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Steampunk Rally. Possibly the most dice in a game? You can build engines that use dice to generate more dice up to like 30 in a turn. And somehow it's pretty great and not all that luck-based.
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homullus posted:You shouldn't have let on that you misunderstood, because then this isn't a very funny answer anymore Sarcasm Assumed. I just ordered RFTG, seem pretty obviously great. Steampunk rally looks like madness. homullus posted:Clearly I need to make a game called Sever. There's a guy working on a game in the design thread where you cut off parts of monsters I think (it's monster hunter based) - maybe talk him into a name change.
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Also if you like rolling dice and don't mind it resulting in the extinction of the human race (and also don't mind that you are auctioning off women (and also don't mind that your species has fluid sexuality)) there's Neanderthal.
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Machi Koro is kinda interesting as like a palate cleanser between "real games". Obviously you can't make any real strategic decisions because everything hinges on your die roll, but you can still make a pretty devastating little engine by stacking up multiple effects in that 5-7 range, especially the red cards that let you steal money from people on their die roll. In that capacity, it's a pretty easy game to "solve", but it can be kinda fun as a quick brain reset. Uh, that said, I think Codenames: Pictures is probably a much better choice for that category of "play this to wind down from a more complicated game".
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homullus posted:Also if you like rolling dice and don't mind it resulting in the extinction of the human race (and also don't mind that you are auctioning off women (and also don't mind that your species has fluid sexuality)) there's Neanderthal. I actually own this and wasn't able to put in the time to attend the appropriate community college courses to gain the basic fundamentals to play gently caress this games rulebook.
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Oct 11, 2016 19:03
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I think I dislike Machi Koro even more than I dislike Catan.
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Harvey Mantaco posted:My wife just loves rolling dice. Dice dice dice. Her favorite games are Elder Sign, any rpgs where she gets to roll lots of dice and Arkham Horror (sometimes, if you play your cards right, you can roll like 12 dice at once! WOW!). What games have lots of dice rolling that will hurt her poor, supportive husband the least. Seconding Steampunk Rally, you roll like a million dice through the course of a game, and the game is well enough designed that you want both high and low rolls to power your machine. It's quite different from what you mentioned, but you might consider looking into Marco Polo as well.
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Oct 11, 2016 19:38
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I can only afford one mining themed game in my library, so in my wisdom I arbitrarily beseech the goon hivemind to choose for me: Haspelknecht or Forged in Steel.
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S.J. posted:I think I dislike Machi Koro even more than I dislike Catan.
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Quixotic1 posted:I can only afford one mining themed game in my library, so in my wisdom I arbitrarily beseech the goon hivemind to choose for me: Haspelknecht or Forged in Steel. Copper Country.
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Countblanc posted:Copper Country. Ooh forgot about that one
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Depending on how old your kid is, King of Tokyo is a possibility for the 3 of you. I have to read the cards for my 5.75 year old son, but otherwise he was able to pick up the rules pretty quick.
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King of Tokyo is a fun dice based game. Probably because they tone down the swingyness in probability by reducing die faces, and allowing three re-rolls. So, essentially Yahtzee, but with minor character building and a push your luck mechanic.
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Harvey Mantaco posted:My wife just loves rolling dice. Dice dice dice. Her favorite games are Elder Sign, any rpgs where she gets to roll lots of dice and Arkham Horror (sometimes, if you play your cards right, you can roll like 12 dice at once! WOW!). What games have lots of dice rolling that will hurt her poor, supportive husband the least. Cthulhu Wars.  (I'm only joking about that, it doesn't play two player, but on Sunday I got to roll 19 dice in combat and man it felt good.) More serious suggestion: Alien Frontiers.
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Harvey Mantaco posted:My wife just loves rolling dice. Dice dice dice. Her favorite games are Elder Sign, any rpgs where she gets to roll lots of dice and Arkham Horror (sometimes, if you play your cards right, you can roll like 12 dice at once! WOW!). What games have lots of dice rolling that will hurt her poor, supportive husband the least. Las Vegas and Wurfel Bohnanza are simple games where you roll a bunch of dice and aren't offensive as fillers.
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Age of Thieves and Crisis and The Colonists look pretty interesting. Mostly The Colonists but I can't help but be interested in the other two right off the bat.
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Countblanc posted:Copper Country. quoting for yooper truth
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deadly_pudding posted:Machi Koro is kinda interesting as like a palate cleanser between "real games". Obviously you can't make any real strategic decisions because everything hinges on your die roll, but you can still make a pretty devastating little engine by stacking up multiple effects in that 5-7 range, especially the red cards that let you steal money from people on their die roll. Yeah we hit the dominant strategy in literally the first game we played. Buy every convenience store, then buy either the landmark that lets you reroll a die or the shopping mall that gives you a bonus We tried a second one to see if it was a fluke, but no, it's repeatable in every game. The designer's response to the criticism in a BGG thread was "Don't let you opponent do that, buy those cards first!"  X-Wing Miniatures has a lot of dice. And it's a great game too.
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Deathlove posted:quoting for yooper truth There was some goon named literally Yooper in the wargames thread. Where is he now? I feel like that's every Yooper on the forums hanging out in board game threads. We don't have much to do over winter 
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Mister Sinewave posted:Age of Thieves and Crisis and The Colonists look pretty interesting. Mostly The Colonists but I can't help but be interested in the other two right off the bat. I'm severely turned off by the fact that Age of Thieves has a board that depicts the city in broad daylight, while the theme is thieves sneaking around at night and stealing precious treasure. Most if not all of the box art and card art depicts scenes at night, it's just the game board that breaks this rule. Very lazy art direction. By the way, the main inspiration for the game are the Gentlemen Bastard novels, which are very good if you like that kind of stuff. Highly recommended.
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deadly_pudding posted:Machi Koro is kinda interesting as like a palate cleanser between "real games". Obviously you can't make any real strategic decisions because everything hinges on your die roll, but you can still make a pretty devastating little engine by stacking up multiple effects in that 5-7 range, especially the red cards that let you steal money from people on their die roll. My friend tried to play Machi Koro with her parents, they complained it was too hard and they didn't understand the concept. 
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PerniciousKnid posted:My friend tried to play Machi Koro with her parents, they complained it was too hard and they didn't understand the concept. On New Year's Eve I tried to play sushi go with some of my extended family and they were completely unable to grasp it. Some people just aren't cut out for games I guess.
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S.J. posted:I'd recommend this also. Roll for the Galaxy too, but I have no clue if it's any good two player. Roll is good with 2, it's one of my wife's favorite games for us to play.
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theroachman posted:I'm severely turned off by the fact that Age of Thieves has a board that depicts the city in broad daylight, while the theme is thieves sneaking around at night and stealing precious treasure. Hah, I hadn't caught onto that. That is unfortunate.
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Please tell me the game sucks and not to pre-order it other wise my poor wallet will hate you.
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jivjov posted:2nd edition Dominion stuff is starting to show up at retail, my FLGS had both the new full size boxes and the upgrade packs out yesterday. The upgrades are so tiny! They really took they whole "keep the cost as low as possible" seriously Boy, you weren't kidding! https://www.instagram.com/p/BLb8lNuDBIv/
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Oct 11, 2016 22:07
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I consider that A Good Thing. The boxes are useless once you extract their contents.
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Shadow225 posted:I consider that A Good Thing. The boxes are useless once you extract their contents. Agreed. I keep all my cards in a huge binder. By the way, the card quality feels the same as the previous Rio Grande versions, but the artwork is top tier Dominion.
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theroachman posted:I'm severely turned off by the fact that Age of Thieves has a board that depicts the city in broad daylight, while the theme is thieves sneaking around at night and stealing precious treasure. Most if not all of the box art and card art depicts scenes at night, it's just the game board that breaks this rule. Very lazy art direction. On the other hand, having everything muted and dark makes for a really poor play experience when you have to stare at the board to read it.
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I grabbed Imhotep because I'm a sucker for Egyptian themed anything and was pleasantly surprised that there is an actual game in there. I'm not sure there any actual depp strategy, but it was a nice way to spend 40 minutes.
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Shadow225 posted:I consider that A Good Thing. The boxes are useless once you extract their contents. Plus there's the much higher weight/size ratio.
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Oldstench posted:I grabbed Imhotep because I'm a sucker for Egyptian themed anything and was pleasantly surprised that there is an actual game in there. I'm not sure there any actual depp strategy, but it was a nice way to spend 40 minutes. Were you not expecting "an actual game" from it? It was nominated in the same award category as Karuba and Codenames.
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Arriving late to the loads of dice discussion. steam punk rally is a genuinely good game, and I'd also put forward for consideration Kings Forge as a good dice heavy game. You're building a dice pool and manipulating it through resource allocation and action selection to try and fill specific weapon and armor orders. For a game with squillions of dice it's actually very strategic and doesn't feel chaotic at all
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Rumda posted:Please tell me the game sucks and not to pre-order it other wise my poor wallet will hate you. I'll tell you Thursday night. The Colonists I thought about checking out, but apparently it's multiplayer solitaire.
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Dirk the Average posted:Any thoughts on Star Trek: Ascendancy? A friend of mine is a big fan of both Star Trek and dice, so the game mechanics seem well suited to his interests. After one play I found that thre is no reason to play this game in a world where Eclipse and Starcraft/Forbidden Stars exist. It's only innovative feature was how planets were placed.
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Harvey Mantaco posted:I actually own this and wasn't able to put in the time to attend the appropriate community college courses to gain the basic fundamentals to play gently caress this games rulebook. We had to start over twice due to loving up the rules, but I played Neanderthal for the first time in a year last weekend and it was actually surprisingly accessible and fast paced once we had some idea of what we were supposed to be doing. At least, compared to Pax.
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Roll for the Galaxy is fun with 2 but I really like it with the chaotic tempo of 4 or 5 players. How's the expansion Ambition?
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I've only played Ambition once with two people, but it's the best kind of expansion. It adds just a bit more complexity to the base game while increasing your options a lot. You start with a black die that has two symbols on each face, including getting money immediately for using it for certain phases (I think it was like 5 months ago). It also adds some more base tiles, and a new die type. You could easily throw it in with base game, and have no trouble teaching it. It's good.
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Papes posted:On New Year's Eve I tried to play sushi go with some of my extended family and they were completely unable to grasp it. At least sushi has drafting and multiple scoring rules. Machi Koro is just rolling dice and reading the numbers.
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canyoneer posted:Yeah we hit the dominant strategy in literally the first game we played. Buy every convenience store, then buy either the landmark that lets you reroll a die or the shopping mall that gives you a bonus It's hilarious to me that everyone complains that there's one obvious, broken strategy, but they're all complaining about different strategies. I've read the exact same thing about stacking cheese/furniture factories, or mines, or tuna boats.
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