Here is where I’ll be posting about any tabletop games I’ve been playing.
The first one will be Arkham Horror: The Card Game, but I am planning on a Lord of the Rings one too, as well as Star Trek: Frontiers and/or Mage Knight, Halls of Hegra, Brass: Birmingham, Obsession, Spirit Island, Heat: Medal to the Metal, Marvel Champions etc.
Basically a bunch of solo games because multiplayer games require another human.
I know, right?
Hold onto your socks lest they be blown clear from your body.
As writing is hard, and recording what happens in each round is massively time-consuming, this page will be updated slowly.
Here’s the list of ones that I have actually written more than nothing about:
More to come. Maybe.
Tabletop game posts (Most recent first)#
Yes, it is episode one of me attempting to play The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship.
I have read the rules a couple of times, watched a couple of play-throughs, read through the forums on Board Game Geek1, and have set up the board.
As mentioned in the home screen for this game on this site, I will be attempting the starter objectives:
Attain the Blessing of the Elves Saruman, Your Staff Is Broken Challenge Sauron Destroy the One Ring And I’m playing two-handed with these characters:
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I forgot that I had pre-ordered this game, and so it was a nice surprise when it arrived. It will be the first game I will play on my new board gaming table in my dedicated playroom1.
I have set the board up for a two player game, but naturally only I am playing it. There is a solo variant that I might have a look at as well, but two-handed solo works for me.
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In my opinion The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is very difficult for new players attempting to get into it for the first time to work out what is needed to get started.
The game itself is already ridiculously complicated.
In fact trying to work out which products to buy is a sneak preview of the amount of mental taxation that will be paid trying to learn the rules and build a deck.
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As I just loving giving my money away to various companies I decided that sticking to only one card game from Fantasy Flight Games wasn’t enough.
Instead, I needed to get involved in THREE.
Well, actually four, but after an initial outlay into Star Wars Unlimited I found the god-awful artwork too much to overlook to continue1.
I have Arkham Horror and Marvel Champions running alongside this Lord of the Rings one. I think I actually prefer Lord of the Rings for depth and theme, but naturally it comes with the biggest overhead. Lots of rules, lots of cards, and lots of confusion around expansions. Some are repackaged, some are not.
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WORK IN PROGRESS - I have played the scenario and just need to write it up Another Arkham Horror playthrough!
I’ve had to call this one Night of the Zealot 2 because I didn’t think I’d replay campaigns, but I am, and nobody is reading this anyway, so it doesn’t matter.
Last time I played a “true solo” campaign of Night of the Zealot as Roland Banks. It was pretty challenging and also entertaining. I still remember the broader strokes of that game without re-reading the posts themselves.
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Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Done « Arkham Horror | « Part II: The Midnight Masks | Part III: The Devourer Below
We are into the final scenario of the starter set; The Devourer Below. I suspect there will be some kind of devouring taking place under the ground, but I don’t want to spoil too much.
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Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Done « Arkham Horror | « Part I: The Gathering | Part II: The Midnight Masks | » Part III: The Devourer Below
The last scenario went pretty well, though in hindsight it would have been better to have prevented Lita Chantler from burning my house down.
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I have many problems in my life. Here is a short list off the top of my head:
Sleeping at a slightly different angle cripples my neck and back for days1 Thinking about the wrong thing while trying to get to sleep will prolong wakefulness by exactly one night2 Eating without having taken a magic pill with trigger my body to start dissolving itself3 Very interested in binge watching TV series but do not seem to enjoy the actual watching4 But another of them is the inability to stop buying board games. This time I decided I would stop subjecting others in my life to this obsession of mine. I have never understood why I find it difficult to commit to a single one-hour long episode of a TV show, but have no problem spending four hours on a board-game, but that is just the way of things.
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This post was a lot longer than I thought. Maybe I should have split it into different pages. Never mind, here’s a kind of table of contents instead:
Rambling Intro Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Done « Arkham Horror | Part I: The Gathering | » Part II: The Midnight Masks
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What is Arkham Horror?
As far as I can tell, it is a very expensive, complicated, and difficult card-based RPG where you play an investigator in the 1920’s getting caught up in all sorts of Lovecraftian shenanigans.
So what are you waiting for?
Night of the Zealot 2 (October 2024) - Zoey and Daisy » Part I: The Gathering Night of the Zealot 1 (May 2024) - Roland » Part I: The Gathering » Part II: The Midnight Masks » Part III: The Devourer Below « Tabletop Games
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