AFK || Ironwood

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 loufghyslaufey: 1v1?
 baltimore_667083: hi Ben! hi James!
 Strebenherz:   
 adept_nekomancer: A quiet evening board game
 Despoiler98:    HOOLIGANIS
 PMAvers: Between Ben and Paul, and James is here too
 kusinohki: 2 hooligans is enough
KWardJenx: Finally, a serious evening with serious people.
 loufghyslaufey:   The House Demon, apparently 
 Dread_Pirate_Westley: Hawkeye is a bow guy.
 raulghoulia: Hawkeye vs Ironman
 Shparky2197: Should be good. I'm exercising my brain by trying to write a private review of a book I've been reading. It'll be great to hang out here while doing that
 loufghyslaufey: Doctor Doom.... S O O N   
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 TheWriterAleph: had me going 
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Oh James.
 Despoiler98: nice segway
 Despoiler98: nice
 saucemaster5000: th...thank you?
GrathXVI: well, LRR can kiss that Marvel sponsorship goodbye
 lamina5432: thank??
 loufghyslaufey:  will develop a RDJ Complex to betray everyone in the Moonbase...!
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i don't understand this feature
 kusinohki: no countdown to doom??
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 MaladyDark: A F K
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 Getter404: We're all in Big Iger's pocket!
 Dog_of_Myth: 
   LoadingReadyRun: Disney says we're ok!
 Shparky2197: I don't think you can promise that, Ben
 Strebenherz:   
 James_the_Dabbler: LMAO
 Dread_Pirate_Westley: WotC let you keep some of the rights. I don't think Disney would.
   Anubis169: Ben, look forward to having to deal with the Disney Standards & Practices Department for all future in-stream jokes 
 Dog_of_Myth: So James in now a Disney princess then?
Cheese_Hammer: Could be the new slogan. Loading Ready Run: Disney-approved
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 loufghyslaufey: Too soon, 
 Despoiler98: neat map
   Anubis169: oooo
 kynelwynn: Seems Root adjacent
 Singenmeister: @Dog_of_Myth if he’s not then Beej has to be.
  Juliamon: some sort of plant-based material
 loufghyslaufey: Doctor Turner, yEEt the "Clad!"
Cheese_Hammer: James denies that he's got wood
 Tz_BG: Board reminds me of the Root board
   Anubis169: 
 Nigouki: wait a minute, this is just grimdark ROOT
 HadesLeprechaun: I have to agree with SUSD though, while metal game pieces are super cool, poker chips are still the best game piece, such as in the game War Chest
 glitched_goddess: you’re not touching so you’re…out of touch?
 loufghyslaufey: "Wool Boy" when, game!?
 loufghyslaufey: A magic system based around Wool, chat
 JoeKim: look at these gamers
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 loufghyslaufey: Card game without  Count: 2!
   LoadingReadyRun:  I have seen this game compared to ROOT. It does have a similar vibe, but the gameplay is quite different
 rosesmcgee: They barely improved on "cards" since the invention of the clay tablet. Cards are a very efficient way to convey information.
 loufghyslaufey: Which isn't alot, but astounded that it's happened at least twice    
 loufghyslaufey: *or astounding
   LoadingReadyRun: @rosesmcgee I do find the number of videogames that still use cards to be pretty interesting. It's just a useful gameplay mechanic
 tehfewl: Wait, James isn't the one digging a hole?
 Dog_of_Myth: @tehfewl On brand
 Getter404: It almost sounds like you're playing two solo games in parallel with little interaction, hopefully it doesn't pan out like that
 kusinohki: I'm waiting for the "shifter" cards star wars had.  cards that can change text during the game...
 loufghyslaufey: @tehfewl No. He'd have to take a "sand shower" first? Or so I've heard.
 Tz_BG: Is there a hand limit?
 loufghyslaufey: @Tz_BG Sounds like a hand limit...+
 loufghyslaufey: Hand limit+? Right?
 Tz_BG: @loufghyslaufey Ben answered - limit is 8
 loufghyslaufey: I know. I just meant in in contrast with other games
 Getter404: Turn 1: I choose Violence
 Tz_BG: James' card had a third line? Did that only matter if he won?
 loufghyslaufey: The lowest I've played to start with is 6
 KeytarCat: @Tz_BG looked like that to me
 Getter404: That is the "mmm-hmm" of someone who absolutely wants to kill that drill
 Tz_BG: @KeytarCat Thanks. My eyes aren't what they used to be so can't read the text.
 Getter404: Oh dip, it's a Siren Song
   LoadingReadyRun: Ben's playing one of those drill mining games like Motherload or DigDigDrill. Drill for resources and then go back to the surface to unload
 Dog_of_Myth: Shifts done
 Getter404: "Calling in sick, woods too spooky."
 Getter404: I'm like 80% sold already, need to see if this has a Solo mode
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   LoadingReadyRun: @Getter404 I believe it does!
 PMAvers: Thankfully it goes both ways, can't be attacked in the Outer Forest as well.
 Tz_BG: @Getter404 According to BGG, it does
 Dog_of_Myth: @Getter404 It does
 Getter404: Oooooh
 Getter404: Oh damn this is the Voidfall publisher? Yet another one that's been on my to do list
   LoadingReadyRun: FYI, here's the rulebook: https://mindclashgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ironwood-rulebook-websafe.pdf
 Getter404: Wood Bot, I loved that episode of Futurama
 KeytarCat: Yeah, screw cities!
 PMAvers: It *is* neat that the Drill has to move to mountain spaces that don't have a forge on it to advance it's track, so you can't just move it in relative safety. You've gotta go out and expand.
 KeytarCat: @PMAvers Oh no it's colonialism! Why didn't someone tell me! 
 KeytarCat: that's a good mechanical method for the theme, I like that
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 Getter404: Stopped listening at "James wins." GGs all, woohoo!
CuteTeaGoat: no one wants oxidized totems
 kynelwynn: Blood bowl handoff
 Getter404: Hobby-grade FPS
 PMAvers: Also it's kinda neat that the number of units doesn't matter for doing damage, it's just off the card you choose and any bonuses you get from things like Golems.
 KeytarCat: [Situation report voice] The totem became oxidized at an alarming rate, sir
 PMAvers: Units give domination
 Mr_Bitterness: Nope, only Golems add to damage directly
 e_bloc: learning
 RatherLargeToad: Oops!  All dead!
 e_bloc: mutually assured destructioon
 PMAvers: Yeah, Golems are the Iron's special units, they give +1 damage and has to take two damage to be destroyed.
 calculated_uncertainties: 100 1 1 1
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woot
 Mr_Bitterness: If you're attacking an undefended drill, for example
 Getter404: Is there an undefended city bonus like in Root?
 Getter404: Ah
 PMAvers: Remember Ferrum has a Forge, so you do get +1 damage there
 Transmuted_Elf: wait doesnt the initial card add tot he attack value?
 Mr_Bitterness: @Transmuted_Elf The card is the entire attack value, plus things like Forges and Golems
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 Mr_Bitterness: Love how the wood team has wood pieces and the metal team has metal ones
 e_bloc: 
 SkylerRingtail: But how does it fit...Back In the Box?
 HadesLeprechaun: art and design is such an important part of board games, it can really elevate an otherwise medium game (not saying this is medium)
 e_bloc: yeah definitely don't google mr. woodman
   LoadingReadyRun:  I wonder if the developers made sure they could source the metal and wood tokens before they did the game theming
 Tz_BG: The wood boys can only move once per round or once per card?
 e_bloc: yup
 Dog_of_Myth: Yep
 HadesLeprechaun: I follow similar things in D&D, "we are arguing about this rules interaction, I, the DM, will let you do it, we'll talk about how it works after we're done playing"
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 KeytarCat: I thought I was playing a co-op game last week for like half of it
 Getter404: We've discovered the Woodwalker's income: Stealing the Iron Mans' income!
 e_bloc: my mtg group is super casual, my friend played a dockside extortionist he opened in avatar and I was like yeah so that's banned but I don't really care as long as you're not doing anything absurd with it
 KeytarCat: ferrun like ferrous hehehe
 Tz_BG: Forge bonus damage?
 e_bloc: have you tried cheating
 HadesLeprechaun: sounds like Lorwyn
 saucemaster5000: e_bloc makes a good point
Gadora: Does the drill get smashed? Not that I think it would matter, but just for understanding.
 e_bloc: just throwing it out there
 lamina5432: feels like princess mononoke the boardgame
 KeytarCat: right?  so mononoke!
ChargingFurret: we're going to smash the drill for morale reasons
 Getter404: They got to paint a rude graffiti on it
  SmithKurosaki: 2 person game?
Gadora: I didn't think it did anything, but I wanted to understand the drill destruction.
 Mr_Bitterness: @SmithKurosaki Also a solo mode versus a bot player
 e_bloc: who doesn't like siezing the means of destruction
   LoadingReadyRun: @Gadora good catch!
  SmithKurosaki: @Mr_Bitterness Neat!
 e_bloc: major tom to mind control
 Getter404: Wood Pilled
ChargingFurret: "we don't use money (except to bribe the people who do use money)"
 ladyjessica: break?
jibkat: dance
 e_bloc: engineered plague
 HadesLeprechaun: in Magic, you might concede and go to game 2, depending on exactly how unwinnable it looks! But I don't know how fast this game is supposed to go, yet
 HadesLeprechaun: you also had the whole rules explanation and intro
 HadesLeprechaun: it's only been like 40 mins
 TheWriterAleph: chicken jockey 
 HadesLeprechaun: I am merely selfishly wondering about the possibility of 3 games vs 2 games tonight, ahah
 HadesLeprechaun: but playing a whole game out is probably best
 saucemaster5000: You don't get to tell me when and where to pee
 Territan: Yeah! I'm going to go right here! ...
 HadesLeprechaun: I do like a good, moderately involved 2p games, most of the ones I've encountered are like, War of the Ring which is 6 hours, and Jaipur, which is 30 mins
 Sethalidos: i notice you didn't say how
 saucemaster5000: I said what I said
CuteTeaGoat: Thought combat seemed a little odd, so was looking at the manual.  It's mostly right, *but*, the winner of the combat can force the defeated warband to retreat to an adjacent location, but can't split them up.
CuteTeaGoat: yeah, just seemed very difficult not to stalemate as it was
 ThorSokar: *boston accent* that sounds like a *you* problem dere' boss!
 e_bloc: just flaunting your big pile of crystals in front of Ben
CuteTeaGoat: well if you let the elves get their totem they'll leave 
 ThorSokar: so are they cannons loaded with dragon's breath?
CuteTeaGoat: ah, the volcano cannons of dwarf fortress fame
 Mr_Bitterness: That was a single angry elf
 e_bloc: look with your special card
 Getter404: "We have successfully drawn a SECOND penis on your drill. In permanent ink."
 ThorSokar: *boston accent* looks like *you're* short again 'dere boss!
CuteTeaGoat: why bother digging up all these crystals when these iron goobers can do all the work for you?
 MungoDude: hi Ben, hi James, hi chat
 MungoDude: 
   LoadingReadyRun: I like that in the "Victory Conditions" section for both factions there is a callout that says "You win if your opponent surrenders"
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 e_bloc: Ben only pawn in game of life
 Mr_Bitterness: Iron has better economy innately, so they should make more soldiers; James's two very timely successful raids on Ferrum been huge.
 e_bloc: move to sadness phase
 SkylerRingtail: Me neither, Ben. Me neither
   LoadingReadyRun: @SkylerRingtail Have you tried a Golem?
 drewm1022: @Mr_Bitterness I've probably asked you this before, but is your name a Soul Coughing reference?
 Lysander_salamander: hello everyone
 Lysander_salamander: oh, that's a fancy-looking map
 Mr_Bitterness: @drewm1022 It very much is! Glad every time someone recognizes it. 
 drewm1022: @Mr_Bitterness Hell yeah brother.  Ruby Vroom is one of my fav albums. 
 e_bloc: General Sabu over here
  Juliamon: That's two Mr chat members that are band references
  Juliamon: now we need a Mr_Brightside or Mr_Tillman
 Mr_Bitterness: @drewm1022 I enjoy all 3 of their albums, but yeah I think Ruby Vroom is the best. They've even reunited and are touring again, which I never expected to happen ever.
 drewm1022: @Mr_Bitterness I saw Mike Doughty touring solo years ago.  There was a dude I knew who kept talking at the show and Mike stopped mid-song and said to him "Hey.  Do I come to your place of work and knock the dick out of your mouth?"  
 e_bloc: well, I will
 e_bloc: a pyrhhic victory
DrunkenWarBee: fade the totem?
 Transmuted_Elf: totem fades
 e_bloc: denver
 Getter404: I feel like the woods player should have a sand timer or something or otherwise this card is an Insta-Win late game
 e_bloc: house rule do what feels good
 e_bloc: if your ironwood lasts more than four hours please consult a physician
 Getter404: Ben, would you like to concede on behalf of all colonizers?
 letsbelgo: reading
 Getter404: Reading the card explains the caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard
 Nigouki: surely there's some cereal in the office
 MungoDude: tacos followed by icream?
 saucemaster5000: Two bowls? We can pay you guys more, man
 Getter404: But what does Pot of Cereal *do*?
 tehfewl: coffee mug of cereal
 e_bloc: alright time to send a thousand bowls to mail time
  Pharmacistjudge: if only value village didn't have a huge assortment of random bowls
 e_bloc: but not everyone truly lives
   LoadingReadyRun: The weird thing is that I'm pretty sure we had more bowls. I don't know where they went 
 saucemaster5000: bowl gremlins
 Mr_Bitterness: Why does Ben lose his guys? Didn't James have 0 attack?
 e_bloc: did we trade it some bowls to bolster the tarp budget
 HadesLeprechaun: doesn't look like we're getting a game 2, so might as well play it out
 Mai_Andra: *bowlster
 Nigouki: @LoadingReadyRun presumably the same place as the forks?
  Juliamon: somewhere in the moonbase there are some bowls holding a handful of small screws
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 saucemaster5000: Goes to Ian's house, see a suspiciously large amount of bowls for sorting ingredients....
  Juliamon: if it's anything like my house
 Nigouki: Garagellenium 2026 - Restocking the Moonbase Kitchen
 MungoDude: 
 Mr_Bitterness: The Iron can play super defensive, but if they don't spread out a little, the Woods can just grab their totems unopposed.
 Tiber727: "What if we didn't include rules for niche situations in a rule book! Surely the players will love you for it!"
 UnknownFriday: Now you need to play Trickerion, another game by Mindclash. (This is a joke, it'd very likely last longer than a stream slot)
 e_bloc: no plan is foolproof given an experienced enough fool
 Tiber727: Players love stopping play to search the internet!
 Getter404: More of a Plano guy?
 62MGcobra: oh impromptu "Back in the box"
 Getter404: Aw, still no Long Game?
 Mai_Andra: I have heard the phrase "heads-up game" at least four times tonight.  I have never heard that phrase before tonight...
 HadesLeprechaun: it's real good!
  Juliamon: Getter404 Check back next month
 chaos5896: Alex's games have been fun. this and stalker
  Juliamon: I love a FNPF with a prerecord
 Mai_Andra: One extra bag to hold all the extra baggies.
 Getter404: @Mai_Andra So... a backpack?
  Juliamon: Clearly it needs a GOTY edition
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 Mr_Bitterness: Thanks everyone!
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 Nigouki: Thanks for the stream!
 tehfewl: invoice LRR a taco, got it
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