Board Game Thread 4e: The Call of Catan

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Dr. Lunchables: Dec 27, 2012; IRL DEBUFFED KOBOLD

1846 is going into P500 via GMT games, so if you've ever wanted to get into the 18XX games and not wait three years for a hand made copy from some guy, this may be a pretty good thing. If i recall the old 18XX thread, this was pretty highly recommended.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 00:28

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# ? May 29, 2024 15:55

Tekopo: Oct 24, 2008; When you see it, you'll shit yourself.

1846 is both one of the good ones AND an excellent beginner 18XX. It was my very first 18XX and I highly recommend it.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 00:29

The Eyes Have It: Feb 10, 2008; Third Eye Sees All
...snookums

I like the 'reverse' deckbuilding (kinda) for events in Robinson Crusoe, which is how decisions you've made come back to bite you in the rear end. Don't or can't use salve/bandage on your wounded hand? Shuffle this card into the deck. Might become infected (or it might never come up.) Decided to eat those berries? Maybe you'll get sick.

I also like how some of the events are on a first-in-first-out buffer that gives you a chance to do something about them before they expire/trigger/whatever. Like the things that washed up with you: you have to spend an action to gather them up, or in a couple days they wash away into the sea and you've lost your chance.

I think that 'reverse' deckbuilding for environmental stuff is an idea that has some steam in it.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 00:43

unpronounceable: Apr 4, 2010; You mean we still have another game to go through?!; Fallen Rib

silvergoose posted:

Naw, NT and games with rules like it are a different beast. In Dominion, if you buy whatever looks good and someone executes a real strategy and kicks your rear end, you at least felt like you did something, right? You bought stuff, you got some points, you lost, but you could have a good time doing so.

I'm pretty sure that was a dig at deckbuilder designers, not players. If it wasn't it should have been.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 00:45

Dr. Lunchables: Dec 27, 2012; IRL DEBUFFED KOBOLD

I know it's been said before, but jesus christ, Fozzy.

at least im in the top ten. (and i havent contributed anything of worth since the last thread! suck on that, funhavers!)

# ? Aug 7, 2015 00:50

Ropes4u: May 2, 2009

Lord Frisk posted:

1846 is going into P500 via GMT games, so if you've ever wanted to get into the 18XX games and not wait three years for a hand made copy from some guy, this may be a pretty good thing. If i recall the old 18XX thread, this was pretty highly recommended.

I'm so down for this...

# ? Aug 7, 2015 00:53

cenotaph: Mar 2, 2013

Lord Frisk posted:

1846 is going into P500 via GMT games, so if you've ever wanted to get into the 18XX games and not wait three years for a hand made copy from some guy, this may be a pretty good thing. If i recall the old 18XX thread, this was pretty highly recommended.

I'm not really interested in '46 but I've wanted GMT to get into 18xx publishing for a while so maybe I'll throw in for it.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 00:55

Some Numbers: Sep 28, 2006; "LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"

Lord Frisk posted:

I know it's been said before, but jesus christ, Fozzy.

at least im in the top ten. (and i havent contributed anything of worth since the last thread! suck on that, funhavers!)

Top 20 is good enough for me; I don't post that much.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:10

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

Lord Frisk posted:

I know it's been said before, but jesus christ, Fozzy.

at least im in the top ten. (and i havent contributed anything of worth since the last thread! suck on that, funhavers!)

I will preserve my rank with blade and honor.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:22

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

Hey, 13th, not too shabby! In BGG terms, that's Le Havre quality!

(that's actually a really funny thing to link up)

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:29

StashAugustine: Mar 24, 2013; Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

Lord Frisk posted:

I know it's been said before, but jesus christ, Fozzy.

at least im in the top ten. (and i havent contributed anything of worth since the last thread! suck on that, funhavers!)

Rubitex is beating Broken Loose!

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:30

unpronounceable: Apr 4, 2010; You mean we still have another game to go through?!; Fallen Rib

silvergoose posted:

Hey, 13th, not too shabby! In BGG terms, that's Le Havre quality!

(that's actually a really funny thing to link up)

I'm Stone Age apparently.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:31

fozzy fosbourne: Apr 21, 2010

I'm like 2 Rutibexen!!

Edit: Also, I guess that makes me Twilight Struggle :smug:

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:32

homullus: Mar 27, 2009

BGG ranking is, more or less, a popularity contest. Postcount is, more or less, an unpopularity contest.

I'm Commands & Colors: Ancients, which is about right.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:41

cenotaph: Mar 2, 2013

I'm Imperial which is one of the few games in the BGG top 100 I actually like.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:44

Durendal: Jan 25, 2008; Who made you God to say
"I'll take your sheep from you?"

Everything about this image is making me turgid.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:44

StashAugustine: Mar 24, 2013; Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

oh goddamit I'm Dead of Winter

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:46

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's yet another day in the wasteland.

What the hell is this?! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1/die-macher
I guess this is a sign to :justpost:

so I can at least be the equivalent of something I've heard of.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:50

Some Numbers: Sep 28, 2006; "LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"

I'm apparently Tzolk'in, which I've never played, but heard good things about.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:51

Dr. Lunchables: Dec 27, 2012; IRL DEBUFFED KOBOLD

Sweet, I'm Eclipse. So totally ok with that. Grandpapants, don't you dare post enough to take me off my game (pun!)

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:52

Stelas: Sep 6, 2010

Mister Sinewave posted:

I like the 'reverse' deckbuilding (kinda) for events in Robinson Crusoe, which is how decisions you've made come back to bite you in the rear end. Don't or can't use salve/bandage on your wounded hand? Shuffle this card into the deck. Might become infected (or it might never come up.) Decided to eat those berries? Maybe you'll get sick.

I also like how some of the events are on a first-in-first-out buffer that gives you a chance to do something about them before they expire/trigger/whatever. Like the things that washed up with you: you have to spend an action to gather them up, or in a couple days they wash away into the sea and you've lost your chance.

I'm with you on both of those, actually. I really like the idea behind the game and its systems, it's just not a game that really engages all of its players at once and the way it goes try to engage you is actively detrimental to having players feel unique. With no turns to take, and the players encouraged to work out who goes where with no time limit or order to it, there's really no reason to have 4 people at the table when you could just treat it as a big puzzle.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:53

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

Die Macher is a *fabulous* game about german politics, kinda long, needs 4-5 players ideally 5, very hard and full of backstabbing.

Tzolkin is indeed good, worker placement with a turn-the-wheels gimmick that mostly works.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:54

gutterdaughter: Oct 21, 2010; keep yr head up, problem girl

Ugh, I'm all the way down to Russian Railroads. Gotta step up my shitposting game.

Quick, someone give me a game to be offended by.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:55

Stelas: Sep 6, 2010

also I am 68th which makes me Go. Suck it, losers, I'm venerable. :smug:

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:56

Fate Accomplice: Nov 30, 2006

Gutter Owl posted:

Ugh, I'm all the way down to Russian Railroads. Gotta step up my shitposting game.

Quick, someone give me a game to be offended by.

Agricola is a terrible game and only sad and unhappy people enjoy it.

Also Feld has yet to make a game worth playing more than zero times.

There I said it.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:57

Some Numbers: Sep 28, 2006; "LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"

Stelas posted:

also I am 68th which makes me Go. Suck it, losers, I'm venerable.

gently caress

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:57

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's yet another day in the wasteland.

Gutter Owl posted:

Ugh, I'm all the way down to Russian Railroads. Gotta step up my shitposting game.

Quick, someone give me a game to be offended by.

I thought we could just all point and laugh at this cruel fate:

StashAugustine posted:

oh goddamit I'm Dead of Winter

Wait, how is DoW that high up?!

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:57

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

Malloreon posted:

Agricola is a terrible game and only sad and unhappy people enjoy it.

Also Feld has yet to make a game worth playing more than zero times.

There I said it.

You are bad and have bad opinions.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:57

Merauder: Apr 17, 2003; The North Remembers.

This post should set me into #54 territory as Star Realms, which feels appropriate as a long time proponent and now employed representative of "Bad Deck-building Games�".

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:58

Archenteron: Nov 3, 2006

Gutter Owl posted:

Ugh, I'm all the way down to Russian Railroads. Gotta step up my shitposting game.

Quick, someone give me a game to be offended by.

Anything by David Sirlin :getin:

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:59

Andarel: Aug 4, 2015

But seriously why does Feld make such aggressively boring games.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:59

StashAugustine: Mar 24, 2013; Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

only need to move up two more spots on the shitpost tier to be Imperial Assault instead

playing squad leader rn, will update

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:59

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

silvergoose posted:

Hey, 13th, not too shabby! In BGG terms, that's Le Havre quality!

(that's actually a really funny thing to link up)

According to the BGG Thematic Ranking, I am the Dead of Winter of the something awful board gaming thread.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 02:00

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

Andarel posted:

But seriously why does Feld make such aggressively boring games.

I really like CoB and Trajan. :shrug:

# ? Aug 7, 2015 02:00

Dr. Lunchables: Dec 27, 2012; IRL DEBUFFED KOBOLD

Oh Jesus, what have I done...

# ? Aug 7, 2015 02:01

Some Numbers: Sep 28, 2006; "LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"

Rutibex posted:

According to the BGG Thematic Ranking, I am the Dead of Winter of the something awful board gaming thread.

That's far far too appropriate.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 02:02

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

Lord Frisk posted:

Oh Jesus, what have I done...

It's actually my fault, and I take full responsibility and actually think it's hilarious so gently caress yeah.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 02:02

Some Numbers: Sep 28, 2006; "LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"

Lord Frisk posted:

Oh Jesus, what have I done...

God's work?

# ? Aug 7, 2015 02:02

Durendal: Jan 25, 2008; Who made you God to say
"I'll take your sheep from you?"

I'm Concordia. I don't really enjoy Concordia :smith:

# ? Aug 7, 2015 02:03

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gutterdaughter: Oct 21, 2010; keep yr head up, problem girl

Archenteron posted:

Anything by David Sirlin

Come on man, you don't need to put the ball on the tee for me. Give me something a little challenging, jeez.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 02:04

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