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StarCraft: The Board Game Eyes-On

belger0g — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:13:24 MDT

The advantage of these boardgames over w40k or other miniature games is that they have high quality parts (for a boardgame) and they don't cost nearly as much. You also don't have to paint a whole army. I've just bought the Twilight imperium box and it's quite cool.

Yes, it's much, much better to have a full painted 40k army than unpainted plastic figurines, and I'd really like to play with one, but as much as I like painting miniatures I can't stand painting 10 imperial guards at the same time, painting each mini in 1 hour and having to paint the same color scheme to have an army. I like spending around 10 hours per mini and changing their type.

belger0g

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:48:46 MDT

I'm another one who'd rather play 40k.

Be interesting to use the bits to add to my army though. XP

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

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Xagel — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:20:48 MDT

I own the WoW boardgame, and I kinda hated it..It took far too long to setup and learn, and just made me want to go back and play wow instead of setup the game. Anyone wanna buy it cheap? :)

Xagel

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Lyner — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:15:05 MDT

You know, the problem of having so many (180) pieces is that when you need a unit, you'd end up having to sift through a lot of crap before finding it, it's easy to lose a piece or two, and/or they need a very robust organization system to keep everything in order (as well as the cards/tokens/etc. that comes along with the game). It all seems like it's going to be a large learning curve, and a nightmare to start.

Lyner

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Providence — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:41:37 MDT

I hate board games, but this seriously seems badass. I'm glad it's not a Warhammer situation where you have to spend a few hundred (plus several hours painting) to have a decent army.

Providence

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Gouki4u's avatar has a severe case of Jekyll and Hyde — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:31:55 MDT

Yet another reason I'm pissed about missing GenCon this year. That looks like some hot geek action right there.

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FreddyGlitter — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:30:00 MDT

While I love many of their games, they need to impose a limit on their designers of 4 pages of rules. It's just too daunting trying to drag people into one of these games, you can just see people tuning out.

FreddyGlitter

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DoSe — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:24:46 MDT

@splines: i'm sorry, my genestealers eat grey knights like chicken. Eat rending claws, Grey Knight :). I do admit i'm tempted to use them for my SMurfs.

This boardgame however looked pretty interesting, but i still prefer Warhammer 40k i suppose. Besides they kinda slimmed down the rule now and games only lasted like 1 hourish - 2 hours depends on how many guys you have on table. And seriously... it's a blast to throw 30+ dices for my guys at the same time :).

DoSe

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vongarr — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:48:27 MDT

@Shadowmist:

I have no doubt that there is support from 2-6 players. Knowing how these kind of games usually turn out, I'd bet it plays best with 5.

vongarr

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Shadowmist — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:29:59 MDT

Six players? Do we need six players to play, or would less suffice? I know I can get two of my friends to play, another one a bit iffy, and the rest would probably refuse. So optimistically I'd have four to five players. Would that be enough to play if I bought this? Or would it be a waste of money? I'm really curious about this game, having been a SC fan back when it came out.

Shadowmist

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dcartist — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:12:19 MDT

@Kirbytheslayer:
No question, Blizzard. $15x9,000,000 each month. Compare that to $100x10,000,000 total.
-

DISAGREE. Nintendo posted $667 MILLION IN PROFIT, that's "profit", not "revenue" in... Q2 2007 (Apr-Jun) alone... It's market Capitalization is over $50 billion now.

Blizzard had $1.5 billion in REVENUE in 2006.
Nintendo had $1.4 billion in PROFIT in 2006.

dcartist

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Trithne — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:28:06 MDT

Board games are certainly not on life support. And all the Videogame-to-boardgame adaptations are helping it out a lot. FFG knows their stuff, and have made some brilliant BGs. Get a few friends, have a game that lasts all night. Easier than getting everyone's PCs around, and cheaper when the power bill rolls in.

Trithne

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evirustheslaye — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:03:18 MDT

board games are on life support as it is, a better use of their concept is to promote it as a PC game "demo" made to hype up starcraft 2, if thats even needed(heck it would give SC fans something to do untill the release anyways)

evirustheslaye

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Witzbold — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:58:59 MDT

@RPharazon: Dont forget the cost of paint and the other "supplies" necessary to make them look nice. ;D

Dear god, I blame paiting the tiny figures for one of the reasons why I went semi blind while growing up.

Always hated it when a base color I needed was sold out too, since it would take forever to get a new shipment in.

Witzbold

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splines — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:41:56 MDT

@RPharazon: I like the style of Tau if it's painted well, but they suck at close combat.

Grey Knights FTW.

splines

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RPharazon — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:12:35 MDT

I'd rather play Warhammer 40k.
Then again, $70 just barely gets you two dreadnoughts.
Think Dragoons, but more kickass, with chainguns and power claws, and with a cooler Earthican architectural style.

I'm a Tau man myself. Can't resist those Fire Warriors with Railguns.

RPharazon

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Witzbold — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:09:44 MDT

The one thing that makes me sad, is that box looks actually bigger than a PS3 box.

Im gonna hate having to bring that thing around to a mates house to play if I ever decide on picking it up. :/

Witzbold

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Tyber_Zann — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:48:19 MDT

I'm not much for board games, but this looks like a sure-fire winner.

Except if I get Zerg-rushed, then I'll throw the game board and run away.

Tyber_Zann

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TheJordanator — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:27:19 MDT

@Hagglegaggle: What if my perm looks like Justin Timberlake's during his N*Sync years?

TheJordanator

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Kyle81 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:26:54 MDT

@Torokun: FFG hires very talented artists, much of their games are beautifully illustrated. Plus these games take long time to produce. Unlike some shitty Milton Bradely board game you will find at Toy R Us, these types of board games are heavily tested over long periods of time for playability, balance, and other factors. Don't mention that these games they make often way A LOT. The large boxes and all the stuff in the box makes their games very heavy, which in turn equals expensive shipping and handling costs. Their figures are generally high quality as well, from well payed sculptors.

Again this is not Milton Bradley or some other cheesy cheap board game company, Fantasy Flight makes some of the most quality products on the market.

Kyle81

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crazycarlt — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:23:45 MDT

So, you're saying that Korean gamers with lighting-fast reflexes have something else to do when the power goes out? Pray, tell what these wonder people may do!

I, personally, am helpless without the intertron.

crazycarlt

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Hagglegaggle — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:09:14 MDT

@TheJordanator: Depends on whether or not she gave you a perm, I suppose.

Hagglegaggle

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TheJordanator — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:56:35 MDT

@Hagglegaggle: is it okay if your mom went to beauty school?

....not that she still cuts my hair >.>

TheJordanator

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TheJordanator — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:56:05 MDT

@strictlybogart: or 4drone?

TheJordanator

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Hagglegaggle — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:49:44 MDT

@Robert Summa: I don't understand why fairly successful geeks won't go to a stylist and stop wearing the haircut mom gave them back in grade 3.

Hagglegaggle

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qsceszwsxasd — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:44:28 MDT

@emartel:

SC has been out for 10 years and I'm surprised people STILL don't get the joke.

qsceszwsxasd

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strictlybogart — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:52:42 MDT

but, can you scv rush?

strictlybogart

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TheJordanator — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:39:12 MDT

Will the board game include play types such as "15 MIN NO RUSH" or "NO NOOBS"?

TheJordanator

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Veltis — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:35:37 MDT

@Jazhuis: Sadly you will still find people thinking that Gamesworkshop stole Blizzard ideas ; ; .

Veltis

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Torokun — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:30:05 MDT

Considering those "figures" everything else in that box comes from some sweatshop in China, I don't know where the money went.

Torokun

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Dakkonfire — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:22:03 MDT

Well, most of the Blizz people I talked to seemed to like it quite a bit. Its very orientated on attacking. And yes, you can zerg rush. There's some mechanic where the Zerg get double the amount of buildings or something like that.

Dakkonfire

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splines — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:16:57 MDT

@Jazhuis: My thoughts exactly.

Also, unless you can zerg rush this isn't Starcraft, in my opinion.

@Dragoonkin: Love Carcassonne. I'm a recent convert to Catan as well.

splines

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LORDofDANCE — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:00:59 MDT

@Krytha:

I still like Monopoly. :(

LORDofDANCE

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Aragashi — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:47:53 MDT

Just as long as they don't milk this into oblivion like WOW. Starcraft CCG? Coming soon to a store near you, along with Starcraft hats. Starcraft shirts and patches in your Hot Topic. Starcraft Protoss arms and guns and toys. Protoss limited edition models. SC Expansion pack for the CCG, Zerg Rush(keke). I can see it now, and I hate it. Can this be the last, Blizzard? I'd much prefer my Ghost now.

Aragashi

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Jazhuis — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:47:14 MDT

Wait, a Starcraft board game?

There's a really good joke to be had here, I just know it. ;)

Jazhuis

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saigumi — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:33:00 MDT

I love this upsurge in board games. Catan + Carcassonne on XBLive, WoW board game, Starcraft boardgame in time for XMas.

I've been totally watching and promoting this game at my stores. ([www.gameniteshop.com]) This game is shaping up well and FFG has been doing a great job lately, especially with Tides of Iron.

If you live in the St.L area and ever want to get a board game in against me, come by SoCo on a Saturday.

saigumi

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Dakobah — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:32:06 MDT

I was just hoping they would come out with a Starcraft Trading Card Game

Have like the Deck be your Nexus CC or Lair and you can deploy defence cards to protect your base and then unit cards for offence.

i would play it.

Dakobah

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Dragoonkin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:27:20 MDT

@mercatfat: Try Carcassonnes. It has no pieces but little wooden men, and square tiles. And a scoreboard.

It takes less time than Monopoly to learn, but the intricacies are amazing.

"Draw tile. Place tile in valid location. Place Follower in valid location on tile if you desire. Determine any scoring."

That's the whole turn sequence.

Dragoonkin

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Fstrike — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:19:43 MDT

for me to spend some green on that i need to see how its played and see if its fun, the last board game i was addicted to back then was Risk! damn that game took so much time to finish lol =p

Fstrike

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strider_mt2k — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:19:36 MDT

Loser cleans up.

strider_mt2k

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Kyle81 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:12:17 MDT

@MajoShinpan: You don't use all the figures at once. And most of the figures are there so multiple players can play the game.

@StrikerGold: Well when you play a board game, its obviously a social experience. I got tons of these huge games mainly because got a core group of friends who all like to play the games so we always have game nights.

Kyle81

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Robert Summa — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:10:58 MDT

Of course, the best part is the guy who actually created the game:

[link.brightcove.com]

Robert Summa

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:10:42 MDT

@BigChiefSmokem: No question, Blizzard. $15x9,000,000 each month. Compare that to $100x10,000,000 total.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

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MajoShinpan — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:04:38 MDT

180 plastic play figures? That's insane!
They should've kept it at a halfway manageable size, that would've kept down the vicious prize as well.

MajoShinpan

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StrikerGold — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:02:29 MDT

@Keen314: Catan is a blast to play, no doubt, but you don't have to plunk down the $90 all in one shot. I'm sure the board game is fun and all, I just don't think I can justify that much money on a game where I *might* get people to play. One indisputable advantage of a video game over board games: single player mode.

StrikerGold

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emartel — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:00:47 MDT

@Terinije: at a decent level of competition, its pretty hard to pull off a "mass carriers" :P its probably still a viable tactic in BGH or other stupid maps though...

emartel

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mercatfat — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:00:34 MDT

@AGiES:

By "not very good" do you mean "actually palatable to girlfriends and non-engineers, and a wonderful show of the glory of well-crafted simplicity"? Because that seems a bit more accurate.

mercatfat

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Kyle81 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:00:29 MDT

Yup, its fantasy flight games. They love to make massive sized board games which are extremely high quality. Their WOW board game is similar and pretty darn good. Starcraft should be good, they have a good track record.

Though at its price, these are not normal board games, these are games for the hardcore gamers.

Kyle81

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galewind — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:56:30 MDT

fantasy flight games makes some fantastic games, though. I'd highly recommend Arkham Horror to anyone remotely interested in Cthulhu or any of HP Lovecraft's stories. It's basically everyone against the game, and, well, lets just put it this way: The chances of you winning are slim.

galewind

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mechanabeshin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:54:32 MDT

@Veltis:

I played 40k about 15 years ago. I don't have time to spend a whole day playing games anymore. Good times, though.

mechanabeshin

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dv8godd — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:53:20 MDT

@BigChiefSmokem: so who prints more money you guys think? Nintendo or Blizzard?

Yes.

dv8godd

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mechanabeshin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:52:39 MDT

This looks like it will be fun. Like DRAGOONKIN said, the WoW game was a big surprise for me. If it can be set up an played in less than 2 hours, I'm there.

mechanabeshin

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Keen314 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:52:17 MDT

> At $79.95, the six-player board game may seem a tad on the pricey side

Anyone who complains about the price isn't a real board game player! 4-player Catan with all expansions costs over $90 (usually $30-40 per box, 3 boxes total).

Any word on what the rules are? The website link is pretty bare.

Keen314

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dv8godd — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:52:00 MDT

Just looking at that picture scares the bejesus out of me. What is that? About 1000 pieces (plastic, cards, etc) total? Maybe they should call it "Enormous Learning Curve: The Board Game".

Maybe I'll give it a shot when they come out with "StarCraft: The Board Game: The Videogame".

dv8godd

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Veltis — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:51:52 MDT

I still prefer a good game of Warmachine or Warhammer 40k over this. [www.privateerpress.com]
[www.privateerpress.com]

Veltis

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Terinije — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:51:31 MDT

If that game doesn't have a "Mass Carriers = Instant Win Card," it immediately fails.

Terinije

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Agies — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:48:50 MDT

@Krytha: Monopoly is not very good compared to modern "enthusiast" board games.

Agies

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Witzbold — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:46:13 MDT

Im rather interested in seeing how this game plays.

Witzbold

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BigChiefSmokem — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:43:12 MDT

so who prints more money you guys think? Nintendo or Blizzard?

BigChiefSmokem

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Krytha — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:41:05 MDT

I dunno... doesn't anyone just play monopoly anymore?

Krytha

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Dragoonkin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:39:59 MDT

My friend has the WoW board game, and I must say that one's more fun than I thought it'd be. Could see this being a neat game.

Dragoonkin