: It would have to be "Nom" no spaces in scrabble I'm afraid. Also, no abbreviations allowed so no "MILF" either. However "plzthxbye" would net you a pretty score. :)
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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    01/06/09

    In reply to EA Bring Family Game Night To Xbox Live
    I'd take Scrabble happily. Even though I already bought a Pogo account almost solely for Scrabble already.


    ... What? I *really* like word games.

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    Image of teeps1981 teeps1981
    01/06/09

    In reply to EA Bring Family Game Night To Xbox Live
    So...why Scrabble only for US and Canada?
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    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    01/06/09

    @teeps1981: Licensing issues in Europe is the short answer.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    01/06/09

    In reply to EA Bring Family Game Night To Xbox Live
    Im all over Scrabble. But one thing that always puzzled me was why they went to the trouble of releasing a retail disc for Monopoly and didn't just throw an XBLA game of it out there. The XBLA version I would have bought for sure.
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