arturnottheking.bsky.social
Board game designer, Ph.D in modeling & simulation. Currently interested in exploring the frontier between historical/conflict simulation games and modern board games. From 🇧🇷, living in 🇫🇷.
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Zurmat is exceptional. Bought it after playing with a friend. Hit me up if you need playtesters if the expansion advances!
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Thanks a lot! Most board games on this topic tend to use the same map and feature Crusades 1-3. I'd like to focus on the first one, there's a lot of stories to tell even with only that. I'm currently deciding who are the main actors and among these who will players incarnate. Thanks for the reply!
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Salut Morgane! What about it that you like the most and the least? :)
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Hi Nic, this looks interesting! Could your briefly describe what's inside? I'm considering making a historical board game about the first crusade and am currently looking for documents. Thanks for any help!
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It's definitely not "way more complex" I don't think. They are after all in the same core system, that's one of the benefits of having a system! In your case, what will require some attention is to make sure you don't bring any rules from Plantagenet mistakenly, due to your familiarity.
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Oh my, one of the best tabletop wargames I've ever played if not the best! I really like medieval and operational, though!
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It depends on how familiar you are with Plantagenet. Perhaps it's better to play at least one longer scenario. Once you're familiar with the Levy-Campaign cycle, the necessity of planning the Command deck and the research of the Acts of War deck, it should not be too hard to tackle other volumes!
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Thank you for starting the whole series and taking the care that you do when making games! Now looking forward to Hunt for Blackbeard! 🏴☠️ @fortcircle.bsky.social
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Signed up! Looks interesting!
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Thanks a lot! We've had a pause and will keep playing today. I always have a blast with this one. And I love the strategy of bringing out a whole board to measure a table 😅 things only gamers can relate with!
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Ha! A little too late for that, as Sauron himself has started hostilities!! ( I'm playing as the free people )
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It is really immersive indeed! And you get to tell your own story with different little quirks. I'm still a newbie though!
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Celeste by @exokgames.bsky.social is one of the few 10/10 games for me. It always struck me as being really "human". As in, made by humans, with human feelings and emotions, with human stories to tell. The Earthblade story only reinforces this perception and makes me eager to see where they go next.
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I would say so, but really I think all of the 3 are quite similar in terms of complexity. If any of them are more complex than the others, it's by like 10% or less.
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Nice! That's quite the commitment. I hope to one day have the same level of familiarity with the system that you have!
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Thanks a lot Volko! There will be a rematch over the upcoming weeks. 🙌
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Oh wow, 40 is a lot! Have you been playing over at rally the troops or all physical?
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Those are the two main differences that I recall. Overall I vastly prefer Almoravid - once you've paid the steeper learning cost, there's so much richness and texture to explore and play with. Also, the historical setting interests me much more, so that's another strong reason!
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Also, the Taifas (provinces) political overlay - even though one player is the "Muslims", they were not monolithic.
To handle this and still be a 2p game, there's a range of "independent" taifa (aligned to Muslims), "Parias" taifa (aligned to Christians) and "Reconquista" (fully taken by Christians)
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Hi there! Yes I've played both. Plantagenet is overall a gentler introduction into the system. Almoravid adds Sieges and everything that comes with it: Withdrawal to Castles, Sally, Relief Sally, and Storm (new type of Battle, w/ fixed number of rounds depending on siege state and walls protection)
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One of my favorite regions in Brazil!
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I've been enjoying it a lot. Most rules are not too hard to internalize. Rulebook makes it seem a little bit more complex that what it is in the end. Give it a shot!
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Last scenario for our trip w/ my fiancée.
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Things are progressing smoothly!
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Some books and components to make it flush!
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Do you play games from other mediums to grab inspiration? Examples: Digital/Roleplaying/Wargames/Historical Simulation...
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Right. I just *feel* better under more sunlight. Sets the whole pace. My goal too!
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Summer -> Autumn -> Summer -> Spring -> Summer is the absolute best. Enjoy!! ☀️
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Hi James! This sounds awesome. Is there/will there be a discord server similar to SD Hist Con for organizing? If I go, I'd like to coordinate with people to potentially share a room! Thanks.
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Nice, I've got company when commuting to work tomorrow! 🥳
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Thanks a lot for your reply, Noreen! I'll keep your advice in mind.
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It's one of my favorites! I especially adore how every card from your starter deck represents real people and all of them matter and are really impactful at the right occasion. It is gorgeous and quite playable too.
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Oh wow, that sounds thrilling!!
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Right, that's always an option! Which cutter would you recommend to deal with thick cardboard?
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(and the components are indeed very cool 😎)
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This is literally the game that opened up for me the door to "wargames" (historical simulation games). Before discovering it, a "wargame" for me was exclusively complex & long hex-and-counter games. It's made by the awesome @rdeleskie.bsky.social
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Right! With some time and good wine, you'll get there! 😁
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It's well deserved IMO! I've been enjoying exploring it :)