/bgg/ Board Games GeneralPrevious thread: >>97693444Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8*NEWISH* survey results:https://pastebin.com/scAkFdTv>you guys come up with some questions...
first for thread questions: what is your favorite monopoly tier normie game?when was the last time you played old maid or go fish?what is the best normie game disguised as a modern board game?what game do you own that is the furthest from a night of monopoly with your family?
>TQ: Don't you hate pants?Hey Pax Em guy, do you have a batrep for us yet?
OK>Name some things that'd qualify as 'boardgame archievements'>As in, very rare events, suprising methods of victory or generally things that are hard to pull offEg:Reformist holy victory in Pax RenGoing vegan in agricolaBG prediction victory in Dune
>>97729534>I'm not the type of person who tries to involve the unsuspecting into a boardgame to do something with your hands while you converse. The weather is nice today and did you see how far that man kicked that ball yesterday? Isn't it terrible how that mean bad man said that bad thing last week? I say this while I hold my hands stiffly at my sides. Oh you're playing a game either way. You just didn't choose it.
>>97729658What's the Fate or w/e it's called in Arcs that people said is impossible? I have a campaign with Act 1 done, wonder if it's in play.
>>97729840not impossible, just the most difficult, the Believer. Doesn't get special powers until he saturates the deck with his special sauce cards, needs the luck of the gods or some very good early trades to saturate the deck with special sauce cards, and oh did i mention you need to control planets of the same suit as the court cards if you wanna add the faithful cards to them? And that's just his Act 1, if he goes into act 2 it gets worse. It's not impossible, but if you see you can't do it you should prepare to change fates, getting extra action pips on the wild suit cards is good for most B and C fates.
>>97729896Oh yeah, it's in play. Cool. I think the guy got 3 cards out.
>>97729658Dominance victory in root
>>97729463I agree that most of those old games are bad. Or boring. I mean I'm 44 so I get it. Our idea of a fun game at a birthday party when I was a kid was seeing which cousin could chuck literal horse shit the farthest. I don't think people play modern games because they're better though. There are a lot of top tier modern games but we haven't had a hundred years to filter out the shitty ones yet. I'm honestly shocked how quick I've filtered most out of my collection entirely and replaced with a deck of cards. I do find it easier to get people excited about a new mystery box though. I'm not going to be inviting my friends over for Cribbage but we did 40 shitty evenings of Gloomhaven. The most popular game here is still Crokinole. I guess all I'm saying is that the box, theme, and tokens are doing a lot of heavy lifting here. It's not because the games are great.
Played AFFO for the first time in the past few days and while I really like the interplay between worker placement and the tetris-y unlocks on your home board(s) the occupations are kind of ruining games for me. We roll up and one guy gets "if you do extremely specific action X get some beans" whereas another guy is basically getting some silver or a blue tile or a bonus action every round. For something you start the game with they seem really variable.It doesn't feel like there's an advantage if you draw shit occupations and try to play more minor actions instead of hitting a 4 tile either, especially not with the xpac where there's an extra row of super final actions.
>>97729896You basically take the believer to fuck with the deck on the assumption you're gonna pivot out, and if you get lucky you can stick with it.
>>977296584 mermaids in Sea Salt & Paper
This is so fucking terrible. Feels like a design from the 90s. I really dont understand how this is so highly rated.
Guerilla Generation arrived. I wasn't expecting a different rulebook for each of the four scenarios but that's cool. For a 1v1 game this is a lot of stuff
>>97730759What don't you like about it?
Slay the Spire: The Board Game or Slay the Spire 2?
>>97731058why not both?video games are free and board games are free via TTS
>>97731058The board game doesn't REALLY offer anything over the video game. It's interesting to see how some of the stuff is implemented and try each character once, that's about it.
What are some recent and upcoming releases you are excited for or at least interested in?
Thoughts on pic related?
>>97731240The Pure LandEcho from the DarkSword and SnowPersonal Vendetta
>>97730759I don't think it's terrible but it's certainly not elegant. The main problem I have with it is that by the time we get around to replaying it we forget what the tech tiles do and have to look them up in the book every round. The game feels like it should be a light game but it plays like a clunky middle weight. If that makes sense? It does a lot of neat things that many other games simply seem to do better now. The tile estate building in particular is similar to so many games that just feel a lot more enjoyable to play. The dice could be removed entirely and you could still inject enough variety by shuffling up some tiles. The turns could be a lot faster. I don't think I'd recommend it to anybody these days but I've played much worse games.
It's been a while.Request the Root babe you want drawn.
>>97731240Star Trek Captain's Chair - To Boldly Go. Only because I haven't been able to get a copy of the original game yet. I'm deeply curious about playing it. Though to be honest I've been a little turned off by how lengthy and fiddly the game looks based on watching videos. I need more time to consider it and see what other people are saying about the new box.
>>97731307Kill yourself, furnigger tourist.
>>97731316No.
>>97729658I roped two objectively attractive girls into playing several heavy games with me. I have now turned them into cardboard addicts.
I've been replaying a lot of our old games before I get rid of them for good. It's been a bit shocking. The Fox in the Forest kind of sucks. The core game is fine. The scoring for trick taking is brilliant because. The powers on the cards suck. I actively hate them. I'm just going to make my own version. Fairy Tale was okay. The scoring kind of drags because the game plays so fast. Res Arcana. Meh. Intend on getting Watergate and Calico replayed soon. Calico is ridiculously well designed but not sure I care much about quilts with cats sitting on them.
>>97731254It's good. I like how buying capabilities in the beginning makes things variable, but the same thing makes it hard for new players to catch on, and sometimes it feels like most of the interesting decisions are during set up and then you just watch it play out. It's probably not worth getting unless you have someone who will commit to playing it several times. It often plays under an hour. The "if you can't agree who won, just keep arguing about it" passage in the rulebook is maybe the best Eklund tier horseshit I've ever read. I would say Daesh wins in 80% of my games.
Rolled 5, 5 = 10 (2d6).
>>97731240I love posts like this because they introduce me to cool games that were never even close to being on my radar. Just added 6 new games to my list. Thanks.
>>97731307Draw the hireling woodland rabbit.>>97731316Fuck off, you dysgenic jeet.
>>97730759>>97731299I want to call you wrong and stupid in that order, CoB is one of my all time favorites, buuuuut I'm probably biased. I like dice manipulation and working the hard side of the map (you forgot maps are imbalanced) but I agree if I got it out tomorrow I'd have a hard time deciphering everything and while it's a good step away from catan I can't say it's aged horribly well.If you want dice fun try space base, it's like machi koro but good. It does blow up with the expansions into stupid territory. While we're on the subject what other games like Space Base are there?
>>97731585Roll for the Galaxy is the only game that comes to mind. You find yourself looking at the chart for the dice a lot. You're building a tableau that is heavily influenced by your dice rolls. Your opponent's dice rolls matter less because it's more about predicting what phases they might be picking. You end up manipulating the dice rolls so much that it doesn't feel like you're just playing the bell curve like in Machi Koro though.
>>97731320>The sparkling glass gems make you feel like a magician.
>>97731423Took longer than I expected to sketch, if everything's good I should be able to do the linework and colors tomorrow. https://files.catbox.moe/ii5o90.png
>>97731815Oh my this looks hilariously bad tbqh
>>97731815I don't think even AI slop could make something this generic and soulless. Wow.>The sparkling glass gems make you feel like a magicianNow that's a line to remember.
>>97731330and how do they feel about you roping both of them?
>>97731240>>97731279>look these up>they're all fucking kickstartersi would like toJUST BUYa game thank youI do not want to pledge to your FOMO crowdfunding. I do not want the game to only be good with an "optional" add-on produced for this one (1) kickstarter. I don't want one hundred (100) plastic minis with my game.
>>97731815>Discover the reverse side of the board, a simple layout familiar to existing playersNot supporting this bigoted company, bashing anons me2-4 alter egos is unacceptable
>>97731332>It's probably not worth getting unless you have someone who will commit to playing it several times.This is true of basically every wargame with even a tiny bit of depth. I don't see it as a negative.
>>97731307the two girls from Swap Meet swapping spit (which means kissing), bonus points if they are also undressed because they're in the middle of swapping clothes
>>97731423>>97733175I miss the times furfag degenracy was collectively bullied. The emergence of trannies must have felt like a godsend to furries
Crazy that there's no mainstream furry boardgame so all the degenerates have to pile on Root and Everdell, when you really think about it.
>>97733211It's becoming dangerously mainstream, what with all the identity politics in everything fewer and fewer publishers dare to put out a game depicting humans that doesn't look like a box of m&ms. I mean pic related is definitely catering to furfags
>>97733223OK but tell me more about cryptologue. What's her story?
>>97733223Over 1,000,000 hours in MS Paint
>>97733223Funny thing, animal characters all behave like whites, so it's an even more subtle white washing.
>>97733124You do realize that most crowdfunded games also get retail releases, right?
>>97733511>mostNah anon. Few (the most popular ones) get an actual retail release. Some get a pseudo release where the publisher sells off remaining copies after KS dropouts or their deliberate overproduction they ordered to get productions costs down.The smaller crowdfunding games rarely do outside of "back this tier if you are a LGS" games
>>97733131It means people who played the older version of the game, but that's a good take. It's funny to me that half the back of the 2024 board is unused space.
>one guy suddenly woke up and we're having a 5 player night tomorrow AGAINThis cursed number. Give me some games that are actually good at 5.
>>97733761Isle of SkyeRaDogs of WarCosmic EncounterMlemTreasure of the DwarvesScape Goat
Do you go to conventions /bgg/?
>>97733886Back in high school I used to go to anime conventions. I don't anymore and I've never gone to board game conventions.
>>97733886Only if they’re focused on playing games, the bigger the vendor area is the worse they are.
>>97733761Can't give you more than the usual because I struggle with 5p myself.>El Grande>Modern Art>Ra (better at 3-4 tbqh)>Santiago (underrated)>Circadians:Chaos order (allegedly best at 4-5, haven't gotten it to the table yet)>The usual bunch of partygames
>>97733886Never have been, but what I heard and saw hasn't really encouraged me. Not afraid of crowds, but it just looks like the opposite of the comfy boardgaming atmosphere I appreciate.Plus, allegedly testing a game at a con means playing 10 minutes teach-as-you go which is entirely inadequate. But that might just be the case with vendor-focussed cons
>>97733922>>97734198I've had really good experiences playtesting at cons, that's really fun because the games are often interesting and the demonstrator is usually the designer. Actual vendor demos, yeah, pretty lame: usually just 2-3 rounds and pack up for the next guy.
>>97733761Have you tried Kemet?
>>97730408But won't that fuck with the deck your going to pivot into using?
>>97730629•Clue is just strait guessing. •Cryptid is much better moderated guessing. (New info stays on the board)•There's no guessing in Kronologic. Player turns are like 30-45 seconds each, and every player gets info. Theres no moving around a board.•Clue can be replayed due to the arbitrary setup.•Cryptid has 100+ setups for specific player numbers (3-6?). It also has a webpage for faster setup.•Kronologic only has so many scenarios per box, for any number of players (15 scenarios i think? 3 boxes I know of)•Base Clue never gets harder. •Cryptid has a hard mode, using a NOT modifier.•Kronologic each scenario gets harder, the scenarios don't even ask for the same "discovery" win condition.Kill Dr.Lucky is reverse clue. You're trying to kill the victim. No deduction, just simple card play and games of chicken.
>>97734493Believer's starting card gives you +1 action on the Faithful cards even if you fail Believer's objective and take a new fate, and the Faithful cards can be used for basically any action/ambition declaration which eases the luck-based elements that some B and C fates have with needing to declate certain ambitions and requiring a lot of combat or whatever.Completing the objective upgrades the faithful cards from a wildcard into a whole another minigame with it being important which side you use (Wisdon for defencive actions or Zeal for the aggressive ones) as the Believer (and later on anyone who can steal his pet/prophet from him) decides which half is the active one whenver Edicts resolve.
>>97733187>>97733223The furry-less times are never coming back unfortunately and it's one of the reasons why I refuse to play Dungeons & Dragons anymore. It's basically just a furry game at this point. I just wanted to play some traditional fantasy like I grew up with. It's impossible. >>97733886Hell no.
Whew, false alarm. Another guy woke up so we can have a nice game of Eclipse. Close call.>>97734142>>97733858Thanks. Nothing stands out for me out of the half I haven't played, but rec lists are always good for stragglers.>>97734361I have and wasn't too hot on it, but I'll probably have to revisit it. How's the new edition?
>>97733761Horseless CarriageBusKemetEl GrandeHansa TeutonicaCoupSo CloverChinatownHeat
>>977346855p eclipse does work pretty well in my experience, is it strictly 6p for you? It's been a while
>>97733761I used to have my games sorted by player count on the shelf.>terraforming mars>caverna>roll for the galaxy>century trio>evolution: the beginning
>>977349665 player tfm sounds like a fucking nightmare
>>97734966I like tfm but 4 is already stretching it beyond its limit
>>97733151I agree, but it's more of a problem here because the game's so front loaded. If you play Paths of Glory for the first time, you do some stupid stuff, see why it was dumb, and by the end you have a better handle on it and you want to play again. In Nineveh you might choose speedboats, extra tanks, and UN observers because you don't know how to evaluate capabilities, see why that was dumb on the first turn, and have no way to change things or act on it until the next game. It's more frustrating for a first timer than other way more complicated games.
>>97729658Milestone hat trick in Terraforming MarsWin by eliminating all other players in Twilight ImperiumEn passant checkmate in Chess
>>97730759
>>97729840>>97735112>>97730476>>97729991All goodI will add the cynical but true win stronghold undead as humans
>>97735129This is like criticizing somebody for not liking the burgers at McDonald's while you shove two McDishRags down your throat.
>>97729658Blackbeard victory by boarding the Jane/Ranger in The Hunt for Blackbeard. I've only seen it done twice and only once, intentionally and not because of desperation.>>97733886Yes but it's getting harder to find good ones. I only go to cons where there's an event schedule you can register ahead. I hate going to cons and not know what you're going to play and then getting stuck playing some shit game I've never heard of being taught by some guy that hasn't played the game in 5 years or just got it the day before.
>>97729658FPMV in WotR.
>>97729658full board cover in Patchwork?
Damn having Medea in a 2p game is busted, I gunned 10 oxygens as the plants and now the gf has 1 action and 2 organs limit (she's pissed and went to sleep (I peeked the next event card and it's a mutation that's going to wipe her off the map next turn no counterplay))
>>97729658Take your pick among the Innovation alt win techs. Except Empiricism.Fuck that easy ass out when i got you in the run achievement wise.
>>97736473Nta but man i love the Bios games so much bros
>played Lightning Train with some geezer and another guy at the LGS>game took 2.5 hours because said geezer couldn't wrap his addled mind around what basic actions did or how to form a planI should have trusted my gut and bailed when it took 30 minutes to explain the rules to him. Never playing with him again.
>>977337615p is totally fine, tons of great games at that player count (RISING SUN)6p is the curse player count, name something that isn't pure social slop that can be 6p and not shit?
>>97737425Sidereal Confluence, Dune, Struggle of Empires, Guards of Atlantis, Junta, 7 Wonders, Paper Tales with Expansion, Sushi Go Party, Captain SonarAnd thats just the stuff on my shelf.
>>97729658Bene Gesserit prediction victory in Dune.I pulled it off four weeks ago after almost seven years of playing it and trying nearly every single time I drew the BG. Nearly got it once three years ago but they worked it out and threw a fight against my ally to deny me my spoils.
>>97737349I know that feel.I feel bad for them. There are a couple of people I can think of who have the interest, but not the ability, and it just kills me inside. Then there are the ones who stall as a tactic, intentionaly or otherwise. I've seen them effectivly bore the table into doing thier turn for them. They need to burn at the stake.
>>97730759From worst to irrelevant:•Dice rolls as workers•Blindside and completely restricted random drafting•Constant Index lookup•Ugly tiles/minis•Predefined hex arrangement•Point salad
>>97734660The behavior that makes furries insufferable is present in the people who play boardgames and rpg's to begin with.I played pleanty of those pre-furry d&d games and found them horrible. Edgy Murderhobos, railroading DM's, DM's who can't into sane characters, optimizers, MTG whales, sick fetish inserters, and rancid bath-avoiders all are autisticly ignoring reality substituting another, and go past furries all the time. Anthropomorphs have existed without the fetish stuff, in rpgs and boardgames forever. Furries are just an easy "other" target, and I think you are imagining good old days that don't exist, and conveniently ignoring the overlap.
Anon out here >>97737733 running damage control for Root.
>>97737746Rent free.I was mainly talking about rpg's. Root doesn't even register as furry. Boardgames don't give people the same freedom to be special snowflakes, they are far to busy point grinding under a time limit in order to show off how smart and wrinkled their brains are, as opposed to try to show off how thier OC is perfect and donut-steel
>>97737820Root is extra restrictive, the factions punish deviation, it's on very limiting training wheels.
>>97737746that's like doing damage control by keeping air out of a vacuum cleaner. sucking is what it does.
>>97737425What the other guy said plus QG: WW2, TI4, GoT in terms of best at 6.5 is the unhappy middle ground between 4P and 6P which I have tons of games for. Not sure why exactly, maybe it's because even player counts are more conducive to symmetries.>Rising SunBetter than Blood Rage but still not great.>>97734850I'm pretty autistic about player counts, optimal or bust. For Eclipse, giving two players free space to expand is a no no. I know there's a mini-expansion which fixes it but it looks just godawful.
Kemet with Root's theme and aesthetics.
>>97731423https://files.catbox.moe/0j3h2v.pngFinished! Sorry about the delay, hope you like it.
>>97737961I got the official Eclipse playmat more or less because 5 is the most common playercount I use for that game, and the playmat specifically has a 5 player side. I haven't tried those large cardboard tile versions of the warp, just seems like money to spend for the sake of owning more Eclipse stuff to me.
>>97737972Root with Kemet's theme and aesthetics
I don't think I'll ever want to play Lightning Train again, felt lackluster. How is Empyreal: Spells & Steam?
>>97737986Yeah I wanted to pull up a picture of that but couldn't find it quickly. It looks really repulsive.
>>97732995I banged one of them but no chances for a threesome.
>>97738053Root with Kemetic characteristics.
>>97738293that's a silver achievement then
Strike looks like fun to play with my 11 yr old. Any better games to recommend?
>>97737979Thank you.
>>97729503Played my first game of catan with my mum, sister and brother.Brother kicked our asses at it.Did not like how you aren't out until someone wins, i'd rather get knocked out early and play something else than mope. Also the robber is stupidly sticky.6.5/10 needs the right people.
>>97738853>Did not like how you aren't out until someone wins,Most people do not like games that enable early knockout. You'll rarely get into another game quickly.An entire selling point of short knockout games is short wait time after knockout.All that point salads do is hide who is winning behind tedious accounting, until people are familiar with the scoring priority, you don't even know you're knockedout.
>>97738866It felt like a slog when i knew he already won and i just had to sit there waiting for it to end. I mainly play pic related with him, This is surprisingly well designed for 5.0 tie in wotc slop. neat system buried underneath the abysmal artstyle.
>>97738449Beyblade
>>97738720Of course!
>>97738866>You'll rarely get into another game quickly.
>>97738997>go to social gathering>small down time>BeTtEr GeT oUt My PhOnE
>>97737986i mean, it looks alright. you ignore one whole slice of the map and each player gets as much area as they would in a 6 player game, though yeah they could've handled it better like TI4's hyperlane tiles, pic semi related, just rotate the middle tile 15 degrees so the edges actually align because Eclipse cares about the edges and tile rotation
Name a bad game on the Mensa Select list.
>>97737349weird most geezers I play with are pretty autistic its second nature
>>97730387Definitely cull the cards from the back of the rulebook, they smooth out some of the pointless/insane cards. Norwegians helps a little with the cash out for VP mechanic, but yeah I always draft the starters and even then I'm still partial to the house rule of "draw 2, keep 1". Especially the later decks, they're so hyper specific. I'm pretty sure there is a full Agricola draft variant out there, but I have funny feeling it gives chaining instant cards a little too much power (or at least, less downsides in compared to games like Aggy or Nusjford)
I'm tired to pretend brass birm isn't a great game just because the gulag likes it
>>97733761Crescent MoonHansa TeutonicaSidereal ConfluenceEGOCharioteer>>97737425Guards of Atlantis and Challengers! Beach Cup
>>97738994Pie Bunny plzI want that pie!
>>97739148I mean I have only played a few of these but in the footsteps of Darwin is nothing special.
>>97738853Honestly Catan's the only game I wish I had a chance to play so I envy you anon. I don't even think that I'll like it much but it's one of those games I don't want to buy and never got a chance to play. There are a lot of games that get better if you play them a bit more. If you were better at the game you wouldn't have to sit there pouting like a little bitch about losing I suppose?
>>97738449Las Vegas
>>97740830I gotta ask, are you namefagging on purpose anon?
>>97740830it's on BGA
>>97741141uh oh here we goi really liked this post by him:>>97719707
>>97739182I suspect this guy is either a former alcoholic with wet brain or he had a stroke at some point, his mind is like molasses.
playing anything this weekend?
>>97742618I am teaching my wife Earthborne Rangers so that she can join our nascent campaign.
>>97740830https://colonist.io/
>>97741141I gotta be honest, for the hilarity of it all, nope. That was purely accidental.
>>97742618a game of piña coladice if i'm lucky
oh boy, almost month three, but as some people have pointed out, this years release lineup make this hardly a challenge, so i come to propose the following scenario:you've decided you're taking a full year of not playing any board games, what would be your biggest temptation?
>>97743628>you've decided you're taking a full year of not playing any board games, what would be your biggest temptation?Being invited to a 4v4 evening of Guards of Atlantis II, where all 7 people are locked in and it all rides on me to join and seal the deal? Would be an instant loss
>>97743628I've taken a full year off buying but not playing. I'd be fine if you let me have a deck of cards. This year I've been addicted to traditional card games. I've explored a ton of them. I even made some of my own variants. It's made me re-evaluate modern board games entirely. They aren't really as innovative as people seem to believe they are.
>>97743657>I've taken a full year off buying but not playingbut this is usually the problem isn't it? which games have you bought this year? how big was your collection before that?
>>97743838>but this is usually the problem isn't it?I think this might be a you problem.
>>97732056>>97737979I'm >>97731423Beautiful, thanks drawfren.
>>977436286p dune
Is stock trading just a push your luck/gambling game just and adult themed gambling/push your luck game?Now I know you're tempted to answer immediately but think about it for a momemt. Not all people derive fun out of it, but I am convinced that for lots of people into trading, it is essentially a game. This thought is neither suprising nor new, but I'd like to get some opinions on it.Probably been reading too many books about games tbqh
>>97744126Before computerized trading, there was skill involved in seeing which companies were better. Nowadays when prices can't settle down at one value and always go zigzag, yeah it's a push your luck rhythm game.
>looking forward to a long boardgaming session on saturday all week>2/3 have to cancel because of illnessesI really, really dislike this feeling
I noticed I'm the only one teaching to other first timers how to actually play the game (which means strategies, concepts and why they should do this instead of that) and usually lose as a consequence meanwhile everyone else simply explains the rules and then go seal clubbing on the newbsAm I retarded for doing that?
>>97744676You are not retarded.Somes people like clubbing seals.The prestige is to teach, cripple the seal clubbers, and get a newb to win.Alternatively work on one newb till they can club the seal clubbers.
>>97744676No, you are doing it the proper way. Or rather near what I consider to be best: let players find out stuff and make mistakes, but do provide the odd "yeah this path is going to be pretty hard to make work", "don't think you can win that fight" etc to not make them accidentally fuck up their whole game and passively sit through it.I do so because it's my preference as well to explore a game largely by myself, but people are different. I'm not handholding someone through an entire game, though. "what should I do?" 10 turns in a row isn't fun for anyone
>>97744676I'm good at teaching people how to play a game but I'm bad at games. So I can get them to understand how everything works quickly but I usually won't beat them anyway because I'm retarded.
>>97744734r u me?
>>97731058>buying a board game based off a video gameshiggy
>>97731058Slay the spire 2 is at least a year away from full release
>>97744126Fun isn't a requirement. I'm not trying to be pedantic. It would probably help to know what your definition of game is. By far my most played game is a puzzle that I despise playing. It's rewarding for other reasons. My favorite games are all efficiency puzzles where I'm competing against myself or the system itself. Game is such a broad term it's nearly useless. If you said, board game, then we'd be closer to an answer.
>>97744676I sometimes mix in strategy tips with the rules and then have to clarify which is which and that i think just muddies up the teach. Even if you're retarded, you are not alone.
>>97744775Sometimes
>>97731058the board game and the inevitable expansion based on the sequel in 5 years
>>97744857>buying a board game based off a video gamebased off a board game>>97744862then why am i playing it and it's great?
>>97745149Even more vauge and complicated. Very good.
>>97745316I'm also playing it and it great but it's still not up to par with the first one
fuck this piece of shit patrols don't even stop pvp and snowballing is so extreme
This game is pretty good.
>>97740830but catan is fucking terrible. "you can trade" is not balance
>>97743628>you've decided you're taking a full year of not playing any board gamesmy reason for stopping board games for a year+ eschewed any desire to play board games in it's very nature. in other words it's stupid to not play board games if you want to, literally not wanting to is the only reason to not play.
>>97731058tough call, I think the board game is more enjoyable to play as cards instead of clicking excessively but it only offers - at best - 2 playthroughs of novelty until it becomes the exact game you've already played for 1/10th the priceit's almost too good at replicating the original
Wait so should I get the Slay the Spire I & II (alpha) on steam for $28? I played a lot of paperback on steam and got really burnt out on it but didn't realize StS was from a boardgame.
>>97746043yes for sureSlay the Spire was a video game first. But it was basically a video game version of a (non-existent) board game with more math than you'd normally be able to do. Then they made a board game. Now the 2nd video game is in early access.
>>97746043STS was a videogame but got a boardgame that rebalanced the game and added cooperative play and the ability to use other classes' cards. STS2 is also a videogame made with multiplayer built in but idk how it works because i have no friends to play STS2 with
>>97746075Og STS would never be a boardgame due to quite high random card generation. In fact the boardgame cut off all those kind of builds
>>97731058I feel like the only anon getting a novel experience from playing the boardgame. The balance is fairly different with the dice, adjusted values, mechanics, cards and co-op even though it has the exact same coating.
>>97745999Catan's great until your luck changes, but I like it enough to own it
>>97745999The main flaws of catan are that it is too frontloaded, the village placements might be the most important decision, and the fact that you can get eliminated early.Those could be fine, but it really sucks because the games can go pretty long. Maybe an experienced group can bust out games really quickly, and it can be fun. But often you end up with miserable slogs.So when it is good, its awesome. When it is not good, its fucking awful.
>>97742618KINO of the highest order.
>>97742618I played about a dozen rounds of Sir Tommy and Strategy, completed two games of Simple Simon, and played a bit of Monte Carlo today because I hadn't played it before. I thought about pulling out Spirit Island but only slept a few hours and passed out cold this morning, so not feeling it today. >>97746868Nice! I always wanted to play Sekigahara. Is it a game you regularly get to the table?
>>97746296i've never felt compelled to play the video game at all, but the board game definitely hits for mei am curious how they would adapt some of the classes from the new game into tabletop version
>>97746944During some months it hits the table every week and during some others it never gets played at all.
>>97746868Lovely, what do you think of Matt's latest variant rule to buff Ishida?
>>97729603Flip 7Literally 30 yearsMagical AthleteBlood on the Clocktower or Twilight Imperium, depending on how you define furthest.
What are your go to games for 3 players? My friends and I just started gaming together on tabletop simulator and Ra just didn't feel right at that player count.
>>97747619Dune Imp, Concordia, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Hansa T
Any of you guys played the apocalypse dragon expansion for mage knight? It is FUN! Still haven’t done the campaign though, but I’m digging the quests
>>97747619https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2189455335
>>97747507Haven't tried it out. Does it make the game more balanced?
>>97747619Three Kingdoms Redux
>>97747688Is it out? Is there an ultimate edition with all the expansions?
>>97747975The ultimate edition came out a while back and everyone figured mage knight was done forever. Then they released this, and I guess there’s a new expansion on the horizon. They did change the font though and that’s extremely gay. That said, I’ve always loved mage knight, so I’ll try it out regardless.
You guys told me if I tried Arcs I would think Root was crap. I like Arcs and Root, so y'all lied to me.
>>97748328You're thinking of Ahoy.
>>97748352I tried Ahoy. I still like Root and Arcs.
>>97748352I found Ahoy to be gratingly boring.
Regardless of theme or setting, I don't like it when they use a symbol/icon for victory points that isn't pic related. It's just too universal and perfect.
>>97748484Speaking of laurels, I gave Zoo Vadis another shot after a long while. As a casual/party game with normgroids it's actually pretty good.
>>97748484I agree but don't mind if games use something a bit different. I do hate it when a game is effectively themeless and calls VP "Prestiege points" or similar in a vain attempt to induce theme via nominclature. That doesn't work in all but the most thematic games, otherwise the components get called the most instinctive name. Noone calls SidCon resources or Res Arcana by its proper name, for example. But I'm drifting off
>>97748328No no dude, if you tried Arcs you would think Oath was crap.
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>>97747645If you go with Ticket to Ride for 3 players, Nordic Countries is a far better board. Tighter choices to make and your cards and trains run out faster. The rules are bit jank.
>>97750546Do you have an opinion on Ticket to Ride: First Journey?
>>97750622>>97750546>>97747645are we seriously discussing ticket to ride like it's anything but a burning dumpster fire? god damn this generation really is lost.>>97747619here child embrace the old ways once again
>>97750810even in a dumpster fire some spots are warmer and some burn a funny color
>>97750810Ticket to ride is fun.
>>97750810Good lord that is old.
>>97750810Most of those recommendations are garbage too. Get better material.
>>97750985give examples with better recs then
>>97750810>>97750985>>97750993Relics of a simpler time
>>97750993If it's three players then Triumph and Tragedy Churchill Maria Three Kingdoms Redux Arboretum Argent BulletBusEvolution Climate Food Chain Magnate Galaxy Trucker Glory to Rome Inis Innovation Pax Pamir Pax Renaissance RaSpirit Island Tash-kalar Tigris and EuphratesClash of Cultures Dominant Species Marine March of the AntsSpace Hulk Death Angel
>>97751246You've never played more than like two of those games
>>97751609Nta but ive played 17 of them
>>97751609Also I've played a good 13 of them. Not a bad list. Very true sometimes (Ra is best at 3 imo) and kinda weird (Tash kalar at more than 2, wtf)
>>97751246>Evolution Climate>Inis>Clash of CulturesThese don't seem like good 3p recommendations.
>>97751609I know it might sound crazy to you but some of us actually play their games. >>97751688>Tash kalar at more than 2, wtf3p death match is great.>>97751861Why not? I have played these games a lot at 3 and while not optimal they are still pretty good.
>>97752778>some of us actually play their gamesLock this madman away and throw away the key.
Why do people like this game?
>>97752958The pieces taste really yummy
>>97752958It's a mechanicaly steamlined more visually appealing Cascadia. You make a nice diorama. Don't be obtuse.
>>97752958It's a quick puzzle you can go into autistic depth if you desire. The pieces are nice. Likely is the bigger portion of the "why" is just "it's got distinct art".I played it a bunch on bga and liked it well enough. Not really something I had a strong desire to own, though. Also the mode with spirit animals is extremely imbalanced, no idea what the fuck they thought there
>>97748798Zoo Vadis is good lots of ways
>>97752778>playing gamesLol LMAO
Why don't people like this game?
>>97753480>literally WHO
>>97752778Climate especially does not have enough variation at 3p, I've complained about it and been told the reason I find it bad is because I'm not playing at 5p.>>97751246>Bullet>Evolution Climate>Galaxy Trucker>Innovationonly got four damn also>Busit's like recommending Cave Evil, no one will ever know if you're right
>>97753480Yeah I am not even looking this up, you gotta try harder than post thumbnails with clickbait style nonquestions
>>97753674It's a tableau builder from 18 years ago that never got an English release. The gameplay is decent, but it suffers from not having an English rulebook or player aids.
>>97753685>recommending Cave EviI actually looked (a bit) deeper into it. I'm 87% sure it's psycho raiders tier. As in; a quite terrible but unique game with somwwhat of a cult following
>>97753722can't imagine why people don't like it
>>97753728There's a thinker for ye.
Anyone play it? Would you recommend?
>>97740050I like Pie too. Since you mentioned pie twice, I incorporated it in a fun way. Blueberry seemed right, since the card has so much blue in it. Plus it's a natural contrast against yellow. Hope you like it! https://files.catbox.moe/aaeys0.png
>>97752778>Why not?>EvolutionIs best when there are lots of species on the table, more niches get filled in naturally.>InisMore players equals more friction. 4 is definitely the sweet spot though, 5 is when the game gets bogged down.>Clash of CulturesThere's more space to make deals and try goofy shit like creating a naval empire.Note: I would still play the latter two at 3 players, but I wouldn't recommend any of them for 3 specifically.>>97752958It's like a less shit Dorfromantik. Not a big fan of these types of games, but I enjoyed using my big brain to wreck veterans who brought it over.
>>97754612I love blueberries!
>>97753685>>Bus>it's like recommending Cave Evil, no one will ever know if you're rightpeople couldn't buy it when they reprinted it a year ago?
>>97754002people here will unironically recommend chupacabra. you should 100% buy and play that game and come back and ask a real fucking question.
>>97754612she looks cold
>>97755589The /vm/ thread has played Worms: The Board Game before and there is a decent amount of overlap between us and them. It is possible anon gets a real answer.
>>97755592That's an easy fix. Just warm her up.
>>97729503My friends are becoming more and more comfortable at cheating. If in a spot where a player would lose and be out of the game or we hit a game over scenario they hand wave the outcome and keep playing. They're having fun but it bothers me that we aren't playing fair.
>>97756425>playing bullshit dice coop games
i really want to allow myself a game, i'm tempted by the fateflip solo gamesalso that new toy battle map sucks
>>97756425next time start screeching, throw the offending player out, and permaban themproblem solved
>>97756728>that new toy battle map sucksThe what now, was there an expansion?
>>97756728small & cheap games obviously don't count as board game purchases.also this is solo so no one will even know you have it.
is Tigris & Euphrates still great in 2026?
>>97756728Don't do it you neanderthal snotrag, you said you wouldn't and now you need to stick to your damn guns.
>>97754612Charm Offensive? More like Sexual Assault!>>97756425If you don't feel comfortable calling out cheaters, just point it out and let everyone know that what they did is an illegal action, and next time its your turn, let them know you will do that as well, just see how quick they change their minds.>>97756728I've been skeptical about toy battle, seems like it's getting too popular recently.
>>97757166Yes, but not to the extent that the hype claims it is. Playing it again after trying a lot of Knizia's iterations on the design is interesting because on one hand you can see why he smoothed out a lot the frustrating elements of T&E since then but at the same time that's the stuff that makes T&E so engaging compared to the others so it really comes down to personal preference.
>>97756905>>97757190it feels like the butthurt of giving up would be greater than the fun to be had with those games, so i'll keep going>>97756900i played on bga and there's a new map>>97757196>recentlyit's a year old already, just get it, it's probably worth it unless you hate short games that can be played over and over again
>>97757565>played on bga and there's a new mapI don't see it. Sure you don't mean the board of the month that's just a reskin of the normal boards?
>>97757811it's the port map that has effects from every other map
>arrange earthborne rangers teach so my wife can join our 2p campaign>finish basic rules rundown>wait so...theres no initial point or goal?>i have to travel around for multiple sessions before the game will give me a something to feel invested in?>this feels like one big choreAt least we played some of the wildest games of innovation afterwards, but still. When did your realise your perfect game partner was flawed?
>>97758266>When did your realise your perfect game partner was flawed?When the faggot wanted me to "play" Earthborne Rangers.
>>97758282>ywnbarw
>>97758266>When did your realise your perfect game partner was flawed?He fawned over PaxPam, played it over a hundred times with me but would not touch PaxRen because of the crazy uncle footnotes.
>>97758266>theres no initial point or goal?but the tutorial does give you a goal, deliver stuff to town and meet all the people in town. then your goal is to whatever quest the NPCs give you, usually involving going places and doing things in those places. it can be approached as a "sandbox exploration game" but honestly the quests are good
>>97758266>this feels like one big choreSounds like a keeper, immediately identified ER for what it is. Enjoy battling grass and rocks solo, moran.
>>97758483>Enjoy battling grass and rocks solo, moran.She was to join an existing 2P campaign, my man.As in, be the third player.
>>97758519Don't forget to appreciate the vegan-oriented mechanics of bugs licking plants.
>>97758624>vegan-orientedWait, is that what my fishing rod means when it says i can soothe fatigue by fishing at the nearest Water keyword card?Am I fishing for kelp?Say it aint so, joe!
i wanna play something that'll make me feel like a smarty-pants detective brosAny personal recommendations?Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is a veritable classic but the CYOA format feels kind of masturbatory (complimentary). Who doesn't enjoy a good wank over the daily newspaper now and again?Detective City of Angels seems super interesting but also really fiddly. Anyone have any experience on how all the different game modes work for that one?
Is /acg/ leaking again?
>>97758780Tragedy LooperHere Lies both of them will require a friend to run the "mystery" - working against you in the former and with you in the latter
>>97758780Are the current versions of SHCG still full of retarded phrasing and mistranslations thanks to going back and forth between French and English?My wife got me Bureau of Investigation and Mythos Tales, both basically SHCD in Cthulhu mythos, but we haven't tried them yet.
>>97758780Deception murder in Hong Kong is great you just need 5+ to make it good
>>97758266three way with wife seems ideal
>>97758266Holy based wife, do NOT screw this up man
>>97758336>he
>>97756425>friendsbold words for cheaters. my dad cheats constantly. he's a fucking plague on the boardgame groups and I feel bad for introducing him to the scene. he cheats at everything and always has, I remember the first time I played millebournes on my own I was surprised the fire truck didn't come out because he always had that. it was sad to see him lose dexterity and watch him deal in family card games and now he's into really complex euros where confusion goes unchecked and resources and gold wind up in his pile. I mean he will look in a draw bag, pinch his own pieces and then draw. it's insane and it makes playing with him horrible. and don't get me started on the rules "misinterpritations". you have to constantly watch him and every thing he does and he just acts confused if you try to call him out. "oh sorry, sorry" puts 3 gold back instead of the 5 he took "accidentally". the thing someone pointed out once about MTG cheaters is once someone is focused on cheating that's ALL they focus on and they will miss legitimate advances because they're focused on cheating.get better friends.
>>97758266I mean maybe your wife will still play with you despite your obvious shortcomings.
>>97759363If your going to cheat why even play?
>>97757196You do not refuse to eat a fine looking womans pie. Look how warm and tasty it is. She made it just for you.
>>97742618I got my friends into trick-taking. My buddy's mom was over so I got them started with a few rounds of Hearts. Once they got it we played The Crew, VIVO, and LOTR Trick-Taking. Now they're hooked.
>>97756900It was a promo for the 2026 Cannes film festival, apparently. I can only find rules in French.https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-rprod/storage/games/toy_battle/toy-expansion-la-croisette-a4-11-17713463046Xx1q.pdf
>>97759785Wrong convention, my mistake, it was the Cannes international game festival. I had never heard of that before.
>>97759785Is this game not popular? I thought there would be a lot of fan maps on BGG but it's empty.
>>97729503>mfw looking at the prices of Catan & Everdell/Roots How did things get so expensive I remember when monopoly was only 20$?Will my five cousins literally be able to play these they look way too complex & should have been actual video games instead?
>>97760745catan is babby's first board game, they'll be fine. I would find better 5p/6p games though.
>>97750622Haven't tried that one or the other quick versions of the game. When we want something quicker or lighter we just play Gin Rummy.
>>97760745>How did things get so expensive I remember when monopoly was only 20$?Debt based money printer economies, that's how. Board game prices aren't really that bad though. Stuff i would've bought for 40 euros a decade ago still goes for 50-55ish.
>>97759163I believe the recent version of Thames is fixed. I have it on my shelf hoping to get to it soon, I remember reading about all the issues with the original version and how it’s much better now
>>97760745Monpoply has less stuff in it so it's cheaper, duh.And also, board games are less complex than videogames, so your cousins should be fine. I recommend against Catan and Root purely because the gameplay sucks in those games, never played Everdell but it looks okayish from the rulebook.
>>97761655>And also, board games are less complex than videogamesBoth true and not. It's an interesting topic. Videogames (usually) have way more content and rules, but by automatically enforcing them and putting in guided tutorials (few videogames really have real tutorial levels anymore, probably because people are beyond impatient) it becomes kinda easy again. Enforced rules and learning by mistakes works for far more people than upront teach, to my great dismay.
>>97761858I agree with him, most boardgames rely on rules obfuscating the real complexity plus little playtime and would crumble under the same hours videogames offer
>>97761959>rules obfuscating the real complexityI'm not sure what you mean, can you explain?
Am I too annoying or are most tabletop gatherings just redditors? Like I can't even throw a joke without "ruining the vibes".
>>97761962MPS slop making you spin 5 different plates compared to something like dota or slay the spire for example
>>97762005Like a normal joke, or something about niggers and kikes?
>>97762009We might be talking past each other, but if anything it's dota/sts that's obfuscating its complexity by taking care of the immense amount of admin for you in the background? I don't think distibuting rules around 5 minigames makes something complexer than having everything concentrated in one place. Probably the opposite. I think this'll boil down to a different definition of what "complexity" even means.>(...) would crumble under the same hours videogames offerI forgot, but I do agree. At least that's true for strategic multiplayer videogames. But as said, the comparison isn't really apt as vidya doesn't face the same component and rules restrictions as boardgames.
>>97760745>>97761655instead of Catan, Space Baseinstead of Root, anything idk what the draw is, assymetric? Vast maybe?as far as Everdell it's cuteish but it's kind of a brutal system where you get two actions for a limited number of turns and victory rests in being able to chain shit like your aunt's cigs. it fall short of being fun and while I can't say it's not "good" in a euro punishment way it's not something I'd put out in front of normies.you're not, like, just shopping based on art are you?
>79 dollaridoos for the brass' base crowd foundI don't feel it's really worth it, it doesn't even have the waterproof cards
>>97762845Wait it's pre tax so it's actually 96 dollaridoos or 85 eurobux
>>97762845It's pre tax pre shipping, don't forget>>97762862Ah you realized already
>>97762600>artWell actually that & something "simple" to ease the grandkids into board games they've literally only ever played Yahtzee
>>97762897ages? how board game savvy do you suppose they are? coop or no? neither of those games is good at all for kids.
>>97762897>five cousinsA couple of simple suggestions would be King of Tokyo/NY and Sushi Go Party. Heat could work as well.
>>97762845This is the easiest GF to pass on because I don't like Brass and everyone I know will buy it anyway. There are going to be a lot of people that pledge the $350 level and sell off their old copies of Birm and Lancaster for a song.
>>97762897if your people ever touched a videogame they don't need much easing in.as far as recs go, i'm seconding Space Base, Heat Pedal to the Metal, can also recommend Clank (simple idea, emergent complexity, the gamba) Decrypto/So Clover/Paperback (each better than Codenames in different ways, and all gaming shelves need at least one words game for when the rest of the family want to join in), and any Knizia auction game (sadly the good ones only support 5 players so someone will have to sit out, or you play in teams of 2 players making decisions together)the list of games i'd recommend is bigger than this but these are the universally alright ones where i don't need to know if you're allergic to math and planning three rounds ahead before we play the game and have a good time. and figuring that out is something you'll have to do since i don't know you or your family and i dont know your preferences.
What did I get anons? Radlands for size comparison.Hint: 2025 release
>>97763901the new FlickFleet expansion(s) and Arcs Blighted Reach
>>97763923Nope. Also, just one item in the box.
>>97763901Molly House
>>97764066Nope.Hint: The box is already in the correct orientation. (vertical box, not horizontal)Extra hint: It's not an expansion.
>>97764089The gaylerist
>>97763901It looks like Dominion to me.
>>97763901Is radlands any good? I got my gf into deckbuilding and I need more.
>>97762005It probably depends on your location but here there is a diverse mix of older white dudes that are mostly chill and then there's the colored hair thought police. You can't call people tards anymore if that's what you mean. You should probably avoid jokes entirely if the person has unnatural hair or is effeminate. If anything the folks I meet are more racist than I expected but generally okay people.
>>97760745The price of everything is up anon. Have you taken a look at the price of chocolate lately? I saw a cup of Bridge Mixture for $7 the other day. The Smarties are around the same here. It's nuts. Board games last longer. The right games are worth a lot more than some shitty grocery store chocolate that you'll eat in two minutes and shit out in an hour.
>>97763901Thats a really small parcel.I say Compile: Main 1
>>97764813Nope.>>97764941Radlands isn't a deck builder. It uses one deck that both players draw cards from. I like it but towards the end it has a tendency to turn into "make move. opponent undoes move. make move. opponent undoes move." until one player draws a card that allows them to make such a good move that the opponent can't do anything against it which then decides the game. Haven't played it in a while becasuse of that.>>97765387Nope. The box is much bigger than Compile lol.Hint: It plays a max of 4 players and it's a mid weight.
>>97762005>>97762056>>97764980I have a black dude I met at a board gaming group for my store who doesn't care if we call each other niggers. I obviously don't act like that in public or in my LGS, but you can host game nights at your place.You just have to hide your chud power level in public it's really not that hard.
>>97742618My Terraria pledge finally came in. I don't know how I feel about it. It's too easy and the loss condition isn't that interesting. The first boss is the only required one and the only time I've felt the game actually pressure me when I was completely unprepared. You spend a lot of energy doing upkeep that would otherwise be handled by game code. I've already been thinking about houserules to make it more restricting and make me feel less bad about actually crowdfunding something.>Goal cards don't give you rewards other than -Danger>Eye of Cthulhu spawns automatically during the 2nd or 3rd night because I've played 3 or 4 times now and still not fought this boss despite jacking off for 6 hours in my last game emptying 2 goal piles and beating the Wall in a single phase>increased boss HP?>harsher 2 player scaling>remove some NPC cards like 3 actions, 4 actions, or adjust prices>only draw 1 Loot action instead of 2 to pick from>find another use for the Bone material?
>>97756728Oh my god nigga, just play what you have or go outside on a walk. It's spring. Or autumn. Good walk weather.
>What is the hand size limit?>105.>(Clarification: There are 105 cards in the game. There is no hand size limit)I appreciate when publishers/designers are a little bit cheeky in the rules / faqs
>>97763901Here it is!
>>97766283The OG Love Letter instructions tell you not to play with knaves when describing how to catch cheaters.
Every time I play Imperial Settlers, it's long enough that I'll think "Hey, maybe my strategy last time just sucked. This time might be different!"Every time, I am proven wrong.
>>97766993Do you have an opinion on 51st State?
>>97767147Only that it looks even less like something I'd enjoy
>>97766693Interesting. I'll be eagerly awaiting your take on it anon
>>97766993>Oh let's try something entirely different from [strategy I like] this time!>End up doing [strategy I like] anyway, but as part of a less efficient mix of strategies this timeI do not know why this keeps happening
I'm playing 4p Spirit Island on Friday, should I go for fangs, my beloved or try something different?
>>97768615Either Fangs or Many Minds
>>97768704I never tried many minds, if we do a low level game I'll play it
>>97768734Many minds is a delight.So much movement, at times brain burning even if its not a hugh complexity spirit.And solid defensive and fear generation potential.It really is a plague of vermin coming over the horizon.
>>97767502It's even worse than that - I always get a shitty hand to start off with, can't do shit and get fucked every time.Every.Single.Time.Pretty much everyone else I've ever played Imperial Settlers gets it, but I don't. And that's fine, but I'm still playing a game that I find to be painfully dull.
I feel like playing slay to spire to a20 immensely improved my enjoyment of card games, now I always play flexible and roll with what my opening hand gives me
Never heard anything about feya's swamp post-essen, has a verdict been reached and I haven't noticed?Can't imagine there'd be nothing out there even if it was shit, it's still an ostetag game
>>97769104It's a re-implementation of an unpopular game so it should be no surprise that it's unpopular.
>>97768615It depends on how experienced the players are and what difficulty you're planning on playing. In my experience Spirit Island is fucking terrible with weak players (in particular sore losers) if you don't carry them. I'd probably go with Fangs as long as you're playing with the Events deck myself.
>>97765588Radlands. Have you tried the official (1.2/2.0) rule? They removed self-restoring which caused endgame problems like you've described.
>>97768978This is going to sound lame, but I feel like playing a ton of games in general over my lifetime (both board games and video games) has led to me enjoying card games a lot more than most people. I used to think I wanted to play heavy board games but then I started to notice mechanics more and more. It was like putting on the sunglasses from They Live. I couldn't unsee mechanics. I started to really get into breaking games down and even designing my own. That's when Magic: The Gathering started to interest me after avoiding it all these years. There are so many mechanics that have been explored in that game it's boggling. You start to notice them in other games that came after too. Then you see how even some of those mechanics were explored in some traditional card game from a few hundred years ago. You go deep enough down the rabbit-hole you start to notice that a lot of modern board games are just board game versions of the old idea of two player patience. Or that Scopa has alternate victory point paths. Or that Spider is a state machine puzzle comparable to modern co-op or solo design. Or that Piquet compresses different game genres into one tight game because you have bluffing, drafting, hand management, trick taking, hidden information, set collection, a shared market, random setup, and a fairly complex game phase structure that predates modern board games. Cuttle has multi-purpose cards being used in three different ways and it just works. Your 8 of Spades can be a point card, a point removal card, or a pair of X-ray goggles to see what your opponent is doing. Cards are probably the single most flexible game component. Then you add in the fact that you can literally print rules on the cards themselves and the combinatorial possibilities explode into the infinite. That's a long ramble to say that yes I am obsessed with playing cards.
>>97768978I've always done this, while my dad always learns the cards and then sits and waits the whole game for that one killer card or card combo not really doing anything with what he's got because of some power card he has 1/500 chance of drawing. he's like that in all games really, like he has specific buildings or upgrades or combos set in his mind before the game even starts. it boggles my mind.
>>97766283>>97766880when they have a pair of aces and an uno reverse on top of the 105 cards they are probably cheating.
>>97766179>board game based on video game>kickstarter>it's badwho'd have guessed?
>>97765606I play with a 100% americanized 3rd gen thai who hates peanuts and a 100% chinese weeb who is the whitest motherfucker I know. The asian and twinkie jokes just never stop.
>>97764813isn't dominion square?
>>97763678decrypto and paperback in the same category? huh?I'll addroll for the galaxycentury spice roadfor 12+my first stone age and my first carcassone for <12
>>97770053Funny enough despite all my traveling I've never had an asian friend in the group, and I lived in California for most of my life.Beaners and honkies in my group and the token black guy so we can get a fair N word pass.
I'm putting together my convention haul for weekend gaming. Help me cut the team so I'm not hauling 20 games of which I play 3.On the team (4 spots remaining)>Dune Uprising>Guards of Atlantis 2>Ark Nova>Hansa TeutonicaOn the bench>Red Cathedral>Grand Austria Hotel>Revive>Age of Innovation>Hegemony>Pax Ren>Cosmic Encounter>Rising Sun>The Estates>Tigris and Euphrates>Old King's Crown>Marco Polo>Cosmic Frog
>>97770497Can't help you cut because I'm not you.What I can say is that I have no idea what people see in Cosmic encounter amd tranny frog. Age of innovation is a downgrade from GP in my opinion (lest you are a hardcore tournament player). GAH never felt anything more than okish and even for a Clemens Franz enjoyer such as me the art is...of questionable quality. Revive felt like standard euroslop to me, but some people really liked it.And how are you getting the estates for less than your kidney?
>>97770535It's just a fun exercise of popular opinion. Cosmics are fun end of the night Ameritrash that work with lots of players. I bought my copy of Frog before he decided to become a she, and even so the production is top notch and it plays well as a team game. AoI has build-a-bear faction drafting which I find more appealing then GP meta builds. Estates was a $30 flea market pickup. I'll freely admit I lucked out on that one.
>>97770133>I lived in California for most of my lifeI'm so sorry to hear that anon.
>Paul grogan talking about how he has to take a week off just to play the games he lovesIs there anyone on earth that actually gets to play as much of their games as they want? Is having a neet boardgame group the ultimate power flex?
>>97770602>I bought my copy of Frog before he decided to become a sheWHO. GIVES. A. FUCK.>>97770869t. guy from Ohio who doesn't go to "the big city" because it's scaryfuck you fucking american cunts who can't talk about board games without injecting politics
>>97770905If I ever trip over millions of dollars I'd love to open my own shop and host events so I could play any night I wanted without having to coordinate with other people's schedules.
>>97770980What the fuck anon>>97771099Man, I don't even daydream about that because playing with strangers was never that great an experience. Don't mind it, but TRVU LVDO is playing with friends
>>97769827In my experience, even with interested competent players, it's a boring set collection accounting spreadsheet.It doesn't hurt that it was pitched as "kill whitey" to an all white group.
>>97770497>>Cosmic Encountergood god man you'd be better taking monopoly CE is the fucking worst
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>>97771099Thanks for the idea anon, I'll put it on my list of things to do when I get the money I'm working on getting.
>>97770980MEDS.NOW.
>>97768615You should try playing a better game.>a-at least the gameplay is good"No!" The gameplay is dreadful; the game was terrible. As I played, I noticed that every time a minor power was played, the player did it for the symbols instead of an interesting effect.I began marking on the back of an envelope every time a card was played for symbols only. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Reuss' mind is so governed by bland effects and thinly veiled set collection that he has no other style of gameplay. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Spirit Island by the same Kenneth Johnson. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these manchildren are playing Spirit Island at 31 or 32, then when they get older they will go on to play Phase 10." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you play "Spirit Island" you are, in fact, trained to play Phase 10.
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