O 7º episódio das missões do B-17 pela mão do Jose Ruiz já está no ar:
Category: Online
O sexto episódio do que já se está a tornar num dos melhores session reports de sempre do BGG já saiu.
B-17: Queen of the Skies Video Log / Episode 6: “Highwire”
O vencedor do BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Award 2013 seleccionado pelos utilizadores do BGG, foi o Terra Mystica.
Terra Mystica
Podes ver aqui os restantes vencedores nas diversas categorias.
O CO2 do português Vital Lacerda foi objecto de uma review aprofundada pelo Ben McJunkin do site Opinionated Gamers. Lê toda a review aqui.
Saiu recentemente a mais nova expansão do maior MMORPG actualmente Mists of Pandaria para o World of Warcraft.
Nesta expansão há um novo território para descrobrir e também uma raça nova os Pandaren e uma classe para se jogar desta vez é unarmed combat com o Monk. MoP adiciona ainda novas dungeons e daqui a pouco tempo novas raid zones, mas entretanto há que subir de lvl que agora expandiu para lvl 90.
Para quem gosta de se divertir pelo jogo também tem agora pet battles ao belo estilo de pokemon onde se pode “levelar” os pets e organizar competições com os nossos amigos.
MoP espera assim trazer um novo ar ao já velhinho jogo do WoW.
Também com a vinda do MoP vários jogadores e guild voltaram ao activo como é caso da Nihilum uma top guild com Kungen de novo há cabeça, será que vão conseguir mais world firsts na categoria de 25 man raid depois de tanto tempo fora do jogo?
O episódio 9 do TableTop tem desta vez na mesa o jogo Say Anything:
A WWPD anunciou o lançamento do portal BoltAction.net para cobrir tudo quanto esteja relacionado com o ruleset Bolt Action editado pela Warlord Games.
Os 10 Jogos Party Games mais populares do BGG em Agosto 2012:
Time’s Up! Title Recall!
Time’s Up! Deluxe
Dixit Odyssey
Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition
El Club de los Martes
Eat Poop You Cat
Time’s Up! Edición Amarilla
Time’s Up! Édition purple
The Resistance
Cards Against Humanity
Da última vez o Time’s Up não tinha tanto domínio neste Top 10
O Top 10 de Jogos no domínio de Wargames no site Boardgamegeek no inicio deste mês de Agosto de 2012 são:
Twilight Struggle
War of the Ring Collector’s Edition
Paths of Glory
Combat Commander: Pacific
Here I Stand
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
Napoleon’s Triumph
War of the Ring
Combat Commander: Europe
Commands & Colors: Ancients
Mais de metade deste Top 10 alterou-se num ano.
Os 10 Jogos de destreza do BGG em Agosto de 2012 são:
Crokinole
Zopp
Ascending Empires
Catacombs
Affentennis
Cornerstone
PitchCar
Taktika
Dungeon Fighter
Animal Upon Animal: Balancing Bridge
Esta tabela alterou bastante desde a última vez que olhei para ela.
Os 10 Jogos Print and Play mais populares do BGG em Julho 2012:
Doctor Who: Solitaire Story Game
BattleCON: War of Indines
Valor & Victory
Canvas Eagles
Aliens: This Time It’s War
Song of Blades and Heroes
Decktet- Cards Against Humanity
18AL
Lock ‘N Load: Forgotten Heroes; Vietnam
Podes comparar esta tabela com a do ano passado mais ou menos por esta altura: BGG Top 10 Jogos PnP populares para Maio 2011
O AbreOJogo re-iniciou a funcionalidade de em conjunto com os dados sacados do BGG criar a lista os jogos mais bem classificados pelos utilizadores do site:
O site Penny Arcade descobriu que o crowdfunding não serve só para criar novas coisas, também serve para manter as já existentes. Com esse fim criou um projecto no Kickstarter de forma a angariar fundos para continuar a ser como é, independente e irreverente, sem anúncios e um os melhores sites da Net.
Eis como poderá ficar sem anúncios: Continuar a ler
O incontornável BGG tem neste mês de Julho o seguinte Top 10 para a categoria de jogos de estratégia:
- Twilight Struggle
Agricola
Puerto Rico
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
Eclipse
Power Grid
Le Havre
Brass
Dominion: Intrigue
Caylus
Há assim algumas alterações em relação ao mês de Maio passado
Funcom uma companhia bastante conhecida (e se calhar odiada) devido aos seus jogos Age of Conan e Anarchy Online, abre este fim de semana os seus servidores para uma open beta ao seu jogo mais recente.
The Secret World é um MMORPG que afastando-se dos tradicionais ocorre no tempo presente, e utiliza locais reais para a sua história. História essa que é sempre envolta em conspirações e organizações secretas. Continuar a ler
O clube de jogos Umbigos já tem o seu blog em formato luso-britânico onde está a registar as actividades que vai desenvolvendo e as futuras actividades que vai planeando. Da sua página de apresentação pode-se ler isto: Continuar a ler
Quem é que identifica os jogos todos?
É verdade, um dos jogos mais esperados do ano saiu hoje há meia noite.
E como era de esperar milhares de pessoas tentaram aceder logo aos servidores pela meia noite o que originou a uma sobrecarga e impediu outros tantos de entrarem.
Verificou-se o que acontece sempre em todos os lançamentos de MMO’s, pessoas a serem desconectadas devido a lag, muitos a ficarem presos em ecrãns, alguns sortudos a conseguirem jogar mas com lag de dimensões horrorosas e a maior parte a ter erros sem conseguir a ligação.
Agora peço desculpa mas acho que consegui chegar ao character creation 😀
O AbreOJogo foi actualizado para uma nova versão. Aparentemente, não está para já muito diferente do que estava antes (não era esse para já o objectivo). Esta catualização irá permitir que no futuro cse consiga ter de uma forma mais simples, novas funcionalidades, alterações de layout e algumas melhorias no AOJ.
O site Opinionated Gamers colocou uma preview do 7 Wonders Cities para logo depois a tirar:
First Impression – 7 Wonders: Cities
by Mark “Fluff Daddy” Jackson
7 Wonders: Cities
Designer: Antoine Bauza
Publisher: Repos Production
Time: 30 minutes (45-60 minutes for the team game)
Ages: 10 and up
# of players: 2-8
Times Played: 3 with a pre-production copy
first impression by Mark Jackson
The real trick for any expansion is to, well, expand the scope of the game in some way that doesn’t mess up the goodness of the original creation. In the case of 7 Wonders, that means you have to add more choices to the game without adding extraneous fiddly rules and/or mechanics – the streamlined nature of the base game is a key part of its popularity.
I’m happy to say that the Cities expansion does exactly that – possibly better than the already published Leaders expansion (which I enjoy as well). 7 Wonders: Cities adds new cards to each age deck to expand the initial hand to 8 cards. These black-faced cards are the dark underbelly of civilization expansion: spies, gambling dens, mercenary forces, cemeteries, black markets & the like. Rather than adding particular cards based on the number of players (as in the base game), these cards are added randomly – shuffle each set of Cities cards and add as many cards are there are players in the game. Most of the new cards cost money – so, for example, you can ramp up your military at a faster pace if you’re willing to risk running short of cash.
Living on the edge financially may or may not be a good idea, though, thanks to one of the new concepts in the game: debt. There are now cards (and wonder steps) which cause the other players in the game to lose money – and if they go into the negative, they are forced to take on debt tokens (similar to military defeat tokens).
The other new game concept is diplomacy. Certain cards (and wonder steps) enable players to receive an embassy – which forces them to bow out of the next combat resolution. Their two neighboring players now attack each other!
Of course, there are two new Wonders in the Cities expansion: Petra (which is money-hungry) and Bzyantium (which is peace-loving). There are also new Leader cards that work with the Cities cards as well as three new Guilds.
Finally, the expansion includes rules for team play. Similar to Ticket to Ride: Asia, partners sit next to each other – but in this version, they share hand information and can plot which cards to send on to their partner. There are some slight changes to combat resolution (affected by the new diplomacy rules) but otherwise the gameplay is not substantially different than the original game.
I played one “normal” four player game with the expansion – and we never saw a diplomacy card. I found the uncertainty added spice to my decisions – until the hands had passed completely around, I wasn’t sure how or if my plans were going to work.
I also played two “team” games – one with 4 players & one with 6 players. The team rules make the game a bit longer (45 minutes to an hour) but there still isn’t a great deal of downtime. The added minutes are spent consulting with your partner and speculating about how best to maximize what you’ve been given.
As I said at the beginning of this “first impression”, I think that this is the best expansion (so far!) for 7 Wonders. Even if you’re not a fan of the 7 Wonders: Leaders expansion, I think there’s a lot to like here.
Opinions on 7 Wonders: Cities from other Opinionated Gamers:
Brian Leet: I’ve only played the Cities expansion one time, but it was with the full complement of seven players. My general sense was that the expansion ramped up the challenge of the game a bit more. While the base game allows you to tool along making progress, and then compare scores, with the cities expansion you sometimes are pushed backward a step. I think I like this, but would definitely recommend it for gamers experienced with the base game first. My rating could move up with more plays.
W. Eric Martin (six plays with a pre-production copy): In general, everything about 7 Wonders: Cities adds more of what you like in the game – more to consider each draft, increasing tension from age to age as you ponder whether you’ll be able to craft your way to long-term success in the history books – while also adding more interaction possibilities thanks to the diplomacy and punishment cards. Boom! You just lost that financial reserve that you were holding onto in order to buy glass from a neighbor for that science card swinging around the table. Zing! You’re now fighting Johnny Catapult on the other side of a peace-loving neighbor who you had hoped to pick on for his lunch money.
Where Cities goes wrong is that it adds more of what you don’t like as well: tons of different cards that you need to go over in detail before play starts, even though many of the cards won’t even be available during play. I’ve played 7 Wonders fifty times now, but the game explanation still seems to take forever because you have to cover so many avenues of growth, each of which differ in small and not-so-small ways. Cities just adds more to this. I taught both the base game and Cities to a new player in one session, and that seemed to last as long as the game itself. Ideally everyone will learn the expansion from the rules or someone else, so you can focus solely on playing the game.
The team rules, while practically doubling the length of the game due to the incredible amount of kibitzing in which some teams will engage (no names here), are wonderful, making the game feel richer while adding almost nothing in the way of rules complexity. You and your teammate will ponder and scheme about which way to go with this hand and that, with what to leave behind for opponents in your wake, and with what awaits you in the next age. Repos Production has been looking for non-traditional team games, and this expansion provides a great taste of team play while still having you do your own thing.
Firepigeon & Friends Games & Geekiness 