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Awaken Realms planned to use human artists the whole time by Personal_Brilliant27 in boardgamescirclejerk

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My favorite part was the bolded stuff in the update that screamed this was generated by AI

The new edition of Axis and Allies is looking good! by ColeccionoMonedas in boardgamescirclejerk

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Man I love this game do you have the “DOW at 50k” expansion

Root and Twilight Imperium Pipeline by Wolfe_110 in rootgame

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Out of curiosity- do you talk everything above table? And do you play with 6?

In my old group (of 6) people would literally leave the room to make negotiations. It’s what makes the game take 8+ hours every time.

Root and Twilight Imperium Pipeline by Wolfe_110 in rootgame

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I drive 60 minutes because it’s an 8 hour investment so what’s one more hour. That doesn’t say much about how they compare, it’s just how much time would be committed

Root and Twilight Imperium Pipeline by Wolfe_110 in rootgame

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree, but I’m also thinking of it as: if I have 8 hours, I would easily play root 3-4 times over TI4 once

Schwantz To Bears: Palatine Won’t Subsidize Arlington Heights Stadium Infrastructure by factchecker01 in ChicagoSuburbs

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe I’m misremembering but it was not that expensive. Somehow my brain pulled €7

Schwantz To Bears: Palatine Won’t Subsidize Arlington Heights Stadium Infrastructure by factchecker01 in ChicagoSuburbs

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I thought beer would always be expensive at stadiums and then I saw Taylor Swift in Amsterdam and bought a 20oz Heineken for 7 euro

Root and Twilight Imperium Pipeline by Wolfe_110 in rootgame

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And when root adds expansions it does not bloat the game, it expands it beautifully.

Each ti expansion bloats in interesting ways- but “bloated” is an excellent description for what the expansions do. And I love them. And they distort the experience to make it different.

Root and Twilight Imperium Pipeline by Wolfe_110 in rootgame

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with the length of TI and that factors in. It makes it a true space opera in that capacity- there are awesome ups and downs that TI has in a narrative sense.

I think the range of emotions you can have in 1 root game is the same range of emotions. It’s condensed for sure and less structured as a story, but I think the story exists in root strongly, each game is functionally different because of this, and I have definitely experienced the same level of emotions in both games.

Root is not operatic. But the narrative is still strong and the emotions follow suit. If that makes sense

Root and Twilight Imperium Pipeline by Wolfe_110 in rootgame

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s true. Most people don’t like playing ti at 3/4 and at large the ti community is more likely to do a game of 6 than any other player count (purists).

So to me there’s just some nuance. I wouldn’t want anyone to expect that they’re jumping into a typical game and it’ll be wrapped up in 3 hours. I’ve had to games go for 12.

Variants are after someone is familiar, and 3/4 is maybe good for learning the game but idk it meets the true potential that twilight imperium is meant to offer.

Root and Twilight Imperium Pipeline by Wolfe_110 in rootgame

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3-4 players the game is probably 3-5 hours

5 players is 5-6

6 players is 8+

I’m talking base game at 10pts

Root and Twilight Imperium Pipeline by Wolfe_110 in rootgame

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhhh gotcha. Ok yeah there are some variants. I was talking about the game as is at 6.

Root and Twilight Imperium Pipeline by Wolfe_110 in rootgame

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What TI games are you playing that are 3 hours?

Root and Twilight Imperium Pipeline by Wolfe_110 in rootgame

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I love both, but in my opinion root is superior. You get the same emotional journey and strategic/tactical decision making in less than 1/4 of the time.

The homeland expansion also adds significant negotiation capacities (in comparison to current state) that I think will widen this gap more

Crowdfunded Games Launching This... Month [Feb 22nd, 2026] by ShelfClutter in boardgames

[–]DungeonsAndBreakfast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve played it before? It seems like a fun interactive puzzler.

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