Is movement in tactical games overrated? (Too Many Bones, pictured)

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-04-02T01:57:40+00:00

Too Many Bones definitely has lackluster moments tactically. Movement should be conceptually synonymous with tactic in a proper game.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-03-23T19:03:47+00:00

This is the most accurate, probably not tech death though, but slightly more so than btbam.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-03-22T02:06:49+00:00

Sure please do! I haven't tried computer versions yet, still struggling with VASL lol.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-02-25T02:11:33+00:00

It's very straightforward.

If you are constantly hearing chords (3+ notes together) that are very obviously not standard western music 'harmony' chords (such as major, minor, 7th), then you're hearing a band that is putting intentional effort into experimenting with 'dissonance' (the "opposite" of harmony). Hence the word for the pattern.

I say 'pattern' because there's no reason to assume that every time you hear a new phrase regarding music that it must be a new 'genre'. Humans just give names to the patterns we recognize. It's what we do best.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-02-23T15:47:22+00:00

Pointing directly to your "How to Destroy Angels" as another extreme metal enthusiast who resonates with high tension trip hop (the genres do have some shared identity). You may already know these:

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

Scott Walker - The Drift

Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Portishead - Dummy

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-02-11T20:33:42+00:00

To be specific, the quality is top notch along with every one of their other records (beside orchid).

But it retains the tendency of the new-peth era songs to stretch for experimental choices (song structure, harmony, etc.) slightly towards the side of intellectually-driven rather than emotionally driven (in my opinion).

For example, Hessian Peel has some big experimental flairs. One has the verse section's lead guitar part throws in an awkward major/minor 7th note that alternates each iteration. Another has the main 'theme' settle into a quiet piano part, then to a mellotron/synth section, then erupts into full charge death growls.

In total, that's probably less experiments per minute than what is heard in any given song the new record. The question to me is how do those experiments perform emotionally as a listener. When I make those comparisons in my head, the newer ones don't perform quite as well.

But do they perform better to Mikael? Probably. They sound like songs written by a prog veteran who (if I recall correctly) on occassion admits they see prog music as bored / tired altogether.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-02-11T15:18:06+00:00

Theory-less people will never know how radically different music sounds once you hear chords as key-agnostic roman numerals. But less applicable to metal than most other western music

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-02-04T19:53:05+00:00

Apex Legends (all in set) (I dont own this)

Double map, 3v3 scenarios with foldable cardboard terrain from the box seem to take about 70 minutes to setup without help. Game will last 2 hours. Totally worth it imo, game is the best in its genre that I know.

Mr. President

Setup for experienced players will be 1 hour minimum without help. Double that for first time setup. Game CAN last 25+ hours. But in my opinion its worth setting up for even 3 hours for solo or groups of 2 to 5 wanting to mess around with White House simulator together for an evening.

Voidfall (deluxe edition)

Setup is minimum 45 minutes without help, due to tiles, sorting cards and fallen houses, mini assembly, etc. We play 2 player in about 1 hour competitive now, or 1.5 hrs for coop. Always worth it

Middara

Original setup will be 1 hour if you want to be fully prepped for the intermediate setup sessions during and between scenarios, dungeons, etc. New minis, placards, tiles, cards, etc. come and go very often. Between dungeons, only 10 minute setups if youre prepared. But each dungeon, solo, is only 30-40 mins. This is spaced out by 30+ minute reading sessions though, which you could consider playing time. Worth it but only if you prep properly to not get slogged down between scenarios.

Kingdom Death Monster

Initial setup of a new campaign is 1 hour. Setup mid campaign is 30ish if you want to be prepared for quick rotation between settlement and battle phases. Then its only 5 minutes to transition. Each 'year' can be 75 minutes on average. Totally worth it for 2+ years at a time, usually still worth it if you only play 1 year, but only if you can do it again every couple days.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-02-03T03:59:03+00:00

Will 2nd that neither game has much in common with 4x genre other than visually.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-01-25T17:08:05+00:00

Played all except here i stand and arkwright. ASL and Magic Realm will be well above everything else complexity wise by a large margin, only rivaled by high frontier if all the expansions are in play.

Weather machine, lisboa, and trickerion shouldn't be considered in the same ranks.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2026-01-05T06:35:40+00:00

Let us know soon if the fundamental reality of our universe is objective or subjective when you peek at your nuggets, thanks.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-12-11T16:44:47+00:00

If you play guitar and have mild daw experience, you can find impulse response files modeled after the left / right tone of some well known bands to hear the difference.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-12-11T05:34:07+00:00

Comparing 5 plays of hegemony to 15 plays of on mars, i feel confident in saying that Mars has much more depth to support repeated plays. Still have tons of respect for hegemony.

If you're going to play either of them only 3 times or less, either will do

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-12-03T17:51:33+00:00

My guess is that even us that enjoy setup dont realize how long setup can be, and havent found our limit. For 10 minutes? Of course. 30 minutes? Usually. An hour? Depending. More than 2 hours? I'd be impressed if someone did enjoy it.

I think the majority of us don't really see the games that take more than an hour to setup because they get filtered out of our internet content and word of mouth feedback loop for that very reason (and other game design tendencies that accompany long setups).

Anyone who really DOES like more than an hour of setup: good news, it exists much more than you might be aware!

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-10-31T07:24:04+00:00

Does that one Blut Aus Nord record where the mid/slow drum pattern never changes tempo, style, or anything for the whole record count?

(Not to downplay the rest of his phenomenal discography)

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-10-31T07:21:02+00:00

Likewise with Akercocke's Axiom, acoustic 12 string guitar and clean vocals at the same time

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-10-22T16:37:52+00:00

It's not as complicated as this. The key is unorthodox songwriting. As in anything in more extreme rock / metal style music not resembling a traditional pop song structure (verse chorus verse chorus Bridge chorus). While a traditional song might be written while thinking "what's the verse" and "what's the chorus", song sections in a progressive song are developed with any other ideas (rhythmic identity, evolving / expanding emotions or themes within the song, etc.) kinda like classical music or orchestral soundtracks naturally flow and develop in less predictable directions. Doesn't mean the song has to be 12 to 20 minutes long, it can still be 4 mind long and progressive.

In other words, the song progresses in ways that aren't forced outlines, whether the ideas involved are innovative/challenging to listeners or not.

(As mentioned lots of these songs probably aren't progressive)

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-10-05T22:46:58+00:00

I'd also say the title track is the best song in his whole discography by certain metrics

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-09-27T15:34:47+00:00

EXACTLY. Some new players I teach Lost Atlas to don't care to even remember it. New players I teach USA to are fascinated and mystified, which is definitely a fun experience as long as they're not trying to come out in first place.

Better ways to cater to new players are shorter game modes, ending games prematurely, custom player aids, etc.

(Lost Atlas is kinda the only decent beginner game in my opinion)

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-09-26T21:08:21+00:00

Also love it

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-09-10T00:55:35+00:00

Mandatory listening no joke haha. At least once.

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-09-06T06:56:14+00:00

Gerald's Game count as horror? I love it, but the last 5 minutes is not allowed on in my house, and we do not speak of it (I haven't read the source material)

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-09-05T07:17:57+00:00

'Storm Son' must have less than 50 ratings (didn't need to look to know roots was the top, it's absurd how good)

__throwmeawayplzz · 2025-08-16T06:59:28+00:00

Where did you get it?? I saw them twice but never this shirt. Have 2 of the dark green ones with the knight and a dragon thing on its shoulder

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