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Triskelli posted: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. Any wine-making board game. Bootleggers and whiskey.
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Jedit posted: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 dunno. I’ve played a number of older games recently—power grid, modern art, the estates—and I got the inescapable impression that mid weight euros used to be hard, and now are complicated instead. It seems like that particular genre really has gone a little downhill. I’m almost certainly just comparing average games from today with the best games from a decade ago though.
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Bottom Liner posted:An Infamous Traffic and opium? I think he wants to stay out of jail?
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Mayveena posted:I think he wants to stay out of jail? Yes please. Diplomacy and A Broken Bottle is funny but also worth jail time.
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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. It's a mediocre middle-weight euro with low interaction. For people who haven't played many euros or appreciate really nice art, it's worth having. But practically all the thread regulars already have large collections and need to subtract games as much as they need to add games. So a fine middle-weight euro just doesn't cut it.
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Triskelli posted: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. I dunno about WHICH drinks, but Cranium Party Playoff is the best game to play when lotsa alcohol is involved.
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Mayveena posted:I think he wants to stay out of jail? Look, board games can be fun, or they can be fun
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Triskelli posted: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. The obvious one here is Cuba Libre
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Twilight Struggle with whiskey and vodka. Libertalia and rum. Greenland and raw seal blubber. Real suggestion, Sushi Go with sushi and sake.
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Acquire and a Manhattan War of the Ants and grasshoppers Sheriff and a shot every time you're inspected
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Safety Biscuits posted:Twilight Struggle with whiskey and vodka.
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Wing span and chicken. Evolution and steak. Dune and that fuckin sandworm bread thing. dromer posted:War of the Ants and grasshoppers
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When we unwrapped my cousin's copy of Blood Rage I brought along a nice bottle of Mead to celebrate.
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Munchkin and the blood of whoever brought Munchkin.
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Wafflecopper posted:Monopoly and cyanide
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Tekopo posted:No, Joking Hazard and cyanide I think you'll find fun is SUBJECTIVE good sir, you and your hive mind of goons here...
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Crackbone posted:I think you'll find fun is SUBJECTIVE good sir, you and your hive mind of goons here... Hive and honey
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golden bubble posted:It's a mediocre middle-weight euro with low interaction. For people who haven't played many euros or appreciate really nice art, it's worth having. But practically all the thread regulars already have large collections and need to subtract games as much as they need to add games. So a fine middle-weight euro just doesn't cut it. This is a very fair answer. I have Wingspan and its expansion. I mainly got it because I enjoy birds and have a friend who's really into birds but not much of a gamer. I agree with the points above and will add that it's easy to teach and plays fast. Sure, when it comes to engine/tableau builder games, I'd rather play Race for the Galaxy, but it's not as approachable to non-gamers. I'd definitely play Wingspan over the bloated and super long Terraforming Mars.
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Bottom Liner posted:subjective fun is the worst kind Stands to reason that it's also the best kind.
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Fellis posted:City of the Broad Shoulders and Malort Why would you do that to someone?
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Anyone doing the Whose Turn board game convention in Durham just learned about it looks fantastic but it requires an invite.
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To start the new year off here’s the current board goons rankings! https://geekgroup.app/groups/boardgoons/lists/top-rated Happy New Years, hope you get to play lots of good games in 2020. I’m starting the year off with FCM Ketchup and Junk Art arriving Thursday and the Root expansion any day now.
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medchem posted:This is a very fair answer. I have Wingspan and its expansion. I mainly got it because I enjoy birds and have a friend who's really into birds but not much of a gamer. I agree with the points above and will add that it's easy to teach and plays fast. Sure, when it comes to engine/tableau builder games, I'd rather play Race for the Galaxy, but it's not as approachable to non-gamers. I'd definitely play Wingspan over the bloated and super long Terraforming Mars. Yeah for what it’s worth, while the theme of Wingspan doesn’t really make sense, I do think the game is more fun if you love birds. It’s fun how the different birds have traits related to their habitat, prey, and so on.
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nrook posted:Yeah for what it’s worth, while the theme of Wingspan doesn’t really make sense, I do think the game is more fun if you love birds. It’s fun how the different birds have traits related to their habitat, prey, and so on. Wife and I are birders. The neat cards help make the bleh gameplay palatable.
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Tekopo posted:No, Joking Hazard and cyanide 
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