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My GenCon06 list
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Simply, my GenCon06 experience.
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Posted Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:05 pm
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I played this game about 5 times at GenCon. Ted and I played it on Wednesday night a number of times and then on Thursday evening and Friday evening. We collected a few who said this was there favorite game. Then my last day on Sunday I played with Bob. It was a highlight of the CON!
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Board Game: Bang!
[Average Rating:6.85 Overall Rank:311]
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I played this game four times this weekend. Two of the games were tournaments. I am not a a fan of GameBase7. In fact I would discourage anyone from joining their tournaments. They are rather unprofessional. I taught Bang both times I played.
Highlight Bang experience, with Jason K., Michelle, Keith, and Ted
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I played this a four times this weekend. I taught Michelle how to play it, and a group a game of Bang. BUT the true highlight is I met the designer. It was great meeting you Chris Boelinger! I hope to play you again when I am actually a challenge! He was extremely thoughtful in presenting his game.
I also won some swag from Asmodee! Support Asmodee. I think they deserve it.
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This is a great, fun game to play at conventions. I really enjoy racing games with large numbers. At a con, you get that 11 person slugfest.
As opposed to GB7, I highly recommend Rogue Judges. They run fun events, know the rules, stay with the game throughout, and are willing to consider changing format if needed. We had 11 people. They originally were only going to allow 10 on a track, but we figured we should just keep everyone on the one track.
My opponents whipped more than I had ever seen. I stayed in last place for the entire first lap when I became frenzied. Turning the corner on my next move I rolled a 9 and moved 17 spaces in that turn. The others saw how my strategy worked. I was in second, when someone leaped into my chariot and wrecked it. Oh well.
It was a good fun.
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Played this with a 6 people. It was an enjoyable experience, but the room was not listed on the ticket. This was another GenCon mess up. It would be great to play this game with a larger field.
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Played in the Formula de tournament. It was raining so the field was pretty banged up to say the least. It was a great romp. I was in 1st when I finally wrecked.
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Played this with Ted until 1am on Thursday. We had to wake up at 6:30 to get the con for more tournaments. This game is great. I cannot wait to play it more!
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I had fun playing this with Jason K, Michelle, and Tony (met him in this game). He had I hope a great time with the banter between Jason, Michelle, and myself. We had a lot of laughs. This game is not the most PC.
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Demoed this finally. I will have to find the right group to play this with. It is fun, but not the greatest game. The light role-playing is attractive.
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This is another hohum Eurogame. They totally ripped off the Pirates from Wizkids. I hope Wizkids got royalties. It has some nice mechanics, but I would not choose to play it. I met to other midwest gamers while playing this game. As usual I forgot names. We had a good time.
Sushi restaurant experience before this game was a highlight of the convention.
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Played in the Rogue Judges traditional AH Roborally game. It was great fun. I played with 5 other experienced players. It went very fast. I was taken out by some bad, very bad luck.
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Almost forgot. I played this with the designer himself! Ted Torgerson. It is well worth checking out if you are looking for a new CDW with an american theme in the style of Twilight Struggle. I think this game has serious potential. GMT take note.
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Played this game with three other very nice people in the Train tournament area. Not my cup of tea. But it was fun.
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Posted Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:33 am
Actually, did we finish that game?