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What board games have you played this week (to 12th June)?
Personally I've received Earth and managed to get in a game at two players and another at five. I like the big stack of cards and the fact it plays so fast, but I think I prefer Ark Nova, which adds the tile laying puzzle too.
Earth does look funky by the end though, with all the shoots sprouting up from the table.
Also managed to get in a couple of rounds of Fugitive, the card based hidden movement game from Tim Fowers. I think this is an excellent little game to fill half an hour at the end of the evening. I keep eyeing up the events cards it comes with but have not yet been brave enough to actually play with them.
What have you all been playing?
Nice, personally glad to see more tabletop focused content here.
I like long complicated euros and economic games, but my weekly group has basically fallen apart since COVID. I can sometimes short and simple stuff played with another group
I've been playing a lot of The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, and some Decrypto (online on BGA).
I played some Soviet Kitchen in-person, an pretty simple app-driven game about color mixing.
It's maybe more of a puzzle than a game but I finished the last part of the excellent puzzle mystery box The Emerald Flame.
Recently picked up the rest of the expansions for Spirit Island, and Red Cathedral, so I'm itching to get those played, but no idea when that'll be.
Did you play The Quest for Planet Nine? I think I personally prefer Quest over Mission, but that seems to be a minority opinion.
Yeah, I've played both. I've played a lot of trick-taking games and personally just find the tasks in Deep Sea more interesting than just winning certain cards in a particular order.
Decrypto is excellent, really love that game. But it's a struggle to teach.
Started playing Blades in the Dark with my group. Also planning on a Wildsea campaign in the near future too.
I recently Recieved my Kickstarter edition of The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls Requim card game and played it with my wife once, and then with a few buddies of mine last night for the second time. I like it, but I want to play it more to understand all of the mechanics and specific word definitions. Anyone else play? Or was anyone else part of the kickstarter?
Played at the weekly MTG night last week, got to try the new Grixis Archfiend deck in Pioneer and ran it to an undefeated record. Would be thrilled to chat about magic if anyone else on here is a fan!
Love the username! Yea we have a couple big fans here, mostly EDH I think (surprise, surprise) but I try to keep up with constructed as well. Now that we’ve got some new blood here I should create a magic thread and see if there’s support for some more regular MTG discussion.
I am an avid MTG player, I'd love to see some more regular discussion! I mostly draft and play EDH, recently been running an Orzhov sac deck.
Oh nice! Elas il-Kor? Lately I’ve been thinking how to retool my Selesnya humans deck into four colour humans for Aragon, the Uniter.
Yes! Very nice! Pretty excited for the LotR set myself.
I'd be up for that! Don't play much EDH myself these days -- ever since it got rebranded Commander and got 1000 cards per year printed for it, it lost the charm. I've been playing 60 card formats for the better part of two decades now, but know that I'm in the minority compared to 100 card enjoyers.
Maybe it makes sense to make a spoiler thread when new sets are being spoiled? I think Commander Masters spoilers start up in a couple weeks.
That is a great idea, let's do that!
If you have the luxury, look into PR-EDH, which is basically old school EDH; it has the same rules, but the last legal set is New Phyrexia.
I've been playing some 5e with friends recently, but I've been wanting to set up a dungeon world campaign for some time now.
Does anyone here have experience with DMing dungeon world and have any setup tips for a new DM?
Been trying to get my local group together to play Brass: Birmingham for the first time, but that hasn't been going well. Luckily, I finally discovered BGA, so I have been playing a lot of wingspan, Carcassonne and splendor there.
I actually just played it for the first time this past week! What's holding your group back? Once you start playing it genuinely isn't as overwhelming as it might seem to a new player. Maybe you could start them off with just playing the canal era and seeing how they feel?
They’re new to board games so they’re definitely overwhelmed. All the games I’ve introduced to them so far they’ve loved and luckily there’s been some 5 minute YouTube clips for quick rules. But with brass all the rules videos are pretty long. I’ve watched some games so I think I have a good enough understanding to get them to commit though.
Did you enjoy it?
I did! My group watched the rules video and honestly, I think that was a mistake. It does go very in depth, but I feel like it takes far too long. I think you can go over the basics (turn structure, what you can do on a turn, resources/networks) in just a couple minutes and explain more as more concepts become relevant, such as ending the era/differences between rail and canal.
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I played Brass: Birmingham for the first time this week, and WOW, what a game!
Despite being pretty complex, it was actually really easy to pick up and understand, while still allowing for strategic depth. Everything seems to balance out quite well, with players incentivized to provide resources to other players, and it never seemed like someone was untouchable in the lead (at least until the last few turns). Overall, fantastic game and I know I'll be playing it again soon.
I attend/co-organise a weekly boardgames meetup group, plus occasionally attend some others. So...
Last week, I played Terraforming Mars. Again. A few players in the group have been in a fad of liking this game over the past couple of months, and I'm always happy to join in.
I picked up New York Zoo by Feuerland Spiele distributed by Capstone Games. It is a super cute family friendly game where you try to fill up your zoo the fastest. This is assisted by breeding the animals, such as meerkats, flamingo, artic foxes, penguings, etc. Once the enclosure if fully bred with a species, you can trade it in for amusement park amenities or rides, which will help fill up your board spaces. Very simple game and super cute designs.
Now that I am coming off the high that Subnautica gave me, I've been bouncing between my childhood comfort games; Command and Conquer: Generals, Neverwinter Nights, and Worms Armageddon.
I've been longing for a fresh RPG experience for some time, but I haven't pulled the trigger on anything. I'm a fan of the Souls games and I really enjoyed the Witcher, but I'm feeling in the mood for something a little more on the traditional side of fantasy RPG's that offers a variety of classes and/or character builds. Two that have stuck out for me are Dragon's Dogma and Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning. If any of you can vouch for either of those games or can think of an RPG that would scratch that itch, I'd love to hear your feedback.
I've picked up Warframe this week. I'm really enjoying it.
Nice to see tabletop-related stuff! I've been playing Oath lately, and enjoying it a lot. The cute aesthetics hide under them a proper full wargame, I like it a ton. The combat, despite being seemingly a little random with all the dice you're rolling, has quite a bit of depth for which to make strategies around, I find.
The "persistence" of the world is an interesting element as well, especially since most people's game started from the same "seed" but progressed differently as different factions took over the land and moved the capital. It's a very interesting experience that keeps making me come back to the table for more of it.
I've played Oath I think six times now. It's interesting game for sure but I really struggle to remember all the different things I need to watch. It has a lot of moving parts.
I'm also curious as to what Cole's next game, Arcs, will look like.
I played a ton of Coup back in University and then lost my copy, and only just got a new one five years later. God, playing it again reminded me why it was the all time favourite for us back then. Nothing feels better than successfully winning a game you were dealt two Contessas in by bluffing throughout :D
Have you played Skull? (Also known as Skull and Roses.)
Yes, that one is fantastic too!
I've been playing a lot of legacy in paper (MTG) and been super enjoying it at my LGS. We've managed to gather about 5-6 of us on a weekly basis who play legacy before/after the main event of modern or pioneer.
I've also been very tempted by the NISEI version of android netrunner. Has anyone here played it and would they recommend it?
EDIT: also my weekly pathfinder game has been put on hold while we wait for Kingmaker to be released on Foundry. I know Abomination vaults is a well loved Adventure but I think the players prefer less combat and more social elements/ problem solving. Any recommendations for an adventure path on foundry that we can play in the meantime?
I finally got to play TBOI: Four Souls Requiem in person. My friend supported the kickstarter 2 years ago. It has been much more fun then playing it on tabletop sim, it has really made everyone i played with feel more invested in winning and it made for wacky teaming shenanigans or some insane bluffing gambits.
Finally managed to convince my friends to play a session of Blades in the Dark. I really love the system, especially coming from PF2e (which I also like, but can be a bit of a slog sometimes)
My D&D group switched to Pathfinder 2e the last few sessions. It's definitely a learning curve using a new system after using D&D 5e for like 95% of my tabletop experience. The 3 action economy sounded pretty crazy at first, but now actually playing it I realize how many things our party has been wanting to do takes multiple actions, or certain spells can be cast with greater potency if you use more actions.
I have not heard of Earth or Fugitive, I'll have to look into them. This weekend I will be getting some plays of my favorite board game, Sidereal Confluence. I have not played any game that gives a similar experience, it's such an incredible game. For those that have played, has there been any other games that have felt similar or have interactions like it? We always play with a 10 minute round timer, I think the experience is better with that fire lit under everyone's butt.
I've played Sidereal just the once. It was actually a pretty cool experience, though we played five player on a tiny pub table and there were cards literally sprawled everywhere whilst we all called out things like "who needs a large brown".
I enjoyed the play but it was quite manic and I don't think it's something I could play too often.
In terms of games that are similar. Probably Chinatown in terms of trading.
Yea, the game is a crazy table hog. When we have a big game going we have to bring out side tables for some peoples stuff, haha. The manic energy of it is a big part of the draw for me I think. I have heard of Chinatown but never actually played it. I'll have to give it a go!
Not to limit your post, but there's a regularly scheduled post about what people are playing that's about 2 hours old at the moment and not limited to video games: https://tild.es/163v
Ah, I did not see that as I'm interested only in board games and most of ~games seemed to be video game related.
Then this is the perfect post! I've added the tags
board gamesandcard gamesto reflect that. Hope that helps.It's largely driven by video games yes, but people will post tabletop updates as well. E.g.: https://tildes.net/~games/15kx/what_games_have_you_been_playing_and_whats_your_opinion_on_them#comment-7w4w