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Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« on: March 28, 2013, 05:38:43 pm »
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Inspired by the Christmas and Easter themed boards, I decided to make a themed board.

Kingdom: 

Scheme "Lancelot, Galahad, and I wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the French by surprise"
Hermit "There are some who call me... Tim?"
Bridge "Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see."
Death Cart "Bring out yer dead."
Feodum "We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes..."
Young Witch "I'm not a witch, I'm not a witch!"
Bane: Village "Burn her!"
Wandering Minstrel "Brave Sir Robin ran away, bravely ran away away."
Knights "I seek the bravest and the finest knights in the land who will join me in my court at Camelot."
Harem "We are but eight score young blondes and brunettes, all between 16 and 19-and-a-half."
Peddler "Yes, shrubberies are my trade. I am a shrubber... I arrange, design, and sell shrubberies."

I considered including Council Room, but on second thought, let's not go there.  It is a silly place.
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2013, 05:40:31 pm »
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I wanted to give you 2 more +1s, so I will have to go find some random posts of yours to respect.
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2013, 05:41:19 pm »
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I wanted to give you 2 more +1s, so I will have to go find some random posts of yours to respect.

This was worthy of +1, but you really think it's worthy of 5 +1s?
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2013, 06:00:51 pm »
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I wanted to give you 2 more +1s, so I will have to go find some random posts of yours to respect.

This was worthy of +1, but you really think it's worthy of 5 +1s?

Three shalt be the number of posts thou shall +1, and the number of the +1s shall be three. Four shalt thou not +1, neither +1 thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2013, 06:04:08 pm »
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I wanted to give you 2 more +1s, so I will have to go find some random posts of yours to respect.

This was worthy of +1, but you really think it's worthy of 5 +1s?

THREE SIR!
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2013, 06:40:34 pm »
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Another honorable mention:

Remodel "Build a Bridge out of her!"
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2013, 06:57:31 pm »
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Love this idea.    How about a MP themed mafia game????
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2013, 07:50:33 pm »
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YW slog?
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2013, 07:52:13 pm »
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I think there's potential for a Madman/Bridge megaturn, especially with Hermits trashing Curses and gaining Hermits/Villages/Bridges(after one Bridge is played).
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2013, 08:04:21 pm »
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I think there's potential for a Madman/Bridge megaturn, especially with Hermits trashing Curses and gaining Hermits/Villages/Bridges(after one Bridge is played).
I suppose. Open maybe Hermit/YW? Or maybe Bridge?
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2013, 08:13:15 pm »
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I would just ignore Young Witch and open either Hermit/Bridge or Hermit/Hermit.  Gain lots of Hermits, Bridges, Villages, maybe some Wandering Minstrels and Schemes.  Maybe spend some spare buys on Peddlers if Bridges aren't free yet.  And grab as many Madmen as you can.
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2013, 08:27:00 pm »
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Love this idea.    How about a MP themed mafia game????

I've been dedicating some spare brain power to a Monty Python Mafia game.  Not sure where I'm going with it yet.
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2013, 08:38:11 pm »
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...Shouldn't Roger the Shrubber be an Herbalist, though?
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2013, 08:43:15 pm »
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Love this idea.    How about a MP themed mafia game????

I've been dedicating some spare brain power to a Monty Python Mafia game.  Not sure where I'm going with it yet.


Hmm, i was working on one of these once!
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« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2013, 12:53:42 pm »
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #15 on: May 11, 2013, 06:06:46 pm »
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/necro


Cuz this is so awesome!
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2013, 04:37:55 pm »
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Not sure if this is you:

http://boardgamegeek.com/image/899053/halfstache?

Anyway, I had an alternate idea for Bring Out Your Dead which works kind of like it does in the movie:

Bring Out Your Dead!/He's Not Dead Yet!/He's Getting Better!

A single supply pile consists of 5 each of the three cards above, shuffled together into a single supply pile. All of them are action cards.

Bring Out Your Dead!
Cost: 2
+1 card
+1 action
Each player may trash a card from his or her hand

He's Not Dead Yet!
Cost: 3
+1 card
+1 action
Move a card of your choice from the trash pile to the Not Dead Yet pile.

He's Getting Better!
Cost: 5
+1 card
+1 action
Gain a card of your choice from the Not Dead Yet pile, putting it into your hand.
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2013, 04:41:09 pm »
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Not sure if this is you:

http://boardgamegeek.com/image/899053/halfstache?

Anyway, I had an alternate idea for Bring Out Your Dead which works kind of like it does in the movie:

Bring Out Your Dead!/He's Not Dead Yet!/He's Getting Better!

A single supply pile consists of 5 each of the three cards above, shuffled together into a single supply pile. All of them are action cards.

Bring Out Your Dead!
Cost: 2
+1 card
+1 action
Each player may trash a card from his or her hand

He's Not Dead Yet!
Cost: 3
+1 card
+1 action
Move a card of your choice from the trash pile to the Not Dead Yet pile.

He's Getting Better!
Cost: 5
+1 card
+1 action
Gain a card of your choice from the Not Dead Yet pile, putting it into your hand.

Neat, but the problem is, unlike Rogue and Graverobber, this doesn't offer a way to get good cards into the trash.
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2013, 04:44:23 pm »
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Oh, here's another:

Watery Tart
Action
Cost: 5
Gain a Sword from the Sword pile, (EDIT:) putting it into your hand.

Sword
(Not in the Kingdom supply)
Treasure
Cost: 0* (can't be bought or gained other than from Watery Tart)
+2 money
When you play this, you may gain a Victory card costing at most half of your current money. If you do so, return the Sword to the Sword pile.

EDIT: This one seems hard to balance... Tart cost could cost 6, or the Sword could just grant +1 coin. In the other direction, the Tart could have +1 action in combination with one of the other tweaks. Having to use the Sword's unique ability immediately prevents you from gaining 5 Duchies just from playing 5 in one turn, in any case. I'm a bit afraid that it would be way too weak if the Sword only gave +1 coin, so maybe Tart should just cost 6? idk, it looks like a very nuanced card to play well.

EDIT: It doesn't seem that strong, except in a mega-turn... For now, I'm having it cost 5 and put the Sword in hand.
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« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2013, 04:46:46 pm »
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Neat, but the problem is, unlike Rogue and Graverobber, this doesn't offer a way to get good cards into the trash.

At the very least, there is the possibility of filling the trash/Not Dead Yet pile with coppers and spamming He's Getting Better during a megaturn. I haven't playtested to see whether this works too well. It may rely on other TFB cards to really be a strong card generally, though.
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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Board
« Reply #21 on: August 30, 2013, 04:50:13 pm »
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Thanks for spoiling my Dark Ages submission to the treasure chest competition!

Joking of course.
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« Reply #22 on: August 30, 2013, 04:51:24 pm »
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Thanks for spoiling my Dark Ages submission to the treasure chest competition!

Ah, I wasn't trying to do that. I just Googled because I remembered this thread existing, and both pages came up on page 1.

EDIT: lulz
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« Reply #23 on: August 31, 2013, 11:28:30 pm »
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Neat, but the problem is, unlike Rogue and Graverobber, this doesn't offer a way to get good cards into the trash.

At the very least, there is the possibility of filling the trash/Not Dead Yet pile with coppers and spamming He's Getting Better during a megaturn. I haven't playtested to see whether this works too well. It may rely on other TFB cards to really be a strong card generally, though.

...also, if Rats is allowed to be in the game, then I think this card isn't out of line just because it might need enablers to work well.

(I'm not convinced that I put the costs right on the sequence, either, but that's a tricky one.)
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« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2013, 07:57:43 pm »
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This one's not from Holy Grail, but I had to... Basically a Band of Misfits variant.

Hungarian Phrasebook
Cost: 4
+1 card
Reveal an action card from your hand. Play the revealed card as if it were a copy of a differently-named action card in the supply having at most the same cost as the revealed card. If this is the second time you played Hungarian Phrasebook this turn, gain a Curse, putting it into your hand. If this is the third time you played Hungarian Phrasebook this turn, you may trash a Curse from your hand.

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