u/TheMightyGabriel

Howdy fellow gamers,

I'm an avid semi-heavy - heavy gamer (TI4, Gloomhaven, Arcs...) and am debating on getting TMB or not. Base game's damn expensive, and so are the expansions!

I have acquired Fate of the Fellowship recently which I like for the theme and artwork, but I find the playstyle rather limited and no that challenging/fun. My friends and I end up playing on maximum difficulty and losing or winning seem pretty luck-based (bad movement draws, or bad combat/hunt rolls). I like the game for sure and I like putting it at the table for my mid-heavy gamer friends, but I had much more fun cracking Gloomhaven puzzles. FotF is not that complicated of a game and quarterbacking seems inevitable. Gloomhaven was too complex for a single player to quarterback and collaboration was lovely.

Hence my question on TMB. I havent gone through the rules (obviously) but it seems fairly heavy in terms of replayability and puzzle cracking. I'm looking for a non-campaign game that feels heavy and unique in game mechanics. Is this the game I'm looking for?

Thanks in advance for the help

Il y a tout le temps de délais. Il s’arrête trop longtemps à chaque arrêt. Tout le temps des problèmes. Il est sensé être récent flambant neuf mais le A est beaucoup plus fiable. Infernal

How is construction queue decided? How random is it? In laissez-faire, am I supposed to simply focus on development buildings?

I know this will come off as a bore, but I feel this game is super hard to min/max compared to EU4 or HOI3? Is it just me?

I feel like most decisions I make have vague and nebulous consequences. Like the number of radicals and how that interacts with revolutions. Or how they relate to interest groups and pops. The broad lines I can picture but coming from EU4 I need the "Diplo reputation +1 equates +5 willingness for alliance" and I just cant find that kind of stuff anywhere.

There just seems like theres enormous (obscene?) amounts of interlocked variables. Like, when I increase construction my budget takes a hit - logical. I then build loads of iron mines and woodcutting thingies to balance it out. Pops should get more jobs and more money and should theoretically be happy while GDP should go up? Yet thats when I get massive amounts of radicals and SoL plummets and GDP remains stable. I suspect something else is happening but I cant figure out what.

So confusing. I can never seem to actually get good at this game. Maybe it’s because I always try playing France (am French) and it’s not that easy of a country? Also since launch they periodically change half the mechanics which is extremely confusing.

Where to begin? What am I not getting?

Thanks for reading me

Howdy,

I'm looking for a France-based TI4 Discord server. Feeling cute, might want to check on organizing tournaments.

Thanks

Bonjour,

Savez-vous s'il existe un discord français de TI4 ?

J'aimerai m'investir dans la communauté.

D'avance merci

I wish we had a team that played like yours.

Amazing defensive skills and impeccable organization. Insane grit in any duel or challenge. The combinations and coordination is simply world class. Discipline, ball touching skills, just felt like our team was outclassed!

A well deserved game. Good luck in the finals

Bravo a la Roja!

For people who have both, which one do you recommend, and why? Why are people going for one or the other?

Thanks in advance

La géopo est partout maintenant. On l’invoque à toutes les sauces et le mot fait très savant. Cependant il a remplacé les termes "relations internationales" et c’est vraiment problématique.

Le terme "géopolitique" doit permettre une grille de lecture qui allie géographie et politique. Les ressources, la topographie, les dynamiques sur le terrain entre différents espaces et nations.

Il ne peut pas remplacer les termes de "relations internationales" qui eux parlent de relations diplomatiques entre états.

On peut argumenter que le terme de "géopolitique" englobe les relations internationales. On pourrait aussi argumenter qu’il est par conséquent moins précis et est devenu un terme valise qui fait savant. S’il englobe en plus l’histoire, l’anthropologie, la sociologie... il ne veut plus rien dire.