Board Games!

[Magister Ludi]

I was always interested in {Settlers of Catan, Diplomacy, and the Game of Throne board game}

I might get one, but I am unsure which one is actually better in play, as they all look interesting enough from the outside. Thoughts, recommendations?

[Magister Ludi]

Ludi: What do you think of randomness?

Don't mind it that much, I think some fun can be derived from it. I have always loved card games (of all sort, TCG and just a deck of cards) and randomness is highly prevalent there. Plus, after studying Brownian motion and etc., randomness is highly interesting. So I say, it is a slight plus for me if randomness is involved (obviously there is a breaking point though)

[Magister Ludi]

Diplomacy takes like ten hours to play and is much simpler in its rules. Game of Thrones takes about 2-3 hours to play and has complicated rules but once you get it it is a ton of fun. Catan is really shallow in its strategies but is a quick and fun "I have thirty minutes to kill" type game.

Having not played Diplomacy yet I highly recommend GoT.

ahh great, thanks. I always imagined catan as a longer game. And with the addition of the tv show, people are really getting into GoT, which could make it easier to get people to play the board game.

[Magister Ludi]

ah yes, good suggestions all around. Do you guys ever play these games online with one another, either? I figure that would be a good way to play them lacking a large group of friends every night, but i'm not very sure if there are actually websites to do this.