Kiranamos posted:

Holy poo poo, this is some galaxy brain DIY

https://youtu.be/aXqi5PULMqg

bobvonunheil posted:

Little notes attached with safety pins are a nice thematic way to do it

Baron Fuzzlewhack posted:

Aramoro posted:

Board gamers, and especially ones that play at game stores (Because no one will invite them to their houses), are garbage people and you should not associate with them.

Gutter Owl posted:

Said it before, say it again: Pictures is solely an expansion to regular Codenames or Duet. You use it in the 5x5 mixed pictures and words variant, to get the players to forcibly juggle their visual and linguistic processing centers back and forth until they're dizzy. That's it.

Kiranamos posted:

Who wants to add like 4 extra layers of mentally parsing clues in a party game

Casnorf posted:

Spirit Island also is one of the few games I've ever seen to integrate the theme into the components, and for that I will love it forever and ever. It's so clever and straightforward it's no wonder I'd never seen it before. Got me thinkin', it did.

Morpheus posted:

All the tokens related to the island, like spirit presence and dahan, are made of wood. All the invader pieces are white plastic, and blight is grey plastic.

Lampsacus posted:

In line with the current discussion of players verbally coercing others to do their bidding, the absolute worst I've come across was a friend who wouldn't shut up. He wouldn't stop telling you that your move is suboptimal and then goad you with "NO. You must tell me why this move is better than the move I propose and then the game can continue." He would move players pieces back if he thought there was a better move. He would cite forum posts on boardgamegeek and demand everybody min/max according to his understanding of the game. Even in social deduction games like resistance he kept saying stuff like "actually statistically you should vote this. all feelings don't count, only voting records track." oh yeah he would record everybody's vote for sending ppl on missions. What's worse is he'd bring along a friend who was very similar and would agree with him. I guess they're off somewhere now, playing chess with AI aids and having aneurysms.

Redundant posted:

I remember that people like that exist and it blows my mind every time.

dwarf74 posted:

We are about 45 sessions in, and same. I look forward to it every time we bring it to the table.

So far, from the new class previews, it seems to be a mix of the first and third, with more emphasis on the first. They look solid, but also definitely fiddlier than the basic GH classes like Brute, Scoundrel, etc. It's definitely aiming for a more 'advanced' experience than the basic box, and it seems like improving your settlement and collecting resources will be a high-priority undertaking. I haven't seen much sign that the increased complexity will be 'needless' as opposed to 'giving experienced players some new buttons to press' but time, as always, will tell.

Afriscipio posted:

Recent replays of Archipelago have left me with the nagging suspicion that colonial themes in games might be bad. If felt like I needed several plays of Spirit Island afterwards to cleanse my guilt.

Bottom Liner posted:

Clash of Cultures big box coming late this year. I know some folks here are big fans

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/...ZdTn8mK1J14pQq0

Afriscipio posted:

no.

Redundant posted:

Maybe I will console myself and just pick up Resistance Avalon instead.