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Anybody play this board game? (Original Post) Goodheart May 2020 OP
I've played it once or twice. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #1
Yes pattyloutwo May 2020 #2
It's great if you can avoid Codeine May 2020 #3
Are you saying that you let one of your kids boss you around? Goodheart May 2020 #4
I've played it a couple of times. TXPaganBanker May 2020 #5
Cooperative games can fall into that trap. Codeine May 2020 #7
There's a gamer coffee shop in my neighborhood where I see people playing that Bucky May 2020 #6
Gamer Coffee Shop. Codeine May 2020 #8

pattyloutwo

(279 posts)
2. Yes
Sun May 3, 2020, 11:03 PM
May 2020

I’ve played it with four. I was surprised that it was cooperative, yet very engaging. Fun, and yes, timely.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
3. It's great if you can avoid
Sun May 3, 2020, 11:20 PM
May 2020

the Alpha Gamer Syndrome; one guy (ALWAYS a guy) telling everyone else what they should be doing with their turn.

I play the dice version (Pandemic: The Cure) with the kids. They love it.

Goodheart

(5,264 posts)
4. Are you saying that you let one of your kids boss you around?
Sun May 3, 2020, 11:44 PM
May 2020

LOL.

j/k

Anyway, I didn't know there's a dice version. Will check that out.

TXPaganBanker

(210 posts)
5. I've played it a couple of times.
Mon May 4, 2020, 01:54 AM
May 2020

Each time was with people more experienced with me, they were planning moves 3 and 4 moves in advance. They were also dictating what my character should do, without explaining anything. I still have no idea how to play, I was a warm body so they could use that person. From what I did catch of it, I have no interest in trying a third time.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
7. Cooperative games can fall into that trap.
Mon May 4, 2020, 08:18 AM
May 2020

Flashpoint: Fire Rescue is a game I’ll never play again because of repeated incidents of that exact play experience. Just awful and absolutely no fun.

Bucky

(53,795 posts)
6. There's a gamer coffee shop in my neighborhood where I see people playing that
Mon May 4, 2020, 07:11 AM
May 2020

Well, not lately, since the coffee shop is still closed down for the global pandemic...

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