EVE General Discussion

Glad you think it was the most worthwhile investment. I too enjoy board games that cost over a hundred dollars.

I am sorry that you appear to have received a defective CE containing only the board game. I recommend contacting the vendor immediately to obtain the missing items.

Apparently so but I got mine yesterday afternoon lol.

Nice, i'd been looking for a more detailed explanation of the rules somewhere, so thanks for giving me a little snippet of what the game is about.

Daaaaaaaaaamn that snarky comment backfired. Anyway in all seriousness the CE seems pretty cool, glad you're enjoying what seemed to be the least-relevant piece of it to me.

How many players is it? Only found one source saying 2 - 6 but would like a confirmation

Sill waiting (NL)

If two added negatives equal a positive, then Maybe awefull and horrible add up to good.

Adding negative produces a negative. You have to multiply two negatives to produce a positive. Sadly, I know of no real world examples of the later.

Basically the only thing money is good for is purchasing items with which if you land on them you get points (you need 25 to win). The points you get are determined by your brain cells.

- Brain Cells are earned by landing on spaces designated for their accrual, or cards that dictate such.
- Money is earned by passing 'start' but it's important to note that if you do not claim that money before you pass the dice, you lose the opportunity to get it. You can also get it from other players by playing cards to screw them over, or by cards that dictate such.
- Points are earned from landing on spaces with items you own or by cards that dictate such.
- Karma cards are your bread and butter, altering the game play and can be played at any time.
- Life cards also alter the game but not always in your favor.
- Wasted cards are entirely detrimental, hard to obtain them but they involve you losing brain cells (temporarily, as long as you retain the wasted card) and sometimes you'll have to give up points/money in the event that someone lands on a 'moon' space. There are three tiers of being 'wasted', each having progressively higher negative affects.

Essentially, Karma cards can be used to screw over people or forge alliances. For instance:

The card 'I don't think so' can be played defensively or offensively. Example:

- Player A plays 'Hanging with Sid', a card that forces you to obtain a 'wasted' card, choosing Player B as his target.
- Player C plays 'I don't think so', a card that prevents the effects of Karma or Life cards from taking place, in an effort to save Player B the effects of Player A's karma card.

Offensively, it can be used as such:

- Player A plays a karma card: 'New Direction' which allows them to add or subtract 1 from their roll (potentially for a better outcome)
- Player B plays 'I don't think so' and thus cancels their action.

In this way, the game rapidly shifts as players forge alliances and backstab one another in varying ways. In one case I had made an alliance with another player and continued it until the very end when he was about to win by gaining three points. I just happened to have a card that makes it so that any points he would gain would be given to me instead, and thus won the game despite screwing over my alliance at the very end.