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Bill Thomas, His Wife, and my purchases |
Compass Games Expo 2018 The date, November 11th 2018. The venue, the Red Lion Hotel situated in Cromwell Ct. The first thing y...

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Compass Games Expo 2018
Pathfinder: Kingmaker By: Owlcat Games, Paizo Published by: Deep silver Before playing any game, you probably do the obv...

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Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
By: Owlcat Games, Paizo
Published by: Deep silver
Before playing any game, you probably do the obvious thing and watch a trailer. Some trailers don't show a lot of what's actually playable, but the trailer for Pathfinder: Kingmaker will not leave you disappointed, and will leave you, wanting more.
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Menu for creating your character |

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Amiri |
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Linzi |
There are a few characters in the game that have a real charm to them, one of them being Linzi, an author who wants to write a book about a 'hero', and the person she has coincidentally chosen to write her book about is your character. She accompanies you on your journey and is one of the main players in your team. Another character that really stands out, and one of my personal favourites is Amiri. She's a Barbarian and when you first meet her at the mansion she seems a bit off, not liking many of the other warriors and is bit of a lone wolf. However, after you save the remainder of the people in the mansion, she requests to join your team. Her sarcastic dialogue just adds a good amount of humour to the game, mostly with her witty and pretentious comments towards being 'powerful' or enemies being 'easy' to defeat.
In all honesty, this game is full of potential to do anything you want, there are so many side quests, things to collect, people to battle, places to visit. That you are left with hours of content. Playing about six hours of the game, I got absolutely nowhere with the story as there is just so much to explore and I kept getting distracted by all the new places and people, and saw it as a chance to collect XP, which you definitely need to do as Pathfinder: Kingmaker is a very tactical game, working off a board game engine. The board game elements are some of my favourite things about this game. There's a charming little board game animation when you travel on your quests and when you defeat an enemy on your path, the little board game piece is knocked over, just as it would be in a real board game.
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Travelling to different locations |
Here's a quick summary of the things that Pathfinder Kingmaker has that I was majorly impressed with:
- Diverse and endless story
- Vast characterization options
- In detail dialogue that really helps the story flow
- Amazing characters that give the story lots of life
- EVEN more content with the DLC to open up new stories and other items
- Lots of ways to level up your characters (Without having to just go through the main story)
- Soundtrack that fits the feel of the game perfectly
Pathfinder: Kingmaker stays true to the board game, using the dice-based system and rules. This means, you have to be very tactical at your approach towards certain things like traps, or attacking enemies because your attacks could end up missing or not doing as well as you hoped for.If you're not used to this type of game, it would probably be good to start out with one of the pre-made characters where all of the stats would be balanced instead of just choosing random ones that don't link together very well. However, I chose to make my own character and didn't feel like I was at any disadvantage, even not knowing all of the game mechanics very well at all, it's still a very thrilling adventure that you could spend hours and hours playing.
Panzer Battles North Africa 1941 by Wargame Design Studio Now that I have caught your attention, "...

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Panzer Battles North Africa 1941 by Wargame Design Studio
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Game screen showing terrain |
The Panzer Battles games are meant to be the midway games between John Tiller's 'Panzer Campaigns' and their 'Squad Battles' games. Much like Goldilocks, many of us wargamers have found a sweet spot in this third helping from WGS and JTS. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the other games. It is just the 'Panzer Battles' games are small enough at times to wet that whistle, and large enough at others for those cravings.
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Different Nationalities in the game |
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First Turn In One of The Heraklion Scenarios |
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First Turn In One of The Maleme Scenarios |
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First Turn Corinth Canal Scenario |
Look for a review of this game once it has been released. So as a wrap up, it has tons of scenarios, many that are meant to be played against the AI. The sound and visuals are up to today's standards, and you can make your own or fiddle to your heart's content with the scenarios it comes with. It also has campaigns or separate battles both large and small. To top it all off, it has scenarios from Crete!
This is a link to an article about terrain in NA 1941:
https://www.wargamedesignstudio.com/2018/11/01/north-africa-getting-started-terrain/
This is a link to an article about the Compass scenarios:
https://www.wargamedesignstudio.com/2018/10/18/north-africa-player-notes-operation-compass-scenarios/
This is a link to an article about the Italian forces in the game:
https://www.wargamedesignstudio.com/2018/09/28/north-africa-player-notes-the-italians/
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Overview Brass: Lancashire is the latest version of Martin Wallace's classic game set during the industrial revolution of ...

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Brass: Lancashire Deluxe Edition
Halfway through scoring the Canal Era |
Handy Player Boards |
Card Art Example |
Player tokens and flipped industries |
Halway through scoring the Rail Era |
Flourishes aplenty |
More please! |
App screenshot |
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