First for Dunc Imperium is slop

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>>97161490
>If you had to bring a light, a medium, and a heavy game to board game night, which 3 games would you bring?
Evolution the beginning, Roll for the Galaxy (inb4 Roll anons mald), Dominant Species
>Which designer has the strongest roster?
I don't pay any atttention
>What are your thoughts on crowdfunding in our hobby?
It's great, the best part is the all in people who FOMO but never play the games which gives me a lot of good deals two to three years into the pipeline when it's all been vetted.
>Do you prefer fantasy or sci-fi themes?
Yes? I want to change my original answer to Fairy Tale, Castles of Burgundy and Caverna. Who are we kidding I use an IKEA bag to bring games I'll bring them all. Also Clank! is better than Clank! In Space but In Space has waaaay better references. Maybe I should bring Castle Dice...

>>97161882
Not saying this is you but you brought to mind this new weird mindset that boils down to "im better than you because youre a consumer and fund the kickstarters and I buy it used from you" which is like... Okay , cool youre still just as much a consumer if I look at your shelf vs theirs. At least theyre selling things off which indicates potentially some awareness
>also bragging about it just makes you look 3rd world poorfag
>who brags about a used car

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>>97161912
But used cars are ideal. When you have more experience you realized you don't want a virgin gf and you don't want a new car, especially one that hasn't been in production long.

Except for the latest purchases all of these have hit the table and 90% more than 10 times. That's bragging.

>>97161502
I think part of it is they struck gold with the Marvel model and somehow believe that AH players have the same feelings toward Ashcan Pete as Marvel players do with Hulk. If you look at their portfolio - AHLCG is the last Arkham Files game still being worked on. The Unfathomable stuff has been sunset already so that's that.

>Do you prefer fantasy or sci-fi themes?
Sci-fi AINEC

List of people known to be working on AHLCG 2.0:

>Woman who is on camera saying "I read Michael McGlen's lore about him wanting to avenge his buddy, so I assumed he was gay"
>Guy from Mythos Busters who would make you cringe every time he opened his mouth on the podcast
Anybody else?

>>97161526
you start off with a blatant lie? why

>>97161912
very feminine mindset

>>97161992
>Used cars are ideal
In my experience, used is worse than new when it comes to card. I am 50 and every used car I bought has cost me thousands in repairs every time in a five year window of ownership from key component failures. The two new cars I have purchased over my life? They just needed routine maintence and didn't start showing any problems at all until around 400k miles. Used cars might have got me 50k miles before a laundry list of shit started popping up wrong with them. Every. Single. Time.

>Used Board Games
Missing components, worn cards, damage, etc. You can find good used games, however, most are usually fucked up in some way. Best avoid them most of the time.

>>97162073
I don't give a shit, you stupid fucking cunt.

>>97162197
didn't ask though

>>97161992
Yeah nevermind you are that guy. This just screams "Im poor and make poor choices but want to feel better about it"
Like how are you better than kickstarter addicts for slurping their sloppy seconds lol. Pitiful. For that many games Id be buying new because if its a priority Im not going to be cheap and depend on others for my satisfaction

>>97162073
Just play a different LCG

>>97162073
>>97162250
>A guy that's developed the last four campaigns of the series
>A guy with a creative writing background that has a successful blog that breaks down deckbuilding strategy

Why would you cherry pick the gaybait? The woman isn't even doing design - she's the community manager?

I get to play board games tonight for the first time since january. Wish me luck bros!

>>97162442
What are you playing???? Report back how the games go. Thats a huge gap, I hope you feel fulfilled anon , proud of you

The last time I bought a new car, the same lot had used cars like 4 years old with 50k miles for 10% less than new.
Some people really think "certified used" means something
New is the way to go
Same thing for boardgames
Like I would never buy a used copy of Barbarossa from a comer, knowing that every card had someone else's sperm on it

>>97162639
Well it used to be that you would get a 30k car for 15k one year off a corporate lease with 20k miles before covid. And anyone with half a brain and mechanical knowledge could tell what was in good condition. Same with board games , I used to be able to get some dudes hex and counter for a reasonable price when he died knowing it was immaculate, perfectly clipped counters, map always under a plexi.

Now there's such rampant consumerism like the anon above, that why would I want a crusty ass used copy for 10% off covered in vape aroma, nicotine caked into it, beat up, missing components, risk of not even getting it.

I can just preorder the kickstarter all in whatever shit from my retailer, guarantee it comes in, brand new, and it's like 1% of my budget in a year more spending that way, oh heavens no

>>97161490
>light game
Insider
>medium
Marco Polo
>heavy
Pax Pamir, even though I'd like to bring Hegemony, Pax is much faster to explain and connect with

>stronger roster
Cathala maybe

>thoughts on CF
I'll start doing it when I'm 45 at least

>fantasy vs sci-fi
Mechanics > theme

>Played games this week
Deduckto (interesting)
Sea salt & paper (meh)
Paleo (excellent)
Sushi Go Party (meh)
Scout (fun)
Formula 31 (fun)
Modern Art (excellent)
High society (fun)
Power Grid (excellent)
Barrio (meh)
Catan the card game (boring)
7 Wonders Duel (excellent)
Five tribes (GOAT)

Other than DIVERSITY, what about the new arkham horror is inherently bad? I thought it was just a reset point

>>97162921
Resets that make players rebuy into a system they might already be heavily invested in are bad and should only be used as an emergency button. This isn't like a TCG rotation, this is a big deal. And with the marvel champions rotation shit they did theres not a lot of good faith. And not a good reason for them to be doing this right now either. It isn't justifiable

Does too many bones have a good theme or is it just rolling dice? I like the core idea but having the battlefield just be a matt is kinda soulless for a ameritrash game.
>Inb4 play Skyrim
Ip sloppa

>>97163115
It neither has a good theme nor a well thought out system. Its popularity is mostly from component quality which drove it being memed as this amazing game and then as you know its on bgg top solo list, then reddit never shuts up aboht it, the board game influencers...

The reality is that its just a boring generic dice roll and power up game. It does nothing unique enough to warrant the hype or price. It is clunky at 3+, boring a 2 , solo is two handed, and also at 2 you kind of get shoehorned by viability.

Its genuinely just one of those root or everdell games where its purely hype. To your question: There is no theme. Its just le quirky goblins. And its just as must shovelled shit as the skyrim game. Its just gold plated shit so people pretend to enjoy it

>>97162928
Just don't buy it. No one's forcing you to buy anything.
>>97163115
The theme is just weird pixies or brownies but they're called "gearlocs" for some reason.

is Final Girl good (or at least enjoyable)?

Best game to play with a milf who loves Marvel?
>Legendary Marvel
>Marvel Champions
>Marvel United

>>97163361
Who are her favorite characters?

>>97163361
Obviously marvel love letter

>>97162524
It was crap. All they played before I had to leave was one long ass round of Say Anything, an Apples to Apples like party game. One of them was a tranny, and one of the others might have also been but could have been an actual woman. I couldn't eat the food in the pizza joint it took place in due to being a vegan and everybody else was eating. The tranny was always on their phone and the other people had their own cliques going on...... the whole thing was a mess. They had some other games but I had to leave early before they played them. I'm disappointed.

Just watched a how to play video of The Old King's Crown. I will probably get shit for this but at its core it seems like this is basically Unmatched, except more opaque, convoluted, eurified, and it looks less fun. Just my first impressions. It's crazy how much hype SUSD and Wehrle generate. We'll see next year.

>>97163115
The theme is Gearlocs (hideous tiny humanoids) striking out on a quest to kill a bad guy. It's barebones as fuck but gets the job done.
>Is it rolling a bunch of dice
Yes. Absolutely. 90% of the game involves dice rolling.
>Is it worth getting?
Now? No. The Elder Scrolls game is a much, much better take in the formula and Assault of Doom Rock has the same feel of TMB but plays better.

>>97163508
The X-Men, especially Rogue and Cyclops. Also Black Widow. Some other obscure ones I don't remember.
>>97163517
Had no idea this existed. Will look it up.

>>97163361
Legendary Marvel.

Marvel Champions was boring as fuck. You had very obvious plays in any given turn to the point it practically plays itself.

>>97163590
You might still be able to find some X-Men packs/boxes for Champions. I think Black Widow wasn't too hard to find despite being wave 1.

>>97163590
And it looks like all three are in the Legendary Marvel core set so that might be the cheaper option. I'm not familiar with that though, it looks like you recruit heroes with funds or something rather than start as one in particular.

>>97163557
needs a US print run that isnt just 5 copies for me to judge.

>>97161526
Every game I've played has been on a razor's edge in the final round and comes down to critical decisions and making the most of your card draw + free cycling. Pulling a lucky Intrigue card could happen but I have yet to see it be the difference.

>>97163549
>a vegan and a tranny enter a pizza joint
Was there an insufferable personality competition going on?

I kid, I kid. Sorry about your terrible evening.

>>97162876
>Paleo (excellent)
How many times have you played it? The common complaint is that it gets boring, the same quickly.
>Catan the card game (boring)
Is this just normal Catan or something else? Is it similar to og game?
I'm always interested in card games of bigger games though they are usually trash.

>>97163210
>The theme is just weird pixies or brownies but they're called "gearlocs" for some reason.
Just don't buy it. No one's forcing you to buy anything.

>>97163557
>at its core it seems like this is basically Unmatched
How? You don't move on a board, you just play three cards into three regions then whoever has the highest card in a region wins. It's closer to Poker with all the bluffing going on.

>>97164250
>Is this just normal Catan or something else?
not him but there's a card game : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catan_Card_Game
>>97164261
Salty? I never whined I had to rebuy something like you.

>>97164297
>I never whined I had to rebuy something
Neither did that guy.

>>97164282
I heard it's like a mix of a line battler and cosmic encounter - compete for certain spots but also have crazy power cards.

>>97164282
>you just play three cards into three regions then whoever has the highest card in a region wins
that's it? they really needed elaborate factions, individual player boards, a dozen icons for special abilities, multi-phase rounds, busy illustrations (that look they were harder to complete than the game) for THAT? you make it sound like an elaborate version of schotten totten. did they take a very simple game and just added more and more systems to make it more complex? maybe zee garcia was right about this game

>>97164250
>I'm always interested in card games of bigger games though they are usually trash.
The Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game is excellent.

>>97164323
That was the message of his post. I simply explained the theme, I never whined about rebuying.

>>97164340
If it's so excellent, why isn't it reprinted?

old king's crown is /bgg/core and if you don't like it you don't belong here

old king's crown is a tranny game loved by redditors

6/10 - "above average"

>>97164343
It's only flaws are tiny cards and that it's a table hog. So I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess that they didn't want The Castles of Burgundy proper to have to compete with it. Maybe the card game had worse profit margins?

>>97164364
There do be transvestites and redditors here. That doesn't rule out >>97164354

This is the only 4chan board where people have an indistinguishable taste from redditors.

>>97164354
Not those anons, but every time I just look at the components, it looks like the dullest game in existence. What makes it good?

>>97161490
>If you had to bring a light, a medium, and a heavy game to board game night, which 3 games would you bring?
Wizard, Abyss (med. light), Hegemony.
>Which designer has the strongest roster?
Cathala, maybe.
>What are your thoughts on crowdfunding in our hobby?
I use it sometimes to back indie games but it's gross when big companies use it.
>Do you prefer fantasy or sci-fi themes?
Fantasy. But only because I haven't seen a cool sci-theme in board games yet. Everything is so generic and sterile.

>>97164418
>What makes it good?
It was praised by the totally not shills 'No Pun Included' and 'SU&SD' on YouTube, therefore, it's good.

>>97164340
yeah this it the one. I like it. Always hopping there will be more but it doesn't work most of the time.

>>97164374
It probably didn't sell well. It only became sort of popular long after it was released. I don't remember it having any praise upon release.

>>97164354
what's good about it? have you played it?

>>97164421
>to back indie games
such as? Aside from like really obvious ones I can't tell which ones are considered indie games?

>>97164418
I fell asleep trying to watch a playthrough so it's not just the components

>>97162362
they're all by the same company, and they're all based off the same mechanics

>>97163549
>vegans
>trannies
this is why solo gaming is so popular

>>97163287
everything is enjoyable

>>97163361
champions has plenty of sexy art (I assume the goal is to get her in the mood for some milfing)

can you stop shilling assault on doomrock

Any good fighting, area control combat games for young children, 8-10 years. Preferably with no text. All I can think of is Small world.

>>97165242
I love Power Plants but I think despite its cute presentation it might be a bit too crunchy and mean for young kids. But check it out to make sure.

>>97165242
Go

>>97165292
Where?

>>97165300
Nuts For Donuts

>>97161490
>If you had to bring a light, a medium, and a heavy game to board game night, which 3 games would you bring?
Machi koro, small world, Slay the Spire
>Which designer has the strongest roster?
Klaus Teuber, because fuck you that's why
>>What are your thoughts on crowdfunding in our hobby?
Did it once for pond so no Idea yet
>Do you prefer fantasy or sci-fi themes?
Sci-fi but I don't mind either.

Going to educate my gf again tonight.

>spend a week learning a game
>stumble unto a flaw in the game system that everybody else also ran into at some point but nobody told me
it's really over

>>97165242
I cant remember if King of Tokyo has any text? I think there are some cards?

>>97165492
game?

>>97165262
Isn't this just an abstract game? I remember when it came out but it wasn't that highly received. In my mind I put is in the same pile as Renature.

>>97165242
Rhino hero(?) dexterity game,

>>97165576
>game?

Uno. You are almost winning but then you have to announce it, putting a target on your back.

>>97165638
Thus uno is essentially a destilled version of root

>>97165242
Ethnos?

>>97165638
>You are almost winning but then you have to announce it, putting a target on your back.
Thats Inis

>>97165780
it took you a week to learn Uno?

>>97165780
>The virgin overproduced animal meeple root vs the chad purity of form and essense uno

I see this a lot of places and need to get it off my chest: Imperiun (and captains chair) are not too long. I see too many people playing slow civs or not understanding the rules, or just generally not having the brainpower to make quick plays. I played Picard and every time I get a good engine going and blow to endgame. The I played the blue alien dude and focused on setting up and building a tableau and a patient build up and it took forever. And that was ok! It was fun! I knew why it was slower. same with playing aggro civs rushing to endgame like Rome.

It makes it easy to filter out opinions because I see so often the whole complaint and the they recommend these 30 minute experiences where I spend more time setting it up then playing. Dopamine fried gamers are killing thoughtful games

>>97163361
5 minute marvel

>>97164250
>>97164340
yeah no, castles of burgundy the card game just doesn't hit the same as the full version. I had high hopes and it's just awkward rather than good.

>>97164963
Earthborne isnt by them :)

>>97164250
Hey, just played Paleo once and yeah, replayability is questionable since you can sort of memorize the cards, but the flow was amazing and its truly a cooperative game. Everyone focusing on what they have opens room for no-alpha-player collective brainstorming which is hard to achieve
>Catan
I dislike the original and the card game is just "get lucky/unlucky with your draw, play card, get something". At least for me, that's very dull

>>97165242
small world is terrible even for adults, lots of text and it's really unbalanced.

I played king of the hill without power up cards before my kids could read. houseruled that lightning bolts give a power cube and 3 power cubes give a green die IIRC.

we also play Labrynth a lot, zero text but we also housrule in that everyone draw a single treasure and claim it once they path to it then drawing another. when they're older as I've mentioned we added a d6 to determine number of tile steps to add a little rng.

bunny kingdom might be good, not good good but for you, carcassone might be good, dorfromantik

>>97165443
>Machi koro
I save all my pennies and buy the airport first, guaranteed win 100% of the time the first time (before eveyone who's played does it). you're welcome

>>97165492
like castles of burgundy seems like the GOAT until you find out one of the maps is a guarenteed advantage and two others are at best imbalanced?

>>97165638
>present day
>not playing Uno Flip

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Anyone play this? I've heard really good things about it and I'm thinking of preordering the reprint but I'm worried about the game's length.

>>97166149
Earthborne is considered an LCG? It's also crap btw.

>>97166250
no but just the image made my benis erect

>>97164421
Which Hegemony faction do you prefer?

>>97166139
The current hot trend of simplifying every game, and then releasing an even more simplified version afterwords sometimes is killing me and sucks for the industry. I don't know if some of these designers think they're hot shit that they can strip down what makes their games popular and that the bones are robust enough to handle it. So many like you said, are just awkward and subpar to comparables

That and all the joe klipfel (sic) slop constantly being churned out

>>97166234
>Saving penis
Get fucked by my sushi bars

>>97166250
I've played it once and I think it's alright from a gameplay perspective (it's not a train game it's effectively a tableau builder) but it has a great table presence and its easy to get people to play it once they see it out. Our game was about 2 hours - not crazy long but a fair amount of setup and tear down.

>>97166234
>small world
>lots of text and it's really unbalanced.
What? theres no text and the races are random

>>97166250
I like the idea but it looks really fiddly with all the dinosaur minis on the board. Might be good, I heard nothing bad about it.

>>97166271
>The current hot trend of simplifying every game, and then releasing an even more simplified version afterwords
Can you give some examples? I'm sure there are some but I cant come up with any. All I can think of is 2 player versions.

>>97166267
nta, anything but the state for me.

>>97166271
>The current hot trend of simplifying every game, and then releasing an even more simplified version afterwords sometimes is killing me and sucks for the industry.
CoBtCG is barely simplified. It cuts the unique effects on yellow tiles and it adds purple tiles that can be played into regions as wilds. That's a net loss in complexity, but not by much.
There are a lot of minor reworks for the changed pace of the game but none of them makes the rules more or less complex than what's in CoB. The gameplay is very similar.

>>97164003
>>97164970
Bros I'm not vegan by choice, it was forced on me. I really wish I could eat whatever I wanted but I'm just not allowed to.

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>>97166382
Is this (You)?

>>97164418
tense, dramatic, highly interactive, and zero superfluous systems. lots of space for expressive clever play

>>97166346
I think state would be pretty fun if you didn't more or less HAVE to fulfil the two, err...missions you get every round. It's great fun to have a lot of power but having to use it to make sure everyone's doing equally well (and winning in the process). The issue is that it feels like you lack agency because so many of your actions go into fulfilling said missions or just making sure you have the resources to do so. That's the one bigger issue the game has imo

>>97166339
Short list of piggybacking onto existing titles with a simplified version that loses quality because of it

gloomhaven JOTL and bugs, terra mars ares, everdell fartshore, lotr 7 wonders duel, ark nova shituary, Fishspan, Command and color slopwars,


Done right examples: spirit island horizons, twilight struggle red sea

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Do any of you play "traditional" card games (poker, bridge, spades, rummy, etc.)? I'm starting to think I'd be better off just learning more card games than shelling out for plastic and cardboard.

>>97165576
Renature mentioned!

>>97166254
their cards come in boxes with identical contents instead of randomized packs, so it's an LCG.

not that the name makes any sense, it's just something marketing came up with back in the day

it's not crap btw.

>>97166149
it's by former FFG employees, including a former man. And just like Arkham or Champions, it's blatantly rips off LoTR LCG.

>>97166247
again, CoB doesn't take a week to learn

>>97164418
/bgg/core does not mean good

>>97166678
I think AH stands on it's own. Marvel Champions is fucking awful and certainly a terrible version of LotR LCG

>>97166247
Doesn't everyone play on the same maps?

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>>97166749
It depends.

>>97166619
>gloomhaven JOTL and bugs, terra mars ares, everdell fartshore, lotr 7 wonders duel, ark nova shituary, Fishspan, Command and color slopwars,
JOTL was simplified, intro version but it made sense since its a campaign game that people might actually play and finish.
theres a million everdells and they all seem the same
lotr 7w duel is not simpler
ark nov is an obvious case
fishspan, eh these span games all seem the same but I think it was marketed as an easier version
C&C star wars? its not like m44 was a complex game. But when you slap a mass market popular ip on a game you have to streamline and simplify the game

>Done right examples: spirit island horizons, twilight struggle red sea
I'm not sure about these. They fit more in the category above.

>>97166733
Mchamps is inoffensive. I just find that with the wrong deck and especially in solo, there's a point in the game where it just becomes autopilot and one of the most boring experiences I ever have had in boardgaming. Like truly I sit there and sometimes just put it away because it's been 45 minutes, my victory is just procedural at this point, the engine is built, ive seen the entire enemy deck, I know I can mitigate everything. It's just going through motions.

It really does feel like without the right bosses, enemy deck setup, character decks, and a fun person to play it with it just runs out of steam so fast for me. Which is sad because I genuinely enjoy the game, I think it has fun thematic moments. It's nowhere near as good as AH which overcomes and hides issues. And LOTR is just overrated and playing a puzzle. I cant be bothered to deckbuild a perfect deck for an encounter, thats not playing a game if i busywork to be able to play the game

>>97166657
>"traditional" card games
Tarock is very popular here.

>>97166780
The point was are they oversimplified versions of the core games that loses the purpose of the originals, not if it made sense

Red sea loses nothing from the original, its the exact same game and even more tense because of the time limit, so it can be argued to be as good if not better. Horizons is the exact same game, just with less island board options, but the tokens are better, the table presence is better and its more compact, and the spirits interplay better. It is also arguably a better experience than the base game

What are the best scenarios in Descent 1e? I have well of darkness and altar of despair.

>>97166808
so what do jotl, fishspan, 7w lotr, or everdell clone lose?

Speaking of Duel for Middle-earth has anyone played it? How is it?
I'm looking for good Lotr themed games.

>>97167032
>looking for good ____ themed games.
I will never understand why some people specifically look for a specific theme instead of basing their search on player count, play length, complexity, genre.
But yes heard good things about duel for middle earth if you're looking for a 2p short game. A friend of mine sold 7 wonders duel and got that instead

>>97167115
>I will never understand why some people specifically look for a specific theme instead of basing their search on player count, play length, complexity, genre.
It's not like I will instantly buy the game just because of the theme. But if its a good game plus the theme I enjoy I might.
Do you not care about theme?
There are themes I automatically ignore, marvel superhero, disney,... There are games with these themes that people praise but I have no interest.

>>97167291
for me its garphill games. The art is a dead giveaway and I just skip them when they come up. I have played some of their early games and was not impressed.

>>97166978
The things that made them worth buying at all

>>97167317
I played the anarchy. It was woefully boring. Gacha numbers go op style game. Feels entirely pointless and abstracted to the point Yahtzee is just as engaging. If we are talking theme yeah no its just pasted on in the most boring way

genuine thoughts about sentinels of the multiverse?

>>97167032
>>97167032
It's pretty good. I like it more than the original. One of the best 2 player games ever made.

>>97167447
it's a good name if you like co-op/solo card games but don't like building your decks

>>97167409
rare to see a wingspan and everdell fan around these parts

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I don't get it. What's the thematic link here? The game's London btw.

>>97167533
Assimilation?

>>97167115
I'm not a theme first fag but I can understand people being in the mood for a theme instead of a mechanic.

>>97167533
>Draw 2 cards
Jewish efforts to outbreed the original population.
>Then remove this card from the game
Jews getting kicked out of the country, again.

Consider the following: MPS auction game. Euro fans would eat this up.

>>97166339
>What? theres no text and the races are random
You need to play with the aid in front of you to see what all the race combinations do, the iconography explains about 30% of what you need, the combinations range from garbage to OP and someone who's played before or just gets to draft first will have a huge advantage
>>97166619
TFM ares blows the original out of the water simply by taking about 40 minutes to play

Does anyone have that neuron activation pic but with dice rolling?

>>97167713
kek

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Thoughts on the #1 game on BGG?

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>>97164354

>>97168435
I have yet to form an opinion on Die Macher. All I can tell you is the rulebook seems overly long for an 80s game. Then again, Magic Realm is from the 70s...

>>97168266
I have it. Give me a sec.

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Pax Ren looks so awesome, bros. Sadly, I think I will have to schizo play it due to lack of players.

>>97168526
It is fantastic design and it really tickles the brain once you learn how to play it, but yeah it's a tough teach.

It's a game of influencing actions to lead into other actions you can influence, instead of just being in direct control of anything. I've had people who also love it but a lot more people who bounce off the idea of that much harder.

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has anyone played Warfighter?

>>97168650
>DVG Game
Nah , no thanks. All of their games feel like the boardgame equivalent of shovelware. Uninspired, lazy designs, and warfighter being able to just constantly toss DLC onto it willy nilly should speak to the quality and goal of the company

>>97168154
Unfry your dopamine receptors if 40 extra minutes in a game about literally terraforming a planet is a no go

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who should be added to Unmatched?

>>97168867
>theme has any bearing on how long a game should take to play
Unfuck your idiotmeter, even if playing TFM in an hour and 20 minutes was believable
>>97168892
Winston Churchill, Bushwick Bill

>>97169012
You do need a pretty big brain to keep the time low, I can understand struggling to make decisions in a timely manner anon. Avoid imperium as well. The big ones are scary anon, your little one is okay!

>>97168892
why is penny boi in there?

What's on a better trajectory and why?
Videogames or Boardgames
For me...
From 95-05 it was videogames
From 05-10 it was about even
From 10-20 it was boardgames
And since then it feels like both are in decline

I am starting to believe the Normandy campaign in Fields of Fire is too easy, and that it's because of how easy it was historically.

>>97169587
On the other hand, the game has so many layers upon layers of randomness, I probably should play the whole campaign several times to get a proper idea. You can play a whole mission not seeing any Events, seeing 10% of the enemy Packages, etc., etc., etc.

>>97169194
This banter is so sad and gay that I'm going to give it the ignoring it deserves, but I will reiterate that thinking it's ok for TFM to overstay it's welcome by about 2 hours just because of the theme is dumb, and I invite you to defend your thesis like a man.
>>97169587
Grogs do be like that, I heard Germany has an abysmal win rate in Normandy 44, but I guess if you're the type to care about historical accuracy, you know your history, and you can console yourself by doing better than the Germans actually did.

Ok, so I am pretty sure Tag-Team is my 2025 game of the year.
It may be the only 2025 release I've played, but I stand by it.

Has anyone tried the EVE Online board game? Is it any good?

>>97170131
What makes it so good?

>>97170131
shitty game that is mogged by Toy Battle

Knizia KNEELS to Toy Battle

Toy Battle is kind of mid. I prefer his other game Caesar.

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Guys, what's your small game of the year and what's your big game of the year?

>>97166382
>I'm not vegan by choice
then it's not vegan any more than someone who doesn't drink is straight edge. you can say "my gf is vegan so that means I pretty much am" or you can just say lactose intolerant. I mean there is a reason pesca-ovo-lacto-vegetarian is a thing.

personally I dont' get to have pizza because even the amount of flour that gets on the toppings from cross contamination will put me on the shitter for three solid days.

>>97166657
I grew up playing them all. Every variation of poker, Euchre, pinochle, gin in all it's variations, bridge, and my family favorite a house ruled version of oh hell. And solitaire, thousands of games of solitaire. Cards are overrated and apart from Oh Hell I'm not sure there are any actually good games from the perspective of board games.

>>97166700
what the fuck takes a week to learn? campaign for northern africa?

>>97167115
>>97167291
>>97167640
there is also sort of a limit in a collection, you can only have so many post apocalyptic games and they just make you want to play arctic scavengers or 51st state instead. it might be "oh another flower game" or "oh trains again" so I can get wanting something different; but looking for a licensed IP is dummy mode.

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>>97167517
wingspan is not awful just somewhat stupid. everdell I never got into, it's just too much to try and see into the future and apply your actions correctly.

>>97167915
mmm, did you say stockpile? or acquire maybe?

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Say goodbye to reprints. It's over.

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>>97170526
>look at the titles that interest you, whenever it is Thorgal, or Eleven, or Tides of Time, or Brazil - any of games on our website - these are the last copies.

>>97170355
>Oh Hell
Rendered obsolete by Cat in the Box

>>97170526
So last chance to get Robinson Crusoe and 51st State: Ultimate Edition?? Holy shit.

>>97170238
Why do you think Toy Battles is mid?

>>97170393
The theme, art and production quality does some heavy lifting for those games.
I don't think it's a coincidence that ttheir designers had no other hits. In fact the game keeps being successful as long as the art and production stays.

>>97170526
I get that he might feel a certain way if his game that brought him fame will be forgotten. But still this kind of reads like an advertising: last items you'll never get if you don't buy now!!

>>97170131
>Tag-Team
Looks like an advanced Challengers. Do I understand the game correctly, you mix two decks and then stack them in a way that when you play "war" you'll win? It's an autobattler style game?

What was your take on Challengers? Or a game like Duel for cardia, or other similar, where you also sort of have to predict what your opponent will play but it goes one move at a time.

>>97170826
>It's an autobattler style game?
yea (nta)

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Speaking of autobattlers... did anyone back pic rel? I remember it from past threads

>>97170854
I didn't like the app game. I also don't appear to like autobattler board games so no.
You backed it?

>>97167447
their lore podcast is unironically entertaining and the game is fun at 2p and solo

>>97170946
nope

>>97170526
Man I fully read that in his voice. Just ignacy being ignacy; it very much IS the time of reprints. Just that the games reprinted are mostly 20 years old and more. If the demand is there, they'll be reprinted. If not, there's no reprints. Simple as.
Imperial settlers is such a middle of the road 7/10 game it is all too easily replaced imo. They habe been and will be printing Neuroshima for a long time because it's something more unique, hence it not getting mentioned.

For more ignacy being ignacy, look for his post on the stronghold (undead?) gulag entry where he wrote an essay-length post about how much he hates stronghold (his design)

>>97170131
>>97170826
I find it fascinating how tag team seems extremely divisive. Not in the sense of its's great vs its shit but on an almost philosophical level. Some see it at very deep tactical (mind)game about secondguessing your opponent, others see an inherently chaotic system with little strategic and tactical agency.

I'd try myself but the implementation on bga is just a biiit shit and I assume playing it in person is necessary to really judge

>>97170854
i backed because im addicted to autobattlers

>>97170338
Celiac? Damn that sucks, I would know. Yours sounds more sensitive than mine, though.

>>97170526
That nigga jewing techniques would put OG jews into shame.

>>97171266
The mindgaming that is there isn't very interesting tho, it's mogged by battlecon and yomi despite coming out way way after them

>>97170854
Waiting for retail bcs shipping

>>97170272
Small game of the year: Toy Battle
Big game: I think I have played exactly 0 mid-heavy releases this year. Maybe tried some on bga I have already forgotten about.
Kinda looking forward to trying feya's swamp at some point

Tbqh the real question and yearly awards should always be about the year before. Enough time to get to play more games and to not be swayed by great presentation and good first plays alone

>>97169336
The penny got #metoo'd by Elon
Now we can't play Coin Age in the States

>>97170272
I don't think I bought a single game this year that released this year.

>>97166657
Does Caravan in Fallout:New Vegas count as traditional, or is it too much of a CCG because you make your own 30 card deck before play?

>>97168526
You can't scrounge one other player for the tensest duels this side of the Pacific ocean? My condolences.

>>97170826
You don't mix it, the order is always the same. You just add a card per round to the deck, and sometimes that can offset all your block cards to block the opponent's attacks so he gets no damage and you get all of it.

>>97171596
>You don't mix it, the order is always the same
So at the beginning of the game you have a pre-set deck of cards and that's it? And later on you can add cards to the top of the pre-set deck?
I need to check a video or something

>>97171622
ok, I get it. Characters give you a set of cards taht get shuffled and each round you pick one from 3 top cards of the deck and add it to your battle cards. These cards, used in combat, are re-arranged the way the player wants.

>>97171650
>>97171622
Nta but it's quite easy to explain it (I haven't even played it)
>2p game, draft two characters each, shuffle their character cards together
>take the two starting cards in any order you choose, this is your "fight deck" aka how you sequenced your actions
>Each turn, you draw 3 and choose 1
>this card can be slotted in anywhere in your fight deck, but you can't change the order of the other cards
>then you "figh" aka both players reveal the constructed deck in sequence, do the actions on the cards, go back to the construction step, repeat that until one character has no health left

THere's obviously a lot more to it, each fighter has some speciality, lotsa tracks, there's attacks, blocks, powering yourself up etc.

As I said somewhere above, I have no idea if this amounts to a deep experience or just lolrandom chaos. My money is on the latter, but that's just because I am extremely sceptical of autobattlers. The decision space seems extremely wide in theory, but since a tiny difference in what you expect to happen probably changes the fighting part dramatically, this decision space might only exist in a vacuum.

>>97166666
>their cards come in boxes with identical contents instead of randomized packs, so it's an LCG.
This applies to every card game that isn't a TCG. Something like AHLCG is at least a very segmented thing with all the scenarios and investigator packs. EB is just a standard campaign game with light deckbuilding aspects. Fuck marketing people.

Also it's crap.

>>97166978
>jotl
What makes Gloomhaven interesting, besides the gameplay, is the grand scale, the variety, and the sense of progression. All of these are either missing entirely or gutted beyond belief.

>b-but it's too long
Play it over 5 years or drop it in the middle, you'll get more out of it than the sad game that is JOTL.

>>97171771
>is the grand scale
scale of what? The story, space it takes, number of characters, mobs?

>>97171794
Everything, pretty much. Obviously it ties into the variety point, but the sense that there is lots to explore is simply not present in JotL. The item deck is pitiful, the city events might as well be removed as a mechanic, and the story is totally on rails. In GH I'm 25%~ of the way in and I have no idea where the story is going or even which quests are the main story quests.

>>97171794
>number of characters, mobs?
Also this, the mobs especially. I don't want to see another vermling or slime ever again, it's just so dull and monotonous.

>space it takes
That's the one thing JotL has over GH. Managing all the tiles for scenario setup is a pain in the arse.

I managed to get root and the marauders pack for cheap. What expansions would anyone say are good and worth it?

>>97171403
Battlecon is the goat but holy fuck they are so diametrically opposed in every way that saying "just play battlecon" if I had a reason for being able or wanting to play tagteam is the dumbest fucking thing Ive read
>the 8 year olds playing tagteam should get mogged by battlecon ok

>>97172009
None. Not being facetious. If you made the mistake if buying that youre set up already to play enougb to be disappointed already. Also play ur games stop preemptively cumsooming

>>97171746
>This applies to every card game that isn't a TCG.
I appreciate your agreement.

>>haven't played game
>>speak on its quality
why does anon do this?

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>>97169695
>>97169626
>>97169587
>Normandy too easy
1) Use 536 radios instead of Phones. Field Phones are babby mode and unrealistic even according to one of the developers
2) Use pic related, it's by designer himself

>>97173009

No idea what you're speaking to , but in the era of tts, bga, and bgg having rulebooks, cards, tokens, etc, people don't need to play a game to understand the game. We aren't 12 here (I hope), I can go on GMT games, look at the countersheets, read the rulebook, look at the map, and I know exactly what I'm going to get, there's no surprises anymore. It's not 1997 when I'd go into Zellers, read a box back and yolo it

Which is great because I don't need to waste time on games I know I wont like. I spend an hour or so fiddling with the system, decide if it's distinct enough and well made enough to buy. It saves a ton of time considering the sheer volume of derivative euroshit that is flooding 2024-2025

>>97171771
Gloomhaven's gameplay is not interesting at all, though.

Not sure if gwent guy is around here, but huge thanks, got it for my gf who loves the witcher and loved it. Game looks pretty interesting, bit more deep than it might seem at first

>german mortar team just called a short round on itself
god bless the queen

>>97172031
Damn. Some of my friends were interested in it and I saw everything for only 30 bucks so I picked it up just to try it. I'll give it a go with them and see what they think.

Thoughts on One-Hit Heroes?

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Favorite card size?

>>97174546
These guys must have a coordinated shilling campaign, my LGS has an entire shelf of these rather than the established high-quality sleeves.

6 games on their way and after that I'll be done for a while

>>97174546
Standard (64x88mm). FUCK EUROPEANS AND FUCK EUROPEAN CARD SIZES

>>97174727
>6 games on their way
which ones?
>I'll be done for a while
doubt

>>97174727
A person with health spending habits and financial literacy does not acquire 6 games in one shot lol, let us know when you do another order in a month.

It's sad that right now with the way prices are shooting up it is actually the right move to take a loan to buy a collection if someone was new because the repayment process would beat the price increases. Truly we are cooked in multiple hobby realms

>>97174317
What you do is keep track of everyone's victory points and make sure to never add your true amount, just enough to keep you tied with second place, and make sure that in the early game you critique their play as being too harsh to the other players. Thank me later.

>>97174742
so true

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Not a bad game. I just don't understand all the fuss.

>>97174818
>A person with health spending habits and financial literacy does not acquire 6 games in one shot lol
isn't it called "saving money on shipping"?

why are Americans letting a bunch of unfunny Brits have so much influence over the industry?
>In 2021, board game company Z-Man Games sunsetted its production of a line of "classic" euro board games, implying in a blog post by its studio head, Steve Kimball, that Shut Up & Sit Down and other UK board game reviewers "hold massive sway over the current industry’s focus". The post also stated that "if you do attempt to re-release a game via traditional distribution channels, then you need to pray that any number of witty UK board game influencers take notice and give you coverage."

>>97174980
> I just don't understand all the fuss.
some foreign youtubers hyped it up

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6-man Condottiere is crazy, such a simple game with so much going on.

>>97174980
it's because of the illustrations. they are better than the game so people think of the game as being on an equal level. a common deception. this is why art is more important than theme btw.

>>97175008
That's a cool map!

>>97174991
The prices now are wack. I used to buy 2 GMT games in their lower cost range for about 60-70 bucks. In the last year and a half I now pay about 80-90. All four space empires 4xs about 500 all in. Most of the time I'm just waiting until I want three games because that almost always takes me to free shipping tier, or I'm ordering from a place that sells model kits n shit too and i buy junk for gifts

>>97174980
Without having played it, I very much assume the art is key
Visually reminds me of Oath, even though the artstyles are very different

>>97175090
Imagine having to pay international shipping. I pay ~90 euros with Eu friendly shipping AND p500 prices

>>97175189
The way they treat non usa customers is pretty fucking shitty. Not unexpected given their culture with the whole gene thing. It was hilarious that the tariff situation made them beg for money and finally start getting orders out from more realistic international hubs , not becasue they wanted to do right by customers, but because they were on the verge of being broke. And theyre already trying to claw it back. Its crazy , but the alternative companies want double or triple the price for what often is broken stuff (compass) so we cant win

>>97175008
Are those cubes photoshopped in or what?

Cloudspire is finished. Is it worth getting into?

>>97175395
Only if you got someone else as autistic as you are.
Cloudspire shares the same problem as Mage Wars Arena. The skill FLOOR is way too high for many to really get into it much and as such most will never dedicate enough time to it to see it shine. If you do dedicate the time to it? Fantastic game with enough depth to last a literal lifetime.

>>97175414
doesn't it have a solo mode that is supposed to be kinda good?

>>97175439
The game has solo scenarios which are more akin to puzzling out a victory given a starting board state. It works, but it isn't really a solo game mode with a lot of legs. Cloudspire REALLY shines in PvP but odds are high you will not have the patience and dedication to get what it has to offer and odds are even lower you find another human who will be able to do the same.

It's a fantastic game but there is a damn good reason a lot of reviewers weren't keen on it. If your job is burning through games and finding strong impressions on a very small pool of plays? Cloudspire is going to come off as middling at best.

>>97175395
finished how?

>>97175529
What's even better is how people swear it isn't balanced for shit. No, some factions just have more obvious strategies than others, but if you understand how a faction works and the other guy doesn't so they don't employ pretty obvious countermeasures, you are going to steamroll them.

Brawnen are source hungry retards but will make some solid towers and have some beefier units. If you aren't playing to starve them of source, they are going to wreck your shit. Ignoring the weak Grieg tunnel units and you will suddenly have them basically teleporting an army right on top of your fortress.

>>97175544
They aren't making anymore content for it. They said as such during the last crowdfunding run. The game is in a completed state now.

>>97175591
based

>>97175247
Idk if I can really blame them though, international shipping is a real pain and I'd assume EU-US shipping from eg. Splotter is just as expensive. I'm not 100% on that though.

>>97175737
I do blame them though because the tariffs proved they could work with major retailers worldwide to help reduce the costs to consumers. Their newsletters have been painfully transparent about their decisionmaking. P500 in theory makes it even easier to be able to throw a bone to customers. Other midsize boardgame companies have figured out how not to completely fuck over international customers. This is the kind of shit I expect when I buy a most fearful sacrifice at kickstarter as a limited run and its a giant box and all that.

for me its clear that "if they wanted to, they would" in regards to helping make non usa customers not have such shit to go through to support p500 which is purely to their benefit btw.

Ironically a company ran by an abuser is okay abusing their customers lol

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Well this is something different.

>>97175616
To be honest? Yeah, it's a good stopping point. TMB and OG Hoplomachus showed what happens when you just keep shoving shit into one bag. Original Hoplomachus with all the content (two base games, two armies, beast masters, weapons, Origins, etc) all shoved into one box was basically unplayable because of the obscene amount of keyword bloat.

>>97175968
I'm a bit ashamed to admit, but I did slurp Season 2 because of the raving reviews. Honestly, I expect a superficially fun and visually impressive, but ultimately mediocre and mechanically weak experience but we'll see.
What did you think of it?

>>97175529
Can you tell me what some of the depth of the game is that players with under 10 plays would be missing?