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SlyFrog posted:Also, no joke, this is why I do not like games that are pretty much pure word/puzzle games like this. I feel like they're always a quiet test to see who is the most NPR-listening, high SAT scoring, "lol I'm not in Mensa, Mensa is only the top 2%, I'm far better than that," sniffing person in the room. Thing is, those people are typically poo poo at those games and all board games. Its pretty hilarious
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mr.capps posted:Thing is, those people are typically poo poo at those games and all board games. Its pretty hilarious I'm dumb as gently caress and poo poo at all board games. What now?! 
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Scrabble is more of a game about making use of the scoring bonuses and memorizing a list of a few 2 and 3 letter words than about getting the word kwyjibo down tbh.
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Oldstench posted:I'm dumb as gently caress and poo poo at all board games. What now?! games of chance my friend! luck favors the fool!
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SlyFrog posted:Also, no joke, this is why I do not like games that are pretty much pure word/puzzle games like this. I feel like they're always a quiet test to see who is the most NPR-listening, high SAT scoring, "lol I'm not in Mensa, Mensa is only the top 2%, I'm far better than that," sniffing person in the room. I feel this way about Trivial Pursuit.
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SlyFrog posted:Let's be honest - it is. also idk if that is true. I do better in codenames than friends of mine that would blow my SAT out of the water because they aren't good at figuring out what their teammates would know. Codenames is a game about connecting with people that convinces you that you're smart for being empathic.
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As someone who likes trivia, Trivial Pursuit is a pretty lovely trivia game. Are there actually any good trivia board games?
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mr.capps posted:As someone who likes trivia, Trivial Pursuit is a pretty lovely trivia game. Wits & Wagers
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mr.capps posted:As someone who likes trivia, Trivial Pursuit is a pretty lovely trivia game. Timeline.
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Foehammer posted:Wits & Wagers I like Wits & Wagers but it would be also cool if there was a gamey trivia game that was more trivia oriented.
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I'm a fan of Bezzerwezzer. I'm looking at making a purchase here soon. I am for sure picking up King of New York. Does anyone have opinions on the following? Time stories Elysium Libertaria The grizzled Champions of Midgard The big book of madness
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Shadow225 posted:Time stories Bad Shadow225 posted:Liberta Good
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Don't buy or play TIME Stories.
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Shadow225 posted:Time stories GARBAGE Shadow225 posted:
Decent until you realize you spent many many turns building up to a combat then you roll poorly and it was all a waste. Dice chucking combat at it's worst.
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Foehammer posted:Bad Would you mind giving a short blurb? I'll trust the opinion myself, but a friend was asking me about Time and Libertalia specifically
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Shadow225 posted:I'm a fan of Bezzerwezzer. Elysium is interesting, but I need a few more plays to figure out if it's actually good. It's not a hard game at all to learn and play, and at this moment I'd probably prefer it over 7 Wonders as far as drafting set games are concerned. There are a couple of quirks to it that I can discuss further, but it's at least an interesting design and I don't think it's actually BAD, but there's a nagging feeling about it that makes me think there's a deep flaw in there somewhere. The insert is loving aces though. Libertalia is a good game, although I can't think of a game to compare it to. But assuming nobody has some severe AP, it's a game that plays quickly and scales well and is full of bullshit moments that are more fun than frustrating, mostly because you can see them coming a mile away and yet you did nothing to stop it, you fool. Lot of variety too if you don't get bored of the mechanics. Big Book of Madness is a co-op deckbuilder. I'm generally averse to deckbuilders and co-op games, so this sorta fell flat on me. I don't think it was really any more offensive than either games of its type, but since it's a co-op game, someone can do some pretty insane quarterbacking, especially if they start mathing out the deckbuilding aspect of it. It's probably worse in the QBing aspect than most, since you need to coordinate a lot. Also the cards are loving tiny, so that's really unfortunate for a game where you do nothing but handle cards. They're probably about the same size as the Asset cards in Arkham/Eldritch or the ability cards in Chaos in the Old World. It's really, really unfortunate.
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Rocko Bonaparte posted:Even if you wanted to get more expansions, On The Brink should still be your first pick. Beyond what was previously mentioned, there's an optional bioterrorist cat-and-mouse game you can play too. But beyond the mechanics, the expansion is laid out so you can put all the original game material inside and just use that box. It has stacking peetri dishes for the disease cubes and slots for everything else. For what it matters, the expansion becomes the new Pandemic. Now I feel positive about ordering the expansion. Thanks
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Libertalia is an excellent bluffing game with a unique mechanic: everyone gets identical cards each round, but you only use 6 of the 9 per round, and 3 carry over. On the 2nd and 3rd round, you are all given an identical set of 6 more cards. Card values determine the order in which you can take loot from a community pool (some loot is bad), and each card has a unique interactive effect. By the final round it gets a bit  trying to remember who has what card left from the original deal, and the "showdown" portion of each phase is always entertaining. The actual grouping of cards that everyone plays with will vary from game to game.Time Stories is a $30 choose your own adventure book with dice rolls. You can play it exactly once, much like Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (which has 10 cases, instead of the 1 offered by T.I.M.E.). I suspect quality will vary depending on who works on the writing for the individual expansion modules. Maybe worth it if you have a gaming group that loves narrative deduction and dice chucking, but for that price you could get Above & Below which, while not without flaws, is a better game. edit: Above & Below may not be the best comparison, it was just the first narrative game at the same price point I could think of. edit2: English made gooder Foehammer fucked around with this message at 20:49 on Jan 14, 2016 |
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The responses have been great thus far. Very helpful. Thanks thread, and keep them coming.
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Impermanent posted:Scrabble is more of a game about making use of the scoring bonuses and memorizing a list of a few 2 and 3 letter words than about getting the word kwyjibo down tbh. I recommend the documentary Word Wars, which demonstrates that quite a few competitive Scrabble players are dumb as hell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL4UfA6wUuw Also, I don't enjoy Wits & Wagers because date/number proximity is my least favorite kind of trivia question.
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Foehammer posted:Libertalia is an excellent bluffing game with a unique mechanic: everyone gets identical cards each round, but you only use 6 of the 9 per round, and 3 carry over. On the 2nd and 3rd round, you are all given an identical set of 6 more cards. Speaking of gaming groups: I've got a bunch of friends that have been meeting up about once a week but the numbers keep climbing and we're up to about 6-8 regularly and the options of games at this player count is starting to get a bit stale. Between Resistance and its various iterations and versions, Codenames, Spyfall, ONU Werewolf and the highly-mediocre not-Resistance Secret Hitler, are there any other games that work well with larger group that people would recommend?
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mr.capps posted:As someone who likes trivia, Trivial Pursuit is a pretty lovely trivia game. All Avalon Hill games will test you on the trivia of the rulebook
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For 6-8 discerning individuals? Ugg-Tect, if you can manage it. 7 Wonders works up to 7 and it works up to 8 if you add Cities. I've heard good things about (but haven't personally confirmed the quality of) Space Cadets: Dice Duel. Pictomania is great at 6. Dixit: Odyssey goes up to 12, and is compatible with other Dixit sets. I'd recommend Ca$h 'N Gun$ 1st Edition but it's nearly impossible to find, you'd have to proxy it, and it only goes up to 6. Click Clack Lumberjack. Really, though, you're at a great point to just split up into 2 groups. There are plenty of 3-player games and 4-player games for those moments when your group wants something meatier, and they'd likely be quicker than doing an 8-player strategy game. Note how the majority of my recommendations are lighter-weighted games.
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T-Bone posted:I like Wits & Wagers but it would be also cool if there was a gamey trivia game that was more trivia oriented. We played a more recent version of Trivial Pursuit at a party, it had a few changes including something improved about categories and difficulties but more significantly it incorporated a betting mechanic where each other team can wager - after hearing the category (and possibly the question, don't remember exactly) - whether you'll get it right or wrong. You can buy pie slices with the money. I thought it was improvements all around.
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Space Cadets: Dice Duel is indeed fun on a bun, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. But it should be noted that I'm incredibly biased toward team games.
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Mister Sinewave posted:We played a more recent version of Trivial Pursuit at a party, it had a few changes including something improved about categories and difficulties but more significantly it incorporated a betting mechanic where each other team can wager - after hearing the category (and possibly the question, don't remember exactly) - whether you'll get it right or wrong. You can buy pie slices with the money. That sounds cool, I'll have to check it out as there are definitely a few trivia nerds in my group.
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FulsomFrank posted:Speaking of gaming groups: I've got a bunch of friends that have been meeting up about once a week but the numbers keep climbing and we're up to about 6-8 regularly and the options of games at this player count is starting to get a bit stale. Between Resistance and its various iterations and versions, Codenames, Spyfall, ONU Werewolf and the highly-mediocre not-Resistance Secret Hitler, are there any other games that work well with larger group that people would recommend? 7 Wonders and Steampunk Rally come to mind, they're "meatier" games compared to what you've been playing, and have simultaneous gameplay so games are only as slow as your slowest player.
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Panic on Wall Street is great with large numbers of players too.
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FulsomFrank posted:Speaking of gaming groups: I've got a bunch of friends that have been meeting up about once a week but the numbers keep climbing and we're up to about 6-8 regularly and the options of games at this player count is starting to get a bit stale. Between Resistance and its various iterations and versions, Codenames, Spyfall, ONU Werewolf and the highly-mediocre not-Resistance Secret Hitler, are there any other games that work well with larger group that people would recommend? Internal Affairs, in the unlikely event that you can find it anywhere but Capstone's own website. Video description including full rules.
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Great suggestions, thanks. I've been trying to find a copy of Panic on Wall St forever. As far as I know it's impossible to get without paying an arm and a leg for it but drat if I don't like the theme and mechanics.
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Bridge is a fantastic game. Aside from the fact that if you get lost in the bidding/don't know your opponents arcane conventions, you get to ask what it means. Why even bother having the bidding conventions then???
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Shadow225 posted:I'm a fan of Bezzerwezzer. Elysium and Libertalia are the best games you listed. I think Elysium is better. It's also heavier.
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Countblanc posted:Space Cadets: Dice Duel is indeed fun on a bun, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. But it should be noted that I'm incredibly biased toward team games. This was a complete dud in my group and I traded it away out of spite. If your group contains people that hate real-time games and/or think dice hate them, this game is not for you. Otherwise it's awesome though. Now that the thread is in Q&A mode, I have a question too: has anyone played Xenon Profiteer? I discovered its existence today and it sounds good. I have a buddy who's a chemist who will probably like that the game contains mechanics that mimic actual real life chemistry, and he loves Dominion. Also it seems like it's hard to find, only 2 entries currently on the BGG market, but as it happens one of those is 35€ shipped. So all signs point to yes, I just need a goon opinion on the gameplay.
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theroachman posted:This was a complete dud in my group and I traded it away out of spite. If your group contains people that hate real-time games and/or think dice hate them, this game is not for you. Otherwise it's awesome though. I'd be interested in any impressions as well. The only concern I have for the game is longevity, since it doesn't look like there's a lot of game to game variance.
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Brown Moses posted:After receiving Betrayal at House on the Hill at Christmas my family is rather addicted to boardgames, and I'm looking for one that'll fit a very specific set of circumstances. I've got family members who don't speak the same language as me, so I'm looking for a board or card game where the language barrier won't be an issue. One person can translate, but they won't want to spend hours translating intricate rules. I was looking at some games, and it seems Dixit might fit the bill, what does everyone think? Sushi Go! is a favorite beginner game, and has its scoring rules conveyed through numbers and algebraic symbols on the cards. Camel Up is a very fun family / party game, and indicates all of the scoring through colors, icons, and numbers. I disagree with Dixit / Mysterium, since there's hidden information, and having a translator means that they wouldn't be able to play.
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Jedit posted:Internal Affairs, in the unlikely event that you can find it anywhere but Capstone's own website. Video description including full rules. This one is pretty fun. It will be more widely available later in the year.
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I've always wondered what's happening with bridge and new technology. Seems really really easy to cheat now, both online and off.
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Lorini posted:I've always wondered what's happening with bridge and new technology. Seems really really easy to cheat now, both online and off. Somewhat. I mean, sure, online, but in person they do a whole lot of crap to make sure high level tournaments are cheat-free. Like, you don't get to see your partner during the bidding at all, you use bidding cards, it's pretty locked down. But yeah, online, I'd imagine if you really want to cheat you can. On the other hand, if you bid in such a way that is against your stated conventions, you could probably get reported and enough times get banned or w/e.
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Mister Sinewave posted:Patchwork has been loads of fun for me and my wife, it kinda has a puzzle angle and plays in a short time. Every game had been very different. There are not a lot of components but they and their actions all depend on and affect each other. We had a couple of friends over and they went out and bought their own copy after trying ours. It's easy to see why it's a big hit - basically the same qualities of that party game that shall not be named (rip alan) except for 2 player strategy.
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