Comments on: DowntimeTown Episode 6: Chaos In The Old World

By: Grumlin

Grumlin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:44:44 +0000

Just played this for the first time – very impressive. I think that maybe Nurgle has a slight advantage overall…….

By: WarWhore

WarWhore — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:25:11 +0000

Robert… your reviews are starting to cost me a bit of money. I picked up CitOW this week and got a chance to play last night. We played 3 three-player games in less than 5 hours. What a blast! We then played democratically played the missing 4th player, trying to play his role as best as possible. It took a bit longer, but I can’t believe how much fun we’ve had playing this game. I can’t wait to play again!

My only real gripe with this game are the figures, the minions of each Chaos god. I had expected better quality.

While I can understand someone being underwhelmed with the game at first, Robert makes a legitimate counter-point that the game “benefits hugely from player experience”. The first time I played Khorne… I screwed up and had tried to play him more like Nurgle (who I had played a couple times previously). Each players cards are different and the more familiar I became with them, my strategies started to change.

Incredible game. I’m very satisfied with my purchase!

By: Nanni

Nanni — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:00:44 +0000

You rock, man.

By: Lars

Lars — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:57:08 +0000

Friend grabbed CitOW at a store after reading this review and we had a game yesterday, even got it reasonably right ruleswise (I think).

In short, we had a blast, Slaanesh won via dial though Nurgle reached 50 VP the same turn, all in all 7 turns were played and Bretonnia, Estalia and Tilea ruined by the dark powers.

Rules are straightforward, we even had a (non-nerd) wife play Khorne since we could not get four of the old-time Warhammer players together yesterday, and it worked with the Bloodthirster keeping the rest of us out of the Empire most of the time… so all said and done a fun game for the all of the family!

By: Chaos In The Old World « Quinns

Chaos In The Old World « Quinns — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:20:57 +0000

[...] boardgame caught my attention when Rab said on DowntimeTown that it might be the best boardgame he’s ever played. I like Rab a lot, so if [...]

By: Graham

Graham — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:53:36 +0000

Excellent review. This looks like it rocks. Um… except you’ve just convinced me to spend some more of my hard earned money on yet another boardgame. The wife will be so delighted…

By: Grumlin

Grumlin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:40:12 +0000

so – it is any good with less than four players? Like some others here, I am a fair way away from my normal gaming gang (er…..10,000 miles) and so can’t get the magic 4. Two maybe, three if I am lucky…

By: Nullh

Nullh — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:22:40 +0000

Picked this up this weekend and I’ve only played through a game on my own, like the sad act I am, but it looks like this could be something good. Roll on the weekend for a crack at this and forcing as many people to play Space Hulk as possible.

One complaint about CitOW, all the minis are a bit deformed. I’ve not got a single straight cultist pole (snicker), and my Bloodthirster falls over because of a warped base. Doesn’t stop the game being good though.

By: Universal Head

Universal Head — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:37:42 +0000

Yeah, I can really see that. It’s just a matter of having the time and players. If it could play 2 player, I’d have the chance to explore all the possibilities, but 4 player games are harder to get happening – especially with the *same* players.

Slaanesh does seem to be the easy win for beginners. Since we didn’t really know what was happening, our Slaanesh player just happily sat in several areas with Noble tokens, moving his dial up at ligntning speed!

And I really must mention those *ridiculously* fragile Cultist figures. What were they thinking!

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:58:50 +0000

UH, it’s definitely a game that benefits hugely from player experience. I don’t see that as a negative, though. Too many games these days actually start to fade as players get used to the loadouts and strategies. With Chaos, you can see that with regular players learning their characters’ strengths and weaknesses, the game’s only going to tighten up and become more dramatic.

Having said that, I sat down with a first time player last night and she rolled over the top of everyone else. I told her (Joanne) to have a look over Tzeentch’s cards first to get an idea of what she might end up with in her hand. Of the more experienced players, two of us played poorly. I certainly did. I was Khorne and I focused too much on pinning Slaanesh back from his dial advancement, while Nurgle and Tzeentch ran unchecked. I knew exactly why I lost. Nothing to do with luck, or bad draws, or bad rolls. All to do with bad player.

If any game is worth trying to pin down a regular group for, it’s this one. Hang onto those glimmers of greatness you saw – that’s the true face of Chaos in the Old World. Hopefully you’ll drop back in and let me know how it went with a few more plays under your belt.