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JoeyJoeJoeJunShabadoo	Game purchases	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1623 (05/27/09 13:17:58) That's the woist name I ever hoird Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I'm coming more from the angle of card/board games, but I guess it could also apply to RPGs if you're the type who's interested in lots of different game systems. The potential of playing the game could be for any reason. Having enough players, length of play, learning curve for new players, etc. BTW, if you're one of those fortunate people whose most-wanted game is also the game they'd most likely end up playing, congratulations. Your FLGS has two games in stock you've had your eye on. Assuming you have enough money to buy one, but not both, and after you've made your purchase the other game will go out of stock/print, which do you buy? (Result) The game I want to play the most, regardless of how often I'd get to play it. The game I'm more likely going to play, regardless of whether it's the game I want the most.
Eldric IV		#1	[-]
Posts: 10239 (05/27/09 18:45:37) Resident Paladin Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Instead of buying a box of Magic boosters, which I could play any time, day or night, at my gamestore, I buy Legend of the Five Rings books. Final Words, before the battle with Demogorgon: My life does not matter. It was given to me to better the lives of my people. Please give the Pureblade to my son so that he may finish what I start here today.
Confused Jackal Mage		#2	[-]
Posts: 6698 (05/28/09 05:59:39) Iron Liege Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	On the other hand, I just blew a wad of cash on Magic boosters, because I want to get back into the hobby. I have no one to play with, though. ;_; Imagine the culture we would live in now if, instead of a dead corpse on an instrument of torture, our signifier was a child staring in wonder at the stars.
ozedge		#3	[-]
Posts: 344 (05/28/09 07:31:42) What's going on? Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	i do buy allot of game systems and my answer would be... buy the one that looks the coolest even though i know i will never play it. or buy both and not eat this week (which is what happened when in school)
JoeyJoeJoeJunShabadoo		#4	[-]
Posts: 1625 (05/29/09 08:05:47) That's the woist name I ever hoird Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The games I like are mostly ones with lots of rules and components and usually take a long time to setup/play. Heroscape, Battlelore, Arkham Horror, games like that. However, I hardly ever play them because lack of time or willing participants who are patient enough to go over all the rules. As a sidebar, if someone has found a way to combat the "Just show me how to play as we go along" pitfall that tends to get my freinds mad when I reveal a rule that conflicts with what they later choose to do, let me know. Carcassonne, on the other hand, gets played like mad in our house because it's so easy to pick up, play, and teach new players. I go back and forth, but right now I choose playing a game I like over seeing the game I like most sitting on the shelf. Maybe it's because I already own Arkham Horror, which so far is still my most favorite board game ever, but it's also why I haven't bought Descent or World of Warcraft: The Board Game--the huge, 10lb of cards and minis one. They both make me salivate, but then I think about the chances of actually getting to play them as much as I'd like, the idea of not owning them at all seems better. That said, check out Smallworld. Lots of parts, quick setup, easy gameplay, shorter games, and, best of all, it's fun, too. Best of all worlds. Don't hate the playa, hate the GaMe!
Ampherion		#5	[-]
Posts: 1900 (05/29/09 09:45:10) Shadowy Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You want to see my closet...oh, only about 200 or so games (including Arkham Horror, Descent, Heroscape and many many others) still in the shrinkwrap. Know why? Everyone wants to play monopoly (which I WONT OWN). 1A1S-060412-060806-N-W-523/1000-MX
Cthon		#6	[-]
Posts: 7029 (05/30/09 04:38:57) No need for labels, right? Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I own Descent, which is great . . . but it is a lot of setup, does have a lot of rules, and, for me, requires a quorum of players that would otherwise play D&D. I am not a fan of giant-setup games, no matter what the game reviews say. If I'm not going to sit down to a D&D (or similar RPG) game, then I want a game with simple rules that is easy to learn and setup, like Carcasonne, Tigris and Euphrates, Lost Cities, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, or Pandemic. I still play Sorry occasionally with my daughter. _______________________ bored with changing signatures
SolissVL		#7	[-]
Posts: 700 (05/30/09 12:48:49) Minimum 1 pt, right? Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have so many Avalon Hill war games I never get to play. It was an addiction back in HS.... I just want to get Dominion. I've played it once and was hooked. It was easy to learn and had enough options to play it quite often that it won't get repetitive too quickly. -8 modifier to crunch-fu
JoeyJoeJoeJunShabadoo		#8	[-]
Posts: 1626 (06/01/09 09:49:51) That's the woist name I ever hoird Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Ampherion wrote: Everyone wants to play monopoly (which I WONT OWN). Lou: Looks like another case of Monopoly related violence, chief. Wiggum: How do those Parker Brothers sleep at night? Don't hate the playa, hate the GaMe!
Monte Cook		#9	[-]
Posts: 9776 (07/30/09 07:49:48) Strange Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	If I based all my game purchases/acquisitions on whether or not I'd actually play them for sure, I'd have a lot fewer games. One reason I like games is that they are "potential fun" in a box. Even if I never play it, the potential fun is still there.
DerekDyer		#10	[-]
Posts: 7269 (08/03/09 00:32:22) Just showed up Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Even if you never play it... it's still actual fun to read the rules and otherwise familiarize yourself with the game. Especially RPG material.