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cenotaph posted:The 1999 version of Acquire is the biggest box I have. It's absurd. My biggest footprint is Roads & Boats, my biggest volume is Cthulhu Wars. The Gallerist honestly isn't much bigger than Kemet. Recent light to medium Euros for five, excluding games already suggested: Tokaido (v.light, light with expansions) Orleans Carson City Praetor
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I don't own the physical box, but Kingdom Death is a 15 pound box.
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Aug 20, 2016 01:29
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I want to play Cthulhu Wars. 
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Jedit posted:The Gallerist honestly isn't much bigger than Kemet. Kemet is about an inch and a half longer than any of the other games on my shelf and it drives me nuts.
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Stan Taylor posted:Is Pandemic Legacy good with just 2 players? I'm like three games into a Risk Legacy campaign and it's like pulling teeth getting everyone together and then making them want to play the game instead of something else. I didn't play this way, but I'm sure it's fine as long as you play multiple roles. Like each person takes two characters.
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Another game for 5 players that might be worth mentioning is Flock. I haven't played it enough to really formulate a definite opinion on it, but I think it's worth looking into if you want a lighter, short game. It's a worker placement game with delayed activation of the action cards you place your birds/workers on. Timing and manipulation of initiative is very important. Not sure how much depth there is to it, but the game has a tiny footprint and comfortably fits into another game's box, which is a plus. Also, it takes like half an hour.Lorini posted:The nice thing about Keyflower is that it plays well at all player counts. It's not bad with 2, but I'd rather play something else.
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My wife and I played through Pandemic Legacy with 2 characters each, worked fine for us. I didn't notice anything that would be an issue.
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Mister Sinewave posted:My wife and I played through Pandemic Legacy with 2 characters each, worked fine for us. I didn't notice anything that would be an issue. Me too. Can't say for sure but I suspect it's the optimal way to play. I recommend it as the ideal couples game to a lot of my friends.
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I'm going to play 1830 in a couple weeks (my first one!), and wanted to double check which rule set was better. It's the Mayfair edition with the base and classic rules. I think I remember people saying the classic rules were better, but I don't remember.
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Wizard Styles posted:
Well I've played it at least 10 times two player and it's fine. It's not the same experience of course, but there's still plenty of strategy, tactics and meanness  .
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unpronounceable posted:I'm going to play 1830 in a couple weeks (my first one!), and wanted to double check which rule set was better. It's the Mayfair edition with the base and classic rules. I think I remember people saying the classic rules were better, but I don't remember. Classic rules, with no expansions. The Classic and Mayfair ("Base") rules differ in two places:
EDIT: There seems to be a patten with modern game companies trying to "fix" Avalon Hill classics and accidentally pissing in the soup. 1830 and Merchant of Venus are both examples, you should never bother with the "updated" versions of either. Which sucks, cuz I'd really like to see someone competent take a modern-design scalpel to Magic Realm at some point. But I'm afraid it won't come out the other side with all its limbs intact. gutterdaughter fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Aug 20, 2016 |
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Some people were asking about Captain Sonar and I want to say I enjoyed what I played. I find I enjoy turn based more than real time because real time requires familiarity of the system and solid coordination with your teammates. As is it's a good hide-and-seek game with direct conflict and plenty of variability in the map and tactics to warrant multiple plays with the same group before concrete strategies are formed. I don't really know what specifics to discuss so if anyone has questions or concerns ask away.
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Lunsku posted:Goons, throw some suggestions on somewhat recent (say last five years) light to midweight euros that play well with five. That seems to be our group size most of the time at the moment, but a lot of the older stuff I'd like to dig out from the cabinet caps at 4 (Samurai, Goa, Ingenious) in practice isn't something I would like to bring to the table for five (Caylus). I don't mind getting to play my Amun-Re and Space Alert a lot, with a bit of Ticket to Ride in the mix, but would like something fresh. A bit late, but need to re-emphasize Istanbul which was previously mentioned since it's one of my favorite games. ESPECIALLY good at 5 with the Mocha expansion.
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Jedit posted:My biggest footprint is Roads & Boats, my biggest volume is Cthulhu Wars. The Gallerist honestly isn't much bigger than Kemet. Acquire almost assuredly isn't as big as a lot of the games that people are mentioning, especially the FFG coffin boxes, but it's so ridiculously huge for something that was originally a 3M bookshelf game. It's the epitome of late 90s/early aughts overproduced plastic. cenotaph fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Aug 20, 2016 |
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Gutter Owl posted:EDIT: There seems to be a patten with modern game companies trying to "fix" Avalon Hill classics and accidentally pissing in the soup. 1830 and Merchant of Venus are both examples, you should never bother with the "updated" versions of either. Which sucks, cuz I'd really like to see someone competent take a modern-design scalpel to Magic Realm at some point. But I'm afraid it won't come out the other side with all its limbs intact. I'm surprised the Valley reprint of Titan didn't ruin anything rules-wise - it just had poor quality control and some questionable counter design. It's possible the main board is an improvement though, I've yet to play on a Valley set.
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Gabriel Pope posted:Keyflower? Definitely have been eyeing this one up, it has always sounded interesting. rchandra posted:Stonemaier's Viticulture and Between Two Cities are good with 5, I suspect Euphoria is also but only tried it with 3 so far. Viticulture too, it seems to consistently get good feels here. Wizard Styles posted:I was going to suggest El Grande, but since that's too old I love El Grande and I think if I'd see it on the LGS shelf it'd be a big risk I'd pick it up. Ditto for Princes of Florence which plays excellent with five, those two games I don't personally have but we played a lot of ten years back or so. Need to check your other recommendations too. Merauder posted:A bit late, but need to re-emphasize Istanbul which was previously mentioned since it's one of my favorite games. ESPECIALLY good at 5 with the Mocha expansion. Rüdiger Dorn? Sign me the gently caress up, Goa is easily one of my favourite euros. Thank's for the recommendations y'all, feel free to drop more if something needs mentioning.
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Merauder posted:A bit late, but need to re-emphasize Istanbul which was previously mentioned since it's one of my favorite games. ESPECIALLY good at 5 with the Mocha expansion. I prefer the prequel, Constantinople. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/196328/constantinople
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Thanks for the Worker Placement suggestions, we'll hunt some down at a board game cafe and see if its the mechanic he dislikes or whether he was just playing the wrong worker placements.
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Gutter Owl posted:Classic rules, with no expansions. Merchant of Venus was a lovely roll and move game in the first place and deserved to die. I don't think you could really keep Magic Realm.. Magic Realm in a modern sense, the sprawling nature of the game just doesn't lend itself to a modern design.
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My girlfriend and I have been playing Pandemic Legacy with just one character each and it's been fine!
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Also, it's a lot easier to jump in and out of Pandemic Legacy games since it doesn't really need a constant group like Risk Legacy and Seafall do. I've been playing with a rotating group of six people, even had someone do a one-off in June or whatever, and everything's worked out fine. Worst thing is that you'll have to catch people up on what crazy poo poo's currently going on, and honestly there's not that many more mechanics even later on so teaching everything isn't a major issue.
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What was the consensus on the new version of Mansions of Madness? My FLGS just got it, and I want something that would surpass Eldritch Horror that I can bring more consistently to the table.
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ETB posted:What was the consensus on the new version of Mansions of Madness? My FLGS just got it, and I want something that would surpass Eldritch Horror that I can bring more consistently to the table. The app is a little clunky to use, but its fun to play and flows pretty well. I didnt get to play 1st edition so I can't compare them.
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I just checked out the rules for Key to the City - London, the parallel game to Keyflower. I think I'll skip it, at least initially. It definitely looks like Keyflower with a few interesting rule changes, but it also looks like some of the viciousness is taken out. I'm really just posting this to say that I like that the "what was seen remains seen" variant in it is called The Jennifer Variant.
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Did anyone pick up the Cosmic Evil expansion for Tragedy Looper at Gencon? How much did Z-Man gently caress this up or did Asmodee apply some QC?
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What's short, simple, and pretty like Machi Koro, but not awful like Machi Koro?
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Toshimo posted:What's short, simple, and pretty like Machi Koro, but not awful like Machi Koro? Splendor though most people here would say it's mediocre. Not awful though! Sushi Go perhaps?
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Toshimo posted:What's short, simple, and pretty like Machi Koro, but not awful like Machi Koro? Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
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Toshimo posted:What's short, simple, and pretty like Machi Koro, but not awful like Machi Koro? I dunno about pretty, but I like Welcome to the Dungeon. Tokaido is short, simple and pretty but it is not terribly portable.
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Electric Hobo posted:I just checked out the rules for Key to the City - London, the parallel game to Keyflower. I think I'll skip it, at least initially. It definitely looks like Keyflower with a few interesting rule changes, but it also looks like some of the viciousness is taken out. Very cool!! I'll have to find the rules at some point. I do plan on buying it as well. (Jennifer)
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Toshimo posted:What's short, simple, and pretty like Machi Koro, but not awful like Machi Koro? Dice City.
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Dice City looks neat. Pros-cons?
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Picked up Tharsis from the slightly-old humble bundle. It's a short single player game where you control four astronauts that have a terrible case of ship-exploding. The game plays similarly to Blood Bowl where you roll dice for everything and the strategy boils down to risk assessment. I'd definitely recommend it at $1.00; don't try and play it on easy as that will destroy the magic of losing due to your own horrible choices.
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One of my friends said Valeria: Card Kingdoms was like a good Machi Koro?
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My copy of Castles of Mad King Ludwig seems to be missing the master builder & player score tokens. Is this common? Should I bother trying to exchange it? (Got it off Amazon.) The game seems interesting enough after one playthrough (though it does seem to want more than two players), but it's a bit annoying to have punched out all those chits of cardboard and still be missing bits at the end.
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Archenteron posted:One of my friends said Valeria: Card Kingdoms was like a good Machi Koro? The big problem with it is that card yields are slightly overblown, with 4 or 5 from the mid game onward you'll have way too much resources. We have soft fixed it in our group by adding an extra resting player so only 3 people ever get resources each turn.
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PleasingFungus posted:My copy of Castles of Mad King Ludwig seems to be missing the master builder & player score tokens. Is this common? Should I bother trying to exchange it? (Got it off Amazon.) Just send an email to Bezier Games and they'll send you replacement tokens. Board game customer service is generally really good in this department.
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SynthOrange posted:Dice City looks neat. Pros-cons? It's a market row deckbuilder disguised by a board and dice rolling. Also it's not a short game. 20 minutes plus per player is normal in my experience.
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Toshimo posted:What's short, simple, and pretty like Machi Koro, but not awful like Machi Koro? Celestia might fit, but I haven't played it myself yet, just heard good things about it.
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