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This general encompasses all board game genres - Eurogames, Ameritrash, Abstracts, Wargames, and especially the genre that one anon is autistic about at this very moment.

TQ:
What two games are forever associated together in your mind, despite significant differences?

Which game has you exceeding word limit when posting about it?

Bonus: How many games do you think you can spot in the OP pic?

>>96117909 (OP)
>Fishing - five(...).jpg
Octopus Net Draft Sink Pitch

xth for [insert your favorite game here] is overrated

>>96117976
Maybe it is. I'm still going to recommend it.

>>96117976
Eclipse is underrated

>>96117909 (OP)
Vasel Five

>>96118008
dice, tower, sub, giant, ketchup

>>96118033
Ketchup was the assassin ;_;
Why am I always plagued with absolutely perfect clues and terrible teammates who don't get them.

>>96118057
Maybe the issue is you.

>>96118057
I once played 3P codenames as the sole guesser and still managed to lose...

>>96117909 (OP)
Thanks for rubbing it in OP! I never get in any games of Pitch Sub or Octopus War. Damn you!

>>96118057

>>96118008
Dice, tower, board, game. I'll stop there, but if I had to guess another I'd throw in the picture of the die.

please play Yunnan

>>96118181
>kept in car when opposite side was king (with tokyo on standby)
Always satisfying when you know you've made the right call!

>>96118185
Reminds me of that lengthy The Mind comic.

If you play Spirit Island, you can't call yourself white

Help, how do I git gud at TGZ?

Euro-style drafting area-control worker-placement tableau based game play with a trick-taking auction deckbuilding system

>>96120172
name 50 games

>>96120172
key flow except it's one shared city

>>96120201
I only play coloretto

>>96120201
United states
Panama
Mexico
Canada
Haiti
Jamaica
Peru
Wait

Played Twilight Struggle again after a good long while. Good god, what a luck-based nightmare it is compared to Imperial Struggle.

>turn 1 as US
>get Europe scoring
>USSR immediately coups Italy and makes it impossible to score any points on it
>turn 2
>get Middle East AND Asia scoring
>the rest of the cards are trash for good measure
>USSR plays a headline event revealing my scoring cards
>the outcome of the game is basically determined before turn 2 starts
FFFFFFFUCK that. Game is going in the bin.

>>96119956
Put the discs on the map and then discs on top of those

>>96120201
Monopoly Hotels
D&D Universe Monopoly
Monopoly Board Crawl
Monopoly Empire
Anti-Monopoly
Monopoly Millionaire
Monopoly: Longest Game Ever
Monopoly Knockout
Monopoly: Tropical Tycoon
Monopoly For Sore Losers
Monopoly Minecraft
Monopoly Iron Maiden
Monopoly The Lord Of The Rings
Monopoly: Cheaters Edition
Monopoly Deal
Monopoly city
Monopoly star wars
One Piece Monopoly
Dune Monopoly
Monopoly The Witcher
Monopoly It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Monopoly Stranger Things
Monopoly Gamer Edition
Monopoly Pokémon
Monopoly Game of Thrones
Monopoly Mandalorian
Monopoly Empire
Monopoly Ultimate Banking
Monopoly SpongeBob SquarePants
Monopoly Disney Pixar
Monopoly Deadpoo
Monopoly Batman
Monopoly Zelda
Monopoly Nightmare before Christmas
Monopoly Elvis
Monopoly Walking Dead
Monopoly Rick and Morty
Monopoly Family Guy
Monopoly Cars 3
Monopoly Fortnite
Ms. Monopoly

>>96120315
>>USSR plays a headline event revealing my scoring cards
Wait...did you let him...use CIA created, a U.S. event, as his own event, targeting you?
Because his own hand reveal event only enters the deck as of Turn 4, in the Mid War.

>>96120340
Oh? I'm retarded I guess. Let's keep the game on the shelf for a bit longer.

>on a 5 game losing streak while 2 handing solo, losing to my alternate self
>crack open new box of legends, this will definitely break it
Which civ am I playing, which do I assign to that other smug asshole?
First post ending odds locks it.

How do I print a pirate copy of the pax Renaissance expansion for the 1st edition.

I'd buy a copy if there were any on sale anywhere.

>>96120694
>I'd buy a copy if there were any on sale anywhere.

It is, it's called 2nd Edition.

Not being an ass it's just really the only way.

>>96120694
Get the files from Vassal?

>>96120700
OK, first off, you're Matt Eklund. Second what if he doesn't want all the extra apostasies, the reworked cards, or the ship meeples that were only added to advertise Pax Viking?

>>96120756
With how often anons misuse terminology and move goalposts, when called out on it, Ive concluded only Phil posts here.
Now if Matt could publish another standalone Pax game that shakes up the formula ala Transhumanity, that would be great.

i want to get my first "serious" board game but i can't decide between wingspan or dune imperium

>>96120756
>>96120794
I'm not Matt Eklund, nor am I the anon who has 8 copies of the game, I'm just saying that expansion is basically a unicorn at this point and you're fucked trying to find it

>>96120700
I just like the original form factor and cards better.

>>96120813
That's why I want to print my own copy of it. Chinese printers don't care about copyright.

>>96120813
I see 22 copies for trade on boardgamegeek. You havent tried contacting any of those users?

>>96120825
So get the files from the Vassal module.
Thats how I pnp'd my copy of Pax Ren 1.

>>96120813
What are your thoughts on 1st/2nd vs 3rd edition of Pax Porfiriana?

>>96120862
>not including Lords of the Sierra Madre
Amateur hour in here

>>96120812
Both are mid but DUNC Imperium is better than Wingspan

>>96120812
Problem with wingspan is youre gonna need Oceania expansion to fix some issues with base game.
Meanwhile Ive heard Dune Imperium Uprising fixes things from the original box.

>>96120880
I ain't playing that shit.

>>96120829
I have. People don't respond on that site. I've thought about bothering the Eklund brothers but that seemed like it would be in bad taste plus they'll just say they don't have them anyway.

>>96120989
>Eklund brothers
They're father and son.

>>96120862
Never played

>>96120862
I welcome the card changes from 2nd to Ultimate - the art and iconography was/is garish. The only rules change I think that would be a big change would be not spending 2 actions for the second market card. I've played a lot of games where you still have to do a prep step to get in position to topple and need to buy two cards to make that happen - so you effectively give other players a chance to counter. Now with 3 actions, I can prep with an action, buy a card to flip the government, then buy the topple card to trigger victory check and no one can do anything about it.

Thanks for reading my blog.

>>96121005
That doesn't preclude brotherhood.

>>96120756
You separate them from the game? dumbass

>>96121037
Being able to straw man enterprises that have unrest and pies et al. not stopping topples both sound significant to me.

>>96121154
Last I checked they don't come in the boxes. You need to supply your own players.

>>96121154
Disregard >>96121190. I thought you were talking about the designers but I realize you were talking about the ship meeples.

>>96120812
both suck, get Bus from Capstone instead.

>>96120939
>Oceania expansion
I tried this at a friend's house last week and I'm not sure if I like this expansion.
Whereas before playing a bird that required three rodents made me pause to consider if it was worth the endeavor, now I didn't even bother looking at the resource as I could just shove nectar down anything and everything's throat. I don't play the game enough to have a solid opinion on it, but I thought nectar made it trivial to play tons of birds without breaking a sweat.

>>96121037
>>96121175
Being able to retreat troops that lose in battle is also a big change. Almost all of the Command Prestige is on troops with 1 or 2 firepower.

>>96120812
To give a more serious answer, DUNC is way, way better a game but also much heavier in terms of rulesload compared to wingspan

>>96120447
late reply cause i didn't open a web browser at all during work, three-handed shikoku 1889 the entire time.
anyway, play the olmecs, i dont remember much of the civs but i think the olmecs were nice

>>96121005
i meant in the way black guys say it, which is more meaningful I think

>>96122083
That's brothas not brothers, brotha

2s say Eclipse 2 fucking rocks.

>>96122083
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictive_kinship

>>96122223
Looks like your 3 is saying TI4 supercedes despite all odds

>>96120812
Dune Imperium Uprising is fantastic and way more swingy (for better or worse is up to you) than base Dune Imperium

You will get a lot of plays out of Uprising.

>>96122394
Nah, it says TI3 is a close second. TI4 is not that good.

>>96122400
Someone sincerely saying they can't decide between X and Wingspan as their first board game should be your giant flashing warning that X is slop.

>>96120862
>8 card setup
Fine I guess, I didn't feel the game to be long in the first place
>Protest and Mordida
This means you can assassinate with any black card unless they keep the subcategory, right? if not, just a better term for the cards.
>Deploy removes all unrest
idk if I like that, unrest can be devastating and crucial when trying to block a card you can't outright discard or steal, and blocking it from further unrest makes it even weaker and unthematic, there was a lot of rebellions during the time.
>Retreat
That rule I like actually, not only makes the ruling more simple as all cases will work the same, but you also get to keep prestige around longer
>Sacking
I understand why but I don't see why also keep the old rule, I guess it confused people
>2nd Market card costing 1 action
Now this is pretty major, you can now do quicker topples with less setup since you can buy > play > Buy topple which was only possible with the Public cards. I think this can be a great rule change since players while having a harder time countering, they still have the info to see what could happen and have to answer sooner. Makes the game even more dinamic. I'll have to try this with the first edition and see how it goes.

>>96123934
>This means you can assassinate with any black card unless they keep the subcategory,
You still need an assassination card.

>>96124073
That's good then, just better terminology then.
I must say though, I don't like the new card design, the original in my opinion is excellent, it its wild, newspaper/history book like imagery is pretty engaging and i never thought it was ugly or difficult to parse.

>>96123934
>I don't see why also keep the old rule,
They halfway did. You're still forced to take the troop off if there's no extortion cube to track who owns the troop. The only difference is the 0 income enterprise gets to stick around.

>>96124327
I've only played Pax Porfiriana on Yucata so I don't have a strong opinion on the "actual" card layout, but I agree that the old layout seems fine.

>>96123361
I've played it dozens of times, I don't need a faggot with a half full nutsac and a handful of buzzwords to tell me what I'm really supposed to think of it.

>>96120201
Jackie Chan Adventures

>>96124948
If your mother can only wring out half a load, shame on her. If you are too tasteless to recognize mediocrity patched with a second purchase à la Stonemaier, shame on you.

>>96121383
I appreciate the nectar competition for points, the end game abilities, the new objectives, and the variety of new waya to go digging for objectives.
The player boards are better too.
I dont play without it anymore.

Anybody still playing Arcs? I've finally found a shop with a copy on hand, I haven't once before seen it available in person and I'm thinking about getting it.

>>96125519
Just played last night,actually. We tried out leaders and lore for the first time. It was a blast.
Pic is near the end game, we only claimed tyrant/warlord foe the first time later this chapter, which left the board feeling like it the Near East circa 633 anno domini

>>96125430
If you want to take some full sentences to explain why D:I is mediocre slop, let's hear it. If you just want to pop up and shit on someone's taste, then you should be reminded that contrarianism isn't a personality and your contributions to the thread are worthless.

>>96125674
Likewise you can ask for that without calling people faggots and running to the mods when they say "your mom" in reply. You were given explanations in each reply and haven't responded to either of them. One was that it looks like a duck. The other was the the half-bakedness requiring midwits like yourself to consume more to fix it. Yes, your taste is shit, but we're beyond that.

>>96125674
Did you run to mods over "your mom" after calling others faggot? Pathetic.

You were given explanations in each reply already, neither got a response. One was looks like a duck, etc. The other was the half-bakedness requiring midwits to consoom moar to fix the game, with allusion to Stonemaier. Yes, your taste is shit. Your reading comprehension is worse.

>>96125556
They didn't have the leaders and lore pack, the game still good without it?

Does anyone actually play this expansion?

What are the best MPS for people who don't like MPS? I think I have been winning too much lately and at this point I can barely table talk my way out of being jabbed when I'm already clearly in the worst position at the table. I already have Quacks of Quedlinburg.

>>96126122
Most Def. Zero issue recommending base Arcs.

>>96125556
Doing God's work Anon. I'm looking forward to getting my copy to the table. I've heard it's better to start with Base Arcs and then add Leaders and Lore after a base game or two.

>>96125519
I play Arcs occasionally still, it's fun and since my group knows the rules we can just jam games after learning 1 game in the night, we want to play something we all know.

Worth knowing its extremely cut throat, make sure your group isn't a bunch of euro gamers.

>>96126270
Ya, the inclusion of L&L was in the fifth game for myself and one bud, third game for the other guy.
>>96126304
Ive been really surprised how "light" it is rules wise and how snappy some hands go. Combat is also lighting fast and so consequential that everyone is invested on what gets blown up/stolen/ransacked.
And all in a reasonable sized package. Base Arcs remarkably restrained for what it sets out to do.

TGZ or Bus for a shorter Splotter?

>>96126422
Bus without question. They "should" take about the same amount of time but TGZ gives a lot more rope for action paralysis savants to hang themselves.

been out of the loop (got tired of youtube pushing the same bunch of grifters all sucking on the same games). Anything good from the past 4 years?

>>96126160
I genuinely don't think so. Thought it might just be one of these things that becomes through by being repeated a lot. I have never played with turmoil yet I'd still be reluctant to try it, purely because I have heard nothing but negatives about it

>>96126565
Depends on what you like in the extended eurosphere I thought Hegemony was a standout game. There's lots of good but relatively replaceable euroslop getting released, but I still found Civolution to be very very good

>>96126438
I thought TGZ was the better game.

>>96126565
Technically it's 5 years ago but didn't come to retail until 2021: Eclipse Second Edition.

>>96126678
They're both excellent games. Which one someone would like more is largely subjective. But if you want a short game Bus is more likely to meet your expectations. TGZ is only short with the right group.

>>96126422
Horseless Carriage

>>96126719
Ah that's what you meant, got it.
>>96126774
Wait, HC is short?

>>96121694
Alright sure.
What civ should I face against?

>>96126805
>Wait, HC is short?
It is, probably under 1 hour 30 with players that know the game.

>>96126912
Do they gots catgirls?

>>96126565
People are still grinding the classics:race for the galaxy, hansa, pax, etc. You didn't miss much. The rest are flavor of the month or whatever an individual personally resonates with

>>96126122
Fwiw the leaders and lore pack just has more leaders and lore cards, there are still some that come with the base game.

>>96126304
Oh no my friends are cool, we've learned how to make Carcassonne a cruel and hurtful game, that won't be an issue.

>>96127568
Then give it a shot, just know Blighted Reach is like...the polar opposite of Arcs. Arcs is extremely tight where Blighted Reach is extremely bloated and more chill, it's kind of surprising that was the game that got carved out of Blighted Reach.

I need a game for 4-6 people who are new to board games. They play video games that aren't Candy Crush shit so I feel comfortable going with something at least a little more complex than a party game, though I will have a few of those. Any suggestions?

>>96128383
Carcassonne is entry level core. It's 2-5p but the Inns & Cathedrals expansion adds pieces for 6p.

>>96128383
Catan
Carcassonne
Alhambra
Lords of Waterdeep
Ticket to Ride
Azul
Takenoko
Tokaido

>>96128431
>>96128450
Carcassonne and Azul have been in my collection for so long they kind of blend into the background and I forget they exist, but they're pretty much perfect.

Do you have any ameritrash suggestions?

>>96128450
Betrayal at House on the Hill
Elder Sign
Formula D
Downforce maybe
VectoRace maybe
Heat: Petal to the Metal maybe
Red Dragon Inn
This one might be too complex, but Vast: the mysterious caverns

>>96128466
Star Wars Risk for 2 players. Kemet or Nexus ops for more.

>>96128383
Between Two Cities

>>96128466
Cosmic Frog

>>96128383
clank catacombs. Makes you feel like you're pillaging a dungeon, and people really resonate with the push your luck element.

>>96128383
Challengers! Beach Cup
super fun drafting game where you have total control over the cards that go into your deck, and (almost) zero control over the order they get played. very easy to learn & teach, lots of variety, zero downtime, always gets the table into an uproar, and genuinely rewards skillful play

>>96128383
Adding on to what others have said
Horrified
Awkward guests
King of Tokyo
The crew
Castle panic

Do you consider these party games?
Codenames
Dixit

What kind of video gamers are they? Project elite is fun and actiony without lots of rules (just a bit of set up)

Brad really said "fuck the colorblind" with Spooktacular huh

>>96129527
kek same with race for the galaxy

>>96129527
What do you think of spooktacular?

>>96126912
The olmecs are the only ones I vaguely remember from that version, I only played Classics and just checked out the civs from legends, you could do olmecs vs minoans i guess

>>96126422
Bus

>>96129624
Alright, Big Heads vs the itty bitty titty committee it is.

>>96129527
Brad fucks over a lot of people in general

>>96126422
My groups average (usually 3P) TGZ game lasts 44 minutes.
Bus usually last minimum an hour, and we usually play that at 4-5 people.
Bus is still the less complex game for taking actions, but TGZ with a familiar group flies by.

>>96129527
>>96129560
Not that anon but I was gonna post impressions yesterday but fell asleep.

So I really, really like the game. Or rather, I really want to like the game. Brad's a cool dude, the theme is great, I love that it's a lightweight game with some bite etc.

But the game was kinda meh. I'll try it again for sure because there was a bunch of factors that surely influenced it it in a negative way (it being late on a workday and everyone being tired, only 3p and such) but still, a bit disappointing. I presumed the game will turn out to be more deliberate and copetitive at lower player counts but I'm fairly certain now it should be played as a 90% tactical from-you-gut game. You might say anon, that was clear from the first second on and I won't disagee but you never really know before you play it. I only now realize I was secretly wishing for a deceptively light game with a lot of hidden depth, and I am unsure if it's that. On one hand, it seems made to be played fast and loose, yet some actions clearly want you to pause and go "huh, gotta calculate this for a bit". The two games we played were pleasingly fast (around 33 min) and all pretty close but kind of lacked the cinematic/emotional moments I was hoping for. Some kind of OH FUCK YOU DONT MASH ME INTO THAT ROOM or I HATE YOUR SLIMEY GUTS GET OFF ME reactions and "you can do WHAT?-s. The actu reactions were much more muted, and I suspect the game is much better (but also more chaotic) at 5, and some monsters are clearly less fun with fewer players.

Bottom line is the thematic integration and overall design is superb, but the jury is still out on the gameplay. As is, I'd say it's good but not great. Or rather, as great as I had hoped.

>>96128383
A Fake Artist Goes to New York
Bohnanza
Camel Up
Cosmic Frog
Coup
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
Decrypto
Lords of Vegas
So Clover
The Gang
Zoo Vadis

these all go up to 6, unlike most of the suggestions you've gotten

>>96128383
So Clover
Just One
Scout
Wavelength
Incan Gold
Deep Sea Adventure
A Fake Artist Goes to New York
Coup

Rebirth vs Blue Lagoon vs Cascadero vs MLEM vs Mille Fiori vs My City vs Babylonia vs Blue Moon City/Legends vs Amun-Re vs Taj Mahal vs Winner's Circle vs Nightmare Productions vs Botswana vs Nyakuza?

>>96130554
Blue Moon Legends

>>96130564
why fer?

>>96130571
gud gam
as shrimple as that

>>96130554
>Rebirth
haven't looked much into it, but i've seen a bunch of copies on secondary markets a few months ago and the reviews weren't stellar so it must mean something
>Blue Lagoon
Never played but it seemed too simple for my tastes
>Cascadero
Not bad, but also not that good, kinda disappointed in it
>MLEM
Never tried it
>Mille Fiori
Never tried it either but i've watched a tutorial on it, there are better Knizias to get before you get to Mille Fiori, honestly
>My City
I've played the legacy with a group, it was OK but you're not missing out on much if you skip it
>Babylonia
Have it and still haven't gotten around to play it but it seems the best tile laying Knizia, besides T&E
>Blue Moon, Amun-Re
Idk
>Taj Mahal
I still see it mentioned at a boardgaming group I am in, I got myself an old copy for 5 euro, I'll play it someday but it looks interesting
>Winner's Circle
lol good luck getting it at a normal price (seen a single copy for like 50 euro which seems a bit too steep for such a game)
>the rest
idk

>>96130554
I liked MLEM and Mille Fiori
I did not care for Rebirth

>>96128547
>This one might be too complex, but Vast: the mysterious caverns
The packaging says Ages: 10+

This may come as a shock to you, but board games are a class of children's toy

>>96130986

>>96129527
Pretty based tbqh

>>96131023
The weight is all down to the fact that each player plays by different rules. Just a matter of having the patience to get through all the roles.

Still, I definitely wouldn't recommend it to new people. This is the kind of shit that can turn off a newcomer. You can play a much deeper and interesting game with the same rules overhead.

>>96131023
>bgg rating
lol
>considering 3.65 to be any higher than toddler level
lmao
>imagining some games are hard to learn at all
rofl

>>96131023
>relying on a meme statistic on the gulag
the only useful statistic on that site is recommended number of players, and even that is sometimes unreliable (for example they say best playercount for Dominant species is 4, but in actuality it's a game that's meant to be played with 6 players)
>too complex
it isn't, but it's an asymmetric game so each players needs to know exactly what their character does and which other character it's meant to prevent from winning (it's somehow an even more scripted game than Root)

>>96131075
>Just a matter of having the patience to get through all the roles. Still, I definitely wouldn't recommend it to new people.
>>96131082
>each players needs to know exactly what their character does and which other character it's meant to prevent from winning
So in other words, a little too complex

>>96131110
No, at the end of the day it is a simple game about running around and slapping each other, you just have to learn 5 sets of rules. I could explain Eclipse (same exact weight btw) in less time and have much more fun with it. Not worth the time for a puddle deep dungeon crawler brawler thing.

>>96131110
>So in other words, a little too complex
No, the player board LITERALLY tells you what you can do and the choices aren't many, it's not a game I'd call "complex"
But it's also not something i'd suggest to new players, whose only exposure to board games likely is Risk and Monopoly, not because of 'complexity' per se but because not having to explain to every individual player what they do differently and who they should look out for particularly makes for a not very smooth experience (besides, he asked for 4-6 but I don't think it plays well with more than 4)

>>96131176
*having to explin

>>96120862
It wouldn't be an Eklund game without lots of small changes that are only mentioned in the glossary. Apparently strife can rip grudges away.

>>96131467
No wait it can't, because grudges don't have factions. Editing ahoy!

>>96131467
Inelegant game.

>>96131491
God, if Eklund ever made an elegant game I'd track him down, knock some sense into the old coot.
Has he fled Sweden yet?

>>96131488
Wait, isnt this just the apostasy rules from Pax Ren?

>>96131574
Other way around. Pax Porfiriana is 4 years older than Pax Renaissance.

>>96131488
They are also not 'In Play'.

How's Raccoon Tycoon?

>>96131562
He hasn't filed his cuckshed in the last 3 weeks.

My mom is getting really into this game. I think it's because she keeps beating me at it, whereas I win normally most other games we play.

>>96132396
Gaming with your mom must be kino. Mine would never

>>96132603
She'd play with you more if you weren't such a disappointment

>[game] is a light trick-takin-
>A cooperat-
>Set in the Marvel univ-

Post points where you stop reading games' descriptions

>go to game shop
>see a certain tile-laying game on discount
>with all my might, hold back the urge to scream "FUCK RENATURE"
You people have ruined me.
>>96132603
It hurts. Somehow, I convinced my mom to play Acquire the other night. The poor thing had no clue what she was doing though. I think some people just aren't good at learning rules.

>>96132625
Social deduction
Zombies
Engine-builder
Legacy
Dungeon
Manage

>>96132625
"Puzzle" used as a verb.

>>96132632
But did you buy the game? It was on sale.

>>96132625
>deckbui-
>co-o-
>theme: anim-
>miniat-

>>96132625
>kniz-

>>96132625
>Post points where you stop reading games' descriptions
engine builder
heavy
2.5+ hr
Vital Lacerda
real time
LCG
Kickstarter
drafting

>>96132893
What games have Kickstarter listed in their game description?
Ive never seen that on a box nor on their bgg entry.

>>96132905
ones on Kickstarter

>>96132919
Wait so what are you doing on kickstarter in the first place?

>>96132905
when i'm looking at them there
at Kickstarter HQ

>>96132934
getting angry

>>96132625
>Family
>Easy to learn hard to master
>Negotiation
>Cole Wehrle's
>No Jews were hurt in the making of this board game

>>96132625
Scrotums
Amazeballs
Moist
Your Gran

>>96133037
>>No Jews were hurt in the making of this board game
Name three games that say this

>>96133098
>Monopoly
>The Weimar Republic
>Media Mogul

Let's focus on 2-player games. What are your favorites? And what 5 would you choose from the pic?

>>96133425
My picks are green. The orange ones I've never played. I think I should play more games lol

>>96133425
I feel like a broken record at this point, but my favorites are:
Twilight struggle
Summoner Wars
Sakura Arms
Radlands

Runners up would include:
Super Fantasy Brawl
Mythic Battles Pantheon/Ragnarok
Imperial Struggle
Battlecon

Of your chart, Id choose:
Star Trek: Captains Chair
Res Arcana
Radlands
Blitzkrieg
War Chest

>>96133425
Of the ones in your image, I'd pick:

Air, Land, & Sea
Res Arcana
Blitzkrieg
Radlands

* I've played Sky Team, but it was pretty 'Meh' for me.

>>96132632
I best I can recall I have never beaten my mother at Acquire

>>96133425
Gin rummy

>>96133425
>What are your favorites?
Android Netrunner
Mage Wars Arena
Summoner wars
Sakura Arms
Sekigahara
Twilight Struggle
Paths of Glory
>And what 5 would you choose from the pic?
None

>>96133425
Raptor
Android Netrunner/Nisei/Null Signal
Summoner Wars
Race for the Galaxy
Battle Line
Lost Cities

Do you guys think people who have never played boardgames and that like cards against humanity would enjoy el grande?

>>96134068
They would like it if they gave it a chance but you gotta keep in mind that normies will judge books by their covers and you'll have more success baiting them with something that has a normie-friendly theme. They're going to look at the map of Spain and think "ew, this looks like edutainment."

>>96134068
If they can make it to the scoring phase and realize that they are allowed to, nay, encouraged, to fuck with each other, you are golden.
But that means you need to keep them engaged for three rounds of play.
Are you a bad enough dude to save the euro?

I almost forgot how much fun this little game can be.

>>96134125
>tranime
No thank you.

>>96134125
>playing ice girl
You absolute iredeemable smug faggot
she is the bane of my existence, along with Saine

>>96134138
Fuck off newfag.

>>96134146
I just wanted to teach my sister a lesson. She still loved the game though

>>96134159
I mean you gave her umbrella gal.
Chicks dig that little schizo.

>>96134104
>with something that has a normie-friendly theme.
I know, that's why heat is my go to pick for this situations
>>96134115
Idk people are usually pussy about mean interactions

>>96134150
Take your weebshit back to /a/ where it belongs, groomer

Anon that made that tier list for his collection and potential purchases here a thread or two ago. I went with giving another chance to Hansa Teutonica and SCOUT at the end. Here's how my shelf looks like now.

someone shoot straight with me on Vantage

>>96134190
After you fuck off to reddit or whatever shithole you crawled from, nigger.

>>96134068
Impossible to tell. Some people go from having played monopoly twice in their life to heavy games without any problem, some are super enthusiastic and need years of ever so slightly increases in heaviness to keep up. Some just need to be shown what modern boardgames can do to deepdive, some
It really varies a lot from person to person. For what it's worth, I think el grande is a great choice, playing gateway games just for the sake of introduction is faggy

>>96134125
Never played SA, yet all I can see is the misaligned circle

>>96134068
Yes because I'm delusional.

>>96134237
The main thing I remember about Sakura Arms is they wanted Tiuhou licensing but couldn't get it so all the characters are Touhou knock-offs. They specifically picked an illustrator known for their Touhou fanart too.

>>96134068
Area majority were really hard for me to take in. Probably because they are so cruel and unfun if you don't know what you're doing. In a eurogame you get to build some gay farm, in an rpg you ungrade a character and hit things with a stick, in a wargame you shoot things, in a card game you do the card stuff and get lucky, but in area majority you just flop your guys around aimlessly, and then it all gets taken away from you during scoring rounds and you feel like a buckbroken bitch ass nigga. El Grande is a fairly simple game rules-wise, but you need a dedicated group for it cause the first playthrough is gonna be painful

>>96134224
Acceptance of trannies and groomers is a unique reddit trait. Maybe you should go back

>>96134205
when i play it next weekend i'll let you know
>>96129560
so light you could be forgiven for thinking there's nothing there. i played twice so far at 3 and 4. both games there were plenty of "oh fuck you" moments, like shunting a monster into an empty room, stealing their points, snagging the last person they needed for a set just out of spite, and stealing from each other's devour piles. sequencing your cards is interesting enough, and you should always have a good idea of what cards are coming next since decks are tiny. the variety is immense, however I'm already tempted to try the wolf pack again to see if i can play them better
so far we've tried the bee, the car, the clown, mummygator, the fitness instructor, killtron, and the wolves. only the clown was too simple to be engaging imo. killtron is probably the highlight so far, you really need to watch his programming or he's incredibly powerful.

>>96134557
>Area majority were really hard for me to take in.
I'm not sure I believe you but here's a thing if you want it.

>>96134693
God damn it your edit is perfect.
10 outta fucking ten, dude.

>>96134693
fucking keked

>his board game doesn't have a victory track as the border of the main board game board

>>96134954
I love it when said victory track is a LIE.
You think you are getting to 15 vps? In this city?

>>96134596
What's your take on spooktacular as a whole? Because I am for now finding it to be less of a meaty filler than I had hoped, although I am by no means deep into the game.
Also regoo and especially the dead line seemed less powerful with fewer player counts. Nightslayer, angler and Devil's game were pretty fun, found remover to be kinda bland. Jury's still out on the rest.

>>96132624
My mom is a schizophrenic gambling addict and I'm well adjusted and I'm just boring

>>96135488
Teach her to play Ready Set Bet for real money

Speaking of solofags, been waiting for Kanal for ages only to find out shit's going to be 70-80$
Thinking about picking up Glass cheap, any recs/cons - Nusfjord seems a bit too streamlined and I have most of his big box games
Would wait for Loyang 2E but they haven't even started full dev apparently

>>96120447
>while 2 handing solo
what the fuck, how long are your games taking? Shit is so long just with the automata
Also haven't figured out which market I like more yet, Legends has some crazy cards but lands are really barren

>>96120447
>>on a 5 game losing streak while 2 handing solo, losing to my alternate self

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW2eUyMFMWI&t=745s

>>96133425
>What are you favourites
Race for the Galaxy, Dominion and Netrunner.

I've been playing DC Forever and Toy Battle recently, both are pretty fun. Feel like DC needs sleeves to speed up gameplay a bit.

>from the pic
I think I've only played 5-6 of these. None of which really had any staying power. For example LOTR Duel is cool but after about 6 games you've seen basically everything the game is ever going to show you strategically.

>>96135791
I only know this guy as the solo tax collector. What are his own games like?

I need some absolute Baby Level games, some real "the instruction book is a single leaflet" type, thumb sucking, key jangling EASY games. My family is slow and I am the only nth level IQ gamer among them

>>96135859
Concordia?

>>96135734
>what the fuck, how long are your games taking?
I am averaging around 90 minutes, occasionally reaching 105.
Wait, that's not including set up, scoring, and tear down.
Uh, well I guess that makes it about 2 hours a match, eh?
Last thread anon criticized the games scoring, and he was on the money. Even with the web app doing the work for you, it is ass and really deflates the excitement to see how well you did.
After notching my W, I'll learn the solo rules and Trade Routes and move onto Horizons.
>>96135763
Don't tell Matt I played Stationfall solo.
>>96135791
Every time I see his photo I think of this comic.
>>96135828
His Imperium series (co-designed with Nigel Buckley) have impressed me. Everything else by him I've stayed away from. People praise Anachrony and a smaller group enjoy Voidfall.

>>96135859
Kariba, Coloretto, Mountain Goats

>>96135791
>&t=745s
Here's a link that plays nice with the embeded player
https://youtu.be/OW2eUyMFMWI?t=745

>>96135903
>turczi enthusiasts

>>96135951
Every time I see Ian O'Toole's name I think of this Family Guy bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiQpG5zP_2g

>>96135652
She's a gambling addict, she doesn't have money, she just prays at slot machines and then wonders why she isn't allowed to see her grandkids

>>96133425
I find your lack of Homeworlds disturbing.
From your picture I'd take all the ones that play with more than 2 players, like GAH and CoB and War Chest

>>96135859
Scout
Spots
So Clover
Azul the first one, with the squares
if they can play Monopoly then give them Chinatown if you can find it, don't pnp if you wanna play with family, they won't understand
Bullet, play the first few games with no timer and then introduce the timer and the soundtracks for the final game
as soon as someone shows higher proficiency in gaming take them to the duelling realm with Homeworlds or Undaunted or whichever one you're into

>>96136035
Wow thanks for oversharing buddy. Would it make you feel better if I told you that I fucked her last night?

>>96135859
Harvest
the japanese one
>>96135284
it definitely seems like some monsters are much more or less viable depending on player counts and matchups. i'm not really sure how to feel about it yet overall. i've had fun with my plays, though i'm not entirely convinced about staying power. seems good for introducing people to the hobby though, get them accustomed to interaction early. I get finding remover bland, yet I still liked moving up the track and lining up powerful plays. i managed a double spook in the main room for 11 points, and then followed it up the next turn with my end-of-track 10 point bonus right as the game was ending

>>96134693
As the original artist for that pic, this is an 11/10 edit. Great stuff.

>>96136354
Very much with you here. It's actually weird how little I am able to estimate how the skill vs random chance balance in the game will shake out to be. The fact that you can always have a rough idea what your opponents are holding and the ability to set up turns seem to point towards a suprisingly competitive game but idk. I'm afraid I want the game to be something it's not.

Also kindof wish I had manned up and gotten the version with the movie posters.

Best expansion that only adds a minor yet impactful addition?
Picrel for me. Cannot play without it anymore.

>>96133425
few more title I think worth mentioning to check out:
Blood Bowl Team Manager
Baseball Highlights 2045
Blue Moon Legends
Neuroshima Hex
Mage Wars Arena
Wizards of the grimoire
Hive
Onitama
Tash-kalar
Mindbug
Shards of Infinity
Star Wars the deckbuilding game
Innovation
Mantis Fall
Pagan Fate of Roanoke
Keyforge
Ashes Reborn
Homeworlds
Bullet (heart/star)
Epic card games
Algomancy
Eternal Chronicles of the throne
Hanamikoji Geisha's road
Ludos (Asia, Africa)
Tanto Cuore
Heart of Crown
Dice Throne
Sentinels of the multiverse (co-op)

>>96138102
Bullet as a 2 player game?
Whats the appeal?
I strictly play 3-4 player free for all.

>Nemesis DEI edition
Look what you did to the world, burgers

>>96138167
You can actually count the bullets in play and make strategical and tactical decisions, like to pause pulling from the current when there's only three spaces left in yellow column because you know there's a bunch of Y4 bullets in play and you sent none back to your opponent last round and none are in your sight and you don't see them in his sight at a glance so they might be in your current bag this round, oh shit oh fuck and so on.

>>96138325
Alright, you sold me.
Will pitch it to my wife and see how it goes.

>>96138268
they changed aftermath models?

>>96135859
Century: Spice Road

>>96138268
We elected an anti-DEI chud. Take it up with the Euros.

>>96135791
>>96135936
>doesnt play solo
>makes a career off solo modes
you know that kind of makes a lot of sense

>>96139895
He has a pack of solo mode playtesters and seems to have a pretty solid understanding about how a solo mode needs to interact with a game's mechanisms and what compromises it can or shouldn't make. He just can't personally tolerate the extra bookkeeping of running a solo mode's automaton. Which is rich considering his love of 3+ hour games.

>>96134196
What do you think of Tyrants of the Underdark?

>>96135859
>the instruction book is a single leaflet
Iberian Gauge

Cyclades nuts

>>96138268
What an exciting time to be outraged about stuff, it seems like the field is daily expanding by leaps and bounds. I can't even tell which half of that slop is supposed to make me angry.

I really like Dune, but how can I change my group's meta?
They often just get an alliance, stick with the same person throughout multiple nexus phases, and then the game is bound to enter a stalemate, and fremen or spacing guild wins.
What tips, diplomacy and strategies do your group use?

>>96141422
Sounds like your group isn't playing to win but to not hurt their so called allies' feelings

>>96141422
It's what this anon said

>>96141437

If your group isn't playing to win then it's going to turn gay.

Played DungeonQuest last night.
Probably the biggest example of a bullshit game I have ever played.
Fun as hell though.

my friends wont touch party games that are only cards because they think itll be just like uno and they hate uno
how can i get them to play forest shuffle and innovation

>>96142871
>party games
>innovation

>>96142883
woops didnt mean to type party i just meant games

>>96142883
Next you'll tell me Glory to Rome is a serious game for serious gamers.

>>96138102
>Heart of Crown
Do you play a different way like you can nominate more than one princess? Also I missed the Jubilee edition pre-order. I'm really hoping there's more they just haven't listed yet.

I plan to start a 4 person game of Twilight Imperium on Tuesday, continuing on Thursday, Sunday, into the following week if necessary

There will be 4 of us and none have ever played before - any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

>>96143187
Play something better, TI4 sucks

>>96143187
My not very helpful suggestion is don't play it at 4. Taking two strategy cards feels almost obscene and really waters down that choice and having only 4 in play might feel a bit restrictive for your first game

That said these aren't gripes you should be thinking of for your first game. Just play it and don't overthink it, maximizing fun is more about your group and mindset than fiddling around with minutae.

Oh maybe if you play basegame don't let anyone play winnu, they are bad and not the fun kind of bad. Maybe also exclude sardakk which superficially seem straightforward and easy but are deceptively hard to play well, mostly because of their terrible start

>>96143187
>>96143292
I'll also add to it, just because of how powerful 2 action tiles are vs 1 (that you get in 5 or 6 player games) means that voting is rarely done because the game will end too fast. You will most likely miss the political phase a lot and that really bogs down the goofiness of the game.

>>96143187
Use the map from the expansion, with the hyperlanes, as other anons said at 4 players every strategy card gets picked and each player gets two, so the economy is accelerated. Having more map per player accelerates it even more, but hyperlanes shrink the map and give each player a fairer, more similar to a 6 player game amount of territory. This also means you get into contact with each other faster and that means more battles earlier while they're still fun and scrappy.

>>96142950
I've backed the 2e core box and digital edition on steam. Ive played few rounds on steam according the rules so havent tried alternate way. I'm not convinced that nominating more than one princess would help anything. I think that would break the balance a lot more. Nominating a princess already gives huge benefit to that player who chooses first or second.

>>96144079
I mean in regards to playing with two players. I literally can only play with 4 players both online and offline.

>>96141437
>>96142723
I didn't ask for a psychology session, but constructive criticism to give them and actual tips.
Saying that will not give them any better ideas.

Good games for background decoration as my wife gets railed by her bf?

>>96144692
do you ever try to break up other alliances? like "hey, if we stay stalemated then Fremen or Spacing Guild will win. If we switch up and join forces instead we'd be able to leverage our positions to force an earlier win". Bonus points if your previous ally expended some of their resources to your benefit prior to this maneuver. I don't play a lot of Dune, so this could be overly simplistic, though I hope you get the sentiment.
Most of the time when I want to shake up a meta I've found it best to lead with an example of why another way can be superior.

>>96144762
the entire ludography of one Cole Wehrle

Our gaming group is going through a borderline obsessive ancient Rome phase. We're considering getting Aeterna. What's the general consensus of it? Is it fun? If not, we'll probably get Onus. I know they're very different games, but it's just our plan b. Feel free to suggest other games to satisfy our autistic needs

>>96144763
Suggested that, but they often don't really exploit the other ally, so they don't feel like another alliance would provide more benefit.
So even if I do, at the end the result is that I'm the one with a crap ally, and even if I didn't spend many resources at start, I will later to compensate.

>>96144692
In dune you need to leverage your limited advantages at the right time to be able to win. Let's say that the guild player can't drop his soldiers to stop a win, your ally got weakened the last turn and you plus another player hold 2 strongholds while a worm shows up, you should at least consider dumping your ally and allying the other stronghold owner, aiming for the win since 2 players can no longer stop you
Instead if you spend your limited resources babysitting your weakened ally game will inevitably go to time

Sorry, wait, you're telling me not only is this $150 for some tokens and sheets of paper, but it's also unbalanced as fuck and the GM has to actively help the evil team to even get a full game out of it?

THIS is your peak social deduction game?

>>96138268
I'm sorry to tell you this bro but it's so much worse than you think. They retroactively digitally edited in - or maybe even literally went back in fucking time - a wheelchair guy to the 1997 Alien: Resurrection film.

>>96138268
>>96145022
AND they added a frail CEO with a robot assistant to Prometheus (2012) too. It's disgusting how they rewrite history with this wokeslop.

>>96145017
Not everything has to be an utterly competitive balanced game. It can just be..you know...fun.
Also you can print it for free

>>96145030
Does it tell you in the book that there's a huge innate imbalance in favour of good?

>>96144762
Looks like you've pretty much got it on lock already my man.

>>96144762
How is freelancers?

>>96145025
>>96145022
NTA but why are you defending obvious case of DEI retouching? This isn't reddit, I can't upboat you with gold for such wholesome chungus rightthink, kind stranger. Are you just ...brown?

p.s. your examples are films from Ridley Scott and Joss Whedon, two ultraliberal woke faggots

>>96145086
I think this might comes as a shock to you but Ridley Scott was the one directing Alien, the film Nemesis is based on

>>96145086
>NTA but why are you defending obvious case of DEI retouching?
What do you mean? I'm agreeing with you. The presence of this shit is disgusting. I can't believe they retroactively added into 20 year old films just to support their bastardisation of the Alien franchise.

I'm also a white Aryan male of Nordic phenotype btw.

>>96144969
Republic
Of
Rome

For actual high functioning autism

>>96145118
bro this type of oh sweetie sacrasm stopped being fashonable 10 years ago. You just sound fat.

>>96144995
>Suggested that, but they often don't really exploit the other ally, so they don't feel like another alliance would provide more benefit.
What does that even mean? They don't use the faction advantages afforded by the alliance?

My group is similar in that an alliance was broken literally 2 times in dozens and dozens of matches. It's a bit too cutthroat of an idea for most people, once they ally with someone they lock in mentally.

>>96145011
With groups like mine or the other anon's, good luck persuading the other 2-stronghold-having guy to break his alliance if I break mine.

>>96145030
It fails at being fun too.

>>96145138
I haven't heard anyone talking about that game. Have you actually played it? Is it any good?

>>96145171
>With groups like mine or the other anon's, good luck persuading the other 2-stronghold-having guy to break his alliance if I break mine.
The issue is your group not playing the game like it should be played. Maybe a bandaid could be to get extra factions and not play the guild?

>coops and loops
>2pts/ Chicken Pen inside each completed road loop
>ez pz lemon squeezie
>set up 12 pts payoff
>count points end game
>wait a min-
>lose by two points

>>96145017
>THIS is your peak social deduction game?
It's held up entirely by the "referee spins around" game clock. That's its killer feature.

>>96145022
>>96145025

>>96145666
Nah, the extra factions suck (not on an individual basis, but they fuck up the dynamics of the game), and the special wincons are a total meme. We only had them trigger once or twice. It's rare to get even to turn 8.

>>96146277
>>96145139
Lol, anons be mad they got put in their place.

>>96146580
Have another upboat my black friend! All of my upboats go to you

>>96145017
Unironically >>96145862

I also dislike the game but I know this comes down to preference. Social deduction obviously needs random factors thrown in, but BotC overdid it by quite a bit for my taste.

>>96144762
Any game enjoyed by Space Biff

>>96145171
>What does that even mean? They don't use the faction advantages afforded by the alliance?
They do, but they tend to do that evenly, rather than granting them only when it's beneficial to them too. Exploiting one ally and then dump them rarely happens, even though that's what I would personally do myself. They don't think of the ally as a temporary partner that they should make use of.
So I wanted to hear common moves from other players, just to give them examples of what they could do.

>>96148182
Ah, ok. That's another layer where only people who are remotely inclined to break the alliance would go for. Like if I play as Atreides, I only divulge the amount of information necessary to my ally about what cards other people are holding, but other than that, it takes a bit of that turncoat attitude not to do. Discounts are always applied, the emperor always lets their ally buy up all the treachery cards they want, etc.

Maybe my group is even worse in that sense, because it's not like it's "even", we just use each other's powers to the fullest.

>>96149005
And dos that lead to a stalemat as much as it does in my group?

>>96146277
Cute gif :D

Are any of these games good? People in my weekly meetup group are bringing them tonight:
>GWT: El Paso
>Furnace (I've played this once but don't have a strong opinion)
>Apiary
>Cryo

So what did everyone play this weekend?

>>96149439
Clank catacombs

never played Clank, was pretty cool game.

>>96149439
Just my prototype, sequence, and hungry hungry hippos

>>96149439
2 Games of Scout, Food Chain Magnate, Rajas if the Ganges and Nexus Ops. I didn't win anything but it was all pretty competitive, always nice to have close battles.

>>96149033
No, in terms of inter-alliance conflict my group is very aggressive. It's not like people are generally playing passively. The Bene Gesserit player is always looking for opportunities to bait someone into losing a fat stack of troops with their advisors. The Harkonnen is always looking to push his advantage in treachery cards and destroy some poor sap with a la-la-la and a donkey. Etc.

Like I mentioned in the other post, our games rarely get to a turn 8, and when they do, it's a complete bloodbath. 70% of all units are sitting in the Tleilaxu tanks by that point. And when that happens, someone can easily dispatch of the few remaining units of their opponents and seal a victory.

>>96149439
Nothing IRL unfortunately. Tried out Earthborne Rangers on TTS, and... It's interesting, but the whole frontloaded start where you have to pick from 80 different cards is just such a pain in the ass.

The game itself feels like a much slower version of 7th Citadel. And it's not like it's hard per se, it's very open-ended and the main "difficulty" is basically in how close you want to push to your card limit before the day ends. It's just obtuse and unintuitive, with two orthogonal action point systems that are intended as an "any kind of character can do anything", but work out as "why does my character who is the only one supposed to kill shit have almost no cards with conflict symbols".

>>96144969
If you can find a copy, Ostia. Great mancala-style board game about being the best exporter out of said port of Rome.

>>96149439
3 games of Sakura Arms with my sister. Fun times.

>>96150300
Anon your left hand isn't feminine.

>>96150300
Let me guess, before the three games this was your brother?

>>96150300
Did your sister ask you why you're so into underage chink girls?

>>96150300
Based family man

>>96150384
>>96150548
>>96150674
Cringe rude guys

>>96150773
Sóy mass replier

>>96149439
Civolution, Spooktacular, Slay the Spire, and a bunch of games of Fantasy Realms
>>96149688
>the whole frontloaded start where you have to pick from 80 different cards is just such a pain in the ass.
i just netdeck desu
>>96150243
how does this compare with Trajan?

>>96149439
Lewis & Clark
Carcassonne
AquaSphere (twice)

>>96150300
And is she getting any better?

Yo guys, looking for some advice on train games and other bullshit. A friend of a friend is legitimately a train autist, and I've always wanted to get into the heavier train/economics type games, so this is a perfect excuse. Anyone have any advice? Right now I'm looking at Chicago Express, Age of Rails (or another iron rails but I think age appeals most), age of steam. I was about to pick up power grid or Hansa Teutonica, and I know it's essentially the same with a different coat of paint, but anyone with some input or other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Ideally looking for a good way to introduce people to the economic bullshit fun, including myself, ideally playing in less than an hour and a half, but two hours ish isn't going to break us
I own and regularly pax porf, Ren, and pamir, as well as hex n chit wargames BS, like Agricola, terraforming Mars, blah blah blah. I'm not fussed about complexity, either in rules or in mastering the game, is what I'm trying to say
Tl;Dr want good train/economy game. Autistic guy about trains wants to play with us so that theme would be a bonus

>>96151341
Yeah, she almost beat me in the last game.

>>96151378
HT is not a train game or even an economy game. Though it is a good route building game.
If you're dead set on """economic bullshit""" then a Cube Rails game like Chicago Express or an 18xx like 18Chesapeake is my suggestion.

Why is every aftermarket token upgrade kit for Arcs so comically, absurdly expensive? There's not even a complete one, the "complete" kits either leave out the BR cities, or the ambition makers. Any cheap (less than $50) ways to minimize the use of cardboard player pieces?

>>96149439
Azul, Fantasy Realms, Alice's Garden, The Mind, Sabateurs, Heat, Century

>>96151724
Easy, by tossing the Wehrleshit into the trash where it belongs you reduce the cardboard player pieces use by 100%!

>>96151827
Another worthless contribution by Bollocks, thank you.

>>96149439
Just Mottainai and Aegean Sea, once each on tts
Most of my bg buddies irl are on vacation and I went hiking
Might start playing games by myself again

>>96151439
>18Chesapeake
How does it compare to Shikoku 1889?
these 2 were suggested to me as beginner 18xx's and was told they focus on different aspects of 18xx's in general, what are the differences?

>>96151724
You could resin them yourself if you like the base production aside from its fabrication materials. Very easy to do according to my deluxifier pal you just need to make sure to cure it properly and it's otherwise foolproof. Just be careful with double layered cutout boards—if they have tighter tolerances they may no longer fit or be too tight.

>>96150792
>how does this compare with Trajan?
Not a clue, never played it. I can tell you how the game works and you may able to surmise some differences.
Basically, each turn, you take your ships from a port space representing an action, while getting resources equal to the amount of ships there, then spreading them in each spot that follows. This interacts with the main board, mostly, by allowing you to build, place, and move your ships along the different trade routes, giving you rewards for being the first to pass checkpoints and resching the final destination. The cities you pass also allow you to build at them, giving you extra benefits on your port and allowing you some exchange power that helps you handle extra resources or gather what you may need for whatever you are currently attempting to do. The scoring is done with amount of ships, buildings, and amphora you've collected multiplied separately by the amount of rewards you have acquired (plus some set symbols you collect as secondary rewards during the game) and you add that all up for your final score.
It's a really tight game, where thinking ahead and making those big plays feels ultra satisfying. The only part I dislike is the scoring, as it gets very point-salady, even though the process of the game doesn't make it feel as such as you kind of naturally gather all the scoring elements. The feeling of racing your boats down routes to beat your opponents to checkpoints and destinations fir better rewards is pretty cool.
tldr: Never played Trajan, but from what I can tell, it's pretty different.

>>96128383
A good relaxed but still mentally stimulating is The Great Dalmuti card game. It was made by Richard Garfield, but nothing like MTG. Group card game for 4-10 players. Highly recommend for people new to board games and might be intimidated by a complicated board or many pieces.

>>96133425
>What are your favorites?
Martian Chess, Air Land and Sea, and Mandala
> And what 5 would you choose from the pic?
Blitzkrieg is the best imo.

>>96135859
Love Letters

>>96149439
4p Twilight Imperium 4th. 10 pt game. I came in second place as Mahact. Hacan won :(

>>96144762
Something solo

>>96150300
Just learned and played Blood Rage for the first time. It was damn fun. I wouldn't recommend it to the artists here as I know there's mechanics they'd hate, but I thought it posed an interesting and tense puzzle

>>96152580
>>96149439
*

Teaching blighted reach for Arcs this week.
Feels like a lot of rules overhead just for the shared rules, nevermind the unique identities.
Any tips for smoothing out the teach?

psssh, since the thread is in freefall, post your most played BGA games
>Hearts
>Pax Pamir
>Innovation

>>96152738
God I wish this was me.
On BGA, most played is Splendor, Azul, and 7 Wonders.

>>96152683
Have you played non-BR Arcs?

>>96152738
I'd be caught dead before being seen playing a BOARD game online.

>>96153175
No sorry, I only can get the Portuguese version here.

>>96153184
lol
I would genuinely recommend playing base game before Blighted Reach. It is worse, but it just needs to be 1 game. It just gets a bit too awkward to explain the campaign part of Blighted Reach alongside the actual basic mechanics of the game IMO.

>>96153181
>has a HUMAN CONVERSATION online

>>96153175
Ya, this particular group has three base games under its belt, Ive played 5.

Do you like playing Lost Cities with or without the extra Purple cards?

>>96153231
You'll be fine then dude.

Is an anime aesthetic enough to make me go all in on a eurogame from l99? The answer is yes.

>>96153836
I do not like playing Klondike Solitaire with extra steps

>>96154312
>kikesharter
A fool and his money etc.

Thanks to the anon that mentioned castle combo last (?) thread. Played a few rounds on bga and it actually is a good, statisfying 2p filler. Would have never even given it a chance from the name and art alone

>>96153836
I play with because you have to make harder decisions on what to discard as there are more cards but the hand size remains the same.

>>96154499
If you think Lost Kinos is anything close to solitaire then you haven't actually played the butt-clenching, bluff maxxing experience that is this game.

Played unmatched the other day with the gf and we both enjoyed it. Neither of us liked the licensing part of it. Any similar games that use completely original characters?

>>96155293
Mage Wars Arena
Summoner Wars
Battlecon
Exceed
Sakura Arms

>>96154312
For being such Knizia stalwarts, the Nips sure do love pumping out nu-Euros these days

Honest thoughts on spirit island and expansions.
Personally, I actually enjoy the base game.

>>96155964
>Honest thoughts on spirit island and expansions.
I shit on it as a shibboleth but I've honestly never played it. I don't see the appeal of long co-ops.

>>96155964
Jagged Earth is one of the best expansions for a board game Ive ever played. Ive been really enjoying the Nature Incarnate spirits, though some feel quite overtuned.

>>96156009

>>96155147
it's definitely strongest at 2p

>>96155964
I played it and don't wanna play again.

Bakery in progress.
Please wait while dough rises.

>>96155964
No different from other coopslop other than it being more complex. If you like coops, I can see it being excellent. If you don't it won't change your opinion on the genre.

>>96156279
>What game do you consider a great design yet don't feel like playing ever
>What shit design do you keep on playing

>Is putting suboptimal player counts on a box akin to a lie or is it just a welcome option to have (this includes solofaggotry)
>What high player count game has been rotting on your shelf?

>>96156390
>Is putting suboptimal player counts on a box akin to a lie or is it just a welcome option to have (this includes solofaggotry)
It depends on the game but a lot of the time it seems like a lie. I think pic related should be more common, but honesty is probably bad for sales.
>What high player count game has been rotting on your shelf?
Sidereal Confluence.
I've only gotten one play out of it so far.
I made the mistake of teaching it to a large group. The teach took 40 minutes because I kept having to repeat myself. Everyone was chatting with each other instead of paying attention.
I haven't been able to table it since because "it took too long" (it took 75 minutes) and "there were too many rules" (it's on the lower end of mid-weight no there were not).

>>96156520
Was more to help baker OP, see his pic

Nontheless thanks for responding, this is they key point I wanted to make next thread if the question was in the OP; while I fucking hate exaggerated (noone can tell me 7p Caverna is a good experience) or flat out stupid (3p Dune, 4p WotR) playercounts as well as clumsy solo modules... I would do the exact same thing, just because a customer going well fuck that playercount, that's stupid is better than another one going huh doesn't play X players, won't get it then.

I assume a significant amount of people buy games they are on the edge about because there is a solo mode (that will never get played, but the potential is there)

>>96156746
>I fucking hate [...] clumsy solo modules...
How can you tell if they're clumsy?

>>96157065
Clumsily designed. As in, a whole lot of extra components, flowcharts and new iconography that ultimately lead to spending +70% of your playtime administrating the shittily designed bot. Aka 95% of solo modes.

>>96157361
Nameeee the best solo mode in the world... or I'll eat your soul

>>96157420
Imperium classics/legends/horizons
The obly new companent is a souble sided card that keys cards in the bot civilizations deck to the actions they take.
Every civ bot is differently attuned to being peaceful, expansive, ruthless, prone to collapse, master market manipulator, etc, all while just using their standard deck of cards, their bot card, and maybe some modified set up rules.

>>96156746
Honestly, I wouldn't want to play anything over 6 people that wasn't paper thin. Think Wavelengths, codenames, or typical party games

>>96157689
That's where Formula D excels.

By the power of these 7s I proclaim TI4 to suck immeasureably.

>>96157775
So close, but I still believe it

Arcs rule question: Can I catapult move yellow from the planet in 6, to the planet with all of the blue pieces in 5? Everything seems to say "Yes", but it's another case of "Unsure because Leder games love to provide examples for the weird fringe edge cases, but rarely standard moves"

>>96157823
ya that is legal.
what matter is any space you enter being either a planet or occupied with enemy ships stops the catapult and your ships end there.

>>96157823
The rules don't leave much ambiguity here. Are you leaving a space with loyal star port? Catapult move unlocked. Only upon entering a new space do you check for enemy pieces to see if you stop or continue the move.

>>96157823
Yes. You can also leave some of the ships behind on the yellow planet, gate 6, and/or gate 5 if you want. But the ships can't end up anywhere else (unless all the gates are vacant and you take the long way around).

>>96157873
>>96157865
>>96157832
Thanks. Two-handing this to learn everything. So far this game is brilliant, even if it is pretty complicated.

>>96158019
You can't fool me anon that's a photo is from a three-player game. You're into foot stuff.