[Gaming] Board Game Praise
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A bit of a round-up for folks looking for something fun this season:
http://arstechnica.com/the-multiver...d-best-board-games-to-play-this-thanksgiving/
--Patrick
http://arstechnica.com/the-multiver...d-best-board-games-to-play-this-thanksgiving/
--Patrick
I picked up King of New York, the sequel to King of Tokyo last week and spent some time playing with friends this weekend. It's a ton of fun, and the changes to the core mechanic swings the core mechanic more to strategy than lucky dice rolls. Of course, as always, you still need those too.
Ooh. I see some games there I want to pick up. Colt Express especially sounds fun.
Colt Express is fun. It's a light programming game. Had a good time playing it but it doesn't hit the table much in our group (we have way too many games in our group).
Picked up Roll For It and Cash N Guns (2nd ed.) recently. We've played both and Cash N Guns is fun, but Roll For It is a lot more fun. It is so simple that it can be taught in just a few moments and then everyone at the table can immediately jump in with no worries that experienced players will dominate. It also comes in such a small package that you can quite literally have it with you all of the time. We went out to a nice sit-down pizza restaurant the other night and took this with us to play while waiting for our pizza and it worked perfectly (though rolling in the box lids is recommended).
Cash N Guns is fun, but takes some strategy. Our group when we played it last kinda devolved into rounds of revenge shooting people which would inevitably lead to one person getting a monumental lead over everyone else and then coasting to the finish.
Cash N Guns is fun, but takes some strategy. Our group when we played it last kinda devolved into rounds of revenge shooting people which would inevitably lead to one person getting a monumental lead over everyone else and then coasting to the finish.
Have read a great deal of hate for Exploding Kittens and I'm completely baffled by it. This is from someone who doesn't like the Oatmeal too. It's fun and incredibly easy to learn and teach to someone. It's great for a few quick games. It's perfect for what it is. It's like people equating it's Kickstarter success to how complex it should be.
"UHHHH, IT'S NOT WORTH 8 MILLION DOLLARS!!!"
You didn't pay 8 million, you paid 20.
400000 people paid 20.
It's not a 150 dollar tokeny, 2000 card, multistage strategy boardgame, it's a quick deck game that's fun and funny.
"UHHHH, IT'S NOT WORTH 8 MILLION DOLLARS!!!"
You didn't pay 8 million, you paid 20.
400000 people paid 20.
It's not a 150 dollar tokeny, 2000 card, multistage strategy boardgame, it's a quick deck game that's fun and funny.
Played it a few times it is pretty awesome.Not a bad game, just didn't pique my interest.
Just purchased Code Names and Forbidden Stars. Forbidden Stars has been on my radar for a while, but I finally bit the bullet and just said "what the hell".
I mean, LOOK a that! Can't wait for this to arrive.
Hell, I paid $20 for individually wrapped emergency monocles. Exploding Kittens was worth what I paid for it. We've played it a few times when my step-son and his wife were visiting when he was on leave from the air force.
I've been given permission to start looking for a quality crokinole board for my birthday in November. So far I'm thinking Helsinki will be the way I go. Some of my favorites-
Walnut Burl playing surface is gorgeous on this one.
Really love the cherry ditch on this one-
The pattern on this one is gorgeous as well.
Going to be Very hard to choose. Have about $350 to $500 to spend.
Walnut Burl playing surface is gorgeous on this one.
Really love the cherry ditch on this one-
The pattern on this one is gorgeous as well.
Going to be Very hard to choose. Have about $350 to $500 to spend.
Whenever I visit my parents I always have a board game night with my friend. One of the games he had this time was Tragedy Looper, and I think I'm in love. It's an anime time travel loop mystery game where you have to figure out a way to prevent bad things from happening within a certain amount of loops while one player tries to gleefully stop you. It feels almost feels like if Halforums Academy was a board game, but without the hentai part.[emoji14]
Autocorrect or change of idea about where to put your money?
Wow, yeah, farking autocorrect.Autocorrect or change of idea about where to put your money?
Crokinole board I am ordering.
Anyone played Red Dragon Inn? Saw it at the game store the last time we were there and thought it looked interesting, but didn't know enough about it to pick it up. We bought Tokaido instead, which is a great game.
Red dragon Inn is in tabletop simulator!
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Not a board game, but I finally picked up Red Dragon Inn. Loving it.
Something reminded me of the Penny Arcade thing Thornwatch, and I thought "that was a few years ago, it must be out by now, I wonder if it's any good," so I went searching.
Not only has it not been released, the Kickstarter project to fund it was just started this month, so it won't even be locked in until October 5th (though it is now funded by quintuple or so its asking amount) with a release period of September 2017.
Not only has it not been released, the Kickstarter project to fund it was just started this month, so it won't even be locked in until October 5th (though it is now funded by quintuple or so its asking amount) with a release period of September 2017.
They've been playtesting it behind closed doors at PAX events for awhile, I think. They wanted to make it work before bringing it to the people.