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Best board game with RPG elements?

Started by Trond, June 15, 2016, 07:33:30 PM

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Trond

#15
June 22, 2016, 01:06:05 PM
OK, so I am getting the impression that maybe we were stupid years back, when my friends and I picked Heroquest over Talisman? :D

JesterRaiin

#16
June 22, 2016, 01:42:50 PM
Quote from: Trond;904628OK, so I am getting the impression that maybe we were stupid years back, when my friends and I picked Heroquest over Talisman? :D

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crkrueger

#17
June 22, 2016, 07:58:27 PM
You may want to take a look at games that are marketed as RPGs yet are full of cardgame or boardgame elements and/or have a robust OOC metapoint economy and/or dissociated mechanics to give OOC player-facing tactical challenge.

D&D4
WFRP3
FATE
Cortex
2d20
Savage Worlds
The One Ring
Some X-worlds

Necromunda and Mordheim get quasi-rpg if you throw in all the crazy "between fights" encounters and stuff from the GW magazines.
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TristramEvans

#18
June 23, 2016, 12:30:32 PM
Quote from: Trond;904628OK, so I am getting the impression that maybe we were stupid years back, when my friends and I picked Heroquest over Talisman? :D

Probably not

jcfiala

#19
June 23, 2016, 12:44:58 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;904810Probably not

Considering that he says "The only possible explanation I can find (for good reviews of Talisman) is that these people are the same people who spend days on end making supplementary material for HeroQuest when that game is actually only fun the first three times you play it", I suspect he thinks the same of both of them.

But that's fine, he's wrong. :)
 

ArrozConLeche

#20
June 23, 2016, 01:11:50 PM
Quote from: Trond;903903Have any of you tried Takes of Arabian Nights?

I've been waiting for an electronic implementation on ios or android. There was a barbarian prince clone at some point, but it's disappeared.

daniel_ream

#21
June 23, 2016, 03:01:32 PM
One of my best gaming war stories comes from Barbarian Prince.

For those unfamilar, it's a solo hexcrawl style game.  You're an exiled barbarian prince, you start at the top of a hex map and once you cross below the first hex row, you can't go back (ending the game) unless you have either an army or 10,000 gold to hire one to reclaim your throne.  You have all kinds of random encounters.

Chris bought the game and played it for weeks.  Never succeeded once.  He was convinced it was unwinnable.

Paul asked to see the game and give it a try.  They sat down, started a new game.  On his first turn, Paul moved one hex, searched the hex he was in, and got a random encounter that said he found a chest filled with 10,000 gold. Moved one hex to top of the map. Game over.  Flawless victory.

Chris looked like we'd driven over his dog.
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jcfiala

#22
June 23, 2016, 03:16:58 PM
Quote from: daniel_ream;904831One of my best gaming war stories comes from Barbarian Prince.

Googling online, I discovered that you can legally download Barbarian Prince and make your own copy, as well as a few other games by that publisher.  Something I'll have to look into.
 

Sable Wyvern

#23
June 23, 2016, 09:50:01 PM Last Edit: June 23, 2016, 09:53:00 PM by Sable Wyvern
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Battlestations. Everything I've read indicates that it's about the RPGest boardgame you can get. I might report back next year when my 2nd Ed copy turns up.

Talisman is extremely dice driven -- IMO it's barely a step up from Snakes and Ladders as far as depth and meaningful decisions go, it just has more visual appeal. Further, any roleplaying is entirely incidental -- it's as suitable for roleplaying as Monopoly.

yosemitemike

#24
June 23, 2016, 11:55:06 PM
They don't call it Fantasy Candyland for nothing.
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Greentongue

#25
July 02, 2016, 04:08:34 PM
King of Dragon Pass plays more like a boardgame than a RPG but certainly has a lot of RPG aspects.
Fun too
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Joey2k

#26
July 05, 2016, 03:19:50 PM
Runebound has held up well I think, although I have yet to try third edition.
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finarvyn

#27
July 06, 2016, 04:07:23 PM
Mice & Mystics is technically a board game but I've been running it very much like a RPG. YOu have to like the "play animals who act like people" theme, however.
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daniel_ream

#28
July 07, 2016, 12:05:25 AM
M&M pretty much is a very simplified D&D. I found there wasn't enough meat on those bones, though, the core campaign gets very repetitive after a while.
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finarvyn

#29
July 08, 2016, 09:13:29 AM
Quote from: daniel_ream;907155M&M pretty much is a very simplified D&D. I found there wasn't enough meat on those bones, though, the core campaign gets very repetitive after a while.
But it comes with those cool minis! :-)
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