Board Game General /bgg/

>>51817103
>What's your favorite long (>2 hours) game?
StarCraft
Dominant Species
Through the Ages
>What did you play last weekend?
Nothing last weekend, but last week I played Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization.

I like the game but I still have no idea what's the best strategy.

Second for seasons best game

>>51817103
>What's your favorite long (>2 hours) game?
Honestly, none. If a game lasts that long I will flat out never play it.
I have multiple games in my collection that last 90 minutes, but 2 hours is a bridge too far, and the vast majority of my many games are all in the realm of half an hour, which is comfy.
I can't fathom how a person could enjoy doing the same thing for that long.
Whenever I'm done with a short mission in Dead of Winter I feel like I have to immediately get up and run a marathon, it was so difficult to keep actually caring about the game all the way to the end.
This isn't because I only play gateways. I don't, I've got many large games.
But seriously.
How do you do it?
>What did you play last weekend?
Lots of Mint Works and Red7.
Red7 with my boyfriend - he loves the scoring mechanic and how it makes some wins much more dangerous than others, making you maybe want to fold a single turn in because your hand is bad and they're only winning with 6 points right now. Ingenious mechanic. The game didn't get enough love mostly because, I think, nobody plays it 2p with advanced rules and scoring. They just play it on a per-hand basis, and never get to see the poker-like folding strategy the game provides.
Played Mint Works Solitaire. I finally beat an AI, this one was Rachael, took, and I have a feeling she's meant to be easy. I really love this game, though. Perfect for travel, which is what we were doing this weekend. Just like Red7 is.

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>still waiting for millennium blades to ship in UK

Sorry I post about this game so much

Please recommend some simple board games to play with a five-year-old.

Recommendation from the previous thread is saved and is under review. Thanks for those!

went to boardgame cafe last night, tried out Santorini.

it was OK. Think I might get it since it seems language indepedent enough to be able to play with my dad who doesn't speak English well, but the GF didn't seem to like it too much.

On the other hand she destroyed me in Jaipur and ended up liking it a lot so, guess I'll be looking to pick that up.

>>51817814
> Santorini
> paying $40 for a glorified tic-tac-toe
To each his own, I guess.

>>51818054
Like I said, I like playing games with my dad, so it has to be stuff a 64 year old non-english speaker would have an easy time with.

He loved Tsuro but it's starting to get old, so Santorini seems like it could be a good new game for us to play.

>>51817701
Good - glad you found the image that was posted. I don't have any more for you, so hopefully other anon with small children will be able to offer suggestions. You might also check out the site:

https://boardgamegeek.com/

>>51817701
Depends on the child, of course. What kind of answer do you expect?

>>51817701
Honestly at that age theme trumps all. If they like paw patrol, paw patrol skinned candyland is going win out over any highly reviewed Haba game. Once they start tiring of the shallow licences games, then shift the over to something better.

>>51818099
Thanks!
>>51818207
I expected maybe a specific suggestion like other anons made. But oh well.
>>51818401
Understood.

>>51818054
Santorini is one of those games that everyone should find space for in their collection.

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>>51818735
>>51818054
>this shit again
stop it.

So what's a good board game with a shitload of miniatures that's good to play solo? At the moment, I'm leaning towards Mansions of Madness or Zombicide.

>>51818809
Santorini. I hear the god cards and high production values make it a must have in any collection.

>>51818833
Come on man, we're better than this.

>>51818809
Super dungeon explore but its pretty trashy

>>51818924
To be honest, if your leanings when you think about games with miniatures is towards the ameritrash dross that was those two ideas, you'd be better off buying Santorini anyway.

I picked up a copy of Star Realms over the weekend, and it's pretty rad. How does it hold up in multiplayer, though? I'm not sure if I want to invest in another copy for group matches if it doesn't work well. Also should I get another base game, or add Colony Wars?

Anybody here try Clank yet?

>>51818434
>I expected maybe a specific suggestion like other anons made. But oh well.
I'd suggest chess, but maybe you're a pleb and you should get disney-themed snakes and ladders instead.

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>>51817103

>>51819306
Oh, okay. Thanks for the info.

>>51818809
Gears of War - it's got good miniatures, a solid rules set, and plays from 1 - 4 players very well. It's OOP, but shouldn't be that hard to find.

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>>51817103
>Fav >2 hr game
Never even attempted a board game that long, but would like to try. Plenty of D&D sessions that long. It would have to be a damn good and engaging board game.

>What did you pay last weekend
Last weekend had a D&D session. This weekend I played Love Letter in the park. So nice out! Also went to the diner today and played hive.

>>51818748
What shit? The fact that Santorini is a bad game and hated around here isn't some meme. The fact that you're shilling it all the time is more of a joke.

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>>51819311
>kickstarter

Guys I want to play a 3D tic tac toe any reccomendations

>>51817103
>Favorite > 2 hour game
I'd have to say Afrika II or Paths of Glory. For a game that actually takes close to two hours though, Falling Sky


>What did you play last weekend
I worked my way through the Lee vs. Grant introductory scenarios and filled my character sheet for an upcoming DnD campaign.

>>51817701
That's the perfect age to start campaign for north africa to ensure you are able to finish it by the time they leave for college

>>51819548
Gomoku, but it's not 3D.

>>51819514
Santorini is a good game when priced at $6, paying forty bucks for it is crazy.

>>51819346
I'm serious, five is about the right age to start with chess. Any later and the kid will catch on to the fact that the best way to win is by brute force memorization.

>>51819508
Was hive fun? I've been thinking about getting it

>>51820024
You can play it pretty easily by just cutting some paper and marking the pieces accordingly.

>>51820024
Hive is pretty fun. It's perfect for taking places with the gf since it's 2-player, small, and indestructible. Definitely worth it since it's cheap and all. Can't think of any other game you can do that with, so it's a must-have in my book.

>>51819311
Fuck off get fucked no fuck you

>>51818054
You can buy used you know, it's something I recommend to most.

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Has anyone tried pic related?

I've been having a lot of fun with that, Twixt, Breakthru, Chekit, and Kensington

I'm looking for a game like Space Empires or Smallworld that you could play with just two players and would have good replay value. Any recommendations?

>>51817103
>What's your favorite long (>2 hours) game?
Axis & FUCKING Allies, my G. Global 1940 Edition. You can't feed me enough of that shit.

>>51820583
How crunch / rules heavy or lite are you looking for?

I'll throw out 'Stronghold 2nd Ed' is a solid 2 player game.

>>51820723
I will second Stronghold 2e if you're down with a crunchier game than smallworld. Just know the rulebook is absolute shit and the game comes with some typos but luckily you can find answers to any questions online.

If you can get over that it's a great game that I'm surprised isn't mentioned more often

>>51819311
last thread someone said campy creatures has been one of their most played games recently and it made me realize how lucky I am that my gaming group isn't full of retards

>>51820020
There is no patience with this one.
Might as well just try to teach him using a knife in an urban environment.

>>51817324
Try and get that ADD under control bud, then maybe you can enjoy real games.

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Just bought my second copy of heroquest. You don't wanna know what happened to the first one

I forgot how much fucking fan content there is out there

>>51817324
>with my boyfriend

Oh, I get it. This is a bait post designed to make women/gays look fucking retarded.

>>51822577

i had mine ruined by borrowing it to a wannabe playboy friend who sprinkles ton of cologne before he hits the town and the whole box with contents reeks of disgusting nausea enducing scent after a week of letting him play with it

never borrowing anything to anyone again

>>51822610
>>51822568
I knew someone was gonna say ADD. I enjoy plenty of things for two hours straight, including gaming (our game nights last five hours, during which I will play many games), and I am able to work a full time job and enjoy it. I work out for hours, etc.

I just think that there's no reason to spend two hours on one payoff when you can get an equally satisfying payoff every thirty minutes. Gaming is all about that moment you finally seize victory, or crash into defeat. The journey does not need to be long to accomplish this.

Plus, I know what I like. My collection is over 50% hidden traitor games or games with bluffing elements. Chit pushing is for other people.

>>51822577
Whats the best thing about heroquest?

>>51817103
>fav long game
2 hours is barely long and over half of my games take at least that long

I'd love to get a 4-6P session of Titan going at some point in my life though

>last weekend
played a couple 2P games of Neuroshima Hex! and _almost_ finished a 3P teaching game of Argent: The Consortium ending on round 5 of Summer Break scenario, good good times. my AP-prone housemate seemed underwhelmed by it but I was surprised that he was taking his turns a lot quicker than usual, compared to how awfully fucking long he was taking as Jack in Letters From Whitechapel a few weekends ago to the point of making everyone bored and pulling out their phones, which has never happened when I've played it previously

also still a bit slightly mad that he sulked about not playing as Jack when I wanted to, when it's my game and I haven't even played as Jack yet, I need to be less soft on him

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>>51817625
I wish people talked about it more. I have to try the solo co-op, probably gonna do that today. But I played the expansion with my friends the other night and it's got some really interesting cards. So happy to have some more variety. Hope you get yours soon anon.

>>51823268
Thanks anon, anxiously waiting for the week or so of activities as I assemble, sort and sleeve the game in anticipation to game night. Please let me know how the co-op is! I didnt back set rotation but if the co-op os actually good Ill probably get it

>>51823307
Did you happen to get any of the mini expansions? My one main complaint with the base game is that it comes with too few promo sets. Not sure if you've played the game before/know how it works, but each game has 3 promo sets in each tier (bronze, silver, gold) which are sets of 6 cards that are all generally pretty powerful, something you can base your deck around. They're fun cards and they add a lot to the game, but the problem with the base set is that there are barely any interesting promos. After playing the base game god knows how many times with my friends cause we love it so much, we were sick of using the exact same promo cards in every single round when the store had so much variety. Set rotation comes with like maybe 6 more promo sets or something along those lines, but most of the mini expansions come with a bunch, and so we can now go from having basically the same 3 sets of 6 cards in every game to having so many sets we'll probably never even see all of them. The pile is almost as big as the standard store deck, and you only use at most 30 cards in a game (6 in each promo pile, and then another 2 sets that can be used as rewards after tournaments).

So yeah, set rotation is good but not needed immediately, but I definitely recommend picking up some mini expansions for some extra promos if you can. Also, it's been said by a few people before, but sleeving your cards honestly isn't really necassary for this game and may make it more of a hassle. Not only are there tons of cards all over the table at any given time because of how chaotic the store phase is, but the store pile is towering, and sleeves will likely make it way too big. The cards are pretty good quality too so as long as your friends dont have cheeto fingers, they're fine. My friends and I play it almost every week for months now and my cards are in great condition still.

I'll post later once I've tried the co op out.

>>51818978
>>51818809
I'll be the other idiot to shill for Super Dungeon Explore, especially since 2nd Edition plus the Campaign Mode is on the horizon. Get all the Kickstarter stuff off their official website before it closes, there's like a real buttload of stuff they unlocked for free during the Kickstarter.

Great miniatures, mediocre game and excellent at sucking your wallet dry.

You might as well buy Mansions of Madness, at least you're also buying a computer game bundled with that one.

>>51823409
Yeah I backed at the 80$ tier so it's coming with all 5 mini expansion which I'm happy because my autism makes me refuse to play with the backer sets and I'd just be left with two sets of promos each.

I keep flipping back and forth between sleeving mainly because I don't really like other people handling my cards, I'm a very big hygiene freak loser although saying that I dont really sleeve any games I feel would be replaceable. Millennium blades may not be around forever so I'm worried it wont be replaceable, sure theres so many card sets it doesnt matter but if it means I can play the game without having to watch others with a hawk eye (As much as I love my friends I can't trust them) and I can also fan the cards around nonchalantly I don't mind buying the 400 odd sleeves I'll need to sleeve the whole gam. I wish it wasnt such a down to my own opinion issue though because I'm terribly indecisive

>>51823552
I get it, everyone's got their thing. I tend not to like sleeves on cards personally so I don't do it, but I fully understand that cards do wear down over time. Also this is probably obvious but just in case you don't know, make sure you use clear backed sleeves. Seeing the card backs is an important mechanic (again, not sure how much you already know about the game).

Honestly, the backer sets are some of the better promos that ive seen. Most of the promo sets are all based around a particular theme, like the dragons in the base game are all the same basic card but based around a different element. One of my favorites of the mini expansions is a set that gives you bonuses if you're currently matching the metas. But the backer sets are really fun because none of the cards really follow any sort of theme, they're all just powerful cards in one way or another, so when you pull one, you have no idea what you're going to get but you can really build a unique deck around them. So if you can find it in yourself to live with the fact that some of them are somewhat silly due to backer based shenanigans, the cards themselves are fun to play with.

Really good that you got all the mini expansions though. Not only cause of the extra promos (and a few other things including 2 really unique characters) but because I think the mini expansions are only really printed for the kickstarter and that's it, with maybe an exception or two down the line. Don't quote me on that though. With that in mind, assuming you really enjoy the game, I would get set rotation sooner rather than later so as not to miss out and have to get a scalper copy. You would think the ridiculous amount of cards in the base game would be enough, but after enough plays you really wish for more sets...particularly because you're group isn't necassarily going to like using all of the sets, so even though there may be like 20 in the base game, you might not like 6 of them, and you use 12 at a time

>>51823688
Have you ever used KMC Hypermattes anon? They're more expensive then usual sleeves but if you can bear that they feel like little wallets rather than slippery condoms.

Yeah I'll probably get set rotation sooner rather than later and then just stash it away until they day comes that I want to play it.

Have you seen anything about the RPG mode thats aparently in the art book? Been looking around for anything on it. Oh! Also have you played the pocket league minigame? Is it any fun?

>>51823808
I haven't, as I generally don't like shelling out money on sleeves, but given how often and how long I'll be playing this game, it might be worth looking into for me. I'm already looking into a broken token-esque organizer as the insert that comes with the game is shit.

I tried the minigame with my friend while we waited for the 3rd guy. It's basically that, a mini game. Not much depth to it. I actually think it would be pretty fun with 3 people, but there's less meat to it than even something like love letter. It was fun, but not something I would actively suggest playing unless we have 10 minutes to kill.

I haven't even heard of an rpg mode but you can bet I'm gonna do everything in my power to find out about it. Thanks for the heads up.

>>51822941
>>51822941
>Whats the best thing about heroquest?
Crushing your enemies. Seeing them driven before you. Hearing the lamentations of their women.

>>51823888
Ah. Well consider trying hypermattes. They cost more but they're very nice. Use them to sleeve whatever arkham horror lcg cards I'm using.

That's sad, was hoping it's be a fun little travel game but I think mint works is going to become the top tier of that.

I think I heard about the rpg mode on bgg but no idea if anyone has even recieved the artbook yet. Hope it's good.

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>>51819311

>>51822114
good point. why try to teach your kid the rewards that come with patience when you can just ignore his flaws. you only have to deal with him for 18 years, right? so fuck trying to make him a better person. I'm with ya, superdad

>>51820343
Would you recommend getting the original game or the pocket version?

>>51820482
I saw it at a hobby store last weekend. Can you tell me about it?

>>51822722
I don't know why I found this so funny

>>51824856
Sure. Why use tricycle when we all know that eventually, he will drive a car, amirite?
Fuck going through the motions of teaching him to ballast on the water - just throw him in to the far end of the pool.
You have to understand that kids, just as older people are different, right?
Try not to give anyone parenting advice, there are plenty of 'couch child psychologists' out there without you.

>>51825087
If you want to play it on the go, pocket version for sure.

>>51822941
The presentation. Minis, furniture, the cards, the art, the flavor...it has an incredible feel. That's one of the reasons why people get so nostalgic about it. The aesthetic speaks to them.
The combat can be nerve racking too.

>>51822722
That sounds terrible m8
When I was in middle school, I found out about heroquest from Spoony's Dragon Strike video. I begged my grandma to buy it for me for Christmas in eBay.
A few years later I had a break in on my house. We were in the process of moving and I guess someone scoped us out. The motherfuckers left my tv, my Xbox, and even my laptop, but they took my heroquest.
Many many many years later I bought it again

>>51819508
>ketchup
>on eggs

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>>51825238
my point was that the parent should teach him patience by using something kids enjoy (games). you moved the goal post so fucking far you don't even know what you're talking about anymore.

also, if his kid is too fucking impatient to learn a game at age 5 the best thing that could happen is the kid dies before it can reproduce because those are some genetics we do not need passed down

tl;dr eat a dick faggot

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>>51823307
Took a few hours to get around to it, but I just tested out the solo co-op mode for millennium blades, for you and anyone else wondering.

It's good. Not amazing, but good. it's not amazing because I think it suffers from the same thing that a lot of co-op games suffer from, which is they have a tendency to often be either extremely hard or very easy depending on the batch of RNG you happen to get. I happened to win, and it was sort of close, but I got lucky I think in how some of the cards were drawn from the boss deck.

However, the store phase was great. You get a really souped up version of the standard characters when you do co-op. The one I chose let me make unlimited fusions (didnt have to use sell markers) so I was popping out promos, and I also started with 2 full promo sets of these fusion gem accessories which were nice. And having a reason to build your deck without other players is great. Also, you're allowed to look at the bosses deck to see what you may be up against, and there are 2 random accessories drawn out of 4 that are all ridiculously powerful (the first one I drew made it so I could only activate one score effect at the end of the game). So the deck building is great, because you have a specific goal of beating this particular bosses deck in a certain way.

Overall I definitely need to give it more than just one playthrough, and I should also say that I hope this doesn't sound negative. It's not; I really enjoyed it. I just think the tournament phase, which is already the lesser of the 2 phases, is worse in this mode than when playing competetive. Still really fun, still gonna play a lot more rounds, but it's definitely not a replacement to the main game.

played knizia's samurai by ffg?

thoughts?

how do you solve alpha gamer problem?

>>51828346
alpha gamer is only a problem if one person in the group is significantly smarter/better at the game than everyone else. if someone not great is being the alpha then ignore their retarded ass. if they really are just the best then you're the ones dragging them down and should feel ashamed. idk why people continuously insist that alpha gamer is a problem that can somehow be solved without just house ruling that you can't talk about the game you're playing

>>51828397
>if they really are just the best then you're the ones dragging them down and should feel ashamed
Why even play with other people then

>>51828604
when me and my friends play co op we just agree beforehand we are playing by committee. If the game is too easy we make rules to make it harder and consider every co op game a challenge to the whole group. not everyone likes this style obviously, but we do and that's why i play co op games with other people.

I'm assuming you were only referencing co op games with your question.

>>51828346
Whacking them with a rolled up newspaper works.

>>51829214
this is one of the stupidest responses i have read in a long time. why even waste money on an internet connection if this is what you have to contribute to the world?
keep in mind i know you're joking, your joke was just so fucking bad i felt the need to say all this, so 1/10 i guess?

>>51829272
It was bad enough you wrote a response several times its size. I'd say that deserves a 3/10 at the least.

>>51829368
You're belittling how important gracing the post with his response is, it's atleast a 6/10.

>>51827390
It's for the hash browns, please forgive

>>51828346
Laxatives, chloroform, a heavy brick to name a few

>>51822941
The best thing about Heroquest is THE BROWDSWOWD!

>>51830201
NO! It's Clorine's Armour!

So, my girlfriend that's not so into nerd stuff. (She likes stuff like... tv shows, watched some anime in her pre-teen years, and nothing more) told me the other day: "We gotta save some money and get us some board games!!"

Any suggestions?

>>51830201
The best thing about Heroquest is the expansions, which you should immediately discard, because the only TRUE way to expand Heroquest is with more Heroquest.

>>51830450
Monopoly

>>51830450
do you have friends you'll be able to rope into playing with you, or will it likely just be the two of you? the amount of players is pretty important

>>51830450
Carcassonne

>>51830529
Most likely two. Some times 3 or four.

>>51830498
We already played it couple of times. We both know that there is better shit out there.

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>>51830551
here you go. I'd personally recommend forbidden desert/pandemic (they're similar cooperative games), carcassonne, sherlock holmes consulting detective, jaipur, and ticket to ride (nordic countries for 2-3)

pandemic is probably the most difficult game on there. it's manageable as a first game, but will be a bit more difficult (and you might fuck up/forget a rule or two)

sherlock holmes is a highly recommended 2 player game, but it doesn't really have replay value so you might want to take that into consideration

ticket to ride nordic, jaipur, carcassonne, and forbidden desert would all be relatively easy and work well at 2 players.

>>51830705
Thank u, m8!

>>51829272
>>51829368
>>51829507
It's generated 3 responses now. That's worth an 8/10

Any of you fa/tg/uys been to BGG con before? I've only been to small regional cons before, but I'm thinking of trying to buy a pass when they go on sale in a few weeks. I can't really go to any of the big summer cons because of work, and BGG con is at a perfect time for me to take a week off.

>>51817103

>2hours+
Shadows of Brimstone
>Last Weekend
Dungeon Saga, Unusual Suspects, Big book of Madness, Ninja Dice, Santorini.

>learn about gloomhaven
>sounds like a perfect match for me
>it's not available for preorder anymore, sold out everywhere, scalpers up the ass
>no info about reprint, will probably happen winter this year

I should really keep my eye on kickstarter more and irresponsibly preorder.

>>51827864
The super powered characters sound fun, does it come with the mini-expansion characters powered or just base and set rotation?

Also do you end up playing through each boss in one go? I know theres like the illuminati and druids so one tournement is against one and the next you're fighting another?

Sounds pretty fun though anon, thanks for letting me know, might get it and mess around with it just for the idea of playing big beefy characters

>>51822941
The furniture pieces

Is Kemet rare/sought after? I thought it's fairly common.

>>51823268
>>51817625
Is it available to purchase anywhere in Europe?
Or is it still in the pre-orders state?

>>51832076
You can just do one boss or you can do all 4 one after the other. There's specialized rules for doing them back to back, where you sort of "reset" the store, and the bosses gain consecutively more points for you to try and beat. I played another round, and found it to be even easier, but I was looking at one of the boss decks and it looked significantly harder than the one I played against. Also the one I played against had a lot to do with messing with multple players. So honestly, I think my initial problem of it being too easy/hard may change based on player count and which boss you're doing.

Also the mini expansion with the 2 new characters also come with their own co op power cards. I actually used one of them, the one thats all about fusions. Shes probably my favorite new character, her tourney power lets her combine 2 cards into one which is super fun, and in the co op mode she lets you fuse for promos without using sell markers which is awesome.

I'm actually interested in playing multiple characters at a time myself, and just doing 2 seperate deck building phases (or both at once if I'm feeling crazy) to see how it plays with multiple decks. My friends may not be as interested in the co-op as I am, as they would probably rather just play the base game.

>>51832106
Sorry to say I'm not sure. I know the original game had some issues with availability. I was a late backer rather than an initial backer, and was able to get a copy without any problem, but I also live basically one state over from where it was shipped from. You'd have to check for yourself, but I think it's currently available on their store, so check there.

>>51832163
On their store it only ships to USA/Canada, so I'm all outta luck over here in Boland

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Who else here backed this?

>>51832163
Is that raritti seekah? She seems really fun, I'm really interested in seeing what bs combos she can pull off with her power. I'm super stoked to try playing shaffile too when my group start using character powers (probably not a great idea first game round) because I really like the idea of "digging" through the store deck and gambling for more value then what you paid.

Do the bosses scale up I'm guessing? They earn more rp if theres more players or whatever

>>51832401
Yeah, raritti or however it's spelled. Her power is so much fun to me because the game is so based around the combos you make with your decks, it opens up so many options. Just today when I was playing against the boss I made a combo card that was able to score 72 points on its own based on doubling up on play/action/flip effects all on one card.

The one round I've played with my friends, one of them used shaffile to great effect. I was hesitant to use her because we were playing with the set rotation cards so the entire store was new to us outside of the core cards and one or two sets, and didn't think it would be very easy to be sifting through 3 cards at a time and still be able to make a deck when I would have to read each and every card over, but he made it work. I'm less impressed with the characters from set rotation itself, but they're all really unique and probably have nuances that I don't realize yet. Except cardinal baanz. He's straight up the character for assholes.

The bosses all have a deckbox with a scaling score effect based on the players. I think it goes 75/150/250/300 for 1-4 players? That's in addition to any points they score during the tournament itself. And like I said, it seems like a lot of cards actually become more dangerous once you have more players. A lot of stuff is based on the amount of cards flipped or repeating effects based on the number of players, so adding in more targets can net the boss a lot more points.

>>51832046
Sorry to say, Gloomhaven probably won't be reprinted with appropriate quantities.

>>51832443
Is cardinal the steampunk dude or the shark? I'm not familiar with what any of the set rotation characters do but I'm guessing the alien has something to do with trading considering her name.

I hope that SR booms up enough interest in the game that we start seeing more custom characters and sets considering they're really easy to make. This game is basicly infinitley customizable if you have the time to put into doing it (Magic Set Editor 2 and a print shop)

>>51832556
He's this guy that looks like a souped up judge. His entire shtick is basically banning certain cards from being used/played. It can definitely be useful and honestly probably a good thing in some ways as it encourages people not to just use the same basic deck each round. But there's no way to not feel like you're being targeted if someone uses him on you.

Card shark during deckbuilding lets you turn in any cards for cash even after using your sell markers, and during the tourney he can make people flip their cards if they match the stars of his top card. So he's also kind of a dick.

The steampunk guy gets 1 copy of every card in a random set that isn't being used in the store at the beggining of every tourney. Expansion in tourney one, premium tourney 2, and master tourney 3. So that can definitely be pretty cool to work with. Then during the tourney, once per tourney as an action he can pick a card back up which I bet can make for some awesome plays.

The alien actually forces people to trade friendship cards with each other which is weird. And then I forget how it works exactly, but she can actually use friendship cards in her deck for certain effects...I don't feel like digging the card out of the box on my shelf right now, but I can tell you i'm not that impressed with her.

And it sounds like you know what the 2 mini expansion characters do. Like I said I like them a lot, but the set rotation characters are pretty cool too. The base game has good characters too, they just aren't as unique. Shur wen na is always gonna be a favorite for that extra slot, and deques is always strong/fun to build for.

>>51832401
>raritti seekah

Is the game riddled with puns like that?

I love it.

>>51827864
That sounds good enough for me. I just need a more casual reason to pull this game out and having a coop mode sounds like a good way to teach the game in a non stressful environment. I love the game as one of the heavier ones on my shelf but I have a wide variety of friends.

>>51832682
Ah I forgot theres two characters haha. Does it clarify with the steampunk guy if you can pick up flipped cards or not? Because that would be incredibly strong.

>>51832701
Yes. Every single character's name is a pretty clever pun that's to do with their playstyle, for example the main character "Deques Applentti" can use two deckboxes. I really enjoy all of the puns and references because they're so shameless with it

>>51832701
Basically every character's name is a pun. Shur wen na, Deques aplenti, Kariene Kollecta. Tons of cards are either puns or references as well. It's one of those things that seems like it would be stupid and overdone, but imo, the game manages to pull it off. It's just self-aware enough that it doesn't become overdone in my eyes and some of the cards are legitimately funny. Case in point, one of the cards in the new expansion is supposed to be a toy called "Hellbanes moving castle play set" which is super meta already. There's a recurring character in the cards named hellbane, and hellbanes moving castle was another card (in addition to the howls moving castle reference). But I literally laughed out loud when I saw that the art for the card had a seal on the playset saying "Featuring dante from the hell to pay card set!" They do a really nice job.

>>51832729
Four characters in SR*

>>51832729
I'd have to take a look at the card itself, but I don't see why not. He's next on my list to try out (assuming my friend takes raritti next time before me).

For reference (and for bragging rights cause it was awesome) one of the combos I pulled off with raritti in the game with my friends was combining a card with some ridiculously long name like "ultra mega burnizard EX" or something along those lines, with a new card from set rotation. In addition to a few other effects, the basic combo was that the new card which was some sort of robot, made it so all players cards came into play with +3 stars as long as it was top. Burnizard however makes it so that any card with 6+ stars gets flipped after it comes into play. I was also able to skip a turn. So for 2 straight turns there was virtually no way for my friends to avoid getting their cards flipped. Kind of a dick move, but totally a great use of her power.

>>51830450
I know this is neither here or there but if you have to save money for a board game you need to learn some financial responsibility.

Or your in highschool and in that case underage b&

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>>51832701
Remember how Yu-Gi-Oh had a bunch of censorship bullshit, like putty a swimsuit on Harpy Girl and replacing a Solid Snake referencing card's guy's gun with a banana?

>>51817103
Computer - Civ 3, with a self edited version of the Warhammer Fantasy Mod on a self made map of Talislanta from Runequest.

>>51832809
What's that art? The harpy reference?

>>51832939
Yeah, it's from a "set" in Millennium Blades where every card is a blatantly censored princess, shoulda been more clear.

>>51826920

Those thiefs had a taste for taking ageless boardgame instead of future landfill Xbox

>>51832868

Total War Warhammer is now on Humble Monthly for 12buckaroos if thats your jam

t. shill

>>51817103
>What's your favorite long (>2 hours) game?
Probably Galactica. Game has stood the test of time. Many have tried to unseat it, but none have succeeded.

>What did you play last weekend?
Was long game day at the local board game club. I played some BattleCON, then a round of Between Two Cities, then played Simurgh for the first time, and then we laid into Gloomhaven and played three scenarios in a row because everyone wanted to keep going. Good shit man, that game is stellar. We're five scenarios in and so far it's blowing us away.

>>51832966
Which ones that? Legend of tavvanah?

>>51833031
Princess something.

>>51833036
Ooh I found it, promo set

>>51825134
It's an interesting take on chess in the sense that it gives the player two objectives, you can get your key piece (effectively the king) from the lowest corner to the opposite lowest corner, or you can capture their key piece. I won't go into the details of the actual movement rules, here's a video showing a 6x6 game being played (normal game is larger)
https://youtu.be/E7fC7Lf9WAw

It's interesting because it's made with short and long games in mind, as well as 4 player (no 3 player sorry)

It does a great job of pushing my favorite element of abstract strategy which is movement frustration, where the game turns into a complicated web of previous choices and now every move counts even though it feels like you can't move anything. I feel like because it's a little older people don't generally give it a chance but the game looks great and has this odd aggressive nature to its design. The large pieces feel intimidating while the small pieces feel weak. On a small note it's a bit collectible due to the fact it was featured on Star Trek, though this was just a bit of advertisement, doesn't impact the design at all.

>>51817701
No no no anon. Listen you want the tales and games series. They are shaped like books are there are like 6 of them. I just got the first three in the set and God damn they are great. I play with my three year old and he doesn't understand all the game aspects but man he loves it. He will definitely grow in to them.

>>51828397
Actually, I know you're trying to sugar cost it, but it's of one person has a controlling personality. I've seen alpha gamers when everyone is new to a game. I've seen alpha gamers who wrote honestly suck. More importantly I see smart people let others take their turn with only mild input. This isn't a good or bad thing, it's just a horrible personality trait.

>>51832768
Damn that's pretty fucking cool, can't wait to look through all the cards for any absolute balls to the wall things you can do with it

Thunderstone kickstarter launches today, anyone hype?

So stone age is in stock at Cool Stuff Inc for 43... is it worth it at that price or are there better worker placements I could get cheaper?

>>51834046
>Thunderstone 3rd KS
>Giving up some of its unique flavors and trying to be more like Ascension/Star/Hero Realms

No thanks

>>51834808
its the starter for worker placement games. though good players will win always. you need to know when to forgo the middle(good places) and get that card that will give points. and not just during the last 3 turns. but way earlier.

expansion makes you focus less on 1 thing.

>>51833395
>isn't good or bad
>just horrible
and that's ignoring all the other ludicrous grammar mistakes you made. i'm not nitpicking for no reason here, i genuinely have no clue what point you were trying to make because what you wrote was so unintelligible

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Blood rage is an incredible game.

10/10 would play 20 times more.

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>trolls mentioning Santorini to deliberately stirr shit
>trolls mentioning Campy Creatures to deliberately stirr shit
>retards responding to bait

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>millennium blades shipping email recieved
YEYE

>>51836049
>It's a cosmic encounter is just munchkin episode
>It's a patchwork is the only good two player game episode
>It's a mage knight is a good game episode :^)

>>51836120
>tfw almost got memed into buying mage knight
Dodged a bullet there

>>51832527

>Gloomhaven probably won't be reprinted with appropriate quantities

Except it will, and the designer has confirmed it's getting a Kickstarter reprint this year.

>>51836120

Are you UK? Just checked my inbox, I ain't got shit. Sad times.

>>51836203
Yeah, which pledge level did you go for?

>>51830705

>pandemic
>more difficult than Ghost Stories

uwotm8

>>51836203
>he fell for the kickstarter meme

>>51836233

All the things, as I missed the original Kickstarter. Pretty stoked that the creators included Mini Expansions 1 and 2 from the original campaign, and in particular managed to get permission from the various license holders to reprint the "Sponsors" Mini-Expansion in its original form; for a large portion of the campaign it was doubtful that it would happen due to non-reply of a single company, if memory serves.

Anybody ever back a kickstarter game? I've just backed my first one, i was kinda confused about the whole process but i think i get it now. oh btw im not shilling, just wondering what the experience has generally been like for you all.

>>51836360
Ah, I wouldn't worry I backed the just MB and mini expansions tier so I imagine they just started at the smallest pledges and are slowly working their way up.

Mine was shipped by parcelforce express 24 which means it'll come next day delivery too desu :3c

>>51835135
> its the starter for worker placement games
I only played it a couple times on the iPad, but it seemed confusing as hell and fiddly compared to Agricola.

I think Lords of Waterdeep is the starter for worker placements, even though it's a really dumb game with stupid scoring rules.

>>51836473
>>>51836473
I totally didn't read the thread when i posted lol my bad!

>>51836360
>>51836203
Sounds like someone got fucked

>>51834046
This is the game i was talking about. I never played the other thunderstone games but have done extensive research when i first got into the hobby about 8 months ago. Advanced is so hard to find and it looks so fun (im a huge fan of deckbuilders in general) that I simply had to go for this kickstarter. I pledged 100 bucks. And it looks like there is an add on for epic variant at 30 bucks, im planning to just throw as much money as i can to get the most content lol

>>51836664

>Sounds like someone got fucked

...because a 3rd party fulfillment company appears to be sending out shipping notifications in batches (over a currently unknown period of time, which could be as little as mere hours), rather than all at once? gr8 b8 m8, I r8 8/8

>>51836652
Yeah, we have way better options than Stone Age these days. I seriously love how now Mint Works can be used to explain the entire concept of worker placement and then play a full game of it as an example, all within ten minutes. I'd always start with that. Afterwards, since they're now entirely familiar with a whole game that uses the mechanic, your second step gateway can be a little more daunting and it won't confuse them too much. Tbh you could jump right up to Manhattan Project from there, or Lords of Waterdeep, or ACBAS, etcetera

>>51836473

Multiple. People like to give Kickstarter shit for the various, oft miniature-infused, bloated drek that ofen gets pushed on there, and of course there are horror stories of campaign creators taking the money and running, or not fulfilling rewards (which they have no obligation to do) due to plain incompetence. But provided you're not a complete retard and:

>don't back based on hype
>only back project creators with a history of publishing board games (Evil Dead 2/Terminator are going to suck major balls, can't wait for those fanboy tears)
>only back project creators with a history of previous, successfully fulfilled Kickstarter campaigns (running a successful and realistic Kickstarter is a whole different ball game to publishing a game)
>only back projects with demonstratable gameplay footage, ideally with a rules PDF available
>only back projects with several critical reviews available from board game reviewers whose opinion you trust (not Undead Viking, who will shill anything for that sweet $$$)
>only back projects for which various game elements, such as art and components, have already bren commissioned/mocked up
>only back projects with a realistic production and shipping schedule
>understand and accept that, even given the above, most Kickstarters run 3+ months late

You'll be fine. If nothing else, just back projects that are reprints or revised editions of existing games under the same publisher, which are virtually risk free; lots of publishers are essentially using Kickstarter as a pre-order platform to gauge interest and for marketing purposes in this way. Avoid Queen Games and Game Salute like the plague.

>>51836473
I backed the Dark Souls board game.... Anyone else? I'm am saddened by the lack of hype ;_;

>>51836927
thanks anon!

I'm monitoring the Thunderstone Quest KS right now and we're hitting stretch goals left and right! this is exciting :D I've waited a long time for this kickstarter to launch

>>51836984
There's no hype because it's a blatant cash grab really. The minis are nice but the game seems pretty boring. Not even sure how you'd transfer dark souls to a boardgame well, its a very gamey exoerience

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How is pic related? I saw some pictures and thought it looks cool, has all the themes I love, but for some reason I cannot find a store that stocks it other than 3x price on Amazon.

Any suggestions? I'm in Europe.

>>51836473
Scythe. No regrets, love the game.

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>one (1) kinder egg comes with higher quality pieces than a 100 bucks board game

>>51836927
>tfw alien frontiers is published by Game Salute
I just really want this game

>>51837392
Mage Knight kinder egg when?

>>51836984
I lost any hope when they said it would be 3 hours on average to kill a boss. They don't mean a whole series of 3 bosses that make up a campaign, I mean a single boss. 9 hours for a campaign. I spent less time making it half way through dark souls 1.

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>>51836120
Just found out mine shipped yesterday. Ordered from the store and never got a shipping email but their website had my tracking number.

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>>51832320
https://www.fluentpm.com/overview-project/2c9fa13859f6e9eb0159f6eafb060000

You can late pledge. Don't miss this. You still have the chance to get all the exclusive stuff.

>>51837259
Average engine builder that has shinies attached to fool the plebs.

>>51836169
>mage knight

So what's the problem with mage knight?

>>51841336
Mages can't be Knights. is a basic principle.

>>51841336
>>51836169
>>51836120

Seconded. It's potentially my favorite game. I don't think it's for everyone, but I don't see how someone could call it bad.

>>51832320
Me, plan to use it for both the game itself and to for use in DMing. Thanks for reminding me though, I forgot to finish my pledge manager.

>>51817625
If I didn't back Millenium Blades is there any way I can get a copy of it? Or am I out of luck?

>>51842557
In not america, no hope. Gatta pay those import level high prices. In america, they'll be in real stores and stuff. Some stores will even have the mini expansions.

Does anyone else find the concept of the Legacy game disturbing, somehow?

Maybe it's cause I learned a lot of harsh lessons as a kid about taking care of my toys, but the prospect of permanently changing a board game, writing on stuff, stickers, etc. makes me immediately pearlclutch.

The idea that I can't really go back and do things over or start fresh also unsettles me.

Am I just autistic, or do legacy games make anybody else uncomfortable?

On the bright side Tabletop simulator works fine for them.

>>51841336

I'd guess one of the big issues for multiplayer is that it's not very interactive, it's mostly four different dudes doing their own adventures and trying to adventure better.

But that's just a corollary to the real problem which is that Mage Knight is just a deckbuilder with an RPG tacked onto its facade.

And deckbuilders are awful. Deckbuilders are the worst fucking thing to happen. If I wanted to sit in a sewing circle and spend numbers to get bigger numbers and hope I get better numbers than my friends, who I'm otherwise not interacting with and may as well be playing alone.

>>51843728
Have you tried playing with deckbuilders that aren't completely based on Dominion, or uses an actual board?

>>51843598
I like the idea, because it's like a video game/campaign you can play with your friends, but I am also against destroying the pieces.

My wife has a great impression of the format, having played Pandemic Legacy, and was even debating me about how meaningless it was to try and preserve game pieces, until I posed her the following: "Supposed I got interested in Legacy games and spent OUR money on a board game where we'd destroy the cards and pieces and could only play it once."

She then pulled out the "I'm the wife so shut up" card, but promptly stopped hyping Legacy games ever again.

>>51843728
You haven't played nightfall, I see

Is Pandemic Legacy good with 2 players? Getting a regular group is like impossible.

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>>51844883
>Is Pandemic Legacy good
No.

Has anyone played Neuroshima Hex? How different is Neuroshima Hex from Neuroshima Hex 3.0? The former is cheaper than the latter by like $17, but if there are significant changes what are they?

>>51846490
3.0 has a bit of a nicer production and comes packaged with the 'Doomsday Machine' army.

>Love Thunderstone and Thunderstone Advance
>Interested in Thunderstone Quest despite hating the 'epic' variant style
>Look over the Kickstarter
>Watch the video

Wow did that feel cringy to anyone else? Felt like they were trying too hard to make every little word sound interesting while throwing out tons of buzzwords and phrases without actually explaining how the game works. Only people who know how Thunderstone already works would be able to follow that reliably.

And is it just me or does the artwork and card layout seem super generic and busy? It feels like it's lost its style.

>>51817103
Is there a good generic universal wargame system that will allow cross genre/franchise play at skirmish through warmaster scales?

Something that lets you build and price out whatever units you need, preferably.

It would be nice to be able to face off hordes vs whfb vs AOS vs 40k vs whatever.

>>51847345
Welcome to the cancer that is taking over boardgames, just like videogames before it.

>>51847345
>xylophone music
>presenter disingenuous af
>buzzwords aplenty

It feels like I'm watching a trainee video.

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>mum says you're a hoarder

>>51836120
>missed the MB expansion KS by a week
>late pledge
>get it before everyone else, apparently

>>51838155
You've got it wrong, see, it takes three hours to clear the dungeon on the way to the boss, so a campaign is 18 hours.

>>51843598
Yep, one is precisely the reason you allude two, two I see it only as a cash grab.

Mechanically, you can implement everything that a legacy game does without destroying components. Just have a campaign, substitute the cards, put tokens on the map, mark something in the campaign log etc.

BAM you have a game that offers the same experience but you can play it multiple times.

Legacy games are like a rougelike that you'd have to pay again to play again.

>>51836473
>Anybody ever back a kickstarter game?
Scythe, Anachrony, Giga Robo, Feudum, Kingdom Death, Sol: Last Days of a Star, and High Frontier

>>51843728
>who I'm otherwise not interacting with and may as well be playing alone.
Mage Knight, along with Kingdom Death and the COIN series, is one of the Solo Game Trinity.

>>51848197
Did you get the artbook?

Also another callout for anyone who does have it to take some photos of duel questers, wanna make a type up of it for everyone because not everyone wants to buy an artbook I guess (I dont at least)

>>51848212
On the flip side, depending on the implementation it could increase book keeping and setup time dramatically, and such things do affect the player's enjoyment of the game.

Sup /tg/ I've been interested in board games for a while but need some help. I want to play with others, but I am currently a super autistic, spaghetti dropping mess so I rather get something that has very good solo play and very good replayability (and maybe something with a middle earth/medieval theme). What do you guys recommend?

PS: I was thinking of getting "Mage Knight", but it looks really complicated. What do you guys think of it?

>>51843598
Nope. Ripping the cards to pieces feels good.

>>51848571
For discussion about Mage Knight you can scroll the thread up a bit.

Personally I don't do single player games. But

You can play any coop single player - I'd recommend Ghost Stories here.

You can play Imperial Settlers single player and portal games even added a campaign mode.

For the Middle Earth fix you can check out The Lord of the Ring LCG (haven't played it heard it was Ok).

Also I know it's a computer game but nothing is as autistic as playing Angband.

>>51844883

Pandemic is much easier with 2 players. IF you only have 2 players, play 2 characters each. It works fine.

Hi /bgg/ any game for a kid around the age of 8-10? he said he likes dies, like the ones in Dice Masters

>>51848571
Tabletop Sim or similar digital board games.

>>51849478
Depends entirely on how stupid the kid is.

>>51849770
why he would be stupid? because he likes Dice masters?

emm... I don't think he is much dumber than any kid around the same age, we play a lot of Isle of Skye and even I thought him how to play Mage Wars Academy so I think he can get used to rules and also "erratas"

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RIP Gloomhaven preorder.

>>51850645
I'm willing to wait to see if it's any good.
I've backed/pre-ordered/bought too many dungeon crawl/campaign games like it that have turned out sub-standard to buy into another one, especially as big and pricey as Gloomhaven.

>>51839981
>don't miss this
>spend your money before honest reviews are out
>remember to pay for the ks exclusives, they'll never be available again
>you'll miss out on these great models
>with models like this, the game must be great!

behindthispost.jpg

>>51851091
Give us your money you piece of sh- I mean you really should consider supporting them. It's a great game and all my friends love it. Great gameplay!

>>51850813
That's fair. The reviews that I've seen so far are good, but there aren't too many out there. Waiting for a reprint will also give them time to fix the apparently low quality box, and tidy up the rulebook, which has some issues.

Still bummed, but that's mostly my fault for letting the hype train hit maximum speed.

>>51849799
i think it's more likely because the kid's father (you) doesn't know how to spell dice that anon assumes the kid is dumb

>>51851185
>believing ks hype

when will children learn that the age of information does not imply quality information?

>>51851198
I'm not the father. I'm just a random that often has to take care of him. also dies is the correct plural of dice, I'll understand if none want to help.

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>>51851296
>his wife's son

>>51851228
I don't even understand what you're trying to convey here.

>>51851379
shitposting. uh
sad, I really thought that you people from /bgg/ were different from the folks of /v/, truth is more harsh than that.

>>51851411
I only kid. It's perfectly fine if that's the situation, live your own life.

>>51851411
It's been a shitshow in here for a couple weeks.
We used to be better.

>>51851528
I think I'll just migrate somewhere else.
sad day today.

>>51851296
Dice is the plural of dice. Die is singular.
King of Tokyo maybe? Sounds like you might be past that level of complexity with him already though.

>>51851091
Just buy the game goy

>>51851091
What are you some kind of beta cuck? Doesn't your girlfriend allow you to spend so much of your allowance at once? Maybe ask her son to chip in. Everyone knows that every real man buys Mythic Battles.

Best Star Wars game the is not X-wing or Armada?

What's a good boardgame for Dungeon crawling, preferably purely co-operative? I was intrigued by Heroquest but that seems to require one player be the Dungeon Master. Same with Descent. Am i out of luck if I'm looking for a Dungeon Crawl without one player being a DM?

>>51851926
Maybe rebellion?
Some people say it gets stale after a while.
Queens Gambit and Epic Duels are both really popular but long out of print.
All three of the card games by FFG are well liked by most people I know that play them.

Looked at rebellion but also Star Wars: Imperial Assault because of the expansions you can get.

>>51851901
>be shill
>mr sheklestein tells me that calling people a cuck and a beta is popular on 4chan
>can't wait to try it out and make him plenty of coins!

>>51852343
If you know you'll get it played a lot, totally.
I have a friend who's up to his eyeballs in imperial assault and we've never played it.

>>51851296
>dies is the plural of dice
you're a fucking idiot and your wife's son probably is too

>>51851393
Hype is nothing more than saturation. Just because you hear a fuckload of people talking about something does not mean it is a quality product. We are conditioned to believe that if a lot of people like something then there is a good reason for that. With advances in mass communication it has become very easy for companies to use this though process to hype things so they get crazy pre orders and they make money off shit products anyway.

I'm hoping people eventually realize this and stop buying into and contributing to what we call "hype". Keyword obviously is hope as it will almost certainly never happen. Kickstarter is great for helping new publishers and such but allows large companies to cash in on bullshit incredibly easily.

>>51851411
>he's sad we're calling him out for being a dumbass
today is a great day, one less fucktard in the general

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pandasaurus/dinosaur-island-1

Thoughts?

>>51852545
Shameless cash grab, unnecessarily obnoxious color scheme, low target goal means they don't need the money and ks is just free advertising meaning >>51852427 is highly relevant.

Buy it if you really want Jurassic Park: The Board Game but if the theme doesn't appeal to you why would you pay 60 dollars for a game with no models and no original concepts to speak of?

>>51852130
I think there's a community ruleset for an automated monster lord in descent

>>51851296
no one

Is English your first language?

Zombie Dice maybe

>>51852662
descent also has an app that will do it (i've heard, i don't have the game)

>>51843598
it really doesn't bother me because you're not in any way required to actually rip up any pieces. you get a similar experience (without some of the psychological elements) by just putting those cards in the box and not using them during the rest of the campaign

sure you can't go through the campaign again sine you've put stickers on the board, but you can still play the base game. you can still play a customized version of pandemic or risk after completing the campaign, so I see no problems in that

>>51851710
A game doesn't have to be complex to be enjoyable. I love me some King of Tokyo. Good simple fun.

>>51822872
>>51817324
Hey unlike those othwr anons im actually curious about what youve got in your collection, mind sharing? Although i personally dont mind the longer games, my group and most others i play with tend to shy away from longer games. I would like to add some shorter games ti my collection and it sounds like you'd know whats good.

>>51843728
>Mage Knight is just a deckbuilder with an RPG tacked onto its facade.

That is patently untrue. The deckbuilding mechanics are a decent chunk of the game, but not even most of it. You don't ever remove cards from your deck, and in fact you generally want to bloat your deck as much as you can. Your relative power is more determined by your level (which influences default draw amount) and followers than what cards are in your deck.

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>DAE Zee > Sam?

What's a good game for a large group of simple normies? I'm looking for something along the lines of dead last in terms of complexity

>>51854096
What am I looking at?

>>51854500
how large of a group are we talking about? dixit is simple and can do 6+

>>51854500
Diamant/Incan Gold goes up to 8 and is good for new gamers. Rhino Hero can prolly play as many as you like and works pretty well on top of a bar, if you need to get people drunk to play.

>>51854515
chrome extension that purges all of the crap off of the DT feed and off of suggested videos. At this point I only see Tom and Zee reviews

>>51854583
I was thinking something that works up to 9 to 12, something along those lines.

I think, in terms of player count, dead last is a good example. As is deception murder in hong kong. I'd appreciate any suggestions even if it doesn't fall into the 9 to 12, but that would be ideal

>Finally receive my MB promo packs since i can wait for set rotation to drop in price
Goddamn i dont know what i was thinking when i expected these boxes to be bigger

Does /bgg/ like food chain magnate?

>>51855706
It's ok, bit tedium and you can get shut out very easily. Not Splotters best.

I just stumbled across The Others: 7 Sins, and have decided to pick it up.

Are there any other good board games with similar themes out there? I'm a sucker for cosmic capital E Evil.

>>51855806
Cthulhu wars is getting rebooted on kickstarter

>>51856133
Looks like the reboot was a bit over a year ago, but thanks for the heads up!

>>51856242
oh shit lol i was sitting here considering backing it and apparently didn't look close enough at the date

Millennium Blades came today, had to haul it all across town to my house and my arms were dying, its a heavy box.

Sleeved the starter decks in hyper mats. Feel really nice and the cards fit really well (bit bigger than magic cards)

Cant wait to play this weekend

>>51856673
Have fun anon, there's no time like the first time

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So, it looks like those will be the final cards. Got kinda busy and went to Swiss on vacation recently so my gf couldn't do the kanji. Finding the expressions and proverbs in both languages was also a pain.
Gotta thank /wsr/ for allowing me to get the calligraphy-style font.
My parents also got me the wood and leather to make the board (took that idea from BGG) : wood for the board itself, leather for the battlefield.
Going back home tomorrow to make the board but I definitely won't have the time to make the wood pieces so I'm going to take some pawns and jokers/queens from my glass chess game as a replacement in the meanwhile.

Looking forward to it.

Are Dungeon Crawlers / Arena Games the equivalent to Random Generated Open World Crafting Survival games in vidya? I mean in popularity and how many bad games are out there in this genre.

>>51854822
Mah nigga, those two are the only ones I watch from the DT.
Zee is just charismatic, he could easily fit in here, I don't completely share his tastes in games but I respect his opinion.
Tom in the other hand is a mixed bag, sometimes I like his reviews but then he gets overly enthusiastic and no substance in some of them.
Fuck Sam, with a horse dick.

>find an add looking for players
>"we only play more extensive/complex games"
>just my thing
>was onle like 2 weeks ago
>write him
>fast forward to today
>last online 1 month and two weeks ago
JUST
Guess I have to scour people I know for more serious boardgame players and make my own group in the meantime.

>>51852545
>be me
>on-and-off working on a "Jurassic Park: The Board Game" project for about a year and a half.
>See this.
>RRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

That's a kick in the balls, right there.

Luckily, I have what appears to be a pretty different system, so I'm not totally disheartened, but still.

>>51854500
Mafia de Cuba may work.

>>51858237
I felt the same way about the giant robot game a few months ago.

>>51854870

9+ is a difficult player count, you're basically limited to party games. You could try Mafia de Cuba. Whilst I think it's a worse social deduction game compared to others that are available, such as Secret Hitler and Resistance(/Avalon) it goes up to 12. Codenames. Two Rooms and a Boom (expansion currently on Kikeshitter, includes pledge for expansion + base game).

>>51856673

TRACKING EMAIL WHEN

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>>51852545
You now remember DinoPark Tycoon

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Great version of a classic game!

>>51852130
There are several good ones, though some edge the definition of dungeon crawl.

Mansions of Madness + App
Descent + App
Clank! + App (or without app)

>>51853403
What genre are you looking for?

Social games are my main thing:
Mafia de Cuba
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
Spyfall 2
Secret Hitler
HMS Dolores
Rock Paper Wizard
Mysterium
Burke's Gambit
ONUW
Two Rooms and a Boom
Welcome to the Dungeon
Skull
Cockroach Poker

More rounded out experiences:
Race for the Galaxy
Libertalia
Artifacts Inc
Carcassonne
Tokaido
Hero Realms
Epic
Android Mainframe
Mint Works
TIME Stories (as short as you want thanks to the savegame feature)
Pandemic (any version)
Beyond Baker Street
Arboretum

2p battles of wits:
Arimaa
Homeworlds
Tak
Hive
Blood of an Englishman
Tides of Madness
Red7
Schotten Totten
Longhorn

>>51858237
>>51854500
Seconding Mafia de Cuba. It's easy for any common folk, because literally the only person in the whole game who has to make any decisions other than choosing their role is the Godfather, and for the first round, that's you. You pass the role box around, they will choose mostly arbitrarily, and you showing them how you figure out who has what will be their tutorial, while also being an actual game session they'll enjoy. Then the Godfather moves, and the next guy just uses the strategy you did. Everything else - the faux shocked denials, the framing other players for your crimes, etc - comes naturally, just because the players want to win.
I use this with randoms all the time. Do have to watch out that you retrieve all 15 diamonds when you pack up the game, though, especially if anyone involved was a kid/drunk, since they look like actual diamonds and are therefore tiny and shiny.

>>51852571
>why would you pay 60 dollars for a game with no models
If it had a lot of other high-quality components, absolutely. Isn't $60 what Terra Mystica often goes for?

Y'all ever heard of a game called Talisman? I once played that for over 12 hours (including breakfast break). I have like 6 expansions I think. I love it.

>>51857247
Holy shit, the Grue is actually a thing?

>>51859693
Pretty sure it's French for crane

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I just got hired at a small place that manufactures board games and I want to try my hand at making one from scratch

The problem is I'm not a tabletop gamer and I don't really know what's good and what's not so it would be an extremely long time before I can make my own game up

Is there a wiki or repository of unfinished /tg/-designed games that I can look through?

>>51860042
>Hey goys help me steal someone elses work!
>No don't worry shalom I just want to make my own boardgame.
>I'm not in it for the shekels at all.
>Viva isreal.
lmao

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>>51860069
ok

>>51860042
there is a game design general thread always up, but it's more geared towards rpgs. there are occasionally people with boardgames there though

really though, you need to play some games. you could learn a decent bit from watching playthroughs online. either way, you've got to spend some quality time immersing yourself in the world of boardgames if you want to make anything better than a reskinned monopoly

>>51859646
>its full of cardboard chits and lame meeples
>has no original gameplay ideas
>compare it to terra mystica

lmao do what you want with your money

>>51860042
>and I want to try my hand at making one from scratch
Please don't.

>>51857247
Rock on anon! Keep me posted!

>>51860217
I'm just saying that not containing plastic minis isn't a mark against a game.

>>51861694
great, i didn't say it was a mark against the game i said it was a mark against the price. you said it would be worth the price if it had a ton of high quality components. this game does not.

like i said, spend your money how you want, no skin off my nose

I'm waiting for Millenium Blades to get stocked in stores here in America so I can board the hype train

>>51861859
if you're waiting for something you're already aboard the hype train.......

>>51861813
Nah I think the game looks like shit I'm just a pedant who sometimes reads too quickly.

>>51861933
I realized that as soon as I hit post. It's been a long day

So is Gloomhaven just another hotness of the week or actually good?

>>51863089
It doesn't matter because it is OoS and the next KS is in Winter, so a long time to wait.

>>51863089

The card combat system is REALLY good. The scenarios I've played so far are pretty well balanced.

As with many co-ops like Sentinels of the Multiverse or Pandemic, you can have swingy RNG from the AI or modifier decks that can make a scenario easier or harder but its really well built.

The campaign fluff around the combat scenarios is also good. Probably some of he best writing I've seen compared to the other dungeoncrawl or paragraph games.

>>51863089
you'll have to wait for it to hit retail for some unbiased reviews from people who didn't sink money into it and will therefore overlook any flaws.

>>51860588
I'll post the card files once everything is done. The dimensions I chose are thé following:
>battlefield
20x20cm
>board
26X41

>>51863482

There's a well-written "not for me" review on BGG that gives it a 6. And another "Not what I expected" review where someone bashes on his misconceptions. Plus, if you go into the "comments" for the game you can read a few shorter opinions of people who rated it 3-7 if you dont want to just listen to the 9s and 10s.

There are enough comments out there from people whove played 5-10 sessions already that you dont have to cry about "backer bias"

>>51864163
But that's just the other side of backer bias, those who sunk money into it and now feel like shit cause it isnt what they expected

>>51864208

A "not for me" strict 6 on BGG is not a bad review. Its pretty fair.

The MSRP is $120 and might even go up. Even someone who randomly picks it up at their FLGS will have "sunk money".

You aren't going to get some magically unbiased review.

Even if someone plays their friend's copy.. They either won't have played it enough to see the differences between scenarios and how you can alter your play and how it levels. OR they will have already sunk time or be severely bitter they lost their playgroup to a 70+ scenario campaign.

>>51859693
>>51859866
It's indeed just french for crane... You can always pretend you don't know it though.

If I were to only buy one of the Valley of the Kings games, which one is the best/your favorite?

They all seem similar enough to not warrant buying multiple unless i wanted to mix them up (which I don't think I'll do), but because they all look so similar, i don't know which one to get! naturally i would just get the original, but i have to wonder if the 2nd and 3rd versions are at all improvements or if they simply have different cards.

some valid points would be things like variety and balance... but im also just curious to hear what people enjoy the most of the three!

>>51817103
guys, i bought kemet from amazon and it was missing power tiles and victory points markers. Does anyone have expercience with amazon refunds? Do i have a chance?

>>51865108
Amazon is very good refunds, they'll even pay the return shipping.

>>51864267
>You aren't going to get some magically unbiased review.

>le all reviews are biased meme

Objective and ethical criticism is not impossible. Stop believing the lie that it is.

>>51864938
Apparently Afterlife is supposed to be the better one. I just got base game + afterlife anyway since I wouldn't have to pay shipping then.

>>51859667
here's a you

>>51865178

>Anon cries all reviews are positive because sunk cost and KS hype
>Point out negative and neutral reviews on BGG
>Anon cries all negative reviews are just the other side of backer bias.
>Tell him he's not going to get a magically unbiased opinion
>New anon asshats his way into the thread and says of course things can be unbiased.

Thanks, asshole, no shit, now direct that comment to the one bitching that reviews are either sunk-cost positive or butthurt negative.

>>51852545

Gonna reinstall Zoo Tycoon with the dinosaur expansion now

>>51864938
First is the most antagonistic, more take that cards then the other two.
Second is the best for making cool combos
Third has the most interesting mechanics on cards
They are all really good, I own all 3 no regrets.

>>51865790
>being this autistic
i'm not either of the people you're referring to, i just think it's funny how big of a bitchfit you just threw over something so dumb. thanks for the entertainment, feel free to try to defend yourself as I'm sure that will also be hilarious and entertaining

>>51865108

Just email Matagot and see if they'll send you some.

Anything worth getting with Amazon's $8.63 off of orders over $50?

>>51868690

I'd recommend buying a board game you'd like, random stranger whose tastes I could not possibly know in order to recommend you something.

>>51865178
>Objective and ethical criticism is not impossible
>Objective
>Criticism

So this is the power of community college education.

>>51868690
You're a day late for that offer friendo

>>51868690
A thick graph paper notebook and some good pens.

>sleeve the core set of millenium blades
>Not sure if I want to sleeve the store deck still now
Is anyone else this indecisive about things? Especially with boardgames? It feels like all my thoughts and ideas are disgusting

>>51872085
why do you not want to sleeve the store deck now?

>>51872394
Don't know. Partially because it wont be able to be stored in the box because of space but I can also feel the stares of a million BGG and reddit elitists down my neck, don't know why but I can. They're like an eldritch horror

I just played Concordia with my gaming group and came last. What did I think?

>>51873226
Not sure but fresh bread

>>51873723
>>51873723

>>51866857
do you ever mix em up, or do you just play each separately as they came in the their respective boxes?