Quote from: NeikeDjour on September 28, 2015, 10:50:51 AM
Is Portal already out? I really want to grab a copy of that one. Looks like fun. 

Here's a link to the review I wrote: https://t.co/q53Z9q2OAX

On Friday evening, I had my first (and only, so far) game of Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game by Valve and Cryptozoic.

I think I'm going to write a more detailed post for the Tramp's blog shortly, but I will say in short that I enjoyed it.  It has the same potential for goofy screw-you-over humour as Munchkin, but unfortunately it has a similar capacity to inspire bitterness in those who take it too seriously.

The humour of the video games is captures quickly in that in order to succeed, one must sacrifice their own test subjects- but don't worry, there's always more.  Cake, however, is a much more valuable commodity than human life.

I would certainly recommend the game to anyone who's a fan of Portal, or who enjoys oddball humour.

Quote from: R Newell on September 22, 2015, 10:48:03 AM
I've been itching to play Mansions of Madness recently.  I've actually got the rulebook on my nightstand table right now to refresh my memory.  I bought the Call of the Wild expansion almost 2 years ago and have only tried one of its scenarios.

I've actually got to play it so little that I haven't felt justified in even buying any of the expansions yet.

In this past week I've found myself pulling out both Descent, 2nd ed and Mansions of Madness for the first time in a while, and wishing I had the time to playing them both more regularly.  Of equal enjoyment was the game of Firefly that I got in, though I wish it has been the first session of the League as had been intended.

Tramp's will begin hosting weekly sessions of the RPG Earthdawn 3rd Edition on Friday evenings.
Information on the game system can be found at this link.

Interest or questions should be directed to Tyler at tylerjp83@gmail.com

Quote from: XtianHardy on September 10, 2012, 08:57:51 AM
I played Game of Thones: The Board Game, Second Edition this weekend with some close friends. This was my fifth time playing Game of Thrones with this group, and it was our most aggressive game yet. Alliances were forged and broken within the first two turns, and everyone was at each other's throats for the rest of the game. It ended very close, with Baratheon (my fiancee, Courtney) and Stark (me) each having six victory points, and the Tyrell's (Marcel) narrowly taking the lead with seven. A great game, but tensions ran so high that we all agreed to play something co-operative next time.

I have a copy of the first edition of this game, and have been curious as to how the 2nd edition compares.  Can you shed any light on that?

Quote from: Mike Friesen on September 07, 2012, 11:22:18 AM
Iv'e been looking into the new Descent the last week and from what I see/hear it looks like a really fun game. Do you find the game easy/fast to set up and is it fairly easy to learn?

I find most of its rules to be fairly intuitive and simple.  I also had a background in at least two similar games, so I am coming at from what might be called an "insider's" perspective.  That being said, I've taught the basics of the game in under half an hour.

Setup, from opening the box to taking the first turn, I would say takes about 10-15 mins.  There are a lot of tokens and card decks that need to be set up, especially if you're playing a campaign.  It helps that my wife and I added several baggies to the equation, and labeled them for specific purposes.

Quote from: XtianHardy on September 07, 2012, 11:20:49 AM
I know it's a very subjective question, but is there enough story in Descent to satisfy for an RPG-lite experience?

I would say so.  The games comes with 19 Quests, 9 of which are played in any one Campaign, and each has it's own story blurb (or two, or three).

The latest game to hit my table has been Descent, Journeys in the Dark 2nd Edition.  I never played the original Descent, but I was big player of HeroQuest in the early 90's.

I am now a full-on addict.  The game has a fantastic campaign system with tons of replay value, not to mention the inevitable expansions.