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Guy A. Person posted:If I test this on myself, I am a hobby gamer -> I know what I like -> I know my favorite game -> it's Dominion: I love how Caylus just doesn't exist in the chart. 30 different Munchkin things, though!
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Ryoshi posted:Boss Monster is a great light game that you can use as a gateway to get horrible nerds to play better games. Fluxx is literally a better game than Boss Monster and also comes in stupid horrible nerdbait themes (they're both terrible)
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Nov 27, 2015 22:19
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Scyther posted:Uh, apart from the spymaster, Codenames is fine with tabletalk? Well, yes. Exactly. Since I was talking about it breaking the game, that's pretty much EXACTLY the instance I was talking about. From the rule book: quote:They can debate it amongst themselves, but the spymaster must keep a straight face. An entire section on "Keeping a straight face" quote:The spymaster is expected to keep a straight face. Do not reach for any card while your teammates are considering the words. When a teammate touches a word, consult the key card and cover the word with the card of the corresponding color. When a teammate chooses a word of the correct color, you should act as though it was exactly the word you meant, even if it hasn't. If you are a field operative, you should focus on the table when you are making your guesses. Do not make eye contact with the spymaster while you are guessing. This will help you avoid nonverbal cues. When your information is strictly limited to what can be conveyed with one word and one number, you are playing in the spirit of the game. Those things are integral to the play of the game and when you have a spymaster wincing at clues or finger points it makes the game an exercise in wasting time. And yes, I'm saying I blame the people that do that, not the game. But those people find that 'fun' I guess.
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Space Alert has been played with 2 new players and me. I've hosed up royally each mission because apparently I can't distinguish left from right and have developed highly specific colorblindness to the exact shades of red and blue used in the game. Working as intended.
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Nov 27, 2015 22:21
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Ryoshi posted:Boss Monster is a great light game that you can use as a gateway to get horrible nerds to play better games. The problem with lots of gateway games is lots of people get stuck in the door. That wasn't a fat joke, though it would have been a good one.
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Nov 27, 2015 22:22
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Nov 27, 2015 22:32
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Das Doppelganger posted:Those things are integral to the play of the game and when you have a spymaster wincing at clues or finger points it makes the game an exercise in wasting time. And yes, I'm saying I blame the people that do that, not the game. But those people find that 'fun' I guess. So play co-op as the spymaster.
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Nov 27, 2015 22:35
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The General posted:I wouldn't call it bad. I'd call it bland as all gently caress with a random ending. One of the expansions fixes the ending part, but I bet it's still bland. Have you played the newest version? Edit: bad at reading Banana Man fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Nov 27, 2015 |
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Nov 27, 2015 22:36
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Heads up, CSI is adding more deals to their Black Friday sale each day including Pandemic Legacy for $39.99 now.
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Nov 27, 2015 22:41
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Nique posted:Looking for a cheap, light but replayable game for up to 5 to take home to my family at Christmas. They have played coup before but i'd like something non bluffing based. Nique posted:Have Codenames already, but unfortunately my sister is extremely dyslexic, word games would stress her the gently caress out I've actually had more success with it than the main game, the pictures are a bit more abstract which seemed to help some people. Another pretty obvious suggestion but on the off chance you don't have it I'd recommend Qwixx. It's a pretty simple dice game but I had a lot of fun playing it with my family. And one more that's super popular with my friends and family is uh, I dunno we call it the Dog game but I think it's called something else in America or in English (Hello? Or Happy? I dunno I have a German version...) Language doesn't matter though, it's just Ludo but with playing cards instead of dice. It is teams though so you'd need even numbers. Does anyone else know the English name? edit: I don't know how any of these work with drunk people, we normally go straight to drinking games. But someone recommended Pairs to me as a good drunk game and I've yet to try it out but I could pass that recommendation along.
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Nov 27, 2015 22:53
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Dixit is $22.
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Nov 27, 2015 23:17
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Bottom Liner posted:Dixit is $22. Is it? Okay, well it was expensive when I got it. I actually have my own question to ask too. There's a game I really love called Anno Domini, it's really fun but it only seems to be in German. This sucks cause it's incredibly language dependant. The premise is everybody gets cards with events from history on them and you have to place them in order of when you think they happened. Does anyone know if there's an English version, or one in the works, or even a similar game?
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Nov 27, 2015 23:30
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Aghama posted:Does anyone have an answer? Should I keep it or return it and get Hive Pocket? The mosquito seems like a piece you'll only use at higher level play, but I toss the ladybug in regularly. I have Pocket and have been very pleased with it.
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Nov 27, 2015 23:30
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Linko, Frank's Zoo, For Sale, No Thanks are all pretty cool chill card games
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Broken Loose posted:what the gently caress is this chart a list of game in stock at snakes and lattes edit: Guy A. Person posted:If I test this on myself, I am a hobby gamer -> I know what I like -> I know my favorite game -> it's Dominion: hobby gamer -> know what i like -> favourite game -> NOT ON THIS CHART (T&E or maybe taj mahal) hobby gamer -> know what i like -> favourite game -> (best fit) Puerto Rico -> Citadels, Mission Red Planet, Mascarade, Power Grid. Holy poo poo laziest recommendations ever (3 games same designer only thing in common role selection) hobby gamer -> know what i like -> favourite type of game -> NOT ON THIS CHART (medium-weight euro) hobby gamer -> know what i like -> favourite type of game -> (best fit) Area Control -> ok not bad. carcassone, 2 knizias, and revolution. 5 tribes is arguable. best branch: someone new or only plays the classics -> do you know what they like -> favourite game -> CAH (a "classic game" like scrabbble and taboo) PlaneGuy fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Nov 28, 2015 |
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Nov 27, 2015 23:48
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Archipelago doesn't even show up.
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Nov 28, 2015 00:53
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There's a fun one that if a hobby gamer's favorite game is Cosmic Encounter, it recommends Battlestar Galactica or Twilight Imperium. 
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Nov 28, 2015 00:56
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As far as I can tell, Mage Knight isn't on there either.
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Nov 28, 2015 01:16
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Nor Twilight Struggle
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Nov 28, 2015 01:18
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Laverna posted:I actually have my own question to ask too. The game you're looking for is Timeline. There's a half dozen or so stand alone expansions for it.
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Nov 28, 2015 01:33
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Broken Loose posted:where the gently caress is codenames on there?? It turns up if someone's favourite classic game is Guess Who
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Nov 28, 2015 01:37
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So I'm in a bit of a pickle here..I am participating in a secret santa exchange and my giftee mentions a few different board games that he likes. "Agricola, Terramystica, Illuminati, XCom, Betrayal in the House on Haunted Hill, etc." verbatim from his bio. I have absolutely no knowledge of the world of board games. I know that there is probably so much I can do with this information so I come to you fellows. I need to keep my gift fairly cheap (let's say between $20-30), and obviously related to the above games. I want to avoid buying a game or expansion pack in case the person already has it or whatever, but I'm willing to if it's pretty under budget. Maybe there are certain characters/"loot"/paraphernalia items that I can purchase for said person? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Nov 28, 2015 01:46
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Jedit posted:I'll continue to disagree on Xenoshyft being terrible, but I will agree that it was obsoleted in my collection by Legendary Encounters. I'm waiting on CMON to send me the sleeves missing from my pledge before I sell it on. I mean for sure I was judging it entirely on its name, I don't know anything else about it, which is unfair. On the other hand come on with that "y". Just spell it "-shift".
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Nov 28, 2015 01:55
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Falling is pretty rough to learn cold from the rulebook for a 2 minute game, lol. The goal is to be the last player to hit the ground, which are cards at the bottom of a shared deck. A dealer deals cards to players around the table, and as the dealer is dealing the other players insert "rider cards" in front of themselves or other players that do things like modify how many cards are dealt or skip a deal. We're starting to figure out the nuance of it a bit more after like a dozen plays. Seems pretty fun but kind of need everyone to execute their moves cleanly or it becomes a bit obnoxious to deal. Definitely captures the spirit of falling as a group and trying not to hit the ground first (including the chaos). Needs more plays. Spot It is pretty much a game for children but it's fun. It's like a Wario Ware mini game or something. You basically try and match symbols faster than the other players. It definitely gets you in the zone. Shouted lightning bolt three times in a row, felt good about myself. That's my short rear end games report, fosbourne signing off
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Aghama posted:Does anyone have an answer? Should I keep it or return it and get Hive Pocket? They definitely aren't necessary but nice to have I suppose. Both of them are just sort of spinoffs of bugs in the base game. I got Pocket a few months ago and have played it a bunch but haven't even tried it with them yet, there's plenty of game there even without them.
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Nov 28, 2015 03:06
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My favorite on that chart is favorite game = Arkham Horror --> Spyrium.
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Meowgles posted:So I'm in a bit of a pickle here..I am participating in a secret santa exchange and my giftee mentions a few different board games that he likes. "Agricola, Terramystica, Illuminati, XCom, Betrayal in the House on Haunted Hill, etc." verbatim from his bio. I have absolutely no knowledge of the world of board games. I know that there is probably so much I can do with this information so I come to you fellows. His preferences are all over the place. Just buy him Codenames.
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Oldstench posted:His preferences are all over the place. Just buy him Codenames. Or a meeple plushie.
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Nov 28, 2015 04:30
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Too bad you can't buy him good taste.
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Nov 28, 2015 04:34
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cenotaph posted:Too bad you can't buy him good taste. Weird, since agricola and (by most accounts) terra mystica are both excellent games! Illuminati was pretty funny...
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Nov 28, 2015 04:39
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Normies who fancy themselves gamers will try like ten different games and suddenly have opinions on which ones are the best games ever made
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Nov 28, 2015 04:53
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These four games which are not Monopoly or Sorry are good because they are not Monopoly or Sorry.
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Nov 28, 2015 05:01
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Meowgles posted:So I'm in a bit of a pickle here..I am participating in a secret santa exchange and my giftee mentions a few different board games that he likes. "Agricola, Terramystica, Illuminati, XCom, Betrayal in the House on Haunted Hill, etc." verbatim from his bio. I have absolutely no knowledge of the world of board games. I know that there is probably so much I can do with this information so I come to you fellows. I was going to recommend fancy dice, but both games in the list that use dice use non-standard dice.
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Nov 28, 2015 05:09
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Oldstench posted:His preferences are all over the place. Just buy him Codenames. This is really the best option - not because it's the current thread darling but because it's cheap and fun and just generally a good game in the price range given.
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Nov 28, 2015 05:20
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More people have borrowed code names from me than any other game.
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Nov 28, 2015 05:30
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I was the person to introduce my group to Codenames. Now at least 4 other people own copies.
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Nov 28, 2015 05:35
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I tried to play Codenames tonight and was so close but dumb timing by my friend messed it up and now I'm PISSED!
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Nov 28, 2015 05:41
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Das Doppelganger posted:Well, yes. Exactly. Since I was talking about it breaking the game, that's pretty much EXACTLY the instance I was talking about. Corollary: It's totally appropriate as spymaster to launch into laugh-crying hysterics at something and then continue on all the way through til morning because eventually you're just laughing at how hard you're laughing about your team loving up all your plans that you thought were bulletproof but you were just being dumb.
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Nov 28, 2015 06:01
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Okay! Sounds like I should buy Codenames then. I'm just hoping he doesn't already own it. Is it a lesser known game by chance?
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