Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
May 30th, 2009, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,408
Re: Wave 9 Influence
I don't see why WotC's being forced to travel backward in time to alter the design of wave 9 should discourage us from admiring the gargantuan monolith of influence that we hard-core gamers here at...
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Forum: General
May 21st, 2009, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,153
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Forum: Heroscape Strategy Articles
May 21st, 2009, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,517
Re: Order Marker Observation...a solution.
This has never been an issue for me, as I have never played in tournaments. I've always considered OM placement fair game for analysis, though if the practice were to ever start bogging down the...
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Forum: General
May 21st, 2009, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,021
Re: Take that banana, Kirk Cameron!
QualiaSoup makes excellent informative videos. This is one of his best. Stylistically it would seem that the videos often owe much to Lawrence Lessig (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig),...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
May 20th, 2009, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 347
Views: 35,636
Re: Is Heroscape more luck or skill?
Though an unfortunate loss, I had mostly given up on being able to use OMs in this situation. If you have any idea how they might be preserved, please share. I haven't been able to come up with...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
May 19th, 2009, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 347
Views: 35,636
Re: Is Heroscape more luck or skill?
Yes, it's exhaustive, and maybe too much. As a tool, though, it's only redundant if I presume that everyone has the kind of map that allows a player to rotate viewing angles in 3D, or else is using a...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
May 19th, 2009, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 347
Views: 35,636
Re: Is Heroscape more luck or skill?
I for one completely agree. Even if a losing player thinks and feels "robbed by the dice", it's best not to make an issue of communicating this kind of disappointment repeatedly. Doing so only gives...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
May 19th, 2009, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 347
Views: 35,636
Re: Is Heroscape more luck or skill?
There are no convincing arguments for those who've already made up their minds, though demonstrations sometimes work.
So... As a kind of public thought experiment by way of demonstrating the...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
May 18th, 2009, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 347
Views: 35,636
Re: Is Heroscape more luck or skill?
It's all about understanding the contingencies that are involved and formulating priorities for addressing them. Without understanding this, it's easy to gloss over much of the cognitive heavy...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
May 18th, 2009, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 347
Views: 35,636
Re: Is Heroscape more luck or skill?
I always give credit to my opponent for winning, regardless of the circumstances leading to the win. If she wins on average more than I do, I also give her credit for being a better Heroscape player...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
May 18th, 2009, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 347
Views: 35,636
Re: Is Heroscape more luck or skill?
I like this metaphor. I like that it breaks influences down by internal vs. external, which I take to man those you can hope to control and those you cannot. The only quibble I might have is that...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
May 18th, 2009, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 347
Views: 35,636
Re: Is Heroscape more luck or skill?
It seems that all games, all competitions, all processes whose outcomes are governed by selective forces (e.g. evolution), are also subject to chance to different extents. Chance creeps into every...
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Forum: Other Games
December 2nd, 2007, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,850
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Forum: Other Games
December 2nd, 2007, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,850
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Forum: Other Games
December 2nd, 2007, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,850
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Forum: Other Games
December 1st, 2007, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,850
Ars Magica, or other RPG?
Apologies if this duplicates any thread, but I searched and came up with nothing.
I am having fun with the card-based game Dungeoneer (thanks putting it on my radar, Malechi!), and while...
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Forum: Official Units
November 29th, 2007, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,793
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Forum: Official Rules & FAQ's
November 27th, 2007, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,471
Riggler wrote:
Yes. This is the key...
Riggler wrote:
Yes. This is the key observation. If only TKN could continue stomping upon missing preceding attempts (w/ independent rolls), then his power would be well worth the cost.
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
November 20th, 2007, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,255
DeadZa wrote
Hmm. Well, it's true I've...
DeadZa wrote
Hmm. Well, it's true I've asked a share of genuinely silly questions in my life. In this case it might be that the question itself is worthy, though I may have botched the asking....
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
November 20th, 2007, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,255
jbbnbsmith wrote
More or less, that is...
jbbnbsmith wrote
More or less, that is exactly what happened. However, the record-giver and I were only associated through a mutual third friend, and because they were closer, the record-giver...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
November 20th, 2007, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,255
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
November 19th, 2007, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,255
Why leave Heroscape?
Not infrequently, as I am browsing ebay for Heroscape booty, I stumble across a seller who is offering up an entire collection, either as one large lot or broken up into smaller auctions. Some of...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
November 18th, 2007, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,072
Three words: I whole-heartedly agree. (Do...
Three words: I whole-heartedly agree. (Do hyphenated words count as one or two?)
Actually, the elven scenarios described here sound intriguing to me as well. Though, I think such a landscape...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
November 16th, 2007, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,007
Hi. Thanks to you, too, for the references. I...
Hi. Thanks to you, too, for the references. I have begun lurking at several similar venues.
If you would be so kind as to begin a thread on the 'Other Games' forum, or if there is an existing...
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Forum: HeroScape General Discussion
November 15th, 2007, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,007
Thank you for the link. I'll check it out. In...
Thank you for the link. I'll check it out. In fact, I must add it to my growing list of references scoured mostly from the 'Other Games' thread on this forum. I see there is much more to choose...
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