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    Zerbique
    Ruler of Rulebooks
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    Dec 13, 2021
    Edited: Dec 15, 2021

    The Siege of Runedar - latest purchase

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    Picture from BGG


    The Siege of Runedar, by the great and magnificent Reiner Knizia! I was bound to get it pretty soon, and as I told you somewhere across some obscure comment, for sure I got it! With the additional Mercenaries cards that apparently improves the solo play a lot, adding more variation from one game to the next.


    But I wasn't prepared to receive an enormous, enormous box. This isn't Ticket to Ride. This is a giant square that doesn't fit anywhere. I've never seen this format. People have complained it doesn't fit a Kallax hole. This is so weird. Why publishers are so mean with their poor customers?


    Okay, now you might have seen these glaring pictures of the inner castle that rebuked Athena so much.

    Picture from BGG


    Well, I'm not particularly fond of it, but OK. I was excited. I wanted to try the game ASAP. I opened it feverishly. Unfortunately I didn't have any means to take pictures so you won't see anything but... this picture, above, is a lie.


    It doesn't come pre-assembled. It comes with a double-sided adhesive paper scroll, and you have to stick all these cardboard pieces yourself. Hey! But I don't even do PnPs!!!


    I was so disgusted and discouraged I didn't re-open it. Ten days later, I packed it away. I'll play it in another time, another land then. You'll get my Table Presence post eventually, but you'll sure hear about this horrendous crafting again as I struggle through it.


    Damned, damned publisher.

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    Cadet Stimpy
    Dec 13, 2021
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    Z, when checking-out this game on BGG, I saw this in the upper-right corner 🙂:


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    Cadet Stimpy
    Dec 14, 2021
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    @Zerbique But what are the chances?! I got you and you got JW! Those 'I supported because...' things are probably generated randomly, right? Neither one of you has made a Comment in any of the Forums for the game. Could it be because you both looked at it recently? If that's not it, I would think the chances of this happening are extremely remote.

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    Zerbique
    Dec 14, 2021
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    @Cadet Stimpy Well, given the number of times I refresh a BGG page a day, the odds I stumble on anyone in particular aren't that dim, really. I was bound to eventually get JW - it was a few days ago, not just yesterday.


    As for you stumbling on me on the exact occasion you checked on Runedar, this is just mind-blowing.

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    Cadet Stimpy
    Dec 14, 2021
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    @Zerbique Plus, when you figure-in there are 10's of thousands of Supporters (hopefully), and we come across someone we know of, coupled with the timing of that game. It is mind-blowing. Maybe I should buy a Lottery Ticket. 😀

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    JW
    Dec 13, 2021
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    You should buy Descent: Legends of the Dark! Pay at least three times as much, and still have to assemble all terrain and stuff yourself. 😉

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    Zerbique
    Dec 13, 2021
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    Yeah, no way I'm even considering this game...

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    Wouter Cordewiner
    Dec 13, 2021

    Seriously, you packed it away because the cardboard isn't already attached to the plastic pre-assembled insert? I can only say you're missing out on a nice coop game (solo and multiplayer). I've enjoyed my 3 solo plays until now.


    I agree the box is a bulky format and that the extra cards help.

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    Zerbique
    Dec 13, 2021
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    Well, I packed it away mostly because I'm moving.


    I wanted to try it before putting it in a cardboard box and sealing it, but these days I'm so exhausted, I have so little time, I just didn't want to bother with this cut and paste activity prior to playing the game.


    But really you shouldn't underestimate the rebuking effect some "crafting" bit can have on me. I struggle cutting a sheet of paper straight alongside an already drawn line.

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