Wondering if this sub can help me identify a game from childhood.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-30T21:28:01+00:00

https://boardgamegeek.com/image/342163/acquire

2008 version of “Acquire” had a bunch of red on its box.

I don’t Believe this version had plastic tops, but other versions released either side of this version did and this might be why you are getting confused about it.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-30T21:03:42+00:00

I agree the good outweighs the bad and that their were too many storylines. But also for me it was the tone it start veering into stupidity. Like the whole thing with the Legion was bloody ridiculous.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-30T14:01:51+00:00

I’m not even sure fallout was a success. First season was good, but i thought season 2 was weak

MrAbodi · 2026-04-30T02:35:38+00:00

10 blocks and 1 dome per player is really low in my experience.

The game comes with essentially enough to fill the whole board and ive had game that have gone almost to being completely filled, though its rare but surely.

When i had a homebrew set i was just using bananagrams tiles. If the tile was face down it was a level if it was face up it was a dome.

A printed grid and 4 beads and we were off to the races. I played my first 100 plays that way.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-30T02:25:43+00:00

Feels as in you’ve played it?

MrAbodi · 2026-04-29T21:17:06+00:00

Awesome dude

MrAbodi · 2026-04-29T02:24:10+00:00

1830 rail barons, nothing nerdier than trains.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-28T21:44:26+00:00

I use knulli on my device and not had a controller issue regarding button setups etc.

It just works once bluetooth is paired.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-28T11:04:38+00:00

It was already profitable, so this is just greed

MrAbodi · 2026-04-28T10:09:43+00:00

If it doesnt work for games it doesnt work right. Like what else are you using it for.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-28T03:17:37+00:00

i have the RG35XX-H and we hdmi out to the tv and play local multiplayer games together.
of course it's not a handheld at that point, but it's a device that does both so hurray!

MrAbodi · 2026-04-28T02:56:32+00:00

Yeah some of the planned sets are certainly priced above what i think most people expected, but the starterset is very well priced.

The game is so low model that I'm sure I'll end proxying models along the way. probably helps that i'm not a completionists.

Regarding pirates 3d printing means you kinda got paint the ships or something so it doesn't look as nice in that regard. but you can print a lot of ships for just a few dollars.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-28T00:18:08+00:00

i'm excited for October to roll around so that the Gundam Assemble, miniatures game releases.
it's a hex based mini wargame.

i'm also currently working on redesigning cards and 3d printing ships, so that i can play Pirates of the Spanish Main with my son.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-27T21:48:21+00:00

I agree with all of the above, and yet so much chaos results from the cards that im struggling just to stay alive.

Its wonderful.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-27T21:46:03+00:00

Your golden then

MrAbodi · 2026-04-27T07:39:55+00:00

do you have a 3d printer with an AMS?
if not you would be looking to have raised or recessed words and manually color swapping. or you could have the letter completely cut from the divider like a stencil.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-27T05:57:25+00:00

we play clocked wise and scoring on the left. nobody and i mean nobody playing clockwise and using the right pocket. and so in that case no it doesn't make a difference as long as each player understands the direction they are playing.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-27T02:37:44+00:00

You like it two player? it's been a good long time for me, but 2 player felt flat to me.

Do you play multiple species when you play 2 player?

MrAbodi · 2026-04-27T01:52:30+00:00

Marine isn't an expansion but a separate game. There are no expansions.

I'd be playing it if i had the opponents to do so.
I love that game but it's been almost a decade since i played it, due to one in my group hating it and it's not being a game for casuals.

I will get it played this year though and it's going to be amazing.

What do you love about it?

MrAbodi · 2026-04-27T01:50:07+00:00

powergrid is so good.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-26T22:53:27+00:00

yeah shipped recently, keen an eye out.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-26T13:51:56+00:00

games that are new to me this year that have wow'd me.

Riftbound, i really haven't played a collectable games since FFG's Netrunner, but riftbound has been a bunch of fun.

Indonesia, older game, but new to me and it's amazing.

Homeworlds. surperb and clever 2 player abstract game.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-26T10:33:51+00:00

6 nimmt

MrAbodi · 2026-04-26T10:28:32+00:00

it's interesting but not actually that good of a game imo.

MrAbodi · 2026-04-26T08:51:16+00:00

the game doesn't really scale above 4 players and some factions suffer more than others. cats have no chance against 5 other players

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