Claustrophobia

[Land-based AE]

Just heard about this game. It looks really cool but it also looks very much like Space Hulk (as in, maybe too much like SH if I already own SH).

What does everyone else think?

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36932/claustrophobia

[InfinityMax]

It's got some of the same features as Space Hulk, with the moving-through-tight-quarters and quality-vs-quantity. But it is definitely not Space Hulk. It's far less complicated, and moves ludicrously fast. The theme is definitely fantasy, not sci-fi.

The coolest features are the way you assign scores at the top of each round, so that the demon player can make his troglodytes faster for one turn, or meaner, or tougher. The human player can customize each of his fighters every turn, so if the brute needs to be a bad-ass for one turn, he can beef up his combat, and if he needs to be a meat shield, he can push his defense. The special powers are great, and really well implemented.

It is extremely luck-heavy, and while it definitely feels like a dungeon crawl, it doesn't feel all that much like a trip through Hell's underground. But the pre-painted minis are sweet, and the art is amazing.

I recommend the heck out of it. It's one I won't be trading away any time soon.

[Drumline3469]

I really wanted to grab this one, but I just never get a chance to play 2-p games... And with Space Hulk, Memoir 44, Lost Cities and others, I just don't see this getting much table time. It looks like a nice mesh up of Betrayal and Space Hulk... Billtog and I were both looking at this pretty seriously.

[A_Train]

I had considered it, but I wasn't overly sold on the rolling dice for stats everyturn. It also seemed to fill the same niche as Space Hulk. Fantasy is much more my interest than Sci-Fi, and had I heard of Claustrophobia before Space Hulk, I may have went with Claustophobia. But as it is now, I don't have the money to purchase two games that seem so similar. Fortunately it is not a limited release as Space Hulk was, so maybe when I've grown a little bored with Hulk, I'll give this one a whirl.

[Land-based AE]

What are the terrain mats made of? Are they heavy duty (like Space Hulk) or thin like a poster or an At-43 mat?

[InfinityMax]

What are the terrain mats made of? Are they heavy duty (like Space Hulk) or thin like a poster or an At-43 mat?
They are very thick cardstock. They're not embossed, but the game also doesn't cost $100.

[Onacara]

What are the terrain mats made of? Are they heavy duty (like Space Hulk) or thin like a poster or an At-43 mat?
They are very thick cardstock. They're not embossed, but the game also doesn't cost $100.


$44 at CoolStuffInc..right now.

Must resist.......ah who am I kidding?

[Jim]

$44 at CoolStuffInc..right now.

Must resist.......ah who am I kidding?
While you're there, buy another one and have it shipped to me. It'll still cost you less than Space Hulk...

:D

[Onacara]

$44 at CoolStuffInc..right now.

Must resist.......ah who am I kidding?
While you're there, buy another one and have it shipped to me. It'll still cost you less than Space Hulk...

:D

Can I blame you when my wife divorces me?

More importantly...can I sleep on your couch when she divorces me?

Hey wait...if I am on the couch then I will get invited to Game Night at Jim's house :ponder:

[Gabbi]

I was really attracted by this game, and I wanted to purchase it as soon as released. but when I downloaded the manual I discovered that the miniatures included in the game (17, if I remember correctly), are of 5 different sculpts only. this has cooled me down a bit. this, and the fact that at the moment I would be able to get it in French only, a language that I cannot read well as English.
I still want this game, but I'm waiting to read more reviews (until now, all pretty good) and maybe to find it at a good price :)

[nyys]

Here's an introduction by the designer (subtitled in English).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPRPU8nDriM&feature=related

Yeah, another dungeon crawl, but I want it anyway...

[Land-based AE]

I was really attracted by this game, and I wanted to purchase it as soon as released. but when I downloaded the manual I discovered that the miniatures included in the game (17, if I remember correctly), are of 5 different sculpts only. this has cooled me down a bit. this, and the fact that at the moment I would be able to get it in French only, a language that I cannot read well as English.
I still want this game, but I'm waiting to read more reviews (until now, all pretty good) and maybe to find it at a good price :)


This kind of sums up my hesitation with this as well. I cooled on it a bit when I found out all five humans are really only three different sculpts. I think I'm going to wait and see if the price drops significantly or if they release expansions.

[Onacara]

Anyone else who has this game wish they had made smaller room tiles and included twice as many?

Don't get me wrong I love the game design and mechanics but the room tiles are HUGE.

[rym]

I know I'm necroing this thread, but so what, it seems relevant. I just recently got to play this for the first time and I've got a (few) question(s) that the rules don't seem to clearly detail, and I cannot find in the FAQ (which is really a detailed errata sheet, anyway).

Are the Troglydytes able to attack anyone they choose in the room? And are the Trogs able to attack anyone they choose in the passageways/hallways?

After playing, (my friend's copy, I don't own it yet), I downloaded the rules and see that the Brute's (Bodyguard) description says he blocks the passageway, so my assumption was that the Trogs had to attack him (the Brute) if he was in the lead in a passageway. Is this the case? Or can they choose whom to attack?

And what about whoever's in the rear? Must the Trog attack them (assuming it's not a Brute), or can they choose?

Thanks in advance for any help. ;)

[tom]

Don't have the rules with me now, but I am pretty sure the trogs can attack any hero on the same tile. The Brutes BODYGUARD ability allows him to take the damage from a successful attack against another human figure if the human player chooses. His IMPRESSIVE ability prevent trogs from leaving the tile he is on. Hope that helps.

[wdgrant]

Yep, I second what tom said, even though I don't have the rulebook with me either.

[B:T:L Matt]

Anyone else who has this game wish they had made smaller room tiles and included twice as many?

Don't get me wrong I love the game design and mechanics but the room tiles are HUGE.

I agree about the tiles being huge... it fills up table space real fast.

As for the ones reserved on buying the game because of a lack of variation on minis, don't let that stop you. The game is fun and has a great style in regard to play mechanics.