"Buying is an extremely satisfying, macho act."Previous: >>96672161This 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's the best game in your favorite genre?- What's your player color of choice ? (red, blue, green, etc)- What's a game you were surprised to love despite it being outside your usual preferences?Bonus question:- What is your favorite auction game?
first for root is shitalso yellow best player color
Looking for a tile-laying game that can be played solo. I have too much free time sometimes. Thinking of getting Mists over Carcassonne or Beacon Patrol. Is there anything else out there?
sagrada is shit
>>96695569https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/226402/cuparyks-collection-of-soloable-tile-laying-games
Yeah I think Voidfall has officially beat out Mage Knight for my favorite solo game. The amount of time I spend thinking about my potential moves when away from the board is ridiculous. In terms of elegance is system, I’m hard pressed to think of a better designed solo game.
>>96695513>What's the best game in your favorite genre?Sakura Arms is the best 2 player card dueler and I will die on that hill alongside my Great Value 2hus >What's your player color of choice ? (red, blue, green, etc)Blue>What's a game you were surprised to love despite it being outside your usual preferences?I generally like every genre and don’t have particularly strong preferences, so as long as a game is good in its genre I’ll like it.
>>96695664>I’m hard pressed to think of a better designed solo game.Fields of Fire
>>96695535I want to disagree but I can't find anything
>>96695367Not a 4x guy but it's good. Eclipse is a bit more exciting, but longer. Give MotA a try. Then try Imperium The Contention.
how can a complex game be elegant?
>>96695815Any degree of complexity can be elegant so long as its systems compliment one another and everything seems to serve a purpose.
>>96695920I disagree. Cruft can serve a purpose and still be inelegant.
>>96695920Elegant means clever but simple. Simple is the opposite of complex, therefore, a complex game can't be elegant.
I'm finally bankrupt. I still have a few bucks left, so fuck it. What's the best game I can buy for $44?
>>96695962Surely a “complex game” can be a combination of simple elegant systems and thus be elegant? Also when did you mongoloids conflate simplicity and elegance? The idea that complexity and elegance are mutually exclusive is just a bizarre position. For example, the US interstate is a complex, elegant system.
>>96695938Complexity and cruft are two different things.
>>96696031You have no clue what elegance means. You just use it as a buzzword for "game I like".
Every simple game better be elegant or they’re dogshit. Every complex game cannot be elegant by definition but it doesn’t matter because compelled games are better than simple ones about 90% of the time
>>96696082>compelled games are better than simple ones about 90% of the timeThey're usually bloated and tedious to play.
>>96696089Only if you have a poor attention span and no inner monologue
>>96696065Wow, it's almost like the english dictionary doesn't contain half the lingo used when talking about board games. Now stop using deckbuilder or dudes on a map because they're not in the dictionary or stop being a faggot and accept some words change meaning or acquire a meaning only in a specific, niche context.Faggot.
>>96696065No, you don’t understand. “Simple” is relative to the goal. There are “elegant” mathematical proofs that nonetheless require dozens of steps to arrive at their conclusions. What makes them elegant is that they are the simplest solution to the goal. The simplicity is relative. If a board game is attempting to intertwine a variety of systems so that each pull of a lever in one system intentionally spins a dial on a different system in a harmonious way geared towards some outcome, there can be a simple solution to that, even if, like those mathematical proofs, there are a series of steps to get there. You, in fact, are using simplicity as a buzzword for “I can set this up in five minutes.”
>>96696153Don't seethe. Learn how words are actually used, dumb-dumb. Embarrassing.
>>96696031>For example, the US interstate is a complex, elegant system.Then why does Hawaii have interstates?
>>96696160I'm not seething, I see you as a faggot and I call you one. There's no anger in me, just disgust and dismissal. Now learn to speak boardgames or fuck off.
>>96696157Simple refers to gameplay. If a game has 20 interconnected systems, multiple goals and paths to victory, point salad fest, takes 2-3 hours to play, has a million moving pieces, and a 4+ weight, then objectively that's not a simple game, and therefore not an elegant game.
>>96696170You're seething so bad and it's plain to see, that's why you're resorting to insults. Maybe your husband is cheating on you, maybe you lost your job recently. But there's a level of negativity about you, so I'll be praying for you, Anon.
>>96696161Groundwork for the annexation of Japan.
>>96696082Elegance, like many other things, is a spectrum, it's not a binary state so it's not either "elegant" or "not elegant"So even in the context of so called "complex games" there can be some "complex games" that are more "elegant" than some other "complex games"As an example, I've tried Vinhos recently, and for a Lacerda, it is relatively elegant compared to his other games
Pick one category to permanently delete from TI4:>Space Risk (Barony, Sardakk N'orr, L1Z1X, Vul'Raith Cabal, <Last Bastion>)>Command Counter hoarders (Mahact, Sol, Nekro Virus)>PDS spam (Titans, Mentak, Argent Flight, Keleres, Xxcha)>Space Jews (Hacan, Nomad, Empyrean, <Firmament>)>Turn Order Abusers (Yssaril, Naalu, <Ral Nel>)>Space Nerds (Jol'nar and <Deepwrought>)>Meme Strats (Saar, Muatt, Winnu, Ghosts)>And the rest (NRA, Arborec, Yin, <Red Ghosts>)
>>96696157NTA but while I don’t hate this explanation I think it does muddy an already difficult thing to quantify. By that definition I’d say all but the heaviest eurogames that are just playable Rube Goldberg machines could be considered “elegant”. Ameritrash and wargames in particular could have mountains of rules and could still be considered “elegant” given the goal of those games is to simulate a particular theme, and theme naturally requires complexity.
>>96696238If you were telling the truth you would have said>As an example: I've tried Vinhos recently and, for a Lacerda, it is elegantNow go back, foul beast on the waters.
>>96696242Can't I just permanently delete TI4?
>>96696253If you've read the post in its entirety before impulsively shooting a reply for the sake of replying, you would've noticed that I've said that elegance is a spectrum, thus saying "relatively elegant [for a Lacerda]" is perfectly fine, thank you
>>96696242The entire game. Please play one of the following instead:>John Company>Here I Stand>Dune>Europa Universalis
thoughts?
>>96696213Inelegant approach. The elegant approach is to start dropping nukes and then continue with nukes until the goal is achieved.
Name 3 elegant games
>>96696280Dune Combat CommanderPax Renaissance
>>96692523She had fun! She didn't really know how to well use the potions themselves, but she at least enjoyed picking marbles.
>>96696280Canyon CrashGrape EscapeTrivial Pursuit
Which board game experience is better than sex?
>>96696265The worst offender in your sentence was relatively. You would not need to conjugate relative to an adverb if elegant was implicitly relative.
>>96696365if you're gay, all of them
>>96696238Even sex isn't binary. It's just really, really, really bimodal to the point that no faggot arguing about gender theory or whatever is going to have an argument nuanced enough to need that acknowledged. And so it is with this. This one anon who constantly whines about people using "buzzwords" he doesn't like is full of shit and you don't need to do this song and dance to appease them. He doesn't appreciate elegance, he gobbles up slop, you're allowed to say it.
>>96696266>instead of playing a bad game you should play an awful game
Give me a reason not to pull the trigger. The fomo is strong, even though it came out in 1989.
>>96696245I agree but I also think that elegance is already mired in subjectivity. It comes down to the question: even if this game has big goals that may require many systems, are the systems as simple (or close to as simple) as they can be to achieve those goals? Some euros are bloated even if they are geared towards complex goals (and are thus not elegant). In my opinion, Voidfall, while complex, is nonetheless elegant because its many systems are close to as simple as they can be to achieve what the game is trying to do. Of course, this also hinges on the subjective question: What is the game trying to do? Still, all I’m trying to say is that complex games can be elegant because the simplicity of their systems is relative to what’s being attempted. Hopefully that came across.
>>96696365Sex is too inelegant
>>96696443Plus I hate sleeving
>>96696431The trucks are the wrong scale to use in Gaslands.
>>96696268You can't make me!
>>96696462I think they're micro machinesSeems like a good size for strategy board games
>>96696452Try mini American size for a better fit.
>>96696502ThanksDo they make any with that matte textured back? I've only seen that on standard size, like kmc hypermatte and dragon shield matteThat's the only way I can satisfy her
>>96696487Micro Machines was inconsistent scale but they're typically around 1/146.
>>96695998Can you find one more dollar? You can almost afford Wingspan
>>96696418I like the concept of elegance, actually. You just happen to misuse it and lash out when people point it out.
Thoughts on Gamenerdz? Good store?
>>96696615They have a bad habit of overbuying new releases, sitting on them for 3-4 years, then offloading at a discount. It's especially bad when it's a release that isn't particularly wide and it's already hard to get a copy
Alright I’m seeing a LOT of shilling for Uprising Curse of the Last Emperor. My intuition is that this game looks good in terms of components but the gameplay is weak. What the consensus? I’ve personally never played it.
>>96696619sounds like a bad business. why not sell immediately?
>>96696619I don't care what you sayI'm going to keep buying GoT Btwixthttps://www.gamenerdz.com/a-game-of-thrones-btwixt-on-sale
>>96696632It’s fucking good
>>96696615any games that only they sell currently?
Gamenerdz is basedGood pricesNo sales taxLower limit to qualify for free shipping than most placesGreat packaging, never get anything other than a box with perfect corners
>>96696632>Uprising Curse of the Last Emperor.Looks cool.
>>96696634They do sell immediately but their inventory is so large that they're stuck sitting on a bunch of it after the hype dies.
>>96696365None, but 5v5 Guards of Atlantis is pretty close
>>96696365Tonga Bonga on acid
>>96696365I wouldn't call it better than, but getting a game of War of the Ring is probably more difficult to accomplish.
>>96696607That's the best game??
>>96696722What, you don't like birds?
Hot Streak vs Magical Athlete? What's better?
>>96696728Mille Bornes
>>96696725Is this a British gotcha where if you say "no I don't like birds" they reply "then you're gay"?? In England bird means woman!
>>96696730Never heard of her. Does she fuck?
>>96696646Indonesia
>>96696728both are meme games... but if it's meme games you want, at least Hot Streak looks a little bit more interesting (but that's a very low bar)
Hello friends I come from Reddit. My favorite games are Scythe, Voidfall, Kanban, Wyrmspan, Sagrada, Gloomhaven, Everdell, Isle of Cats. Can you guys tell me similar games? Thank you!
>>96696783have you tried root? we love root
>>96695664>VoidfallWhat's the appeal? The art, components and gameplay look quite dry and lifeless>>96695678I love Fields Of Fire for how unique it is but it is far from being the best designed solo game. It's not even a well designed one, An extremely unique one will incredible staying power but not well designed at all
>>96696815>What's the appeal?It's like TI4 but plays in a reasonable amount of time
Is analog Arnie the next big thing?
>>96696842https://youtu.be/MO67WprHjRs?si=7QHqDZUu6grCzt6g
Some months ago, I contacted James Ernest and he replied to me and was a total bro. Then I contacted Ryan Laukat and the asshole saw my message but didn't reply.
>>96696861I forget, what did James Ernest design again? I know I've seen his name before.
>>96696823It is nothing like TI4 beyond being a space setting 4x. Cosmic Encounter is more like TI than voidfall is since it at least has politicking at its core.
>>96696885Lords of Vegas, Tak, Pairs, Brawl, Button Men.
>>96695513>Favorite auction gameCrimson CompanyIt's also the only 1v1 auction game I know of. Not in the vein of Raccoon Tycoon where you CAN play 1v1 but it is designed around being a 1v1 auction game.
>>96696885He self-published a lot of low budget games under the brand Cheapass Games. But he also designed a fair number of games for more reputable publishers. The best known game he worked on is Lords of Vegas but the game most people remember him for is Kill Doctor Lucky.
>>96696815The appeal is deterministic puzzle and navigating the crisis cards that are thrown your way. Its best attribute is not being dependent on luck. If you like that, and you like crunchy puzzles, you’ll like Voidfall. If you like Mage Knight for the gameplay and beyond the theme itself, it’s one id look into. If you prefer solo games dependent on high stakes dice rolls, it’s absolutely not for you.
>>96696897Which of the 4 x's was politicking again?
>>96696912Crimson Company is lot like Pixel Tactics to me in the sense there is a lot of game in small box.
>>96696932That would be the X of Xtremely laborious strawmen of willful misinterpretation, anon.
>>96696632It's fine. It depends on your tolerance for semi-coops. It's basically an improved Catan style civ builder with an emphasis on combat and a big enemy expanding from the center who will usually wreck your shit. I noticed the 3 times we played that the lazy player who tried to piggyback off everyone else and avoid the BBG did not do well, I appreciated that. The standees look better than grey minis and work ok because it maxes out at 4p I think. If you're looking for a consigliere to ferret out the elegantiest cream of the crop, I suggest you petition this motherfucker right here>>96696637, seems like he's got his head screwed on tighter than a fish pussy.
>>96695807I've played the original edition - can you comment on changes?
>>96696907Oh yeah, I like Tak. I can see him being cool.
>>96695807>he thinks anon will be able to get imperium the contention
Anyone tried Terrorscape? I was looking into backing Season 2. Season 1 seems pretty fun watching playthroughs.
>>96697078>a board game with seasonsImmediate red flag for me.
>>96697078It's a favourite at our table, we can't get enough of it. Backed with all the expansions and I'm glad I did. So much replayability and variety. Satisfying blend of luck and tactics and the high tension pivotal moments are some of the most memorable I've had with a board game
what Arkham Horror LCG campaigns are good? I know Carcossa already.
>>96697154all of them are at least decent except edge of the earth and scarlet keys
>>96697202Dinogenics better
Thoughts on the latest edition of Conquest of Paradise? I think the campaign is still open but I've heard bad things about Phalanx's reputation when it comes to delivering games on time.
>>96697202now draw lingerie on them
>>96697313The meeples or the gameplay?
>>96697370Both
>See Suburbia hovering around rank 200>See a bunch of "literally who?" above it>Think "How far we've fallen">Remember that in order to vote on these things you need to make an account and then actually go vote>"Fuck that."New shiny games it is for the foreseeable future.
>>96697363Once a GMTrash, always a GMTrash.
>>96695664i'm pretty Turczi-pilled after Captain's Chair, so I may have to check this out
>>96696365Sex is supremely overrated and gets dull after 3 times. A decent board game can hold your interest at least a dozen times.
>>96697520>>96697534Has Turczi ever designed a solo mode for sex?
>>96697547An 11 year old is a decent enough designer that Turczi's input is not needed.
>>96697534this but unironically
Where do I find a cute bg wife who likes splotter games?https://youtu.be/8AthingxAfY?si=xYv2XcN6IC7hJA4_
>>96697573apparently in canada
>>96695569I ordered Mists btw. Fitting for October :)
>>96697640How long until the Canadian economy completely collapsed and I can buy snow bunnies with in game metal coins?
>>96697664two more weeks
will the gulag seethe at the new harry potter reskin of snakes and ladders?
>>96697757This seems like something that would exist.
>>96695513>What's the best game in your favorite genre?Exceed as a two-player dueler. Sakura Arms would maybe surpass it if I found anyone to play it half-seriously.>What's your player color of choice ? (red, blue, green, etc)Purple>What's a game you were surprised to love despite it being outside your usual preferences?Bullet's theme and low-interaction should have turned me off, but is it actually fun to play.
>>96695576It's undercooked. The devs didn't find a way to make all systems click and just decided to release the unfinished game and then add their failed attempts for correction as expansions.I'm obsessed with fixing the game. I can feel that there's something to it, but my brain is not large enough to fix it.Only thing I found is to categorize the tool cards and use one from each category. It makes the tools far less likely to be completely useless, but they still feel tacked on to the core game. And the core game itself is too bland to have lasting appeal outside of the theme.
>>96696861>Ryan LaukatIs that the above&below etc. + sleeping gods faggot? Did you ask him why he still tries to force written narratives upon the medium probably least suited for them?
>>96696268Looks cute. If you are looking for an adventure game to play with a kid, Chronicles of Avel is actually pretty good.
>>96697919Thanks! That looks even better, anon.
>>96697078I heard very good things about the first game and backed s2 after a time of pondering. Pretty sure it, like so many other games of its ilk, will get utterly boring after 3-4 games, but I'm pretty sure I can sell it pretty quickly for 80% of cost. It seems fun, but also the exact kind of game that is best when played with people who largely act on impulse and the game becomes lopsided once played more competitivelyThat's all conjecture, of course
>>96697461Shill.suburbia to me, I've been curious for a while. People who like it seem to really like it but I've not heard much about it in the last 5-7 or so years
>>96697547I'd say his solo modules are pretty masturbatory in nature
>>96697757For sure, apparently harry potter is national socialism now because rowling said something not explicitly pro trans 4 years ago or something like that
>>96697461is the new Ark Nova spinoff like Suburbia?
>>96697991trannies are mentally ill but even elon musk told her to post something positive for a change lmao
>thought crowdfunding was so popular because the margins are much higher when you circumvent retail>Now I see these faggot publishers are just using 'fulfilment companies' that essentially do the same, take over the logistics part of delivery and ask for a massive share of profitsWhy is everything so gay in boardgaming
>>96697879>Sakura ArmsMove to Australia and I will play with you. It's cheaper to fund your move than the shipping anyway. Hyperbole obviously, but shipping triples the price. I bought re;act cheap to try as a cope on weeknights. >>96698256It's just up front cash without needing an outside investment giving up equity and potentially control.
any games with decent girlfeet art?
>>96697640Hey stay outta here.My wife and I are happy and already have a splotter third.Shoo!
>>96696242i will delete whiny bitches like you who can't appreciate faction uniquenessalso your categories suck, Sol, Naalu, Sardakk and Ghosts should all be in the same category of "Fighter spam", you'd know this if you actually played the game
>>96696268>Geoffrey WOOD>explorers of the WOODlandsoh my
>>96696462technically you can resize the templates and play with any scale components, they just have to be uniform accross all players. But if you're the only micro machine user in a LGS full of hotwheels hotheads and matchbox maniacs, you won't get to game with them
>>96698167I wouldn't know, every anti jk rowling voice I have heard has only ever paraphrased and given interpretations of what badwrong thing she supposedly said.Not that it matters in any way but I find everytime such extremely irrelevant and extremely political trash worms its way into my hobby very concerning
>>96696268>>96698498Wood not
>>96696823>It's like TI4Voidfall is closer to Eclipse honestly>higher focus on resource management>simpler unit system>no Politics/Agenda phase, limited diplomacy options (enforced by the game that is, just saying "hey don't go here and i wont go there" is always an option so it doesn't count)
>>96696932eXploit the mountains and nebulas of red tape that let you claim reparations for the crimes you have committed from the person you committed them onto
>>96698319>Move to Australia and I will play with you.If I were younger and without responsibilities, that would have tempted me.Hopefully someday I will find a few evenings to translate and p&p it, that would make it easier to convince potential players.
>>96697757So the ladders move like the staircases in the movie? Highly thematic, easily the best version
Imperial or Imperial 2030? Which one is better and why? I've played 2030 more, didn't have much of a chance to try the original
>>96698646snakes move too, you know
>>96698661The box for Imperial is better, so that's the one I kept. Both games fit in the same box
>Says he's working on another big heavy game>Retires>Comes out of retirement>It's a pandemic co-op gamevlaaaaaaaaddaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>>96699376Well that is fucking gayAlso isn't vlaada busy running CGE?
>>96699390Maybe because they're both big fellas, but I always took Vlaada's role like Gabe w/ ValveFigureheads who pop by and whip them into shape every once in a while
>>96697975If you like adjacency bonuses then Suburbia is it.Tiles and adjacency.
I got gifted Arkham horror LCG revised + dunwich. How’s the gameplay for solo? Anyone tried it?
>>96697573at a board game meetup. she has kids tho
>>96699750solo is how you play the game. coop is bullshit, unless we're talking about hanabi or bomb busters.
Spectacular comes with 96 dice. Why so many? lol. Also, what other game has more dice?
>>96697369
>>96699879roll for the galaxy 111sagrada 901st and goal 182Quarriors Qultimate Quedition 340
>>96699879any CTG title
>>96699925> 90 > 96interesting>>96699879cubitos has 121 dice
>>96699376He could be working on more than one project at a time. That's very common.
>>96699390I think Petr Murmak is doing that.
Finally played picrel after swearing it was the just a second edition of RenatureIt's alright, inoffensive nu-euro with too many bits for its own good.The fact it was originally was Loyang the dice game and got butchered into this saddens me though
does anyone else go to their lgs, look at the price of a game, take out your phone to look up the price on boardgame Oracle, and then walk out? I've done this a couple times and now I feel like the entitled boomer shopkeep resents me. Hey boomer, if I didn't have to pay for your social security, maybe I'd pay your 20-40% markup
>>96700028Never heard of board game oracle but I've done that with Amazon before.
>>96699376he has never made a single good game
>>96698661Buy Imperial as a game and 1830 as an expansion. Fit both in the same box.
>>96700028Similar but not quiteI mostly go to the lgs for sleeves, and while I'm there I look at the sales and used sections, sometimes I do walk out with something more than just sleevesThe other day I only went there for small sleeves, saw Luna for cheap in the used section and nabbed it
>>96700085True. He has only ever made great games. Yes, even Bunny Bunny Moose Moose
>>96700026it's now an uwu game unless it has 1000000 pieces
>>96700094what do you mean "even"? Bunny Bunny Moose Moose is clearly his masterpiece
>>96700028i live in a small town with no lgs, i buy everything online. fucking boomers ruined civilization and gave our countries away to our enemies.
>>96700086Combining imperial and 1830 is the best way to play both games. Adds logistics to imperial, adds warfare to 1830.
>>96699894Hell yeah
I love the aesthetic of WikiHow-esque traced photos and wish I saw it more in games.
>>96698493Linkship II will dunk on all fighter spammers
>>96700028I've rarely entered a boardgame store at all. I find the idea to use it as an outsourced living room and meetup place a bit weird tbqh. Our group works precisely because we like boardgames AND know and like each other without any pretenses. Not like I'd have a hard time talking to a stranger, but without the atmosphere of friendly banter and shittalking games would be decidedly less fun.>But anon don't be autistic, just read the room and act accordinglyIt's my hobby time and I'd rather choose to spend it
>Brad's newest lvl99 project is a fucking tarot deck and a book about games you can play with it>For 35 euro starting>Excl VAT>Excl. €10 shippingWhat the FUCK are you doing brad, the decks don't even look good
>>96700450does it come with any gems? I love quartz
>>96700411*with people I know and like
>>96700450It's just really clumsy. Should've made one main game ala regicide, then include the "[game] and X other games" bookBut it IS true, the decks do look bad, kind of impressive considering how incredibly many good looking tarot decks there are.
there's 1000 billion tarot decks already. we get it, artists can do different versions. how about designing actual games for the system??
>>96700697never mind I just saw he created new games. fucking based.
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/chip-theory-games/the-elder-scrolls-heroes-of-tamriel/updates/1It's out.Looks great too.
>>96700450>digital book $15>physical book $20mmm what kind of math is this?
any games i could play or proxy with 300 poker chips (besides poker ofc)?
>>96700719>fucking basedIt's only based if they are good. Maybe they are.Hey, at least there is a pdf.
>>96700793literally any game that involves using moneyIndonesiaImperialany 18xxetc
Diamant vs Deep Sea Adventure? What's the better push-your-luck light family game?
>>96700793Fuck You Buddy>>96700853He wants games that are played with only poker chips.>>96700894Diamant without question.
>>96700241yes, just like Strike Wing Alpha II dunked on all fighter spammers too, yeah right
>>96700775paper + shipping = physical book sold for higher prices to get the same revenue per sale i guess
>>96700450Tbh after the Return to expansion to AHLCG added a beautiful tarot deck I don't think I'd ever want another one. Also Brad's a pdf file trooning out to anime so wouldn't want to buy his version anyway.
>>96700793What quantities of what denominations are the chips?
>>96700907But not even poker is played with only poker chips, and nowhere in the post he said "with only poker chips"
>>96700930well, a deck of cards is easy to get. how do you even get a custom board for a niche game??
>>96700775First time seeing this? They don't want you to own anything so they demand a premium for physical goods.
>>96700966cardboard sections, print out the board in sections, glue them on the sections, put the sections together
>>96700450Brad has completely lost the plot. Starting with bungling Sakura Arms as badly as he did every decision made by L99 has been utterly baffling.
>>96700929They come in 5 colors (white, red, blue, green, black). No values on them. 100 whites, 50 of each other color.
>>96700980That's what happens when your market research consists of reading tweets
>>96700967>>96700923I think the issue is that the pdf is so expensive compared to the physical version.But given that the shipping+ import fees will rape you, it's not that bad of a deal.
>>96701014Hey, it's not like board games have a competitive market place. They'll charge whatever they think people will pay
>>96701010If they read tweets or any other comments L99 Sakura Arms would have been a better product.
can tic tac toe be redesigned into a decent game? >>96632264
>>96701075have you tried Boop!
>>96700980Very much a case of believing his own hype.But at least that is something you can pullout of the shelf and play, unlike the ginormous boxes of Empyreal and Guilty Gear any day.Fucking monstrosity for a game that would fit a Ticket to ride-sized box.
>>96701045>Hey, it's not like board games have a competitive market place.Is this ironic?Anyway, they'll charge me nothing for a pdf that I'll find for free in a few months.
>>96701088yeah, it's great.
some guy published a pnp game and made like 10k. wtf. is it really that easy? no spending money on prototypes or samples or shipping/storage, all digital.
>>96701120>is it really that easy?Yes, you can do it right now and see how well ot usually works.
>>96701120Have you never run a hustle before? Yes, it's really this easy.
Is tic tac toe an auction game?
>>96701091Actually, I like it, but only because I can fit all my previous seasons in it.>>96700749Bro Skyrim from CTG is rubbish, it's absolutely awful, no amount of expansions can fix it, awful, boring core fighting system.
>>96701223It's a point salad where each action gives you a point, but you need to align 3 points.You acquire each point via an auction-like system where the first person who claims a space puts their acquired point in this space.If you consider the 3x3 grid as a map, it's thus a dudes on a map game.
>>96700749did you buy the cheese expansion?
>>96701223it's an area control game
>>96701246It also qualifies as a multiplayer solitaireAfter all, there's no direct conflict or interaction and, most importantly, there's no raid dice
>>96701238Filtered>>96701276Please god I don't need another food item in those decks
>>96701238>only because I can fit all my previous seasons in it.I'd rather have one standard box per season, it's much easier to store with my other games and to take out of home and can still contain 33 decks.
I dunno, tic tac toe seems more like a wargame to me
>>96701246>>96701278>>96701289still better than wingspan
>>96701075one of the creators of Undaunted and War Chest tried:https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438940/tic-tac-trek
>>96701305Yes, I was filtered by how terrible this game is.
>>96700980Idk, spooktacular was well managed and pretty goodJury's still out if it's actually great or just a fun filler
Would your game nights be more exciting if you had e-sport casters narrating the competition? They wouldn't even have to speak English.Lakad Matatag, Normalin Normalin
>>96701317Yes, one box per season would be great, but we always had four before. So now we have one big one for everything, which is an OK solution.
>>96701415100% noI do sometimes wish for a competitive bg scene that gets streamed but that'd honestly lilely cause harm to boardgaming overall
>>96701415what kinda question is that...No, absolutely noIt's a (mostly) quiet hobby, to the point that for some, even putting on some light music is pushing it
>>96701473Board games with cash prizes, livestreamed on kick. All players are mic'd up to broadcast the trashtalk. Official betting services provided by Draftkings
>>96701497still nohell, even more nomiss me with that gay shitbesides, you already have bga if you want a competitive board game environment
>>96701402Nothing wrong with a good filler.I'd love to try the game, but have a rule of only getting games in my language for games over 2 players.Too bad that L99 games seem allergic to localization partners.
>>96701514Are you bad at board games? You could be getting paid to play
>>96701538e-"sport" players like the ones in dota don't play the game for fun, they play because it is their jobto turn playing board games into a job is to kill a hobby because without fun, board games are nothingyou're better off sticking to games that are not fun already for that kind of thing
>>96701599>it would suck the fun out of board games Do you really think there's any fun left in MPS that they could suck out?
>>96701618if you're using "MPS" according to /bgg/'s definition of it (i.e, any game that does not involve directly punching others in the face, meaning more than like 80%+ of all board games ever), yesif you're using "MPS" according to the actual definition, there's no risk of e-sport MPS happening because there'd be no viewers. No viewership = no prize poolbut let's be honest, there wouldn't be much viewership for any given boardgame anyway regardless of what it isall this to say that e-sport boardgaming would be just straight up retarded, just stick to BGA if you want le mmr le elo bullshitand for the record, i've participated in small tournaments organized for fun in communities and won a couple games for free, but that's entirely different from e-sport crap
>>96701689We're using MPS to mean MPS, not your exaggerated strawman. Nice try, eurofag.
>>96701716ok you're referring to 80%+ of all board games evere-sport board gaming is still not happening, so no 'Brutal, savage, rekt' for you
>all that salt over a fictional bg streamIf this raises your blood pressure already think about how whoever organizes it will surely get some utterly clueless faggot like susds matt for coverage
>>96701763Worse, it'll be the Shelfside guys who play a game once before making a video on how it's the best game of the year.
>>96701473I watched MMP's stream of the Advanced Squad Leader tournament from WBC and some of the Dice Tower's streams from WSBC from this year, it's already something that's picking up if you know where to look.
>>96701746>ok you're referring to 80%+ of all board games everFalse. We're talking about MPS. MPS is a modern disease. Most games aren't MPS.
>>96701763Would you watch a stream of Twilight Imperium as commentated by Bollocks?
>>96701877No, you're just flexibly changing your definition to encompass games you dislike while not applying to much more MPS games that you do
>>96701898Wingspan is not an aggressive game. Get over it.
>>96702016The worst part about your statement is that if they rethemed Wingspan to be about collecting gun parts you'd love it.
>>96701885Unironically would. I think his voice is pleasant and his pleb accent combined with his constant expression of bafflement about relatively simple mechanics would potentially be hilarious>Oh, wots 'e doin', the fookin necro bacillus can't research, woy take that tech card, fookin 'ell
>>96702076Don't you get tired of coming up with bullshit? You're just arguing against your fantasies at this point instead of anything anyone said ITT.
>>96701885I want to force Bollocks to explain Bio Genesis to me
>>96701075Bombastic?
>>96699969it seemed like an obvious inclusion being near plus other anons would likely think of it so I thought I'd save them time.
>>96700450>What the FUCK are you doing brad,Indeed
>>96700450And sadly, this will make him far more money than spooktacular. I imagine the margin on book+tarot deck is pretty good
>>96700411good for you having people you know and like in an already formed group. even when I had that (pre-covid) we would go to the flgsses for atmosphere, events or just sometimes because nobody's house was available for hosting that night. the goal of a meetups or game store board game events are to meet new people, try new games and find the good ones that you're willing to then have into your home. non-autistic people understand you don't have to practice it to understand the concept and purpose.
>>96701075forget what it's called but in each square of the main board is a smaller board. you opponent has to play in the main board where you last played in the smaller board. it's essentially 10 games at once but you can actually control some things. it's not great, no re-imagining ever is, but it's way less tedious than playing tic-tac-toe.
>>96702465mmm Kulami ?
>>96701322only the beanbag version anon, only the beanbag version
>>96701325
>>96700980Not sure I will ever stop seething about Sakura Arms.>>96701050If they'd hired any professional technical writer or translator that would have helped.Anyone able to comment on either The Breach or Black Rose Wars games? A good friend of a friend is selling them before an international move and wondering if either is worthwhile. My immediate impression of BRW was that I would probably rather just play Argent or Mage Wars for that theme and didn't look any further. The Breach seems like a legally distinct mash up of 90s and 2k IP and seems like it could be fun. We like cutthroat highly interactive stuff.
>>96701473just knowing how competitive GWT is played makes me sick
>>96702076you literally just described Bullet*
any idea how to import games from switzerland? there's a store there that sells some games i want
>>96701075Can Catan?
>>96702520How is competitive GWT played?
>>96702465no it's literally tic-tac-toe boards:cross plays as shown so naughts gets to play in the center. naughts would not want to play in the upper left as that would return X to play in the same board a second time.
>>96702570If old 'put into shopping cart, type in address and order' doesn't work they might not send stuff to your country. Maybe through some forwarding adress, but I can't imagine that'll be worth the cost
>>96702520I once watched a video of the gwt finals from the WBC and it seemed very chill and did not radiate the tryhard anxiousness that videogame contests tend to have
>>96702602there is a META and everyone does it. no I'm not going to share what it is.
What are some cool games from small publishers / indie designers?
>>96702618I've played this before but I can't remember what it's called.
>>96702465https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_tic-tac-toe
>>96702618>>96702694Ultimate Tic Tac Toe?https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42336/ultimate-tic-tac-toe
>>96702725which is itself a variant of Tic Tac Toe Times 10:https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9898/tic-tac-toe-times-10
>>96702126>You're just arguing against your fantasies at this point instead of anything anyone said ITT.said the guy who randomly mentioned wingspan out of nowhere, see >>96702016for what it's worth I do agree that wingspan has a very high degree of mps-ness, but you niggers call alot of games mps just to pretend you have a rational reason to not like them
Tom Vasel called a goat meeple a cow.
>>96703056around birds, never relax
>>96703061This is a wake up sheeple situation
>>96703136I c wut u did thar
>>96703210we need to get to the root of the problem anon
Das Labyrinth des Pharao
How do you get into ACW hex and chit war games?
Any good board game deals with Amazon Prime big sale day or whatever they call it?
>>96704154why would it be?
>mission based gameplay (go in, kill these targets, get out alive and preferably unseen)>a wide variety of tools to get the job done, either selected from a starting loadout or discovered during the run>rewards map knowledge, careful planning, and system mastery, but also allows opportunistic plays to pay off and for the "fuck it" moment when you just have to unload on a bunch of civs and either go out in a glorious shootout or soft restart with a fresh disguise and time penaltyThere has to be a boardgame like this somewhere. Please don't tell me I'm gonna have to make yet another one from scratch.
>>96704154Duel for Middle-earth for $29Spirit Island for $44Azul Duel for $22Star Wars: Outer Rim for $56El Grande for $42
>>96704092Play the best roll & move game ever made, any of the games from the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series. Or alternatively Simonitch's The U.S. Civil War. If you prefer CDGs, there's always Mark Herman's For the People.
>>96704349Have you tried Stalker? The board game is basically a 3D video game. I recommend you play it through TTS
>>96704154
>>96704371Seems like a great place to start, thanks
>>96704349isn't metal gear solid like this?
>>96704384You'd have something if it was a Bluey edition
>>96704402Less sandboxy, AFAIK. Phantom Pain is probably closer.There's also an element of puzzle solving (toss a coin to distract a guard, tranq the guy headed for the bathroom where my target is currently yawning in technicolor, drag him to a closet, ah fuck I already dumped the last two guards there, etc). It's a surprisingly heady game that could really work well on tabletop.
Thoughts on Point Salad, Point City, Point Galaxy? are they any good?
>>96704432>saladgood for you>citiesfull of vibrant culture and cool bars>galaxyour future :)
>>96704154Here is everything that jumps out to meBut there is no regard for how good the deal is, only whether or not is was listed as part of the saleCa$h 'n Guns https://www.amazon.com/Cash-Guns-2nd-Party-Game/dp/B00KU10OUUJaipur https://www.amazon.com/Jaipur-Board-Game-New-Fast-Paced/dp/B07SRMXRZBCarcassonne https://www.amazon.com/Asmodee-Carcassonne-Board-Game-Tile-Laying/dp/B00NX627HWHeat https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Players-Playtime-Days-Wonder/dp/B0BGXPZG4BAzul https://www.amazon.com/Board-Game-Mosaic-Tile-Placement-Next-Move/dp/B077MZ2MPWAzul Mini https://www.amazon.com/Azul-Mini-Board-Game-Tile-Placement/dp/B0C382GMPCCartographers https://www.amazon.com/Thunderworks-Games-Cartographers-Roll-Player/dp/B07PDNNLGRHarmonies https://www.amazon.com/Harmonies-Board-Game-Landscapes-Strategic/dp/B0CVNPHPZYGalatic Renaissance https://www.amazon.com/Matagot-Galactic-Renaissance-Strategy-Exploration/dp/B0D3VLDGKCTwilight Imperium 4th Edition https://www.amazon.com/Fantasy-Flight-Games-Twilight-Imperium/dp/B08F5M99DRCubirds https://www.amazon.com/Pandasaurus-Games-CuBirds-Card-Game/dp/B0CFN3KT8BMonopoly Deal https://www.amazon.com/MONOPOLY-Quick-Playing-Christmas-Stocking-Exclusive/dp/B00NQQTZCOLove Letter https://www.amazon.com/Love-Letter-Card-Game-Renaissance/dp/B07PHHBWM9
>>96702545nope, Bullet and Wingspan are not rethemes of each other, and the gameplay of Bullet doesn't suck
>>96704349Metal Gear Solid is exactly that, plus 4 characters with unique abilities to use, plus a campaign mission mode for unlocking new gear.
How much do you think his wife gets paid for these
>>96704092Why would you want to do that?
lost to the Heart on Ascension 6 feels bad bros
>>96704432Point Salad is a good filler. I am not familiar with its siblings.
>>96704361>>96704614Thanks anons.
>>96704432I hate these. Even the art, which I usually don't mind, is the most generic shit.
>>96704685>That lookHow long until all of susd are shown to be involved in a pedophile ring?
>>96705198Wake up, they're already listed in the Eklund Files.
>>96704369Canyon Crash is the best roll and move game ever.
>>96705198>He doesn't knowQuinns used to play Netrunner at Comet Ping Pong
>>96704349Others have said it, but this is literally what the Metal Gear Solid boardgame is.
new thread >>96707837
