When the escorts arrive at -4GMT but you had planned for -3GMT, we've got you. It's the intimate edition of the Board Games General!Previous Thread: >>92570707>Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8ANONS TOP NINE BOARD GAMES>https://pastebin.com/jTvpg8bQ>TQNominate the sexiest board game.What game needs to be improved upon by a different designer? What exactly would they change?
>>92617273>Nominate the sexiest board game.Azul
Why contain it?
>>92617273So strange question, but any games that use a small deck of cards particularly for driving actions? Thinking 10 or under cards. Only ones I can think of are Concordia and Rocco
>>92617719In Sakura Arms you are using seven card decks with three ultimate attacks set aside.
>>92617273>Nominate the sexiest board game.Checkers.
>TQEl Sexo
>>92617737huh some reason I assumed it was SmashUp sized decks, only 10 is impressive
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383172/nightshift>Nightshift is a thematic board game that immerses players into the role of a strip club Dancer. The Customer stories and gameplay are inspired by the creator’s personal experience working as a stripper, providing an authentic and empowering take on this often misunderstood profession.
Guy trying not to consoom here, found a copy of bohnanza under 6$, second hand is not consooming, right?
>>92617273>TQI'm nominating Root on account of being one of the very few games to actually have smut drawn of it
>>92614012Why the fuck is my hobby full of autistic people
>>92618135> be anon> fish a half-eaten sandwich out of a trashcan> swallow it> is_this_consumption.oggNo that's subsistence.
>>92618185so i got a new game without resorting to consoomption, win-win for me
wingspan is a below average game
>>92618859This is the most inoffensive, stale, tasteless, mild, luke-warm post I've ever read.Fucking hell
>>92617960This sounds so uncomfortable and awkward to play. Imagine 4 dudes sitting there going>Alright, it's my turn. I put on my extra skimpy thong and grind on the old bastards dick for my first phase and let him drink whiskey off my ass for my second to raise his horniness level.Or shit like that
>>92619140I know a girl who would probably pay money just to watch and listen to a group of men play a game where that was the action description. I would let her do it for free
>>92619140It’s embarrassing enough the one time I got invited to one of my mates parents house and he whips out Tanto Cuore. Had to play that whilst his mum loitered behind that in the kitchen
>>92619140Hot
>>92617719Dune Imperium Starts at 10 or 11 cards and builds from there. Fits your criteria unless it's a strict 10 or under for the whole game.
>>92617273IS TICKET TO RIDE GOOD FOR YOU?
>>92618859What would you rather spend 4 hours playing?Wingspan or Terramorfing mars?
>>92619795Back to back games of Wingspan? Yes.
>>92617273Is this the famous "Jen"?
>>92617960>>92619140I have absolutely zero fucking problem with any theme imaginable for a board game. If the game is good I will not care. Censors can go fuck themselves.
>>92619945This. Plus, diy rethemes can be awesome and hilarious.
Catan is so fucking dry lads why do normies insist on playing it all the time ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>92619981Might as well be official, this seems like the logical conclusion of blood on the cucktower
>>92620116Monopoly virus
>>92619945I would phrase it like this: I'll not outright refuse to play something because of its theme but it is still impotant for how much I'll enjoy the game
>>92620296>went to a bar to play this as all the hype made us curious>my wife says that this suburb is now full of hipster students because rent is fucked thanks to foreign students>walk in and the drink menu is overpriced pseudo craft beer and Michelin star prices for burgers>I order a cheeseburger, wife orders a tex mex crispy chicken thing>while we wait we see a polycule loudly dissolve as blood on the clock tower ruins their unholy danger haired union>burgers arrive we eat in silence and leave because the spergasbord before us made us feel like we were crossing into the dark land of MordorI can't see myself bothering to seek out the game again. It was full of parody far left players and the cheeseburger had lettuce between the patty and the unmelted cheese.T'was truly a den of evil.
>>92620495>the cheeseburger had lettuce between the patty and the unmelted cheese.>T'was truly a den of evil.Reminds me of the most unholy Montreal Smoked meat sandwhich I ever had. Sure, it was on the other side of the country, I should have known better. But in my homesick desperation, I ordered. Whoever designed it was like those monks in scriptoriums, drawing lions and elephants from broken telephone accounts. They understood smoked meat was involved. That there was mustard. Here was where the similarities ended. Ciabatta bread and fresh greens on top, not a pickle in sight. "Do you want any cheese added?"A harrowing experience.
BGG now says Sleeping Gods is best with 2 players...is this true???
>>92621138Yes. That is what it says.
>>92618135thats what I told myself when I got equinox
Thinking of opening a LGS... Gonna call it Spergatory.
What country are you guys from, and what's the board gaming hobby like there?
>>92621768Nice try, Vulko.It's active, great offering of local and online stores, a few of the metropolises host conventions. I only game with friends and family but I've encountered other groups and they all appear robust and expanding.
>>92621768My country is a country where we respect the laws and look favourably upon israel and bioluminescent african-american agents. Boardgaming here is good and there is no reason for outside intervention
>>92621875Woops looks like it's liberation of the gamers time.
>>92621943>letting Skorea fall to the commiesdid you get cucked by the korean war event?
>>92621943>pic taken 2018Lord Jesus please take me back. I want to go home. Why won't you take me home?
>>92620495Like half of this thread is just random political bitching. Sad to see /bgg/ fall to the same state as the rest of 4chan.
>>92622067>I want to go home.
>>92622067>>92622301What has twisted your panties such that you think you can't get a game of Twilight Struggle in in 2024? Seriously, what is this thread? Why is it just some nigger posting memes and a fag like UH LIBERALS PLAY BLOOD ON THE CLOCKTOWER IT'S GAY.Talk about the games you're playing and like. And if you're a gamecuck who doesn't have any IRL friends to play with shut the fuck up.
>>92622342>he doesnt know about the twilight struggle games of '18no matter how hard you try, something was different about that time
>>92593611Tell me about Monstermaker and the cute ice cream game at the bottom please.
>>92622374I'm not him, but that ice cream game is Dokitto! Ice a famous trick takerhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/301614/dokitsutoaisu-dokitto-ice
Interested in the tripartite reasoning of:>it doesn't matter that factions are imbalanced because you see the board before you pick your faction and VP auction for them anywaywith>some of the original factions are too weak/too strong and we're tuning them up a little in the expansionand>here are the space giants, clearly the weakest most awful shit tier faction we've ever produced. We're really excited to launch them in the expansion! :DBut I'm sure I should just be playing Age of Innovation instead so what do I know?
>>92622422Thank you. I enjoy the ice cream and the cute super deformed girls. Have you played it? Cat in the Box also looks pretty cute.Is Japan where the trick-taking craze in current board games came from?
>>92622284I think some bitching is warranted considering the current form of moderation here>>92622435First is designer/publisher cope, second is their attempt to fix it (which will shake up powerlevels but undoubtedly lead to other imbalances because you just can't playtest the necessary amount with reasonable resources). Third is.... Idk.I think starting vp balance/betting on factions is superior to """fixes'""" anyway. As said, I don't think any designer or publisher can reasonably playtest often enough to get everything right.What irks me more is how I picked up Age of innovation, looked at the illusionists and thought holy shit this seems too strong. Lo and behold, playtesters said the same, they published it anyway and now there's a fucking hotfix already. It honestly isn't that glaring or utterly broken but I think it matters a lot in higher level play. I'm stuck between "well this isn't of much consequence" and "fucking hell they just had to balance factions around each other this time because some faction-colour-stronghold combinations are clearly better than others anyway and seeing and drafting this is a lot of fun"
>>92622677>Betting on factionsShould of course be BIDDING for factions
>>92622677>I think starting vp balance/betting on factions is superior to """fixes'""" anyway.It has the advantage of always being fair in your meta vs. some nebulous and probably not 100% relative 'global' meta.
last thread I asked about agricola and I missed the chance to ask the anons saying Farmers of the Moor is badwhy is bad?it's too difficult? it fucks up some rule? please enlight me
Can I get some opinions on Teotihuacan? I've been hearing a lot of talk in my LGS about it because it's getting a deluxe version but I watched some gameplay and it looks just ok? It's a top 100 game but is it because it has mechanics worth checking out or is it just because the game's components look good?
>>92623094I got it because I enjoyed Tzolkin and it's less accessible/fun than Tzolkin because the rondel can't replicate the big funky wheel, but it's still a decent game IMO. It has a lot of bitty moving parts in the manner of a lot of complex eurogames. I picked up all the expacs recently because there was a fire sale selling them for super cheap, but I haven't played with any yet. Wouldn't say it was a must buy/must back at base.
>>92616758Black Exile as /tg/'s 4CC player when??
Guys I think this game is a little bit horny.
>>92623309Name it for me now.
>A few days ago I posted the following in the 7 Wonders Duel forum>"Lord of the rings Duel – a re-imagining of 7W Duel, but now set in the LotR world. No pics were allowed as it’s still in proto form; but they’re hoping to have it done by Spiel."
>>92623485I actually don't like 7W but I do like the art here and I have friends who would go crazy for this.
>>92623160That's what I thought of it too, very mild. I will admit I love how it looks but from what I gathered it's literally moving up in 3 different tracks to get an absurd amount of victory points without much interaction aside from that choco payment but it's more of an indirect thing rather than doing an action for the sake of blocking.
>>92620116THISit's so boring that it just becomes rolling dice and checking numbers because after the first 1/3rd no one is trading anymore.
>>92623693>after the first 1/3rdpeople trade during the first 1/3 (except for wood for stone)? Lategame can at lesat sometimes have people offload weird surpluses
>>92623341Assault on Doomrock.
>>92622342>What has twisted your panties such that you think you can't get a game of Twilight Struggle in in 2024?Who do you assume that is the issue?
>>92623727Is white shirt guy cool enough to let you masturbate while youre murdering someone with a thigh choke?
>>92623797He specifically gets off on people enjoying their board games in front of him.
>>92623839What a SICK FUCK.
>>92623839Cool you have such a tight bond with your gaming buddy. Mine didnt enjoy it when I let my onahole have it (loudly) after my defectors blocked his red scare/purge headline. And no, for some reason he didnt think it was a mistake to play such a powerful headline when defectors was still at large
>>92618859I disagree, but only because the average board game is bad.
I got these games because they seemed in good repute here. Anything I should know before I play?Sorry if photo is bad.
>>92624030>Anything I should know before I play?the rules
>>92623989>spoilerAnon, I am sorry to tell you, your buddy may be the type of cyкa that rings a doorbell in the forest.
>>92624030>he fell for it
>>92617273>Nominate the sexiest board game.Pax Pamir Second Edition>What game needs to be improved upon by a different designer? What exactly would they change?I want a Splotterfied Triumph & Tragedy.Super streamlined the rules down to 8 pages and still have almost bottomless depth with no randomness.
>>92624079>its round 4 the deck's thick and defectors could be anywhere, what are the odds he drew it straight away
>>92624030Summoner wars is good shit. You have right there the 1st edition, where you can kill your own units for magic. It is not a half bad idea. Beware of getting any expansion packs. The market now pretty much only sells stuff for 2nd edition and that stuff is not compatible.Sand goblins are fun trolls, deepdwarves are stall/turtle kings, swamp orcs are terrifying if you can build the swamp deep into enemy turf, shadow elves are assassin kings, benders are cancer, and mountain vargath are the goat.
>>92623727I am still waiting for your review of the game anon.
>>92624233After today night be able to do that this weekend, aye.
>>92624030We got 'em, boys.
>>92624042I was tempted to put a line about reading the rules in my post but considered it too self-evident...>>92624083>>92624390Is this mindgames within mindgames?
>>92620116Reminder that Catan is ameritrash larping as german style euro
>>92624490>>Is this mindgames within mindgames?thats what I tell myself after /bgg/ tricked me
>>92617273>Nominate the sexiest board game.I forgot what game this is but it got some flak for being too sexy. Olympos also got some redone art to make it less sexy.
>>92624510Catan is the reason "german style" is a label. The archetypal euro game, Acquire, is american.
>>92624570I conceide, your countershitposting game is too strong
>>92623693>>92623716I met some guys that played Catan but never traded because, and I quote>Trading will always be more beneficial to one party so therefore you never shouldThe we just rolled dice for 3 hours and thankfully things went well for one guy and the game ended 17 to 15 to 11.
>>92617802Is it better than Barbarossa?
>>92624638>17 to 15 to 11.what. Catan stops at 10 VP? >>Trading will always be more beneficial to one party so therefore you never shouldjesus how can you even function if you have such a poor understanding of the world. Like, if you ever make a purchase (you know, trade money for a good or service) youre making a fucking trade.
Not enough space on the shelf but it's not an issue anymore!
>>92624690>flamecraftmight as well toss it out.
>>92622435i am forever sad that BGA still doesnt have Age of Innovation in itactually BGA is missing a lot of boardgames that I'd love to play on it with their one move per day scheduleif I was able to code, in which direction do i need to toss said code to get a game up on BGA?
>>92624714>the game you like is shitWhat an original and well-thought out, creative thing to say. I'm in awe. Really novel for this general. Bravo Nolan.
>>92624677>what. Catan stops at 10 VP?We were playing with the Sea Explorers or whatever expansion which bumps the VP up further with more modules, we played all modules for added pain. Idk man I really tried making them understand that that is not how trading works but to no avail, at least that expansion gave you enough stuff to use as wild resources for not rolling your numbers that at least it was somehow playable and to be honest, the expansion turned Catan into a lamer 4x rather than a trading game.
>>92617273So long story short, I've got ~$1000 of my company's money to drop on some board games for a weekly board game moral booster. Upper management doesn't give a shit what I buy. Almost the entire company is cynical 20-something men, so no need to censor your suggestions. What should I buy? Right now, I've got my sights on>secret hitler>cosmic encounter>terraforming mars>gloom/frosthaven>netrunner>slay the spire>miscellaneous shit that everyone knows how to play like catan and risk
>>92624732>if I was able to code, in which direction do i need to toss said code to get a game up on BGA?at the bottom of the page you can find https://studio.boardgamearena.com/.>>92624739thank you, worked really hard on that one.>>92624755I would honestly consider abandoning the game if players do not even consider trade. I know that at higher levels you rarely do trade, but without the occasional wood/stone trade or wood+stone for ore it just becomes completely dysfunctional.
>>92624690This game always seemed mid to me but I did see a dad and his daughter playing it recently in-store and the daughter got very excited about the dragons and it was very cute.
>>92624794start with Blood on the Clocktoweri feel like your list is mostly too hobbyist i'd also get Decrypto and Captain Sonar
>>92624732It will probably get added at some point.>>92624794We have weirdo taste and it is honestly a bad idea to ask us for recs for any non/bgg/ demographic. If you find your way here, we can tell you about games, but I would not take that knowledge to any group in the outside world.
>>92624794Gloomhaven and Terraforming Mars will take a long as fuck time to play for your office boys. Just let them vote for the games they want.
>>92624822>https://studio.boardgamearena.com/that's a lot more than what i'm able to code, and also they ask for a postal adress and full name before you can registeri'm gonna sit in the shame corner for now, thanks for helping>>92624844>It will probably get added at some point.yea but i wanna play it NOW, you don't understand
>>92624638>Trading will always be more beneficial to one party so therefore you never shouldUnfathomably based. I envision him radiating with glory as he held that small speech. He made sure the game would never be played again, not because he forced it off the table but because he had all other players come to the conclusion it is not a particularly good game by themselves. I kneel>>92624732>i am forever sad that BGA still doesnt have Age of Innovation in itIt literally has, though. It might be in alpha, I forgot, but I've been playing it a bunch recently
>>92624794Honestly, what >>92624844 said is very trueAlso I feel like there's no telling what a random crowd might like. Social deduction works most of the time but it's... well, social.Also please don't get slay the spire. The only thing you'll get out of it is how much better the videogame is
>>92624638>>92624886Imagine this nigga getting dunked on in a Sidereal Confluence game though.
>>92624844That said, Merchants and Marauders.
really to thank anons who mentioned crescent moon few threads ago. i checked out that game and it was blast. dune but more factional interdependencies & player run economy. if it wasn't those anons i would never known such game existed as youtube coverage is minimal regarding it
>>92624822>>92624886>I would honestly consider abandoning the gameWell I would never just surrender, but they had invited me to their home (which I had to get by a 2 hour train ride) for a game night for teaching them Sekigahara and they rolled a roulette of games to play and they both wanted to play Catan so who am I to deny them of the experience.The other games we played were Ganymedes, Arnak, GWT Argentina, and Gaia Project, and Clank. I also brought Pax Ren but it was 6am by the time I tried to teach it and they couldn't quite grasp it before falling asleep on the table, they really want to play it though next time we get together.
>>92624794I mean for company moral body which probably translates into "play during lunch time, aka, 1 hour, aka spend 45 minutes actually eating", you can only fit simple stuff like 6 Nimmt (play expert rules), Spots, Llama, No Thanks, One Night Ultimate Werwolf, etc.That will cost you like less than 100 dollars so spend the rest on games you want and say the first ones were more expensive lol.
>>92624947hey, I get dunked on in Sidereal Confluence even when I try to trade. It's not a difficult achievment
>>92624856I suggest gloomhaven because we also have a couple dnd groups going on. It's a small company (<50 people) of mostly engineers. They're autistic about this kinda thing, so gloomhaven seems like a good match. I've found people here will stay late for events where we play games and provide food/beer, which is what the weekly board game meetup is supposed to be.>>92624937Is Slay the Spire that bad?>>92625138Our moral events start at 4 on fridays, and a lot of people are willing to stay late since the company at large is a bunch of asocial techies married to their jobs. Hence the massive budget for board games.
>>92625182Hey it turns out you know the situation better than us anonymous strangers so you know the kind of games that would work better. Totally insane!
>>92625166I get dunked on on SidCon before the game even starts...It shouldn't be this hard to round up three others for trading and negotiating in the Elysian Quadrant, bros...
>>92625204I was just asking for game suggestions.
>>92625214solo modehttps://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Sidereal_Cooperation
>>92625222what about a war game? or a combat focused RPG?
>>92625222I don't mean to be a dick but it's legitimately difficult to give recommendations when you give info that provides a certain assumption to an outside stranger, and then you correct that assumption with information only you could know. If they like D&D I'm sure Gloomhaven will be fine.
>>92625182>>92624794Spirit Island may be a hit. My coding pals love it to bits. Agricola and Hansa Teutonica might also be well received. I'd hesitate to suggest a Splotter game like Food Chain Magnate or The Great Zimbabwe, but if its not your money amd you have a generous budget, have at her.
>>92625246IS NOTHING SACRED THESE DAYS
>command of natureonly reaction images allowed in the replies
>>92624794get some word games like So Clover or Codenames or Paperback, those are always a hit. Even if it's something you do on the side while one dedicated table setter does the setup for the next game.maybe also negotiation/talking games, like Chinatown, Sidereal Confluence, or if your people can handle it John Companyand if your people can handle John Company, they can handle a Splotter, so get your hands on Great Zimbabwe or Food Chain Magnate or Horseless Carrage if you can and maybe others but i've not played the others so I can't say if they'll be good or notand instead of Risk get Quartermaster General or Imperial 2030: same "world map with dudes on it" but more game than "roll dice and have a bigger number of cannon fodder">>92625182>Is Slay the Spire that bad?Somewhat, and even if it was better it's too fucking long and needs too much shuffling, works better on PC as a singleplayer game. If you want a deckbuilder try Quest for El Dorado or Undaunted or something else.>we also have a couple dnd groups going onAh, in that case StStBG might be a good fit. I still suggest Undaunted Stalingrad though, that shit be gooood and also a campaign game.
>>92625182>a lot of people are willing to stay late since the company at large is a bunch of asocial techies married to their jobsI see, in that case I think I'll suggest games that have been a hit with my groups and also random normalfags I've met in regular gatherings>Bullet Heart + Bullet StarUp to 8 players, quick, fun, cool.>Puerto RicoAbsolute Classic, 1 to 1.5 hours, strategy rich>ClankAnother big hit with literally everybody I've met, up to 4, playing with the 5-6 expansion I don't recommend, way too much downtime>Castles of BurgundyElegant point salad game that always leaves you wanting more>El GrandeEverybody knows why The Big has such a Large following, great game>Western Legends or Merchants and MaraudersWill scratch the Sandbox itch, WL can fit up to 6 players but the first games will be very slow, beware>CodenamesIt's a party game, but a really good one>AvalonWill hit the Social Deduction better than Secret Hitler, alternative is Deception Murder in Hong KongReaching character limit so I'll stop here.
>>92625246this is not new, there's always been the single player thought experiment of "if i piloted all 9 races, what's the highest score we can get?"you can research all the techs by round 4. out of 6. the game was not designed for cooperation, it is still a competition, and to try and make a serious solo mode out of it is to make it boring, as the only variance in the game is the tech order (and even then age 1 cards will go before age 2 so not much variance there) and planets (which are random enough to be statistically probable that you'll get what you need and then some, and even if you don't the K't got it in their bag of tricks)>>92625264don't worry, it's only a practical joke.
>>92625320Seconding both bullet games for maximum bullet hell, Codenames, El Grande,and Puerto Rico.Adding Argent the Consortium, Stationfall, Cosmic Frog, and Ra.
>>92625279
I memed myself into buying an overpriced game, then got upset how expensive it was and how big the box is considering the game is a 10 minute filler. 50 fucking dollars for fucking pirates should be the meme, bot 50 dollars for birds. (Stefan dorras pirates)
>>92625478Zoo Vadis is really good but I didn't expect the "20 minutes" part of the box time to actually be accurate, wow.I'm feeling a touch regretful getting the deluxe edition with the cloth bags, I mean it should last a VERY long time at least but uh that was a lot of money for something so short. It'd take like a dozen games to get the same amount of playtime I got out of one playthrough of War For Arrakis, my most recent big expensive purchase
>>92625478Interested in a further exploration of what you mean by "memed myself".
>>92625503what player counts have you done? 20min is pretty low compared to my playtimes, maybe your players aren't negotiating as much?
>>92625503good thing about short games is you can fit three plays in the span of one long game's playit'll pay off greatly in the long run
>>92625527So far just 3 players, what I'm really hoping for is a 6 or 7 player game that sounds like fun.Chinatown was great but a little too chaotic for it to be an absolute favorite, so far ZV's negotiation is just as exploitative but much more controller.
>>92625182I play some weird shit, so when I recommend games, it's usually games with simple and/or clear rules that has established success with normies.If you are very, VERY confident that you'll have the same group nearly every week, gloomhaven's good. Did have an issue where someone got upset that other players continued advancing the story while they missed one week, though.Betrayal at House on the Hill is one of my favorite board games, the main problem being games can last a few hours, or it could last 20 minutes. You need to have a lot of time available, but you also want some shorter backup games if the game ends up being a quick one and you still have a lot of time left on the clock. KDM is one of the easiest games to start playing, but you'd definitely end up in HR.FFG games like Arkham Horror also tend to have simple rules, and a nice index when questions about the rules come up. The Arkham Horror games are hits, both the regular one and the card one. Since you were looking at gloomhaven, their star wars imperial assault game is worth a look too. Vaguely similar gameplay and campaign flow, but instead of 4 players vs a deck of cards, it's 4 players vs 1 player.
>>92625574>Betrayal at House on the Hill is one of my favorite board gamesDo not listen to this anon.
>>92625596That's fair.
>>92625596Given the intended audience, nah anon has a point.The goal of this company weekly event isnt to set up players on thr path towards /bgg/ games like Pax, GMT, or Barrage. Its to have a fun chill night with your colleagues. Betrayal is fine for that. So would be Cosmic Encounter.And I say this as someone who thoroughly hates the game.
>>92592436The black exile visits every game in the geek top 100. Chapter 52>>92617273>Nominate the sexiest board game.It's 7 Wonders. I'll elaborate in a followup post.>What game needs to be improved upon by a different designer? What exactly would they change?I'd love to see a math guy like knizia or gordon hamilton try their hand at fixing some mediocre but good looking abstracts, like tatsu or gorinto
>>92625682i wonder what Leder would think if they knew of the Black Exile's journey here
>>92625682>It's 7 Wonders. I'll elaborate in a followup post.Bilkis is so fucking hot
>>92623693>>92623716I once got 2nd place in my countries base game Catan finals tournament where the winner got tickets to go to Europe and entry to the world finals. The game is 80% determined by starting location and first 6 rolls of the dice (that aren't a 7). There are only 4 ways to win the game, with 2 being the exact same strategy and one being functionally unused: longest road, largest army/vp progress cards (both the same thing), just build 10 pts (too slow). Trading is immensely powerful in the game, mostly cause people don't understand how to trade properly. Your excess resources do nothing for you, change them into other things you need. Even take bad trades sometimes if it gets you the resource you need for your strategy.There are only 2 pieces of information that isnt fully public knowledge. What item was stolen by a 7, and what card was pulled as a progress card. So long as you remember the last few dice rolls you know what everyone has.Game is a solid 6/10. Cities and knights makes it 7.5/10, but all other expansions suck.
>>92625682Took me a while to find him you cheeky fucker.>hes in the pig penThe animal abuse continues, I see.These sorts of heinous hobbies will hinder you in your heyday, Uncle Blackie.
Best solo games?I already have Mage Knight, Gloomhaven, Spirit Island, Iron Helm, Nemo’s War, Gates, Dragons of Etchinstone, Mint Knight, Robinson Crusoe, and Warps Edge.
>>92625807tales of the arabian nights
>>92617960Libs and simps will buy it because they get to support a sex worker.
>>92625807Missing Sprawlopolis there.People raved about Under Falling Skies but I was not smitten and am now selling itLook into Too Many Bones, Assault on Doomrock, Pax Pamir.Maybe Mr. President.
>>92625821a have a whole list of lewd games that i bookmarked when getting manically obsessed with boardgames for a few weeks there. but i think the anons here find it annoying when im just spamming gulag shit.
>>92625807how's mint knight? have you tried the 2p expansion?
>>92625596He said he played weird shit, emphasis on shit.
>>92625807i hear things about final girl
>>92625510>Hey this game seems fun>Damn it's expensive>Maybe it has premium components that make it worth it>I'll keep an eye out for second hand options>Hmm, Im buying a game as a gift, maybe I'll spend extra for free shipping>Oh, they have pirates in stock>Still, it's expensive man>Can't stop thinking about it though, maybe for some magical reason the asking price is worth it>I need to order now, or I won't get the other game in time for the birthday>Fast forward 2 days>Jesus why is the game so expensive why did I get it for god's sake>Also, why is the damn box the size of quest for El dorado, it's a 10 minute filler game. If I slap that box on the table people would think it's a big game>Damn, the thick cardboard ship cards and bigass wooden chips are neat thoughFIFTY dollars, for fucking buccaneers
>>92625815I dunno, doesn’t look great>>92625869I also disliked Under Falling Skies, it didn’t feel good to play. Thanks for the suggestions bro.>>92625897Mint knight is fun when you want to play Mage Knight but don’t want to commit to a full session. The expansion isn’t worth the money unless you’re actually playing on playing with someone else.
>>92625733Cities and Knights makes a shitty game even longer
>>92625698Context? Did he see the sex expansion?
>>92626486Context is four-chan is Le bad
>>92623094I'm still patiently waiting for my master deluxe set to arrive.
>>92625503>>92625535Zoo Vadis also resets quickly because you can just leave the laurels on the board unchanged. But the playtime will scale up as you add players and more importantly as the players start actively cutting deals and weighing their options instead of doing the bare minimum.
>>92625698How rude. I, in contrast, don't like to live in ignorance and would very much like to know if he plans on publishing a good game at some point
>>92626621I've been told by people in real life their favorite websites were "reddit" or "tumblr", the amount of restraint it took to hold back instead of blurting "mine's 4chan" was extraordinary
Anyone play this have any thoughts on it? I didn't know what to expect but I actually really enjoy it.
>>92626688Are you buying it for the first time or are you upgrading after liking the game?
>>92625807Imperium LegendsAnd I'm sure a Rosenberg but they don't work well solo for me
>received DMC5 board game for Christmas years ago from my girlfriend because I love the games>it sat around forever in the wrapping because it was a SFG product and I've heard they're pretty shit>someone else knew I had the game and gifted me an expansion for the game for my birthday this year>get curious; read online that it's actually kind of fun, but one of the expansions feels like it's necessary>I already have the game and an expansion, figure I might as well buy the "necessary" one for $40 and try the game out with some friends>actually strangely funI am incredibly biased because I love the games and my friends are really tepid on them and kind of embarrassed by the aesthetic, but they had a little fun with it too, dampened by how long it took to initially set it up. I'd love a virtual version of the game that took care of all the shuffling and fiddly mini work. Switching decks in the middle of turns to pull off crazy card combos is pretty fun. The nice miniature work actually gets in the way of the game sometimes; some of them like Dante's and Lady's pieces have cool-looking poses where their guns are out, but it is annoying to actually have units on the board next to them as a result.
i want to use kickstarter the way it should be, i want to fucking discover the talent, i want to say "yeah that game's good" and 4 years down the line look at the game and still recognize it as a gem, how do i do it? is browsing through years of slop and funneh games the only way?
>>92626951First time. Its almost the same price as base+all the expansions and it comes with an insert, upgraded components and in 1 box so I figured why not. I'll let you know if it ends up being a white elephant in 6 months time when it arrives.
>>92627617to discover a diamond in the rough you're going to need to do a lot of digging
>>92627617Gems are sparsely scattered throughout mundane rocks, having to sift through heaps of shit to find something good is just an inevitability.
>>92627617You'll have more luck finding established publishers that tend to put out things you like and just keeping an eye out when they announce new campaigns.
>>92627869>establishedthis is exactly what i don't want, everybody knows that [franchise] adapted by [studio] is going to be good, i think the diamond in the rough anons are right, i should get browsing
Uh, that's a pretty aggressive early round, Memory.
>>92627994Plz stop this level of clearance is entirely unnecessary q_q
>>92628263BOOBA
Hello friends, I have a request.Do any of you have scanned rules for mhing? I tried to find it, but it's a really old game.
>>92628476>>92628502You, my dude, are weird. You get hairy man arms now.
>>92628493
>>92628263
>>92628528Sorry friend but i do not speak orcish, do you have it in English?
>>92628538That's all I could find. Geek has English rules but not as a scanned copy.
>>92617273>TQ sexiest game
>>92620754Speaking of smoked meats. We have some Africans living in our apartment block and they have set off the smoke alarm and brought the fire department to the door more than 5 times. Each call-out costs them thousands. Admittedly it does smell good.>>92622284I am left leaning. Those people were just too unstable to deal with when they couldn't contain themselves during public boardgames and thus I didn't want to play with them. If you thought that was political anecdote rather than culinary one then you are the one with the problem tilting at windmills you quixotic halfwit. Even if it were intended as such, who would you be to act as moral arbiter anyway? Particularly given what it was compared to all the overt shit people blast here. You thought my post was somehow a sign of decline relative to tuxedo frog fuck xyz posts? People have such a problem with conflation these days it's unreal. In summation: I expect my cheese melted and unmelted cheese on a cheese burger is a sin. Posts like yours are also a sin since you are projecting to the point of light pollution.
>>92627994This nigga is posting epic rap battles of history references
>>92628639It was clearly a political anecdote, no one is projecting or conflating or tilting at windmills, you are lampshading.
>>92628515what game is this, ive never seen it
How does making of a president compare to other GMT 2P card games?I really like Labyrinth and Twilight though I dislike that they can go on for too long and that there are moments when they feel like an endless back and forth with no progress
>>92628731If you can find it, get the Zman edition. GMT version sucks ass
>>92628729Space Station 13
>>92628675Little known fact? Also dope on the mic.
>>92628639Yes, the frog posts are at least funny.
>>92629012(Physical edition)
>>92628916What's the difference?From what I've seen they seem pretty similar
>>92628704Disingenuous response or you are a genuine moron who doesn't realise that you are doubling down on conflation. Since you are so convinced that it was politically motivated, I doubt one could even tell you a story without you getting your knickers in a twist over something of nominal relevance. I am not American I have no skin in your two party game of right and further right. So since we shan't ever be civil with one another due to your high handed shtick: Eat shit and keep enjoying your political boogeymen, you dumb cunt. P. S. Avoid satire in all forms.>>92629056You must love catch phrases if you think frog posters are funny. You too can eat shit and are a dumb cunt.
>>92629195>not American>whines about dangerhair polycules and burgerslol
>>92620116It NEEDS to be played with Cities & Knights expansion.
>>92629195Based take but you're still behaving like a faggot>>92628729Spirit island>>92627912I'm afraid anons are right and it's just filtering through a lot of trash. Yet you often still can't judge correctly without a lets play to see the flow., even if you have pics of the components (not renders, fuck renders) and a rulebook. Plus even the indie releases that are well liked come to retail lest they are super niche like guards of atlantis. Even fucking era of tribes made it to retail. Only one I'm unsure if it ever made it to retail is madeira and I don't know how many years the expansion has now been stuck in what I can only call ks kikery
>>92629233>talks to an audience where Americans predominate>live in a world where American culture is a touchstone >use language commonly bandied about instead of long description in a green text story while phone postingNext time I will use all the Aussie slang for cultural authenticity then, dropped cunt. I will also further elaborate on the African story since I doubt you will be able to help yourself with that either inevitably crying racism as time passes>African family at the front has my friend Riak who plays a lot of Hansa Teutonica with me and my wife>His mum is old and belligerent and won't stop making biltong and other smoke cured meats for him>he is now spending 20% of his doctor's salary on the fire service this yearSo again: eat shit fuckwit.
Fuck's sake, adopt trips already so I can filter you while you make out sloppy style in a corner.
>>92629282>based take faggotryI don't disagree, anon. This was just a red flag to a bull this time. Especially given my stories involved board games and their posts are literally just political headcannon they've decided to foist upon me.
>>92629292Nigger please shut off already, nobody is interested in this little pseud dance. You are the the only butthurt one. Your post whined about the same shit every /pol/ spammer whined about, deal with it.
>>92628731What is the Nixon board game that got a little popular again?
I'll chime in with some optimist takes to save the day like a reddit faggot>I feel very strongly about boardgames and will take part in shitflinging battles for laughably small disagreements>Yet I enjoyed the vast majority of boardgames I've played at least on some level>I really love boardgames and so do you fags
>>92629431Watergate?
>>926257077 wonders is full of hotties. My personal favorite is the slight suggestion of buttcrack on the lady of the builders guild
>>92629310Last post on this utter horseshit argument you've managed to perpetuate.I'm butthurt now because of your chronic tunnel vision, mate. My post contained no whining just deliberately goofily relayed a date night gone wrong because of being around the ridiculously young with their unworkable romantic tensions. They were in for the next game should we have stuck it out just to play some homegrown fotm social deduction game with $30 bad burgers? I don't think so. I only piggybacked off the post I did to suggest maybe there's something to the negative reputation around the game percolating around here as that bar was peopled by oddballs.You're the only pseud here projecting asinine political thrusts and psychological games on my posts. If this was all to farm my (You)s then well-played I suppose, hope it was satisfying. I shan't be responding to anything else from you or your ilk. Nice work dropping the N bomb while calling me out--it was a rare artistic touch. We've had a good chuckle seeing your thematically appropriate behaviour while playing The Prodigals Club.
>>92627239does that plastic monstrosity also feature the attractive lady or are you stuck with DMCV lady?
>>92628515but does she think the girls are cute?
>>92629618Bro your contributions to this thread are, in order:>d-dangerhairs a-amirite bros>conflation authentication arbitration elongation tintinnabulation>IF I SOUNDED AMERICAN WHEN I TALKED ABOUT BURGERS IT WAS ONLY TO SOUND THE CULTURAL TOUCHSTONE OF 4CHAN.ORG…>wow, calling MY post based totally-not-me anon? thank you kindly for your upvote :D I called you a pseud because you type like you’re huffing a thesaurus. Everything you type is a long-winded, irrelevant blogpost. You’re so insufferably reddit I wish I could strangle you through your screen.I hope to Christ you’re actually a young enough cunt to just be acting out the high school debate club you’re in, because if this the day-to-day adult you someone is going to run you over in a fucking car.
>>92629773I won't involve myself further with this but he didn't samefag at least.
>>92629481That’s it. God I love Richard Nixon.
>>92629594Deeply disturbing for you to have noticed this. This thread is really grade a perverts.
>>92629620Is this supposed to be the attractive or the unattractive one
>>92628729That is Stationfall. It is a wild ride of pipe wrench violence, blackmail, and shenanigans.>>92628675>>92629050At last, I am reunited with my tribe.>>92629460>>I feel very strongly about boardgames and will take part in shitflinging battles for laughably small disagreements>>Yet I enjoyed the vast majority of boardgames I've played at least on some level>>I really love boardgames and so do you fagsThat's it, we need to find something to disagree on, stat.The paradigm shift from cube to meeple and its consequences have been a disaster for the hobby.
>>92629992>appreciating art is disturbingnot that even that guy but lmao
>>92629992>Deeply disturbing for you to have noticed thisIf this disturbs you, I dont think youre at the right place
>>92629282>Spirit island>Someone finally correctly answers the prompt>It only took six years>It's been six years"Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Dr. Niko "Nick" TatopoulosHow has your engagement with the hobby changed over the years? Tastes, collection, group.What about life in general? I hope anons are in good places rn.
>>92630245No, meeples are cute.
>>92630339In my defense, I only gave the correct answer to the prompt because the pic was from a different gameAlso, fucking hell, has it really been 6 years?
>>92625182Slay the Spire is not bad FYI but still may not be good for your purposes.
>>92624677Damn anon you old guard.
>>92630919>2018>old guardis this where we are now?
>>92630919haha, its just 6 years, thats not old. Its not like ive been here for more than 10 years or anything
>>9263097810 years is nothing.
>>92630995yeah, just 10 years. Just a short ten years ive been here. haha
>>92630919Lurk moar before posting, tourist.
>>92631034boardgame subsidies when?
>>92631147That’s what autismbux are.
>>92629992You're doing a disservice to the artist by not noticing. They drew it with the intention of people looking at it.
Whatever happened to Marco Polo?It was all the rage, got a 2nd edition pumped out a few short years after it gained traction, we had anons here passionate about the game.I cannot remember the last time it was ever mentioned here.Is this the fate of all modern euro games?
>>92631176can I claim autismbux on the basis I play boardgames? Can I ddeclare my escort bills I need in order to play my games
>>92631225>Can I ddeclare my escort billsThis is probably the least funny joke I've seen being run to the ground by constant plebbit like reference. Great job anon, you mentioned a thing. You fit in now. Amazing performance.
>>92631215Luciani's other dice euros released around that time, GAH and Lorenzo, stood the test of time better for most people.
>>92627994>Memoryjust let her clear, the AP gen is not enough to sustain so much card usage and she'll die sooner than you can
why not just play Clocktower with your own friends
>>92631815I don’t have enough board game playing friends. Also lmao @ paying $180 for fucking werewolves.
>>92631815All of my friends barely made the time to hang out with me, despite having no kids, and even if they did they'd just cancel at the last hourI eventually decided to cut them all from my life and I'm a better person for it
>>92632234PnP
>>92632730With real blood?
>>92625569Yeah you gotta play it with more people. Three players for a negotiation game isn't ideal, but I've had fun at that count for John Company
>>92617442fipbip
>>92629620It's DMCV lady. Model looked fine though since the detals are pretty small on the face. DMCV Lady on all the inserts though. She's pretty fun to play at the very least.
>>92625807I've enjoyed Witchcraft! by Salt&pepper. Its faily cheap and plays for around 30 minutes.
>>92628731Washington’s War is better for “shorter CDG” than 1960.
Is there an updated rulebook for millennium blades in the expansions that improves the set up or something? I only have the base and I was reading and there was something like that
On the hunt for "unique" experiences with storytelling, something like KDM or Unsettled or 7th continent or Arkham horror LCG. Any recommendations among these or other such games?
>>92635062Collusion rulebook is the one you're looking for. It splits the deck into core and non-core among other things.
>>92635074Sleeping Gods (storytelling) or Burning Banners (worldbuilding/lore) maybe
>>92635082thanks mate
>>92626486>sex expansionfor fucking Root??the war game about animals? and not like cute girls with cat ears, like actual moles and shit?
>>92635179>he doesnt know
>>92635179Wilson, run the tape!
I just had a game of Istanbul end in kingmaking. Not even the allegedly multiplayer solitaire euros are safe from it. Every 3p+ game with even the tiniest bit of interaction is prone to it so next time I see someone complain about X game being kingmakey I swear I am gonna choke a bitch.
>>92635179>he lacks the critical infirmation
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>>92626738its okay the longer you're on here the more you realise it doesn't matter.
>>92635356You are joking right?
>>92635074I find storytelling in boardgames to be largely forgettable and not for a lack of trying, but I can point you towards something I found at least interesting. Mind that this is mostly emergent storytelling, after Kings dilemma I didn't bother with the more classical attempts at boardgames that tell stories anymore. Every other medium just seems better equipped to handle these.>StationfallSpace station 13: the boardgame. Too chaotic for my taste but always hilarious>NemesisAbsolute meme game that mechanically falls apart like 5 minutes in, but a lot of people love it because it captures the feeling of the Alien setting really well>OathAllegedly has some strong emergent storytelling, I didn't feel it that much because I disliked the actual game so much, but I can see how the semi-legacy aspect and the changing card deck will give you a certain feeling of progression and that it's "your" story>War of the RingSure, it's lotr, we all know what happens, but WotR is an alt(-fictional)-history simulator, especially with LoME. It also happens to be a great, great game in its own right.>Betrayal at the house on the hillI'm sure everyone knows it by now, but despite its many, many, MANY flaws the game does deliver what it sets out to do and tells a horror story. Extraordinarily weak mechanically, but it's an interesting experience with the 50 or so vastly different twists the game can take midway through.>King's DilemmaReally didn't like that one, but a lot of people seem to love it. I mean, it's about larping as heads of mighty houses that advise the king in a legacy style campaign. Does sound really fun on paper.Not exactly what you asked for I guess, but still
>>92635513Not sure if you'd call it a storytelling game but Battlestar Galactica/Unfathomable tends to steer towards memorable moments.
>>92635539I think the definition is relatively flexible. I for example can give you no reason why I mention WotR but not Rebellion other than pure subjective I find wotr to be much more interesting and immersive. I thought about putting social deduction games in this as well, but then decided against it; I find these create great moments rather than good narratives or stories. Entirely subjective either way; like how I didn't include Churchill because it has an arc rather than a story. What the fuck do I even mean by that? I don't quite know myself.
>>92631215MP2 was released around the same time when Tascini went on a rant that was implied by the internet to be racist. This caused him to be cancelled by publishers which included board and dice(restored) and Hans im gluck(publisher of MP1 and 2). They stopped all production of MP1 and 2 and thus what you are seeing now is a result of that. I'm still planning to get my copy of MP2 from China.
How good is Quest for El Dorado at 2?
>>92635074Earthborne Rangers is really quite charming and fun
>>92617719Mille Bornes uses cards for all the driving actions
>>92617719Porta Nigra; everyone gets an identical eight-card deck, and on your turn you choose one card to play (from the two in your hand), which determines which actions you can take that round (there are also some card-agnostic actions, however).>>92636305Kek
>>92635179How fucking new are you here, way to expose yourself anon
>>92636167Not good, like most Knizia game that aren't 2p only.
As we all know, the GMT dice included with every copy of twilight struggle are rigged af. I want to replace them with a pair of D6s that capture the spirit and scale of the cold war. Any suggestions?
>>92637294Machine your own dice out of brass with red pips for the soviets and stainless steel with red and blue pips for the west.
>>92624794Skull>Easy for normies to play>Doesn't overstay its welcome>Can be played after a few beers>Always a good time
>>92624794If it were me I'd buy $1000 of pitchcar track, but you're lame and won't do that.
>>92624794Carcassonne with Inns and Cathedrals>Cheap, easy as hell to teach, relatively short. Big Box version is a nice bang for your buckRococo deluxe>Quite enjoyable euro, presentation is going to draw eyes. Very competitive, but "nice" competitiveRa>Absolute masterpiece, any player count for it works and a pretty easy teachZoo Vadis>The rare 7 player game that isn't shit. Big on negotiation, could be good or bad depending on your setting but has ways to mitigate meannessDeadwood 1876>An actually fun dice roller, you takes turns stealing cards from people by playing gun cards, allies can assist you in certain situations. By far the best dice combat I've seen. Also dirt cheap AND massive player count of 9Codenames>this should be a no-brainer. Look for the XXXL version so you don't get (warranted) complaints of "these cards are too small to read"Hansa Teutonica>actually fairly easy to teach for how intricate it is, plus very fast yet meaningful turns appeals to analytical types. Just a stellar game all aroundSheriff of Nottingham>this one is just really fun if you want to laugh at ridiculous bluffs, but be warned the official 6 player mode is shit and low player counts are boring because nobody gets to smuggle past the more conservative sheriffs that naturally arise in lower player counts. It's a 4-5 player game.
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>>92632669Setting boundaries is healthy. You'll find some friends worth your time eventually.
>>92624794Oink's entire catalogue
>>92635179Oh sweet summer child..
>>92635342Damn the cult is looking kinda thicc
>>92635513Thanks for the detailed recs anon, your thoughts on these almost entirely align with my own, except for stationfall which I adore and oath which I haven't played.>>92636290Is it actually good though? To me it seemed like giga hyped by nu-susd and le hecking environment bgg crowd.
>RootWhile being the most highly acclaimed COIN game, it is actually more of an oldschool classic wargame in the vain of Eric Lang's masterpiece Blood Bowl. The players take on the role of a collection of screen printed chunky maple/beech wood called "meeples" in the image of sexy animals.>ConcordiaPlayers take the role of Roman merchants, aiming to expand their settlements, accumulate resources like wood, brick, sheep, wheat, and ore, and trade with each other to build roads and settlements. Players roll dice to determine resource production, negotiate trades, and strategically place settlements and roads to earn victory points. But be careful because if you roll a 7, you immediately lose the game.>Crescent MoonThis is another asymmetric COIN game in the vain of Root, however this game is king of the hill, where the game is either won by a player who manages to hold the holy site for 3+ turns, or the Murshid, who's player aid literally has a quote from Game of Thrones in a font size bigger than most of the critical information. "Chaos is a ladder" indeed.>ChinatownI wouldn't know, I refuse to play Knizia games.
>>92624794>>92625298>>92637897Thirding Codenames mostly because it scales to any player count and it's actually more fun when you have large groups of people arguing over what your clues mean.
>>92638791Don't know where this came from but it made me kek so good job
>>92638164been playing this on Yucata because of you anonpretty good>>92638700it's basically Arkham Horror but more open-world. which i don't enjoy in vidya, but something about new cards for deck construction being the progression system as you explore and accomplish new tasks is pretty satisfying to methe way environment cards interact with each other is very thematic and managing resources and mitigating damage does lead to tough choices even though you aren't constantly being attacked i think the setting is a little interesting, but it's not like the writing is anything special. overhyped if you listen to susd - but i'd rather play it than anything else in the OP post. it's pretty self contained in a normal sized box
>>92637737>>Always a good time
what makes a board game open world?
No slop or not this week, but I got and played paper tales in my largely futile search for a statisfying filler game (~30 min) and it actually delivered. Now, I'm not sure how long it'll last as it seems we've explored most of its depth in a mere 2 games, but as of now I can really recommend it.Also played black rose wars rebirth again, and while I think it's a very good game I wish the spells had more evocative names and actual artwork.It's so very weird to have a large game like brwr in front of you and suddenly realize there is not hat much actual artwork in the entire game, most of the art is there for ui design (like how the objectives look like little scrolls)
>>92639486get at least the first of paper tales expansion. the extra buildings make a huge difference to longevity and replay
>>92639611Sadly, that seems impossible. For some reason there are zero available copies of base game in the wider german market (in either eng or ger, I got my english copy from sone french dude) and apparently the publisher has some weird problems and only released the big box in french. Point being, I've not even seen the expansion anywhere as of now
>>92635513Stationfall is not chaotic if you play it with people who actually understand the rules and characters' agendas and do not make random moves.I'll never understand people saying that.
>>92639900It's chaotic in the sense that someone taking a step in the wrong direction can unknowingly ruin your entire strategy. Or something like picking a wrong/right character to move away/towards a tentacle monster. It's unpredictable in that way and can be the difference between 10 points and 2 because of the way scoring works.
>>92639900This seems so strange to me, especially the implication chaos is caused by players not understanding the game. >Miniscule, quasi accidentally changing one variable of your plan has huge consequences>Extremely limited action economy makes even getting a character into position a herculean task, let alone if you want to do it without telegraphing your intentions>Effort needed to succeed with different characters varies wildlyThe exception is a 2p game, of course, but the higher the playercount the more the variables get scrambled from turn to turn. Though I might have worded this badly, I don't mean the game is random. It is almost detetministic. Doesn't mean it can't be very chaotic by design. This is not necessarily a negative.
>>92624794Secret Hitler is fine. Terraforming Mars is fine. The rest I would NOT recommend. I would suggest Codenames, Ra and Ticket to Ride Europe
>>92640009That's the thing: unless you play with beginners and you don't understand the game that well too, that should never happened, unless your goal is obvious and people willingly hinder your plans.>>92640166I am talking about a 3-6 players game, as I agree that with more people it gets less controllable.With that player count though, it's extremely hard for someone to fuck up your plan by mistake. Influecing and using characters is telegraphed and not trivial by any means, and if your majestic plan is based on the control of a character who can be easily controlled by others, then it's just poor planning.
I just played my first game of Aeons End and man, it fucking rocks
>>92624794For actual team building:Captain sonarThe crewSpace alertLatter two also feature short playtime.Battle for rokugan - better, streamlined game of thrones. Never met anyone who didn't enjoy it.Probably not a good pick but I love it - New Angeles.
>>92621189thanks dad
>>92633347yesand steal a penny from Big Ben for that real clocktower bling
>>92636167it has special rules where you control 2 pawns instead of 1, which can be funny to block someone on two directions, but it also means you need to cover twice the distance while keeping a good deck, so the game will be longer
>>92639425>been playing this on Yucata because of you anon>pretty goodBased... soon it will be /bgg/core...
>>92638791Now THIS is a shitpost
>>92638791>>Chinatown>I wouldn't know, I refuse to play Knizia games.Fuck you I snorted coffee all over me.
Are the Pocket Campaigns any fun? Never heard of them until now and the idea of Klemens Franz for mini warfare sounds kind of neat, even if they're all seemingly wooden cubes on a map
>>92641286This looks cool tell me more.
>>92624794I would add Codenames and Werewords and get rid of gloomhaven. Gloomhaven is a campaign game. It's not going to work well in that environment. If you really want a dungeon delver, try Conan instead. >>92637737If you want pub style games Skull is pretty good. I like Liar's Dice as well.
>>92641311https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262818/the-cousins-war-second-editionhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/301030/the-ming-voyageshttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/301032/the-march-of-progresshttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/380455/war-of-the-3-sanchos-1065-67
>>92640331Captain Sonar is Good for team building. But I've had people refuse to play because it is "too stressful."
How is Dynamic Nurse, a weebshit, one of the best deck builders ever made? It has no right to be as interactive and strategic as it is.
>>92641286I've heard good things about war of the 3 sanchos, less so about the others. Actually I wanted to get it but something stopped me, I can't really remember. Looked like the kind of small box, short but big game I am very much in the market for.
>>92641286The Cousins' War is on my "want to play" list. I've never had the opportunity, unfortunately.
>>92624794I agree with everyone else saying don't get terraforming mars or gloomhaven. And I'd get Star wars the deckbuilding game before I'd get netrunner (for this particular group.) I'd recommend, Bang the dice game, Betrayal at the House on the Hill, Camel Up, Cheating Moth, Strike, The Mind, Kites, Quacks of Quedlinberg, Modern Art, Ra, Meeple Circus, Love Letter, Ready Set Bet, Heat, Escape: the Curse of the Temple, Galaxy Trucker and maybe Game Of Thrones: The Board Game, it's a little heavier but since people like the show, they're usually willing to learn it.Strike would be my number one choice though. It was far and away the most popular game at my wedding recently.
>>92641339There's a turned based mode for pussies. But it's like complaining that an escape room is too stressful. Like that's kinda the point?
>>92624794Thought of a few more worth mentioning,QE, Trio and Marvel United.
>selling games>chatting up the buyer>get invited to the local wargaming community convention happening next week>guy who got me into bg's and that I later reconnected with last year is attending >gmt/pax/splotter/hollanspiele bestie is interested in goingNever been to a convention. Those things fun?
>>92640331>Captain sonar>The crew>Space alert
>>92642407>Those things fun?Yes if you're going to play games or buy/trade for 2nd hand games, "convention only" games are very much a thing so it's a great way to play stuff you wouldn't normally be able to and local conventions are a great way to network with new to you players in your area that have similar tastes as you.
>>92641358you mean Dynamite Nurse?it's a standard deckbuilder with a time pressure element, like Clank but instead of delving into dungeons you heal and kill patients. I wanna play it since it looks neat but i havent had a chance so far
>>92642407I suspect wargaming conventions are much less about selling and advertising games than the bigger bg cons and more about actually getting to play your way too niche game.So, if you're into wargames, fuck yeah it'll be great if you know the rules in advanceAlso pls play congress of vienna and tell me how it is compared to the other great statesmen games
>>92636464Thanks for making me interested in Porta Nigra.
>>92642117You had board games at your wedding?
>>92639770that's a shame. i had to get the second expansion in french, which i'm not fluent in but haven't had troubles. >>92640852have you tried the Valley expansion?
>>92641339I've had people quit in the middle of the game cause it caused them an anxiety attack. That said I fucking love it. The best game of it I ever played was as radio operator for a 3 way battle cause we had two copies with all 3 teams having semi-experienced players. I had a good damned blast, but the other two radio operators were gigafucked. I've desperately wanted to do a 2v2 match ever since, but nobody else wants to try. Also we only have like, 14 people in the club.
>>92643742w/ 2p teams you only need 8p for a 2v2
>>92643093:)>>92643185>have you tried the Valley expansion?Yes (it's good)
>>92642149>for pussiesI mean I love the game. But sometimes there are parties pussies in your play group. I just wanted to give heads up because idk what his coworkers are like.
>>92642117>Bang the dice game>Galaxy TruckerI would recommend these too.
>>92629254I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy
>>92645264You right, Cities and Knights without Seafarers? Weak.
>>92620116If they win they are a master negotiatorIf they lose the dice were badThey don't play it often enough to hate itThey know the rulesThe resent learning (new games are out)
>>92645289You’re shitting me right? You’re suggesting making a shit game like Catan take 4 hours? Add as many retarded systems as you want, you’re still playing Catan
>>92645528At times, Catan can be pretty comfy. Stuff like Concordia is too teethless, I can appreciate Catan willing to be a dick.
>>92645335>They resent learningI hate how true this is
>>92645335>>92645636a lot of board game hobbyists also hate learningif a new game isn't something they can immediately associate with a comparable experience they're not interested in exploring hard to find people who enjoy being challenged
>>92645528me and my kid cousin played a full game of Catan while watching Unsolved Mysteries a few thanksgivings back. had a fire going, and i was cooking while we played and watched. pretty damn comfy, comfy enough and fun enough to get him into board games. we dont play Catan anymore, but im glad we did.
>>92645720I rarely buy games that are largely comparable to ones I already own, because what's the point? Shelf space is limited, if I need variety I want genre variety not theme and rules variety
>>92644843FUCK i may have to track down the french copy.Everyone here speaks it as their second language anyway.
>>92645569>>92645806Yes Catan is nice sometime. I’ve played it dozens of times, and I can’t fucking stand it anymore. You barely use a single braincell for 85% of the game, and c&k just makes it longer
>>92646069It's good for sitting around the table, chatting and vegging out. It's so easy you don't really have to "think", you can just roll dice, pass little cards around, build funny shapes with the spare wooden pieces when it's not your turn. Definitely only something for the right circumstances, but when they're right It's casualkino.
The only shitty thing about Catan and the thing that keeps it in the "good not great" tier is that some turns you just can't do anything. You rolled shit, you've got nothing to trade, pass the dice to the next person. A great game will never have a turn where you can't make any decisions.
>>92646542This I gotta agree with, it's not so bad when at least other people understand this and are just willing to pass the dice along, but I've played Catan with some people that were absolutely insufferable because every turn they HAD to slowly figure out every possible thing to "do".
I think I've finally matured in the hobbyI've spent all of the month without spending a single cent in any new game, expansion or even accessoryI look at my wishlist and playthroughs on youtube and not a single game jumps out to me as a must haveIn fact I want to spend more time playing the games I already haveTales from the red dragon inn and dungeon degenerates look like fun but I still have other campaign games to finishThe only game I genuine want to get is Seal team flix but that game is really hard to come across at a reasonable price
>>92640302>That's the thing: unless you play with beginners and you don't understand the game that well too, that should never happened, unless your goal is obvious and people willingly hinder your plans.Come on anon, you really cannot comprehend how multiple people could be fighting over one character or objective? Or how someone releases project X monster and now you have to get one character away from it, but someone moves the monster towards it because they had to choose and didn't care either way? Or that you suspect someone's plan but they were bluffing and you accidentally ruined ANOTHER person's plan? Or that you are trying to fuck with someone, but don't know which character to pick so it's 50% chance to get the right one? All of those things happen in my 4 person games regularly.
Through the Ages seems so fucking dry and lame. Especially compared to Innovation, a brilliant game on the same theme. I love Vlaada's other games though, should I give it a go?
>>92648717both games are pretty kino. TtA may not have the cleanest aesthetics but it's very satisfying to play
>>92618172How could it be otherwise?
>>92643113Yes. Not on the wedding night itself. People had to travel so I had family and friends around a few days. My wife's family often ends events by playing board games, part of what got me into the hobby
>>92648421And you cannot really comprehend that to use a character, you have to place cubes on them, and you can't really go around and fritter them away. Fighting over one character is certainly possible, but in that case such character shouldn't be the key of your plan. Fighting for the same objective implies that you're actively trying to get something, therefore you ruining someone else's agenda is not a pure accident.Also no one moves the monster randomly because they "didn't care either way". It's obvious that whenever I can choose, which is not always the case, I will move it towards a conspirator of someone else, or to bottleneck a certain path.Try playing with decent players from ION's discord and you will see that you cannot fuck them up so easily. What you described occured only when I was still learning the game and made rookie mistakes.
I only like abstract strategy board games. Recommend the best ones to me.
>>92617719The King is Dead: you've only got 8 single use cards for the whole game
Rubber banding is bad but what is the alternative? Snowballing in games is even worse!
Tokyo Game Market is over, what did you buy? You did go, didn’t you?
