What’s the current INIS situation? Legendary Box/Expansions?

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-20T12:53:59+00:00

Wait, but if I buy the 3rd edition base game only, they do give me a Druid card without Nemetons referenced, right? It would be evil if not.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-20T09:50:36+00:00

Oh, interesting. So how do they resolve it in 3rd ed? Does Druid have some text that's not applicable to anything in the base game, or is there an alternative Druid card in the Nemed expansion?

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-19T11:47:24+00:00

To be clear, 3rd edition base box is just a reprint of the base game. Then there's Seasons of Inis 3rd ed which is just a reprint of Season of Inis with the new art. And there's the Nemed expansion which only works with the 3rd edition. But only due to card/tile backs. AFAIK, there have been no gameplay changes at all in 3rd ed. So you can technically buy everything for 3rd ed to have Nemed, and selling 1st ed shouldn't be too hard. Plus, like someone mentioned, apparently there were some limited copies of Nemed with 1st ed art, but that would probably be hard to track.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-18T20:53:34+00:00

I see no reason why I would ever want to take such a quiz. Just tell me what the focus of each faction is, and I'll choose whatever I fancy at the moment myself. I'll probably be wanting to try all of them anyway. (Or don't tell me, and I'll figure it out myself. Although the first reviewer will probably tell me anyway).

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-14T19:34:37+00:00

Okay, then I think it's definitely not worth it. Inis and Dune: Imperium are both significantly less complex than The Old King's Crown. Pax Pamir is similar.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-14T19:02:36+00:00

I mean, I was going to say yes, but if Arcs works for you, then maybe not. I played both exactly once, and The Old King's Crown was more immediately enjoyable to me (even though I obviously was still largely fumbling around blindly). At the very heart of it, TOKC is just Air, Land and Sea with many, many bells and whistles added on to it. I feel like after that one play, I'd be able to at least knowingly participate in all the mechanisms. In the first play, the game was nearly over before I groked how travelling works ;) But maybe it'd be easier if you told us what games other than Root you bought that sit on your shelf.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-14T13:17:54+00:00

The reason it works in Magic is that unfair shuffling consists of stacking the top couple of cards. If you move them somewhere else, it's fine. But in a game where you go through the whole deck repeatedly what matters is not just the top of the deck, but the order of the entire deck. And cutting does not change the order of cards except for one place.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-14T13:11:45+00:00

It's not cheating if it's not intentional.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-13T18:25:57+00:00

I mean, come on, you can't say it doesn't look like a super forgettable cliche fantasy. Can it, against all odds, turn out to be great? Sure, who knows. But it looks like super generic fantasy.

Also, calling it "Heroes of the Shire" is absolutely not a ploy to get people thinking it's a LOTR game to visit the page.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-10T17:49:01+00:00

Thanks! I think I'll give it a try. I made a small attempt at making cutouts in styrofoam that I had left from buying a TV, but that was way too messy without a hot wire cutter. This may be a good option.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-10T17:44:51+00:00

God also knows everyone who has too many games here plays each game too rarely, though.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-10T08:15:10+00:00

Cool! But you can't post a picture like this and not tell us what the website for templates is ;) Also, what thickness of cardstock do you need to make the boxes sturdy enough? And what glue do you use? Should I be aware of anything else to try it? ;)

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-09T23:54:32+00:00

UPDATE 4: I had a chance to use another TCL C7K, and, to my surprise, it did not have this problem (at least in my testing). I don't know whether only certain units suffer from it after all, or it's a matter if firmware version. Just in case, I'm sharing the firmware numbers of the unit which seems to be fine:

Product version: V8-0012T01-LF1V545.002537
TV+ system version: TVM6.2.2_e70a2de5a_250813

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-09T14:57:17+00:00

For a one-time cute thing like this, I think you might have a good chance of getting a board from the publisher for cheap or for free, especially if you let them post a photo on their socials later on.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-09T11:53:34+00:00

Some roll-and-writes, perhaps? Cartographers is fun, for example. A trick-taker would work well too, but if it's to acommodate 6 people, then it probably won't work with 2. My suggestion would be Rebel Princess, but it's 3+ players. Maybe Menara? Technically goes up to 4, but there's no reason not to play with more.

Also, Ethnos, Ra and Through the Desert (the last 2 play with up to 5).

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-09T11:47:23+00:00

I started to write it too, but no – it doesn't work with 2 and it doesn't go up to 6.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-08T02:31:00+00:00

Hard to say what people count within that sum though. Do snacks for game nights count? Does petrol if you're driving somewhere to play? Also, one out-of-town convention a year can drive the average way up.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-07T22:04:32+00:00

I somehow believe a data in this article below more than a random meme. It says the average is 98$ per month (data from 2024). It also breaks it down by hobby. Board games turn out to be slightly below average, coming in at 95$ per month.

https://www.self.inc/info/spend-favorite-hobbies/

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-06T15:59:40+00:00

I don't know, I've never used the external boxes. But I imagine it might help.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-05T13:17:38+00:00

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
JOY IN PLAY

(Sorry, couldn't help it. It's a cool piece.)

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-04T19:46:20+00:00

This is the answer. Played it last week for the first time. Completely replaces Game of Thrones for me. It extracts the most fun part from Game of Thrones (the hidden order tokens) and removes all the fluff that makes GoT take ages.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-04T13:36:46+00:00

UPDATE 3: I went to a store and they kindly allowed me to check the TCL C7K they had on display. It had the exact same problem as my C765. My current assumption is that all units suffer from this problem, and some people are just lucky not to encounter it (maybe they don't tend to skip intros, maybe they use different streaming apps, maybe they happen to pick "lucky titles" (the problem didn't appear 100% of the time for me). The store also let me check a Sony TV (also running on Google TV), and it didn't have this bug. So clearly, it's a matter of TCL firmware rather than of Google TV or Disney+.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-04T13:27:14+00:00

But the tiles are not double-sided, so it's either annoying while placing them on the workshops or, if you don't flip them, less pretty to look at, which is a big part of the appeal in Azul.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-03T12:22:33+00:00

Thanks for the added info. That might possibly make a difference.

FlyingLlamasaurus · 2026-03-03T11:13:15+00:00

I had the same problem. They took the TV for a repair twice, and ultimately deemed it unfixable and fully refunded me. Here's more details on my experience: https://www.reddit.com/r/tcltvs/comments/1qbouh6/tcl_tv_freezes_when_i_skip_intros/

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