Thread 96408499

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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:
- What's your favorite 2 player game?
- What's your favorite solo game?
- What game do you genuinely love?

>>96408499 (OP)
I'd like to Seize The Bean of that Asian girl in the middle, even if she was Transgalactica, and especially if it Horrified her.

Anyway, what are some horror board games in the vein of slasher films?

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>>96408506
>Anyway, what are some horror board games in the vein of slasher films?
final girl? idk

>>96408506
Not really slasher per se but Spooktacular is probably what you are looking for

>>96408506
I haven’t played it but isn’t that precisely what final girl is?

>>96408519
Yes.

why are they all married to the wrong race

>>96408838
yeah they should be married to me, not her

Thoughts on Pax Illuminaten

>>96408877
Ive been bouncing between wanting it and rejecting it for the past year.

>parcel fucker between USA and multiple countries shipping to it
Well I guess this is it for Flick Fleet, bros...

Any other games that have similar area control to Dominant species? Where you dominate in majority or in your adaptability - two types of dominance on same area + others get points for second.
I like that it's a bit more interesting than just have more cubes in area.

>>96408838
WMAF is the correct choice.

>>96409056
It's significantly lighter but take a look at Himalaya. Scoring is done as three elimination rounds at the end of the game
>player with the least monuments is eliminated first (you can only place one monument per village
>next player eliminated is the one with the least territory controlled (simple majority of dudes in each territory, total up all territories)
>final elimination: if you collected less yak you're out

>>96408506
Camp Grizzly seems among the best regarded and has a new edition on kickstarter right now. Personally, I love the Funko Games Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It's not super serious, but it's great fun playing the family and ganking all my weenie friends who always want to be the trespassers for some reason. I haven't lost as the family yet, but everyoy gets into the spirit of scream queens and plays like shit making noise all the time which is turned into fear mitigated by rolling successes on the bone dice.

What Pax game has the best solo play? Looking for heavy solo games with a small footprint in general if anyone had recommendations.

>>96409056
COIN has a lot of variations on the idea.

>>96409372
Yeah but COIN is heavy. People are pushing People Power but I can't imagine that being any lighter

What nice light games are nice to play with my sister and her friends and wont make me wanna kill myself if i play it frecuently with her?
Games she likes are: Monopoly, Pictureka, Clue, Chess, Ready Set Bet, Salt Sea & Paper.
Was thinking to get Marrakech but im not so sure.

>>96409766
Codenames is a good light game for mixed groups of gamers and non-gamers. Women particularly like it because of the language focus, but you will likely have to tolerate some minor rules violations. The game works well in any case.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames

>>96409766
Kronologic is Clue that strips out the bullshit movement and offers different scenarios so it's not always a murder mystery. You care about time, person, and location so it's more about tracking how each character moved around the map. Who was together when, etc.
Only downside is that
>it's french
>limited number of scenarios
>no really it's french. there's additional scenario packs you could buy, except they're in french and they're out of stock

There's also A Fake Artist Goes to NY. The game should be very familiar. Everyone gets something to draw secretly, but the fake artist gets a different prompt. Identify the fake artist by determining which picture doesn't make sense

Obligatory Boop! mention. It's a two player game but you can make it four player by making the map bigger. Get two boxes and repaint some of the cats, it's easy with spray paint and a sharpie

>>96409212
Pax games shine in multiplayer so my advice is skip them. Or get Pax Pamir, the bot for it is kinda alright, or so I've heard, haven't actually used it yet.

>>96409875
I wanted to say, the Wakhan is a really shit bot. A valiant effort, but doesn't work well in practice. The biggest problem is if you just starve it of cash, deny successful dominance checks, and spam cylinders, Wakhan can't do shit. Pax Pamir is just too tactical to have cards do the job.

>>96409212
>heavy solo games with small footprint
It's not Pax but have you looked at the two player COIN games? Algeria and the British Way? both have a bot

>>96409766
Never met someone who didn't enjoy Skull

>>96409806
Codenames is great but someone always fucking cheats. I've gotten to the point where I don't let it slide anymore.

>>96408877
Excellent game as long as you aren't expecting a Pax game. The parts of the game that I thought I'd hate (resources and Schemes) are the best part. There's a lot of jockeying for position and setting yourself up to have an easy out. The fact that you have to declare and hold Plots for one full round makes it World's better than the end games of most of the other Pax games. My big gripe is the same gripe I have with the other Pax games - you can end up with a 45 minute game or a 3 hour game depending on how the cards come out and get played.

>>96407321
>>96407287
It's actually not a bad game. I've played it a couple times on TTS. It's kind of like Ethnos but without the trick-taking. I liked the hyperwave art style but this came out on Kickstarter about the same time as RDR was getting shipped. My couple of plays of RDR were lukewarm so I didn't back it. Definitely better than RDR - I think that was just too ambitious for a first time dev doing something that was going to have to knock it out of the park to get normies and old COIN players

>>96410072
>Codenames is great but someone always fucking cheats.
HOW and who the fuck does that?

>>96410086
Various ways, the most common is changing posture or facial expression while the team is hovering their finger over a tile. Dropping subtle hints in the conversation also happens. Another common one is moving their hand to flip the tile before the guesser has selected it or any combination of the above. Play with a big enough group and it will inevitably happen.

>>96410086
people are really bad at not giving signs or reacting when people pick words
or they give illegal clues but once it's said it taints the game state

>>96409766
Love Letter is my favorite filler. I've introduced it to many people and while a few guys have harrumphed about the "girly" theme (only to end up liking it once we start playing), women have always been on board for it.
Just be patient while they learn how to use cards correctly.
Also seconding what >>96409806 said

>>96409766
Bullet, bitches love Bullet.

wtf happened to the first posts?

>>96410072
>>96410086
I have seen those, but often the other players don't pick up on it completely so the effect is not to completely destroy the game. Highly effective cheating requires the coordination of multiple players which is possible but could also happen in any other game. So I agree and its bad, but I don't think it totally ruins the game.

>>96410299
The most common one I see is people celebrating correct guesses, but acting confused when there is a correct guess that was not intended by the cluegiver. That lets their team know they should go for more since that one wasn't part of the clue number. When I explain the other rules people generally understand and try to do right, but this one is beyond normies apparently.

All in all, I think the game is still enjoyable and worthwhile, and furthermore there are countless rules errors that go undetected in other games, so much of the problem in codenames is actually just the same as every other game, but completely public and obvious. For this reason I still see it as preferable to most other things for casual groups. If anything it is a forum for revealing how easily, naturally, and unintentionally people violate rules.

Not that it is comparable in any way but just for an example of what I mean, consider Terraforming Mars. I suspect that 9/10 games played physically include miscalculations of payments or plays against condition limits, but the structure of play means these are almost never caught. The structure of play of Codenames means basically all rules violations are directly and obviously seen by the whole group. This gives the impression that people cheat more (mainly on accident) but I believe that the cheating is only observed more.

>rules lawyering over a kids game
never change /bgg/

>>96410455
first for this anon is gay

>>96410586
what?

>>96410478
Although I recommend it for casual groups, I don't recommend Codenames for children, since it is very dependent on life experience and wide cultural awareness to play well.
In this way it is similar to a trivia game, where the rules can be understood by a child, but the subject matter of the gameplay is world experience that they are lacking. I have even seen low vocabulary adults have bad experiences when playing with a high vocabulary player on their team.

It now occurs to me that Codenames could in part be described as a player mediated reverse trivia game.

How does Bruno Cathala manage to make good games in so many different genres but people like Lacerda make basically the same shit every time?

>>96410634
How do some anons manage to create original content and discussion, yet some just 1:1 repost stuff from last thread

>>96410634
The only game he made that I liked was 7 Wonders Duel and that was a retheme.

>>96410634
Show us the game you're working on, anon.

Can you have good pike and shot combat without falling into the trap of playing a hex and chit or miniatures game?

>>96410719
>The only game he made that I liked was 7 Wonders Duel and that was a retheme.
No, it wasn't. It was a reimplementation. It had the same theme as the original 7 Wonders.

>>96410706
I post the same things until someone replies. It's call consistency.
>>96410793
Would love to show you my prototypes but this place is cursed. They will better than Larcerda's dogshit.

>>96410706
I post the same things until I get replies. It's call consistency.
>>96410793
Would love to show you my prototypes but this place is cursed. They will be better than Larcerda's dogshit.

>>96410706
I post the same things until I get replies. It's call consistency.
>>96410793
Would love to show you my prototypes but this place is cursed. They will be better than Larcerda's dogshit.

>>96409212
Emancipation
>>96409467
If you can play Dominant Species, you can handle People Power just fine, I think people get needlessly intimidated by COIN sometimes

Anyone knows anything about this? It started popping up everywhere I look. A small-ish, card based 4x(?) game? Not a fan of the art but the idea sound interesting.

>>96410086
>DON'T overthink this hint
>THIS hint will be HARD
>Think carefully, it's abstract
>Harry Potter, oh whoops that was two words, sorry well pretend you didn't hear me :)
It happens all the time

>>96408499 (OP)
why are board games such a common way to bond with a girl?
My girl is terrified of bloodbowl but loved board games

who the fuck plays codenames?? fuck off

That's it, you people have stood in my long enough. I'm going to buy Dune: Imperium Uprising!
I need to add another game to the order and they don't have what's on my shortlist. I need some ideas - recommendations based exclusively on this post alone.

>>96411116
Sky Team

>>96411116
Women love tiny things (except tiny penises). Any time I have a game set up and my mom sees it, she always squeals over the little wooden bits, meeples, minis, etc.

>>96411121
idk, how am i supposed to know what you like or what you already own? help us here a bit

>>96411121
The promo cards.
Or fuck it. Get the big deluxe box with the miniatures. I've got it and it's pretty nice, but watch out the tray for the player cards bends card sleeves. Put those cards in the main tray and use that one for something else.

>>96411127
>Women love tiny things (except tiny penises).
That's from gay culture. Women have been brainwashed.

I got a flashback to a time when /bgg/ was discussing "girlcore" games for that short three-day period. Can't fined any of the pictures.

im a dummy, sometimes i forget you can get shit straight fro the publishers website instead of amazon or whatever

>>96411127
>except tiny penises
I refuse to be ashamed of my aesteticly small penis

So OG Dune Imperium or Uprising? I CAN'T DECIDE.

>>96411188
Is that you Dickus Minimus? What are you doing in this part of the Empire?

I like Brass games. But I can't decide which one I like more. I keep switching between them. Lancashire is tighter and you actually get to use the overbuild rule. The map leaves less freedom as you need to constantly react and have no time to fuck around. Birmingham on the other hand, has that lull in the middle, when you start a new era. You get some air and can build a connection you want, connect a couple of cities, set yourself up before the map gets tighter. The beer is fine, you just have to get one or two.

>>96411121
Sea Salt & Paper
Startups

>>96411210
I heard Bithynia needed a new queen and I'm aiming for the bottom spot.

>>96411243
Startups sucks! Learn to play rummy. There's no reason to pay $20 for a boxed game that's just rummy with coin token!!

>>96411203
Can you group learn 3 more rules? If yes, Uprising
If they're brainlets, OG

I donated blood at 3 different places on the same day to get some money to buy me some food but instead i bought games again

>>96411121
pic rel

>>96411203
Uprising has those expansions already baked in. So it seems like the one to go for since the price is roughly the same.

>>96411124
>Sky Team
Seen this game mentioned so many times, has great reviews, no obvious problems but for some reason I can't even get myself to watch a video review. It just seems so uninteresting. I7m probably wrong but..

>>96411285
>group
I'll be playing solo

>>96410634
When do you sleep, Bruno?
>>96410830
Yeah, Tank Duel style
>>96411203
OG is probably cheaper now. I like that one better because it's more spare and punishing but I can see why people like the version with retarded chrome spackled all over everything.

>>96411297
>Uprising has those expansions already baked in. So it seems like the one to go for since the price is roughly the same.
what expansions?

>>96411297
Duel for Middle-earth
The Grizzled
The Last Expedition

>>96411307
the first one or one and a half or something. IX and Immortality.

>>96411305
Do you not like the expansions to the original?

>>96411305
>it's more spare and punishing
Sounds like it's a similar situation like Agricola vs Caverna, Lancashire vs Birmingham.

>>96411297
Is there a bigbox edition for Race for the galaxy? Nice cover btw.

>>96411294
which ones? what blood type?

Shipping + import taxes too high for Dune. I might just get the steam version. I need money so bad. Fuck my life.

You need to bring a game to a gathering with semi-randoms and bring a game that you will play. 3-4 extra people that know boardgames but not hardcore - let's say mid weight. 3h max with teach. The game should be easy enough for them to understand and enjoy but also interesting enough so you don't get bored. What game do you bring?

Are there any "wargames" that would also appeal to eurogamers? I remember there were some games about the supply lines. Waros? Waruros??

Anyway is Maria good game to start with if you haven't played any wargames?

I remember a post I read, I think it was here, that Zoo Vadis, the animal themed Knizia negotiation game, almost caused a divorce in their game group lmao some people are a bit too intense

>>96411380
where are you from / ordering from where? Aren't there any local stores?

>>96411327
What is this?

>>96411416
>I remember there were some games about the supply lines
1944 Race to the Rhine?
Nevsky?

>>96411387
Sakura Arms or Kingdom Death. Really undecided on this.

>>96411133
you don't listen to consumer needs, you create them

>>96411387
EGO

>>96411466
Can I interest you in board games + AI? It even pays a dividend.

Cole Wehrle's ratings for 10s and 9s:
https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/Cole%20Wehrle?rating=10&subtype=boardgame&ff=1

For 9s and 8s:
https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/Cole%20Wehrle?rating=9&subtype=boardgame&ff=1

Thoughts?

>>96411483
I don't think about Wehrle at all.

>>96411483
>Cole Wehrle
Why him? Do you like his games or just because it will generate replys?

what OOP game would you like to see back in print?

>>96411474
>board games + AI
so regular board games

>>96411541
Very few known designers have public ratings and reviews and have so many of them.

>>96411543
>The Expanse
I like the system and I would be able to play it with others that dislike this type of games
>Fresh fish
Seems interesting and would like to try it
>Madeira
Heavy euro game with dice. Not many of the around.
>Babylonia, Blue lagoon
Not sure if oop but currently unavailable.
I think I saw somewhere that Arkwright is getting back in print.

>>96410830
>can you have [game about war] without [effective ways to do war]?
it's like asking "can you have a game about the economy without a stand-in for money that exchanges hands over the course of the game?" and the answer is "maybe but it'll probably be too experimental to be fun"

>>96411117
I do, even if Decrypto mogs it completely.
No, you fuck off.

>>96411387
ew LLM-generated image
Iberian Gauge. If someone doesn't join a company just to skip their action and completely tank the stock value of whoever invested hard into it then we call the whole session a fluke and start over.

>>96411416
>"wargames" that would also appeal to eurogamers?
Eclipse. Main thing about it is making the most out of your actions, and picking the right round to go all in on building ships and upgrading their blueprints with new techs. Warfare is just a means to an end, and that end is Reputation (the bigger the fight the more tiles you draw, and the more chance you have to get a high scoring rep tile) and territory that's worth a lot of Victory Poinst, but only if you can pay the cash for upkeep costs of running an empire that big. Actions also add to that upkeep cost, and that shit scales up fast. Your incomes also scale per every planet of matching type that you find, but that scaling is slower so even if each one of your systems has a money planet you'll still have less actions before going negative in upkeep the bigger your empire gets.

Wingspan, Wyrmspan, Finspan. Are any of these good? if so, what's the best one?

>>96411203
OG. It's less swingy, it's harsher, and it better mixes with the best expansion (Rise of Ix). The immortality expansion is cool but mostly card bloat, and the bloodlines expansion is an unfocused mess.

>>96411653
It's a shame Eclipse has been relegated to the shitpost game here for the past several years. I really like it, I have all pf the expansions for 2E and I've played the game no less than 8 times. Yes it's a bit random and chaotic at times, but it's also elegant and tightly designed.

>>96411203
Uprising. It’s more interactive, there's less shit useless cards, the 6 player mode is good fun, and the tech tiles and Saudakar from Bloodlines are both easy to integrate.

>>96411543
The Estates
Glory to Rome

>>96411543
Great Zimbabwe. I'm not why the fuck Splotter needs to print ten billion copies of Horseless carriage, while the game that looks the most interesting from them is in OOP hell.

>>96411710
How is Uprising more interactive? If anything isn't it less, since spies can circumvent the crucial blocking aspect? Why shouldn't a player always camp a spy on Research station or Heighliner?

>>96411730
>Great Zimbabwe
Funny thing is I just put my copy up for sale.

have you tried playing with deez??

>>96411574
you're right

Here are some more:
>Vital Lacerda
https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/newrev?rating=10&subtype=boardgame&ff=1
he does not like HIS or Splendor
>Jeroen Doumen
https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/jmdsplotter?rating=10&subtype=boardgame&ff=1
Only rates 9.49 as highest rating? Tons of ratings and some spicy
>Max Tar (Earth)
https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/MaTar9000?rating=10&subtype=boardgame&ff=1
what you expect
>Bruno Cathala
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/88113/isaac
his only 10 :)
>Jacob Fryxelius (TM)
https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/Fryxen?rating=9&subtype=boardgame&ff=1
esoteric
>Tom Lehmann
https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/Tom%20Lehmann?rating=3&subtype=boardgame&ff=1
no mercy Tom - a goldmine " What was Reiner thinking?"
>Matthew Eklund
https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/Matthew_Eklund?rating=10&subtype=boardgame&ff=1
why do they all like Go?

>using zombies as the enemy in 2025...
>...in a fantasy setting
wtf is wrong with this faggot

>>96411765
Splendor is a great simple game, I've played it at least 20 times. No wonder that gigaautist wouldn't like it.
Any funny 1 star rating from famous designers?

>>96411765
>>Vital Lacerda
>I'm the designer, so expect this rating to be totally bias.
cringe

>>96411111
I don't play with people who outright cheese it, but I can't deny the Quints of Truth as I have seen it happen.
>>96411116
With exceptions I've noticed that women aren't into math heavy games and/or overtly combative games. This kills their interest in wargames.
>>96411124
Can concur that Sky Team is a hit with the wife. It's a quick game too that doesn't overstay its welcome.
>>96411127
You can try it out for free on BGA. That's what I did, played with a very cool Dane.

>>96411746
spies are like a second tier form of blocking, yes. they're also an expendable resource. it's a good system. Sometimes you want to block Deep Desert, or even Hagga in the early game.
primarily the increased interaction is from the importance of combat. If the price to win the combat auction isn't driven up by all players, then worms will score too greatly to be countered. If combat remains expensive to win then the gains from Worms won't be enough to prevail against a more efficient strategy.

>>96411676
>Wingspan, Wyrmspan
I played these two and I would not recommend.
Wingspan has a great theme love the realistic animals art and theme. But the game... not really bad, just not that interesting, very bland which is the worse thing.
Dragons are more of a game but still the same idea. Theme and art is worse.

>>96411710
>Bloodlines
Is an "essential" expansion in your opinion? Does it fix any problems or just add more of the same?

>>96411779
>Any funny 1 star rating from famous designers?
Check out Lehmann, he has some interesting low ratings and comments.

>>96411779
>Any funny 1 star rating from famous designers?
Not a 1 but...

>>96411765
Looking at their ratings, is Zhanguo: The First Empire actually good?

>>96411416
>waruros
Hegemony, Imperial/Imperial 2030/7 Empires, Clash of Cultures (if you can swing a 4x), Ancient Civ of the Inner Sea/Mid East (if you can't swing a 4x), Churchill, etc.

>Maria
I wouldn't start there. I'd start with Churchill if you're looking for an intro 3p wargame. The "war" part is abstracted to fronts so it's a little easier to digest. Maria is a great game but there are some fiddly bits that can detract from a new player's experience.

>>96409766
Girls love Taco cat goat cheese pizza

>make le points with le boring resources
>each player working on their own shit
>zero interaction (no, hate drafting doesn't count)
>we compare scores at the end
why do people like these games for grandmas?? i'll never get it

>>96411765
>why do they all like Go?
Because it's based.

>>96411765
Lameman was filtered by Torres? kek

>>96411765
>Eklund putting two of his own games on his Top 10
ew

>>96411333
>Do you not like the expansions to the original?
I like them as more stuff, I was getting burned out on just the base at 50 or so plays. The problems they were trying to solve didn't bother me anyway, and starting with 8 shit cards, getting 3 more meh ones and 1 decent card that you see once before the game is over is a problem they didn't deal with til uprising.
>>96411416
Triumph and Tragedy

>>96411961
His only actual 10s are for Can't Stop and Tichu

>>96411965
yeah, why do designers do that? it's pretty cringe

>>96411783
Even better is he marked it with only THREE PLAYS. Like seriously, nigga? Not even going to count playtests of the final version? Didn't want to show it off to any of your friends and count those sessions? He's fine with having his own expansion marked with so few plays?

>>96411803
it adds some unique leaders, more cards, and then two modules that make green spaces more tempting and provide more utility for both spice and solari.
Imo it doesn't really "fix" anything from base Uprising, but it adds some wrinkles that improve the game. Tech tiles can be quite impactful, and the sadaukar give you more options when engaging with combat.
Green spaces were probably the weakest ones before as a whole, and now they see some increased utility assuming you have resources to spend. Spending solari on combat spaces to redeploy commanders can lead to higher battle strength at critical moments. I like the expansion and would always include it, but i'm also happy to play the base game without it.

>>96411961
He cited Munchkin as a positive example in his Kill Dr Lucky review. I don't know how bad KDL is, but I guaran-fucking-tee it's better than Candyland with Kingmaking, AKA Munchkin

>>96411765
Eklund's reviews are the most amusing.

>>96411864
>Churchill
I never played any wargames but I always see the playtime and get turned off. For example Churchill has 60-300 minutes. What does that mean? How long will the game last? Where does the variability in time come from?

>>96412083
I assume some groups are pausing to read a history book

>>96412083
There's a Training Scenario (3 conferences), a Tournament Scenario (5 conferences), and a Campaign Scenario (10 conferences). I've only ever played the full campaign. Any of them can theoretically end earlier than that if you beat the Axis quickly, although this isn't that likely. So IG whoever said that estimated 30 minutes/conference and then said the shortest possible game is the Training Scenario where you win the war without the final conference (2 * 30 = 60) and the longest is the full campaign with no war victory (10 * 30 = 300). So when you start playing you'll know roughly how long its going to be based on which mode you're playing.

>>96412142
>>96412083
Having played the game a lot, I'd never play anything but the full campaign and I'd only ever recommend that option. The shorter versions cut out a lot of what you have to work through to pick up VPs and move fronts - kind of takes a lot of the fun out of the game.

You don't have to play a full game, play until you're done.

damn, moving out sounds like a pain in the ass for your collection

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/58532/how-i-moved-my-game-collection-halfway-around-the

Some anon promised me an Ortus Regni autistic write-up. It never happened. Every day I checked the thread, and every day I cried. Why did you do this to me anon?

Is it just me, or does even an average cube rails game mog every modern euro slop game out there?

>>96411096
I've played Age of Civilization and thought it was nice for a small box game. I should have gotten Age of Galaxy before Portal got their mitts on it; now the game has a large box and fomo promos.
It's probably good though.

>>96412279
Here, an autistic write-up for Ortus Regni

https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/Cole%20Wehrle?rating=10&subtype=boardgame&ff=1

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1191677/an-illuminating-game

>>96412337
>cube rails
Whenever I hear about cube rails games it always presented as a lesser train game, not bad but a "filler" for big train games or just as an experience to play 3-4 times and then it becomes too repetitive. Mostly nobody plays them.

Which ones have you played? How would you rank your favorites?

>>96411590
>I like the system and I would be able to play it with others that dislike this type of games
What does this mean? What type of games?

>>96412403
Chicago express
Irish gauge
Iberian gauge
Big tiddy mountain pass

The BGG list of JP games has been updated.

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/227555/japanese-games

>>96412441
anything good?

I saw a video of Tom Vasel baptizing a person. Didn't know he was a pastor.

Voidfall out of 10
Seti out of 10

Ive heard mixed things from friends and not sure what to play at the board game cafe tomorrow. Experienced group just looking for fun and excitement , doesnt need to be like amazing balance if the design feels good. I feel equal about both

>>96412496
Just america things

>>96412517
>looking for fun and excitement
so not that boring shit?

>>96412496
He conducts a Sunday church service at Dice Tower West every year. It's a negro spiritual as well

>>96412083
>60-300 minutes
You're like a little baby
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/314577/pacific-war-the-struggle-against-japan-1941-1945-s

>>96411985
>>96411965
Isn't that kind of the point of designing a board game? Making the game you would love to play?

>>96412818
I don't have an arrogant personality so giving my own stuff 10/10 never occurred to me.

Redpill me on Warp's Edge and Under Falling Skies. They're everywhere in solo lists. What do you think about them? and which one do you prefer?

>>96411965
That's his dad's games and there's 4 of them there.

>>96411961
The Master version alters the game feel pretty significantly so if the first edition rules were originally a 'chose what you want' buffet, yeah I can get the frustration. But not enough to dog it like he did.
Then again, only keeping your negative ratings up is pretty funny to me. People can't accuse you of stealing ideas if you never tell them what you like

>>96412844
>NOOOOOOO YOU CANT JUST BE PROUD OF YOUR OWN WORK YOU GOTTA BE MR. HUMBLE

>>96412441
with the amount of doujin that comes out yearly at a single tokyo game mart, that's an insane thing to want to track

>>96412926
Giving a 10/10 to your own game is cringe. You let other people judge that.

>>96412855
>Under Falling Skies
meh
>Warp's Edge
meh but bag builders are charming enough to make it not unfun
both are on the filler side of solo that's never appealed to me

>>96412944
If you designed a game and didn't think it was 10/10, this begs a question - why didn't you fix it to be 10/10? Why did you release a product you consider subpar? Were you lazy? Were you trying to make a quick buck like a certain german man of bowties?

>>96412936
That's easy, only like 1% of them are ever added to BGG to begin with.

>>96412958
I just disagree with the idea of rating your own stuff at all. It's corny and childish.

>>96412958
Thinking your game is 10/10 and rating it that on bgg are two different things. It's like liking your own posts on Facebook.

Itt, retards again equate Matt Eklund with Phil Eklund

>>96412855
Warps edge is 'solvable' in terms of having a very specific way of playing that is most efficient and once you realize what that is it will ruin the fun of playing the game and make it feel very pointless as you either do the thing, or you just enjoy losing frequently

Under falling skies is a very specific kind of tower defense game. It has more decision space than it might seem. You can actually do a decent amount of brain burning if you want, and it becomes needed at higher difficulties. It's a race in a good way in that you do need to finish the track to win, and there are fun moments where you flip the switch from mitigating damage to going all in before you die as it speeds up.

Personally, I think it's fun. A nice light to middle level of intensity and complexity. Its a weird table hog vertically which is a bit annoying. I think you might label it meh if you're someone who feels dumb if such a simple game beats you because you miscalculated your ship manipulation and you suddenly lose or get close to losing. It's fun

It's also REALLY cheap which helps

>>96412926
Whatever side of the issue you're on, typing like that is worse.
>>96412958
Also not what question begging is.
>>96413068
The crazy thing is someone already mentioned it but they kept going.

Splotter games are ...inelegant

One might even say ...clunky

>>96413352
Which ones in particular do you find inelegant...?
Surely not bus or fcm

speaking of inelegant games, i've played my second game of On Mars tonight, my first game was last year, and i don't get those who say that it's his best game, nearly every other game of his that i've tried is better and runs smoothier (but im still not a fan of any of them except The Gallerist)

>>96412958
Real answer - publisher meddling
They love to chop and twist to what they think the market wants and sometimes that's at the cost of your favorite part of the design

>>96411794
>With exceptions I've noticed that women aren't into math heavy games and/or overtly combative games. This kills their interest in wargames.
that describes my gf pretty spotlessly

>>96413662
Psychology explains this. There's a personality trait called agreeableness that is more present in women than in men and it's related to testosterone levels. Men are less likely agreeable. So women are more likely to be averse to conflict, that's why they prefer games without conflict such as multiplayer solitaires like Wingspan and whatnot. The less conflict, the more comfortable they are. Conversely, that's why men tend to like wargames and 1v1 competitive games.

>>96413740
>>96413755
if women are more "agreeable" how is it then that they're significantly more prone to bitch and complain about every little thing, and when they fight, even among themselves, hold grudges for a long ass time as opposed to men who tend to bottle things up or de-escalate, and forgive / let go?

>>96413755
This is why Root, the game where we duscuss who around the table shall DIE, is the manliest game.

>>96413873
root is literally a game for women and trannies, it's a game where you whine about how the active player should attack somebody else instead of you because they're more likely to win according to you, in a contest of fake negotiation, while you follow the script written for your faction, there's nothing manly in all this

>>96413852
Sounds like neurosis which can be treated with sexual release. Neurotic bitches just need a good dicking. Therapists of the past used to finger neurotic women as a fix.

>>96413873
It's a manly game, generally speaking, not the manliest, though.

>>96413907
>>96413873
>talking about taking others down
>manly
Smells like pussy in here. And not the good kind.

>trying to organize board games for a holiday weekend
>everyone is either working overtime, traveling for work, or in retail hell and works anyway
I had enough people lined up last friday and by wednesday it has all gone away. agony

>>96414147
Maybe they're just all avoiding you? I would if I was them

>>96414073
It's a game with conflict. You attack and kill others. I've honestly never dealt with "talking about taking others down" but that sounds like politics which is about power, thus, manly either way.

>>96414147
Are they in their 30s and 40s? It's over. Try solo gaming.

>>96410455
I made those, the jannies were mad that I mentioned WMAF later on so deleted everything for being off topic.

>>96412034
Kill Doctor Lucky has the same "every blows their load stopping a win and then someone else sneaks by afterwords" game arc as Munchkin but cards to stop wins are more abundant than opportunities to try to win so it takes ages. The only reason it ever ends is the cards to stop wins get returned to the box when you play them so eventually you thin them out of the deck.
Kill Doctor Lucky also has wacky turn order. Every turn a neutral pawn (Doctor Lucky) takes a step in a big loop and whichever player he'll reach next is the player on turn. This often means one player takes a bunch of turns in a row. And the turn player can play cards to move Doctor Lucky past your room to skip your turns.

We had a mention of kemet in the last thread and it rekindled an interest as I don't have a full aggro light war game after giving away nexus ops. Is Kemet still up there for you or has it been surpassed?
Is Book of the Dead as laughably awful as it seems at a skim read?

>>96413352
I disagree. They can pack so much interaction into a simple ruleset, other eurogames should learn from them.

>>96414355
surpassed by what? it's up there

>>96411483
Based train gamer

>This game is a masterpiece! It's a must have!
>Disclaimer: the publisher gave me a copy (and maybe some money ;))

It's so good, bros. Literally the best zombie game. It's perfect

What's the deal with eating things 1-10, when there's already an infinite number of ratings between 1.0 and 5.0?

>>96411483
>Diplomacy is a 10
Shows that his cope about Root is not cope, but legit what he thinks is good game design.

Steam, Age of Steam, and Railways of X are all the same game and there isn't shit you can say to dissuade me. I would like to play Railways through Time some day just to see the look on Julius Ceasar's face when I deliver a 53' worth of interracial cuck DVDs to his summer palace in Berganza.

>>96414547
>This game is a masterpiece! It's a must have!
>Disclaimer: the reviewer is jewish

>>96414623
what's his cope?

Is Double Nine like Love Letter, but without player elimination? That sounds way better.

>>96414652
Related to this: anyone played Bios Origins?

>>96414497
They all play go an 18xx

>>96414355
speaking of kemet, whyd they change the pyramids? I liked the old simple dice pyramids better

>>96414566
i exclusively rate using the 4 point scale

>>96414692
I don't have the exact quote, but in some forum post somewhere he argued that the whole kingmaking aspect of the design in Root is intentional, and that the game should self-balance with good players since they should just bash the leader if someone is running away with victory.

I guess he imagines that Root should be constant Diplomacy-type negotiation which is facilitated by nothing, except the game is not as neverending as Diplomacy due to the wincon which is not zero-sum as it is in Diplomacy.

>>96414566
I agree with you on the superiority of 1-5, but because even the people who are profoundly stupid and can't figure out what an "average" score is in 1-10 (it seems the two most common views are either 7 or 5; both are wrong, it's 5.5) can figure out the average in 1-5 is 3.

>>96415058
if your review scale has an average score it's for cowards

>>96414566
any even numbered scale is better than odd numbered scale since you can't just say "it's mid" and have to rate it higher than middle or lower than middle

>>96415017
implicit in "good players" is that the table is able to recognize who is the leader by board state and doesn't need to negotiate about it

>>96413662
Not surprised. I'm lucky that my wife is open to math heavy games, but she hates dice (she's convinced she has the worst luck with dice, but while I can't say she's lucky, she isn't exceptionally unlucky either) which largely limits me to card heavy games.
We have fun a lot of fun playing co-op games like Sentinels of the Multiverse and Spirit Island together.
What games have you tried with your gf?
>>96411676
>Finspan
Tried once, it speeds the game up which is nice and sea creatures are cool, but it streamlined the game too much for my tastes. Became too simple.
>Wingspan
It gets shit here, but I think it's a fine game. Mostly MPS with some slight exceptions, but fine, functional, and the theme is cool. I have a friend who loves it and tends to push us to play it. Sometimes I'll turn him down if I'm not in the mood (or more likely if I just want to play something else), but usually I don't mind tabling it and have a good time.
>Wyrmspan
Only played once and need to try again.
I liked some changes like getting rid of the bird house and the dragon guild, but the game felt even longer than Wingspan which already takes longer than I'd like and I'm not sure if the minor improvements are worth the extra time investment.
Also the theme sucks. Don't know how they managed to make dragons boring, but they did.

>>96415017
I don't understand this whole negotiation talk. Do people actually talk on the table about who to attack? Sounds dirty. Just see who's winning and attack them? Root is a video game as well and it doesn't have that. This negotiation shit is something cheaters and bullies do.

>>96415090
>my wife is open to math heavy games, but she hates dice
she has autism

>>96411543
Circus Imperium. It holds up fantastically for its age and a new edition of this with better components would make my dreams come true.
>>96412262
At least board games come in boxes. Moving my friend's figure and model kit collection was a nightmare.
>>96412496
God Bless Vasel.
>>96413852
No one truly understands women anon.

>>96415090
>Also the theme sucks. Don't know how they managed to make dragons boring, but they did.
because the style of the illustrations suck. one is literally a cat (see pic rel). it should've been dinosaurs or dragons but NICELY (read:classically) drawn.

favorite dragon game btw?

>>96415123
Yeah I'd agree with that. I remember rolling my eyes at the zebra dragon. Yawn. The art itself isn't horrible, but it lacks any creative spark.
>>96415101
Kek, I'm going to drop that on her next time she belly aches about dice.
To a degree I get her point that it sucks when you can't do something in a game because the dice won't let you, but I don't see unlucky card draws that much different. I guess at least you know your hand sucks and can plan accordingly rather than plan out a turn and then flub it on a bad die roll.

>>96415151
force her to play Civolution and other games that use dice primarily for input randomness

how the fuck do i find a gf who likes board games? do you guys convert them to the hobby or did you find them like that?

>>96415183
the board games meetups in my city have a ton of women at them. besides the 18xxers and the historical war gamers they're pretty much the majority

>>96411416
I actually thought about randomy posting 'why do people like maria so much?' a few hours ago.

Yeah the battle system is novel and less gimmicky than you'd expect, but (admittedly, that is just after 2 games) some things didn't make sense for me. Sure, first thing France and Prussa do is pound Austria and France should be aware to not weaken Austria too much as to halt further prussian advance whilst still gaining a few points...but there is NO interaction between France and Prussia and France can't do shit if the Austrian player plays badly other than make peace early, even gift them cards to your massive disadvantage and hope Austria correctly plays the defensive, and now maybe get bullied by prags as a result. Essentially the game hangs in a tight 3p balance but the interaction isn't as direct as in churchill.
>But anon, Churchill is also easily lost because one of the opponents played poorly
Yes but I can at least intervene that way and the roles and flow isn't as strictly predetermined.

I mean I obviously have little experience with Maria, but I do see it mentioned a lot and wonder why. Not even touching how shit the components are because that's par for the course, the map is really cool though

>>96414566
>Not using the infinite scale of 1.0 - 1.1

>>96415172
What do you mean by input randomness?
>>96415183
In my case I converted her, but she was already into video games (real games, not Farmville) when we met so it wasn't a big leap.

Thoughts on Roll Player?

>>96415216
>least you know your hand sucks and can plan accordingly rather than plan out a turn and then flub it on a bad die roll.
input randomness is when random conditions determine what your options are. so if you roll a number of dice in Civolution, you'll need to plan around what those dice allow you to do (with some mitigation options)
this is different from output randomness, like in Summoner Wars when you make an attack and then roll to see how much damage is done

>>96415183
My follow up question to this is "why would you want that?"

>Have children
>Have to split up hobby and group time between the 2 of you
>Can't find the time to find 2p games above 30 minutes
and I haven't even gotten into the weird relationship dynamics this can cause, playing games you/she dislike, repercussions after social deduction/conflict games and so on

Ofc that's personal experience and if you have a gf that can rationally seperate what happens during hobbytime and your relation AND isn't averse to whole genres you like, that's cool. Maybe if you have seperate gaming groups that sometimes get together, that seems brilliant.

>>96411543
Fury of dracula

>>96415079
>>96415098
I don't negotiate in Root, there's nothing to negotiate over. The closest it gets is saying
>you should really attack X, he's gonna win
if someone does stupid shit like attacking a guy in 3rd place.

My brain might have been rotted by /bgg/ posts like this >>96413873 >>96414171. Wehrle was talking about kingmaking and self-balancing, not sure he was talking about negotiation at this point.

>>96415098
Yes, Cole unironically thinks thats how board games should be played. If you promise your friend to suck his dick to attack the vagabond, its not gay and retarded, in Cole's eyes its good diplomacy. Root falls apart if the players just play the game through the mechanics.

>>96415265
It's mid
5.5/10
1.00000003 / 1.00000005

>>96415726
The last time I made a deal with a player they locked eyes with me, nodded their head, I did my part, and when their turn came around they said "I didn't say 'yes'". They proposed the deal to me.

>>96413402
Bus is inelegant
Rules for lane placement are overcomplicated
One-time use workers are inelegant
Meeples do not fit with the game's aesthetic
The map is hard to read

>>96416062
>not getting a notarized agreement copy before taking your turn
Rookie mistake

>>96416072
You can probably fix some of your disabilities with the help of a professional.

>>96416072
>Rules for lane placement are overcomplicated
Lines extend from their head. If possible, line extensions must be on empty roads or roads that only contain line heads running opposite to the line extension. Line extensions can never double-back through a road that already contains a their color of line.
The only weird frill is that the check for blockage is per head so if one head is blocked and the other isn't the blocked head is allowed to extend through occupied roads even though the line as a whole isn't blocked.

>>96416120
>or roads that only contain line heads running opposite to the line extension.
not how that works

if the end of your line is at the same intersection as a another player your line can expand through any street containing their line
it does not have to be the street where the end of their line is coming from
e.g. blue expansion in pic
but this does not allow you to expand on roads containing multiple players if only one of them has an end of the line at your intersection

the exceptions are also independent from one another
even if you have options because of the end of a line you can still go on any road you want at a full intersection
e.g. yellow expansion in pic

>>96414742
Yeah, it's great, maybe my favorite in the series. I've only played Megafauna once though, they usually take a couple plays to wrap your head around.
>>96416072
>One-time use workers are inelegant
I think they make a good timer, if more shitty worker placement games did this they would instantly improve from a 1.004 to a 1.056 at least.

>>96416188
>>96415859
Why am I laughing like an idiot at this

>>96416186
>even if you have options because of the end of a line you can still go on any road you want at a full intersection
Are you sure about this? The rules state otherwise, see pic related. Red expansion on D intersection for example.

>>96416072
>Bus is inelegant
Whats an "elegant version of Bus" then? Which game has similar gameplay/idea but elegant?

Realistically speaking, how many of you actually still play Root? If you ever did.

>>96409766
Spin the bottle

>>96416382
I lost 2 of my root regulars and so now it sits there looking forlornly at me.

>>96416375
Tikal

>>96416410
6/9
Would cold sore again

Just saw they made Barony 2ed that is now available. Anyone played the original or this version?

>>96416382
group that played regularly moved on to arcs

>>96416370
I think what anon meant is that expanding into other players lines is not treated as "last resort" rule as both ends of the line are subject to independant rule evaluation i.e. in your example Red is allowed to expand into yellow midline at C even though he has open options at the other end

>Captain's chair is a new game that just came out.
>Already has two expansions out.

Why do they do this?

Going to spend some days camping (in a camping) with a friend. What are good 2 player games that are also cheap? I already own 7wonders duel.

>>96416521
>Red is allowed to expand into yellow midline at C even though he has open options at the other end
Yes, the rules only apply when evaluating one end of the line. But in anons example:
- blue at that intersection has a clear path so he can't go into red (unless that is where the end of the line is for red - not visible from example)
- in yellow example he has an open line into red line since the lines meet at an end. He has legal moves so the rules example for red C intersection does not apply.

>>96416532
You can print and play netrunner System Gateway (tranny alert) for free on their official website

Scout is awesome

But uhh idk what you're looking for specifically, I assume in a camping setting you don't really have a lot of table real estate to play on? In that case Buttonshy games are pretty good, and there are lots of 2 player ones out there.

>>96416500
Check out chairman of the board. His roundup video from 4 days ago has a 2e review.

>>96415216
Not him, but the difference between input randomness and output randomness is when it happens relative to the player making a choice.
Randomly made map at the start of FCM/TGZ is Input Randomness, rolling dice at the start of a round before you start thinking how to assign them to actions is Input Randomness; but deciding "now is a good time for war" only to roll poorly on the combat die roll is Output Randomness.

>>96416072
>Rules for lane placement are overcomplicated
Place where your opponents aren't, with exactly two exceptions. See also real bus lines and how little overlap they (try to) have. Being able to recreate the complex IRL zoning and routing laws with just a simple rule is, by definition, elegant.
>One-time use workers are inelegant
Incorrect. This gives the game a set length and makes each early action cost more in opportunity cost to do a bigger action later. The perfect push and pull of timing vs efficiency. Perfectly elegant
>Meeples do not fit with the game's aesthetic
Why not? People as passengers and buses as buses. I think it fits.
>The map is hard to read
If you're blind, maybe. White lines are empty, lines with people's pieces are occupied. Some intersections have a building slot or two attached, numbered for your convenience. It's distilled to the most basic elements it needs to be, very elegant.

>>96416186
no, that is not legal since Blue is not touching the tip of Red's line, but the middle. You can only expand to where other players are if the tips touch or you have nowhere else to go, checked independently for each end.

>>96415200
>not using the infinite scale of e - pi
Knizia thinks you're a loser.

>>96416072
>Rules for lane placement are overcomplicated
??????
>one-time use workers are inelegant
??????
>meeples do not fit with the game's aesthetic
??????
>The map is hard to read
probably the only thing that might make a little bit of sense but the solution is very simple, just pnp it (as you're supposed to anyway, cause the game is overpriced), there should be better maps out there anyways

>>96416186
That sounds inelegant af, rules for rules sake.

>>96411096
I played it. It's a solid 7/10. Mid-weight 4x-ish game with some area control and asymmetric powers. The coolest part I think is the Aliens you get in your opening hand that you can choose from. You get to slot in 3 out of 8 to be your alien allies that give you some passive benefits that felt meaningful causing you to lean into a certain strategy.

I will say the iconography, particularly for combat information was rough, and there are some techs that negate combat which kind of made that element inconsequential in our game. I also didn't get a sense that the scoring opportunities were evenly weighted, but that could have just been lack of understanding on the first play.

>"It's going to UPS to send it this afternoon"
>This was after a thirteen day delay
>This was also two days ago
>new message this morning
>"Sorry, it didn't actually ship out"
I'm starting to think this guy realized he underpriced his game by a lot, and is trying to get me to fold and ask for a refund so he can resell it. This is ridiculous.

>>96411203
Uprising is better in every regard. It's the improved version of the game that fixes all of the issues in the original game, and anyone telling you to get the original version has nostalgia googles or hasn't played Uprising.

>>96416984
>T. Worm player

People that we not into solo games, what game made you change your mind? What game was the first solo that you played and enjoyed?

>>96416581
Netrunner is my favourite game but I cannot even begin to imagine playing netrunner on a campign weekend.

>>96416523
It's sold as 'so you can decide what you really want without having to buy everything at once'
I'm pretty sure that (1) publishers have realized there's enough people that blindly buy EVERYTHING no matter the price (within reason), especially IP products, (2) prices went up a lot in the last 5 years and I assume everyone in the chain used that to widen their own cut a little, so the box that 5 years ago would've cost €40 now costs €+60, and I think publishers are a little anxious to sell midsized games at €100 (in a bigger box with what now are the expansions

>>96417305
I haven't noticed prices going up honestly

>>96416532
get an Icehouse set, and use that for like dozens of games you can find online. Homeworlds, Martian Chess, just to name the two i can approve of because i havent gotten around to playing the rest yet.

>>96417198
I am not into solo games, but Metal Gear Solid is pretty fun.

>>96416984
can you fit bloodlines into uprising box?

>>96416995
False, I go rush shipping and go track heavy 90% of games.

>>96417637
Yes, with sleeves and the insert intact, but it's a full box. I'm considering taking out the 6 player components to make it lighter and easier to dig through.

>>96417747
>image with text
>250x245

>>96417637
definitely yeah. I'd recommend ditching the insert and printing one yourself though

>>96417406
Wizkids doesnt have solid distro into europe so they pay double. So yeah, the box is huge, there's a lot of cards and weight. If they actually put all the content into one box you'd be looking at 200USD in europe, or 80 USD in NA.

The price creep on games is getting annoying, especially with kickstarter coming to retail and normalizing 100+ msrp games with a ton of content packs separate. So a great game piecemeal for people who don't want it all and all the prices are low is perfect for me

>>96417406
Really? I mean I have few things to actually compare, like how I bought the 1e of GWT for €30, now 2e it somewhere in the €50 range. Heavy euros in my memory 5-7 years ago were somewhere between 45-60, now they start at 60. I'm honestly too stressed and don't care enough to look it up, but I'm relatively sure there has been an increase of roughly 15-35%.

>>96416984
>all of the issues in the original game
Maybe you shouldn't play DUNE games when your VAGINA is already packed FULL of SAND

Is Race for the galaxy still played in person? I know a lot is played online. I never played and I like heavier card games.
It's this or the Ares expedition. If I go with Race is there any expansion that is necessary? Goes for both games really as they both have a couple expansions.

>>96411096
this also looks interesting but probably not

Is any game more overated than race for the galaxy? The only thing it has going for it is it's better than roll for the galaxy

>buy GoAII
>Publisher takes my money and does fuckall for a week
>Annoying but whatever, gonna write an email if nothing's changed by monday
>Check out site if it's still in stock (it is) and notice the game has one of these godawful plastic inserts with recesses for the handful of minis

Genuinely asking, why do people do that? I semi-get it for games with lots of models, but still. The main reason I sold BRW was because the box was fuckhuge and not only was storage annoying but the multiple inserts took a lot of additional space to keep around. Just design them less fragile with fewer thin pointy things and give me a plastic baggy goddamn, still works for WotR with it's cheap plastic

>>96418486
what games do it better?

>>96411096
I unironically keep ignoring it because age of galaxy is such an extremely terrible title. That's my personal brand of autism, if your game has an appealing title I am twice as likely to check it out.
>>96418410
Rarely, but I do still play it in person. But only 2p. As someone who likes TfM and hasn't played Ares expedition, RftG almost assuredly is the far better game

>>96418528
>keep ignoring it because age of galaxy is such an extremely terrible title
It's the art for me. Looks to "friendly"

Btw whats wrong with RftG at more than 2?

>>96418519
Define what "it" is

>>96418410

Hard truth: Games that are good and balanced enough to be played competitively will mostly be played digitally eventually because you can just get THAT many more games in. Ark nova online takes 30-45 min on bga and +1h in person if you are very quick. Plus setup and teardown time etc.

Sometimes I wish for some kind of large, streamed boardgame decathlon that has varying games each year for I would LOVE to waste my precious free time watching that. And then I remember how tourneyfags ruin everything

>>96418519
Literally San Juan. The variable sales prices and lack of obscure iconography make it a better game overall.

>>96418571
Same as with Pax ren; you can play with more players but I find it muddles a lot of the really interesting decisions by introducing more variables. It's fun to anticipate opponents moves ina 1v1, it gets a bit too chaotic at more than 2 for my taste. Maybe I am just too much of a brainlet.

>>96418740
>obscure iconography
I wish people would stop repeating this. It wasn't hard to grasp back when RftG was considered a very complex game and it sure isn't nowadays where your average euro is heavier. The only card where I have to agree is alien diplomats or whatever it was called, that one is hard to deduce from the card. But that's 1 in 150 or so

>>96418740
>San Juan
Is it even in print anymore?

Just saw that they are planing a new version - complementary to the new Puerto rico game on Ks/Gf

>>96416532
hive, sky team, mindbug.

>>96417406
I have, though. Everything is pricier since Donny started the whole anti-China thing.

>>96418841
>Is it even in print anymore?
It's OOP.
>Just saw that they are planing a new version -
Good news. I wont have to play it on yucata with games that last weeks.

The thing with boardgames is the wholesale price is very low, so the tariff is only being applied to like $10, not the $50 MSRP. Im all for increasing bg prices, reduceing volumes, and getting some slop out of the system