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Looking for a suggestion for my family's yearly week long vacation. Need to add a5 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..-
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Some favorites of mine that fit are evolution and roll for the galaxy. Former goes up to six players, latter goes up to five. Evolution feels a bit slow around the five player mark but not to the two hour mark, and there's a (somewhat strategically inferior) fast play variant. Roll for the galaxy is a pretty fast (less than an hour, probably closer to half an hour once you know how to play) engine builder with great replay value. It probably fits all of the criteria you listed the best of anything I know. Off the top of my head at least. It also has largely concurrent play, but it is quite possible to feel like you're out of the game but it doesn't really matter since games aren't too long.-
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uh probably not but maybe? what were you thinking?In post 2932, Cabd wrote:Are semi cooperative games where there's a single winner but a death means everyone loses of interest?.-
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Zorotter, may I suggestLords of Vegas?Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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I'm retarded I thoguht that game went to 5 one second reevaluatingYes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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How aboutEscape! The Curse of the Temple?That game doesn't allow quarterbacking in any sense despite being cooperative, given that everyone's desperately rolling dice.
More strategy heavy stuff could includeArgent: The Consortiumor maybeCyclades.Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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Libertalia too....Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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SpyriumActually might be my best answer, now that I think about it.Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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I uh.....In post 2938, Cabd wrote:Seconding escape.
Found one at gencon called "dungeon dwellers" where only one player can win but a party death means a total game loss for all.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282 ... at-caverns
boy that sounds familiar....Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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also fucking god damned wanted to be there afsd;;easdf
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I think keyflower (perhaps key to the city: london given the desire for a faster game) and Race for the galaxy(you need the first expansion to go up to 5 players) could both be good fits.In post 2928, zoraster wrote:Looking for a suggestion for my family's yearly week long vacation. Need to add a5 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.Taking a break from the site.-
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Yeah it is similar but there's less direct focus on sabotage in this one. We definitely got a similar feeling from it though.In post 2940, Lady Lambdadelta wrote:
I uh.....In post 2938, Cabd wrote:Seconding escape.
Found one at gencon called "dungeon dwellers" where only one player can win but a party death means a total game loss for all.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282 ... at-caverns
boy that sounds familiar....Currently in COVID hell, population: Entire Household
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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/137269/spyrium
take a look at this and see if you ilke, Zorotter.Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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That's really sad because this is my favourite game. IIn post 2944, Cabd wrote:
Yeah it is similar but there's less direct focus on sabotage in this one. We definitely got a similar feeling from it though.In post 2940, Lady Lambdadelta wrote:
I uh.....In post 2938, Cabd wrote:Seconding escape.
Found one at gencon called "dungeon dwellers" where only one player can win but a party death means a total game loss for all.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282 ... at-caverns
boy that sounds familiar....loveCutthroat Caverns I own every expansionYes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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10 minutes not 5 but yes also all the expansions make for a ton of funIn post 2942, Cabd wrote:Escape also has the benefit of being on a real world five minute timer, so once the game is setup you can go multiple rounds safely.
It is also very easy to adjust the difficulty up or down pregame to make it fair for your play group.Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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Highly recommend that if you buy Escape you at MINIMUM buy Curses and Treasures, but the big box actually is the best value for sure.Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
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