Boardgame Auction, what to bid on?

Aside from the eurochaff, they'll have:

Marvel Heroes
Robo Rally
World of Warcraft: The Board Game
Formula De
Last Night on Earth w/ Expansion
Betrayal on House of Haunted Hill

I'm thinking of hitting Betrayal. Any games I should give a second look?

kookoobah wrote:

Aside from the eurochaff, they'll have:

Marvel Heroes
Robo Rally
World of Warcraft: The Board Game
Formula De
Last Night on Earth w/ Expansion
Betrayal on House of Haunted Hill

I'm thinking of hitting Betrayal. Any games I should give a second look?

RoboRally and Last Night are the only two games I'd be interested in, if I didn't already own them.

Not sure what you're really asking here though. If you haven't played them or don't know much about them I'd advise against bidding on any of them. Unless its for charity of course.

Robo Rally is the only one of those games I really like, the rest are kinda' "meh." WoW and LNoE are poop.

Betrayl is a waste of cardboard.

Marvel Heroes, Robo Rally and LNOE are all winners in my book.

RoboRally and LNOE.

Betrayal is tries real hard ton be a cool game, and falls miserably short. That being said it's very accessible and anyone can play it. Plus if you can get it on the cheap it's a good flip.

Same can be said about Roborally. By the way, this game shouldn't be played sober.

Haven't played Wow.

Formula De can have it's moments, but it's probabaly another flip candidate thanks to what Troll and Toad have done to it's online price point.

I enjoy LNoE. haven't played the expansion.

Haven't played Marvel Heroes.

Betrayal has a good concept but it was poorly done.

In your list, I'd pick LNoE.

Some of those games have some potential and then fail to deliver. Roborally and LNoE being prime examples. My advice is to keep your money and skip the entire lot.


-Will

Here's the order I'd go at them:

Betrayal on House of Haunted Hill (hard to find, easy to trade, looks like fun)
Marvel Heroes (a great game that apparently ain't coming back into print, ever)
Last Night on Earth w/ Expansion (tons of fun with this one.)
Formula De (A good racing game, THROW THEM BONES)
World of Warcraft: The Board Game (Man, there are a lot of bits in here.)
Robo Rally (Only because the AH is so abundant that if you hate it, you'll have a hard time getting rid of it. I find RoboRally to be mostly "cute", fairly harmless, kind of forgettable, actually.)

I'd say give Betrayal a shot, but not at the prices it's been going for...

Ken B. wrote:

I find RoboRally to be mostly "cute", fairly harmless, kind of forgettable, actually.

You're dead to me now.

Mad Dog wrote:

Ken B. wrote:

I find RoboRally to be mostly "cute", fairly harmless, kind of forgettable, actually.

You're dead to me now.

LOL. Sorry, Mad Dog. I used to own it and would forget I even had it. We also played it with the world's worst AP player, probably coloring my opinions pretty badly.

Ken B. wrote:

Mad Dog wrote:

Ken B. wrote:

I find RoboRally to be mostly "cute", fairly harmless, kind of forgettable, actually.

You're dead to me now.

LOL. Sorry, Mad Dog. I used to own it and would forget I even had it. We also played it with the world's worst AP player, probably coloring my opinions pretty badly.

that'll do it for nearly any game.

my first game of Cosmic was like that. the game took 4 hours. I wouldn't play it again for about a month. Now, I just don't play games with taht person

FOUR hours for COSMIC ENCOUNTER? I'd bring the Gameboy to that table. "Let me know when you're done," BOOP! BLEEP!

Of those listed, I'd go MARVEL HEROES. The game is solid, the pieces are really nice, and it's never coming back. The gameplay is cool too, you have your turn as your team of heroes and your opponent's turn as his nemesis.

Financially, BOHOTH is probably the best bet, but I hear some folks just hate the SHIT out of that game--I think it's peaked.

I can't remember if that 4 hour mark was with or without the hour long rules explanation....either way, left a nasty taste in my mouth with cosmic. kid couldn't shut up and stop talking about how this alien comboed with this alien to do this...


but yeah, RoboRally is really bad for AP players. we use a timer taht gets started for the last player done. and beer.