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Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: WABA - Thornlie 28th November 2009

tallboy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:55:27 +0000

by tallboy

I think I am in Melbourne that weekend...:(

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: WABA - Thornlie 28th November 2009

smaug007 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:07:26 +0000

by smaug007

At the moment, I see no reason why I won't be there.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: WABA - Thornlie 28th November 2009

Bairoth — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:53:39 +0000

by Bairoth

Lauren and I will be there.
JD

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Sicherman dice

tallboy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:38:15 +0000

by tallboy

Aussie550 wrote:
I'm just curious as to what evil purpose Warren intends to use such weapons of mass probability for.

Simple.

To spook people and keep them off guard while I take money from the bank/move my pieces/change the board....

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Sicherman dice

notAbean — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:14:05 +0000

by notAbean

Aussie550 wrote:
I'm just curious as to what evil purpose Warren intends to use such weapons of mass probability for.

Probably Snakes and Ladders - where, of course, you only roll one die.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: WABA - Thornlie 28th November 2009

JasonF — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:29:44 +0000

by JasonF

I'll be there for the evening at the least.

Jason.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Sicherman dice

Aussie550 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:39:25 +0000

by Aussie550

ausminstrel wrote:
Sorry, you lost me from "...believer!"

hey..I didn't understand it either ( mayne Knizia does), but somebodies done the maths and it looks legit.

I'm just curious as to what evil purpose Warren intends to use such weapons of mass probability for.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Sicherman dice

leece — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:09:09 +0000

by leece

And are they safe for kiddies?

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Sicherman dice

The Expanding Man — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:35 +0000

by The Expanding Man

Aussie550 wrote:
tallboy wrote:
Sicherman dice are the real-world replica of what was once only a theory on paper. This set of 2 dice is numbered in a special way to where they roll with exactly the same probability of 2 standard 6-sided dice, but contain much different numbers... including an 8!

You know, I didn't believe you at first...but now I'm a believer!

Sicherman dice are the only pair of 6-sided dice bearing only positive integers other than a pair of normal dice which have the same probability distribution for the sum. The faces on the dice are numbered 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4 and 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8.

Mathematics
Crazy dice refers to a standard mathematical problem or puzzle in elementary combinatorics, involving a re-labeling the faces of a pair of six-sided dice to reproduce the same frequency of sums as the standard labeling.

It is a standard exercise in elementary combinatorics to calculate the number of ways of rolling any given value with a pair of fair six-sided dice (by taking the sum of the two rolls). The table shows the number of such ways of rolling a given value n:

n 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
# of ways 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 1

A question arises whether there are other ways of re-labeling the faces of the dice with positive integers that generate these sums with the same frequencies. The surprising answer to this question is that there does indeed exist such a way. These are the Sicherman dice.

The table below lists all possible totals of dice rolls with standard dice and Sicherman dice. One Sicherman die is coloured for clarity: 1–2–2–3–3–4, and the other is all black, 1–3–4–5–6–8.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Standard dice 1,1 1,2 2,1 1,3 2,2 3,1 1,4 2,3 3,2 4,1 1,5 2,4 3,3 4,2 5,1 1,6 2,5 3,4 4,3 5,2 6,1 2,6 3,5 4,4 5,3 6,2 3,6 4,5 5,4 6,3 4,6 5,5 6,4 5,6 6,5 6,6
Sicherman dice 1,1 2,1 2,1 3,1 3,1 1,3 1,4 2,3 2,3 4,1 1,5 2,4 2,4 3,3 3,3 1,6 2,5 2,5 3,4 3,4 4,3 2,6 2,6 3,5 3,5 4,4 1,8 3,6 3,6 4,5 2,8 2,8 4,6 3,8 3,8 4,8

History
These dice were discovered by Colonel George Sicherman, of Buffalo, New York and were originally reported by Martin Gardner in a 1978 article in Scientific American.

The numbers can be arranged so that all pairs of numbers on opposing sides sum to equal numbers, 5 for the first and 9 for the second.

Later, in a letter to Sicherman, Gardner mentioned that a magician he knew had anticipated Sicherman's discovery. For generalizations of the Sicherman dice to more than two dice and noncubical dice, see Broline (1979), Gallian and Rusin (1979), Brunson and Swift (1997/1998), and Fowler and Swift (1999).

Mathematical justification
Let a canonical n-sided die be an n-hedron whose faces are marked with the integers [1,n] such that the probability of throwing each number is 1/n. Consider the canonical cubical (six-sided) die. The generating function for the throws of such a die is x + x2 + x3 + x4 + x5 + x6. The product of this polynomial with itself yields the generating function for the throws of a pair of dice: x2 + 2x3 + 3x4 + 4x5 + 5x6 + 6x7 + 5x8 + 4x9 + 3x10 + 2x11 + x12. From the theory of cyclotomic polynomials, we know that

where d ranges over the divisors of n and is the d-th cyclotomic polynomial. We note also that

.
We therefore derive the generating function of a single n-sided canonical die as being

and is canceled. Thus the factorization of the generating function of a six-sided canonical die is

The generating function for the throws of two dice is the product of two copies of each of these factors. How can we partition them to form two legal dice whose spots are not arranged traditionally? Here legal means that the coefficients are non-negative and sum to six, so that each die has six sides and every face has at least one spot. Only one such partition exists:

and

This gives us the distribution of spots on the faces of a pair of Sicherman dice as being {1,2,2,3,3,4} and {1,3,4,5,6,8}, as above.

This technique can be extended for dice with an arbitrary number of sides.

So what colours do they come in?:whistle:

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: WABA - Thornlie 28th November 2009

chengr05 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:59:52 +0000

by chengr05

At this stage I see no reason why I would not be there.

Also, I think Tim means that this will be on:

~~When: September 26th 2009 12pm- 10pm~~

to

When: November 28th 2009 12pm - 10pm

:)

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: WABA - Thornlie 28th November 2009

LPlate — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:45:41 +0000

by LPlate

I will be there :)

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: WABA - Thornlie 28th November 2009

LPlate — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:45:17 +0000

by LPlate

Hi Guys,

After the great success of our first WABA Thornlie Meeting another has come around again!

Drinks will again be available and we will work out a dinner run again.

We need to increase attendance if we are to make this great extra gaming day a permanent fixture on the WABA calendar. We had over 20 people last time with 5 new members and many great games played.

So come join us for a great social day with Heaps of games. Please reply to this thread if you intend to come as it helps greatly with planning.

What: WABA - Thornlie

Where:Castle Glen Pavilion,338 Discovery Drive, THORNLIE WA, 6108

When: September 26th 2009 12pm - 10pm

Thanks,

Tim aka L-Plate

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Sicherman dice

tallboy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:30:28 +0000

by tallboy

ausminstrel wrote:
Sorry, you lost me from "...believer!"

You made it THAT far?

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Sicherman dice

ausminstrel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:40:36 +0000

by ausminstrel

Sorry, you lost me from "...believer!"

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Sicherman dice

Aussie550 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:32:23 +0000

by Aussie550

tallboy wrote:
Sicherman dice are the real-world replica of what was once only a theory on paper. This set of 2 dice is numbered in a special way to where they roll with exactly the same probability of 2 standard 6-sided dice, but contain much different numbers... including an 8!

You know, I didn't believe you at first...but now I'm a believer!

Sicherman dice are the only pair of 6-sided dice bearing only positive integers other than a pair of normal dice which have the same probability distribution for the sum. The faces on the dice are numbered 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4 and 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8.

Mathematics
Crazy dice refers to a standard mathematical problem or puzzle in elementary combinatorics, involving a re-labeling the faces of a pair of six-sided dice to reproduce the same frequency of sums as the standard labeling.

It is a standard exercise in elementary combinatorics to calculate the number of ways of rolling any given value with a pair of fair six-sided dice (by taking the sum of the two rolls). The table shows the number of such ways of rolling a given value n:

n 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
# of ways 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 1

A question arises whether there are other ways of re-labeling the faces of the dice with positive integers that generate these sums with the same frequencies. The surprising answer to this question is that there does indeed exist such a way. These are the Sicherman dice.

The table below lists all possible totals of dice rolls with standard dice and Sicherman dice. One Sicherman die is coloured for clarity: 1–2–2–3–3–4, and the other is all black, 1–3–4–5–6–8.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Standard dice 1,1 1,2 2,1 1,3 2,2 3,1 1,4 2,3 3,2 4,1 1,5 2,4 3,3 4,2 5,1 1,6 2,5 3,4 4,3 5,2 6,1 2,6 3,5 4,4 5,3 6,2 3,6 4,5 5,4 6,3 4,6 5,5 6,4 5,6 6,5 6,6
Sicherman dice 1,1 2,1 2,1 3,1 3,1 1,3 1,4 2,3 2,3 4,1 1,5 2,4 2,4 3,3 3,3 1,6 2,5 2,5 3,4 3,4 4,3 2,6 2,6 3,5 3,5 4,4 1,8 3,6 3,6 4,5 2,8 2,8 4,6 3,8 3,8 4,8

History
These dice were discovered by Colonel George Sicherman, of Buffalo, New York and were originally reported by Martin Gardner in a 1978 article in Scientific American.

The numbers can be arranged so that all pairs of numbers on opposing sides sum to equal numbers, 5 for the first and 9 for the second.

Later, in a letter to Sicherman, Gardner mentioned that a magician he knew had anticipated Sicherman's discovery. For generalizations of the Sicherman dice to more than two dice and noncubical dice, see Broline (1979), Gallian and Rusin (1979), Brunson and Swift (1997/1998), and Fowler and Swift (1999).

Mathematical justification
Let a canonical n-sided die be an n-hedron whose faces are marked with the integers [1,n] such that the probability of throwing each number is 1/n. Consider the canonical cubical (six-sided) die. The generating function for the throws of such a die is x + x2 + x3 + x4 + x5 + x6. The product of this polynomial with itself yields the generating function for the throws of a pair of dice: x2 + 2x3 + 3x4 + 4x5 + 5x6 + 6x7 + 5x8 + 4x9 + 3x10 + 2x11 + x12. From the theory of cyclotomic polynomials, we know that

where d ranges over the divisors of n and is the d-th cyclotomic polynomial. We note also that

.
We therefore derive the generating function of a single n-sided canonical die as being

and is canceled. Thus the factorization of the generating function of a six-sided canonical die is

The generating function for the throws of two dice is the product of two copies of each of these factors. How can we partition them to form two legal dice whose spots are not arranged traditionally? Here legal means that the coefficients are non-negative and sum to six, so that each die has six sides and every face has at least one spot. Only one such partition exists:

and

This gives us the distribution of spots on the faces of a pair of Sicherman dice as being {1,2,2,3,3,4} and {1,3,4,5,6,8}, as above.

This technique can be extended for dice with an arbitrary number of sides.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Sicherman dice

bigjobbies — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:30:40 +0000

by bigjobbies

no, but I can get you blank dices easily enough

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Sicherman dice

tallboy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:28:32 +0000

by tallboy

Do you have some or know where I can get some locally?

http://www.amazon.com/Gamestation-Sicherman-Dice-1-pair/dp/B...

Sicherman dice are the real-world replica of what was once only a theory on paper. This set of 2 dice is numbered in a special way to where they roll with exactly the same probability of 2 standard 6-sided dice, but contain much different numbers... including an 8!

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Lost: One copy of Descent: Jorneys in the Dark (Found!)

Coffeemanuksr — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:42:04 +0000

by Coffeemanuksr

ah it all makes sense now...

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

Breaker — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:08:10 +0000

by Breaker

Well, seeing that you asked and I hate to leave a conundrum conundrumming.....

Eurogaming in our house really only happens when we invite people over. Typically, we play games that can handle 4-7 players. We thought we'd get a 2p game just for something different, but we've only played C & C a couple of times over the past 3 or so years that we've had it. We've enjoyed playing the game, but it rarely gets a showing......

I can hardly nag my good wife for acting like a magpie and storing stuff, when I'm not taking action to keep my game collection from acquired obesity, so out it goes............sometime.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

notAbean — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:25:26 +0000

by notAbean

Breaker wrote:
I'd consider Caesar and Cleopatra.....
Oh look, I'm selling my copy too! See:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/25842
:D

Er. I see a logical conundrum here. If it is good enough for you to recommend it, how come you are selling it?

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

Aussie550 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:22:32 +0000

by Aussie550

Seaching 2 player tags may help narrow the field..

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/tag/2%20player

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

Aussie550 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:20:46 +0000

by Aussie550

Breaker wrote:
I'd consider Caesar and Cleopatra.....
Oh look, I'm selling my copy too! See:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/25842
:D

Talk about opportunism!

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

lokides — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:59:13 +0000

by lokides

Breaker wrote:
I'd consider Caesar and Cleopatra.....

Mmmmm Orgies!

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

Breaker — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:18:04 +0000

by Breaker

I'd consider Caesar and Cleopatra.....
Oh look, I'm selling my copy too! See:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/25842
:D

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

hagin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:10:48 +0000

by hagin

Thurn and Taxis

It also goes to 4.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Last Call for November Milsims Order

chengr05 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:36:46 +0000

by chengr05

No problems Stew.

Will have my order in by then :D

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Last Call for November Milsims Order

lokides — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:33:01 +0000

by lokides

I'll be sending the order off tomorrow at 4pm.

Please geekmail egfperth if you want anything this month

cheers
Stew

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

lokides — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:28:02 +0000

by lokides

Helen and I really enjoy Tigris & Euphrates for 2, YMMV.

We have also played a lot of 2P Caylus in our time...

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

rlai — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:08:45 +0000

by rlai

Excluding cardgames:

Command & Colors: Ancients - come on Rich, you know you want to play wargames. :devil:

Ingenious

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

lokides — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:11:49 +0000

by lokides

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation is awesome!

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Suggestions: Good 2 player games for an hour or less

chengr05 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:36:09 +0000

by chengr05

Hey everyone

Just wanted to know any suggestions for good 2 player board games that will end in an hour or less.

Thanks!

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: News:: Re: Announcing the 2009 AU/NZ Secret Santa!

chomama — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:41:00 +0000

by chomama

Good onya Stew and Warren. I'll prolly just do the International One (as you can just order/ship from the country the receipient is in) however props to you and tallboy for stepping up.

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: News:: Announcing the 2009 AU/NZ Secret Santa!

lokides — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:34:16 +0000

by lokides

Important Note: Please do not sign up for the AU/NZ Secret Santa this year as Warren and I are running it and the more people, the more work.
I mean, really, who wants a game for Christmas anyway?

The Introduction

I am very pleased to announce that tommynomad has handed over the reigns of the AU/NZ Secret Santa for this year to myself and tallboy.
We'll be running this years AU/NZ Secret Santa from a secret location somewhere in the West Australian outback.

What follows is largely cut'n'pasted from Tommy's post last year (with a few changes) as it seems pointless to re-invent the wheel here:

The Announcement

I am pleased to announce a local Secret Santa for those antipodean folks who would either like to participate in two Secret Santas, or who would like to participate, but are concerned that international shipping may be too much for them.

I don't want to discourage anyone from joining the main BGG International Secret Santa. It's a fantastic endeavour, and I actually encourage everyone to sign up for both Secret Santas if they can. Tom's BGG International Secret Santa can be found here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/452115

The Guidelines

1. This is a AU/NZ-only Secret Santa, created to accommodate those who would like to participate in multiple Secret Santa events, or those who are concerned about the cost of international shipping. Everyone with a New Zealand or Australia address is welcome to join.

2. Entries will be accepted until midnight on Friday, November 20th. At that point, everyone signed up will have a random (I'll use random.org to create the list) name and address sent to them.

3. Update your wishlist (NOT your want list). Please have at least ten currently available games on your list, and make sure at least some of them fall within a reasonable price range. If you only have high priced, hard-to-find games on your list, don't be surprised when you get something you didn't ask for. If you are participating in both Secret Santas, be sure your wishlist indicates which games are eligible for which Secret Santa.

4. Once you receive an address, check out your victim's recipient's wishlist and select a gift they've indicated they like. Choose a gift that's specified for the NZ/AU Secret Santa. Then send it to them, so that it arrives in time for Christmas.

5. Secret Santa is all about the giving , not the getting. Do NOT to join the Secret Santa unless you plan to send a gift; this isn't a "get a free game for nothing" club. Those who don't send gifts, and then won't respond to follow-up emails from us may have their accounts suspended, as we don't want the name of BGG besmirched by greedy folk. (Plus we know ~~ninjas~~ pirates , and will tell them where you live.)

6. Personalising the gifts you send makes the experience more fun for all. Taunting is also encouraged. This can be accomplished secretly via the Santa user account. Just log in to BGG as Santa (pw: password), and send your target recipient clever poems, codes to crack, or a simple message that unfortunately, you weren't able to secure ~~Agricola~~ Space Hulk, but their all-coal, homemade version of Draughts is on its way.

7. I will add any online stores (from whatever country) and any FLGSs in New Zealand or Australia who wish to get involved. Please notify me if you run a store and want to get involved in Secret Santa 2009.

8. This is all being done manually by me. To sign up for this event, please geekmail me your mailing address and a note asking to be added onto the AU/NZ-only Secret Santa list. I will confirm within 24-48 hours that I have received your request.

9. If you have already signed up for the International Secret Santa, and can only afford to be in one, then you MUST stick with the International one, so as not to subtract from the work that Tom Vasel has put in.

10. Please join if you can, be as generous as you can, and in general, participate in the spirit of giving that we usually adopt for all our brothers and sisters during the holiday season.

Most importantly, have fun!

Stew

Note: I'll be updating the main AU/NZ thread here with any extra information and/or game stores that wish to be involved.

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Lost: One copy of Descent: Jorneys in the Dark

lokides — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:20:45 +0000

by lokides

Hi all,

As you've probably noticed, the WABA games collection has been growing rapidly lately thanks to the generosity of members. We now have 56 games in the collection and Warren has shares in a plastic tub company!

Unfortunately, as the collection has grown, so managing it has become a bigger task. Hence, we have managed to lose the one game that doesn't fit into the sacred tubs - Descent.

I know, you'd think it'd be hard to lose a box the size of a small coffin but apparently not!

So, has anyone, anywhere seen a rogue copy of Descent: Journeys in the Dark with a WABA collection sticker on it?

If so, please geekmail me...

cheers
Stew

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: The Obligatory Games Played List - October 2009 (Mt. Claremont)

tallboy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:01:14 +0000

by tallboy

notAbean wrote:
lokides wrote:
Of course it's possible that, on hearing I wouldn't be there, no-one bothered turning up...

Surely the reverse effect would apply...

I seem to recall someone mentioning about a new attendance record... :devil:

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Mayday Games Order - includes Sleeves

chengr05 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:11:40 +0000

by chengr05

tallboy wrote:
Rich, what do you have your eye on getting?

Okay, so I am too lazy to research it myself to see what there is. :yuk:

Lol, no probs Warren, that's why we have a messageboard! :D

I'm looking at:
Dominion Seaside
Stone Age (this is the deluxe version with wooden pieces)
Sleeves for EURO cards

I'll what kind of deal I can hammer out with them once I have all interested parties. I have one order already lined up apart from mine :)

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: The Obligatory Games Played List - October 2009 (Mt. Claremont)

notAbean — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:10:23 +0000

by notAbean

lokides wrote:
Of course it's possible that, on hearing I wouldn't be there, no-one bothered turning up...

Surely the reverse effect would apply...

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: The Obligatory Games Played List - October 2009 (Mt. Claremont)

Olback — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:29:54 +0000

by Olback

lokides wrote:

So, did Mikey teach Automobile? Did that game of Advanced Civ get off the ground? Cosmic?

yes Mikey tought Automobile, which he won... i think!

Comic got off the ground

i don't thinkg Advanced Civ did but History of the World was played

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: The Obligatory Games Played List - October 2009 (Mt. Claremont)

lokides — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:20:10 +0000

by lokides

Of course it's possible that, on hearing I wouldn't be there, no-one bothered turning up...

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: The Obligatory Games Played List - October 2009 (Mt. Claremont)

notAbean — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:13:35 +0000

by notAbean

lokides wrote:
So, did Mikey teach Automobile? Did that game of Advanced Civ get off the ground? Cosmic?

There is deathly silence.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: The Obligatory Games Played List - October 2009 (Mt. Claremont)

notAbean — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:09:42 +0000

by notAbean

lokides wrote:
Nevertheless I have been charged with creating the games played list.

Either the job has been allocated to the person most capable of carrying it out, or we are seeing the start of the downfall of society as we know it, with the creeping centralisation of power.

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: The Obligatory Games Played List - October 2009 (Mt. Claremont)

lokides — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:28:14 +0000

by lokides

Well, unfortunately I wasn't able to make the meet this month.
Nevertheless I have been charged with creating the games played list.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/47215

So, did Mikey teach Automobile? Did that game of Advanced Civ get off the ground? Cosmic?

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Mayday Games Order - includes Sleeves

tallboy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:32:39 +0000

by tallboy

Rich, what do you have your eye on getting?

Okay, so I am too lazy to research it myself to see what there is. :yuk:

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Accidentally left a tripod at WABA

tallboy — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:16:22 +0000

by tallboy

I have it Billy.

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Accidentally left a tripod at WABA

hagin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:53:17 +0000

by hagin

I left my tripod at WABA. Did anyone see it or pick it up? If not, do we need to ask whoever runs the community centre?

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Mayday Games Order - includes Sleeves

chengr05 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:31:59 +0000

by chengr05

Aussie550 wrote:
Rich, you are single handedly destroying Australias balance of payments position with all these imports!:p

Lol, well, taking advantage of our strong dollar whilst I can! :laugh: :whistle:

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Put firmly in our places

leece — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:39:05 +0000

by leece

At least you'd have some idea of *what* to expect after the first attack.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Put firmly in our places

leece — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:38:17 +0000

by leece

Oh, there was an animated series. Ha, I never knew that.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Mayday Games Order - includes Sleeves

Aussie550 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:18:36 +0000

by Aussie550

Rich, you are single handedly destroying Australias balance of payments position with all these imports!:p

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Anyone interested in Indonesia or Die Macher on Saturday?

chengr05 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:29:51 +0000

by chengr05

lokides wrote:
I would LOVE to try Indonesia but can't do it this weekend.

If you don't get enough interest, pencil me in for the following meet.

BTW Billy - where did you get a copy (and, more importantly, how much was it?)

Stew

Ditto from me! Pencil me in for the next meet if it's running :D

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Next Milsims Order?

lokides — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:22:55 +0000

by lokides

Hey Rich - Just think, if you were to do the Milsims order you could organise it for whenever you want :p

But seeing as it's me I'll arbitrarily say Friday October 23rd.

Please geekmail your orders to egfperth before then..

cheers
Stew

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Mayday Games Order - includes Sleeves

chengr05 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:46:23 +0000

by chengr05

Hi Everyone

Due to the very good AUD, I've decided to order a boardgame from Mayday Games as well as some card sleeves.

If you'd like to join in the order, to save on postage, please let me know by Wednesday 14th October.

Thanks!

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Next Milsims Order?

chengr05 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:35:49 +0000

by chengr05

I know, I know, it's always me asking but Milsims was out of stock of a game I wanted last time (well that's my excuse anyway )

So when is the deadline for the next Milsims order?

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Anyone up for a Cosmic Encounter this Saturday?

The Expanding Man — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:17:51 +0000

by The Expanding Man

smaug007 wrote:
Richard, could some of the good things have come from me? :)

I'm in too-any idea of when you would like to start?

Not really.

I intend to be there all day, and have also arranged a game of Shadows Over Camelot, but haven't set a time for that either.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Anyone up for a Cosmic Encounter this Saturday?

smaug007 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:51:47 +0000

by smaug007

Richard, could some of the good things have come from me? :)

I'm in too-any idea of when you would like to start?

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Anyone interested in Indonesia or Die Macher on Saturday?

bigjobbies — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:01:43 +0000

by bigjobbies

lokides wrote:

BTW Billy - where did you get a copy (and, more importantly, how much was it?)

Stew

I've been eying it off at GreenKnight in the UK
about 50GBP plus 8GBP (surface) or 20GBP (air)
(about $100-125 AUD at today's rate)

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Anyone interested in Indonesia or Die Macher on Saturday?

hagin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:28:51 +0000

by hagin

I've had my eye on it for a couple of years. It's a small publisher (Splotter) and with games like this that have a certain popularity at some point they might get picked up by a bigger publisher and distributed more widely as I've never seen this in Australia. But that hasn't happened yet.

I've also had my eye on Roads and Boats (also Splotter). As it happened, last month Thoughthammer had Indonesia, Roads and Boats (and expansion) and American Megafauna (plus expansion) all in stock. I've been wanting to get all of them and one shipment would help defray the significant shipping cost so I thought bugger it, I'll just get them.

I also want to try the others at some point but all in good time.

Oh and all up it cost US$100 or so plus postage (probably another US$30 or so. So I guess that puts it at $150 or so.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Endeavor on Saturday.

bigjobbies — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:03:25 +0000

by bigjobbies

If I'm there I'm also keen to play

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Endeavor on Saturday.

Padwan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:50:51 +0000

by Padwan

I am keen to play this one, after the Automobile session I would love to play a game if there is one going.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Endeavor on Saturday.

LPlate — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:08:21 +0000

by LPlate

I too will be keen to play Endeavor. I also have a copy :)

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Any one up for Galactic Emperor or Shadows Over Camelot

chengr05 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:43:36 +0000

by chengr05

Sweet, thanks Graeme.

It's most likely Paul and I will play Camelot first then ... or Cosmic Encounter ... :D

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: WABA Wanneroo (north of the river)

notAbean — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:39:46 +0000

by notAbean

1) Would you attend the WABA Wanneroo event? Definitely interested

2) What time would best suit?
b) 3rd Saturday of the month 1pm - 10pm - though would most likely be 1- 6ish

3) If you attended this event would it stop you from attending the 'main event' in Mt.Claremont? At this stage, no.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Anyone interested in Indonesia or Die Macher on Saturday?

Olback — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:35:49 +0000

by Olback

I would be up for Die Macher if there is enough interest.

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Endeavor on Saturday.

chomama — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:03:30 +0000

by chomama

Just letting everyone know I'll be bringing along Endeavor(Zman's latest, worker placement/colonisation/empire building in 90 mins) on Saturday. I'll be getting a game going at 11. If anyone is super keen let me know and I'll save a spot for you.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: WABA Wanneroo (north of the river)

chomama — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:59:26 +0000

by chomama

I vote for a weeknight .. Monday, Wednesday, Friday... although I'm probably in the minority.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Any one up for Galactic Emperor or Shadows Over Camelot

chomama — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:56:34 +0000

by chomama

I will bring Galactic Emporer. I'll prolly teach a couple of games of Endeavor first up as it's my new fave so if someone else wants to use my copyt of Glactic Emporer to give Richard a run that's cool. Otherwise I can probably get a game going later.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Anyone interested in Indonesia or Die Macher on Saturday?

lokides — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:47:54 +0000

by lokides

I would LOVE to try Indonesia but can't do it this weekend.

If you don't get enough interest, pencil me in for the following meet.

BTW Billy - where did you get a copy (and, more importantly, how much was it?)

Stew

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Anyone interested in Indonesia or Die Macher on Saturday?

hagin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:11:18 +0000

by hagin

Indonesia is a recent purchase for me. It's an economic game with some interesting mechanics and will probably take 30 minutes to explain the rules and 4 hours to play and should probably have 4-5 people to play.

Die Macher is of course the game of German politics. I've played this 3-4 times and I know there's some interest out there. I'd be interested in playing the full game (7 elections). I know there is some interest out there in playing this. Time estimate is 30-45 minutes for the rules and 4 hours to play. It should also have the full complement of 5 players.

The only way this sort of thing will work is if it's started as the first game (by about 11.15) otherwise people get caught up playing other games and so on.

Put your hand up here if you're interested (in one, the other or either). If I get sufficient interest (3-4 for Indonesia, 4 for Die Macher) we'll get it going first thing on Saturday. If both have sufficient interest... dunno what I'll do. Probably go with what people prefer of the two.

If there is insufficient interest, I might try and get a game of Steam going at some point on Saturday.

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Anyone up for a Cosmic Encounter this Saturday?

chengr05 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:30:55 +0000

by chengr05

The Expanding Man wrote:
I'm itching to play this - I have the new fantasy flight version.

Any takers?

I'm in. Haven't played it but heard good things ... :)

Thread: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Anyone up for a Cosmic Encounter this Saturday?

The Expanding Man — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:53:08 +0000

by The Expanding Man

I'm itching to play this - I have the new fantasy flight version.

Any takers?

Reply: West Australian Boardgame Association:: General:: Re: Wanted: 3 Aspiring Empire Builders

Aussie550 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:09:15 +0000

by Aussie550

Hi Billy, I did have 3 existing players lined up to try for a 6 player, although one can't make it this Saturday...so, trying for 4 others now.

Two of us know the game pretty well, and the idea is to give new players a taste for the game rather than a full blown play if there is enough interest.

I find the game pretty easy to teach and the mechanics are pretty straight forward. We are going to try a more ordered approach to trading so it doesn't take up too much time...although it will still be around 4 hrs.

Sounds like it may be a better game to try out at WABA Thornlie perhaps?