Getting anons riled up like it's Monday, welcome to another rocking thread of the Board Games General.Previous: >>96428867Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8Survey results: https://pastebin.com/YJPZ44rqThis general encompasses all board game genres - Eurogames, Ameritrash, Ameritreasure, Fillers, Party, Abstracts, Wargames, and especially the game that one anon is autistic about at this very moment.TQs:What off meta plays/builds have you seen severely irritate other players?Are you a scripted openings or wild child type? Trigger /bgg/ with ONE word. Hard mode: anything mentioned last thread off limits.
>>96448485>First for TI4 rocks!Also, FUCK RENATURE
>>96448485First (probably not, I'm phoneposting and slow) for Root sucks>Tq1 In my group off meta strats dont irritate anyone, we like to experiment>Tq2Im more of a wild child, yep>spoiler Eh that's hard, not even gonna try
>>96448485TQs>Barony of Letnev player said "oops all reds" and went straight for War Suns. The table was not expecting it and were unable to hold them back while also dealing with each other's BS. Some real fun battles happened, though. Memorable game.>I prefer to go with standard openings and stick to a tried strategy in general. When I do go rogue, I have a good time playing rough and scrappy. I just have to be in the mood.>CORE
>>96448677>Barony of Letnev player said "oops all reds" and went straight for War Suns.Fucking hell that is a rich alternative to Barony swarm.I havent gotten to play TI3 in years, and never got a chance to try TI4. I wish the stars could align for that, Im quite fond of the series and the memories.
First for LNoE is the best survival horror game out there
>>96448485>off meta builds irritate other players?Using the same dealership for two (or more) mainlines in Horseless Carriage, but it only irritates whoever is using it, because it makes the factory cramped and impossible to deal with. Despite that, my opponent still won, mostly because I also went for two mainlines one dealer approach early and didn't expand my factory in a way that'd let me diversify in the midgame.>scripted vs wild openingsBoth is good, depends on the game really. Even a scripted opening in round 1 can evolve unpredictably in round 2 in response to what your opponents do, and those are the most fun types of games, where you play reactively and proactively with other people. Scripted build orders are best when they just help you reduce the thinking needed for the boring bit of the game, to let you focus on the interesting interactive bit with more brainpower.>Trigger /bgg/ with ONE wordHey Anon, thanks for inviting me over to game night to play your vintage copy of that old game that's never getting a reprint, check out what I brought over: Cheetos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnv20zwUdH8
>>96448690Well, the Barony player was the person at the table who is usually the most amicable. So they were kind of ignored when another player was kicking in doors as Sol, aggressively expanding, and I was launching unprovoked strikes as Nekro, feeding on weak fleets. Top it off with Barony getting first slice pick and taking the most resource rich one, it was a recipe for disaster.>I wish the stars could align for thatTook me about 3 years to get a group together that I could convince to try it. That first game was cautious but magical in its own right. Best part was at the end, everyone sat there, mentally exhausted, and one person flipped over their faction sheet to read their lore. They said "wow, there's a story here?" Then everyone did the same (I had told them lore prior but I guess it went over their heads), that seemed to make everything click and suddenly they all were excited to try again. I get why folks dig on it, but I love the game for its theater and memorable moments.
>>96448923Many of my favorite moments were post game.4 a.m., everyone burnt out, Im driving people home, and one guy chimes out something he wish he played differently.Now the whole car is awake and chattering on alternate builds, synergies they missed out on in the early game. The excitement to play again was so palpable.
Does anyone else rate games on the gulag they've never played? I find I can watch a playthrough and rate the game within 1 point (usually bang on) of what I would had I played it 5 times. I've rated over 400 games I've never played this way
>>96449009Pretty clever way to answer the secret tq
>>96448994>>96448923Based and passion-pilled. Love these moments
>download Aftergame app because BGG integration and maybe find a group to play with>no one uses it>location filter doesn't filter by state, so cities with the same name show up in searchWelp, back to Meetups.
>>96449009>doesn't also log a play of it and write a comment shitting on itAmateur.
>>96449009"3/10, can't be that good if I've never played it"
Id shit on a game while my comments hint that I actually played another game entirely. If you arent raising a geeks blood pressure when he account stalks you, are you truly even trying?
Okay bgg, here's a hard mode questionYou're on an island 3 other peopleYou're not allowed to have sex with any of themInstead, you must survive one year and can only take one Jamey slopmier game with you (expansions are allowed)And you must play the game at least once a day, no burning it for warmthWhat do you take?
>>96449427Vantage.
>>96449427If it can be a non-Stegmeier game from Stonemaier, then Between Two Cities since I actually like it. If it has to be designed by the man himself, then idk, I've only played a couple and thought they were fine but nothing special.
>>96449427Wingspan with Asia, Oceania, and the Nesting box.I shall live in the Nesting box.
>>96449438I see what you did there
Anyone play Sweet Lands?
Best board game of all time?
>>96449863Carcassonne with the first two expansions
>>96449863War of the ring with LoME
>>96449863Hansa Teutonica big box>>96449879Abbey and Mayor is also really good. It's probably not as popular because it doesn't have many pieces in the box, a lot of people likely saw it as a bad value.>>96449971Hard to argue, War of the Ring is such a beast but it's a good time.
Thoughts on Dead of Winter? I just bought the game but haven't had a chance to get a game of it going. I guess if it's shit at least I'll have the worlds most expensive zombie standees.
>>96449863If aliens come down to earth and ask for our best board game, I'm going to give them GoBut within the hobby space, probably Hansa Teutonica or age of steamRoute building is just such a great mechanic that I think any game even in contention needs it.
>>96450021It's more of an "experience" than a "game."
>>96450021Quarter-backing issue. No thanks
>>96450332wtf do you mean by quarter backing
>>96450332Which doesn't work due to traitors and personal goals.If I need to hold onto gas to win, no Im not going to pitch it to the current crisis unless we are on the edge of losing. No amount of quarter backing will convince me otherwise.Its the one good element of the game in how it sows doubt and mistrust even if the game has no traitor dealt it.
>>96450416Tom Brady is in his group and just tells everyone what to doWhen people accuse him of quarterbacking, he says that's God damn right and stares them down
Why is the manual for Caylus 1303 filtering me so hard? Is it a bad manual and/or am I just stupid? I swear I play more complicated games.
We know that TGZ is just a less cool Keyflower, but did you realise that FCM is just a less cool Dominion?
>>96450828Horseless carriage is also just a lamer Eclipse
Spirit Island is a poor mans Twilight Imperium. I was just too blind to see it.
TIL Castle Combos King married a barren woman.
>>96450021A common complaint is that a competent traitor is difficult if not impossible to win against. Meanwhile a middling to bad traitor will throw the game every time.
>>96450741If I remember correctly the game is super straightforward and easy, but a few key concepts, especially flipping the buildings are strangely worded. I do recall me staring at the building tiles unsure how it is supposed to work as well. Just watch a video of that part, takes a few minutes and is, to my great annoyance, better than the rulebookI found the game pretty meh and wish I liked it more
>>96451036Nice detail and I really like the game (I assume you recommended it?) but man fuck that art
>>96451061What about the original Caylus? I see people hype that one to death, the shop I bought it from actually had both versions on the shelf. I grabbed the newer one, only because it seemed easier to get to table.
>>96451076>Oath if it was woke
>>96451076Oh yea CC is addictive as all get out. Easy recommend.
>>96450992Most games can be reduced down to "Eclipse but lame" so that's not really nuanced commentary. Try again?
>>96450021the crosswords cards had potential to be very cool yet are like 90% boring "Trigger if [character x] goes to [location y]". It's pretty ameritrashy, but in a bad way where you fiddle around with relatively irrelevant stuff. That said, I think the basis of the game is sound, it's just what >>96451037 says: a competent (read: person with a working brain) traitor is basically impossible to stop and will play along just fine only to ruin everything in one turn, making it quite unthematic. If you play without a traitor, it is trivially easy.It's kinda like nemesis in that the game gives you handful of cool moments (I remember narrating my betrayal as blasting the john cena intro through a megaphone I found and thus, zombies overran the base) at the cost of an otherwise somewhat broken, meh game.If it came out today, everyone would comment on how it builds narratives and is a storytelling game. That is fine and all, but if the underlying mechanics don't work well, the game isn't magically amazing.
The world would be a better place if Isaac Vega's mom didnt pester Colby Dauch at church to give her son a job.Sure, we wouldn't have gotten Ashes, but its a trade I am willing to make.
>>96451085Never played it. Had the same "yeah I GOTTA play caylus someday" drive, thought the 1303 version was the cleaner one and felt relatively disappointed. The thing that makes it interesting is obviously the provost, and that one failed to cause any sort of drama at our table. Not because we are averse to conflict but because it seemed inherent to the design. An example:>last 3 buildings are occupied with other players workers>Haha!>You either waste an action using the provost building or 3 workers in the river phase>if you aren't last in turn order, players will either work together to put the provost back or a single player will get fucked>either way, you actively spent resources to either hurt one other player while the third/fourth player laugh at you or you invested way more than the other players involved in the provost hot potatoI get that turn order is massively important, but provost movement didn't play as big a role as I had hoped. Plus I have begun to find the 1 if someone else uses your infrastructure that many euros have more and more annyoing because it's always just a consolation prize and doesn't really see other players considering if they should gift you the points.All in all a fine game but a bit too bland to me
>>96451061>spoilerDont talk to me or my son ever again.
>>96451036I think the likelier implication is that the king got cucked by the monk. It's quite tiresome
>>96451317I was worried if 1 would be too little. When I play Hansa Teutonica with my friends, we all groan when somebody gets that one point in the late game, when you really want to finish up your networks and somebody is at 16-17 points. It's great tension.I'll still try it and get back since well, I already have it. It was somewhat of an impulse buy since a shop had a 15% all gaming sale, and I like Worker placement mechanics that aren't afraid to be a dick. I LOVE Agricola and Dune Imperium.
>>96451358The Stable boy is called bastard in the french edition.
Harvest (2024) by Trey Chambers is such a fun game that i'll forgive his annoying posts on BGG
>>96451453What makes his posts annoying?
>>96451360Was pretty much my story as well. Honestly, who knows, might just not be our game, I wouldn't call it bad by any means. It just tries the less is more approach but clearly pales in comparison to eg HT
I hate how all my friends play blood on the clocktower.
>>96451596how so?
>>96451615I'm not smart enough for it. Also they play it all the time. How do people not get tired of constantly playing the same game?
>>96451630you dont need smarts to play botc, it's just a social game, if your friends only play that kinda game then maybe it's for the best
>>96448149 Same developer. https://www.eerko.nl/>>96448485 Sleeves.>>96449115 There's also Facebook.>>96449427 My Little Scythe, per >>96449452.>You're not allowed to have sex with any of themThis would change anyone's answer?>>96449879 I prefer South Sea over vanilla Carcassonne.>>96450416 This one tripped me up for a while too. It's when a solo game masquerades as a co-op.>>96450828 My eyes are opened.>>96451210 The carriage has no horse because lame horses are sent to the glue factory.>>96451630 You might have autism.
Just played (and won) Apiary. It's resourceslop but the bee theme is cute.>>96451474NTA but he's very political.>>96451689Wtf is this posting format?
>>>96451826 Wtf is this posting format?We may never know why lines of text were in reply to which posts.
>>96450021It's a waste of time. Too hard to win, and even without a traitor sometimes survivors fill fuck the team over just so they con complete their objective.
>>96451630with custom scripts it's literally impossible for Clocktower to get old. Even the base 3 are basically endless fun>>96451683the logic puzzle for good can get really complicated
>>96449863Castles of Burgundy, not even close
>>96451061>>96451085The original is better than the update.
>>96452364Why Castles of Burgundy?
>>96452391With opaque bags there's basically no setup, it lulls in morons with the simplicity of it, but has enough depth to be engaging after hundreds of plays. The best part of it all though is just how you have the moment right after scoring where you look down at your kingdom and you've built something, after all of your decisions, there's a concrete thing in front of you totally irrespective of the score. There are plenty of games that do one of these things well, but there are none like Castles of Burgundy that do all of them together. The best part of it all is that the old version filtered the worst people in the hobby
>>96452364I can't call it the best, too multiplayer solitaire for that. But I can definitely call it a personal top 5.And fuck the haters, I like the special edition. Those acrylic tiles are great, so are the double layer duchy boards.
>>96452377How so? Consensus seems pretty evenly divided between OG and 1303 when I look online.
Got my copy of Heart of crown 2nd
>>96453013Sweet. I really want to get this when it hits retail. How is the card quality? Is there enough room in the box for the expansion cards?
>>96448485>spoilerkniziafaggots
>>96453289But that's a proper noun compounded with a word. Two words. OP said ONE word. Try something like this:>Miniatures>Quinns>Cole>Oath>Catan>Sleeves
>>96453333please excuse me, I'm German
>>96453274have more than enough room after removing the two gap-fillers (see those above the box). Ive put expansion to the top left of the box and still have plenty more room for future expansions. Cards look nice but feel exactly the same quality as usual cards (randomly compared with Imperium Classics and Sentinels of the multiverse cards). Would definitely sleeve them
>>96452391CoB occupies the same space as Carc or Catan, as in "its fun as your first boardgame but why the fuck would you play ot when better games exist?". It's a dice chucker that throws in a few euro mechanics so you don't notice that its basically Monopoly
>>96452364>>96454088I used to think CoB was at least the best feldIt's not even in the top 5
>>96454124Yeah it's not even the best feld, much less the best board gameanon probably hasn't tried out his other games
anyone played it? the idea and gameplay looks fun but the art looks so woke-fatiguing its turning me off
>>96454345Wrong, I've played Civolution, Carpe Diem, Trajan, Bora Bora, Marrakesh, and Notre Dame. None of them are close to as good as Castles of Burgundy, although I did really like Civolution and Trajan quite a bit.
>>96454736>Notre dame not better than cobI dont agree but sure okDo try In the year of the dragon though
>>96454785The guy who has it in my group keeps flaking whenever we are supposed to play it. It's on the docket we just haven't been able to table it. I still want to try Alhambra and Amerigo too, but i don't know anyone who has either of them.
>local board game store closed (sign is down) without warning or notice Surely they're just remodeling, right?
>One morning, when Anon woke from troubled dreams, he found his torso transformed in his bed into a dusty cheeto.
>>96453552Thanks for the pic and info anon. If you get around to trying it I'm interested to hear if the expansion is worth it
>>96455900did you play there a lot? you're probably fucked
>>96455900Facebook is your friend for this stuff
>>96449605not yet, still waiting for the Tabletop Simulator module
Bringing Hegemony to the game day today, will it get played? place your bets!
>>96455900>>96455974Is this loss?
>>96456862no, we will be playing wingspan (4 players) and flip7
>>96456862Well, can you teach it?And I mean ALL of itIf not don't even try
>>96456894No, it's Metamorphosis.
played galactic cruise this weekendI liked it, we'll see how replayable it is
>>96456862Hegemony is a destination game - you can't just show up with it and say "hey, you guys want to play this 4-5 hour game with an involved teach for each faction?". It might even be a game that lots of people you know want to play but it's a huge commitment in time. Best you can hope for, if you have the players that are good with it, is a learning game of a round or two.
>>96456862Betting no and when I win I want my prize to be that you buttchug some hot coffee. Anyway, I hope that motivates you to read the rulebook and commit the time to teaching.
>>96453337https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/47222714/#47223427
>dry spell from the start of august has just been extended by another weekBefore I bore you with further blogposting, I have now gotten a whiff what makes people go full consoomer. I have, probably subconciously as a replacement for the fun/destressing I was supposed to experience, bought more games in this 1 month than in the last six months. To be fair, most were superb second hand deals but still, it's insane how quickly I have accumulated a pile of shame.Furthermore, everyone trying to rebrand it as "Pile of opportunity" is a faggot
>>96454088What Carcassonnesque game is better than Carcassonne?
>>96457781Rajas of the Ganges and AlhambraAnd Horseless Carriage
>>96457781
>>96457848If you can't strand your opponents' meeples then it's not as good as Carcassonne, sorry
>>96456799Explain
>>96458008Unless you live in the middle of the middle of nowhere there is a Facebook group for board game reselling in your local area. It can connect you with meetup events or gaming groups looking for players.
>>96456838>he missed the TTS module when it was still upThe publisher has explicitly said they'll takedown any TTS uploads, so you're gonna be waiting a while unless you grab the backup save.
>>96449863I'm gonna say Last Night On Earth
>>96458008check the game store on Facebook, they all dont stop yapping every update on there
Favorite bullet character and why
Wait, what is even the point of money in Food Chain Magnate? You don't do anything moneylike with them aside from paying salaries which is the equivalent of harvest in Agricola.
>>96459050>what is even the point of moneyIt's how you determine who the winner of the game is.
>>96459161Sure enough. It does say that.
What is even the point of victory points in Concordia? You don't do anything pointlike with them aside from determining the winner at the end which is the equivalent to scoring in El Grande
>>96459292I never understood why there was a victory point track either. Maybe it's relevant to one of the expansions. I only have Venus.
>>96459306Yes actually, but barely. There's at least one forum tile in the Salsa expansion that gives you points mid-game.
Pick 3.
>>96459161Sure, what I meant is whats the point of physical monopoly money? Since there's no economy within the game, money doesnt trade hands, its not spend on anything, no loans or investments, you may as well just abstract it into tokens, or even a track
>>96459343
>>96459485I don't want any of these. Can I have the background instead?
>>96459485How did you manage to find eight of the blandest games imaginable?
>>964595327 of them are her right now. And I've definitely seen the other 2 here before.
>>96459485Burning BannersArnakArcs
>>96459564Why aren't you buying Vantage?
>>96458942I mainly play Arle (on TTS). I uploaded Vic Viper who seems pretty fun, only played her a couple times though since she's not scripted.
>>96459564They shouldn't be
>>96458942I am torn between Rose and Rei.I either want to make love to the camera, or get the sweet satisfaction of hitting homers.
>>96459485>BB, DIU, ArksEasy choices for me since the goal is to bait people into playing Here I Stand and TI4.
>>96457848>spoilerthe fuck does it have to do with Carcassonne, come on>>96459485Arcs, Ark, Dune uprising i guess, but the only other games i've played from that selection are SETI (meh) and Arnak (the novelty runs out very fast and then it just becomes painfully mediocre), Burning Banners seems funI played Dune Uprising with 6 players and it was surprisingly smooth and fun
>>96456838>>96458090As it turns out, they uploaded an official mod but then hid it later.https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3261600134
I have the best taste in board gamesProve me wrong
>>96461291I can't stand the taste of cardboard but maybe I'm cooking it wrong. Post recipes.
>>96461296>cooking your gamesWhat? No. Plastic miniatures are perfectly chewable without that
>>96461302>Plastic miniaturesWelp, there you have it. Proved how shit your taste is. Why would you eat that artificial crap when wooden and metal pieces are right there? Much more natural, nutritious, and not filled with all those chemicals big brother is using to turn you into a onions boy. This generation, I swear.
>>96459485Arnak, Andromeda's Edge and Endeavor because those are the ones Ive played. Arcs is the only one that loses on merit.
>>96454629Too simplistic. You think the decks stacking element is going to be interesting but then it just never goes anywhere. If your woke fatigue is terminal, the gameplay will not be strong enough. Sakura Arms still exists.
>>96459485I have heard that Burning Banners is unpleasantly long. It is also expensive. >SETI>Ark NovaI don't know why you'd spend money on these. They're just like Unconscious Mind, and you can go get Unconscious Mind second hand from the people who are already bored of it for much cheaper.
>>96456838>>96458090>He isn't in the secret Discords.https://files.catbox.moe/a8zcpf.json
>>96461634This is just dolphin porn.
>>96461634But to answer the original question; Sweet Lands is about jacking off over your pretty player board until someone arbitrarily wins due to having the best special ability.So standard modern euro stuff. I'll play it again after I update the TTS mod to my absurd standard.
>>96461658>comfy>good art>japanese theme>totally uninspired, rote gameplaywhy are they like this
>>96461634Yes, yes, we're all in the TTS Save discord. I have both uploads too.
>>96461658But what about the worker placement action selection? I thought that was gonna be at least somewhat interactive...
>>96461766Go play Argent then.
>>96461634>>96461658>Korean version>when the English version was posted a few posts before youNot the brightest bulb...
>>96461703where is the tts save discord?
>>96460520>I played Dune Uprising with 6 players and it was surprisingly smooth and funi was pretty impressed with the 6p mode. it was satisfying to win as the emperor team without even the possibility of worms
>>96459488Paper money is more thematic? Why is this even a question for you, are you autistic?
>>96458942>>96459603>>96459873Was wanting to get bullet, but why the fuck are the bullets only one-sided? aren't you constantly drawing them out of the bag and rotating them? Is there a reason they need to be hidden? I was thinking of getting heart and star, slicing the star copy's bullets to match the heart bullets, then put them in a coin capsule.The wooden upgrade bullets aren't even double sided. wtf
Two threads ago an anon asked me what STLs I printed for Mansions of Madness. I'm back from my holiday and looked it up for you. Here they are if you're still around:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2170822https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3617098https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4298245https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4499123https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3329094https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1920445https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3617082
>>96463432Bullets you clear during the round are given to the next players' Incoming, face down, then at the end of a round you shuffle your Incoming into your Current, together with the rounds' Intensity modifier's worth of bullets from the Center. The reason why they're face down is so it's harder to tell what you'll get next round, unless you're looming at your opponent boards during the gameplay. Plus, some characters flip the bullets face down as part of their gimmick, and double sided bullets would fuck with the gimmick too much.
>>96457121>>96457444>>96457464You guessed correctly. We played Brass Birmingham and Ark Nova. Turns out comfort picks were the enemy not the teach or time commitment.>>96457174Yes, there's nothing crazy about the teach other than paying taxes. It's 5 rounds play 5 cards, do some elections, do some scoring, do some income/upkeep, rinse repeat. It's two pages of rules. The long part of the teach is explaining everyone's asymmetric actions and luckily they're mostly shared by at least one other player and out printed giant ass player aids.
>BGG user has a game I want for trade>I don't have anything they are looking forIs it rude to ask if I can just buy it off them? I live within driving distance too so we wouldn't even have to bother with shipping.
>>96464036His kallax will capsize if he removes a box without replacing it.
>>96464008>Turns out comfort picks were the enemy not the teach or time commitment.did you even tell them beforehand? you can't just randomly pop up and suddenly demand commitment, ease them into it
>>96464036Why would it be rude? I sell games i've put up for trade all the time, you can't expect to always have the exact trade you want, so "trading" for money is the next best option.If it is set as "for trade", odds are that they don't really want to keep the game(s) anyway
>>96448485>Trigger /bgg/ with ONE word. Hard mode...Sex
>>96463609Not the Anon you were replying to, but you are definitely doing the Lord's work. Keep it up.
>>96461291
>>96443804I've been meaning to get an insert for that myself. Do you have a recommendation?
>>96464112No, but this group is the best in town. They'll play a heavy unsolicited no problem. The real truth is that I didn't advocate for it at all because one player specifically really wants to play it, and he didn't show up this week so I didn't feel obligated to set it up.
>I have the best taste>Doesn't list tastesno (You) for you
>>96464251you're still supposed to at least talk about it beforehand
>>96464279Just because it's Hegemony we're talking about doesn't mean the players are going to stage a strike and refuse to play.
>>96464279Whose law? Your law or mine joker?
>>96464333>>96464343>they don't even make plans or talk on the group chat about what they'll bring to game night, just show up with a random heavy game no one has ever playedgrim
>>96464372The trick is to not fear a heavy game. It's part of the hobby.
>>96461580>I have heard that Burning Banners is unpleasantly long. It is also expensive.If you are trying to play the campaign, absolutely. But the game is really just a bunch of scenarios - you can play most of them in like 60-90min. It is 100% more expensive than it needs to be.It is the perfect hex and chit wargame, though. Like it's incredibly well done, easy to follow, and multiplayer.
>>96464372The only games I've ever announced to my group beforehand are games we'd played before, and only because they were group favorites people were looking forward to.
>>96464479>It is the perfect hex and chit wargame, though. Like it's incredibly well done, easy to follow, and multiplayer.Of all the non-fantasy war themed wargames the fantasy one is the perfect one? Or did I misunderstand and there are other, just as good ones?
>>96464450>not fear a heavy gamethat's not the point, neither I nor does anyone in my group fear heavy games, but if you don't even gauge for interest in the games you want to bring you'll just be hauling pointless weight around for no reason, it just looks incredibly stupid to not even have the slightiest semblance of plans or make known what the options are>>96464520should be other way around
>>96464372Every time I coordinated ahead of time we ended up playing something else.
>>96464069Kek>>96464123I've tried it twice before and never got a response. Wasn't sure if I was breaching some social code at the gulag or something.
>>96464551Of all hex and chit wargames, bar none. It skinnies down the game play without deluding the experience. Combat is quick, there's a lot of tactical fun. You still get to chuck dice all over the place.
>>96464649>should be other way aroundMy group likes novelty and isn't afraid of slop of any weight, so no.
>>96463609I am the anon who asked, thanks!
>>96465189Again it's not a matter of being afraid or not but whatever I give up, keep on with your impromptu evenings with absolutely no planning whatsoever, carrying around games half of which dont even get looked at
>>96465189NTA but we get what you are saying. I am spoiled with a group that will play almost everything I put in front of them, everyone is extremely good with picking up all the rules from a single teach and play competitively the first time around. We still say "hey, I'd like to play X next time". If the stars align they all might even learn the rules beforehand (ok that happened exactly once). But the biggest thing is you avoid someone/you taking a bunch if big boxes with you only to hear naaah anon I'm not in the mood for 'german autobahn autism today'. Plus finding what game to play next is far easier that way
>>96465312>>96464173You're welcome anons.
just printed an organizer for C&C Napoleonics and I can safely say the worst aspect of this game is setting it up
What games never leave your bag? For me it's Innovation and Cockroach Poker, the perfect filler and palette cleansers.
>>96466521Innovation, Insider, Turncoats, Pax Ren, and my two games.
>>96466521Eclipse
>tempted to crowdfund an amerislop game>for some reason read the comments on the page>XD a solo mode would be sooo amazing, please do it (it's a fucking 1v4 hidden movement game)>Hey I had an idea for a monster that's a gremlin you should implement it!>[Language] please!>I immediately want a deluxe mat!No wonder crowdfunding seems so anti-customer, they are basically begging to be scammed
>>96466846Kickstarter, Gamefound and P500 are made for paypiggies willing to be scammed.
>>96467044I don't disagree with the first two, but p500? Why
>>96466577Well, anon? Are you waiting for us to ask?
>>96467100Same reason.
>>96467204...because you're loaning zero interest money for an unknown time to maybe receive a product you could like?Not how p500 works though
>>96466007Got a link handy? I’d love a good organizer for that game.
>>96467272Yeah, get fucked with your strawman. Because you're gambling on an unreleased project in the hopes it will turn out right. It relies on FOMO to get you to buy trash games you wouldn't buy otherwise.
>>96374725How many is enough. The guy who deisgned Agricola claims to own 250 games (src: his gulag). Meanwhile the guy while the guy who drew Agricola's art claims to own 2000.>>96467366>you're gambling on an unreleased projectP500 only charges you money once they're getting ready to ship the finished games. You can back out after GMT has paid for everything and leave them stuck with extra inventory.
>>96467418>P500 only charges you money once they're getting ready to ship the finished games. You can back out after GMT has paid for everything and leave them stuck with extra inventory.I know, it doesn't change anything I said.
>>96465313>carrying around gamesLol, lmao even. The game nights are organised at my house, where the collection is. Yeah, for people who drag around games, planning is mandatory. Bad form for a group to have someone lug a box around and not open it up.
>>96467444But theres no fomo? Nor a monetary risk they dont follow throughTheres no campaign window that closes, no stretch goals or early bird "first 209 backers 10$ discount" tactics to feed the beast.I can get in on a P500 and it sits at 100 orders for years and years. And Ive lost absolutely nothing. Where is the fomo or scam in that?
>>96467480>But theres no fomo? Nor a monetary risk they dont follow throughThere's definitely FOMO because their games go out of print for long periods of time so either you buy early or you won't be able to buy for a long time, sometimes ever. And I'm not sure why you're so fixated on the monetary risk, I never mentioned it and already told you several times it's not a factor for me.
>>96467499You're responding to a different anon. I realized it was your personal crusade here >>96467366
>>96467539Yeah, I'll continue talking shit about KS, GF and P500 till the day I die.
>>96467499>And I'm not sure why you're so fixated on the monetary risk, I never mentioned it and already told you several times it's not a factor for me.You use the word scam and Im supposed to conclude you do not care about the money? Bit of a stretch ask there mate
>>96467551That's alright, with me, I dislike crowdfunding as well, but for a reason. I don't think you understand what you even hate about the concept of p500 but shit on it regardlessfor what it's worth, I barely have a horse in this race, I p500'd the reprint of churchill.
>>96467580Spending money on a half-baked, undertested, underdeveloped game is as much of a scam as not delivering a game at all. I care about my money by not participating in FOMO and not preordering games.
>>96461889>Anon hates the gooks so much he'd prefer an unscripted clusterfuck table in a language-independent game.
>>96467591I understand very clearly what I hate about P500, you just decided to ignore it, take apart your own ideas of why I hate it, and now complaining that I'm not convinced by your strawman. And I P500d zero games so I have even less skin in the game than you, as if that matters.
>>96467612you keep saying half-baked game ideas. P500 games are fully designed long before money is charged. And also used to get together enough people that want a reprint of some game.You can check the rulebooks, designer videos and diaries, unboxings of prototypes, hell sometimes even a version to try on some wargaming websites. Before there is any commitment.Point being, no, you do not understand.
>>96467632As soon as you realise you are talking to the guy that tried to force gmtrannies and splitting wargames apart from /bgg/ for years on end, the sooner you can stop replying.
>>96467632>reddit spacingThat's not a differentiator, on KS and GF you can see the rulebooks before you pledge most of the time. The games can still turn out trash, as Gest of Robin Hood and RDR clearly showed. So no, KS, GF and P500 are the same in all the ways that matter.
>>96467640Yeah, I knew and I still went for it despite knowing better. Apologies.
>>96467652>avoiding bulk of anons points>m-m-muh redduhtLolLmao
>>96467674Have you tried reading beyond the first line of my post, retardo?
>he buys games in retailKek, retail is just basically the end stage of crowdfunding AKA a scamPersonally, I wait to have enough reviewer information online to conduct a meta review with adjusted scores, then wait another 1-4 years until I can see if the game is still talked about on the gulag. Only then will I go through the trouble of acquiring a copy on the secondary market that's still in shrink, thus giving no money directly to the scammers aka publishers, all without ever having had to lay eyes on the rulebook for a second. It's that easy, but you have to be man enough to not play by their rules.
>>96467765Deeply discounted retail is where it's at.
Best game if I just want a pretty board?
>>96467774Seeing Seafall at 15$ year after year in different flgses has never managed to persuade me to give it a go.
>>96467788Seafall was great. It showed a lot of Rob Daviau cultists how bad he is at board game design.
>>96467806You say this like his Pandemic Legacy games did not reach critical acclaim for years afterwards.
>>96467815They did and everyone hailed Rob as some genius and one of the greats, then he released Seafall and the discussion shifted from him being great to Pandemic Legacy being great. He does well stapling Legacy onto existing good games like Pandemic but when developing a game from the ground up, he sucks ass.
>>96467777best game if you just want a pretty board is getting into another hobby that's not this, just go buy a painting or something
>>96467652>Gest of Robin Hood>trash Stop talking out of your ass.I have over a hundred games of A Gest and the game is absolutely fine.
we had one beautiful thread and then turned bitteri'm going to go play Uwe games until we can all chill out
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>>96467591>for what it's worth, I [...] have a horse in this race, I p500'd the reprint of churchill.
>>96468031Glad I'm not the only one who noticed it.
>>96468031Barely. that's the word you're missing. which means "not much"
>>96467774I bought Horseless Carriage for $100 off MSRP and I still got ripped off.
>>96468080For HC to not be a rip off they'd have to pay you to take it off their hands
>>96468080>>96468093For what it's worth, I like it more than FCM.
Rather than clogging up my TTS workshop list, I just add all the titles to a dummy BGG account I made and then use a site to pull a random one based on how many friends are playing at the time.
>>96468287sorry what
>>96468031That was years ago, anon. Plus, I knew exactly what I got there because the game had been out for years by then. What is your point?
>>96468080I figured it was crap when my lgs had it on their clearance table for $40 (maybe the wholesale price), yet they were asking $130 for the ketchup mechanism.
>>96468404>130 for ketchupwhat kikery, on second hand markets you easily find listings for both base AND ketchup for less than that
>>96468322https://www.playsbest.com/gameshttps://www.bgpicker.com/game-pickerhttps://www.boardgamehelpers.com/WhatShouldWePlay/Default.aspxhttps://bgbester.netlify.app/My friends are indecisive, so I just use these to pick some out for the weekly game night.
>>96468287>>96468439You and your friends are indecisive to the point where making bgg dummy accounts to pull random games is easier than agreeing on one?Dire
>>96468418At the time, I seem to recall it being out of stock, so maybe they figured their unsold copy would suddenly become attractive. But with sales tax that's Like 140 out the door, lolI just waited and got it for 95 from gamenerdz.
>>96468439Be decisive and pick one site
>>96468458It's great for playing games that you'd otherwise never want to play. Otherwise we'd just play the usual every time and it'd get stale.>what should we play>uhh idk let's just play X like last time
>People still getting filtered by Horseless CarriageKudos to Jeroen and Joris
>>96468538I played it and thought it was mediocre. I understand neither the glazing for it from Splotter fans nor the hate for it from people in this thread.
>>96468490>don't want to play a game>but the randomizer says we gotta Not being shitty, but how is this better than playing what you want/like until you feel like mixing it up?
What's with the different LotR games coming out all at once? I mean I like LotR but titles like "The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game" are extremely red-flaggyTo my great suprise I just checked it out and the game looks actually interesting despite being a tricktaker.
>>96468592My friends said they want to try a few new games every week, so it works for us. If we realize we don't want to play it, we just move on. We usually end the night with a regular after trying some new ones. It's been pretty nice so far, feels good to have an open-minded and curious group.
>>96468553those who ""hate it"" just either think it's mediocre or simply their weakest game (among the known ones, so not counting the ones with weird names nobody heard about), those who glaze on it probably have some special kind of autism and play it to death even though it's likely the splotter with the least variance between playsit's kind of divisive but not really, the non-fans are just cold and indifferent on it
>>96468553People that love it love the spatial puzzle aspect of it, those who hate it have a weird obsession against Splotter and/or have the kind of autism that a game like HC really bothers.
>>96468781>weird obsession against Splotter where is this 'weird obsession against splotter' when they just say "the other splotters are better", havent seen anyone ever say "wow hc is so shit! splotter sucks!!!"
Are there any good resource mining games? I'm thinking of something where you have to take out loans, explore/acquire land, invest in equipment, build out mines, sell product into the market
>>96468863Could also be oil drillingPipeline is not what I'm looking for, other than game weight and economic focus
Do y'all ever agree on anything??
I'm trying to gift a fan made Ticket to Ride map as a Christmas gift for a friend. I've PnP'd cards before so I'm not worried about that, but I've never made a game board before. At first I thought of looking for an old beat up copy of TtR to glue the new map onto, but the fan made map is a bizarrely large size so that won't work.I've looked into getting the board custom made, but it'd cost nearly $100 which is too steep for me atm. I was quoted at $81 (before shipping) by a seller on Etsy, which is better but not by much.Now I'm thinking of going to Staples, having them print the board as a poster, and laminating that. I just got off the phone with my local store and they quoted me at less than half the price as my other options so far.Before I go through with this, I wanted to check in with any PnP pro anons here for their input. Any help would be appreciated.
Splotter fans after another fun 6 hour game of Roads & Boats
>>96469009boardgaming is an extremely subjective hobby, more so than videogames, movies and many others. so it's hard to find people who have the same exact opinions on the same gamesin short, no, and that's a good thing>>96469042yes that's literally me, except the longest R&B game i've played was 4 hours, you're quite a bit off
>>96469038https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nx98dxxLJ8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbbD_Qn4dY4
>>96463740Ah thank you for the answer, I'll see if I can find which characters flip it over. Thanks
>>96469042Yes, but after a 4 hour Antiquity game I lost by being polluted.I wasn't even mad.
>>96469042Thank fuck I don't like R&B.
>>96469038If you go to the thrift store you can find old games for $3 with a nice variety of boards to glue over.
>thread starts off with bleating about stonemaier business practices>winds up with lining up to get sheared by splotter againI love you guys, never change
>>96469408Thanks, I love you too
what are the best asymmetrical gamesbesides mysterium i already know about that one
>>96469453have you tried root?
After a few plays I really like Andromeda's edge at 2 players. Need to get it to table with 4-5 as my only 4 player game was the demo I got. Could see it being too cumbersome with the more competitive aspect and downtime that brings but I still really like the blend of euro and ameritrash the game has. Neither occupies too much time and both give opportunities for the other to thrive.
>>96469483i meant more like 1 player vs. 2 or more but i should have specifiedyeah i've played root, it's kind of fun but also kind of a headache, it's like one game but you have to learn and keep track of multiple different games at the same time
>>96469453For something small and quick I like the infinity gauntlet love letter game
>>96469676I'd love for some archenemy games but I don't think theres enough of a market for it. Could be an interesting niche to fill. Try and bend adversarial GMing into a more tight and competitive experience.
Any Railways of the world players here? I want an expansion map and have the big box, plus the Europe expansion. I'm debating between>Australia, for the switch tracks and australia jokes I can make while playing it (and it's low in stock, might not be able to get it again)>Portugal, for another small map (East US and Europe are both pretty big. Plus the ocean mechanic seems pretty cool)>Western US, to combine with eastern US and try the crazy transcontinental game. (I actually do have a table big enough for it)Railways through time seems complicated, I don't think I'd be able to table it much.
I have root-fatigue, that game is such a glib facsimile of what an asymmetrical wargame should be
A friend of mine recently got into a relationship and now they've been ducking our normal weekly gaming session. It's a rough time out here.
>>96470161Get a team game, group up against them, make them lose, so they get angry and break up.
are there any games that are like Root but good? and have actual combat and not just "build this bullshit for points xD" like you're playing a faggot eurogame?
>>96469453summoner wars
Fuck you bgg, I like Spirit Island.
I saw my LGS stocked up on Star Trek: Captain's Chair, and I believe a few threads ago an anon was raving about it here. Somebody, give me a rundown of it.What is the game about? Why does it say it's best at 1 on BGG, is it not a dueller?Why do some reviews whine about how long and complex it is? How does its complexity compare to WotR/TS/IS (yes I know they're different kind of games)?How luck-based is it?Been looking for another 1v1 game to add to my collection, things are getting a bit stale and/or frustrating. Not gonna play WotR again for a good long while due to dice shenanigans.
>>96469453undisputed champion of its class
>>96469453Crescent MoonNetrunnerDC Forever
>>96469676i call this 1 vs allTragedy Looper is the answer btw
The only playable splotter games are Bus and TGZ. The rest of their oeuvre belongs to the "aint nobody got time or table space for this shit" category.
>>96470586I found it fun in a lot of ways but man fuck Dracula hiding at sea and a good part of the game being the draw cards/tickets in a city action
>>96470620I'm gonna host that on Monday with my friends now that I've finally pulled them into TTS. Might do Hong Kong Murder and Kronologic too.
>>96470265Ironwood is a fun card driven 2p asymmetrical battle game.>>96470586Is it back in print?>>96470618I can second Netrunner and its continuation is good despite the awful behaviour of its team members—though I haven't touched the most recent cycle at all.
>>96470638Indonesia doesnt need as much time or table spaceFor FCM all you need to fix the table space issue is a card stand
>>96470638You left out all their filler games. Dr'af can take as little as 10 centimeters by 1 meter and 30 minutes per meter.
>>96470620based DC forever chad>>96470767if you mean elevation its............... ok if you play it kitchen table casual its probably a bretty good time. i feel like all the tournament grinders are going through some extreme cope atm with regards to the state of the game
>>96471306Tourney tcg and lcg players always find something to be arse-pained about. Seems like even the kitchen table approval was hesitant though, now I will have to read the spoiler when I am properly awake.>>96470764Speaking of TTS, I have been contemplating whether getting the Three Kingdoms Redux dlc will be forbidden cthonic knowledge forever scraping my brain and scratching into my skull— "reprint never ever."Rate this torment from 1-10.
>>96470640Yeah, the sea thing honestly just needs to be house ruled. Double the damage he receives at sea and it will be fine, something actually used in emergencies or trickery, not hiding out for 6 turns straight.>>96470767No idea, sorry.
>>96470638Roads and Boats doesn't take that much space either, though. And you can replace the thing you draw roads on with your spare notepad and some scissors.>>96471451Never buy DLCs for Tabletop Simulator until they actually fix all the spaghetti code. Use something like CreamAPI or it's offshoots. As for "reprint never ever", yeah that sucks but at some point you learn to live with the pain.
