by jonahmaul
This is pretty easy to overcome by just focusing on healing and VP rolling instead. Once everybody is on full wounds then healing ray becomes useless. Also, if you have no energy then they can't take any for healing you. You could also spend your energy in your own turn. Or concentrate attacks on the monster with Healing Ray, in which case they need to use hearts to heal their own wounds rather than others. Which they can only do in their turn anyway. I really don't see Healing Ray as being overpowered at all. If the game causes arguments all the time, I would suggest you are playing with the wrong people. I play with different groups of people and if any rules disputes come up that we're not sure of, we just rule it the way that's most fun.↧
Reply: King of Tokyo:: Rules:: Re: Healing Ray mandatory and for everyone?
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: General:: Re: Best substitute mini's to use??
by John_VW
TheWaspinator wrote:
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mtp53-54.html#.UsDuAOK0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mtp03-04.html#.UsDuA-K0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/icny17-18.html#.UsDuF-K0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mpnow-53-54.html#.UsDuPeK0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mpnow-11-12.html#.UsDuQeK0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mpnow-03-04.html#.UsDuReK0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mpbig-48-49.html#.UsDuf-K0YR0
Alternatively, get some D&D minis and pick six monsters.
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mtp03-04.html#.UsDuA-K0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/icny17-18.html#.UsDuF-K0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mpnow-53-54.html#.UsDuPeK0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mpnow-11-12.html#.UsDuQeK0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mpnow-03-04.html#.UsDuReK0YR0
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mpbig-48-49.html#.UsDuf-K0YR0
Alternatively, get some D&D minis and pick six monsters.
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: Rules:: Re: Card effect with 111
by tournedisque
That's basically what i thought, i just needed confirmation. Thanks!↧
New Image for King of Tokyo
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: General:: Re: References to Movie Monsters in KoT
by Eggrocket
I happened to watch Pacific Rim a few hours before playing KoT. Doing those two things on the same day made BOTH of them insanely more enjoyable.↧
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: General:: Re: References to Movie Monsters in KoT
by Wulf Corbett
I have virtually every Kaiju movie available on DVD. I can identify the source of most KoT cards. Subtlety is a matter of familiarity...Pacific Rim, on the other hand, is much more reminiscent of Neon Genesis Evengelion.
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: Reviews:: Re: Don't play if your fear you will disturb someone
by BillW
Tell me there is more to it, please!↧
My Most Played Games of 2013
by Wyckyd
After reading this blog post by SeanXor I wanted to jot down my own Most Played Games of 2013. I've chosen to limit myself to my top 8:8. Love Letter (7 plays)
I am still impressed with the amount of game is packed into this small set of cards. True, most of the time, the card you have to play is pretty obvious, but that still leads to a few interesting decisions. And given the short time it takes to play a game, that is great ratio.
7. Las Vegas (7 plays)
Las Vegas is a simple dice game that brings out the worst in people - the "if I can't have it, nobody will" mentality. Seldomly have I seen a game cause players to discard caution and common sense in order to win big of to get back at someone. Las Vegas seems eerily well themed.
6. Sushi Go! (8 plays)
I picked up Sushi Go! through the Indiegogo campaign. Having seen the artwork and reading the description "very light 7 Wonders" I decided to pledge. Still very glad I've picked this up, because the art is just a great draw and the game itself is quick and fun.
5. Lewis & Clark (8 plays)
Unsurprisingly, most of the games in this list are smaller, lighter games. Games that can quickly be played with gamers and not-so-gamers alike. But Lewis & Clark does not fall into this category: it is a deep, brain burny game that usually takes around two hours to play. But this is a game that was really well received in my gaming group, and more importantly, by me. Before Essen it wasn't even on my radar, because the list of Essen releases is long and I cut everything that takes longer than 90 minutes to play. But at Essen we sat down with the designer and I was just blown away by the mechanics, how well they integrated with the theme, by the attention to detail, by the art..
4. The City (11 plays)
A quick game that I've bought as a birthday present for a friend. Who then bought it as a birthday present for someone else. The game itself actually doesn't enthrall me as much, but sheer accessibility has put The City on a decent number of plays.
3. The Resistance and The Resistance: Avalon (13 plays)
Though I do track the plays for these games separatly, I felt that for this list I could combine them. With more experienced players I prefer playing Avalon, but to me there is hardly no difference between The Resistance and The Resistance: Avalon. I love them both, and love that this is both a game I can play with experienced gamers and with people who are unfamiliar with modern boardgames.
2. King of Tokyo (21 plays)
When I first heard about King of Tokyo, I feared that this would just be yathzee with a theme painted thinly onto it. How could I have doubted the genius of Richard Garfield so? This quick playing dice-fest has become a staple filler when we are waiting for the last player to arrive, or to play at the end of the evening. The simple mechanics always provide some interesting decissions, but King of Tokyo is also responsible for some very memorable moments where everybody tentatively awaits the last spinning die to come to rest.
As a side note, I've played with the Power Up expansion but did not enjoy it. So I haven't even taken a look at the new expansion that was released this year, and think I'll probably never will.
1. SOS Titanic (22 plays)
Most of the plays I registered for SOS Titanic happened right after Essen where I got this game. And it feels kind of weird to have this be my number one, but I regard gaming a social endeavor but all but one of these plays have been solo games. Nevertheless, Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc have really created a great game here, daring to take the wellknown game Patience and add flavor and special abilities to it. What I like most about it, you have a more attainable goal: 'Save as many people as you can' instead of 'Try to clear all the cards'.
When I was younger, I would sometimes play Patience, but would get frustrated with getting stuck. I would then allow myself to cheat a bit, instead of redealing the entire game. I feel that SOS Titanic's action cards do just that, and have made it legal.
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Thread: King of Tokyo:: General:: Momma always said..
by vintymint
..I could be a kaiju, I never believed her until now.↧
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: Rules:: Re: How many shrink counter can be placed on a single monster?
by djedi gamer
Yesterday we played an interesting game with 4 players.I was a guy with a shrink power card and I attacked my wife with 6 shrink tokens (haha). We all agreed I can play giving more and more shrink tokens (because player with this card can't do any ordinary wound).
Unfortunately I was killed next round and my wife having lots of energy cristals has changed cards on the table couple of times finding some heal.
Finally she won the game...
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: Rules:: Re: How many shrink counter can be placed on a single monster?
by Clipper
djedi gamer wrote:
(because player with this card can't do any ordinary wound).
This isn't right. The player with Shrink still does damage, but they give a single Shrink counter to an opponent at the same time they do the damage (whatever the amount).
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: Rules:: Re: How many shrink counter can be placed on a single monster?
by grarrrg
triangulito wrote:
Is there a limit or can it go up to and over 6?
The "functional limit" would be 8 Shrinks, assuming the target had 2 Extra Heads.
The 'Theoretical limit' is much higher.
Assume everyone stockpiles energy.
Assume 'the victim' has a card to get him up to 12 Life Points.
Assume 'the victim' has 2 Extra Heads.
Assume every 'shrink hit' only does 1 damage.
It will take 7 Shrinks to get him down to only 1 dice. During these 7 attacks, 'the victim' DOES roll hearts, but ONLY to heal/regain life (as removing Shrinks is optional).
This takes him to 12 Life, with 7 Shrinks. He can get hit up to 11 more times, for a total of 18 Shrinks.
BUT! There are a few purchase cards which can be used to regain life.
I'm away-from-game at the moment, so I'll just say 20.
20 is (close to) the absolute maximum.
(as for why no one has won in that many turns....)
As for arguments about how they pile up so quickly, there are some purchase cards that grant extra turns (Frenzy, 'roll triple 1's'...), and others that allow you to mess with other player's dice rolls. So a couple extra turns on Player A's part, a couple bad rolls on Player B's part, and B is suddenly "out of the game".
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2013 - A Review
Contents
1) My top 10 games of all time
2) My most played game of 2013
3) My favourite game new to me in 2013
4) Biggest surprise of 2013
5) Biggest let down of 2013
6) Worst game that I have played in 2013
7) Thrift of the year 2013
8) Kickstarter of the year
9) Games that I will be buying in 2014
10) Some 2013 Statistics
1) My Top 10 Games of All Time
10 - The Castles of Burgundy
I have managed to play a few games of this with every number of players, and the game scales really well; I personally think that the game works best with four players, as it creates more competition in being first, and every yellow science tile will be available at some point in the game. I have really quite enjoyed playing this game this year, and I may pick up an expansion or two this year.
9 - King of Tokyo
I received this game for my birthday this year from a few of my friends, great game. I think that it works best with 5 or 6 players, to get the extra space in Tokyo, but the game works well with 4 also. I like the theme, King is my favourite character; as I am looking forward to picking up the King of Tokyo: Power Up! expansion. I think that Iello did a great job with the components and the artwork, which appears to keep consistency between the different cards.
8 - Agricola
Although I have played a fair few games of Agricola, I feel that I still have much to learn about the game. I like the scalability of this game, and the way that at the end of the game, you can see exactly what you have done in your farm. I have the Agricola: Farmers of the Moor expansion, but I am yet to play it; that's one that I'll probably try in early 2014. I'm also planning on looking at the sequel, Caverna: The Cave Farmers next year, as it seems to have addressed some of the negatives in Agricola, like the scarcity of food, or the inability to specialise.
7 - Ascension Deck Building Game
Ascension was one of the first games that I bought when I first started to collect board games, and it remains one of my favourite games. I personally like to play Storm of Souls with Immortal Heroes the best, as there are not too many card drawing heroes, and the constructs are not too powerful; I also like the randomness of the soul gem deck. I am planning on buying Ascension: Rise of Vigil in 2014.
6 - Pandemic
My favourite cooperative game this year. I love the theme in this game, and I love the planning and teamwork that goes in to solving the game. Pandemic has definitely been a favourite of my gaming group over the last year; though over time the game has become a little to easy to beat. I am yet to try the Pandemic: On the Brink expansion, though I hear nothing but good things about it; I'll probably pick that up early 2014.
5 - TZAAR
Tzaar is the only game that I own from the Project GIPF series of games, and is most certainly my favourite abstract game. I would love to own other games from this series, but they are just so expensive. Tzaar is easy to teach, but has a level of depth beyond any other game if it's style that I have played. I like the fact that the game is so aggressive from the first tun, and I am yet to work out many of the strategies to this game. I'm really looking forward to getting better at this game.
4 - Alhambra
This year, I got the Alhambra Big Box as a gift for my birthday, containing the first five expansions, each expansion contains four modules; meaning that the Big Box contains a great game with 20 modules. I've had great fun playing this game, and mixing the modules up. It's nice to get a game that accommodates six players too. I'm yet to try all of the modules, but I am hoping to make some Dominion style themed combinations of modules in 2014.
3 - The Resistance / The Resistance: Avalon
I've included both of these games as my number three game as the games are very similar, and cross over very well. I have really enjoyed playing the Resistance this year; I think that it is easy to teach, and with the right group, it is the best game to play with large numbers. I'm fairly new to Avalon and am yet to try all of the roles, but I can almost guarantee that the Resistance will see my table a lot in 2014; I just need to somehow get the kickstarter promos for the game.
2 - Magic: The Gathering
Although I have placed M:TG in the number two spot, I do not play the game in the traditional 1v1 format. I'm a big fan of the Commander releases, which were preconstructed 100 card decks, designed with the EDH format in mind. There were five decks released in 2011 and a further five this year. My gaming group and I try to get this on the table at least once a week, and aim for 5-7 players. I have played a lot of different M:TG formats over the years, this one has to be my favourite.
1 - Android: Netrunner
It was a close call between this and M:TG for the number one spot. The reason that Netrunner edged ahead is largely due to the distribution method. It is fairly inexpensive to have three copies of every card, and to have the ability to create any deck that you come across.
Netrunner is a great game, I love the asymmetry, and the fact that they have managed to keep balance between runners and corporations so well. The theme is excellent, the quality of the components is superb, and the game is new enough for me to be able to buy everything. I can see myself playing this a lot in 2014.
2) My Most Played Game of 2013
- Love Letter
Somehow, my gaming group and I managed to play 50 games of love letter this year; really fun game. I feel that the game works best with four, as there is more room for combinations of cards to occur. I feel like I have played this game almost everywhere that I went this year, and I am looking forwards to picking up the sequel: Lost Legacy this year, which accommodates 6 players.
3) My Favourite Game, New to me in 2013
- Netrunner
Again, Netrunner was a new game to me in 2013, and was a real surprise. This will definitely play a big part in my gaming group in 2014.
4) Biggest Surprise of 2013
- The Difference Between Women & Men
I picked up what I thought was going to be a basic couples game for £2 at a local charity shop. What I actually got was a very clever party game that could be play either in a group of couples, or in a single sex group. The game was designed by Uwe Rosenberg, who some of you may know from Agricola fame; and it remains one of my favourite party games to bring out in a large group.
5) Biggest Let Down of 2013
- The Red Dragon Inn
I was told good things about this game and tried it, probably with high expectations. Upon looking at the game, I thought that it looked like a drinking game, I don't drink. I was told that it can be a drinking game, but that primarily it was a gambling game. We played a three player game, and I was bored shitless. The characters that you play have different decks, which are incredibly unbalanced, the components are cheap, and the game lacks any excitement whatsoever. I never want to play that game again.
6) Worst Game that I Played in 2013
- CSI: The Board Game - Encore Edition
I don't know how I ended up thriving this game, but it was absolutely terrible. I played a four player game, which consisted of rolling dice, moving pawns, reading a bit of story on a card. It transpired that the game has a misprint on the first case, making it impossible to solve within the parameters of the game. We played for nearly three hours without even getting to the stage where the misprinted card would have become available. This was probably the worst game that I have ever played.
7) Thrift of the Year 2013
- TZAAR
I managed to find a copy of TZAAR in a local British Red Cross charity shop for £2, at the time of writing, the game is unavailable through Amazon.co.uk, and is £47 on Ebay. It is not just the price that made this game my thrift of the year, but the amount that I have enjoyed playing the game over the last year.
8) Kickstarter of the year
- Berserk: War of the Realms
I Kickstarted this back in June and have really enjoyed watching the development and manufacturing process. The game itself is very strong, playing like a tactical RPG. The artwork looks superb, and the designers have been answering questions on the geek for the last six months. The game was originally released as a collectible cards game in Russia under the name Berserk: Trading Card Game, the Kickstarter campaign was centered around bringing this game to an English speaking market.
9) Games That I will be Buying in 2013
- Cosmic Encounter
This is a game that has interested me a lot over the last year, and has been recommended to me by a lot of people. Tom Vasel named this as his favourite game ever for the third year running. It looks like it has some really interesting group mechanics.
- Lost Legacy
The follow up to Love Letter. I'm really looking forward to picking this up. I am going to wait for an English language version to be released first.
- Caverna: The Cave Farmers
I love Agricola, but I feel that the game forces player to play in a certain way, and I feel the supply of food can be a little bit scarce. From what I have read about Caverna, these issues have been addressed, and the game accommodates six players.
10) Some 2013 Statistics
Games owned: 187
Previously owned: 23
Ratings: 157
Average rating:6.04
Total games played in 2013: 1069
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: General:: Re: Any info on King of New York yet?
by Hockey Mask
Mattintheweb wrote:
kelann08 wrote:
Holy crap, really? When can we expect previews? I'm very intrigued.
I'll try to reveal new rules and art as soon as they're final.
Well?
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: General:: Re: Any info on King of New York yet?
by kelann08
Hockey Mask wrote:
Well?
Mattintheweb wrote:
I wouldn't expect anything before 2014...
:what:
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: General:: Re: Any info on King of New York yet?
by Hockey Mask
kelann08 wrote:
Hockey Mask wrote:
Well?
Mattintheweb wrote:
I wouldn't expect anything before 2014...
:what:
But it is 2014.
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: General:: Re: Any info on King of New York yet?
by Scorpion0x17
Hockey Mask wrote:
kelann08 wrote:
Hockey Mask wrote:
Well?
Mattintheweb wrote:
I wouldn't expect anything before 2014...
:what:
But it is 2014.
Seriously?
:what:
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: General:: Re: Any info on King of New York yet?
And it will be 2014 for quite a while.
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: General:: Re: Any info on King of New York yet?
by kelann08
Scorpion0x17 wrote:
Hockey Mask wrote:
kelann08 wrote:
Hockey Mask wrote:
Well?
Mattintheweb wrote:
I wouldn't expect anything before 2014...
:what:
But it is 2014.
Seriously?
:what:
He might be kidding...hard to tell...
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Reply: King of Tokyo:: General:: Re: References to Movie Monsters in KoT
by Deltron Zed
This probably because I just read this book again recently but it also reminded me of Stephen King's book "It." The force of good that brings the children in the book together to fight It was the turtle.↧