Thread 96294273

Making our getaway from last thread, its the Criminally Underrated edition of the Board Games General!

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

TQs:
How went your gaming this weekend? You did get some gaming done, right?

What should Leder Games next four letter title be?

What is your worst board game crime?

Thoughts?

>>96294370
>How went your gaming this weekend?
Two plays of Galileo Galilei and one play of Black Forest, pretty solid weekend

>>96294370
It will rank higher than Artisans of Splendent Vale on boardgamegeek.

>>96294421
Never heard of this game but yikes

>>96294370
Name and artwork couldn't be more generic

>>96294273 (OP)
>What is your worst board game crime?
I grabbed my dice real quick in Yahtzee and wrote down a large straight when I had junk. I was like 27 when I did it so I knew better than to do it. I still feel bad about that.

>>96294273 (OP)
>TQ
I went to a local game shop to check out the game night. The shop was still open, but they weren't hosting anything and it was just me and the owner. I ended up playing a bit of his display games with him so he could learn to teach it, and also talked with him for close to an hour since it was pretty quiet. There was some neat insight about the business. A few big takeaways were
>He likes meeting publishers at cons. He said he especially liked the people at Devir and Eagle Griffon.
>Ticket to Ride and Small-box card games like Uno and Oink games are his favorite things to stock. Apparently they just sell themselves.
>apparently I live in the same city as one of the artists for Boss monster.
Then Saturday night I FINALLY got to play a game of Dune Imperium a friend group of mine have been talking about getting together for close to two years. Me and the guy that owned the copy tied on victory points, I won the tiebreaker by having five spice. It was a really good game. two of the others hadn't played it before. The one seemed to start to get it and like it, the guy who got last hated it and hated that there wasn't a way for him to dogpile on me for having an early lead, lmao.

"Fuck" and "Yiff" is the most obvious funny Leder game title, but in more serious terms "Cash", "Ploy", "Dial", and "Hunt" could all be something interesting. I would love to see Kyle make art for "DOOM".

I throw out inserts if they can't comfortably fit sleeved cards. That includes my copy of Chinatown, and my deluxe dune imperium player card tray. I'll also always sharpie any score counter piece that doesn't already have a +100 or whatever on the reverse side, if it's a game where scores can easily reach over the limit. So Ticket to ride, El Grande, Dune Imperium, and Concordia are all markered.

Also that's the single best OP image we've ever had. Does it exist in higher resolution?

Is there any chance that mushroom sort will get an English release or should I just order a Japanese one?

>>96294273 (OP)
>How went your gaming this weekend?
AquaSphere
Bomb Busters
Castle Combo
The Crew
Cursed Court
Hot Streak
Mushroom Sort
Tzolk'in

and a bunch of online games

>>96294635
What's Tzolk'in like, anyway? Thinking about picking it up as a gift for a friend.

>>96274723
Bumping this q

>>96294632
It come with two rule books. One is Japanese the other is English.
The player aids are only in Japanese but it's easy enough to navigate the scoring table without being able to read it.

>>96294640
Ehhh. It's fine. You have to play flexibly but ultimately there's only 3 things worth doing so the games feel repetitive.

>>96294659
Drat. I'm sure I'll find something else good, not like I lack choice.

Dunno if it counts, but I'm at least happy that the last of the officially released HeroQuest expansions is going to be out sometime maybe next year or so from Avalon Hill. I Somewhat feel that it'll include the quests from the old quest book, maybe some filler, and then also adding in the megaquest "The Dark Company".

Now I wonder if they'll also release a set with all the other minis from the Backer stuff (such as the alt-gender heroe minis, mentor mini, Prisoner Rogar mini, and Witch King Mini... ...along with the other alternate sculpts for the enemies, and MAYBE the old Druid and Knight minis... ...but that's probably asking for too much.

>>96294273 (OP)
Played Dune Imperium and taught a few people La Famiglia
both games super fun.
i love board games

>>96294273 (OP)
This weekend I've played:
>Earth
>Mind MGMT
>Res Arcana
>Jetpack Joyride
>Kabuto Sumo
>6 Minmt
>Maracaibo
>Dimensions

Pretty solid weekend desu

>>96295244
How's Maracaibo?

Asked this in the last thread, got some great recommendations, but nothing I could actually get my hands on, even by importing. So I'll ask again:

A friend of mine and I play on occasion, trying to explore boardgames and wargames lately. We're looking for recommendations on new things to try out. We're usually 2 or 3 players, but occasionally 4-6 every once in a blue moon.
Our experience in no particular order:

Card games:
We grew up playing yu gi oh and mtg. Stopped once we realized it was pay to win.
We enjoy hero realms and star realms, it feels almost like mtg but fair.
The mind is meh on the rare occasion.
Sushi go is fun for one round max.
Don't know if munchkin counts, but we all love a round of it once in a while.
Coup really depends on who's playing, 10 min rounds max.
The grizzled is kinda mixed... its weird in that we enjoy it but also fucking hate it.
Exploding kittens is a fun quick game.

Boardgames:
Twilight struggle is a love-hate kinda game. It's "interesting" to play, but its not a particularly great game.
Catan is similar. Not a good game, but its kinda a staple i guess.
Ticket to ride is fun, more of a staple honestly.
Fuck monopoly.

Wargames:

We've played battle tech, both traditional and alphastrike. Traditional was fun, but a bit too slow and micromanagey for us, and removing rules felt a bit too disingenuous. We liked the customizability, and the mini-agnostic nature though. Will get back to alphastrike.

Played warhammer 10e (albeit on tabletop simulator) and it was fun, but the distance measuring thing gets pretty finicky, and line of sight gets annoying.

Alphastrike felt kinda the same as warhammer, but didn't feel as "polished" as either battletech or warhammer.

My friend played dreadfleet and says its super fun

Any suggestions for some games we might enjoy?

Previous suggestions I was keen on, but can't find:
Blue moon
China town
Bohnanza
Space/sword weirdos (can find the pdf)
Heavy gear
CAV

>How went your gaming this weekend?
Played GWT at 4. The random starting building placement was pretty bad, and despite investing everything into cows and making decent progress with my them, I didn't get anywhere close to New York, in fact nobody did. Not a fan, not playing again with 4.

>>96294273 (OP)
>weekend gaming
Board games got cancelled for long distance vidya with my brother who is now expecting his 3rd child, though it's his first with a non-npc. It was to be Yokohama with my wife and we'll probably get to it sometime midweek.
>4 Leder game
Stav— You compete with assymetric powers to be the ultimate Greek lad to be the most Greek orthodox and claim the red kicks and everlasting tracksuits.
>worst crime
I gave my friend the cosmic frog expansion after they sold the game.

About to start painting Vast, WotR and Clash of Cultures minis. Any worthwhile sets before I just go with liquitex art supplies.

>>96295310
Get better taste faggot.

>>96294273 (OP)
>TQ
Gaming was more simple stuff this time. A couple rounds of Spots, Ready Set Bet, and Power Vacuum. Enjoy playing the easy stuff here and there. We're playing TI4 soon so I fogured I'd give them a break.
I think a game called SPAR would be cool. Skirmish-style game where you all play as different types of warriors. Basically For Honor but with the Ferrin art style.
I have one friend who I tend to betray in huge ways. We both are considered the table threats, often making us rivals. However, when an alliance is proposed, I play along until the right moment and stab her in the back. It's led to some awkard moments and real anger. I just can't help it.

>>96294370
troon designer - > game discarded

>>96294370
It makes an adequate stand in for a gm for a group where no-one is passionate enough to dm themselves.

2 player, 0% luck, perfect information, high interaction
this is the only type of game where if you win you can claim that *you* did it.
In every other game you were kingmaked, got lucky, picked a better solitaire strategy, were blessed by cards etc

>>96297003
All of human history is accomplishments by people who claim "they" did it with luck, kingmaking, picking the better strategy, blessed by a god hand set up by a predecessor.
I'd rather be realistic than a sterile excuse that I won in a vacuum.
weak b8 m8 but i still r8 an 8.

I need some new short filler games. Here are my parameters:
>Playtime: Around 30 minutes
>Player count: ≥4

I already have:
The Crew
Guillotine
Love Letter
The Mind

>>96297195
7 Wonders
Citadels
Coloretto
Century Spice Road
Camel Up
Power Plants
Take 5 (6 nimmt)

>>96295310
>https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8

>>96294273 (OP)
TQs:
>How went your gaming this weekend? You did get some gaming done, right?
I had a weekend full of gaming. Friday played BGA with some friends who moved away. Showed them Let's Go to Japan and then played King of Tokyo.
Saturday we had a proper board gaming day as part of my birthday party. I used it as an excuse to bust out four games I've been dying to table: Adrenaline, Colt Express: Couriers & Armored Train, Fantasy Wizard, and Paperback.
Sunday I ran simple family games at a church picnic, mostly Zar which is what I like to call "Better Uno." It turned out to be a hit.

>What should Leder Games next four letter title be?
GAME

>What is your worst board game crime?
As a kid I was taught Munchkin wrong (I never knew about the backpack mechanic). Later when I got the game for myself I thought I'd played it enough that I never read the rulebook for myself. I went on to teach many, many more people Munchkin incorrectly just as I did. I only learned about the backpack when one of my friends whom I introduced the game to bought it for themselves, actually read the rules, and called me up about it.
Oops.

>>96297195
>I need some new short filler games. Here are my parameters:
>Playtime: Around 30 minutes
>Player count: 2-3

3 player recs?

>>96297534
3 kingdoms redux, Pax Transhumanity, Through the desert

>>96294370
It's a choose your own adventure game.
It's also pretty focused on you not wasting time on shit while playing and there is a time crunch.
Then halfway through it just stops with adventuring so it makes you take part in a gay wedding which is EXTREMELY out of place given the time sensitive bullshit before and after two dykes getting hitched.

Played it all the way through once and have zero interest in touching it again.

Is that chip theory Elder Scrolls game any good?

>>96295433
>About to start painting... Any worthwhile sets before I just go with liquitex art supplies.

Yeah, there are plenty of decent to excellent lines of acrylic paints designed to give excellent results when painting minis:

Vallejo Game / Model Color series are a good place to start looking.

Army Painter - has a line of 'speed paints' if you simply want a quick and basic paint job on a lot of minis rather than individual works of art.

Pro Acryl by Monument Hobbies is another solid line of paints.

Green Stuff World is well known for their metallic paints

Scale 75 is another well know line of paints.

Kimera Kolors - excellent paints but very expensive (lots of pigment and uses high end pigments).

About the only one I'm 'Meh' on is GW / Citadel colors - while many are decent paints, they all trend towards the 'top of the value for money' scale to 'simply over-priced'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoPjDBF-afI

Hope those help

>>96297302
Anon, you can display your BGG collection including game titles. It would definitely help as the box art in your image has some or all of the game title cut off. Pic related.

>>96297665
it's basically Too Many Bones v2, so if you like that sort of game then you might like it.

>>96295310
> ast thread, got some great recommendations, but nothing I could actually get my hands on, even by importing
Where on the planet are you located?

>Card games:
7 Wonders / 7 Wonders Architects (both 2 - 7 players)
51st State: Master Set - Card drafting / tableau building (1- 4 players)
Arctic Scavengers: Base Game + HQ & Recon - (1 - 5 players)
Citadels - Card drafting / tableau building (2 - 8 players)
Fairy Tale - Card drafting & Set Collection (2 - 5 players) likely OOP (Out of production) sadly.
Sea Salt & Paper - Open drafting, Hand Management, & Set Collection (2 - 4 players)
Treasure Hunter - Card drafting, Hand Management (2 - 6 players) designed by Dr. Richard Garfield of MTG fame.

>Boardgames:
>Twilight struggle is a love-hate kinda game. It's "interesting" to play, but its not a particularly great game.
A lot of experienced gamers would disagree. TS is a very well designed game. Where many gamers run into difficulty is the fact that the game rewards players who know all or nearly all of the cards in the game and their effect on the game state. Most gamers simply don't have the focus and self-discipline needed to accomplish that.

>Catan is similar. Not a good game, but its kinda a staple i guess.
Catan was excellent for its time. That said, game design has made great strides in the 25+ years since Catan hit store shelves. There are plenty of better games to spend time on than Catan these days.

Without more detail in what you're looking to get out of your board gaming experience, I'm hard press to make good recommendations short of randomly throwing out ideas.


>Wargames:
>We've played battle tech, both traditional and alphastrike.
Are you simply looking for other Mech battling games, or are you looking to try a variety of war games? There are a number of board games with a 'Mecha Combat' theme, but none I can think of that truly stand out.

>>96295251
A fun discussion dropped on the table that day: some thought that Maracaibo was the best Pfister they ever played, and others thought that this award was still held by GWT.
Sure both are great but I think that Maracaibo, even being as long as it is, is the better game. Pfister works better with cards than other components, the flow is very smooth once you get the flow, and you get it very soon. GWT is not a bad game, but the stuff you can do with the cards in Maracaibo elevates it for me.

Some negative aspect is the lenght. With explanation, that game lasted +4 hours with 4 people. Maybe it can reduce an hour if everyone knows the game well but +3 is still lenghty. Allegedly, Pirates of Maracaibo fix that, but I will wait for another anon to confirm/deny this.

>>96297195
I would second >>96297245 Anon's recs of 7 Wonders (and also add 7 Wonders Architects if you're looking for a liter experience) as well as Citadels. 6Nimnt is one of those games that feels like it plays better on Board Game Arena where automation handles the fiddly book keeping.

As for my recs:
Cash & Guns (4 - 8 players)
Code Names (2 - 8 playes)
Coup / Coup Rebellion (2 - 6) / (3 - 6 players)
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (4 - 12 players)
Dixit (3 - 8 players)
Eight Minute Empire (2 - 5 players)
Mafia de Cuba (6 - 12 players)
Not Alone (2 - 7 players)
Queendomino (like this over Kingdomino) (2 - 4 players)
Rising 5, Runes of Asteros (1 - 5 players)
Sea Salt & Paper (2 - 4)
Telestrations: 12 player Party Pack (hilarious when you have a bunch of players who can't draw well.)
We're Doomed! (4 - 10 players)

>>96297195
Harvest (1992)
Hot Streak
Courtisans
Wandering Towers
TRICKTAKERs

>>96297302
Why do you have a picture of my collection saved on your pc anon?

>>96298437
You dont collect other anons collections of shelf shares?

>>96298535
But why?

>>96298388
I heard TRICKTAKERS is more of a midweight game, have I been memed by the japanese smallbox cardgame mafia?

>>96298718
for a tricktaker it's on the more complex side, however you can definitely play a game in 30min or less. if you limit it to the starter characters it's fairly easy to teach. then you can work in the other characters gradually

You guys weren't lying, this game is a blast.

>>96298165
>>96295310

I'm in south africa

W.r.t. Twilight struggle, the game is really well designed, I do agree. But the major thing that put us off was that a large portion of the game is frustratingly more luck in a game that feels like it should be strategy, and because of that, it can either take 20 minutes or 3 hours, with no control over how long it could take. Our first game took us 10 hours over 2 days, and every other game we've played was between 1 to 3 hours, with the occasional early accidental win. It brings a unique frustration to the table that we just don't quite get with other games. Being history nerds, We love the game, we just find ourselves preferring other games.

As for Catan, I do also agree, it's good for its time. Im just personally bitter because I can never get that last 2 stone or whatever to win the game, and I've never won a game.

Regarding other boardgames, we're fairly open to new experiences. Party games are nice for the occasional group, so we tend to lean towards things like codenames, exploding kittens, ticket to ride and splendor. But we want something with more bite, which is why we got into twilight struggle and the wargames.

Personally, im not too worried about themes. Battletech is fun for me because of the in-depth customizability, and hexmaps makes things so much easier to avoid arguing about that 1 millimeter difference between being behind cover and not... And warhammer is fun because its nicely balanced and polished, and the gameplay os more fun, but i wish it had hexmaps. Gameplay matters more to me than theme, and we're both really open to finding new games and styles to play. Just out there exploring at this point

Axis and Allies sucks
Too clunky to play

>>96297534
Bus
Through the Desert
Race for the Galaxy

>>96299340
i wouldn't shit you, you're my favorite turd

WTF this game is actually a banger
Probably the best trick-taker for two I ever played

>>96297534
The Great Zimbabwe
Seconding Pax Trans
Warsaw: City of Ruins
Tokaido
Dale of Merchants
Aegean Sea
Spirit Island

>>96295225
I occasionally come here from /v/ and it's refreshing that people actually enjoy games here. Starting board gaming as a hobby has been a genuinely great thing.

>>96299674
Similar experience. Checked this general out in early 2022 and have perpetually kept a dedicated tab open for it since. Even the crankiest threads are generally so much more enjoyable than /v/.
And the best part? Board games are discussed largely in mechanical terms here. That means years of reading and discussing has made me fluent in the language of gameplay. Ergo, board games allow me to shitpost about video game in more technical terms, making my critiques about shit like Undertale soooooo much more biting.

>>96299674
>people actually enjoy games here
Who actually plays games?
In all seriousness, I had a similar experience. I was an avid vidya player and was slowly becoming more and more jaded towards the lack of innovation, and general stagnation of the industry. I wouldn't say board games are exactly immune to that. It's just much simpler to see what designers tweak in the mechanics of their games. It feels much more transparent and is a better indicator of quality. For instance, for all the shit he gets here, I do enjoy Wehrle. As it's been said many times: he isn't perfect, but his designs are at least interesting. That's the kind of thing video games need more of in the mainstream, not just the indie darlings.

>>96299674
>>96299777
board games are both a social hobby, and generally enjoyed by older or at least more mature folks. we're generally more well-adjusted than the average poster on other boards.
i've been a regular on a lot of the different hobby boards over the last 15+ years, and you're right, this is 1 of the only ones where everyone isn't miserable and doesn't hate their hobby.
cheers and good job everybody. don't let the identity politics in.

Guys i dont know how to say this but
I like board games
I think board games a real good

>>96299901
I got jaded toward vidya too. Then I started playing almost exclusively games that came out before then the 7th gen and realized I just hate modern games, lmao.
But yeah, board games are great. There's some recent design that are very thought-provoking. Love or hate Arcs, that is an undeniably interesting design. I'm a huge fan of Dune Imperium, even if it's a hodgepodge of existing mechanics, the way it comes together as a whole is a very solid experience. War of the Ring is thematic and epic in a way that feels as big as the extended Peter Jackson trilogy. Some older classics like Acquire hold up great. Even some of the "normalfag" games like Ticket to ride, Splendor, and Carcassonne are a lot of fun. Hell I even like Catan, I have all four large box expansions and their 6 player extensions for the 5th edition.

so you guys wanna make out or what

>>96300034
No, Cole.

printed an insert for Dune Uprising + Bloodlines
every component having its proper place in a way that aids efficient setup and ergonomics is better than any orgasm

>>96300034
Sure but only over a table of Catan

>>96300065
Custom inserts for games are godlike. I consider the plastic ring bases and a custom insert outright mandatory for War of the Ring.

>>96297894
Thanks for the thoughtful response, anon. I will be checking my local hobby shop later today if it stops pouring enough to see. I haven't painted models since Tamiya cars in the mid 90s. Should be fun.

>>96297534
Troyes ($50)
Menage a Trois (free)

>>96300299
hey i wanted to warn you, glad you're still around
do you know about the coating that is on War of the Ring minis?
you need to wash them with soap and water before priming them
there may be some other product that is useful for prepping them, i can't remember for sure, but you can look it up - it's a well-known problem
godspeed, i paint all my minis but don't think i'm up to doing WotR

>>96295433
Army painter speed paints for fast table top standard (no eyes, no blending, etc). These paints are mainly for getting stuff "good enough". They won't be showcase worthy, but they get minis looking nice with limited work. Prime white, one fat coat, wash, seal, done.

If you are going traditional painting, which WILL yield nicer result but will require more time, Pro Acrylics,AK, Vallejo, and Army Painter Fanatics are all good choices.

GW/Citadel are solid paints, but pots are dumb and they are more expensive than everyone else despite being the same as the other paints listed in terms of overall quality.

>>96294370
way too expensive when picrel exists
>>96294398
how's BF? The rondel aspect just seems pretty meh compared to GR's ideas

>>96300493
Thanks for the wash warning, I could well have fallen prey to that since I have been reading and watching videos on miniature painting rather than the quirks of war of the ring itself. Game arrived today and despite being in shrink the box is fucked up so I have a bit of glueing and clamping to do as well.
>>96300511
I will do it traditionally. Too autistic for good enough when I have read the book every few years since I was 7. If only there were a classic Wizard of Earthsea game then I would be painting about 5 minis instead lol.

>>96297534
All Bridges Burning/People Power/Vijayanagara
Churchill/Congress of Vienna

>>96300511
Actually, I might hybridise my approach by using speed paints for the rank and file shadow at least if the skills are reasonably transferable to standard paints. Anyone with a name needs an effort at a face I'd say. Is it viable to use speed paints for modal colours and then highlighting with standard drying paints, or is it hard/impossible to paint on? Is there a specific website to read for objective measurements of paint characteristics?
Thanks again for all your help.

>>96297245
>>96298283
>>96298388
Thanks for the suggestions anons. I haven't heard of (or I'm aware of, but don't know much about) many of these so I've got some researching to do.

>>96301069
yea you can do that

>LGS pals decide to play Splendor
>Recall playing a game with gems a while back
>Think "Splendor has gems, it must be the same"
>It's not the same
>mfw

>>96301916
Splendor is one of the easiest games on the market dude, my 66 year old mother plays it.
Surely learning it wasn't some kind of hurdle?

>>96301946
nah it was easy to figure out I was just thrown off that "game with gems" and "game with gems" were actually different games. I was thinking of Century Spice Road iirc

>>96301954
No you were thinking of Incan Gold.

>>96301954
What's CSR like, anyway? Is it "splendor with more rules", or does it have gameplay mechanics of its own to set it apart?

>>96301965
the resource management is a LOT different

>>96301954
>>96301965
>>96301978
Is Century Spice Road good?

>>96281984
Average Bollocks "review" be like

>>96294273 (OP)
>How went your gaming this weekend?
Had a 3 day weekend getaway with the boys. Got in over 40 plays including:

Clash of Cultures
Barrage
River Valley Glassworks
Garden Nation
How to Save a World
Dune Imperium with all expansions
Anunnaki
Maria
Tapestry
Bonfire
The Castles of Tuscany
Ninjato
Hansa Teutonica
And numerous small box games

>>96302324
How do you get FORTY games going in one weekend? I can get at most, 3. Super jealous.
Also, what's Dune Imperium like with every expansion (assuming "every" means Ix, Immortality, and Bloodlines) I've only managed to play Ix.

>>96299341
>Twilight struggle
If you like the strategy and hate the luck aspect of Twilight Struggle, Imperial Struggle is a straight upgrade. I also love the war system as the primary "scoring" system much more than the regional scoring in TS.

>>96302304
Fucking hell that is some good work anon

>>96302324
>How to save a world
I've semi looked jnto this a month or so ago, didn't know it was released yet. Seemed interesting, but the question that was still open is if the method of scoring/winning the game makes it more than the sum of its parts or is it merely a euro with a good gimmick?

Also I'm absolutely jelous, last time I had a getaway with boardgaming excesses was 6 or so years ago before I had kids

I'm not even sure if I'd get more 4 or so people to join me at this point. Being a responsible adult seriously sucks.

>>96302367
I would argue that IS is very much a different game; it's no longer really card driven, the events are largely "here's a specific small extra action at the cost of this card", the swinginess is gone and it's about edging out small advantages. Still features a "lmao you didn't go for sugar? Haha we'll score it 3 times in a row" which is both necessary mechanically as well as a bit frustrating at times
Also FUCK the british

>>96302324
40? how many of these were fillers?

>>96302631
It's no longer entirely card-driven, but the cards still play a really big role. In my games at least, pretty much all the event symbols get used every turn, plus you can't forget about the ministry cards which can have a huge impact. Pompadour is like an entire extra investment tile if you have a good presence in Europe.

You are much more in control as a player this way, and while you can draw useless events, there is no possibility of getting fucked over by card draws so completely that your entire turn amounts to nothing (or worse, actively helping your opponent).

>sugar
Every tile has a 50% chance to be drawn each round. Having repeating demand tokens should be expected, and you should generally not be abandoning regions entirely.

>>96302330
>And numerous small box games
That's how

>>96302638
A lot, hence why I only listed the bigger titles.

>>96302601
I enjoyed it. The way that scoring works means you can't ignore any of the 3 tracks and have to be very watchful about what other people might/are trying to do.

>>96302330
Forgot to answer your Dune question.

It felt more fun that the base game but there was also maybe a bit more going on that I would have liked in terms of stuff to keep track of and ways to get points. I'd probably like it best with just 1 or 2 expansions, not sure which ones though.

>>96302727
I haven't gotten around to try Bloodlines, what did you think of it? Even with just immortality and Ix it felt bloated already, can't imagine with one more expa, I think I'd do away with Ix

>>96302798
Bloodlines is really more of an expansion for Uprising
the fact that they try to make everything compatible is a bit confusing and hokey

>>96302798
I'm honestly not sure what parts were from which expansions. Is Bloodlines the tech tiles one? If so, it seemed fine but 2 out of 3 players ignored it completely and one of those 2 won the game.

>>96302872
bloodlines is tech tiles you can buy with spice when you visit green spaces, and saudakar commanders you can recruit at some spaces for solari (and pay for again after they die). their powers only go off when they're in combat

>>96302872
>>96302894
I think the tech tiles part of Bloodlines was made so that you could include the tech tiles aspect from Ix in Uprising without having the Ix expansion (one more reason to do away with Ix)

Rolling dice is a categorically fun activity. Every game should feature lots of dice rolling, yes even eurogames.

>>96303140
Preach, brotha

>>96303140
If i want to roll dice brainlessly i'll just go play dnd or other ttrpgs

>>96303140
>Every game should feature lots of dice rolling, yes even eurogames.
This is why catan has been the defacto titan for decades.

>>96303140
>Rolling dice is a categorically fun activity.

Welcome new initiate! We are gathered here today to compare and contrast the virtues of Shadowrun 2nd edition, and Warhammer 40K using a Tyranid army.

>>96294273 (OP)
>what is your worst board game crime

I cheated in a game and caused a couple to break up over it. They'd only been together for a month but he slapped her right across the face because he got so angry at how it was going. It was a team game

>>96303168
Amature

>>96303168
>It was a team game
I want to believe so bad because this line sends me into orbit.

>>96303140
Actually, only drawing cards is categorically fun

Rolling dice is largely fun, but sometimes very unstatisfying. Eg in Forbidden Stars

>>96303342
Shuffling cards blow ass.

>Buy Ark Nova
>It's actually good

Maybe I need to play some more Euroslop, recently I played The White Castle and it was dogshit 'tho

>>96303391
As someone who defends Euroslop from time to time, I actually barely have any. The closest my collection comes to it is probably Viticulture, and the last time I played it is like 7 years ago. Tzolk'in is a better worker placement game, but I'm not sure if it's considered slop around these parts.

Euroslop enjoyers, please list your favorites.

Anyone have the space weirdos and sword weirdos PDFs? I wanna give it a look and see if its worth buying, but none of the jewtubers seem to post anything of value regarding it

>>96303603
Never even heard of them. Are they from some sort of Kickstarter?

>>96303391
>>96303473
>>96303603
Euros can be fun but there is very little innovation in the genre.

Like if you have 1-3 Euros you enjoy, there's 0 reason to try anything else.

This doesn't include hybrid games like Chaos Order though, I mean pure Euros for this case.

>>96303628
It's a wargame that I was recommended here on a previous bgg thread. Mini agnostic, meaning I don't have to invest some massive amount of time and money into it. The PDF is 5 dollars, but I wanna see if I'd spend that on a ruleset first, considering there are a lot of similar things floating around.

Found the PDF for space weirdos though, but i can't seem to post the link. It was after I went on jewgle and typed "space weirdos pdf" and it was the first link

>>96300671
I have not played Glass Road so I can't comment on the differences, but I enjoyed it pretty thoroughly.

I did think the worker placement mechanism worked pretty well. Food is required for movement outside of the quadrant of the board you're currently in, and any region of the board that is occupied by another player requires even more food to move there that you must pay to the player. That means you want to get in the head of your opponents, and squat where they need to go so you get paid or know when they're about to leave a region so you can swoop in while it's cheap. The ability to move the worker tiles around is pretty cool too. If the actions in a certain town work well for you, you can swap in new tiles to make that city even better. On the same end, you can pull away action tiles from areas people are frequenting to disrupt their action economy and devalue that part of the board to encourage them to come visit you instead and give you food.

What I did not like was the 40+ building tiles that form a giant market. The market was a few feet away from me at the table, and if I didn't take a photo of the display in the beginning I'd be getting up from my chair a dozen times during the game to see what resources I needed to focus on for my strategy.

>>96303391
Ark Nova is peak euro. It's a bear to teach, but the sliding actions and microturns make for really creative lines may only happen 1 in 100 games.

>>96303473
Grand Austria Hotel with staff card drafting is maximum euro kino. Revive is also peak area control Euro once you've unlocked all the factions and campaign rules.

>>96303355
dunno man Dominion sold 5 quadrillion expansions and the game is 99% shuffling 1% multiplayer solitaire

>>96303967
> Dominion sold 5 quadrillion expansions
> Assburgers - it's more common than you think

Mechanically there isn't a lot to complain about with Dominion. But for me, in terms of game play, it was like chewing on cardboard. Bland and tasteless. I have zero interest in ever playing it again.

>>96303473
Trickerion is my favorite if we aren't counting splotters, quite a bit heavier than those you mentioned though

>>96302304
Bollocks bros...

>>96304093
Even the hardcore heavy euro/MPS haters agree unanimously that Splotters are not slop, I got a few of them myself.

>>96304148
It's spelled "Blokus", Bros.

>>96303391
>>96303962
As another sometimes defender of euroslop, Ark Nova is something I absolutely despise, designwise, but we've played it so much online I am hardpressed to actually shit on it.

How would you define euroslop, anons? If it's low interaction pasted on theme point salady games that are still good...there's not that many of them. Feld's marrakesh and AffO immediately come to mind

>>96303140
>Rolling dice is a categorically fun activity. Every game should feature lots of dice rolling, yes even eurogames.
Name names anon.
And you better not mention some small / light games or big box / 4h+ games. Marco Polo is alright

>>96304093
How does it compare to Anachrony?

>>96303140
Love dice in games but I play with player that hate (perceived) randomness. They don't mind cards but dice are a no-go. In Anachrony the house ruled out the dice that is minimally used.
What dice games have dice but don't give the feeling of randomness (if such a thing exists)?

>Cthulhu Wars duel
>Overboss duel
>Saboteur duel
>Quacks duel

>CMON's CFO resigned
It's coming.

>>96305345
It won't be much of a surprise considering their sketchy-ass business practices.

>>96305092
I'm holding out for Twilight Struggle Duel.

>>96305345
It's been coming for a long time.and their financial troubles have been public for months now as far as I remember

>>96305092
>Cosmic encounter duel

Also
>"Can we please finally get a solo mode in the next expansion of Ti4"

Is anyone excited about any new releases?
Personally, I'm moderately interested in:
-Gods & Mortals
-The Lord of the Ice Garden
-Republic of Rome Remastered
-Dune: Kwisatz Haderach Edition
but none of these games really excite me that much.
The only things I'm waiting for are probably the new Primal expansions and the reprint of Guards of Atlantis.

>>96305514
What we 'really need' is an 18 player version of Twilight Imperium. Like the 18 player version of Mega-Civilization.

>>96305621
What the hell is the holdup for the Kwisatz haderach edition of Dune, anyway? It was supposed to be unveiled August "at worst" and we're halfway through the month already. I hate everything board gaming taking so long.

>>96305621
>Is anyone excited about any new releases
Compile getting a reprint and the release of Compile 2.
Thats it. Not really paying attention to bg news/announcements anymore.

>>96304960
Here's your Ai answer:
Circadians: First Light
Civolution
Coimbra
Crystal Palace
La Granja: Deluxe Master Set
Madeira
Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan
Pulsar 2849
Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun
The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire
The Voyages of Marco Polo
The White Castle
Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula
Troyes

>>96305644
>What the hell is the holdup for the Kwisatz haderach edition of Dune, anyway?
It's going to be a super duper extra mega premium edition with new rules.
>It was supposed to be unveiled August "at worst" and we're halfway through the month already. I hate everything board gaming taking so long.
You must be new here. If companies that release games are only two years behind schedule, it's as if they delivered on their promises ahead of time.

>>96305651
Yeah, kinda same. I am increasingly losing interest in new games.
Oh, but I would also add the Company of Heroes boardgame to the list. It looks like something my friends would really enjoy. Now I'm just waiting for it to be delivered and I'll buy it second-hand from someone.

>>96305651
>Compile
This game looks like an average line battler. I've seen people complaining about balance of some of the decks (love I think?).
What does it do better than others?

>>96305627
We absolutely do not need that, though

>>96305621
>The Lord of the Ice Garden
this is getting a reprint?

>Is anyone excited about any new releases?
Algomancy
Sweet Lands
March of the Ants: Evolved Edition
DNA: The New Origin of Species
Casus Belli
Age of Galaxy (Second Edition)
Not that I have any expectations for these games but if they look interesting and might check up on them when they come out.

>>96305759
Yes, LotIG will have a remastered reprint, it was announced about three years ago.
any day now...

>>96304960
> Dice mechanic games - longer than 30 minutes, less than 4 hours...

Dice Forge - the obvious choice - customize your dice to create your own engine) - this game runs 12 turns and really needs to be 13 or 14 turns long. (2 - 4 players)

Roll Player - draft dice to build your RPG character sheet. (1 - 4 players)

Roll for the Galaxy - draft dice to build your engine and rule the Galaxy. (2 - 5 players)

Arcs - build ships and roam the galaxy blowing stuff up! Because the galaxy isn't just going to blow itself up. (2 - 4 players)

Dark Moom - the only thing we have to fear are the crazy-fucks mixed in the crew and trying to kill us all - (a game where the dice mechanics actually do an excellent job of creating paranoia and distrust which supports the whole 'hidden traitor' mechanic.) (3 - 7 players)

Oltree - Rebuild the Keep, bring justice to the surrounding lands, and restore the former Kingdom to glory. (2 - 4 players)

Orichalcum - an action drafting / dice rolling game that uses a race condition / sudden death ending with the first player to achieve 5 victory points winning the game. (2 - 4 players)

>>96305742
Don't worry Anon, you'll be OK. They'll come out with another expansion for Munchkin any day now...

>>96305621
Feya's Swamp
Druids of Edora
Panda Spin Expansion
Sentinels of the Multiverse Disparation

>>96303391
>The White Castle
I tried that on BGA and found it pretty dull so I'm with you there. Is that game only popular because of the size of the box and quickness of play?

>>96305832
Your baiting is misguided, anon. I am very much a fan of TI, but playing with more than 6 is already stretching it, and I imagine more than 8 would very much be like torture

>>96305621
With you on the RoR remaster
New terrorscape might be cool
GoA II gets praised by every single person that played it, but I am STILL hesitant to get it as we are only very rarely +6 people
The Danes
>>96305873
>Feya's swamp
Ah yes that one too

>>96305873
>Sentinels of the Multiverse Disparation
Is that IP dead in the water after gtg closing?

>>96306005
Yes, that's why I was joking about needing an 18 player game of TI. The 18 player game Mega Civilization routinely takes an entire day, and often an entire weekend to complete one game.

>>96305621
>Is anyone excited about any new releases?
new old release of Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
and i'd grab a PDF of Space Gits when that's out
that's about it

>>96306082
a recent update seemed to indicate positive news. maybe they'll be printing the expansion, or GtG was sold to another company? I hope the rest of the boxes they planned release eventually. I'm very confident disparation will come out though

>>96306167
Really? I thought the whole point of mega civ was that it was playable in a day due to streamlin- wait a second is mega civ a different game than eastern/western empires combined? I just noticed my brain has that one filed it under 'Mega Civilzation' for some readon

>>96305621
Mostly reprints. It's normal to become less excited about new releases over time if you are refining your tastes. If you want to be excited, don't ask questions, consume product, et cetera.

>feuerland announces that rosenbergs successor to affo, (the?) Danes will come to crowdfunding due to 'the size of the box'
>Allegedly it is Gloomhaven sized

Who the absolute fuck is supposed to have table space for a game that likely mogs even affo

>>96306405
E/w empires is the successor to mega civ which is the successor to civ

Now I wonder...

Is it possible to get a legal copy of The Landlord's Game now-a-days?
and if so, maybe not so much an original, but maybe a reproduction.

>>96306875
Never heard of anyone making a modern reproduction of that game.

>>96306875
The patents and copyrights have all expired, so it's not possible to get an illegal copy.

is this game worth it? I'm asking because I might run to buy the old print because the new one pic related is 100% slop

>>96302304
https://files.catbox.moe/ul7fnk.png
Forgot to post the full version

>>96307858
I have the same question, but for Potion explosion. They made the marble dispenser cheap shit again for the third edition, after everybody complained that the marble dispenser in the first edition was cheap shit.

>>96307858
The new deluxe version is significantly cheaper than trying to get the old big box plus the deluxe components from the BGG store. If I didn't already have my old copy I'd just get the new one. The new cauldrons also have better color-coding.

>>96307858
Quacks is one of the only good MPS. Push your luck is fun.

>>96305621
Waiting on my copies of Night Soil, Top Frog, and Hercules and the 12 Labors to arrive probably all around November.

>>96307858
Purely from the box I prefer the new art by a wide margin. The Claymation affectation has charm and better coherence while the old art is overly busy and desperately wants to be old Pratchett art.

>>96307858
>is this game worth it?
From a 'push your luck' game play view point, Quacks is average. I don't dislike the game, but nothing about it stood out enough for me to make me consider purchasing it. YMMV.

>>96307858
At its core, Quacks is a push your luck game. As such it has pretty limited staying power. It's a good push your luck game, but by its very nature you will just get fucked on some turns and any game that just fucks you out of playing it wears out it's welcome fast in my house. It's one of the reasons I never got into MtG. Got hit with mana screw/flood one too many times and realized any game that just won't let me play it because of inherent design just irks the living fuck out of me.

>>96308322
I got first edition of PE and never had a problem with the marble dispenser. It definitely FELT cheap, but held up to some abuse fine as it frequently gets tabled when younger kids show up. Girls like PE and boys like Klask when they got the option between the two.

>>96308601
Klask is great, but I want something to play with my Mom. Sounds good then!

>>96298135
>TMB V2

Definitely not. There are some shared mechanics, but a fuck ton of differences to

SHARED
>Enemy pools are a collection of 1, 5, 10, and 20 points baddies
>Enemies and PCs are represented by poker chips with a stack of chips under them representing health values
>Fuck ton of keywords
>Battles take place on a grid
>Misses can power player abilities

DIFFERENT
>You build a character from scratch instead of unlocking pre-determined upgrade paths unique to each specific character
>Campaigns have overland travel that actually means something
>More encounter variety instead of just killing everything on the mat
>Grid is more versatile
>Loot gained via pickups in quests and purchased in towns
>Campaign is much longer
>Basic stat dice suck shit compared to almost everything else in the game and are a terrible option to invest experience in 99 times out of 100
>Lock picking is much more streamlined
>Loot, in general, is much more useful
>You don't get snowballed with more difficult shit for failing a quest
>Baddy pools are tied to earned XP times number of players as opposed to number of days times number of players
>Boss health and abilities are fairly static and based on player count so you can be over or under prepared for them based on how you played the game

I'd say it shares some DNA with TMB but is different in so many ways it's definitely not the same game and shouldn't be viewed as an update to it.

>>96308442
Kind of can't stand 1 player only games but I'm a big fan of ol' Alcides so let me know how that is.

>>96307858
No, IMO it barely qualifies as a game. Also that new art is fucking terrible.

>>96305621
Waiting on my copy of Indonesia to arrive. Hopefully there won't be any more delays.

>>96308921
>Indonesia
Is it just a reprint or are there any changes? The map is the same?

>>96305759
>March of the Ants: Evolved Edition
>DNA: The New Origin of Species
>Age of Galaxy (Second Edition)
These look neat

>>96305660
2/14
I need to play some more games. From the list Civolution seems the best choice.

>>96307858
FOund it very much a game of its time. It's fun initially, then you realize there is absolutely no substance behind it. I'm not tryharding the game, but the ingredients are so vastly different in power it's not even funny, and they aren't costed in any way to reflect that. Reroll flasks are all but useless compared to pushing the ruby track. I have no idea why they put so little thought into the game, could've been great for a lot of different groups.

>>96302367
IS is not a straight upgrade

>>96309095
From their online shop

>we have a new board, with green areas that are better differentiated, borders that are more clear, and new icons to indicate what will appear in the regions
>the goods will be represented by very thick cardboard tokens, so that we can use full colour print for them. Janek redesigned the goods to be easier to recognize-- they are now closer to the 1st edition goods than to the 2nd edition ones. And of course we made them a bit smaller than in the second edition ;-)
>the ships have been completely redesigned. They are made out of wood again (as in the 1st edition) but they are much bigger than the first edition ships and will be silkscreen printed to resemble Buginese sailing ships (like the cardboard ones in the 2nd edition)..We also changed the colours and amounts to make it easier to play with merged shipping companies.
the company cards have been redesigned to be much easier to read and use. There will be big cards to use as companies and small indicators to show their location on the map during bidding.
the cities will still be glass stones, but they now also have a little cardboard indicator that you can use to place goods so it is easier to see what has been delivered to the city
>little wooden indicators have been added to show which player owns which company on the map
>we made a new player aid and a screen to hide money/bids
>we changed the name of the TV dinner to the (more) correct siap saji

>>96309095
From their online shop

>we have a new board, with green areas that are better differentiated, borders that are more clear, and new icons to indicate what will appear in the regions
>the goods will be represented by very thick cardboard tokens, so that we can use full colour print for them. Janek redesigned the goods to be easier to recognize-- they are now closer to the 1st edition goods than to the 2nd edition ones. And of course we made them a bit smaller than in the second edition ;-)
>the ships have been completely redesigned. They are made out of wood again (as in the 1st edition) but they are much bigger than the first edition ships and will be silkscreen printed to resemble Buginese sailing ships (like the cardboard ones in the 2nd edition)..We also changed the colours and amounts to make it easier to play with merged shipping companies.
>the company cards have been redesigned to be much easier to read and use. There will be big cards to use as companies and small indicators to show their location on the map during bidding.
>the cities will still be glass stones, but they now also have a little cardboard indicator that you can use to place goods so it is easier to see what has been delivered to the city
>little wooden indicators have been added to show which player owns which company on the map
>we made a new player aid and a screen to hide money/bids
>we changed the name of the TV dinner to the (more) correct siap saji

>>96309126
Cool argument.

>>96309269
He's right, though

what is it about Quacks that provokes so many brainless takes? not just here, the whole internet is rendered stupid as hell about the game and I can't tell why. has it just reached critical mass? is it accessible enough that idiots feel confident speaking on it? other games share those qualities and foster much less putrid discourse

>>96309387
Dice-brain

Yup, thats a brainless take all right.

Do you actually play and care about quacks? Why is this the main discussion?
Am i missing something, I never played it.

>>96309423
What is your problem with the discourse here, anon? I only see one faggot complaining

>>96309214
>we changed the name of the TV dinner to the (more) correct siap saji
SOVLDRAIN

Why do we hate Birmingham again? I found it OK.

Hey, brand new kickstarter board game campaign with a video game IP

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nerdvanagames/risk-of-rain-the-board-game

Do you think it has any good points?

>Co-op
Already a point against it for me.

>>96310289
I like it

Info on TAKE from Leder Game's August chat:

>Negotiation Heist game
>Designed by pic related, apparently he's been working on it since he joined Leder.
>Competitive game where you work with each other, like a Heist movie. Very interactive, bunch of risk management mechanics and betrayal
>3 - 5 players with a solo mode
>Designer is some Leder
>KS campaign late fall

>>96303168
>Republic of Rome Remastered

what game anon

>>96310289
> Why do we hate Birmingham again?
old and busted

>pic rel
new hotness

>>96309907
>>Quacks is a push your luck game. As such it has pretty limited staying power
>>any game that just fucks you out of playing it wears out it's welcome fast in my house. It's one of the reasons I never got into MtG
i don't want to start the lands argument, however I don't think this anon is right about either game when playing at high levels. Quacks is played over a number of rounds, so the randomness that is present evens out. that said I've seen players essentially never explode across multiple games and often overflow. and you can still win with an explosion
>>you realize there is absolutely no substance behind it. I'm not tryharding the game, but the ingredients are so vastly different in power it's not even funny, and they aren't costed in any way to reflect that. Reroll flasks are all but useless compared to pushing the ruby track. I have no idea why they put so little thought into the game
this anon clearly isn't trying at all. Flasks are better than track pushes in the late game (unless you're using the alternative side, and then it still depends). the math of the game is quite well done in my opinion
per usual discourse is better here than anywhere else. it's barely clearing a low bar though

>>96312499
If it has the same issues as the other games (network rush is where you effectively win the game) then it's still the old and busted.

2025, I am forgotten...

>>96312526
>game about making network is won by player who made network
Wow, who woulda thunk

>>96312574
I'm still a clever cat, I like to play this game with my mom.
The only thing I don't like is how late game, it's easy to fuck yourself into an unwinninable position.

>>96312921
>boop.
Top 10 games to play with your mom

I played a few rounds of Mindbug with a friend, pretty decent filler game.

>>96310434
>TAKE
Absolutely no interest in this game. Kind of unexpected despite usually not liking Leder games.

>>96309765
I remember souring on SUSD reviews. Haven't watched any of their new videos. Watched one of the old videos (Undaunted) and it's good. Quinns was alright, it had the whole it feels like.. shtick but the ending of the video didn't feel preachy despite the subject.

Im starting to hate Spirit island. My game group likes it and we switch games all the time so it was not that bad once in a while. I thought I would get used to it or at least it would be somewhat ok. But man does it get boring.

Can you anons suggest me games to try on Tabletop Simulator? We've played Subterra, Key to the Kingdom, Love Letter, Catan, and the Pokemon master board game.
It's my birthday and I can't meet my friends.

>>96312499
New?
>Thematic Note
>At Roxley, we acknowledge the exploitation of workers, children, and marginalized groups including women, Indigenous peoples, and the Black community, that fueled industrial growth during Pittsburgh's Gilded Age. While Brass: Pittsburgh focuses on the economic and industrial aspects of this era, we recognize the human cost behind it. We do not romanticize unbridled capitalism nor glorify the robber barons of the time, but rather aim to explore this complex chapter of history through its industries and innovations.
Sounds like 2018 to me.

>>96314000
It's the same as regular board game suggestions, except it's on TTS and it's scripted. You didn't even tell us what you're looking for. Uhh, Bullet? Bus? Tragedy Loopers? Densha de GO?

>>96312522
>the math of the game is quite well done in my opinion
Justify the pricing of different tiles to me, then. Some (eg crow heads, the side that lets you pick and choose) are so obscenely much better than others it actively hurts me to see the alternative being a faggy spider.
>And even on the alternative track, it depends
My bad, I must have forgotten there was another one. In what situation would you pay two rubies (if I recall correctly) to get one non-critical reshuffle?

Not being shitty here, I just found the game to be so very obviously wonky I might just have made a mistake in evaluating it.

>>96314000
Sure, but which one of them did you actually like?

I don't get the scoring for a tie in Pax Pamir having an unsuccessful dominance check. The manual reads
>The player with the most cylinders scores three victory points
>The player with the second most scores one victory point
>If there is a victory, add up the victory points for the tied places, and then divide that number by the number of tied players
So since two players tied for first with 4 cylinders out each, shouldn't the formula be (3 + 3) - 2 = 3? Why then, does the manual say
>two players tied for first place will both score two points (3+1)÷2
There's no second place in my current game, ONLY two first places. No second place.
Here's a picture of my cat sitting by the open Pax Pamir manual. She wants to know, too.

>>96314846
it's a formula used in many games, if there are 2 players tied for first place, you sum the value of first and second place, then share it among the two. If there are 3 players tied for first place, you sum the values for first, second, and third place, and share it. If there are 2 tied for second place, you sum the values for second and third, and share it. Easier to understand?
So yes (3+1)/2 is correct
If it were a 3 way tie, everyone would get 1 point instead because there's no points for third place so (3+1+nothing)/3 = something rounded down to 1

>>96314846
>new pax kitty alert
>NEW PAX KITTY ALERT

>>96314881
Okay, so it's just Cole doing a Cole and inexplicably phrasing a common rule as poorly as possible in the manual, lol. Thanks!
>>96314891
Kitty SCHOLARS appreciate the masterful design of the Pax games. Dog TARDS would rip apart the cards and then poop on the cloth map.

>>96314931
>Kitty SCHOLARS appreciate the masterful design of the Pax games. Dog TARDS would rip apart the cards and then poop on the cloth map.
Many such cases

>>96310289
it has the same problem that a lot of above average euros have - I like playing the game but I only have so much time to play board games and there about ten games at any given time I'd choose to play instead of it

>>96314846
If 1 player is in 1st and 1 player is in 2nd they get 3 pts and 1 pt, respectively.
If 1 player is in 1st and 2 or more players are tied for 2nd the player in 1st gets 3 pts (no pts for 2nd).

If 2 players are tied for 1st they get 2 pts each (no pts for 2nd place).
If 3 or 4 players are tied for 1st they get 1 pt each (still no pts for 2nd place).
If 5 players are tied for 1st they get no pts.

>>96302261
Yeah.

>>96314954
>there about ten games at any given time I'd choose to play instead of it
Name names and if possible make it economic ones.

>>96315254
Why would anyone want to play economic games? Holy shit what a boring decision space. I would much rather slam a tile down in just the right spot and and hear the whole table groan.

>>96315676
>Why would anyone want to play economic games?
>>96314954
>I like playing the game

>>96315676
Or play Acquire, and do both at the same time.

>>96314891
Hey, that's my cat! One of my favorite pictures of her, she looks like she's ready for some cutthroat gaming.

Fuck niggers
Fuck kikes
Fuck trannies
Fuck fags
And above all else fuck Lacerda

>>96315676
You slammed down the inflammatory comment but you have to imagine the groans — was it still satisfying? I think if I managed to btfo the entire table with a single placement I would either be playing way above other people's skill or be playing a bad game if it were not in the filler/push your luck category.
To treat the goofy bait as a genuine question: Among non-slam addicts it can be fun to win through marginal strategic superiority, tactical awareness, misdirection and playing to one's outs. There is nothing like a hostile takeover or slowly tightening a noose, or alternatively slipping it at the last second. Economic games can often be viewed like further abstracted and generalised wargames as there are similar patterns of building, spending, weathering and maintaining positions. You also get all of those patterns in Go and you can enjoy a euphonious slam.

>>96314277
>Greens from set 1
i'll just compare the 4 strengths:
>Green 4: 14
>Red 4: 16
>Yellow 4: 18
>Blue 4: 19
green is a whole five cost cheaper. High value Blue skulls are absolutely one of the strongest tokens in the first set, however 5 cost is nothing to shake a stick at. the difference could be enough to allow for a second token purchase. Also don't forget that if you have two greens for your final two tokens that is two rubies, which is huge gains.
I actually think Blues and Greens combo really well together, but having a lot of greens can definitely be viable. I think that starting with one in your bag already also changes the calculus, since the more you add the more you double down on ruby potential. You can also choose to stop early with greens, which may make it more palatable to call it quits when you're at 5 or 6 whites in the pot
If you're just comparing the 1-value then the cost difference between Green and Blue is only one, however Blue 1 honestly isn't very good at all in the early game and I'd often prefer the green
>flasks
In later rounds I would always like to have flask to get out of white risk (5 white if the 3 is in the bag, 6 if it's already in the pot) than advance my token a single space. Especially if I already have a bunch of positive tokens in my bag and the odds are in my favor. One, the gains of late droplet movement don't have enough time to compound. Two, my bag at this point can go much further than a single space when it fires off properly. Flasking to avoid dangerous draws and spending rubies to recover flask when stakes are highest is a great use of rubies. (which you'll have in abundance if you build green properly)

>>96314000
So Clover
Bullet
Bus
Chinatown
Railways of the Lost Atlas
Really you can play anything you want, as long as someone bothered to scan and upload the components onto the workshop. Chances are games you or your friends have been interested in are there too, and you should play those first. I just gave the first few examples that came to mind.

>>96314000
Happy birthday.

how strongly should I consider the Galactic Cruise reprint?

>>96315676
what's boring about it
I play all kinds of games, economic ones are about as fun as any other
>>96315906 says it better
18xx are economy games aswell and there's alot you can do with the shares to ruin others
you probably only have the wrong economy games in mind

Okay, who of you was it?

>>96317220
it was all me
I need women to look at and goon while playing my games even if no women of significance existed in the historical period the game's theme is based on (whatever names the commenter mentioned are probably literally whos)

>>96317227
Playing Hive sounds like it must be suffering for you

>>96317292
no, the bugs are hot, so i goon to them instead

>>96317292
I cannot fucking believe racist bigots STILL get away with calling Hive a "bug game" and ignore the frankly obvious theme of inner struggles of imperial china

>>96316560
Not at all. It's too long for what it offers.

>>96315676
The trick is that every game is an economic game.

Any good JP board games out recently? There's about to be an $80 tariff on all Japanese packages for the next year, so it's time to buy something if you want it.

We played a game of Densha with some friends just to say I played it. I then learned just now that there's a similar (more complex?) game from 1954 called Mille Bornes.

>>96316560
Depends on how much time you've got for heavy euros. I enjoyed it a lot, but I won't be picking it up until someone shifts their used copy.

>>96317711
Umataka is great. Also we had lots of fun with Chocobos Dungeon.

>>96318247
Don't see Umataka for sale anywhere. Has it been scanned/photographed/TTS'd? I might just get Chocobo Dungeon since there's a US Squeenix store.

>>96318247
And done, thanks for the rec anon. It was on my radar previously.

>>96317220
Right on Thomas Andrews! And it's about time we had a 'male' Wonder Woman too!

>>96310303
I'm interested in it. I wouldn't have pictured the gameplay to be what it is based off of what I think makes RoR fun from the video game. Should be interesting to see the final thing. I still haven't checked out the bg Slay the Spire which is on my list before this, though

If anyone is interested, looks like they just restocked Earthborne Rangers on the publisher's site.

Solo gamers should have their own containment general

>>96318805
your previous calls for containments have never gone your way.
But in your honour I will play Rove with expansions in post it here later.

>>96309765
I'm glad you're posting my edits, but at least post the full size one next time.

>>96317711
Is it really going to be THAT high? If so then fuck, I better get those imported video games while I can.

>>96317220
I can't even tell if this is genuine or satire anymore, it's frightening
>>96318887
That was some good work anon.
>There are people in this very thread that think the new QoQ artwork is better than the old one
I usually am not shitty because tastes di very a lot, but this nu artwork is so entirely devoid of any charm I cannot fathom how anyone would tolerate it let alone prefer it to the old artwork

>>96319009
According to ZenMarket. It might even be too late, I think they said August is when it kicks in.

>>96319060
End of august for Ex Diminis. I think it's the 29th when small packages get tariff'd.

>>96318805
Whiner anon, your containment /b/oard is that way --->

>>96318805
As much as I despise the solo tax, I think solofaggots are relatively harmless. They can play in the autism corner, I don't much mind
Coopfags, on the other hand... are ok too

>>96317220
>the thread got deleted

What's a good game like HeroQuest that I can play with my wife at night after the kids go to bed? Something co-op with premade adventures and simple mechanics? Only reason I'm not doing HeroQuest is because I want to play co-op with her, and HQ would require one of us to be the DM

>about to embark on sleeving some 1400 cards
Lord, give my strength.
Jesus, guide my hands
Holy Spirit, reimburse me for the cost.

>>96319783
There's a thousand kickstarter dungeon crawler coop slop games out there, just pick your poison and sort by dungeon crawler on the gulag. Mansions of madness, Gloohaven, stuff like that.

>>96319962
How out of shape are you?

>>96320020
I dug out two small tree stumps this morning and survived, so odds are looking good.

>>96319962
what game?

>>96320118
question should be:
what games?

>>96317711
>There's about to be an $80 tariff on all Japanese packages for the next year
cant believe the globohomo hate glorious nippon so much
American Book Shop
Eye My Favorite Things

>>96320431
>Eye My Favorite Things
I will advise against it. I got the crowdfunding reprint of it, was very muchnlooking forward to it. Played it twice and immediately sold it, the game is almost dysfunctional with the marker smearing a bit, sleeves getting dirty and all. Would still not have minded it, but the game took probably five times as long as it had any right to be and was far, far less fun than you'd think from the description.

>>96320467
i throughly enjoy it, but also backed gloomhaven, bought jotl, and backed frosthaven and kept playing them simply because mkbg is one of my favorite game and i thought id come to love it, yet hated them. so i commiserate with your hard learned lesson

>>96318559
Oh fuck that's steep. I got it in Tokyo last year for 25 bucks

Fellers I need some wacky deckbuilders the spirit of mtg I could play, preferably no tcgs tho, but also stuff that works in multiplayer formats. I've already proxied a lot of netrunner but it's only 2p and every multiplayer community format is shit

>>96321080
I suppose Millenium blades is exactly that

>>96318724
Protip: buy 7th citadel instead of this.

>>96321114
better protip: dont buy anything, play what you already have

>>96321143
Best protip: buy Eclipse Second Edition

>>96321242
TI4 mogs Eclipse and it's not even a fair fight, stop scamming people anon it's not funny

>>96321080
do you want a deck builder (where you create a deck through playing, constrained by actions/economy/etc.) or a deck construction game (where you build decks pre-play, constrained only by rules for deck contents and your collection)?
competitive or cooperative?

>>96321093
Damn that looks fun as shit, definitely gotta save money for it. Will probably never play it as the group where the ccg jokes would land doesn't get together very often anymore. Is there anything more serious I could play?

>>96321362
I already have stuff like dune imperium. I know clank is a good and big one, and I heard dominion is too random? But I think I am looking into the pregame deck construction stuff like arkham horror. I've played a lot of arkham and am looking for something pvp but also multiplayer. Something like a mtg commander experience but without the pay to win shit, I prefer fixed pools.

>>96295244
>>Mind MGMT
How does this compare to Fury of Dracula? Does it have combat?

>>96321363
Oh don't mind the terrible whacky art, there is a lot of actual game there. Personally, I found the draft part brilliant and the actual battling to be just okay, but that's just a function of the battle part needing to be quick to keep the game from running forever.

I've heard good things about Codex (allegedly is is somewhat like a curated cube with a mtg-esque ruleset) but that one's hard to get.
For something pretty light to scratch that draft itch, Paper tales is a very good filler (especially if you can get it with the expansion)
Dominion (I have no idea which of the million standalone expansions is considered best) is still a pretty good pure deckbuilder
Oh and I almost forgot the best one.
>Mage Wars
It's phenomenal and at least conceptually very near mtg, but far less abstracted. Essentially it's a grid where 2-4 mages try to kill each other, slinging spells at each others faces, summoning monsters, traps, walls, enchantments etc. essentially a deckbuilder in which you have access to your whole library every turn. But don't even look at the dumbed down successor, mage wars academy I think it was called

>>96321388
I would recommend checking out Ortus Regni. I haven't played it, however it seems to fit the requirements here of a deck design game that handles multiple players. I think another anon here recommends it regularly, maybe they'll see this and can speak to its merits
The only other game I can think of here is Mage Wars Arena or potentially Game of Thrones the Card Game. Both of which may be nearly unobtainable? Most deck design games are 2p I think
>>96321363
You asked for something more serious than Millennium Blades, and this doesn’t apply in terms of theme at all, but I do really recommend Challengers! Beach Cup. You get a similar gameplay loop of drafting a card through various rounds and battling it out against other players' decks. The card effects are much more constrained though. Despite being an auto-battler and commonly derided as too random, I firmly believe it's a better game than MillBlades if you're wanting something more predictable, balanced, and competitive. The art is very family coded, but the math behind the game is legit

>>96321545
>More serious than MB
>Unironically recommending Challengers!

Mental challengers indeed

>>96321143
Good advice. I'm nearing triple digits so it's probably time for a cull too.

>>96319962
Over halfway there and so far, no bent cards and no broken backs
>>96320191
>>96320118
I'm sleeving all of Imperium (classics, legends, horizons) and Earthborne Rangers with the stewards of the valley mini box.
>>96321545
>>96321388
I have been summoned! will return with a write up on Ortus Regni sometime today or tomorrow

>>96321257
Eclipse shits all over TI4, stop recommending that snoozefest sloppa

Decent little 1v1 game, got a few rounds in with a friend.

>>96321509
I didn't play Fury of Dracula, but Mind MGMT is a full deduction game, with zero combat. The "recruiter" (one guy playing solo) walks secretly and only one step at a time, the agents (up to 4 guys on a team) try to capture him by being on the same square and use the action.

It was alright, didn't hyped me but I can appreciate well thought rules.

>>96321867
>getting anywhere near triple digit games in your collection
i hope most of that is fillers cause otherwise ur wasting alot of money and space, you really should sell or give away some, I'm basically never going over 30

>>96321080
check out Algomancy. it is one box show and it supports more players

Nobody appreciates what the government does for them these days.
You keep their goods amd sundry safe in the town keep? They rebel.
Clear their community of ne'er-do-wells?
Pitchforks come out and the youth throw themselves at the feet of gangbangers..
You pay top dollar for hired help? Stable work, food in the belly, public recognition.
They switch sides for a single shilling.
It makes me want to throw in the towel sometimes

Playing this tonight. Any tips?

>>96323285
I already told you in your now deleted thread.

>>96323344
I deleted it and that wasn't really advice

>>96321953
>Eclipse shits all over TI4
Hell, Eclipse shits all over itself with all of the RNG. It's the 'spirtual successor' to Talisman.

>>96323540
TI4 has way more RNG with less possibilities for mitigation than Eclipse. If Eclipse is a successor to Talisman then TI4 is the successor of Snakes and Ladders

So, getting my ass kicked at Lizard Wizard

>>96323940
Lol

Can someone please help me score these hawks? I hate the scoring in this game its fucking confusing or Im retarded, or both. Thanks

>>96322924
really depends on how often you play from your collection. 30 seems really limited to me, though it's more than reasonable for many people

>>96323956
you have seven hawks that are not adjacent to one another, and each of those can draw a line to another hawk. You should get 24 points for them in total.

>>96323956
7 hawks where each have a line of sight to at least one other hawk and are not adjacent to another hawk = 24 points
I can't see the card clearly but I think it's something like this.

>>96321388
Shards of Infinity. Deck builder with multiplayer up to 6 people competitive or cooperative if you get the infinity collection.

Why do germans hate art? So many games from german publishers (or maybe just for german market?) have awful art. Then the game gets published from some random asian publisher and the art is great. The games look interesting and visually unique. But it's the same game.
For example Abluxxen / Linko looks like a bland generic card game in the german version but the korean looks so much better. Or For sale. The classic version has art that just works with the game but the german reprint is just bad, from the cover to the money cards... Is this just the german aesthetic? Do they(you) like this style of art in their games?

Lizard Wizard board state update

>>96324092
Just made a seven card dungeon run where I had two spells going that made me immune to hits from giants and undead and gave me gold and 3 vp respectively

>>96324161
Made another dungeon run, pressed my much and might have gotten an extra 7 vp. Will update later

>>96324187
Pressed my luck*

Anyone have any experience with Nova Era? Seems like a cool game, and I enjoy the mechanics I've seen so far.

I played some Pax Ren tonight, got gredy going for a Reformation holy victory. Got absolutely trounced by a Renaissance victory when my opponent pulled off like 3 different votes in the West. What a game.
Ended with LotR Duel, which we tied at. Very intense game, both of us being one good card away from snatching the win.

>>96322924
I checked and it's only at 75 which is less than I thought, but still time for culling. Most people I play with have collections in the triple digits though and one is near four. But yes a lot of mine is what either people here or my group would consider filler. A dozen are Coloretto or Scout sized. Only about a dozen are in the standard square and another dozen in the standard rectangle.

>>96324191
Ah, damn. First time playing, came in last with 83 points, no achievement tiles whatsoever. I was only able to pair three wizards with towers (necromancy) and pull 7 familiars. It was fun tho!

>>96324251
>Most people I play with have collections in the triple digits though and one is near four.
>four digits
You telling me this nigga has 800 games? Does he live in a warehouse?

man Knizia is too strong
EGO is a lot of fun. very compelling choices about which auctions to go hard on, and the risk mechanic feels super well tuned

>>96324464
I kneel

>>96324464
>>96324530
Quest for Eldorado is my goat

>>96325049
>>96324530
>>96324464

Speaking of TQfED. Do you guys do anything interesting with the extra cards that come with your game that are in a different language? My El Dorado came with 4 different localizations and I felt bad about tossing them, so they live in the box. I have a few other games like this as well....

>>96325210
You can use them as cardstock for prototyping if you enjoy design as a hobby. Give anything with art to any arty kids to use either as a schema or a physical part of what they're making.
I have made 5 or 6 Dune Imperium modules with mtg basic land.

>>96322091
Looks like its based on Onitama. Does it play in a similar way?

>>96324004
The only thing you missed is that you can't include hawks that are adjacent to other hawks. None of these hawks are, so that detail doesn't matter. You scored it correctly.

Fuck Rosenberg
Fuck Knizia
Fuck Splotter
Fuck Cole

>>96325630
too far, bro

>>96325630
How to tell me you dont like boardgames at all without telling me you dont like boardgames at all

>>96325630
Pretty damn near "Fuck boardgames" tbqh

>>96325630
Based and Ameritrashpilled

Speaking of fuckposting, what happened to the original fuckposter who got giftrd Renature by """"friends""""?

>>96325630
Brad, compania did find
No need to crash out like this

>>96325421
Similar in that it's a 5x5 grid and you have a limited selection of moves to choose from, but it's all dice rolls. Onitama is a solved, busted game, very easy to force wins if you know the right combos.

>>96323747
Yeah, and anybody who cares about either end of this stale ass argument is the spiritual successor to that one guy who lives in his car and wanders around all day looking for cigarette butts on the ground and has been kicked out of every glory hole in town because he has bad breath and his butt stinks and he can't stop talking about himself and expounding loudly on all the expensive MTG cards he used to own as pieces of his gas station burrito fly out of his maw and strike you in the face and he has been justly expelled from every form of decent society.
>>96325630
Thanks for dropping by, Mr. Herman

>>96325630
I know you would fuck them, gay boy, no need to say it out loud.

How necessary is Arcs for a board game collection?

>>96326356
it's good fun but wouldn't call it a necessary addition if you already have something similar
depends what you already have

>>96326366
I don't think I have anything like it, desu

>>96326366
>something similar
What would count as similar?

>>96326356
I'd put it in contention for "top 10 dudes on a map game" but I'd also say it's in the bottom half of that list. I'd recommend Kemet before Arcs to most people, although I haven't played Blood and Sand yet.

>>96326356
It doesn't even look good enough for me to play. Nowhere near "necessary."

>>96320054
>>96320020
You shouldn't feel proud for fucking up your back pulling out stumps. Get some proper tools next time.

>>96326974
>Get some proper tools next time.
It's not that easy to get a liscense for dynamite and other explosives.

>>96326974
Pulling?
There was digging, shoveling, hopping, jumping, and twisting.
But pulling?
Now what is that gonna accomplish.

>>96325726
The fact that he hasn't said it's bad makes me think he enjoyed it and is embarrassed to admit it

>>96326974
Sitting all day wrecks my lower back more than working out ever did.

Played Pax Ren and Pax Pamir, haven't played any of the others. What makes a pax game other than the name? Shared pieces?

>>96327058
>What makes a pax game other than the name? Shared pieces?
I'd go with shared pieces, market that never offers all cards in the game, and multiple ways to win/end game. Now not every Pax follows that to the letter, especially the later ones.
Pax Transhumanity twists those foundational principles until they scream, Pax Emancipation has this odd co-op but not aspect to it (not to be confused with the hilarious coalition shenanigans of Pax Pam), and Pax Hispanica I couldnt tell you what its doing differently.
But a friend owns it so eventually it will he learned and Ill see if its as much a travesty as some anons here and other reviewers have described it to be.

the madmen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4gyN3yS2Vc

>>96327359
oath is the biggest disappointment Cole has ever produced
I'm not a big fan of arcs or root but I can at least appreciate what he was going for, oath is just moving meeples around and throwing dice for 2 hours so you can possibly throw one or two more dice next game

>>96327412
it will be FIXED in NEW HORIZONS

TRUST COLE'S PLAN

>>96327359
I WANNA FUCKTHAT CLOUD

>>96327412
oath is my favorite of Cole's Leder oeuvre

>>96325726
>>96327024
this is exactly what happened. he played it, enjoyed it, sheepishly posted about it once.

RENATURE FUCKS

>>96326356
>>96326366
i thought there wasn't anything like it

i killed myself because i didn't have it personally

>>96327412
Oath is Cole's best game.

>>96327690
probably why it's his lowest rated leder/wehrlegig game on bgg

>>96327690
>>96327495
I appreciate how divisive his games are so he's at least doing something right for someone instead of going middle of the road okness, but Oath is truly a terrible design on so many levels and I am convinced it is a game only for people who love this weird niche within a niche of emergent storytelling in boardgames. For which you certainly do not need a game this heavy. Might as well draw cards and make it a freeform rpg, the result is the same anyway, the whole group actively decides who gets to win

>>96327592
More likely he played it and had a stroke, caused by how intensely mediocre the game is.
I guess what I want to say is FUCKRENATURE

>>96328540
i don't give a fuck about the emergent storytelling beyond appreciation for the theme and art. I like it because of the negotiation (making deals across game sessions actually makes kingmaking fun. plus the die roll endgame condition is genius. yes i will die on this hill. negotiations centered around probability are based) and the drafting (lots of cool cards and nutty tableau combos that also tie into the map)

I guess with ffg shitting the bed, I should probably hurry up and finish my cosmic encounter collection before the expansions run out, huh?

>>96325826
Nobody asked you because no one gives a shit about your opinion.

>>96328261
The masses are retarded
>>96328540
Baby.
>>96328670
Based

>>96328261
>muh ratings on bgg (or anywhere at all if anything)
i don't get why there still are people who give a shit about ratings, even more so on a platform where games get reviewbombed on the basis of them not being woke enough, and even outside of these (not so rare) scenarios there are several users who rate something 10/10 to balance out the ones who rate 1/10 and vice versa for no reason at all
>>96328540
>for which you certainly do not need a game this heavy
Oath isn't a heavy game though, if anything it's probably the lightest game he has made so far (i consider arcs to be slightly heavier, but still not a heavy game), I easily introduced the game to newbies with no issues at all
>>96328670
>plus the die roll endgame condition is genius.
um ok, not gonna say anything to that

If you like Cole's games (or any negotiation games at all) you have a woman's brain and you might as well transition right now. Men are conquerors, taking what's theirs and trampling over those trying to stop them. Bickering and scheming behind each others backs to try to drag each other down is the domain of women and fags and you will not see me engage in either.

>>96329994
I want to disagree with you, but vampirechicken is way easier to watch than Kill Pete.

I'm looking to sell or trade Pax Pamir (my group did not like it), some guy contacted me and gave me a list of games to see if there's anything I wanted (but hasn't said if they're all available for trade, he simply just linked his full collection), not posting the full list as there's games I already have and some trash but here are some decent games, i'd like some opinions:
Biblios
Bloodstones
Brian Boru
Carpe Diem
Hansa (by schacht)
Karvi
Knarr
Lorenzo il Magnifico + expa
Luna in the domain of the moon priestess
Spyrium
I've been interested in getting Brian Boru but that alone isn't worth Pax Pamir, so I was leaning on Hansa or Carpe diem aswell

>>96324004
>>96323990
Thanks

>>96329994
>Men are conquerors
Closet style and in full denial.

>>96329994
>he can't conquer his way through Root or Arcs
you are like a little baby, not fit to speak at the big people table. Go home and cry to mama, tiny little baby man! Ahahahahaha! CRY SOME MORE!

>>96328763
>ffg shitting the bed
Hoe? New TI4 expansion is on the way, Arkham Horror and Star Wars cardgames are thriving, what of that constitutes as "shitting the bed"?

>>96329994
I agree with you. Loathe social deduction for similar reasons. It bruises egos to do it over and over again, though, which is why randomness is important.

>>96329994
All 3+ player direct conflict games with one winner are negotiation games. Yes, even that one.

>>96329994
Go brush your teeth, Bollocks. I don't like seeing those nasty yellow things when people post your face.

>>96329320
Yeah, I can tell how much you don't give a shit, you absolute bootybunkerbusted crybaby

>>96330755
Reductive and dumb. No they aren't.

Is this game really that good?

>>96329994
Wehle games are the highest test games around

>>96331108
This. How is Pax Pamir anything but a chad simulator?
>Uh, I don't give a fuck about who ravages the middle east. So long as I benefit and get those yummy victory points!
>I have the wooden disc with the star, that means it's time to pay up, rentoids!
>Why yes. I WILL assassinate your leveraged court card, and destroy your entire tableau at little expense to me. How did you know?

>>96331006
It's not reductive, it's game theory.

>>96328670
This is so far removed from what I would consider a good game I really struggle with posts like this. I won't argue about what is fun, it either is or is not for you, but man does Oath have a lot of stuff that I deem almost intrinsically unfun. Long swingy turns, a lot of negotiation for nothing tangible to be exchanged (with very small exceptions), the winner/kingmaker hot potato, few drawn-out swingy turns etc. I do like the legacy lite element a lot as it gives follow up games a bit of cohesion and for me is by far the strongest element in Oath as a narrative experience, especially because it's such small, almost irrelevant things that change. But I keep encountering the incoherent point of "yeah it's the most kingmakey game to ever be conceived but you don't play it to win you play it for a better position next game!" for what purpose? To be in a better position to not play to win then?

I'm glad oath exists but for some people love it very very much, but to me it is abhorrent design, the worst bits of wehrles design philosophy stuck together to make one utterly fragile game

>>96331077
I'll let you know once my copy has arrived and I've gotten in a game or two.

>>96330286
Fag
>>96330451
Woman
>>96330955
Tranny
>>96331108
Double fag

>>96331077
Maybe if you like LCGs. If you want an LCG though, I'd suggest Arkham Horror LCG, the narrative comes through much stronger and the game is less of a slog.

>>96331108
>Chad negotiation
Physical components, ownership or future moves are exchanged, largely binding deals, mutually beneficial.
Examples: Chinatown, Sidereal Confluence, TI4, Churchill

>Cuck negotiation
Nothing tangible is exchanged, largely not binding, negotiation takes place entirely on a meta level, lots of faux whining how the game is already over for you and everyone is doing better/x is gonna win we have to collectively stop him

>>96330459
Dropping games that don't instantly print them money. For example doubling down on huge IPs and card games

>>96330459
Ti feels like their only non ip slop product at this point

>>96331476
>calling the only based post a woman
sorry girl but women are not based, come back when you make me a sandwich

>>96330451
>Crafts a boot for the climactic conclusion of an epic story

Has anyone even played this crowdfunding slop? Never seen anyone talk about it since release, only for sale (unplayed) or 'Opened only to sleeve'

Is interesting artwork and a hint of functional gameplay all that is needed to sell a game at this point?

silos and spooktacular
kind of the same game innit

>>96331922
spooktacular's theme mogs

>>96332017
I'm blocking spots in the hot sun
>>96332017
I worked the farm and the farm won
I worked the farm and the farm won
>>96332017
I needed cattle 'cause I had none
>>96332017
I worked the farm and the farm won
I worked the farm and the farm won
>>96332017
I left my reeds and I feel so mad
I guess my renos is done
>>96332017
Oh, Cs the best deck if I ever had one
>>96332017
I worked the farm and the farm won
I worked the farm and the farm won