ITT: games you play together with family on holidaysAlways wanted to get one of these huge boxes games like the settlers of catan or pic-related,are they fun with friends?
>>>/toy/
>>735895428There's literally a board for this anon
Games are fun with friends
>>>/tg/
Went to Breakout con last week and just played board game from 9am to 1am every day for four days. It was truly heaven on Earth. I even got to try the Slay the Spire board game.But this is not vidya.
>>735895519Sorry anon first time seeing these at the store & was blown away how heavy these are compared to games like monopoly
Just because this is a board for games doesn’t mean it’s for board games. I do love 13 Dead End Drive tho and have a “The Thing” board game I haven’t opened yet due to not bringing it up to play with friends
I love Stationfall! It's like SS13, but as a board game
Root is actually Leder's worst game. Ahoy is much better pick if you're new to board games.
>>735895992Looks way too complex for eight year olds anon
>>735895992I wanted to get Stationfall but I know it would never get played.
>>735895428i have space Battleship which is a sci fi version of the classic with like 3 layers to place your spaceships on so the game feels three-dimensional. also game of thrones Risk which is self explanatory (one side of the gameboard has westeros, the other has essos), plus like three different versions of monopoly including a digital one with swipe cards. dont bother with this one, counting out stacks of cash is like half the fun. oh also a fancy decorative scrabble set that looks like a book. i have always wanted to try some of those dank new ones though, like the official GoT board game. i've actually been waiting for that one to go on a steep sale so i could pick it up on steam but it seems like it never drops below $20
>>735897081The tabletop simulator version works pretty well if you have have a more applicable online group. It makes the 10 minute setup into one click, and lets everyone read all the cards easily. I prefer the physical version just because I like the activity, but the digital version is arguably more playable.
>>735895428Root is a decent game, but certain factions lead to king making style gameplay which can be annoying.
>>735897472>the digital version is arguably more playableA lot of modern big production board games would be better off as a video game, sadly.
To maybe make this on topic, what's your favorite video game board game?Pic unrelated, this is an overpriced oversized over-complicated piece of shit.
>>735897810>elden ring had board game before Fate/Stay NightIt would be kino
>>735895516>>>/tg/
>>735895992AAAAAAAAAAA
>>735897810Tragedy Looper is heavily based on Higurashi/Umineko and would be trivial to re-theme.For actual licensed games, probably one of the Exceed fighting game releases.Whatever you just posted is actual fucking slop, and I don't that use that often.
>>735898058>Calls Elden Kino slop>Promotes tranime pedo pedo gamesNever change, /v/
>>735897810The Slay the Spire board game is extremely high quality.
>>735898118It's a shockingly good representation of the video game. Sadly that means once you have the right cards it's an hour and a half of just going through the same motions over and over again.
>>735897736I mean these days there's very little reason to make any physical board games that aren't entirely social or dexterity games. They'd always be less fiddly as vidya. Stationfall's just so big on the table that it's physically impossible for everyone to have close enough access to read text. What we've done is the people sitting further away just take a picture of the required bits and the problem is solved. Once you know the game well enough it's no longer needed.>>735898058Tragedy Looper's amazing, but I never got a consistent enough group to play through all of it.
>>735898104I know you're baiting, but I mean, just look at it. It's a million fucking minis. It's made by SFG who have made maybe 1 good game in their entire existence.If you really like it so much, what's your favorite thing about it?
>>735898289>If you really like it so much, what's your favorite thing about it?No anime girls.
>>735897810>The board game>No board in sight
>>735895428>are they fun with friendsnot really, you have to spend ages reading the rules and explaining them, then it's just kinda like a worse videogame
>>735898348
>>735898104>>735898348There's a version of it just for you
Yes boardgames are great. The hard part, as an adult, is finding time to play physically with folks.I have a small collection, but haven't been able to play anything for the past 3 years.Search for boardgamegeek.com to help guide you on wjat to buy.Catan is a good introdutory game, but I think it gets boring fast. I recommend Stone Age instead.
>>735898842I really dislike Catan as an "introductory board game" since at the end of the day it's no better than Monopoly, just in a different shape.
>>735897810These guys make shitass games overall but I enjoyed their DMC game, it's reasonably simple.You make long attack combos by chaining cards with compatible color links and score points if you manage to complete them without taking damage.You all fight the demons together, but the goal is to style harder than your friends.
>>735895428Digital Root caused my friend to Crash Out because he left his keep open 1st turn when playing the cats and the rats burned it down.
>>735897371Sorry to being to you annon. But every game you have listed is trash.Regardless of theme, risk provides no deep startegy, and monopoly just plays itself as the nest option is always buying.
>>735899004I disagree with that. Yes Catan is simple, but comparing to Monopoly is a disservice. In Monopoly thenonly part of the game thatnyou play is the math of counting money. At least Catan deals with probability, a bit of resource management, and making good deals. And I say thst as someone that have no intention of ever playing Catan again. I did hear good things about the one in space, but never played
>>735899663Catan is marginally better but it still very solidly falls into the "the person with the best dice rolls wins" genre, which is not terribly interesting.
>>735897810Isaac Four Souls, and I also do like the Fallout board game. Had to heavily modify the rules of both of course. Four Souls might plain be one of my favorite board games out there
>>735899779The key difference there is that younrun 2 die and everone getsnthe resources if it lands on their settlement.With 2 die you have a bellcurve of probability that you can play woth. But yes, it is a very simple game that will get boring fast.It's also a game that depends A LOT on the group you have, where you can end up with a terrible experience because of that guy that denies every trade and meddle in other people's trades.
>>735899779So basically any chance based game?
>>735900435Some chance is good. When chance becomes the major deciding factor is when the game gets worse.
>>735895992I like it better than nemesis, it's a great engine for bullshit and chaos.
>>735897810Slay the Spire, although it feels too much like a 1:1. I also recently got to play Dead Cells which was really good. Terraria was fun too but a bit bloated. RE2 I enjoyed for the diceslop it is, might try to get 1 or 3 if they ever reprint them. I also played Dead by Daylight, pretty mid but a good group elevates it. And not technically officially a vidya adaptation, but Bullet is fun if you are a 2hu/puyo fag.
>>735899779it's not even "best dice roll wins", it's "whoever chose the best tiles to start on wins". The rest of the game is probability. Numbers closer to 7 will pay out more often. If one retard corners all 6's and 8's right away, and you are stuck on the 2's and 12's, might as well be game over. Terra Mystica fixes catan.
>>735900765>Dead by Daylight, pretty mid but a good group elevates it.If you want an actually good Dead by Daylight game check out The Stifling Dark. Line of sight flashlight mechanics, semi-hidden movement from the villain who has his own microboard to track things, it's the best way to get the feeling for that game.
>>735895428I LOVE ROOT
>>735895428>are they fun with friends?Absolutely.I specially like stuff like Gloohaven and Mage Knight. Big, almost video game like boardgames.I do like TTRPGs more, but board games are always a good time.
>>735900917Looks neat, especially the flashlight stuff, but I already have Specter Ops, Final Girl, and was considering maybe Terrorscape at some point, so my asymmetrical murder-survivor simulator needs are pretty satisfied currently.
>>735895428>>Always wanted to get one of these huge boxes games like the settlers of catan or pic-related,are they fun with friends?Yes but with some caveats. The one you posted is great, but is on the heavier side and might melt your brain if you aren't used to board game shit. It's like trying to play grand strategy paradox games without even having played a civ game first. It might also be worth trying them first either through their digital versions, or something like Tabletop Simulator to see which genres you like.On the plus side, I think their social side adds something online vidya can never replicate. Even the digital adaptations have that element that most videogames can't.
>>735897810Isaac Four Souls is the only vidya board game I own, and it's not very good.
>>735895428I've been playing Root with my family and it's currently our favorite board game. There's a lot of rules to learn though.
>>735901489I wish I had a family that could even begin to grasp Eyrie or Woodland Alliance. Game needs more retard-proof factions like the Marquis.
>>735901489Apparently there's an switch version that's almost as good?
>>735895428I fucking played this at a club for the first time as eyrie with 6 other players and the niggers told me to do a strategy that caused me to go into turmoil game with 7 bird cards and put me in dead last, somehow I was able to come back to 3rd place, but I was so pissed
>>735897736Wish Everdell was more popular then it is
>>735902543https://store.steampowered.com/app/965580/Root/
>>735902768How long do game typically last an hour or two tops, playing through monopoly last was was intense we had seven players last around three hours because one kept landing on free parking
I wish I could play Root more, but most of the people I play with struggle with El Grande's rules.
>>735903517>not making up your own set of custom ruleset NGMI
>>735903517El Grande still stands on it's own IMO
>>735903168Read the rules next time, and insist everyone plays by the rules. Free parking DOES NOTHING. It's the one free space on the board with NO EFFECT. NO JACKPOT, NO PAY, NOTHING.That alone removes 2 hours off of monopoly.
>>735903664I fucking love El Grande. Got to play a five-player game a few weeks ago and it was incredible.>>735903721This, Monopoly isn't great but it sure as hell is better when played strictly by the rules given. Even better is the game has built in ADHD punsihment. If someone lands on your property and they owe you rent, but you don't pay attention and let them take their next turn, they get to avoid paying rent. I call it "Squatter's rights", it works wonderfully against assholes just pull their phones out the entire game.
>>735898456I thought this was some kind of fucked up pigeon from the thumbnail
>>735903721anon it's monopoly nobody plays by house rules
>>735900917Thanks for the rec anon
>>735900765>Terraria They made an actual board game what's it look like?
>>735905991it's a pretty close translation of the actual game. Side platformer view, you start with a few tiles explored in the surface, but uncover a randomly-generated map as you explore. Kill shit, chop trees, craft stuff, chuck dice to fight, do the bosses, etc.
>>735895428I only play Go.
>>735895428I could never get my family to play board games despite them being the ones who bought them as presents on christmasYears later I played some TTS and I realized that while it's fun none of them are as fun as just playing actual video games
>>735897810>overhyped franchise>mountains of plastic>shit rulesGod I hate that kickstarter boardgaming slop
>>735906460Looks great
>>735906642Qrd, what's TTS?It depends heavily on your group to have a good time you really need tight knit friends to hang out with & play
>>735907287>>Qrd, what's TTS?Tabletop Simulator. It's a sandbox game on Steam that lets you play board games, pretty much any popular one you can imagine is available as a workshop mod.
>>735907287>what's TTS?Tabletop Simulator, the way to play board games on your PC without paying out of your ass for overpriced cashgrab digital ports>It depends heavily on your group to have a good time you really need tight knit friends to hang out with & play>it's fun with friendsI played TTS with the same group I play vidya with and while the novelty was cool and having seemingly endless board games to play got us our money's worth by the end we all agreed we'd rather play video games. But we also bounced off of every "friendslop" game we tried so maybe I'm simply not the target audience for these
>>735908341>mfw can't make head's or tails You guys are so lucky
>>735895992Shit game. Hated every second of it
I only play Arkham Horror The Card Game lately. Game's like crack
>>735908926It's not that complicated, just a step above Risk. But it's still all about conquering regions with your dudes, and spawning new dudes to conquer even more. Just that every faction is very asymmetrical, kinda like Starcraft.
Currently halfway through oathsworn with a group of friends, really enjoying it and it seems to hit the mark perfectly between roleplay and combat. Previously played betrayal legacy with the same group and had such a good time.
>>735906554That's why you busy out the poker chips & have fun teaching your buddies about how to bluff
>>735909659>over 180$What,Why, How is that even possible!?
>>735909802better not check the price for Kingdom Death or Aeon Trespass
>>735897810does dune imperimum count?there is a steam version with a pretty active (and sweaty) competitive scene.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1689500/Dune_Imperium/
Recently got into board games, preddy fun but gotta have the right people who actually care to learn and don't make it seem like they're only there out of obligationI bought Pandemic as my first game and got a bunch of TTS games but it's hard to organize a group
anyone else thinks TTRPGs are just kinda gay and that CRPGs were a great development
>>735909902I got it during the sale because how highly rated it is, but doesn't feel any more special than the other hundred deck building games out there.
>>735895428Carcassone is the best thing you can get for a family night, it's easy to learn and you can mix things up with the expansions, for the love of god don't buy Catan, its a fucking slog
>>735895428Pretty good, the big weakness of these is that unless your group of regular players is based you will default to something everyone knows everytime, UNLESS you learn all the rules beforehand and are decent at summarizing them all for your retard friends. If you barely know how the game works by the time everyone is up to speed half the group will have stopped paying attention.I like boardgame bars better than owning them all myself, or even better having a friend who collects physical games as a hobby. Anyways you need a good group of friends who are actually interested in playing regularly, just like dnd that is the biggest factor in whether or not it will be fun.>t. player with a group that only plays Catan and Ticket to Ride
for me its
>>735910456>don't buy Catan, its a fucking slogfinally someone else who thinks this
>>735898439>worse viday gameThat's literally impossible given one more physically then the other,can you feel the dice rolling when playing CRPGs,nope the computer does everything for you taking away player choice
>>735903517For me? It's the Corvid Conspiracy.I rarely win with them because I get way too caught up in the mindgame portion of trying to fake everybody out and just being a nuisance. Though honestly, every time I catch somebody with a bomb and utterly shit on their plans it feels so fucking satisfying so I don't care.>>735902845Played Everdell with some lads last time they were in town, way better than I expected. I didn't know what it'd be but it played like a mix of Waterdeep and Wingspan and both of those games are quite fun, so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
>>735910456>these player tokensWhoa
I'm making a board game, should have it ready next year. I cant code so this is the closest I can get to a game design.It's a deckbuilding/push your limit game, but doesn't play like slay the spire/clank. I'm very excited to show it, not been this happy in a years
>>735911543How many players,& what "style" did you shoot for anon more whimsical or gothic for the artwork?Nice work though & congratulations
>>735910456Adding to this, love love LOVE Carcassonne. I've played it so much that when playing base game, I can semi-reliably count what tiles are still left to draw.
>>735911117There's a very well coded Carcassone mod in the TTS workshop, it's very easy to learn about points and scoring there i used to play it all the time with my friends
>>735911741currently up to 6, but its designed for 3. Its still early development, but the core mechanics are almost sound.It will be somewhat mixed in serious/sillyness, just treat it as its own style, maybe closer to Clank! in terms of describing the balance of it. I hate those ugly games that are flat as shit, so many games have terrible visuals, so it will stand on .Again its my first game, so no promises it will finish or if it will even work. But its exactly what I needed in my life, its a project I can do and a fulfillment that I've been looking for in games.
>>735895992what's with the tranny colors?
>>735895428>>>/tg/unless you are on table top simulator, then>>>/v/
>>735906460the commieblock housing for the NPC tabs is amazing
>>735910456agreed, would say to ignore farmers rules though as they are both a pain to explain and to score
>>735912090Damn, you got us, threads over pack it up everyone
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>>735912090ROOT IS VIDEO GAMES
Watched a bit of a game of Twilight Imperium, it seems great but no way I will be able to play for that much hours.
>>735897810This is a better adaptation of Civiliation than the officially licensed one, bar none.
>>735897810And this might as well be Sid Meier's Pirates
>>735912604I got into board games several years ago and before that I would've agreed.But some games are just worth the hours, and beat the experience of a fast computer game in some cases. For example I would take IRL Terraforming Mars or Riichi Mahjong anyday over the digital versions
>>735912740counterpoint: IRL riichi mahjong doesn't have 2hus
>>735912640Let's not get crazy anon,this was still hands down the best RTS of all time
>>735912851I dont even need to re-counterpointYou've said it all
>>735912740>Terraforming MarsThat looks awesome
>>735895428I used to like board games but I grew to hate them. Theyre so fucking boring and these days people are just overcomplicating them so you get fucking mousetrap and 1313 dead end drive with every board game.Just stupidly complex and takes more time to set up and learn the rules than actually play.
>>735913312i didn't even care for the theme, but i do love deck builders and its the only games I've played over 100 times cause of the infinite variety (especially with expansions/fan-cards)
I'm a simple man who likes traditional hex & counters wargames.Nothing fancy, but it's interesting. My friend is dead so now I have to play solo.
>>735913748I'm so sorry for your loss anon, looking for new frens to play through with is quite easy these days just have to search the right areas
>>735895770What's funny is that the idea of designer games is newer than video games. Catan was released in 1995.
The only board game my family consistently plays is Marbles. Nothing beats Marbles.
>>735913748>playing wargames>while mourning a fallen comradevery immersive
>>735910124I really like Dune Imperium. It isn't needlessly complicated, you don't have many actions so it goes by pretty fast. And it's never obvious who's going to win halfway through the game.
>>735897810These kickstarter licensed games are always bad cashgrabs.
>>735895992>>735915391They're literally proof of the exact opposite in this very thread anon
>>735899997Fallout Shelter is cool worker placement
>>735915896Stationfall isn't based on any license
>>735914090>just have to search the right areasSuch as?
>>735914787Hey m8 that's way better then playing Yat zee all night
>>735913312it's fun, but it really needs to break the deck up into tiers that unlock or get phased out as the game progressesi like azul and splendor a lot
>>735901683>woodland alliance isn't braindead>marquis iswhat kind of family are you playing with? the only thing WA has to worry about is getting a base established by the third turn. Put a couple of troops there, train a couple of officers, and you're on track to score out the ass. Nobody wants to spend their whole turn gambling on guerrilla warfare to take out your entrenchment.Cats feel like a constant struggle to guard your borders with enough recruits to not get your shit pushed in. After a couple of decent battles against one of your clearings, everyone else in turn order wants to jump in to claim leftover cardboard. Idk if you're playing base factions but I always struggle with cats against other red factions
>>735912604it's got a video game adaptation coming, that presumably lets you pause and resume the game.
>>735914787chinese checkers?
>>735918163it's less about difficulty of winning and more about a basic understanding of rules. The whole influencing clearings, unrest, and creating officers filters some people. Cats are basic vanilla RTS.
Any board games you can just pirate and print?
>>735918742with tabletop simulator, pretty much any board game you want is available in the workshop, and if not, you can program the game into TTS yourself relatively easilyone may question why boardgame designers are ok with this, but it's great advertisement for their games and often if people like the game they will buy a physical copy
>>735918742all of them with enough willpower. You could start with Bargain Basement Bathysphere, since it has print-ready files.
>>735918742You could do that with most of them but looking at pretty pictures is very important
>>735910598Based. The classic. Simple rules and deep decisions.
>>735909005Got the Chapter 2 Core yet? Or are you working with the Chapter 1 stuff atm?
>>735910605if you get fucked early it's basically over, you're just watching someone else play the game for 2 hours, it doesn't help that most people don't follow the proper trading rules and just exchange stuff like its the NYE on a monday
>>735918742you could probably rip the files from a table top sim workshop mod and use them to print board game pieces
>>735895516What the fuck? I didn't even know 4chan had a board for this shit.
>>735918742>pirate Ar you crazy anon they are BOARD games your literally meant to buy bulk & have fun at partying m8
>>735909005It’s so good man. One of the few co-ops where I think the juice is worth the squeeze. >>735919217Obviously NTA but I just can’t with the Chapter 2 stuff. It’s so fucking gay and lame at this point and a lot of the stuff post Innsmouth has been the same way. I have no idea how Hemlock Vale turned out as well as it did. >>735913748You’re not the only one who’s has to play hex and counter solo
>>735918897Though, stuff occasionally gets pulled off the Steam Workshop.Dominion (deck builder) got pulled for a while when they launched a digital version on steam.Never seen a mod file for SPANC, supposedly there was one, but its been gone a while.There anywhere good to get said files?
>>735919773Total Warfare?
>>735919773>clipped countersIs it worth it? I like nice smooth counters, but it looks like a pain to clip all four corners of hundreds of counters per game.
>>735897810Fun, but you will probably all die in the process.
Fuck you faggots Catan is fun as long as your table knows better than to scramble over the first 3:1 offer coming from the obvious lead like cheap whores
>>735895428Doesn’t appear to be a video games
>>735909902Not really, since it was a board game first that they made a digital version of later. Fun game though.
>>735919773What's your issue with the content post-Innsmouth? I'm interested as I've only played through EotE and that had its issues, mainly the "wordswordswords" that takes a while to read through and some of the scenarios were a bit meh (the mirage one became too much of a bore that we just skipped it when it came up the 3rd time).
>>735895516>toyHow long has this been a thing!?
>>735919773I thought those were DS cartridges for a second
>>735909659Any decent cryptid games?
>>735920550Red Strike>>735921136Red Strike’s counters are naturally rounded in the sheet. It’s a very nice production >>735922458Scarlet Keys takes all of the issues EotE had and exacerbates them. It’s a shitload of writing and it’s also the worst written thing in the entire line. The open ended nature of the campaign just doesn’t work imo and the scenarios themselves are very fiddly even if they’re not *horrible*. There are some people who love it though so if you have it or play on TTS or whatever then you should at least try it to see what you think. On the other end of the spectrum is Drowned City, which is really just very vanilla. Not a lot of writing, scenario design that is all average to above average but never beyond that, it’s fine though I still think Dunwich is better if you want vanilla AHLCG. Hemlock Vale is great though. Less writing than EotE or SK but still a decent amount, the non linear components are handled a lot better in the campaign even though the Preludes last a little too long, and the scenarios range from decent to some of the best the game has ever had.
>>735895516I didn't know there was a Nintendo board
>>735923791Cryptid is fun if you like deduction games
>>735918516>no DLCWorthless, like all other board game adaptations since they keep doing this
>>735919830>There anywhere good to get said files?Since TTS mods are just text files with links to third party image hosting sites, as long as you saved game before the setup and the image is still hosted, rip all the mods that used imgur you had a completely functional mod. There's a discord for sharing these saves but since few months ago it's been compromised and the greedier publishers started sending DMCA after it to remove their mods. No idea if there's a more secret one or a better alternative>>735919529>P-please support my dying hobbylol
>>735925703>dying I think your missing some pretty obvious points there anon just from this thread alone should tell you there's still an completely active amount of players both young & old that want to get into classic board games?
>>735925818>reddit spacing>oldLiterally dying>youngPaid $3 for TTS on sale and played every board there
>>735925703>dying hobbyBoard games are at an all time high nigga what are you on aboutDid you get them mixed up with figurine wargames or ttrpgs?
>>735925964>Board games are at an all time highIt's not covid anymore grandpa>Did you get them mixed up with figurine wargames or ttrpgs?Those are still more popular than board games even past their prime
>>735897810My friend who likes this series but doesn't have a gaming PC got this and ngl it's pretty dope
>>735926027The good times started in the late 10s though, will probably last until 2028 and then it'll all come crashing down>Those are still more popular than board games even past their primeNever said they weren't, but one is on an upward trajectory and the others are on a downward trajectory. Hobbyists will look back at this era like a golden age, even if the profits were always peanuts when compared against say videogames
>>735924209Heard of pretty similar things about TSK from others that matches what you just said. Once we get around to playing that I might just blahblah the story if it becomes a drag and just get to the choices if there are any.Hearing that TDC is pretty vanilla is not too bad. I did like Dunwich despite of it being stingy with XP gains, having a real stinker of a scenario (Undimensioned and Unseen with low willpower characters) and a horrible right hook of a encounter card called Beyond the Veil. Hopefully there's something like Dunwich's finale in TDC.And I'm really looking forward to FoHV and what you said is very encouraging to hear.Thanks for responding anon. Got pretty much all of the Chapter 1 stuff outside of a few standalones before the whole FOMO thing happening with it.
Every time I get invited to play board games or card games with my friend group that are super into them, they always:>never explain the rules to me and then get annoyed when I don't understand>they avoid beating each other in competitive gamesIt's super awkward.
I need some autistic friends who want to play day/days long board games and scifi shit that are about the long run gameplay than anything All my friends just want fun casual shit kek, which is good and enjoyable but man I need some sweaty nerd faggot people as well
>>735919773On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being a heavier board game, how crunchy is Red Strike? I flipped through the rules and it came off as extremely autistic. I love the presentation, but I have a feeling I'd never get it played.
I'm too adhd for boardgames
>>735897810Mage Knight is a better HoMM than the actual adaption>>735898180Always do the quick start to Act II or III for this reason. I'd say the bigger drawback from the adaption is you've seen 90% of the content already. Almost too faithful imo
my dad got me this gamethe rules are fucking complicated and I have no one to play with...
>>735913312unfortunately the game is pretty shit after a few plays
Another on topic question - which digital adaption of /bgg/ do you like the most?Been playing a shit ton of Mystic Vale and picrel recently
>>735927310Mage Knight is my favourite boardgame, but I only own the original release, no expansionsIs grabbing the Ultimate edition worth it, or should I get the expansions separately
>>735927403That's more along the lines of Jenga or Hungry Hippo
>>735927129If you got a community college or library nearby, they probably got a board game club>>735927280Nah my brain is fried from /v/ and doomscrolling yet still laser focuses on whatever happening at the table for however long a session lasts. Give it a go
>>735927519My most played one is probably Sentinels of the Multiverse
>>735925703>greedier publishers started sending DMCAgood to know. i will never buy a physical copy of such a game if i find out this applies to it
>>735918163This, WA is incredibly broken even in the hands of a semi-competent player. I'd go so far as to say it makes the game almost unplayable under certain conditions for everyone else, if the player playing it is even slightly good, at least using the default factions and map.
>>735926901>Hopefully there's something like Dunwich's finale in TDC.TDC is a lot more consistent than Dunwich but it does not hit the highs of The Essex County Express or Lost in Time and Space>>735927221As far as crunch goes I’d actually say it’s not too bad outside of the missile rules, like maybe a 7 overall. What makes it a monster is the scope. The designer opted to make the air units represent individual squadrons instead of something larger like a wing and it practically doubles the amount of unit counters. A lot of the game is just doing your air missions (which is probably also why he went maximum autism with the missiles in the advanced rules, makes it very granular).As for playability the full campaign reminds me a lot of what Mark Herman said about his game Pacific War, in that he thought you’d have to be unemployed to try and play the full campaign start to finish. Luckily also like PacWar it has much smaller battle scenarios that are a lot easier to manage. All that being said if you’re interested in a cold war gone hot game I’d point you to pic related. It’s not nearly as detailed as Red Strike but it’s highly playable.
>>735928148Stonemaier, Dice Throne and Van Ryder are the only ones so far as far as I can tell
>>735927519Not a specific adaptation but I adore Rally the Troops even if the selection of games is limited towards niche wargames. Easily the best browser based system I’ve used and it’s run by one guy in his spare time. I even just got done playing a guy who clearly didn’t know what he was doing in Washington’s War
>>735927783Nah, see if you can get your hands on the first expansion instead. The other 2 are from a different designer and while not bad, definitely don't hit the highs the original has. There's also 2 new expansions (again, other designer) coming out that would be 10x easier to pickup cheaper if you're absolutely craving new content.
>>735895428In order to even remotely try to keep this on topic while still secretly talking about board games what game do you guys think is just as good - if not better - digital than physical? I love in person Spirit Island but playing digital and learning all the quirky interactions helped me out big time
>>735895428The only game where it's remotely competitive playing with my family at least since Dad passed, he was a beast
>>735928665Gloomhaven, easily
>>735928004Wow never realized there was a digital version>>735928606Good rec, I have yet to develop a wargame appreciation but that site is dope, played against the Pax bot on it.
>>735928665Any games with too much upkeep and tracking tokens. Gloomhaven/Forsthaven, Spirit Island, Sentinels of the Multiverse, and Through the Ages come to mind.
>>735928761>>Wow never realized there was a digital versionshame you just missed the spring sale, base game gets discounted to $2, and all-in goes for $20.This year they are supposed to also release the base game version of Definitive Edition, which is looking very promising, but idk how much they'll support it.
>>735928665Dominion and Mystic Vale just work so much better when you're breaking the game since the digital does all the housekeeping and shuffling for you.
>>735927403i hate these overly gimmicky board gamesthe gameplay usually sucks ass, the batteries are always dead, and they end up as pieces of rotting plastic that never get used that will have a larger impact on the history of earth than you ever will
>>735928665Everything works better when rules are enforced by the game itself and all the little fiddly tokens are automated. The reason to play physical is real face to face human interaction, and having an excuse to play with little plasti/cardboard/wooden toys
>>735914626>"Designer Game" buzzword.Hobby Gaming (the correct term) has been around since prior and a lot of big box games have been around like Dragonstrike/Heroquest etc that meet at middle with RPGs and Boardgames.>>735895428Some games come to mind from Lovecraftian horror side of things like Elder Sign are decent, easy to pick up with lots of content.
>Called Monopoly x MtG>Too much for normies>Too slow for autistsI hope they can find the goldilocks zone for this reboot
>>735914626which it finally feels like the public consciousness of vidya is finally no longer just "tetris" and "pac-man" anymore, so in 20 years we'll get uhh Wingspan 2 and Puerto Rico I guess
>>735929070it was gimmicky, but I remember having great fun with it. Also it doesn't use batteries. It was essentially a roll and move, you made your way through the river, climbed the left side, then crossed the bridge to steal one of the gems in your backpack. The dice had a chance to roll an angry face, which means you pushed down on the statue's head, which wound up a mechanism that shakes the bridge. Any player that falls has to try and move back up. There's also a chance your player survives but drops the gem, which means anyone can rush whichever bottom space it fell in and grab it as an alternate strategy. Goal was to get the most gems to your boat and leave. Bridge spaces also had varying amounts of guardrails and spaces with hooks that helped your dude stay on it, but others have huge holes or only half-hooks. It was honestly pretty exciting, and I feel like a reimagining that replaces the movement with something more interesting like Heat's cards would do well.
>>735929480We already have Factorio and Rimworld filling that gap. Most roguelikes are just engine builders these days.
>>735929290I think there's probably a sweet spot, but no one's really found it. Vidya designers make them too much like vidya, and bg designers make them too much like bg, so you either end up with a shallow video game, or a clunky board game.
>>735912739had to make a template
Kingdom death monster is my goat, once you get past the $1000 dollar entrance fee it's good fun
>>735929676I vaguely remember the DS version of Catan being really good?
>>735930049I'd rather get the Dark Souls board game. Its not as autistic as KDM.
>>735930186the DS BG is boring tho
>>735930290Certified autism checklist right here. I bet you have fully decked out Paradox games on your steam account with 500-3000 hours each.
>>735930049I'm glad I bought the dweller's key. Every other month I get free shit and it's lifetime.
>>735930359Speaking of which....
>>735930384I got the sim but just buy any extras I want. Outside of gambler's and the monster expansions I'm lucky if I ever encounter the other shit during a campaign
>>735915391Slay the Spire is good. Obsolete now that 2 has multiplayer but it is fun
>>735902845Everdell had incredibly high production make but plays a bit too simply. Good for playing with your girlfriend but not for serious grognards
>>735931161the MP made the original obsolete, but now it's getting an expansion where you play as bosses and fight the heroes, so that's gonna be fun
>>735931365still won't please grognards, but I quite like it with the expansion that adds the big quest board thing at the bottom.
>>735895428Why the fuck is this thread still up, there is an entire board dedicated to board games, this is the video game board. Jannies are useless faggots like usual
>>735931567we are discussing video game adaptations. Therefore it belongs
i like playing the digital version of root. its fun. i like playing as the vagabond.
>>735897810the answer has never been simpler
>>735895428Thankfully there is a version on Steam I can play without IRL people. I wish my friends had time or wern't tired all the time to have board game nights. I also wish there were more board game friendly places. I'm gonna make a bacon sandwich.
>>735931870Yeah but Slay the Spire is boring.
>>735931949You're on your own on that one anon
>>735931870feels a bit pointless. A board game of a videogame that's already a videogame boardgame. The whole point is having that experience available digitally, if I want it physical, there's many other options.
>>735932061The point was playing co-op with friends (something you can do on 2 now, but couldn't do on 1), and it's a lot of fun.
>>735927129go to any nerdy convention and there's bound to be a board game room
>>735912739>>735930042
>>735932459brilliant
I wouldn't want to do super complex games, but I wish I could play some of these tabletop games. My wife hates board games and my son is 6, so I don't really have anyone to play with. I could try TTS or go to local game shops, but that'd require social interaction. I play single player shit like Unlock! and other escape room/mystery games instead.
>>735899302Then the digital version has a bug (not surprising) because the keep prevents other players from placing any pieces there
>>735895428what is the video game equal to Root (without the actually Root game or app)
>>735933051I played just that day and it's just not possible. It won't let you place sympathy in the keep clearing.
>>735930817That game is excellent btw
>>735933054Pic-related would be a good bet
>>735932603most good board games have a digital version. you could try that
>>735928156Woodland Alliance is balanced out by the fact the Vagabond is an even more broken bullshit strong faction.
>>735934815Assuming all players are newbies how long should each game take,an hour or two tops?
>>735934815Seriously dont know how people stand playing the Vagabond its so fucking boring
>>735929480it's way too niche for something like this, if anything they would re-release "Wingspan" with different rules. just look at something like the market for high-quality, designer books for an equivalent industry
>>735897810Just backed the kickstarter for this expansion a few days ago, loved the original board game
>>735906460that's actually pretty neat looking. I considered backing the kickstarter but for some reason I didn't like the look of it and held off.
>>735897810I bought this years ago and haven't played it once
>>735897810anyone else grab this? world of horror board game. a little disappointed that it just seems to be a 1-to-1 recreation of the video game as a board game, including it being just single-player. feels like a huge missed opportunity but I'm a big fan of japanese horror so I picked it up for the cool factor.
>>735927519DnD Lords of Waterdeep. It's genuinely a fun game.
>>735925703>dying hobbyWe're in the golden age of board games right now. Its certainly not dying any time this year. If anything, I personally think they're going to continue to grow in popularity. I genuinely think that because of covid people are beginning to move away from online spaces after being forced to use them and seeking out face to face social interaction.
How to not get bored to tears playing a board game bros?
>>735935807Vagabond is just atrocious.He's boring as dirt to play.He's overpowered to a comical degree.The only way to keep him in check is for another faction to waste their precious turns attacking him, but he's the only faction that doesn't give opponents any kind of point value for attacking so there's no native incentive to do so.Like sure, Riverfolk company and Lord of the Hundreds are also OP, but they're FUN.
For me its HEAT: pedal to the metal
>>735936976Play games with shorter turns and more player engagement. Santorini is one of my favorites because turns are lightning fast and there's a lot of strategy involved. Another one is Onitama.
>>735937072Heat is arguably a "better" game than Formula D, but I just love the randomness of the dice and getting lucky when full sending my car through a corner in 5th.
>>735930042
>>735927519Digital Root is pretty good.
>>735936976>How to not get bored to tears playing a board game bros?Play games that don't suck?
>>735936976drink and play with friendsCatan is so fucking fun I just troll my friends by building roads everywhere to block their expansions.
>>735936976 This advice>>735937120Hansa Teutonica has lightning-fast turns and the game state constantly changes, it's pretty fun.
>>735930817Funny how easy it is to call out people like this based on board games to video game playtimes. Autism is a hell of a drug.>>735932019Slay The Spire is the most funko-pop engine builder that only appeals to normies and faggots.
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>>735937420This analogy doesn't work at all
>>735937370Have you tried That's Pretty Clever (Ganz Schon Clever)? Honestly one of the most fun and interesting games I've played in a while.
>>735930049a friend got it we played it twice and we never mentioned it again.me and him were enjoying it but everyone else was not happy at all
>>735937463It's not an analogy, it's a literal 1:1 observation.
What can anons say about clank?
>>735937717Even if everyone else playing is also drinking?
>EurotrashNo thanks I only play pure ludokino that is American style board games that lets me gamble my odds to win rather than metagame the shit out every game I play.
>>735937762I played both the space version and the fantasy version. Screwing over my friends for personal gain is pretty fun.
>>735937784Agreed. "Engine building" games are absolute trash and a pox on the hobby.
>>735937762All of the versions are quite good. If you've got a regular group either of the Legacy versions are a great pick so you can run a full campaign.
>>735937784That's not what the genres are about, burgertrash is fully pvp and maximum sado-masochism autism, eurotrash is pure co-op friendly vibes because its bad for germans to get competitive.
>>735895428The A-Maze-Ing Labyrinth is a great 4-way competitive multiplayer board game with art from a young Stephen Hillenburg, and it got an obscure video game adaptation with boobahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb3Fr2BQDz0
>>735937784Holy based. We need more Euro games that are willing to let you kick other players in the nuts. Where's another El Grande, where you can just pick up a card that sends opposing callaberos to the shadow realm?
>>735937847>>735937793Thanks anons. Think I'll take one for the team and buy the fantasy version. Anons have rec'd me some great games in the past like Bang (card) and Dune Imperium.
Who wants to play some Loopin fucking Louie?
>>735937862Why don't you play your Kraftwagen while I actually have fun with something like Arkham Horror.
>>735937862This is the reason why Germans, despite being one of the pioneers of card games, can never actually make a good CCG. They still think Kakerlakenpoker is the peak of card games.
>>735938213The reason why they are afraid of getting competitive is because of the mustache man in the 1930-40s that kicked the Jewish ass back to work OCD mode, they might restart that engine.
>>735937947>Holy based. We need more Euro games that are willing to let you kick other players in the nutsArgent the Consortium is basically that.
>>735906460wheres the apache helicopter?
Nothing has topped this yet. Literally the perfect combination of American and Euro-style.
>>735936432>kickstarter>for a game series that has sold several millions copiesi like sts, but i saw that the other day and immediately thought "that's fucking bullshit, no way would i give a cent, they should use their own funds"
>>735928004I played it. It's really a hassle to manage 5 different hands.
>>735938952kickstarters are the de-facto way of making board games nowadays, idk why i guess it just ensures interest before orders are made. no one wants to get saddled with too many board games they can't sell, and consumers dont want to be unable to buy the game they want
>>735938952retard who doesn't understand how the industry works.
>>735938831It's the most anti-fun game out there, although I only played the digital version. I personally wish people would make a digital version Heroquest or Shadow of Brimstone.
>>735939149Don't play the video game adaptation, it an actual downgrade
>>735939254Speaking of downgrades is there an actual board-game like RPG with dice and cards that is not slay the spire and uses hexgrid scenarios for combat campaign?
>digital version of Dice Throne soon>realizing I spent hundreds of dollars on physical characters and will soon be asked to re-spend that money for them in the digital version
>>735897810>>735915391Cashgrab? Maybe, but the Deep Rock Galactic boardgame is a pretty good co-op dungeon crawler. Cool thing I like about it is you can actually terraform the board.
>>735939325/tg/ will slaughter me for saying this...but have you tried playing d&d?
>>735925703>>735918742You are not white
>>735939389>hexgrid.Read nigga.
>play boardgame of videogame>is nothing like the videogame at all>is still weirdly fun
>>735939325>>735938831What Slay the Spire does isn't even new. It's a roguelite deckbuilder. It's like a game of Ascension but stretched out into a map where you battle AI roadblocks instead of competing to build a combo deck that eats away at all the Victory Points.
i like Catan, i love catan with those character cards/helpers that have effects/abilities, game feels like fire emblem with those. my whole family fucking hates those cards tho.also i want to get pic related since i fell it kinda plays like the good mario party games.
>>735939515This is me when I tried out the Dark Souls board game with some friends who legitimately enjoy the boss runback mechanics and trying to dodge shit but at some point it does get repetitive and the only replay value it has is the itemization.
>>735939491You can use a hexgrid in d&d dummy. Its why heroscape tiles got so expensive.
>>735939874>NuD&D faggot talks about D&D.>We must support our community!!!>The community: Full of LGBTQI+ Californian pedophiles, trans freaks and leftist communists shilling for Jewish Zionism and destruction of western values.Stop embarrassing yourself further newfag.
>>735939825I was also talking about the dark souls boardgame LOL. I played with friends and I was tanking everything with two medium shields in my hands or some shit, it was hilarious I tried playing it alone and got bored after a bit yeah.
>>735939819what is picrel called?
>>735940219look at the pieces
>>735940219survive the island
>>735940116Board games work because there's people around, that's why they are different from video games. At one time I played a game meant for kids that one guy in the group brought due to its mechanics being interesting and mechanics were based on markets and theft, me being a smart ass stole from that guy all the winning cards. lesson learned: Don't trust the guy who's fully understanding of the paradigm if you are not playing the same game as the aggressor you are going to be the one violated. That game wouldn't be much fun to play in a vidya way for example but because of the emotions and triggering tactics made it fun.
>>735940319spoonfeeding faggot
>>735940319>$33not bad, will add it to the list>>735940318>>735940350you act like the name was in the filename, is it really crazy to expect me to not reverse image search a pic of a fucking board game? maybe i should grok it next time?
>tfw no friends to play ARCS with
>>735940020I don't know what you're talking about. You can use hexgrid with 3.5. The rest of whatever you said doesn't exist at my table.
>>735895428I started collecting board games and playing with friends on weekends. Honestly, it’s way more fun than video games
>>735897810>steamforged You should've known.
