I tried to play a classic game with the new board and I found it far less than thrilling. 99% of the games I played were classic, (the other 1% was because I didn't understand what I was doing my first game) If they came up with some sort of geography with the exact same configuration I'd probably ...

Well, one difference is you don't always want to attack every turn in the beggining of the game. You want the sets to go up before you have to trade in. Then, you want to try and get a combo, A.K.A., you have 5 cards, you trade in for 30 armies. You knock off a player with 5 cards and you trade ...

In games that have an element of chance in them you have got to learn to deal with runs of bad luck. They will happen for as long as you play the game. It's an easy thing to say but it is a very hard thing to do!

Ways that help me to deal with bad luck

1 Remind yourself that short term results ...

gethine wrote:

MingFromMongo wrote:but I did get a little overly aggressive

this is a bad thing?

Not for my opponents.

Omigod... like totally takes me back... Seriously.. in 1981 I got my hands on a couple "Trash 80" TRS-80, model 3's. They had no Radio Shack markings as it was one of the computers Beckman Instruments provided to hospitals to run thier medical diagnostics,,, statute of limitations allows me to ...

Is there anyway we can have a "blurb" put in thats a "must read" for newbies? Something explaining the implications of joining games you don't understand, or aren't ready for.....and what happens to your reputation when you deadbeat? It's great to see the site growing so fast, but I'm getting to ...