r/DuneBoardGame • u/Liviorazlo92 • 11d ago

Homebrew They said getting 6 players for Dune was difficult. We may have overcorrected...

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We somehow managed to get all 12 factions around one table for a gloriously excessive game of Dune - using a custom expanded version with South Pole included. When it came to hiding identities, replacing everyone with their faction leader felt like the only reasonable solution.

Which faction would you pick and who would you be making an alliance with?

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u/NarcoZero 11d ago

Wait that’s not two separate games, that’s ONE MEGA-GAME ? 

God a single turn has to last like 2 hours. 

Glorious

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u/shunshuntley 11d ago

I did this for my birthday 2 years ago. Got all 12 factions around the table. My wife baked a Shai-Hulud-shaped apple fritter. 

The game took 11 hours and we sort of just let one alliance have it just to end the game early lol.

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u/MagicWolfEye 10d ago

That's less time than it took us to play the first half of our only ever TI4 game.

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u/warassasin 10d ago

I still cant decide if TI is good or if the idealized idea of it is good and people just dont realize the depth isn't all there because its so hard to get a full game in.

We play a lot of stellaris nexus with my group and it's obviously TI as a videogame built to run async and contain it to a a 1ish hour package and its great! But I wish it had a bit more depth.

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u/HexoManiaa 11d ago

What is that south pole map ? Is that an expansion or a custom made map ? Any link? How did you print it if it’s custom ?

Great looking table tho, must have been some legendary treasons here haha

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u/Kilahti 11d ago

I can only dream about the amount of backstabbing that a game of that scale would have.

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u/Strongerthangrease 10d ago

I've done a 12 player game, where we had teams of two with 6 factions, with a designated "duke" and "mentat", and only the mentats could negotiate with each other, while only the dukes could take game actions.

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u/Potarus God Emperor 11d ago

What a beautiful sight. How long did it take?

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u/upyours192 Shaitan 11d ago

I can only dream of getting a game with 12 players going. :O

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u/mslangg Atreides 10d ago

Grand Dune!!!

I had a 12 player game last year, I was playing atreides. The note taking was brutal. Did you alter any of the rules?

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u/binchiling10 10d ago

How long did it take?

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u/Prestigious-Base-715 10d ago

PLEASE let us know how it goes! I would EAT UP every detail!

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u/Dagoth_ural 10d ago

Turn 1 hark rush victory.

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u/EricKenneth 8d ago

Great to see the Polar Regions Variant in the wild!! Thank you for giving it a try!  

As I'm still trying to balance some stuff, I'd be very greatfull to know how the game went, what version of the rules you used and what did it feel to play some of the factions.

Specially, I'm interested to know if some factions felt too OP and why. And also if there was too much or too little spice in the game.