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Post Post #2499 (isolation #0) » Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:52 pm

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Reading this thread got me interested in board games, so I looked up a few games I could play with just 1 or 2 others. I found Jaipur. Me and my girlfriend played a couple rounds of it and we really liked it. I recommend it.

I also grabbed munchkin but I'm sure everyone interested in munchkin has already played and knows everything they need to know about that.
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Post Post #2502 (isolation #1) » Sat Nov 05, 2016 1:42 pm

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It probably is? Idk man, we are new to board games, have never played it, and i knew it was fairly popular, so w/e and I won't be playing it that often because it's 3-6 players and as long as it's fun 3 times, it'll be worth the price of admission.

Jaipur is real good tho.

Do you have any suggestions for 2 players(probably me and my girlfriend)?
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Post Post #2504 (isolation #2) » Sat Nov 05, 2016 2:28 pm

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She's def not really a chess girl, so Twilight Struggle and Hive are probably out. How do you feel about patchwork, jambo, agricola, and pandemic Legacy?

Is yinsh more or less complicated then Hive?
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Post Post #2508 (isolation #3) » Sat Nov 05, 2016 3:48 pm

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Okay maybe agricola is bleh. Idk, I know i told her about hive and she made a face. so i think we are sticking to mostly easy rules. Hidden choice is good tho. We are enjoying Jaipur because it's kinda like a gin rummy varient. and we play a lot of rummy.
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Post Post #2510 (isolation #4) » Sat Nov 05, 2016 4:06 pm

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She likes crafts(quilting and crocheting and shit), love novels, grey's anatomy, minecraft, she liked nino kuni so probably digs ghibli things. And she likes pro wrestling.

She read a little blurb on agricola and liked it but idk if she knows how complicated it is.
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Post Post #2512 (isolation #5) » Sat Nov 05, 2016 4:16 pm

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Yeah that is number 1 on the list.
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Post Post #2519 (isolation #6) » Sat Nov 05, 2016 11:32 pm

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In post 2518, Nexus wrote:Jaipur is probably my favourite 2p game that I own. It's so simple, but can be sort of complex in places.

we played like 4 games today, It's really good. It's a lot like rummy. Except with more shit.
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Post Post #2520 (isolation #7) » Sat Nov 05, 2016 11:36 pm

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Oh, played two games of munchkin with my girlfriend and my sister. We all had fun.
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Post Post #2573 (isolation #8) » Sat Feb 11, 2017 2:04 pm

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Okay, played patchwork for the first time. Do you have to fill up the 7x7 perfectly to get the bonus tile? Do you put the bonus tile on your quilt board? Do you count the Leather Patches as squares when you're moving? Do you count the buttons as squares?

Has anyone finished with more than 0 points?

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We also played Machi Koro, That game is an absolute gem. Simple, fun, fast, perfect.
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Post Post #2579 (isolation #9) » Sat Feb 11, 2017 7:34 pm

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Okay one person said they are points you stop and the other said no. Which is it?
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Post Post #2581 (isolation #10) » Mon Feb 13, 2017 9:39 pm

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What is a "eurogame"?
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Post Post #2599 (isolation #11) » Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:28 pm

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Has anyone played Rococo?
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Post Post #2601 (isolation #12) » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:25 am

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I posed this question to LLD, but I wanted more of a sound off because one of the games she mentioned immediately jumped toward the top of our list.

So me and my girlfriend have recently been getting into games, the ones we currently own are Machi koro, Patchwork, Jaipur, Pandemic, and Munchkin. We've played a number of the mainstream party games as well and stuff like parcheesi and monopoly, obv. Also, I've played MtG but not really interested in teaching her that. But the question is, what games should we look into/add to that would give us even more variety to what we have and open us up to more themes/mechanics? LLD suggested a hidden movement game and it appealed to us and it's definitely on the list.

The requirements would be: 4-5 players max but probably best played with 2-3 people and preferably not to much more complicated than pandemic(anything rated above a 3.25 on board game geek for complexity is probably going to be a hard sell).
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Post Post #2605 (isolation #13) » Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:25 am

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Best with 3 is fine. Best with 4-5 is absolute max and probably wouldn't get played often. Doesn't have to be only 2 players.
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Post Post #2609 (isolation #14) » Wed Feb 15, 2017 12:47 pm

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what's wrong with hanabi?
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Post Post #2612 (isolation #15) » Wed Feb 15, 2017 1:14 pm

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consensus on san juan?
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Post Post #2618 (isolation #16) » Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:18 am

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Not enough mans for consistent Puerto Rico games
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Post Post #2622 (isolation #17) » Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:12 pm

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Mystic Vale on the short list. It seems really funny and it looks so fucking slick. The clear cards are such a cool idea.
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Post Post #2623 (isolation #18) » Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:41 pm

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Also I wish I had more friends that'd be interested in Millennium Blades. It looks so cool.
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Post Post #2629 (isolation #19) » Fri Feb 17, 2017 5:50 am

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Even if what Reck says is true, I think that's actually a selling point in my case, tbh.

The List

Order now because I'm just 100% sold on these: Onirim(good solo), Icecool(FLICKING PENGUINS THAT FUCKING BOUNCE), Mystic Vale(Dope as fuck gimmick and theme)
Order later once the games we just bought + the ones above start to get a little old: Letters of Whitechapel(hidden movement intro), Rococo(Make dresses/Jaipur level 2), 7 Wonders(maybe Duel)(a little bit better of a card drafting game then machi koro), CV(she seemed really interested, i'm 50/50), Hanamikoji (2 player, looks great)
Deep future/general interest from at least my side: Ticket to Ride/Splendor(just cause), Onitama(simply strategy), Tokaido(have a dope vacation!), Santorini(variable player powers in a strategy shell!!), Hanabi(the quiet game), Raptor(great theme), Five Tribes(versatile and good for introducing a few mechanics), Dominion(because it's not an LCG), Alhambra(classic), MechvMinions(these miniatures are dope), Sherlock Holmes(couch cuddle detectives), T.i.m.e stories (couch cuddle not detectives?), Love Letter(pocket game with a cool theme), Dead of Winter(won't consistantly have enough for the traitor game I really want), Sushi Go(pocket game), Coconuts(brainless, fun dexterity game), Specter Ops(the other hidden movement game i liked), Legendary: Marvel(co-op deck building with sperheroes seems good), sushi go(pocket game with a sushi theme), Carcassonne(classic), Catan/catan duel(classic), Neuroshima Hex(cool little strategy game I liked the look of that didn't seem too heavy), Aracne Academy(I am interested in card drafting and this looks dope), Forbiddan Desert/Island(co-op pandemic lite game that seems nice), Bill and Ted's Excellent Board Game(I have not idea what this is or how it plays but..bill and ted, ya know)

Super interested but it's just probably not in the works for various reasons(people limit, money limit, or way past the complexity threshold): Captain Sonar(8 people!!!), Millennium Blades(not sure how many prints this will get and not sure if i know people interested in this), Shadow of Camelot(people), Mage Knight(complex), Netrunner(money/interest of peopel I know), Kingdom Death: Monster(complex), Sekigahara(no one will play this with me)
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Post Post #2632 (isolation #20) » Fri Feb 17, 2017 6:20 am

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In post 2631, xRECKONERx wrote:Whitechapel is meh. I like it. But it's not fantastic?
What hidden movement game would you put above it?
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Post Post #2634 (isolation #21) » Fri Feb 17, 2017 6:47 am

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Catacombs is my tough sell list for a number of reasons. Long set up/rules phase that would be mostly my responsibility, complex looking enough to turn her off, no penguins, out of print(copies on amazon are 150), no weeble wooble penguins, also games like ice cool and coconuts appeal to me precisely because I can turn my brain all the way off for 30 minutes to an hour to smack some penguins around. Catacombs is not that. I am interested, I do think it's cool, there are just a lot of obstacles.
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Post Post #2636 (isolation #22) » Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:06 am

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Well, issue 1 is getting a copy of it is impossible. Their website is broken, not sure where or how to prepare order it, so the only option is buy it at an exorbitant price. Which is...I don't think this game is gonna be worth 6x more than ice cool.
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Post Post #2638 (isolation #23) » Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:40 am

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150 tho =((((
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Post Post #2647 (isolation #24) » Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:37 pm

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In post 2644, Gammagooey wrote:
In post 2638, PJ. wrote:150 tho =((((
mm, could have sworn I saw it for around $40 on board game geek or something but I guess that was just the expansion

You can get the new version (Catacombs and Castles) that's more 1v1 in a single big room (each player gets 2-4 heroes each) for around $75 USD being a late backer for their kickstarter and get that in March/April, but yeah if it's not $40-$60 it miiiight not actually be worth it for you for a while.

@reck- tbf we did play the stun monsters pretty wrong. i basically stunlocked one or two of you when I wasn't supposed to be able to do that.

There is a second edition copy for 60, but I kinda like the 3rd addition art.
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Post Post #2649 (isolation #25) » Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:42 am

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first playthrough of mystic vale has been daunting, i have a rules question though. How does the fertile soil deck wrk. Do I mix it with the level ones are they it's on seperate deal?
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Post Post #2651 (isolation #26) » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:12 am

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okay, so you can buy a fertile soil whenever?
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Post Post #2653 (isolation #27) » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:20 am

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cool, i think aside from that, the first playthrough was basically all correct, I couldn't find the fertile soil deal in the rules.

What's the right way to handle the discard pile? We just reshuffled once we ran out of cards to draw.
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Post Post #2656 (isolation #28) » Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:56 am

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Not that I could find.
In post 2654, xRECKONERx wrote:you mean from your own personal hand/deck?

it's like dominion rules

you reshuffle the discard pile when it runs out but if you already have cards in your "hand" or whatever you don't reshuffle those and you don't reshuffle the top visible card
This is what we did.

It's nice to know about the fertile soils tho.
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Post Post #2657 (isolation #29) » Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:11 am

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I went to board game night at the loval game store yesterday. I played Deus, Inis, and Love Letter. Inis is really cool, man. The theme is great, I love the drafting aspect, and i like that you can go a bunch of different ways to win. I didn't really like Deus, but it was one guy(who was...slow) teaching it to 3 people at once, so it took like 2 and a half hours. Which is tough when other people around you are playing games that you are kinda interested in, and you're stuck playing 1 game of Deus and you only have a limited time to play. Love Letter was awesome, for the record.
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Post Post #2658 (isolation #30) » Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:19 am

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Whoa, Rising Sun has made 1.5m on kickstarter in less than 24hours.
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Post Post #2660 (isolation #31) » Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:30 pm

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yeah, idk. it's supposed to be similar to Blood Rage, but like..Blood Rage is 60..so idk brother.
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Post Post #2661 (isolation #32) » Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:33 pm

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Also I played Evolution last night. It was fucking DOPE. I'm going to play Catacombs and Tokaido tonight, so that should be just as dope
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Post Post #2668 (isolation #33) » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:17 pm

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Yeah that's it. We didn't use the flight expansion because the owner was teaching 3 people how to play the base game and was newish himself, so he didn't want to add anything confusing

I got suckered into the dreaded "first play through of catacombs where no one read the rulebook" tonight. It was an objectively bad gaming experience. I am somewhat excited for the less dreaded 2nd and 3rd playthroughs but whatever. Also played tokaido, and it was also completely un-opened, everyone mostly fresh, but it's much lighter. I also had the joy of getting to play on their collector's edition of the game: with the miniatures that represent each available character, the music cd, and the metal coins. It was incredibly cool but has kinda spoiled me from buying a regular copy of tokaido.
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Post Post #2669 (isolation #34) » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:21 pm

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In post 2663, Untrod Tripod wrote:
In post 2660, PJ. wrote:yeah, idk. it's supposed to be similar to Blood Rage, but like..Blood Rage is 60..so idk brother.
I've got a copy of blood rage sitting unplayed right now. Planning on getting to that this weekend. Is it good?
I haven't played it. I'm a scrub board gamer, i'm just starting to play stuff. I just researched real hard into Rising Sun because it looked so damn cool.
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Post Post #2673 (isolation #35) » Thu Mar 09, 2017 6:07 am

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In post 2671, Untrod Tripod wrote:
In post 2668, PJ. wrote:I got suckered into the dreaded "first play through of catacombs where no one read the rulebook" tonight. It was an objectively bad gaming experience. I am somewhat excited for the less dreaded 2nd and 3rd playthroughs but whatever.
Maybe read the rules this time...? I can see how people could not like it, but it's not an "objectively bad" game. My first playthrough was pretty frustrating, but we were mistaken about a few key rules (like how stuns work) and when I played it with the actual rules it was a lot of fun
I think we're saying the same thing. 1 play through, everyone was digging through the rulebook the entire time. "Flick flick wait for rules flick flick are those rules right, let's check" is objectively not fun. The game is fine, the next few playthroughs should be cool.

How exactly DO stuns works because we couldn't find it.
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Post Post #2681 (isolation #36) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:00 am

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Board game night again last night, played colosseum and covert. Colosseum great, covert not great. I disliked covert from like...second 1. I never felt like a spy. Huge analysis paralysis on the early turns. No direct interaction with other individual players. Just like incidental contact.
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Post Post #2685 (isolation #37) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:45 pm

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Okay, I want an easy-ish worker placement game to add to my collection and learn/teach my girlfriend/other non-girlfriend people. I was thinking Kanagawa but I'm not sure how "worker placement"-y it is. Any suggestions?
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Post Post #2689 (isolation #38) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:05 pm

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i think Lords of waterdeep wins out i think because kanagawa is sold out every where online.
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Post Post #2691 (isolation #39) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 12:42 pm

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Bought Hanamikoji, Carcassonne, Lords of Waterdeep, and Tokaido. I've only played Tokaido of the 4, but Carcassonne is a award winning classic(some say dated but it'll provide an excellent basis for every tile laying game we play in the future), and hanamikoji is a cute little two player card game which is right up my girlfriend's alley. Lords of waterdeep is the only ? but I'm trusting the thread and it has more flavor than Stone Age. My girlfriend really wants to try Agricola, and I can't find the All creatures big and small edition, so I'm trying to work us up the worker placement tree. Gonna go with Lords of Waterdeep, then Rococo, then Agricola. Unless they reprint an easy version of Agricola again.
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Post Post #2697 (isolation #40) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:14 pm

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Keyflower is rated on BGG a whole pointment higher in complexity than LoW, basically in the same ballpark as agricola.
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Post Post #2699 (isolation #41) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:30 pm

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I haven't played any of the 3, so I can't really spoke for it. If Amazon didn't have Kanagawa on 300% mark up, I would of grabbed that. Also was looking at Kingsburg, Stone Age and Champions of Midgard. LoW simply got talked about most prior to placing my order.
Stone Age just looks very very generic.
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Post Post #2701 (isolation #42) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:33 pm

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Kanagawa is pretty. Also has nice components. And is Bruno Cathala. Also uses its theme well, which is what I hated about covert. Covert also didn't feel like worker placement
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Post Post #2703 (isolation #43) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:39 pm

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It's not really that lowly ranked. 7.4 is quite high.
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Post Post #2704 (isolation #44) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:43 pm

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It's average is higher than Jamaica and Abyss, the algorithm is just pushing it lower on the list due to it only having 1200 votes vs the 5000-10000 his over games have. It only has 1 edition, and is waiting for a second print run. Like I said earlier , most places sold out and it's 300% mark up on Amazon, so that's probably holding a lot of people back from playing it
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Post Post #2706 (isolation #45) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:51 pm

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Yeah, that's definitely why I came to the thread, because it didn't seem "worker placement"-y enough.
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Post Post #2710 (isolation #46) » Fri Mar 17, 2017 2:36 am

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She plays games a moderate amount, but mostly like minecraft. But yeah mykonian has the right of it. I need to be able to learn the game myself, then be able to teach her/help her also learn it within a reasonable amount of time. And beside level of difficulty, the other hurdle is she likes city building/farming stuff, basically minecrafty type things, which I have little interest in, so something like agricola or caverna where I have very little will to learn it and it's complicated enough to be a chore is just gonna be hard, especially if I'm not familiar with the mechanics myself being new to board games.

She digs stuff like uncharted and ni no kuni as well but I haven't really found board game equivalents to those.

Another weird thing is I'm trying to find stuff I like that she can get into because most of the board games I liked prior this year are basically abstract strategy or 2 player ccg beat the person in front of you games that she'd rather watch paint dry then play. For example, I'm massively interested in Millennium Blades but quite simply I have no play group.

But yeah, it's a weird space of not really knowing where the common ground is and not even knowing everything I enjoy, while also helping her get into it as well.
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Post Post #2722 (isolation #47) » Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:16 am

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Alright, I've been going to a board game meet up at my local store for about 2 months or so, and now I've played like 40 games. Only problem is now my list of stuff I want is large and fractured into two groups - stuff I can take to game night vs stuff that I would want around the house to play with my girlfriend and various friends/family. An example of what I mean: Power Grid. I played the deluxe europ version and I really really enjoyed, but it's something I just would never be able to get to the table outside of board game night. My girlfriend/sister/various non-board gamer friends are just simply not gonna want to play power grid. Which is fine, it's a mathy game but if I don't buy it, I have to rely on others to bring it and for me to not be in the middle of a game when they are finding people to play.

I think my favorite upper midweight-heavy games that I've played have are Colosseum, Inis, and Power Grid.

I think my lower weight games that I'm a big fan of are Tokaido, Adrenaline, Takenoko

For 2 players, I super enjoy hanamikoji. Jaipur is still pretty fun. And I played 7 wonders duel once and I thought it was an absolute blast and It's on my list of things to pick(I know pantheon is a must grab).

I found I'm not sure I enjoy co-op games(my sister also doesn't enjoy co-ops much). She doesn't like the end game state of a lost co-op(everyone sad) compared to the losing state of a competitive game(one person doing a dance, preferably me, and everyone else booing that person). But, we've only played Pandemic. Which might I know is the most popular co-op but maybe not the best? Quote from my sister: "the first game of pandemic, I basically felt like I was the pawn, not a player controlling the pawn".

Also found that 2 player abstract strategy games are probably entirely off the list as a "couples" game. Played Onitama with Alicia and it was like my little kung fu dudes were Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen, and whoever played Tong Po in Bloodsport and hers were the nameless mooks mowed down in the various kung fu movies of those guys.

Least favorite games so far have been Carcassone, Catan/Deus(catan was worse but they are p similar), and Covert.

Lords of Waterdeep, Potion Explosion, Broom Service, Celestia were other games that I can remember of the top of my head that I liked a alot/ did well with alicia?.

Any recommendations? Anything I should look into?
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Post Post #2726 (isolation #48) » Wed Apr 19, 2017 7:20 am

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In post 2723, Andrius wrote:
In post 2722, PJ. wrote:Colosseum
Not gonna lie, pretty jealous.
Before the reprint this thing was pretty hard to find.

How'd you like it? Was there a lot of downtime between turns? Did you find you were able to build/show the attractions you wanted to with a decent amount of work, or was it more finding stuff to match what you
could
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Panzer wrote:I found I'm not sure I enjoy co-op games(my sister also doesn't enjoy co-ops much).
Have you played any of the Co-op with a defector games?
I have friends who aren't keen on the co-op part but will play defector games for the paranoia/tension/chance to feed someone else to the zombies.
And I gotta say, if you're after the "one person doing a dance" feeling,
betraying
a whole table of people and watching their faces as they lose is the best dance.
Panzer wrote:Least favorite games so far have been Carcassone, Catan
I'm glad I'm not the only one who cringes whenever this thread goes on about how either of these is great.


We like Sushi Go (and Sushi Go Party). Fun little card game that has a ton of replayability.
7 Wonders (and Duel) are both great games for different size crowds.

I bought Alicia Sushi Go Party as part of her birthday present. She absolutely loves it, and I like how customizable it is. There's a ton of different ways to play and it feels like a bit of a different game if you mix the menus. I would be cool with playing regular 7 wonders but Duel is the only one i'd consider buying(also with the Pantheon exp)

I forgot, I had played Shadows over Camelot at a game night, and that IS pretty fun, but the 1st time our traitor joined late, and the second time our traitor was the only new player at the table so didn't get to be particularly traitorous. I've also played Betrayal at House on the Hill and Mysterium. For whatever, reason I forgot both of these, but at least with Mysterium and Shadows, I'm just never really gonna have enough people to play those games to their full compacity(both basically need 5-7). Betrayal played pretty fine with 4, so It'd probably be more in the realm of possibility. Betrayal was neat, but obviously less serious. Mysterium I really enjoyed cause imo, it is just strictly better than dixit(which, again imo, is strictly better than every other form of that apples to apples style game). Elder Sign in another, but i'm not a big c'thulu guy, and it was mostly unmemorable, tbh(aside from me being the dog guy and I had to sacrifice poor Duke). We won pretty easy, despite it supposedly being fairly difficult, again the theme didn't really do it for me, and i've played funner Yahtzee style games.


I loved Colosseum man. I got to play on a kickstarted version of the reprint, and the production value was wonderful. I felt that the downtime was very little, because of how the game is designed. The choices for your the first phase of the a round are pretty simple, buy some shit, roll the dice, move the mans, next player. That moves directly into an auction phase, which is obviously interactive, and then the trade phase, which is again interactive. I felt that, I *mostly* was able to make actions that were at least semi-desirable, with obviously a little changes of plan based on what bigger shows other people purchased(people can't purchase the same show from the show menu). So with a large portion of the game being interactive, you're never waiting around, dick in hand, for your turn. I really REALLY like this game man. I think it's my favorite, and I'm definitely pre-ordering the non-kickstarter reprint. I think it's been pushed back until Q3 of this year for retail.



Vi wrote:Go get a real co-op game.
Yes?

Chickadee wrote:
In post 2723, Andrius wrote:
Panzer wrote:Least favorite games so far have been Carcassone, Catan
I'm glad I'm not the only one who cringes whenever this thread goes on about how either of these 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.
I've looked into Letters at Whitechapel and there seemed to be a bit of excitement to that. Specter Ops is possibly also an easy sell. Fury of Dracula was a hard no because it takes fucking 4 hours.

Please let me know how Captain Sonor turns out. I've been dying to play it. Have you thought about just trying the 4 player varient?
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Post Post #2733 (isolation #49) » Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:43 pm

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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 think actually getting lancelot is better. Cause you can filter the black deck for cards hurt most.
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Post Post #2741 (isolation #50) » Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:20 pm

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I haven't played Dead of Winter, but I don't really like the concept of everyone having to act traitory to fulfill their side missions. And I believe that in Dead of Winter that there can also be multiple traitors? Also I don't understand there being a traitor in the first place from a thematic perspective. Why would anyone side with the zombies? That's weird. Again, haven't played it, but it just has a lot of question marks.


~~~
Why not just go with Legndary: Marvel instead of Sentinels of the multiverse? Instead of generic superhero-y stuff you get cards with the avengers on them. That has to be cooler, right?

~~~
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.

~~~

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?
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Post Post #2745 (isolation #51) » Thu Apr 20, 2017 1:28 am

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In post 2744, Faraday wrote:Robinson Crusoe is also really good, probably a bit more difficult but a fun experience. It's kind of fiddly and the old rule book was awful were the only negatives. Once you play a round it's not particularly complicated and fairly intuitive
This sounds like pretty good news. I'll keep an eye on more news about First Martians then, because it uses the same system as Crusoe with some updates and a few new dealies so I'm sure some of the fiddly-ness and bad rule book stuff might be worked out, and I kinda like the Mars theme better.
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Post Post #2747 (isolation #52) » Thu Apr 20, 2017 3:22 am

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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,
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Post Post #2750 (isolation #53) » Thu Apr 20, 2017 3:37 am

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I really, really dislike the scoring in carcassone. Alicia loves that like...we make the board, but also hates the scoring.

Catan is just.....bleh. played with like 6, or something. And it was just not fun. Got boxed in and just basically not allowed to do anything.
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Post Post #2753 (isolation #54) » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:23 am

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No, I mostly didn't like the farms bit.
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Post Post #2759 (isolation #55) » Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:32 am

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Right, I was talking to Yaw about this yesterday, there are some cooperative games that simply be "alpha gamer"ed into 1 person controlling all the actions. When we were teaching my sister Pandemic, we played two games, after the second she said after the first game she didn't really like it because she felt like she was the pawn on the table and not a player. The second game, once she got the rules, she was able to contribute and liked the game a lot better, but there 's definitely some personalities where people would be apt to take over the entire game cause they know what's right and everyone else doesn't, ect. He brought up liking games like Hanabi(and the new Hanabi-ish Beyond Baker Street), that are designed to not let that sort of thing happen. I believe there are also Co-Op games with secret action selection that help prevent that sort of thing. So if you aren't into the traitor games, there are still co-ops out there that aren't going to be alpha-gamer'd.
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Post Post #2761 (isolation #56) » Fri Apr 21, 2017 11:53 pm

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I kinda want to go to kingdom-con next weekend but I'd probably have to call in if I wanted to get my money's worth, but I called in two weeks ago =(.
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Post Post #2764 (isolation #57) » Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:10 am

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I think I'm only gonna be playing for like...6-7. Gonna go to kingdom con i think, spend some money, and bang around some dice hopefully. I kinda I could of called off last night and gone to the IDW demo this morning.
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Post Post #2766 (isolation #58) » Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:44 pm

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what do they like? Will they sit through rules? How many players?
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Post Post #2771 (isolation #59) » Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:47 pm

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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

Smaller(sometimes) group, actual boardgames: 7 Wonders, Mission Red Planet, Jamaica, Captain Sonar(sounds like it could be loud tho), Ticket to ride, Tokaido, San Juan, Takenoko
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Post Post #2774 (isolation #60) » Fri Apr 28, 2017 7:22 pm

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Nah but like....rules.

That's been my biggest hurdle about the video game > board game transition is that a video game doesn't have a "rules" phase, because the video game is programmed to process that stuff and you're just doing the inputs.

One game that feels A LOT like a video game is Potion Explosion, but tops out at 4.
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Post Post #2778 (isolation #61) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 3:37 am

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VI? Vi? What does Vi have against regular meeples?

I need to pick up the LoW expansion.
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Post Post #2781 (isolation #62) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 3:41 am

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Gotcha. What exactly is a VI firendly meeple?..eh...i'll google it
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Post Post #2786 (isolation #63) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 12:41 pm

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Welp 90 minutes in to kingdom con and it's the worst social experience of my life.
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Post Post #2788 (isolation #64) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:08 pm

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Playing ra, about to go to work
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Post Post #2789 (isolation #65) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:59 pm

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Did not like Ra. Game day mostly a bust.
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Post Post #2790 (isolation #66) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:56 pm

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Walking to the car, I'm like 85% sure I saw a wild monkey
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Post Post #2793 (isolation #67) » Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:32 pm

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I think Sushi Go just does it better. I don't like that not everything(beside momuments which obviously would have to stay) gets wiped during round change, because the game becomes a snowball mechanic and kinda kills the bidding aspect of the game and it's just the guys in the lead leveraging their lead by running through auctions as quick as possible. Basically Rd 1 was fun. But Rd 2 and 3 just become 1 or 2 players bashing the players behind by not letting pots collect more than 2 or 3 items. Also the spread of items just seems skewed. Idk, I'm sure people who've played it more than once will tell me I'm wrong and bad, and maybe that's true, but it felt real degenerate having to make bad bids to stop people from ending rounds prematurely.

Pedit: I want to try tash-kalar. I love evolution
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Post Post #2795 (isolation #68) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:30 am

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I think I'm gonna pick that up. Does it have microtransactions? Can you find games?
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Post Post #2797 (isolation #69) » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:14 pm

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I have a physical copy of onirim =)
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Post Post #2799 (isolation #70) » Mon May 08, 2017 11:52 am

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Indianapolis is FAR
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Post Post #2801 (isolation #71) » Mon May 08, 2017 5:09 pm

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I've only played regular 7 Wonders Duel. I played it once with my girlfriend and really liked it, i'm gonna look in to buying it.
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Post Post #2804 (isolation #72) » Tue May 16, 2017 11:09 am

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I think I'm playing fury of Dracula today
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Post Post #2806 (isolation #73) » Tue May 16, 2017 12:07 pm

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3? Is 2 bad?
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Post Post #2811 (isolation #74) » Tue May 16, 2017 1:27 pm

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It's alright. I like it better with no traitor
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Post Post #2814 (isolation #75) » Tue May 16, 2017 9:22 pm

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In post 2812, implosion wrote:(minor spoiler of one of the objective cards since we didn't look at them before playing)
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i played super recklessly/explicitly antagonistically because my (non-traitor) objective was that a certain number of characters had to die, and i just kept having to say "cmon guys plz trust me"
this is exactly what I don't like about it. The "there might be a traitor btw I have a traitory win-con and/or have to intentionally play sub-optimally so I can win". I feel like it goes out of it's way to create extra tension when the tension is already there when you wind up with a junk in the food pile or something.
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Post Post #2815 (isolation #76) » Tue May 16, 2017 9:30 pm

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We played Fury of Dracula with the basic rules (no rumors) because we were learning. It wasn't bad. It was long though and I can see a situation in which it wouldnt be that it would be frustrating. But hey, take my opinion with a grain of salt, Rhino Hero is my favorite game
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Post Post #2819 (isolation #77) » Wed May 17, 2017 10:13 am

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https://goo.gl/Jprp9d

I think it downplayed my like of "Social Fun" cause I think it ranks Social Fun highly in the "co-op" stuff but I could take or leave co-op. Any table I'm at always has banter because I mostly play with he shit talkers and talk shit, even if it's Mysterium. Like my table banter is high even if the game isn't like "yo guys let's have a table banter game". That's why Rhino Hero is great. Lots of banter that's not guaranteed by the rules.
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Post Post #2823 (isolation #78) » Wed May 17, 2017 1:04 pm

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Oh man, I didn't notice I had 4 pages of recommendations. This actually might be a lot better than I think I initially gave it credit for cause the games I've played on the recs were pretty great and the games that I haven't played are mostly games I was interested in, so I'm pretty happy.
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Post Post #2828 (isolation #79) » Wed May 17, 2017 1:38 pm

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It's kinda funny tho.
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Post Post #2835 (isolation #80) » Sat May 27, 2017 10:57 pm

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Guys, Ice Cool is the fucking best. Also very hard and janky.

I also got "above and below" and colosseum in the mail today. Excited for "Above and below" and more adrenaline!! And colosseum!!! I'm hype. Time to stayyyyy hype
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Post Post #2837 (isolation #81) » Sun May 28, 2017 2:05 am

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I want to try space alert. Also keyflower. No interest in the other 3. Too hard, too heavy.
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Post Post #2839 (isolation #82) » Sun May 28, 2017 2:15 am

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Not yet, no.
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Post Post #2840 (isolation #83) » Sun May 28, 2017 2:16 am

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Apparently my recs from Quantico have changed to a top 5 of cyclades, Marco polo, viticulture, blood rage and 5 tribes. I think I want all those games.
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Post Post #2842 (isolation #84) » Sun May 28, 2017 2:33 am

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Long and hard
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Post Post #2845 (isolation #85) » Sun May 28, 2017 2:50 am

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I think it might be in the used section at my lgs
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Post Post #2849 (isolation #86) » Sun May 28, 2017 10:00 am

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I really want to play Power Grid again. It was a bucket of fun it's just not a game I can get to the table on my own so I'll never buy it but man, I do wish someone would bring it.
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Post Post #2858 (isolation #87) » Mon May 29, 2017 7:11 pm

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In post 2853, Porochaz wrote:
In post 2803, Untrod Tripod wrote:Gloomhaven is real fuckin good
Gloomhaven a legacy game? We (our group) is currently playing Seafall, and whilst I don't see us not completing it, we are on game 5 and getting a bit disillusioned with it.

Yeah, Gloomhaven is legacy, campaign dungeon crawl. I think Seafall is just a bad game, I've only heard bad things and that's the first legacy game that guy made that wasn't made about an existing game.
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Post Post #2869 (isolation #88) » Tue May 30, 2017 5:18 pm

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I like Machi koro =[
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Post Post #2871 (isolation #89) » Tue May 30, 2017 9:27 pm

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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.
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Post Post #2879 (isolation #90) » Wed May 31, 2017 9:31 pm

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Yo, we played once with 6. And having to do 2 jobs was TENSE. but we called it because the enemy captain was cheating on accident. We then went to 8 and my job as first mate was far more boring, especially cause captain wasn't doing enough
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Post Post #2880 (isolation #91) » Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:01 am

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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?
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Post Post #2885 (isolation #92) » Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:59 pm

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I'm not sure it deserves best game ever hyoe, but I have had a pretty good time with pandemic legacy. We just got to May. Haven't read the set up yet. We have 0 funding tho. =(
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Post Post #2890 (isolation #93) » Sat Jul 08, 2017 8:25 pm

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Bought Unfair and Mission Red Planet.

Haven't played red planet yet but Unfair was pretty fun, but I could see it. being too mean for some people. I personally like take that so take that (ha) for what it's worth.

Monday gonna be the 3rd and POSSIBLY IF WE WIN 5 IN A ROW last seating of Pandemic Legacy. I'm excited. It's been exciting.

Oh idk if I told y'all but I played Arkham Horror LCG and Anachrony recently. Anachrony was worker placement on steroids. I loved it. I think that's gonna be my type of game. Big long complicated worker placement.

Arkham was...eh. its fine. I'm not particularly interested in the theme and there's just so much of it that you just can't get away from it. Played the whole base game campaign and walked away feeling completely meh about it. I like it best with 2.

Oh, I played Blokus on 4th of July and it was fucking great.
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Post Post #2892 (isolation #94) » Tue Jul 11, 2017 6:04 am

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We are in December. It is exciting
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Post Post #2894 (isolation #95) » Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:29 pm

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Guys, I finished pandemic legacy
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Post Post #2896 (isolation #96) » Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:32 pm

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Yeah, I need to replace half the group. It's shitty cause I liked 3/4th of our group a lot but the of the good 4ths is movie to Maryland next month. And the bad 4th is not invited,
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Post Post #2900 (isolation #97) » Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:16 pm

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Social deduction games are stupid.
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Post Post #2902 (isolation #98) » Fri Jul 28, 2017 6:14 am

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i know...I quit mafia but somehow stayed here. It was probably a mistake, but a mistake I'm committed to.
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Post Post #2911 (isolation #99) » Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:50 pm

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i want to play
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Post Post #2913 (isolation #100) » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:27 pm

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Yo, I'd totes be down for a weird board game mini meet anywhere in socal.
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Post Post #2918 (isolation #101) » Fri Aug 18, 2017 7:21 am

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Dude...I have played board games in 3 weeks. I need it. NEED. IT. Idk what I even want to play. I just want to play.
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Post Post #2920 (isolation #102) » Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:38 am

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It's long and hard. I think if I want long and hard I want it to be harder? Idk, the guy I know that has tform Mars just got wasteland express so Mars might he a while
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Post Post #2921 (isolation #103) » Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:38 am

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But yeah mars, wasteland, and scythe are on the big game Tuesday friend list
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Post Post #2924 (isolation #104) » Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:15 pm

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In post 2922, GreyICE wrote:Fucking Scythe.

Why.
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Post Post #2927 (isolation #105) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:41 am

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Ok, I haven't played it, but there's enough hype to justify wanting to.
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Post Post #2956 (isolation #106) » Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:52 pm

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In post 2928, zoraster wrote:Looking for a suggestion for my family's yearly week long vacation. Need to add a
5 player game
(6 players is also great, but 5 is our most normal number of players). We play a lot of board games while on vacation, but it's been sort of particular on what games have found major success.

Here have been games that we've ended up playing a lot of:
1. 7 Wonders. By far our most played game, it involves strategy, the concurrently playing mechanic works nicely, it never feels too much like any individual player is "out of it,"
2. Ticket to Ride. We don't play this one any more because we overplayed it, but it was a good match.
3. Castles of Mad King Ludwig. In particular my wife likes this game.
4. Dominion. We've had fun with this, but even with 4 players it really moves too slowly.
5. Five Tribes. Inexplicably doesn't have five players.

We've played a lot of games that have been enjoyable but haven't really caught on like Smallworld.


Types of games that won't work:
1. Cooperative games. If the game ever risks having a quarterback, it won't work, with or without a traitor.
2. Thematic games (games that rely on their theme, story telling, etc. to make the game fun.)
3. "Silly" games like party games. It has to have some element of strategy.
4. Games that last longer than 2 hours, and it'd preferably be 60 or fewer minutes though it's not required.
5. Non-repeatable games. Likely goes along with thematic
6. Preferably no games with shifting alliances. I don't want to hear my father and his brother try and convince us to gang up on the other the entire game (e.g. no cosmic encounter).

I've thought about adding a worker placement game, but not sure that's the best road to go down.
Define shifting alliances? Does this basically mean any game in which player interact with one another or does it specifically mean "we are partners" type gameplay?(i've never play cosmic encounter)

If interaction is allowed Mission: Red Planet is a pretty great game. Area control/hand management and the simultaneous action selection keeps the pace BRISK.

Alhambra is a pretty cool family weight game as well as Bohnanza. They might be on the simpler end though.



I also second Roll for the Galaxy(the first game is gonna be a shit show because of all the symbols) and Evolution(although evolution can definitely have people gang up on the other - but simultaneous action variant can keep this brisk)
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@ LLD: How is Code of Nine? It's on super sale at my lgs with Eminent Domain.

Also was wondering if I should buy modern art despite hating Ra
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Post Post #2958 (isolation #107) » Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:18 pm

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I think you're the only person in the world that feels that way. I've explicitly only heard the opposite
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Post Post #2959 (isolation #108) » Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:24 pm

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Oh also completely independent of both that.

I played Castles of Burgundy, it was real fun(only plays 4 tho =() but I was definitely thinking about picking up the Card Game version cause i've heard it's largely the same game but faster.

Also saw the new Eric Lang Giodfather game and was definitely looking at that cause Thug Placement.
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Post Post #2962 (isolation #109) » Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:38 pm

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In post 2960, chamber wrote:Is it your opinion first hand? I think I could provide plenty of counter examples. Its certainly true of my game group, for instance, but I also think original race is one of the most played games on boardgame arena? I also think its substantially higher ranked on BGG.

I've never played Race. Dice Tower are big Roll guys. Most of the people around here seem to only bring Roll to the table and never Race.

Also they are rated about the same on BGG. mid 40s.
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Post Post #2963 (isolation #110) » Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:41 pm

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In post 2961, chamber wrote:
In post 2959, PJ. wrote:I played Castles of Burgundy, it was real fun
What? Ok we have incompatible tastes. This is the worst game in the top 100 on BGG.
Captain sonor in the top 100
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Post Post #2969 (isolation #111) » Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:42 pm

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In post 2964, chamber wrote:I admit I haven't played everygame in the top 100. I -hate- some games in the top 100. (dead of winter to name 1). Its worse than all of the ones I've played or seen played. That includes captain sonor.
I've only played 16 of them and have only seen like 10 more (with varying levels of me actually paying attention) and I can say for certain that I don't think castles of burgundy is even remotely close to the worst game in the top 100.

I like it better than Arkham Horror card game, captain sonor, base pandemic, dead of winter maybe (had one awful experience and 1 p good one with this game but it has potential for me to hate), and I'm fairly certain I'd like it better than Dominion, legendary:alien, and Clank (not a deck builder guy and despite liking legendary marvel, I didn't like it as much as castles); trajan didn't look appetizing cause the rondel is bizarre; ti3, eclipse, and Terra mystica don't seen like my kind of games(long and complicated).

It's probably not a top 10 game that i've played (I've probably only played like 50) but it's probably comfortably in the top half.

Edit: massive underestimate of the games I've played, whoops.
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Post Post #2970 (isolation #112) » Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:30 pm

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Deep dove to figure out how many games I've played. I got to exactly 100, but I'm probably forgetting some also some are stretch, like monopoly.

I am fairly certain that castles is in my top 50 if not my top 25.
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Post Post #2986 (isolation #113) » Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:07 am

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Lords of waterdeep would be totally fine. Might need the expansion to be good with 5 tho
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Post Post #2993 (isolation #114) » Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:31 am

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thedicetower has a podcast and a lot of their contributors also have podcasts
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Post Post #2996 (isolation #115) » Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:18 pm

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Forgot about shut up and sit down. Their YouTube stuff is real good.
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Post Post #2998 (isolation #116) » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:49 pm

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Played Corleone's Empire tonight it's pretty damn good.
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Post Post #3005 (isolation #117) » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:17 pm

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I'm pretty sure that's death note's area of expertise, if I'm not mistaken.
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Post Post #3007 (isolation #118) » Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:33 pm

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I'm not sure what a "gimmick" or game show would look like, but I think a hang out and play, definitely has a market but it's over saturated with bad ones. Shut up sit down has a few, dice tower is okay(game plays are their worst videos imo), and everyone knows tabletop, but the market is basically cornered with those three. Everything else is pretty bad, not a fan of Watch It Played (I do like the how to play videos they do tho) and Rahdo seems like he mostly does rules talkthroughs. So yeah, it's real hard to get even a decently popular, "let's play board games" situation, simply because it's a lot of work and tabletop is so good with the guests and the production value and it's a very narrow audience pool.
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Post Post #3014 (isolation #119) » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:00 am

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If I'm being honest, unless someone tells me that's it's real good, I won't watch it unless a weird series of stipulations are met(I'm not looking for a review or a how to, it's a game that tabletop AND SU&SD, and i have 30+ minutes to kill and nothing better to kill it with).
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Post Post #3017 (isolation #120) » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:12 am

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I'm completely unfamiliar with RT(aside from some red vs blue from like 15 years ago), I feel like watching some of the Shut Up Sit Down gameplays would be a good idea. The tone seems to fit with what rooster teeth does. Take queues from tabletop since you'll have some decent production situation. Also i can't stress game selection enough. Like non-rooster teeth fans are just going to type in "(game title) lets play" or some kind variation of that, and if tabletop is in the top 5 videos, they will probably click that 9 out of 10 times.

pedit: don't have this guy with the deep voice and sport coat on, he sucks. I apologize if this guy is your buddy.
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Post Post #3022 (isolation #121) » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:46 am

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Yeah, that's another issue with game selection. You want the game at it's core to be easy to understand and interesting. The heaviest games they have played on tabletop are all easier to understand conceptually then the mechanics would lead on. For example, Fury of Dracula is hide and seek, Eldritch Horror is a long story telling/horror game, and Dead of Winter is zombie survival /w maybe a traitor. Those are all games which have in-depth mechanics but the premise is easy to get behind. Also, the production value of the game itself is probably important.

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also, one thing that I heard from UT's podcast, is if the game makes you do fun things, it'll probably be fun which probably means it'll be fun to watch. So dexterity games could work.
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Post Post #3025 (isolation #122) » Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:08 am

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pandemic is probably better with people. i liked playing legacy with 4 a lot.
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Post Post #3027 (isolation #123) » Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:31 am

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it is. You just solve the puzzle. It's fine, but I'm not in a hurry to play it outside of the 12-20 games i'll play for each legacy version. other than that i'm like...no ty on versions of pandemic or either of the forbidden games.
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Post Post #3054 (isolation #124) » Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:43 am

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In post 3053, xRECKONERx wrote:also target's doing b2g1 on boardgames rn
Just chiming into say that this isn't nearly as lame as it sounds, if you were like me and gave it a look while condescendingly thinking "thanks reck for this sick ass deal on carcassone, ticket to ride, and catan"

There are some pretty sweet non-mainstream games up for this promo. So like, actually give this a look.
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Post Post #3057 (isolation #125) » Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:26 pm

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Equinox likes it.

But just know it's campaign based, so limited plays.
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Post Post #3058 (isolation #126) » Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:27 pm

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In post 3055, Chickadee wrote:Ooooo! I love when they do this promotion! I've had my eye on Sonar for a while. I love Captain Sonar, but finding 8 people is hard.

FYI - their board game selection is much better online than it typically is in store.
For sure, got Torres, Seikatsu, and Santorini.
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Post Post #3065 (isolation #127) » Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:17 pm

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My friend has gloomhaven on the way, Idk when we are gonna dig into legacy 2.
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Post Post #3070 (isolation #128) » Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:44 pm

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Yeah, both kickstarters were complete before I got into gaming but I'd super want to play/buy this at some point down the line. I really like the Berserk-esque feel to the art and honestly would probably just play the game solo, mage knight style.
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Post Post #3072 (isolation #129) » Sat Nov 04, 2017 5:35 am

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dude i can't wait til my buddy gets his copy and i gloomhaven my way through some shit.
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Post Post #3079 (isolation #130) » Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:45 pm

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We had coda black
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Post Post #3084 (isolation #131) » Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:00 am

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It really makes Dixie obsolete for me. Also kinda makes codenames obsolete for me
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Post Post #3103 (isolation #132) » Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:39 am

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how much does it cost/
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Post Post #3105 (isolation #133) » Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:53 am

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send me 4.99
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Post Post #3111 (isolation #134) » Wed Jan 31, 2018 10:14 am

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Sentient is my jam
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Post Post #3121 (isolation #135) » Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:32 am

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Only buy legacy if the plan is to play 12 to 24 games of pandemic with the same exact people.
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Post Post #3126 (isolation #136) » Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:37 pm

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I agree legacy map is better
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Post Post #3129 (isolation #137) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:54 am

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I howled in laughter, but unfortunately dispatcher is one of the starting roles =(

I know this because I was dispatcher for all of legacy, "Rap Monster"
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Post Post #3133 (isolation #138) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:36 am

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we played most the game with 2 completely stationary characters.
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Post Post #3140 (isolation #139) » Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:26 am

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Where is bggcon?
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Post Post #3145 (isolation #140) » Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:55 am

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shoulda been rap monster

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Post Post #3156 (isolation #141) » Tue Mar 13, 2018 3:48 am

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In post 3155, chamber wrote:The solution to that is just not play munchkin.
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Post Post #3162 (isolation #142) » Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:50 am

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In post 3161, shaft.ed wrote:Ive found it easier to limit my friends to the size of my furniture
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Post Post #3164 (isolation #143) » Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:17 am

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That's actually the less funny answer tbh. If you are playing something that requires more space than you have, go somewhere with space. A lot of places will have space for free or a small price(buy a coffee, a milk tea, a beer, ect.)
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Post Post #3166 (isolation #144) » Tue Mar 13, 2018 1:24 pm

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lol. Also like..alternative answer is like...clean your floor and get some cushions.
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Post Post #3168 (isolation #145) » Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:16 pm

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i played the first few chapters. It's decent but I just can't get behind the theme.
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Post Post #3171 (isolation #146) » Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:06 pm

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D&D is definitely not as good as Charterstone.
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Post Post #3175 (isolation #147) » Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:48 pm

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More like comparing eating actual shit to eating something that isn't actually shit. D&D is the worst.
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Post Post #3177 (isolation #148) » Fri Mar 23, 2018 1:14 pm

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Nah, D&D people are typically garbage people. Go to a local game night. You'll probably fit right in.
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Post Post #3179 (isolation #149) » Fri Mar 23, 2018 2:36 pm

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"Creeped" is a strong term when you've posted links and the very video I took a screen from on this site. But that's fine. I should remember not to click show post.
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Post Post #3183 (isolation #150) » Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:29 am

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D&D is only as good as the people that you play with, and i've never been around or been in a group without at least one time wasting shitto, whiny idiot, or someone who built a character who is actually useless. Chances are if you don't have any of those things in your group, it's you. D&D is theoretically a good game, but rarely in practice.
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Post Post #3187 (isolation #151) » Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:44 am

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In post 3184, Firebringer wrote:Ever thought u were the person that makes dnd bad?
I'm sure by someone's standards, sure. Around the 8th minute of someone explaining their backstory(or the 1st minute of the inevitable re-explanation) or talking to a npc about something completely menial and general time wasting, I start playing hearthstone on my phone. TAZDINGO!

And to that end, the MS online D&D was actually the most enjoyable, cause despite it being more filled with garbage, I was in my house so I could play fifa and eat snacks and wait for the good parts in the comfort of my own home
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Post Post #3189 (isolation #152) » Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:58 am

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And Social deduction games are the worst board games. So like...there you go, I guess. Social deduction games are at least short, usually.
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Post Post #3213 (isolation #153) » Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:45 pm

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In post 3212, Porochaz wrote:This War of Mine - Game 2 - So I tried again with my 3 intrepid explorers, it's going better, we are through the first third of the game. My OG3 are in quite a bad way, we picked up a kid along the way - saved him from his alcoholic parents and he's a bit of a pain in the ass doesn't do anything except eats my food. I also gained a firefighter, who saved our ass when a crowd outside tried to behead someone and we objected (Im no fun, apparently). They are all freezing cold and at least one is probably going to die.

Other "ahem" highlights -
I buried some childs baby brother
I stole some stuff from hobo's who knifed me
I ate some peaches
Someone stole all my stuff I had found, then came back when I found more stuff and stole it again
I collected water, and it was an achievement.

I mean I realise noone cares about my summaries, but I like to post them.
i care, please keep posting them.
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Post Post #3222 (isolation #154) » Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:05 pm

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Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
codenames
Mysterium
Concept
shadows over camelot
werewords
dead of winter
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Post Post #3226 (isolation #155) » Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:00 pm

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It's really the only social deduction game I find acceptable. I *kind* of like resistance depending on player group because it's mafia-lite, but I really am not a fan of the genre. I DID like werewords quite a bit tho and also think it's superior to mafia.

Traitor games are okay but I've never found one that I liked for an extended period (dead of winter is better without a traitor, shadows is cool until you figure out the trick, BSG is too long and quite a few games have been ruined an hour in by "what's a cylon?", dark moon just sucks).

I think the hidden movement 1 vs all games are pretty fun and super tense if you guys are into that sort of thing.

But ever group is different. Definitely look at all the games suggested but also go on board game geek and use the tags to find games similar to what your group already likes.don't be afraid to do some independent research. MOST games will have YouTube tutorials/playthroughs/explanations that will help you get a feel for it.

Oh, I'm not a fan (because I think the game is ONLY fun with 6), but you guys might also like Captain Sonar.
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Post Post #3298 (isolation #156) » Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:45 pm

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Some haunts just take to god damn long though. Like the item one.
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Post Post #3300 (isolation #157) » Sat Aug 11, 2018 2:52 am

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I think the one I'm referring to is widow walk
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Post Post #3306 (isolation #158) » Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:17 pm

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In post 3305, Randomnamechange wrote:i have it but dont rly use it id be down to play with scummers tho
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Post Post #3311 (isolation #159) » Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:54 am

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Yeah fury of Dracula is 2-3 hours long..if I recall correctly.

Having a 10 year old be constantly engaged for that long might be tough. Set up is 15 minutes by itself. Explaining the rules the first time is gonna be a awful.
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Post Post #3314 (isolation #160) » Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:55 am

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Inis is really great.
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Post Post #3315 (isolation #161) » Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:58 am

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Betrayal is fun and age fine. It's pretty campy, but the rules can sometimes be a little dicey especially because in many scenarios someone has to basically figure out the haunt by themselves and no one else knows what they are doing, so that could be dicey with kids.
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Post Post #3316 (isolation #162) » Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:58 am

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Unclear rules + secret rules, would be my warning.

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Post Post #3335 (isolation #163) » Thu Mar 28, 2019 10:55 am

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Social deduction =(

Means it's bad. =(
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Post Post #3339 (isolation #164) » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:48 pm

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In post 3337, BBmolla wrote:
In post 3335, PJ. wrote:Social deduction =(

Means it's bad. =(
Social Deduction literally just means it’s some sort of mafia clone
And mafia sucks.
Idk, there's like...1 good social deduction game. Murder in Hong Kong
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Post Post #3346 (isolation #165) » Fri Mar 29, 2019 11:53 pm

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I have not, but I've heard very good things about it.
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Post Post #3348 (isolation #166) » Sat Mar 30, 2019 1:16 am

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Escape room with a board game theme sounds very weird. I'm not actually sure what to tell you to expect. Typically the themes are more concrete - like mafia, willy wonka, super heroes, houdini, etc.

I feel like expect chess? But Idk man.
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Post Post #3350 (isolation #167) » Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:43 am

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game room sounds like chess and billards, yeah. Also still sounds like a boring as shit theme. I hope they just bring you into a room with a plastic table and give you one of those escape room board games.
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Post Post #3352 (isolation #168) » Sat Mar 30, 2019 6:47 am

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Oh, I wasn't implying they are bad or not worth the money. Just thought it'd be very funny. We played like..half the wizard of oz one.in between escape rooms once, it was very fun.
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Post Post #3363 (isolation #169) » Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:11 am

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I don't think Sagrada is mediocre =(
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Post Post #3365 (isolation #170) » Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:57 am

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I think the "party" version of sushi go is pretty magnificent even though it makes it a little less portable
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Post Post #3377 (isolation #171) » Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:03 pm

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i definitely just thought argent wasx a different game than it is. looks weird and way too heavy
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Post Post #3387 (isolation #172) » Mon Aug 05, 2019 6:11 am

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Co-ops are normally trash and I'd rather not play them but if I'm forced to play them, please quarterback me so I don't have to actually pay attention or learn the rules.
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Post Post #3406 (isolation #173) » 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 #3415 (isolation #174) » Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:07 am

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Board games have made it, guys.
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Post Post #3417 (isolation #175) » 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 #3419 (isolation #176) » 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 #3429 (isolation #177) » Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:23 am

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You should like...materialize 6 more people and play telestrations
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Post Post #3430 (isolation #178) » Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:29 am

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Maybe Avenue might work.

But for real, I think the simplest games are party games, but like..that means you need a party. I could see her liking telestrations (literally telephone pictionary that ether runs on this site), fake artist in new york (spy fall with bad drawing), or even something like sheriff of Nottingham.
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Post Post #3445 (isolation #179) » Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:27 pm

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Inis is really damn good.

I haven't played scythe though.

I have weird taste in games I think (or I might be basic, I actually don't know)
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Post Post #3446 (isolation #180) » Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:29 pm

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In post 3440, xRECKONERx wrote:I've never played it but it seems like one of those games you own exactly one in that genre/scale and that's it
Again, haven't played Scythe but I feel generally the opposite. The dudes at my shop that play big euros like that generally seem to be like "I only play big euros" and the people that don't, just play other shit. Like they feel like "train game guy" or "war game guy" where it's like, I like this niche thing and that's it and everything else sucks.
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Post Post #3448 (isolation #181) » Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:38 pm

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I heard bad things about clank but I heard clank in space fixed it.
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Post Post #3458 (isolation #182) » Sat Sep 14, 2019 5:14 pm

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i've only played pandemic legacy s1 and it was a blast and only legacy game i've heard bad things about is seafall
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Post Post #3466 (isolation #183) » Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:34 am

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Judging simply by BGG, Android Mainframe seems worth staying away from. Game seems not very well liked/popular and is a reimplementation of another game that seems not very well liked/popular.
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Post Post #3467 (isolation #184) » Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:35 am

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I've only heard good things about tash-kalar tho.
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Post Post #3475 (isolation #185) » Tue Oct 08, 2019 9:14 pm

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Race is so good.
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Post Post #3485 (isolation #186) » Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:14 pm

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In post 3477, inte wrote:played the first couple missions of mechs v minons. it seems pretty fun

any recs for other coops. medium complexity at most pls
Space alert, whichever deck builder one appeals to you(legendary, sentinels, etc), maybe
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Post Post #3489 (isolation #187) » Sun Oct 20, 2019 7:52 pm

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In post 3487, Faraday wrote:ghost stories is a fantastic co-op. last bastion a fantasy re-theme (and maybe reworking? dunno) just came out.

other reccomended co-ops are robinson crusoe (which isn't medium, I think? just due to the kind of badly written rulebook to some degree tbh) or any of the pandemic series of games, legacy if you like campaign shit.
I heard Robinson crusoe is p complicated. Same with the Mars game that guy made.
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Post Post #3491 (isolation #188) » Mon Oct 21, 2019 4:31 am

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Seriously look at space alert. If you liked the movement programing of mvm, you might dig the real time gimmick + programming of space alert.
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Post Post #3499 (isolation #189) » Fri Dec 06, 2019 3:59 pm

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I pity the fool that buys shadows over camelot.
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Post Post #3507 (isolation #190) » Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:52 am

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If it's longer than 90 minutes, it's too long
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Post Post #3525 (isolation #191) » Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:22 am

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In post 3521, hasdgfas wrote:
In post 3515, Equinox wrote:
In post 3507, PJ. wrote:If it's longer than 90 minutes, it's too long
any game shorter than 120 minutes does not feel like a game was played.
Past 120 minutes a game has to be very special to hold my attention.
This is probably my absolute limit for a game. Once you're cutting into that 2hr+ area of time(and even really 2 hours flat), the game needs to be as fun as playing 2 games. I just hate when I'm in like..minute 97 and I'm just like "man..this is kinda boring. The game seems pretty much set to be decided a certain way. I really wish I didn't have another 37 minutes of this." And I'm just sitting there, grinding out the end of this game in the name of politeness, while thinking to myself, "I'd really rather have been playing an entire game of Evolution or something"
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Post Post #3531 (isolation #192) » Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:15 am

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Besides 7 wonders: Citadels, Formula D, Captain Sonar(ugh so bad), Shadows over Camelot, and Mysterium(this might be considered a party game).
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Post Post #3545 (isolation #193) » Sun Jan 19, 2020 6:03 am

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People will play worker placement games but not PLACE themselves at work, smh.
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Post Post #3556 (isolation #194) » Wed Jan 22, 2020 6:21 am

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In post 3549, chamber wrote:
In post 3547, Vi wrote:
In post 3546, Lady Lambdadelta wrote:Argent is so fun.

People who have TTS can play it online if they want? Cpuld setup an MS game night for Argent.
I have TTop, and have played Argent with it.

Playing the game with five people or with more than two new players would likely stretch the definition of game "night" fwiw.
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Post Post #3578 (isolation #195) » Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:11 am

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Welcome to board game nights where you let people being things
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Post Post #3587 (isolation #196) » Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:28 am

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I dont understand why anyone would play Catan when Colosseum exists.
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Post Post #3593 (isolation #197) » Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:43 am

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7 wonders is pretty great, intro or otherwise.

Mysterium is a fun party game.

Potion Explosion is probably an under talked about and underutilized light weigh/ intro game. It's perfect for people who like video games, especially something like puyo puyo or bubble bobble.
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Post Post #3594 (isolation #198) » Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:50 am

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I'd try to get lords of waterdeep or one of it's knock offs to the table too. Maybe the DnD branding might help.

Also, again, colosseum is just better Catan and I don't understand why anyone has played Catan since 2007.
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Post Post #3600 (isolation #199) » Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:07 am

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I recommend clank in space
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