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In post 2718, implosion wrote:Meant to mention this - played a game of secret Hitler yesterday. It's interesting, seems almost like a good medium between something super casual like one night ultimate werewolf and something more argumentatively involved like resistance (at least with the people I've played it with).
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I didn't get to play this game game last night, but saw it being played, and now I'm interested. Healthy Heart Hospital - anyone played it yet? Any thoughts? It seems interesting. I came in as a spectator about half way through, so I never really got a good grasp on the mechanics, but it seemed like fun and I trust the people that were playing it when they said it was good. They're pretty experienced gamers. They were learning it for the first time, so there were some kinks they had to work through.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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Y'all aren't alone.In post 2723, Andrius wrote:
I'm glad I'm not the only one who cringes whenever this thread goes on about how either of these is great.Panzer wrote:Least favorite games so far have been Carcassone, Catan
I'm super into Co-op Games, and I can say that not al of them leave you with that feeling. Honestly, Pandemic is played out. It's formulaic at this point. There are much better ones. There are some co-op games it's technically impossible to lose, like Hanabi, or The Game, or Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. As Andrius said, try some with he defector mechanic. It's super fun. another option would be 1p vs all kind of games. Betrayal at House on The Hill is great. I'm a big fan of Spector Ops, but I know a lot of people aren't.
I think this Saturday I might finally get to try Captain Sonar. Me and a few other people have been wanting to play it, the problem is being able to get 8 people together.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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In post 2728, Fenchurch wrote:I like Shadows over Camelot but it saddens me that I think the technically best play for a traitor is:
1. Go fight Lancelot, hang around a few turns putting cards in
2. Leave before completing to ensure tge Lancelot quest fails
3. Get accused and revealed as traitor
4. Spend rest of game sticking trebuchets on the board or stealing from people's hands.
Which is a shame because it's more fun if the traitor can be more subversive in their actions, it's just less effective.
My favourite co-op game is Space Alert... I think the best co-ops create a game situation that couldn't be solved by just one person, either by setting rules on how and what you can say (e.g. Hanabi, Witness, Mysterium) or by adding a time limit (e.g. Space Alert, Fuse).
I don't know that I've played Space Alert. I'll have to look out for that one. I haven't played Witness either, but I've been wanting to. Mysterium is one of my favorites, as is Fuse.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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In post 2741, PJ. wrote:
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As far as other Co-Ops I haven't played, Robinson Crusoe(and the soon-to-be released First Martians) is interesting but it seems to be on the complex side(and a lesser point of contention is Ignacy literally asking people how they died when they tell him that they played Robinson Crusoe because no one ever wins); Mech vs Minions is definitely something I want to try; I definitely would want to try Sherlock's Couch Cuddle Detectives but it's very out of print; Gloomhaven but it'd probably end up being a solo game; and Ghost Stories is by Bauza so that immediately makes me interested despite being touted as crushingly difficult.
Has anyone here played Mice and Mystics, The Grizzled, or Aeon's End?
And has anyone heard anything definitive about City of Kings? It looks dope, but I want a little more info before backing stuff, mostly cause I've never backed something on kickstarter before, so i'm nervous.
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Also I had good success with Lords of Waterdeep when you guys recommended that as a good introduction to worker placement, so what would be a good intro to dungeon crawl games? Arcadia Quest? Descent? Claustrophobia?
Mech VS Minions is super fun. I highly recommend it. It's definitely in my list of games to buy.
The Grizzled is hard, like really hard. It's definitely stacked in a way that most group will not win. I don't really mind co-ops like this, because then it becomes a matter of "How bad did we really lose?" And they tend to spark discussion about how to better utilize mechanics in games. My play group is super into co-ops though, so we tend to like games wether we win or not, based on mechanics and game play. Like, when we lose, we're just determined to play again and do better, rather than the whole group feeling down about it. If that's not your group, grizzled will not be a good fit.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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If you're referring to The Grizzled, I've yet to play it with just 2 people.In post 2747, PJ. wrote:How is it with 2 players? I've heard a few people say they really enjoyed it with 2, but BGG has it as not recommended for 2,
I don't really care for Forbidden Desert or Forbidden Island. They both seem to be lacking something for me. Like, they're too light. And I love light games. Filler games, light games and med-light games are right up my alley. But the Forbidden ____ games kind of bore me.In post 2751, Sudo_Nym wrote:Personally, I like Forbidden Desert as a co-op. Simple enough that new players can join in, complex enough that you can have discussions about what to do. And there's no traitor involved.
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I played a great dex co-op tonight. It was really balanced, I think mostly due to it being dexterity instead of strategy based. It's called Dungeon Fighter.
It was great. So each person has a character that has little special abilities, based on colored dice. You work your way through a dungeon, battling monsters along the way. The starting player chooses the die they want, passes the rest, and people choose dice until there are none. Then you take turns bouncing the dice onto a target board for ranges of points. There are modifiers to how you have to do stuff. At one point we had to balance the die on our noses and drop it without using hands.
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In post 2767, hiplop wrote:Honestly anything that sounds cool and they won't pass off as lame? If has a good hook can probably get them to do anything.
Looking for stuff with a dedicated group of under ten then also just like some cool games can play whenever someone random comes over?
I find that most random people, and non gamers tend to like non-games, like The Joking Hazard Game, or Cards Against Humanity. Social deduction games sometimes go over well too. Bang, Coup, Secret Hitler, stuff like those. Concept might be a good one too. Hard to say, as every group is a bit different.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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In post 2769, hiplop wrote:I absolutely despise CAH and that is what they currently enjoy. I want something to replace that. I want to bring my friends to be gamers, I think theyre capable. Just need to build them up ya know
I would say start with Concept, and maybe some light social deduction.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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I've not had much luck with spy fall outside of gaming circles. Pedestrians don't seem to like it in my experience. Makes me sad, because I love it.In post 2771, PJ. wrote:I suggested Mysterium, Bang the Dice Game(which obsoletes Samurai Sword and Bang!), Deus(hippo likes catan), Sushi Go Party, Coup, Love Letter Premium, Shadows over Camelot, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, and Resistance.
Other games that I didn't mention, party games: Spyfall, Insider, Shadow Hunters, Sheriff of nottingham
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In post 2789, PJ. wrote:Did not like Ra. Game day mostly a bust.
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I found this quiz entertaining, but it didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know...
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In post 2827, Chevre wrote:My recommendations SUCK...Game of Life SCREW OFF
Hey, but Superfight is fun. Played it last saturday and it's hilarious.
And Coup is always great. Love a game where I get to kill all my friends. Which is probably why they always team up and kill me first.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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In post 2863, hasdgfas wrote:I played Burgle Bros yesterday. I had a ton of fun. Would play again.
Looooove Burgle Bros.
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In post 2871, PJ. wrote:BRUH I FUCKING PLAYED CAPTAIN SONOR TODAY>>>>IT WAS FUCKING TENSEEEEEEEEE. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A HARD JOB AND I WAS SWEATING MY NUTS OFF.
WE ALSO PLAYED LETTERS OVER WHITECHAPEL, AND IT WAS A TENSE AF BOARD GAME NIGHT.
I PLAYED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME MONDAY AND HOLY SHIIIIIIIT!!
WE ONLY PLAYED WITH 6 PEOPLE SO IT WAS SUPER INTENSE!
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In post 2880, PJ. wrote:On machi koro, I like playing it with my family and when it's time for just a chill game. Tokaido is kinda in that same area but a better game.
Oh has anyone played Above and Below?
Yea. I like it for every once in a while. I own it, and hardly ever bring it out. There's no conflict, and all the fun is in the exploring/storytelling component. It's a fun game. But I feel like once you really build up a good enough engine of explorers, the game is over.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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And about Machi Koro. I don't like the base game, but bright lights big cities is great. My gaming group really enjoys it. I'm starting to lose interest because of a particular person who always ends up jumping in. But in Bright Lights, the set up of cards and how you pick them is different, which makes for a bit more strategy I believe. And I've really seen the game take many turns in a single play though. I highly recommend playing it over the base game.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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I don't know what I've gotten myself into, but I got roped into being on not one, not two, but three panels for a con in November. I'm flattered, but I hardly consider myself an expert gamer. Apparently others think highly of me though. Wow!Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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I'm a long time lover of Burgle Bros. I finally bought it for myself tonight instead of relying on other people to have a copy. I also bought Control. I had never heard of it, but a friend who's collection is in the thousands said it was really good, and I really enjoyed it. So, I'd highly recommend it. The entire game is basically a power struggle for you to win and to keep your opponent down. It's interesting.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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I had an amazing opportunity tonight and got to play Coup with an entire group of people unfamiliar to playing social deduction games with me. It was great. We played twice, and I won both times. The first time I had 2 cards left. The second time I had two until the only other person coup'd me, then I assassinated him. I had two assassins. I literally spent the entirety of both games talking everyone else at the table into killing each other and leaving me alone. It was wonderful. And this is why my usual board game friends kill me quickly in games.
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Don'tIn post 2904, vonflare wrote:best way to teach someone Android:Netrunner? Which faction should I have them play as first game
But really, if someone does want to learn, and you want to teach, I don't think it matters which faction they play first, as long as both decks are built well for beginners.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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I do notIn post 2907, vonflare wrote:
hm?In post 2905, Chickadee wrote:
Don'tIn post 2904, vonflare wrote:best way to teach someone Android:Netrunner? Which faction should I have them play as first game
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All my friends that went to Gen Con are back. Should be lots of new games to play this week. I'm super excited. One of my friends, whoo has exclusive copies of seemingly everything has The Expanse, and he's looking to play it tomorrow. I'll at least watch, if not jump in on that. There's only something like 60 copies in the world.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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Betrayal at house on the hillIn post 2977, Untrod Tripod wrote:cooperative thematic game with shifting alliances
Mechs vs Minions (not so much shifting alliances though, but the drafting can make you feel like someone isn't on your side sometimes)
Bandito (cute fun little filler game...ignore the rules on player count. we tested it)
Fuse (again, no shifting alliances, but fun under pressure)
Saboteur
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Base will play 5. But the expansion is more interesting.In post 2986, PJ. wrote:Lords of waterdeep would be totally fine. Might need the expansion to be good with 5 thoInstagram: BoneSpellArts
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1p podcast is good. A friend of mine does it. He reviews 1 player games, and occasionally talks about other games as well. Tonight we played a demo copy of a game he was sent to review. It was an alright game, nothing grand. I think it was called Hotshot.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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Pandemic is better with multiple people. I actually like Pandemic Iberia a lot more than the base game. It's quite different. You still have all the same triggers (epidemics, outbreaks, stuff like that), but theres a historical element that changes things. The year is 1848, so theres no planes to fly around the board. Theres a train but you have to spend time building the tracks. It really feels like there are different stages of the game that take different strategies. Also the roles aren't as over powered/broken. I recommend trying it out, but again, with people.In post 3024, shaft.ed wrote:So I kinda liked Pandemic on the first few playthroughs, but after a while it just feels like complicated Solitaire. Is it any better as a multiplayer game?
@DN, I've been watching a bunch of Table Top recently and one thing I would really like is to see what cards people are drawing. Maybe you can do the table cam like in televised poker games for when such a mechanic is relevant. Also I woiuld avoid roleplaying, it's just awkward and sad to watch.
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I definitely think that cooperative games suffer from the quarterback effect.
Some cooperative games that don't: Hanabi (people either love this or hate this), Mysterium (it can, but it's so abstract that sometimes that is helpful), Mechs Vs Minions (it's an investment though and there's a lot to it. I don't think this would be a good game for your situation, though in other regards I highly recommend it), Dungeon Fighter (cooperative dexterity game).
Castles of Mad King Ludwig is pretty fun every once in a while.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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I haven't played that. I'll look for it, since I happen to really like Hanabi.In post 3031, Cabd wrote:
Meteor is like Hanabi; no talking, but has mechanics to build communications that allow it.In post 3029, Chickadee wrote:I definitely think that cooperative games suffer from the quarterback effect.
Some cooperative games that don't: Hanabi (people either love this or hate this), Mysterium (it can, but it's so abstract that sometimes that is helpful), Mechs Vs Minions (it's an investment though and there's a lot to it. I don't think this would be a good game for your situation, though in other regards I highly recommend it), Dungeon Fighter (cooperative dexterity game).
Castles of Mad King Ludwig is pretty fun every once in a while.
Bandito is another Co-op game that you can't communicate about what you have. It's a quick little filler game. Very cute, very fun.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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I just thought of the game I've been trying to remember!!
Magic Maze - this game also solves the quarterback effect. You start and theres no communication. And you play in real time. There's no time to boss everyone around, and the whole table is a frantic dash of hands moving things while you can't talk. It's great. You play in levels, so each level adds a new rule. It's pretty great.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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I like how peacefully you described it. When I've played it, you take that placard and slam it in front of someone multiple times. And theres a lot of banging on the table and pointing and death glares.In post 3035, implosion wrote:Yeah I've heard very good things about magic maze and was gonna mention it. Ordered a copy along with my pandemic legacy s2 preorder.
It does have some ways to communicate, but avoids wuarrrrbacking (I refuse to retype that) by having the main way that you communicate being a placard that just says "do something!" That you can put in front of someone.
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True story. It's straight up techromancy. I know the cards have chips in them and whatnot, but like.....HOW DOES IT WORK.
I don't think I'll ever really be able to wrap my head around it. I played a few times last week, and immediately bought it when I got home. I came out like a month or two ago, and has sold out twice since then. It's amazing.
And oddly, the song combinations always work, no matter what you have on the board. We had a reggae version of Down With The Sickness going the other night.
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I have it on good authority they're coming out with new cards in February.In post 3045, InflatablePie wrote:yass dropmix. watching this match (~15m) got me to pull the trigger on buying this and I have no regrets
there's a spreadsheet of songs here ("secret cards" at the bottom by default sort) if you haven't seen it, the ones with a date of "November?" apparently have a release of "a couple months after game release" IIRC, but we don't know for sure. I have the 4 playlist packs out now (Ouroboros/Derby/Astro/Mirrors), got my eyes on the Discover packs once I find them at MSRP. Amazon has them up now I think, but you can't buy specific packs so I don't wanna risk getting dupes and dealing with returns.In post 3043, Chickadee wrote:I really need to get some of the song packs.
but yeah I need that September wild and The Mother We Share vocals ASAP, thanks Harmonix for taking more of my money
I'll bring it to SurvivorMeet 2017 if it doesn't get cancelled!In post 3044, DeathNote wrote:I just looked it up and I want it.and if you're able to swing it last minute somehow
also maybe I'll upload some mixes sometime when I'm not lazy/busy. DropMix thread?
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The game is rather rudimentary, but it's cool enough to keep interest.
I think there were quite a lot of things that worked with Down With The Sickness. The vocal track from Barbara Streisand (Duck Sauce) worked well. At one point we had mixed it with a Bob Marley song too.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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Welp. See you in a few months.
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I went with Ninja Camp, Dixit, and The Dragon & Flagon for the target B2G1 promotion. All games I've played and liked, but did not own. Was super excited to see Ninja Camp in Target's selections. It's a cute quirky light game. And I know someone that one of the cards is based on. Actually it's his copy I usually play.
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I love magic maze. The no talking really makes things interesting. When I played it was really heated, everyone was banging on the tables and trying to get each others attention. It was hilarious. I would always be down to play it. I really need to get my own copy.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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Played Pandemic: Rising Tides tonight. I didn't like it all that much. We played twice and lost both times. I would play it again, but I feel like I need to sit down with the rule book myself and just pour over it. I don't feel like I really had a good sense of the mechanics to utilize them well and enjoy the game. It was taught well, it's just vastly different than any other version of Pandemic.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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Love mysterious so much. It's still one thats on my wishlist, but I know tons of people with copies, so it's not a need at the moment.
I still love Dixit though. I just got an expansion for Dixit today. Was a belated Christmas gift. It was the Revalations expansion, and omg is ti beautiful. Not just beautiful, but inspiring. It lines up with a lot of thoughts I've had about art lately, and it's really put me in the zone to paint. And some of the cards are embellished with gold leaf, so they're shiny and pretty. It's seriously breathtaking.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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Alchemists is great. When I played, one of the other players accidentally knocked his whole screen down and pieces went everywhere and he lost everything. He tried to put in back by memory. He did not win that game.
I too find myself second guessing my deductions there.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244513/ice-cool-2
Whhaaaaaaat!!
This looks amazing. I love Ice Cool! But they really missed an opportunity naming it Cool Edge.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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Oh damn guys, I have to tell you about this.
So in my group, we play Burgle Bros, pretty much every week. We never tire of it. We switch it up between the bank job and fort knox from time to time. Well tonight, we made our own extremely bastardized version of the game. So we took everything, shuffled all the rooms together (safes and stairs included), and made one big 4x12 floor. We used the wall generator app for the walls like normal, then chose one or two walls at random to move between the sections to make a more interesting layout. There are pictures that can come later, maybe tomorrow when I'm not as tired. We still used all three guards, and just decided that movement for all of them was the same. We started it at 3. Since all the guards are on one floor, we randomized which guard moves, and designated them as 1, 2, and 3. For this, we actually broke into another game to get some maples that we wouldn't confuse with our character pieces. We used Deep Sea Adventure diver maples, if anyone is curious. We also busted into Roll For It to get color coordinated dice for each guard destination. We did away with the movement decks and instead used dice to determine location. That meant that no one location was safe from being previously visited. We ended up using a D12 and a D4 together to determine destination, and a D3 (we used an app, so it had a D3, but a D6 could easily be used as well assigning 2 numbers to each gaurd) to determine which guard moved. Every time a safe was cracked, all guard movement went up. Any time an alarm was triggered, all destinations were changed to the alarm, and they all start converging, the first one to reach it will turn it off, and then you assign new locations, first for the guard that is going through the movement phase, then for subsequent guards based in number order (thats where the 1-3 designation came in handy again). We treated Atriums as foyers. If walkways were revealed via move, it ended all movement and you had to draw an event regardless of how many actions you had already taken. Once all safes were cracked, all guards moved after a turn.
I'm sure I might be forgetting some things, but wow was it amazing. It really sparked us to try and think of other crazy layouts and modes we could come up with. Let me know if this sparks any questions and I'll let you know what we decided. It was really wild.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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Oh and just for the heck of it, because we had one person show up and was just hanging around we opened it up to 5 players. Because why not.
I will say, because it was so bastardized, we did have to improvise a bit. Like, theres not enough safe crack tokens for instance.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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my list would go:
Mysteruim > Burgle Bros > Photosynthesis > Takenoko > Santorini > Pandemic > Carcassonne > Ticket to Ride Europe > Dead of Winter
I will say though, I really do not enjoy Dead of Winter. Anything not in the list I either haven't played or don't have much opinion on.Instagram: BoneSpellArts
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In post 3120, inspiratieloos wrote:Also, buy Pandemic Legacy instead of Pandemic. Legacy contains the complete base game, so you can just play it without the legacy rules a few times for the vanilla pandemic experience and then play legacy.Spoiler:
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Nah. The person that started with dispatcher spent a lot of time abroad in Japan, and is obsessed with asian culture, and thought he looked korean, so his name is Jun-Seo Kim. Boring.In post 3128, shaft.ed wrote:god I hope he's a dispatcher
and every time he dispatches "Dont just sit there, Buster Moove"
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