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Context posted:What kind of thrift stores are you going to? I’ve never seen a board game made after 1980 in one - I’d love to find something like that once, let alone multiple times. Seriously mine are always 95 copies of various Trivial Pursuits and some Monopolies.
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You just have to have a regular one you can pass through semi frequently. I picked up super motherlode at one once. Once a nearby warehouse liquidated their stock and a ton of Mayfair games were out.
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Dec 29, 2019 20:15
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I played Tapestry for the first time on Friday. Myself and the other two players agreed that we never wanted to play it again.
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Dec 29, 2019 20:21
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deadwing posted:And none of those games are going to have a review copy blitz, so they're not going to make it on lists like this unless the reviewers are already into those kind of games. Meanwhile, a secret admirer keeps sending Hollandspiele games to random big name reviewers
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Dec 29, 2019 20:28
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Thinking about picking up Lignum. Y/N?
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Rusty Kettle posted:Alright, I amend my statement. When severe punishment happens like elimination or a reset without any player agency, that game is bad. My original reply was more tongue in cheek, since I know of some people who don't like the splotter philosophy of first-turn-matters because "you can lose in the first 15 minutes." It's reasonable to want to have a distinction between ok/fine/mediocre and bad. I've been using those terms myself but occasionally dip into calling mediocre games bad when I feel that dislike against track climbing worker placement (with a twist!) midweight euros rising again.
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My girlfriend's brother gave us Zombie-opoly for Christmas. It's kind of like Monopoly, but with zombies. Do you get it? I've just been staring at it, dumbfounded by the realization that when many people hear that we like board games, have a board gaming group, that we have hosted game nights multiple times per month for years, they really think we're getting together and playing things like this. I'm not sure if this is making me sad or angry or both or neither. I'm just bewildered right now. We have a Twilight Imperium game scheduled this Saturday. I have Third Edition and Shattered Empire. We've never played this before, any tips?
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Dec 30, 2019 02:16
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People not in this hobby have no idea about it. Maybe you can trade the game but it's nice people tried.
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Reynold posted:My girlfriend's brother gave us Zombie-opoly for Christmas. It's kind of like Monopoly, but with zombies. Do you get it? I've just been staring at it, dumbfounded by the realization that when many people hear that we like board games, have a board gaming group, that we have hosted game nights multiple times per month for years, they really think we're getting together and playing things like this. I'm not sure if this is making me sad or angry or both or neither. I'm just bewildered right now. Buy TI4? My mom, knowing all about my boardgame hobby, and having a CSI and Amazon list I provided in an email (with plenty of options from cheap to expensive), bought me this as a serious gift two Christmases ago: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171091/tootsie-roll-dice-game I think you just roll dice as fast as you can until you spell Tootsie.
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Reynold posted:My girlfriend's brother gave us Zombie-opoly for Christmas. It's kind of like Monopoly, but with zombies. Do you get it? I've just been staring at it, dumbfounded by the realization that when many people hear that we like board games, have a board gaming group, that we have hosted game nights multiple times per month for years, they really think we're getting together and playing things like this. I'm not sure if this is making me sad or angry or both or neither. I'm just bewildered right now. It doesn't mean people are stupid. It means some people are too lazy/thoughtless to do basic research for a Christmas gift.
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Dec 30, 2019 04:05
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Reynold posted:My girlfriend's brother gave us Zombie-opoly for Christmas. It's kind of like Monopoly, but with zombies. Do you get it? I've just been staring at it, dumbfounded by the realization that when many people hear that we like board games, have a board gaming group, that we have hosted game nights multiple times per month for years, they really think we're getting together and playing things like this. I'm not sure if this is making me sad or angry or both or neither. I'm just bewildered right now. Pick the Femur piece, it's lucky
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is there a vampire edition of monopoly or did they decide regular monopoly fit that well enough do not @ me with twilight monopoly this is just a cheap socialist joke ok
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Fellis posted:do not @ me with twilight monopoly this is just a cheap socialist joke ok 
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If i know someone has a hobby, I avoid giving them stuff to do w/ it because they're probably insane snobs and I'd wrong them someway. I give them all boardgames instead.
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Dec 30, 2019 10:21
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Mr. Squishy posted:If i know someone has a hobby, I avoid giving them stuff to do w/ it because they're probably insane snobs and I'd wrong them someway. I give them all boardgames instead. This is a great plan. I just give everyone alcohol
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Dec 30, 2019 10:22
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So, the only winner is the corporation that sells this poo poo to idiots who buy it for "ironic" gifts? While we're at rebranded versions of bad games, it's been brought to my attention that Kingdom Hearts Talisman exists. And Batman Talisman. I wonder how long until there's a Monopoly Talisman or Talisman Monopoly (with the possible addition of Munchkin for maximum monstrosity). Pierzak fucked around with this message at 11:20 on Dec 30, 2019 |
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Dec 30, 2019 10:29
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I got Socialist Monopoly for Christmas from my Brother-in-law who is a Catan/TtR/Pandemic gamer :sadtrombone:
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djfooboo posted:I got Socialist Monopoly for Christmas from my Brother-in-law who is a Catan/TtR/Pandemic gamer :sadtrombone: But why? Even if he's a massive tit paying money for that kind of junk just leads to more of it happening
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Dec 30, 2019 13:13
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My partner's brother and his wife are light boardgamers, which is usually great during family get togethers. However, one year we gave them Codenames Pictures for Xmas... and they gave us Lanterns. This is better than Monopoly Socialism LOL, of course, but a reminder that even people into the same hobby can have different levels of interest.
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Dec 30, 2019 14:56
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I tell people not to buy me boardgames as a present because my tastes are kind of unscrutable and esoteric, even to myself.
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Dec 30, 2019 14:59
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tbh if I got Monopoly Gamer Sonic edition as an xmas gift I'd be pretty ecstatic.
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My partner got me a Monopoly t-shirt for Christmas and she knew exactly what she was doing.
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Tekopo posted:I tell people not to buy me boardgames as a present because my tastes are kind of unscrutable and esoteric, even to myself. This is our policy. Even there, we received a copy of Gloom, which only one of us likes, and which we already own.
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My mother in law bought us Patchwork, even though all she knew about our board gaming tastes is "we like board games". I feel like I won the lottery as far as "relatives blindly buying me a board game" goes.
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Selecta84 posted:Thinking about picking up Lignum. Lignum is among my favorite euros, love the mind games in this one
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Mr. Squishy posted:If i know someone has a hobby, I avoid giving them stuff to do w/ it because they're probably insane snobs and I'd wrong them someway. I give them all boardgames instead. I assume you choose games with appropriately matched themes.
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Dec 30, 2019 22:46
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Played Cooper Island for the first time yesterday. Incredibly good brain-burny puzzle. About as multi-player solitaire as any euro where the primary interaction is racing for certain spaces or victory conditions, but I don't mind that. The spatial puzzle of stacking up the island with tiles and pulling resources into and out of storage was way more satisfying than I thought it'd be. Among the year's best for me.
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Memnaelar posted:Played Cooper Island for the first time yesterday. Incredibly good brain-burny puzzle. About as multi-player solitaire as any euro where the primary interaction is racing for certain spaces or victory conditions, but I don't mind that. The spatial puzzle of stacking up the island with tiles and pulling resources into and out of storage was way more satisfying than I thought it'd be. Among the year's best for me. The game is so tight. I’m sure I can do better, but my best score is 25. I wonder if it’s not too scripted - it feels like you need to be hitting those milestones consistently to stay in the running. I agree that it’s a pretty lonely game.
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I won our inaugural game 30 - 27 - 20. The difference maker was getting my second victory condition for an extra 3 points. I had two Royal Orders for 11 points total (8 and 3) and the other players managed 5 and 3 respectively on their chosen single Orders, so they're definitely important (I doubt someone could win without getting points from at least one) but the second place player could have beaten me if he'd either blocked my second mark or just scored maximum points on his first and we took wildly different paths (I was all income boats and deliveries whereas he was VERY heavy on buildings) to get there. I don't get the sense that it's a scripted game at all, although there might be a few "ideal" opening types.
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Memnaelar posted:I won our inaugural game 30 - 27 - 20. The difference maker was getting my second victory condition for an extra 3 points. I had two Royal Orders for 11 points total (8 and 3) and the other players managed 5 and 3 respectively on their chosen single Orders, so they're definitely important (I doubt someone could win without getting points from at least one) but the second place player could have beaten me if he'd either blocked my second mark or just scored maximum points on his first and we took wildly different paths (I was all income boats and deliveries whereas he was VERY heavy on buildings) to get there. I don't get the sense that it's a scripted game at all, although there might be a few "ideal" opening types. I used scripted, and I agree it’s not accurate. I mean to say it seems like you need to be going two of one thing, two of another thing, and then whatever’s cheapest. If you haven’t hit your third worker by turn 2 you’re in serious trouble. But I’ve only played a couple games, maybe that would change with more experience.
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Papes posted:Lignum is among my favorite euros, love the mind games in this one Perfect. Already ordered it and it should be here by thursday or so.
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Haven't kept up with the thread much lately. What's the consensus on Wingspan? Wife loves it but I find it just super dull. I even like the subject matter, but the game mechanics are like a much dumber version of castles of burgundy, like a luck focused point salad.
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Pander posted:Haven't kept up with the thread much lately. What's the consensus on Wingspan? Wife loves it but I find it just super dull. I even like the subject matter, but the game mechanics are like a much dumber version of castles of burgundy, like a luck focused point salad. Great production values for a more complex version of War.
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Dec 31, 2019 09:17
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We used to think it was bad but there was some pushback and now we think it's fine BUT that being fine is bad.
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Mr. Squishy posted:We used to think it was bad but there was some pushback and now we think it's fine BUT that being fine is bad. Not so much "bad" as "there's better games to play". Ten years ago Wingspan would have been a decent addition to a collection, now it's overshadowed. I was talking about Wingspan with a friend at the last games group of the year (my final count for 2019: 316 plays of 161 unique games) and his comment summed it up: "I wouldn't bring it to this group, but non-gamers love it. And if they love this, they'll see what else is out there". It's a gateway game, and we are not gateway gamers.
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I haven't played Wingspan for a little while because if I get a group willing to play a midweight euro for a few hours I'd rather play Concordia. In its defence though I have enjoyed my plays of it just fine and some of my non gamer friends quickly made the transition from not having a clue to understanding the game, it has now kind of become my yardstick for complexity with them. In unrelated news I went to a boardgames meet up with a friend and one of the guys there had a spreadsheet with all of his games that had information about best group size, average play time, complexity etc. I'm jealous and might have to steal that idea.
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Redundant posted:I haven't played Wingspan for a little while because if I get a group willing to play a midweight euro for a few hours I'd rather play Concordia. In its defence though I have enjoyed my plays of it just fine and some of my non gamer friends quickly made the transition from not having a clue to understanding the game, it has now kind of become my yardstick for complexity with them. Just use one of the apps that uses your bgg collection to work this out for you
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My aunt asked me to host an event for her book club as a “game guru”: teach a game, guide the group, serve an associated drink or snack. I was thinking of some pairings like Werewolf and Bloody Marys, or Azul and Sangrias. I’ve even served Earl Grey hosting John Company to other groups in the past. So since tonight is the best holiday to get shitfaced for, what drinks would you guys associate with board games?
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An Infamous Traffic and opium?
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Viking games and mead or racing games and champagne imo. Bonus points if you win the race and spray down the room.
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