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Post Post #3400 (ISO) » Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:42 am

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Um... is this question "how do you pull a bait and switch?" Or "what games of similar complexities are there in other genres?"
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Post Post #3401 (ISO) » Fri Aug 16, 2019 6:34 am

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Probably the latter.

The two player game my nongamer mom enjoys the most is Dominion. It is similar to Codenames in that it is not very adversarial. The rules are a bit more complex than Codenames and the best strategies are a lot more difficult to work out than they are in games she's liked less, which is surprising (Carcassone, Splendor). I think part of it is that she can lose and still have a pretty good time due to the way the game is structured, and the element of chance adds some fun (she gets excited about hitting exactly 6$ when she draws her good cards together while Splendor is very low RNG. Actually come to think of it she asked me to buy Ticket To Ride after a friend taught her and that game is kind of randomier Splendor so I'm even surer that's what it is).

She would probably enjoy Machi Koro too but that has less depth at the top end so I'm not going to risk a downgrade by letting her try that one. It has simpler rules than Dominion if Dominion seems like too much for your wife. Dice instead of cards. In many ways they are actually the same game.

That's my anecdotal data.
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Post Post #3402 (ISO) » Fri Aug 16, 2019 11:42 am

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In post 3400, GreyICE wrote:Um... is this question "how do you pull a bait and switch?" Or "what games of similar complexities are there in other genres?"
How do I brainwash my wife into liking decent board games

so far my options are:
Scrabble
Code Names
Pictionary (I don't even know how this is supposed to work for two players)


I can't get her to like anything else
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Post Post #3403 (ISO) » Fri Aug 16, 2019 11:45 am

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Play Paperback.

Alternatively, play Scrabble properly so she hates Scrabble.
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Post Post #3404 (ISO) » Fri Aug 16, 2019 1:18 pm

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In post 3403, GreyICE wrote:Play Paperback.

Alternatively, play Scrabble properly so she hates Scrabble.
i can't make her play Scrabble properly
its the worst
she just ignores the score
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Post Post #3405 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:19 am

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What games have you tried that she doesn't like?
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Post Post #3406 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:21 am

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she might like patchwork? idk, i'm dumb.
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Post Post #3407 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:20 am

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In post 3404, shaft.ed wrote:
In post 3403, GreyICE wrote:Play Paperback.

Alternatively, play Scrabble properly so she hates Scrabble.
i can't make her play Scrabble properly
its the worst
she just ignores the score
Doesn't matter. Playing scrabble properly is about denying people the ability to put words down anywhere useful. It's like screwing with each other on purpose. Like you memorize all 2 and 3 letter words and just turn the board into a morass of pain.

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Post Post #3408 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:22 am

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In post 3406, PJ. wrote:she might like patchwork? idk, i'm dumb.
Patchwork is an excellent suggestion. I really enjoy it as a two player game. I'd also suggest another word game, such as Paperback, if you want to shift away from Scrabble.
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Post Post #3409 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:09 am

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mysterium might be an upgrade to Codenames but idk if it plays well with only two
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Post Post #3410 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:05 am

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In post 3409, InflatablePie wrote:mysterium might be an upgrade to Codenames but idk if it plays well with only two
It doesn't, sadly.
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Post Post #3411 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:05 pm

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Muse is a similar game to Mysterium and can be played as a 2 player.

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Post Post #3412 (ISO) » Sun Aug 18, 2019 8:13 am

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In post 3403, GreyICE wrote:Play Paperback.
this looks like it may work
will get it next time i'm purchasing

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Post Post #3413 (ISO) » Mon Aug 19, 2019 4:50 am

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In post 3402, shaft.ed wrote:How do I brainwash my wife
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Post Post #3414 (ISO) » Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:24 am

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Anyone played Pantone?

It looks like it could work, but seem very heavy on popculture references
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Post Post #3415 (ISO) » Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:07 am

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Board games have made it, guys.
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Post Post #3416 (ISO) » Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:12 am

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I don't know why, but its weird to me that they are using actual games.
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Post Post #3417 (ISO) » Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:15 am

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I don't know if I found that weird per se, but I definitely was surprised by it. And the games that were being used were kind of a strange selection. Like Onirim was very clearly visible, but that's a single player game and very much not hugely popular.
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Post Post #3418 (ISO) » Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:02 pm

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isn't there a really good anime based off of Go

can't remember if it was recommended to me or I was just scrolling through MAL's top anime list at 3am
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Post Post #3419 (ISO) » Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:35 pm

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There's a couple based off go. Also a couple based on shogi.

You're probably thinking of Hikaru no Go though.
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Post Post #3420 (ISO) » Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:34 am

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surprise board game cafe day

*Sagrada x2 - It's pretty much what I expected. Colorful dice, shiny premise, and ultimately a vaguely interactive game where whoever fulfills their private win condition best wins. Although I won the second game more because my opponent had a REALLY bad time with their board.

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Post Post #3421 (ISO) » Mon Aug 26, 2019 4:14 am

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I've played Pandemic Legacy Season 1 and 2, and just got invited to replay them, so I'm trying to prepare myself for the emotional rollercoaster all over again. Really just Season 2 that got me....still not over it. I was THE person, if you've played through Season 2 you know what I mean.

One person in the new group has played through season one. She's about 4 months into Season 2 and it's been about a year and a half since her group got together, so they've just given up on it. Two of them have not played either seasons. The group I originally played with has all moved away, one by one, so this will potentially be a group I can play Season 3 with when they finally get it out. Supposedly it comes out Q4 this year, but I wouldn't be surprised if it gets pushed back.
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Post Post #3422 (ISO) » Mon Aug 26, 2019 4:40 am

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Just played July and August for S1 on Saturday, we got really terrible draws on the August game and probably did more damage to the board than all of the previous games combined, by the end we were leaving disease cubes on the board just to lose the game faster and limit the damage.
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Post Post #3423 (ISO) » Mon Aug 26, 2019 5:08 am

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Yeah, sometimes you just get a bad draw. Are you liking it though?
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Post Post #3424 (ISO) » Mon Aug 26, 2019 5:15 am

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Yeah, I've been playing it with my brother and two friends, we don't have a lot of time, so we've been going for over 1,5 years now. We usually play 1-2 games of Pandemic and then do another game, we played Eleusis Saturday which was also pretty fun.
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