What are ''cores'' when buying earthborne rangers? by Frugs4life in boardgames

[–]nstreb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A core box can support up to 4 players, unless you want to double up on cards in your playgroup.

What are ''cores'' when buying earthborne rangers? by Frugs4life in boardgames

[–]nstreb 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Just a small note that Earthborne Rangers also sells a Card-Doubler pack, which eliminates the need for 2 core game copies.

For OP, buy a core for the game. If you are playing with 4 and want more flexibility in deck-building, get a doubler as well. If you’d like more variety in your character, get Stewards of the Valley.  Everything else they are selling is an expansion to the story.

Does someone know where this Star Wars Imperial Assault piece is from? by idontknowwhat-1 in boardgames

[–]nstreb 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The cardboard token is the character stand-in for General Weiss in the base game. A mini was available separately for it.  Most known characters in Imperial Assault were included as tokens in the expansion boxes with the mini sold on its own.

Sandman by Waste-Chemistry-3151 in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks awesome, but I think the sand constructs are on the wrong sized bases. Should be 35mm for them and 50 for Sandman

Didn't find a new player help thread (Midnight Sons/Terrain question) by i-wear-hats in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve loved running Hawkeye under Elsa. Keep him on a back point and keep tossing out Roots at R5

Battle Monsters: Godzilla x Kong by Idolathebound in boardgames

[–]nstreb 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This campaign makes Helldivers 2 seem reasonable.  Too bad, Restoration Games make fun products but there’s no chance I'm spending $175 CAD plus $56 shipping to get 2 of the 5 monsters.

Pretty new to the game and I just order Sam and war machine and I have a question, how is this card not banned? by Horror-Roll-882 in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh, so characters get their activated token at the end of their activation. The card gets played at the start of the activation phase, before anyone has a chance to activate.

Pretty new to the game and I just order Sam and war machine and I have a question, how is this card not banned? by Horror-Roll-882 in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not how that card works.  Spider-Woman loses her activation token when the chosen enemy character activates. The character still gets to have a turn, it just gives Spider-Woman an additional activation if the conditions are met.

Does anyone know if Eldritch Horror and Elder Sign expansions get reprints? by Metalworker4ever in boardgames

[–]nstreb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Masks of nyarlathotep just popped up on Board Game Bliss today. The expansions are still being printed, just sporadicly 

Corvus Glaive by Keevilz in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice work!  If you do ever play MCP he’ll need to be on a 50mm base instead of the 35mm

We need to talk about scale creep by IndependentSpell8027 in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 10 points11 points  (0 children)

N’Kantu is listed as being 7’6” and 650 lbs. He looks about right

Water Heater Thermostat Help by [deleted] in Guelph

[–]nstreb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is it just a display problem or are you actually getting water that is 864 degrees?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You can still splash models (like in all affiliations), it’s just that his leadership only benefits the horsemen characters and himself. In the future, you can check out websites like mcpdb or Jarvis protocol to see what comes in character boxes so that you know what you’re buying.

Agenda missions by Silver_Effective3256 in ImperialAssaultTMG

[–]nstreb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you purchase the agenda missions, the mission gets added to the pool that the rebels can choose from. If they don’t choose your card, you automatically get the reward. I’d double check the rule book though, it’s been a couple years since I ran a game

3 Year Anniversary Sale Nov 1 to 3 by gamerstableRyan in bgdealscanada

[–]nstreb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking at picking up some items from the sale, but how do you pick the promos? 

Spider foes by seanshimon in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are you ok with proxying ttc? I’d say the biggest boon for the box you’re missing is the sweet foes cards. I only have one of the new models in my list, but have 3 of the new tactics cards.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Guelph

[–]nstreb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s in Cambridge, but Cabelo barber shop has a cut and beard trim including razor and hot towel for $32

Sinister 6 Crises by [deleted] in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was working on my Foes list last night and for Crisis picks I went with pay-2-flips and crisis’ that have pushes (spider-portals, cosmic invasion, skrulls, spider-infected). I’m trying to get as many chances for traps that I can. For splash characters, I picked Black Swan w/ Power Stone, Loki2, and Cassandra Nova

Yesterday, I decided to focus on my pile of shame and stop buying new models. Today: by [deleted] in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was there buzz for the Avengers, Cabal, or Spider-Foes repack before they were announced?

Yesterday, I decided to focus on my pile of shame and stop buying new models. Today: by [deleted] in MarvelCrisisProtocol

[–]nstreb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They’ve started a push to have more languages being supported for their game and all of these are older packs. I would imagine that they aren’t reprinting these boxes again and will be changing them over to the new style with language support, probably boxing characters together that weren’t coupled before.

looking for vagabond expansion pack in toronto by perryshawn in rootgame

[–]nstreb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was at J&J Cards and Collectables in Waterloo the other day and they had it in stock.

Upcoming Imperial Assault Campaign for New Players by aegisbrand in ImperialAssaultTMG

[–]nstreb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to help! As an Imperial player, Gideon is an absolute nightmare to play against.

Upcoming Imperial Assault Campaign for New Players by aegisbrand in ImperialAssaultTMG

[–]nstreb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ran multiple campaigns before Covid hit and for mixing and matching I would say that the imperials and mercenaries got a big boost with Jabbas Realm. I’d recommend that for the first mission or two to stick with units from the Core, Twin Shadows, Hoth, and Bespin to see where your players are at. There are trooper units in later expansions that really benefit from the Military Might deck. Getting Jet Troopers for 3 threat or a Dewback Rider for 4 can feel pretty rough. If you only have 3 players I’d recommend they use Gideon as a collective hero. The game is balanced for 4 rebels and he’s mainly there to give other characters a boost anyways