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Me and my friends are more into the board games that are more..."user-input," I guess you could call them. Apples to Apples (and it's dirty cousin Cards Against Humanity), Pictionary, etc. Therefore I have trouble relating to all this. Like one time someone brought Risk and they were all like LOLNO...
A game I recommend, and one that I know has been recommended by others, is Quelf. It's pretty crazy, and I like all the various aspects it combines. One of my favorite aspects is the fact that there are "Roolz" cards, which are like rules which can either apply to everyone or one person. They can twist up the game pretty well and make a new experience every time.There will be no kisses tonight
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Went to an auction today and got a whole stack of (fairly old) board games. a One-Eyed Jack board, Tripoley, Scrabble, and "Fat Chance" which involves pawns called "Fat Men" and a scale. OH GOODNESS.There will be no kisses tonight
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I watched Tabletop Ep. 1! I thought Small World was extremely complex at first but now I get it. On a design level, I think it could have benefitted from having either the board or the actual tokens be less colorful; everything kind of blends together.There will be no kisses tonight
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Yeah that one. I want to go see but like, why would I go that far south? I imagine I'll go there on one of my free finals week days.
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A few days ago I played Lord of the Rings. God it was tedious, I don't know if I want to play it again. I like how the fellowship travelling with the ring gave Risk a time limit.
Hopefully it acts as a sort of gateway game; it was the most strategic game we've played.There will be no kisses tonight
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Not as serious, but any new party game ideas to play at a non-alcoholic New Year's Eve party? Cards Against Humanity will definitely be played, and we got some Walmart-style party board games to play as well. I want to finagle some 1000 Blank White Cards and Mafia in there, but it might be an uphill battle.There will be no kisses tonight
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MY TABLE IS BETTER
Also did anyone see Tabletop's Resistance episode? That was probably one of the best yet. Maybe I'm biased because I am on MAFIAscum after all and the two games are kinda relatable.There will be no kisses tonight
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OR DINNER GUESTS. YES, DINNER GUESTS.
And I think maybe this could be good for like Arkham Horror and such like as?
EDIT: Actually, the probablem when I have a big group isn't the size of the table, it's not enough chairsThere will be no kisses tonight
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I got the Survivor Board Game, no pieces missing, for $2 at a garage sale. So exciting.
Also there was Pokemon Monopoly at an auction but they sold a huge pile of boardgames and some woman bought them all. Defeated.
But I did buy another pile which made me pretty happy. Had children's favorites Lucky Ducks and Don't Break the Ice, plus Smart Ass, which is a great party game. And TWO SPIROGRAPHS AND A LITE BRITE WAHHAAAAH CHILDHOOD RELIVING HAPPENING SOONThere will be no kisses tonight
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We played Lord of the Rings Risk once. I thought I was terrible but I ended up winning somehow. Albeit the players weren't really Risk "geniuses..."
That game was nice though because it had a time limit; every turn the eponymous ring would advance across the map and the game would end once it hit Mt. Doom. There were fun cards that impacted this and such.There will be no kisses tonight
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So. Results.
On Wednesday I got Settlers of Catan, which was 37.80 at Target, and I think that's the lowest price for an in-store retail. I was nervous because I didn't know if my friends would like it at all, but I did want it in my collection anyway so I bought it.
Turns out...it was a good investment! We played the first game with the beginning setup and while it was a very slow process, it was enjoyable. For the second game we completely randomized everything. That started out very slow due to dice rolls but it ended up being quite a fun experience. I can definitely see how people may think it can get boring though.
Strangely enough, we tried the Resistance afterwards as I said, and it did not go over well. The Spies won both turns, but it was more due to general derpiness than actual deception.
I think since Catan was so well liked I'm going to get Agricola. It's pretty expensive but I love the mechanic and I think it is similar in all the right ways to Catan.There will be no kisses tonight
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We played again, for the first time with four players. Since the new player was...well new, we did the beginning setup again. Though this isn't my picture, it's basically this:
I played as orange and got really stuck in the beginning of the game, as I was completely cut off from ore for all of it. However, using my massive quantities of wheat and sheep, I was able to buy a huge amount of development cards until I had four of the five victory point cards and the largest army, bring me to 8. The new player, who was blue, won; I think blue won our first game too.
It's still super fun, and we really haven't breached much of the randomly-generated setups yet.
I think I will hold off on Agricola for the time being, but I might get Ticket to Ride. It's not very similar to Catan, but it's simple like it, with new strategies to discover. I think they'll like it.There will be no kisses tonight
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Reck, what do YOU recommend I get for my budding group? It's a solid group of 3 that sometimes has four or five or even expands to upwards of seven. So far we've only really liked Catan, we don't seem to have whatever skill is needed for the Resistance.There will be no kisses tonight
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i read the the description on BGG, and it just doesn't sound like my group would like that. I guess I should pinpoint what they enjoy about Catan. I guess I can say that I'm pretty certain they will also enjoy Ticket to Ride.There will be no kisses tonight
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They play magic like once. a year. lol. but they both like it, it's just not a big hobby.
What about this year's Spiel des Jahres winner, Kingdom Builder? It looks somewhat graphically similar to Catan, and has similarity with the modularity.There will be no kisses tonight
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So Hanabi won Spiel des Jahres. Anybody played this? It seems like people are saying it's more of a cooperative brain challenge than a game. It is pretty inexpensive however.There will be no kisses tonight
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So I asked my friends over Facebook what they liked about Settlers:
Strategy - yay you really narrowed it down
Trading - Surprisingly, there isn't a lot according to BGG, but I'm getting Bohnanza. I think my group will really like it, plus it's very inexpensive. I mean, there are other suggestions, but they seem a lot weightier than Catan, and my group is sort of poking at how "hard" they believe it is, so I don't want to escalate too fast.
Sheep - Unfortunately, BGG doesn't have any way to find games which involve sheep. ...any suggestions?
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I got Bohnanza and Hey, That's My Fish!, which hasn't been discussed onsite so far as I can see. I mean, it's pretty simple, almost juvenile, but it's reminiscent of Catan with hexes and randomization, and it involves penguins which are one of my friend's favorite animals.There will be no kisses tonight
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So reading through the thread and seeing Reck's earlier complaints about TTR, I think that exactly encompasses what my group needs: a game where no matter whose turn it is, everyone is at least somewhat involved. For example, in Catan even when it isn't your turn, the dice might give you resources to ponder, and trades will happen, and all this in addition to possible building on the board. Looking at my list of potential buys, I think Puerto Rico and Dominion encapsulate this, but what about 7 Wonders?
I was about to buy Carcassonne after pondering FOREVER with the long list, but after this realization I'm definitely not so certain. I think we'll end up playing some games tonight maybe, so I'll see how a game like Hey, That's My Fish goes before I make another purchase.There will be no kisses tonight
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Sorry to keep spamming my travails in this thread but:
We played Hey, That's My Fish! tonight and one of the first things we noticed was the lack of talking, which wasn't regarded as a completely bad thing per se, but I think we'd much rather prefer talking and interaction. We didn't get around to Bohnanza, but I think we might tonight.There will be no kisses tonight
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After approximately 10 million hours of deliberation, I'm ordering the following games:
Love Letter - it is /r/boardgames' Game of the Week, plus it looks fairly simple, which is great for my group, and it has the role-selection mechanics of games that I'd like to try later on (Lost Temple, Citadels, Puerto Rico)
Saboteur - I thought this sounded lame when I first read about it but then I played a game of it on en.boardgamearena.com and loved it. It resembles the deduction games we play here, and the 3-10 player range works beautifully for my group.
Stone Age - I've been debating and debating and debating about which worker placement game would work best for my group, and I think Stone Age is the one. I played it on boardgamearena and while it was initially tricky, I picked it up quickly and I'm in love. The resources remind me of Settlers, which I'm sure will appeal to my friends.
Some of the other games I debated getting:
Hornet - similarish to Settlers and pretty simple.
Innovation
Bang! - the main thing holding this back is that we're a group of three, and this requires four. We often have the numbers, but not all the time. I think it'll be a hit though.
Lost Temple, Citadels - Like Bang! I'll probably get one. I didn't because Lost Temple looked fairly simple and Citadels would take 18-24 days to ship.
Dos Rios, Deadwood, Lords of Waterdeep - worker placement games which I considered to get my friends into the mechanic. Dos Rios looked okay with a modular board but ultimately the river damming looked too complex. Lords of Waterdeep is apparently D&D affiliated, which I'm unsure of as to how well that would go over with my group. Also it looks surprisingly complex. Deadwood would've been my choice had I not found Stone Age.
Santiago - apparently the heavier version of Settlers. Probably will get it at some point.
Seasons - I was looking through a thread of board games which are similar to Magic and this one cropped up. I'm a little iffy on it though.
7 Wonders - It just keeps popping up in every suggestion thread. What to play after Settlers? 7 Wonders. Like Magic? 7 Wonders? Playing with grandma? 7 Wonders.
Also we were supposed to go to a game store today to try out some stuff, but they couldn't go, so maybe we'll try again in two weeks.There will be no kisses tonight
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I think that can only change with time. Catan and other designer board games are becoming more popular, so as people play them and have children, they will introduce those sorts of games to them rather than Monopoly and the like. Of course, simple games like Sorry and other roll-and-moves are simple
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While I'm sure my guesstimates aren't statistically significant, we get a lot of 11s and 12s, so I think it varies from die to die.
I think it's been brought up before, but have you guys considered a dice deck? From what I understand it's a 36-card deck of all the possible results of two dice rolling. Instead of rolling dice you draw from the deck. It makes for statistically consistent rolls and a little bit of prediction. Plus maybe I'm just thinking wild but you could introduce something where you have a hand of dice rolls to choose from.There will be no kisses tonight
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So I tried to introduce Stone Age to my friends last night, but it didn't work. It's their first experience with a worker-placement, and I think the idea of it (all the different options to place people) seemed overwhelming. Any tips?There will be no kisses tonight
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I think next Sunday we are going to go to a LGS to play, so if they have a copy of Carc. in their library we'll try it out.There will be no kisses tonight
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So I don't like "get" Puerto Rico. I've played about five games online and I'm still really unsure how to win. I just try to build a lot of buildings and get a lot of doubloons, even though I think the focus is on shipping as much as you can. :SThere will be no kisses tonight
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I got my mom to play Stone Age. She found it difficult, but interesting. In my play I rarely use the love shack or the field, and those didn't crop up in her strategy, so they were pretty much left out and made a nice simplification of the game. Interestingly, she hoarded resources...I don't know if it was a good strategy or not but I'd never seen it before.
I think I will try again to introduce it to my friends.
Also, does anyone have experience with Anomia? I'm thinking of buying the party edition right off the bat because it looks so good.There will be no kisses tonight
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Libertalia is $25 at CoolStuffInc, just so you all know. It's really strange because I just discovered the game and I love it.There will be no kisses tonight
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Had an awesome first night at a LGS with my friends! I mean, we kept to ourselves, but it was fun nonetheless.
I wished to introduce my friends toTicket to Ride, but wouldn't you know it the other group there was playing it. I don't even know if I could've because they quite quickly picked out some board games to try:World War ZandChupacabra: Survive the Night. I also broughtIncan Goldover because I knew it was simple and had a fun mechanic.
We started withWorld War Z, which is, in reality a commercial version of Pandemic. Like literally. There is a map of the world divided into different areas which populate with zombies that you have to killl. However, we found it immensely difficult. The lowest-level horde is just as strong as a human, so rolls usually do not end up in your favour. Additionally, players can be eliminated and turn into zombies which directly oppose the remaining human players. Suffice it to say, we lost.
Next we playedIncan Gold, and they really liked it once they got the hang of it. Pretty simple, nothing much to say.
Finally we playedChupacabra: Survive the Night, which is a simple dice rolling game. Basically you have dice that have differing types of livestock on five faces and a chupacabra on one, and you use any chupacabra rolls you get to capture other players' dice that rolled livestock. It is very easy and luck-based, but fun. I ended up buying it at my friends request.There will be no kisses tonight
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Large Amazon sale on strategy board games - hnggh
Most of them aren't that great since Amazon prices are so great anyway, but deals nonetheless. I have my eyes on Castles of Burgundy and Formula D (which is apparently a good deal from what I've read so far). Unfortunately I only have a day to decideThere will be no kisses tonight
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You don't need friends; you can just buy them and pretend :S
Saint Malo has also caught my attention. Very interesting game with dice-rolling mechanics where you DRAW your lands/estate/whatever.There will be no kisses tonight
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Quickly:
My group likes Settlers of Catan, Libertalia, Survive!, Coloretto, Innovation, and Tobago. We've had difficulty with Stone Age because there are many options.
Should I get 7 Wonders or Kingsburg? I feel like Kingsburg is the perfect gateway worker placement because the dice restrict choices, but after the Stone Age failures I'm very hesitant to try another WP. Meanwhile, 7 wonders gets so much praise and I love the concept but there are those inklings of criticism which make me hesitant to get it.There will be no kisses tonight
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We were able to go to our game store's New Year's Eve party! We only played two games though, at least they were both new: Ticket to Ride, which I've been telling them about forever but we never got around to playing it, and by now I somewhat figured we were beyond it, but it was actually a lot of fun. One of my friends lucked out with an opening draw of two nearly similar cross-country routes, and that was practically unbeatable.
Then we tried Kingsburg! They seemed interested by the concepts, but overall it got an "okay" and "wouldn't get played often" if we owned it. I liked it a lot, but I guess now we have to somehow find a copy of 7 wonders to try out, or maybe look at other games.There will be no kisses tonight
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Escape: The Curse of the Temple is another game which prevents quarterbacking due to the hectic, ten-minute nature of the game. Also allows for mutliple layers of complexity with curses and treasrues.There will be no kisses tonight
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Despite my enthusiasm for it, my group didn't like it either. They found it too hectic, which makes me wonder if they would like games like Galaxy Trucker. But then again, they like the timed party games like pictionary and stuff. :/In post 889, penguin_alien wrote:Escape has been the surprise hit of my game club. Although a couple of people really hate it because they couldn't make a fast decision standing between two barrels of water with their pants on fire.There will be no kisses tonight
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If you have a seasonal Go! Calendars, Games, Books store near your area, everything there is now 50% off. Mine has a pretty limited selection, so I may pick up Ticket to Ride or some party games, but I've known ones to include a wider selection of designer board games. If you want to brave the cold, check it out!There will be no kisses tonight
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I know plenty people who went to the Reckoning have frequented this thread, so give me some thoughts! What type of people liked those games? I've looked into both but they just seem like they cater to specific types of people.There will be no kisses tonight
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