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The Dresden Files => DF Card Game => Topic started by: Troy on March 19, 2017, 02:13:16 AM

Title: Our First Game
Post by: Troy on March 19, 2017, 02:13:16 AM
I got my cards a few weeks ago and finally got a chance to sit down and play with two of my daughters (ages 11 & 8). They were a little frustrated because it took us so long to get going because I had the rules in hand and was doing everything step by step. That's mostly my thing: in every game I keep the rules on hand to make sure we're playing right until we get the hang of it.

We picked our characters. I was Harry, my 8-year-old was Murphy and my 11-year-old was Billy & Georgia. STORM FRONT was awesome and our cards were laid out in an almost chronological order. One of our rows was just Foes and Obstacles. The other row was Cases and Advantages, with our Range 6 Foe being The Shadow Man. Once we got the hang of things and the feel for what our characters could do, the girls really enjoyed it. Billy & Georgia were our heavy hitters, able to take out Foes left and right. Murphy was invaluable as an investigator for our Cases and as a means for us to draw new cards. My hand for Harry was mostly attacks and overcomes... and I didn't get the chance to investigate until the very end of the game.

My daughters' final verdict: It was fun and we're going to play again!

Also, I'm pretty sure we played on wrong and I want to take another crack at it.

I have a question though: Why is it important to have the characters' turn order randomized? The instructions say hand out the character decks randomly, or if we choose our characters, randomize the seating order. Why does that matter?
Title: Re: Our First Game
Post by: Aminar on March 19, 2017, 02:50:04 AM
It's a lot of fun. Glad your kids enjoyed it.
Title: Re: Our First Game
Post by: Mr. Death on March 20, 2017, 07:59:59 PM
I have a question though: Why is it important to have the characters' turn order randomized? The instructions say hand out the character decks randomly, or if we choose our characters, randomize the seating order. Why does that matter?
Yeah, I don't get that early. Or the prohibition against discussing what's in your hand.
Title: Re: Our First Game
Post by: Rasins on March 21, 2017, 03:50:41 PM
Sounds like you all had a lot of fun.

I can't wait to get mine now.
Title: Re: Our First Game
Post by: Aminar on March 22, 2017, 02:26:43 AM
Yeah, I don't get that early. Or the prohibition against discussing what's in your hand.
The hand prohibition is to prevent one strong willed gamer from dominating every choice in the game. (Like I absolutely would.)
Title: Re: Our First Game
Post by: Tami Seven on March 28, 2017, 07:44:36 PM
Just received my game box plus two plastic envelopes containing extra cards. I somehow thought there would be more extra cards, unless they are inside the box. Haven't opened it yet.
Title: Re: Our First Game
Post by: Mr. Death on March 29, 2017, 01:16:40 PM
Just received my game box plus two plastic envelopes containing extra cards. I somehow thought there would be more extra cards, unless they are inside the box. Haven't opened it yet.
Yeah, that's all of it -- I was surprised, too. I was thinking something like Sentinels of the Multiverse, where each hero is 40 cards, so I was expecting a much bigger package.

We played our first couple games last night (lost to Storm Front, whipped Fool Moon). It's fun, but man, a bad opening draw can just screw you over.
Title: Re: Our First Game
Post by: Aminar on March 29, 2017, 01:21:51 PM
Yeah, that's all of it -- I was surprised, too. I was thinking something like Sentinels of the Multiverse, where each hero is 40 cards, so I was expecting a much bigger package.

We played our first couple games last night (lost to Storm Front, whipped Fool Moon). It's fun, but man, a bad opening draw can just screw you over.
Those are my favorite games. The ones that look hopeless but somehow you pull through(or almost pull through) at the end.
Title: Re: Our First Game
Post by: Quantus on March 29, 2017, 01:52:40 PM
Got mine, then decided it's too beautiful to play with unprotected, so I ordered some card protectors.  Now just waiting for the gaming group's schedules to align!
Title: Re: Our First Game
Post by: Mr. Death on March 29, 2017, 02:32:21 PM
Those are my favorite games. The ones that look hopeless but somehow you pull through(or almost pull through) at the end.
Well, we didn't have those games -- Fool Moon we actually beat pretty soundly by focusing on everyone but the Loup-Garou cards.

Storm Front we realized half-way through that we just didn't have enough Attack cards to take out the Foes (a couple bad rolls didn't help, either -- having Sanya's Kalashnikov do 2 hits instead of 4 or 6 is painful).
Title: Re: Our First Game
Post by: Rasins on March 29, 2017, 05:54:26 PM
I finally got mine in.  I can't wait to open it and roll around in my cards ...


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