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@nprofile1q... I was left unimpressed with Fate of the Fellowship after a single play. It just felt like everything that could be made unnecessarily complicated, was. The board is quite busy and can be hard to read, ridiculously tiny meeples, enemy cards with split actions, each player having two characters with uneven action splits, etc. It's easily the most fiddly Pandemic.

I think it boils down to this: Fate of the Fellowship felt like it complicates the Pandemic system enough to be bumping up against something like Horizons of Spirit Island, which is a system that I find infinitely cleaner than Fate of the Fellowship for something around the same "weight."

Of course, your mileage may vary. It's sitting at 102 on BoardGameGeek's rankings, putting it above all of the other non-Legacy games in the series. My opinion very much runs contrary to the majority.
LadyMarth01 · 1w
I had the chance to play World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King this weekend. It blends a couple of aspects of prior Pandemic titles: the dice-based combat of Fall of Rome and the spawn mechanics o...
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My hot take rankings:
1.) Pandemic: Iberia
2.) Pandemic: Fall of Rome
3.) Pandemic + Expansion(s)
4.) Pandemic: Rising Tide
5.) Base Pandemic
6.) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (single play)
7.) Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu
8.) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (single play)
9.) The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship (single play)

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I had the chance to play World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King this weekend. It blends a couple of aspects of prior Pandemic titles: the dice-based combat of Fall of Rome and the spawn mechanics of Reign of Cthulhu, replacing the cultists with ghouls and shoggoths with abominations. The typical "five cards of a color" mechanic is replaced with quests: roll the dice to advance on a quest track, while players at the quest location can reveal cards matching icons on the quest track to move additional spaces. Players have health that can be reduced from combat or questing. Player cards grant one-time use abilities and icons for quests instead of depicting locations. Players must complete three quests before taking on the Lich King at the citadel, which is a fourth, longer quest track.

In all, I found myself enjoying this one. It's not my favorite Pandemic, but I think it's more engaging than Reign of Cthulhu. Quests provide an interesting alternative to the usual "cure" mechanic, and I like cards not being locations but buffs or abilities.

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LadyMarth01 · 1w
My hot take rankings: 1.) Pandemic: Iberia 2.) Pandemic: Fall of Rome 3.) Pandemic + Expansion(s) 4.) Pandemic: Rising Tide 5.) Base Pandemic 6.) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (single play) 7.) Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu 8.) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (single play) 9.) The Lord of the Rin...
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Root: The Homeland Expansion all-in pledge finally fulfilled. Amusing to think that it was cheaper to just go all-in than it was to get everything but the base game. Guess I'll have a copy to sell or give away!

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Seiðr · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqyvawhrwfnl3selacft6pj7pfaak5ygzpymhq3642t0w845u62gzsmpyzeq All at once!? That had to be <a box> they were shipped in. I got the third printing (so, by the time they released the moles and crows) and it was already heavy stuff. Hope you enjoy! :1...
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Taught and played the Root base game yesterday. I was the Woodland Alliance, up against the Marquis de Cat and the Eyrie Dynasty. The birds got off to a solid start, but a nasty ambush card pushed the Eyrie into turmoil. This event was later repeated in the exact same manner, leaving me teaming up with the Eyrie for most of the game to try to wrangle the cats into control. Unfortunately, I wound up one action short of a points victory before the Marquis de Cat achieved a domination victory.

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Jake in the desert · 3w
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Good news for Sentinels of the Multiverse fans: Handelabra Games—the developers of the video game adaptations—have bought the rights to Sentinels and the Greater Than Games name. They're indicating they're in talks with bringing back the GTG crew to continue development on Sentinels, so the game should live on!

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/handelabra-games-inc/sentinels-of-the-multiverse-2/updates/41146

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