Chewsday Challenge - North Albert Boston Pizza - December 17, 2013 (18:00)

[Dana_Tillusz]

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What: ChewsDay Challenge Boardgame Night.
Where: Boston Pizza, North Albert Street (Regina)
When: Every ChewsDay Night.
Who: Anyone interested in playing boardgames.
Why: Life is Short; Play Games!

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THIS WEEK'S EVENT AMBASSADOR: Dana Tillusz
THIS WEEK'S GAME HOST: Marc Bendig
THIS WEEK'S FEATURE GAME: Dungeon Lords

 

GAME: Dungeon Lords
TEACHER: Marc Bendig
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 90-120 Minutes
PLAYERS... 2-4
1. Marc Bendig
2. Rosencrantz
3. Curtis M
4. Theodain

GAME: Axis & Allies
TEACHER: Omegadirective
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: ~300 Minutes
PLAYERS... 2-5
1. Omegadirective
2. Jason72
3. Jason_the_Jedi
4. DCStyles
5. Tim

GAME: Super Dungeon Explore
TEACHER: NeikeDjour
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 240 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. NeikeDjour
2.
3.
4.

GAME: Liberté
TEACHER: Mark Macza
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 150-180 Minutes
PLAYERS... 3-6
1. Mark Macza
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

GAME: Power Struggle
TEACHER: Matt Robertson
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 180 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4-5
1. Matt Robertson
2. Kathy Lewis
3. Jeff Haubrich
4. Cordawg
5.

If you would like to schedule a game. Please post in this event thread with the following information:
Name of the game, when you would like to start, The duration of the game, and the number of players it can accommodate.

[Dana_Tillusz]

In Dungeon Lords, you are an evil dungeonlord who is trying to build the best dungeon out there. You hire monsters, build rooms, buy traps and defeat the do-gooders who wish to bring you down. From the publisher's webpage: Have you ever ventured with party of heroes to conquer dungeons, gain pride, experiences and of course rich treasure? And has it ever occurred to you how hard it actually is to build and manage such underground complex filled with corridors and creatures? No? Well now you can try. Put yourself in role of the master of underground, summon your servants, dig complex of tunnels and rooms, set traps, hire creatures and try to stop filthy heroes from conquering and plundering your precious creation. We can guarantee you will look on dark corners, lairs and their inhabitant from completely different perspective! Each turn, players use a hand of cards to choose where to place their worker. Actions vary from mining gold, hiring monsters, buying traps etc. Each action has three spots available - with each spot having different effects (e.g. mining gold lets you mine more gold in each spot). When using the cards, two cards will become locked and will not be able to be used next turn. There are 4 turns to place actions for each game "year" and two game years in a whole game. Each turn is identified as a "season". Each season, players will get to see the heroes and events to come in the following season. Thus allowing them to prepare. At the end of each season (after the first), heroes will be allocated to each player according to their level of evil. Heroes range from mighty heroes to sneaky thieves. Each hero has their own power for which the player needs to prepare for. Finally, at the end of each year, the heroes will travel down into the dungeon to fight. Scoring in the game is based upon what you have built, the monsters you have hired and the heroes you have captured.

[omegadirective]

I would like to bring Axis & Allies if there is anyone interested in playing a full game.
630
5 people 5 hours. We will call it quits at 1130. lol

[Jason72]

Hello Omegadirective - I'd like a spot for Axis and Allies.  Which version are you bringing?

Cheers.

[omegadirective]

I will bring one of the regular versions.
Thanks for joining!

[Mark M]

I'll be bringing Liberte. There is room for 6. It should take about 2:30.

[Tempest]

Mark- which time would you like to start?

I'm tempted to get in on A&A but I don't know my schedule yet, so I'll wait and see 'til later. There's a chance if I do make it out, I'll be bringing Ikusa, Legendary, Tzolk'in or who-knows-what. (I've had requests for the latter two, and it is my intention to fulfill those requests.)

[NeikeDjour]

It feels like the week for long games. Get your fix in before the holidays.
I'm going to bring out Super Dungeon Explore, because I don't often have the opportunity to bring it out.
It's a 6 player game, but I think that'll take too long. So lets say 4 players @ 6:30, and I'm going to guesstimate it to take roughly 4 hours.

Super Dungeon Explore is a dungeon crawler inspired by old Japanese console RPGs. The 52 included miniatures are done in a cute / chibi / super-deformed style. Players take the role of classic fantasy heroes like the human paladin, a dwarf fighter, or an elf ranger. One player is the "Dark Consul" who controls the monsters of the dungeon. Every hero/monster has a character card that details the stats for movement, attack, armor, willpower, dexterity, action points and hearts . Additional information may include special abilities / actions / attacks and potions. The game is played on modular dungeon boards. During a round of play, the game passes back and forth between single heroes and the monsters, but the exact order may change from round to round. The characters use the stats from their character card, special dice (with hearts, potions and stars) are only used for combat and checks. If the heroes wound the opponent, they may draw loot cards to improve their stats. There is also the possibility to open treasure chests to find even more powerful things. The monsters have no possibility to "level up" apart from a single late game upgrade but the Dark Consul has an unlimited number of them. To win the game, either the Dark Consul must defeat all heroes in his dungeon or the Heroes must spawn the boss by killing monsters or destroying all spawning points, and then must then kill the dungeon boss to be victorious.

[Bix Conners]

Ok folks, it is time to engage in some despicable corporate culture. That's right, corruption, greed, bribery, nice corner office. Time for:

In Power Struggle, players act as corporate puppeteers, pulling strings from the shadows of a big company. Players strive to increase their power and influence within the company by hiring and firing employees, creating new departments, acquiring the special services of division heads, investing in stocks, controlling the board of directors, and bribing other players. The first person to achieve 4 of the following 6 conditions wins the game: - at least 7 points on the Influence track, - at least 18 points on the Shares track, - at least 4 points on the Main Department track, - at least 9 points on the Corruption track, - at least 1 counsel in 3 different divisions on the Counsel track, - defeating your Archenemy.

This is a medium to heavy weight Euro design that is steeply themed in corporate back room shenanigans. I think this will take 3 hours with rules explanation and game play. I will only run this if we get at least 4 players.

[Cordawg]

Im tempted to get in A&A but power struggle looks good