Board Games!

ChrisOrmie · Post Post #2682 (isolation #0) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:28 am

Wife and some friends are big boardgamers.
Recently played Sheriff of Nottingham and had a blast, Love Letter was cool too for a quick game. Bought but have yet to play Catan, Pandemic, and Oregon Trail Card Game. Also buying Forbidden Island from BGG as it's been on the wishlist for a while and thought it was about time to try it out. Going to enjoy these!

ChrisOrmie · Post Post #2684 (isolation #1) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:45 pm

In post 2683, Equinox wrote:Oh, hey, someone else bought the Oregon Trail Card Game, too. Make sure to check the
rules updates
when you play.

Ah had no idea about these. Good to know, thanks!

ChrisOrmie · Post Post #2690 (isolation #2) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 4:00 am

In post 2687, xRECKONERx wrote:
In post 2685, PJ. wrote: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?
Lords of Waterdeep is like "Baby's First Worker Placement"

Yeah Lords of Waterdeep is a good worker placement game, played it once (with 3 non-gamers) and it only took around 10 minutes before everyone was getting into it. It's on my wishlist for when I get some money later.

ChrisOrmie · Post Post #2707 (isolation #3) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:06 pm

Carcassonne is a good game, but not so simple - or at least it took a game or two before I started getting the hang of it. This might speak more about me than the game though as quite a few people find it simple!

ChrisOrmie · Post Post #2716 (isolation #4) » Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:23 am

In post 2711, Vaxkiller wrote:A friend of mine just got Settlers of Catan and hes bring it over in a few weeks for a few of us to play. Any tips or tricks? Is it a complicated game? DO I need to read the rules ahead of time?

Just remember not to laugh when insisting people need to trade you sheep in exchange for wood. Just keep a straight face and get insistent that you have "wood for sheep". Happens in every game, might as well be the person to do it!

ChrisOrmie · Post Post #2720 (isolation #5) » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:56 am

Yeah, I've seen it played a bunch but only got to play Secret Hitler once (online with some UK freinds). It's a great game!

ChrisOrmie · Post Post #2756 (isolation #6) » Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:36 am

Dead of Winter and Mice and Mystics are both great games, I can highly recommend those two. I do find Forbidden Desert to be a fun co-op personally, but the two times I played it the other players just didn't enjoy it (they were non-gamers unless it is Life/Clue/Monopoly that I had convinced to give it a try), so waiting to play that with the wife and friends before deciding on it.

ChrisOrmie · Post Post #2820 (isolation #7) » Wed May 17, 2017 10:58 am

Accessibility, co-operation, chance, socially manipulative, immersion, social fun, discovery, and strategic. In that order, which I pretty much thought would be the case. I'm a fan of teaching people how to play games, and being part of a team. Dislike conflict in games, but a bit of unease and tension with a possible traitor is cool. Overall pretty good.