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Thoughts: Blood Bowl 2 | The Scientific Gamer — Wed, 27 May 2020 17:38:26 +0000

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Thoughts: Space Hulk Tactics | The Scientific Gamer — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:00:57 +0000

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By: Janek

Janek — Tue, 20 May 2014 20:48:22 +0000

It’s certainly better these days – reliably functional for sure – but the Fumbbl FFB client still beats it in a lot of areas, particularly in terms of UI, ease of use, and historical stat tracking.

Still can’t believe the cheek of Cyanide developing a sequel before the original (with two expansions) is feature-complete. I sincerely hope they’ll be going down the Train Simulator route with a free upgrade. They won’t, but still.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 20 May 2014 12:26:43 +0000

I’m in the same boat, but I’ve got some friends who are really into boardgames, so I have more experience. The Civ boardgame may actually be better for multiplayer than the computer version.

By: Hentzau

Hentzau — Tue, 20 May 2014 08:56:19 +0000

Generate a very large quantity of random numbers using your function and then plot the distribution. I’ve had to do this several times with functions using Python’s random number generator and it’s produced the expected distribution each time, and I know that while it occasionally leads to weird outcomes this is the nature of statistical data; sometimes the less likely thing does happen.

Also Warhammer 40K Chess is either an inspired pisstake or the stupidest thing I’ve seen in years, and until I see more than a teaser trailer I won’t be able to decide which.

By: Hentzau

Hentzau — Tue, 20 May 2014 08:48:59 +0000

Yes, I do own Death Angel. We played it precisely once and I can remember almost nothing about it, which probably isn’t a great testament to what I thought of it at the time. I do recall thinking that the other players were almost totally redundant, though.

By: Hentzau

Hentzau — Tue, 20 May 2014 08:46:42 +0000

I did do a couple of board game reviews when I started the blog but I ran into the problem that I boardgame infrequently and play each one maybe two or three times, max. I don’t consider this anywhere near enough to get a good impression of their nuances and flaws, and so reviews would end up being pretty shallow and based mostly on a first-time play, which usually the best/worst experience with the game in question.

By: Hentzau

Hentzau — Tue, 20 May 2014 08:44:07 +0000

Interesting. I didn’t think Cyanide would ever get their act together — I ran a couple of short-length tournaments two or three years back and it was an intensely painful experience.

By: Everblue

Everblue — Tue, 20 May 2014 07:58:02 +0000

Blood bowl is fine on Cyanide – they changed servers last year and I’ve seen much improved performance since then. In the OCC (250 person league that I am in) we need maybe 5 or 6 resets a week out of 120 games. The game has also been beautifully reverse-engineered by some of the direct IP leagues out there which do not rely on Cyanide at all.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 20 May 2014 02:35:17 +0000

Well, Death Angel is both heavily luck based and possessed of a pretty piss-poor manual, so there’s no telling. I view it as more of a solitaire thing anyway, since having more people around doesn’t add much beyond someone losing both of their marines far sooner than everyone else and then sitting around until it’s over.