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I didn't see any mention of this board game here. I just played it with my brother and subsequently picked it up and played it with my wife, and I have to say, this is a great co-op board game. They've really nailed the fun of this where you get new things and meaningful decisions while the difficulty ratchets up nicely. It's hard for any one player to dominate because each character works differently, everyone is forced to work together.
Wondering what other fun new co-op board games people are playing these days? What have you not been able to put down?
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Over the month of May, 13 participants moved 170 games out of their backlogs.
There were 4 standard bingo wins from:
There was 1 anti-bingo win from:
There was 1 traditional bingo blackout from:
There was 1 golf bingo win from:
There were 31 daily posts(!!!) made by:
A big thank you to ALL who participated in the event, whether that was by playing games, joining in conversations, or reading people's posts here.
It has been an absolute blast doing this with everyone. I truly love this event. Thank you all.
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XGames were played on at least 31 different platforms
Players played as at least 38 non-human protagonists:
Also, this doesn't technically count but I'm including it anyway:
The following highlights were aggregated from participants and focus on the whole event or other participants. Thank you to those of you who wrote in! I'm sharing these as written and randomized, though I did make some minor edits: for flow and consistency, to maintain anonymity, to add usernames, and to link to specific comments when needed.
Shout out @J-Chiptunator who played on more consoles than I played games this month
I think one or two people came back to games after a decade, which is really cool to see (u/Wes: Grand Theft Auto V and u/CannibalisticApple: Animal Crossing)
I really enjoyed the heartfelt Animal Crossing write-up by @CannibalisticApple, which made me feel ten years old again.
I thought it was sweet that aphoenix played a game recommended by someone else on the site
@1338's daily recap of the event. While I love the Bingo cards that we've done for the last few, I also really just enjoyed the love of the game and sticking to it every day like a blog.
I want to mention @J-Chiptunator for writing a full novella every other week, in alphabetical order.
There were a couple of callbacks to games played in previous events. I think it's neat that some games are getting shared play over time in these.
@kfwyre choosing a non-Steam/non-PC gaming platform was very cool.
The big one was of course @aphoenix's anti-bingo. That was super clever and well-delivered.
Games given away during the giveaway threads showing up in the Backlog Burner
Fantastic write-ups from so many people. There were so many thoughtful posts about games, and they helped me to structure my own backlog when there was overlap.
I very much enjoyed Wes' post for Golfing Over It with Alva Majo regarding game design, games that defy familiar rules to engage the player, and making improvements after losing progress.
Durinthal @ PAX East
I respect 1338 for playing and posting daily. What a way to burn through the backlog!
aphoenix delivering on his devious plan
Awesome that Wes made the site for this event
@1338 for being the most consistent poster, contributing a new game every single day. Crazy dedication.
@Durinthal playing at PAX East was super cool
Wes doubling up on Archipelago and Backlog Burner
1338 signing off from the event with the Oblivion Remaster
These were highlights that were shared from players that focused on themselves. For these, I have included their names:
u/Eidolon: I want to say that this has been my most successful Backlog Burner yet, because I actually got a couple of games to 100% completion. So the bingo was just a bonus!
u/aphoenix: To anyone else who reads, thank you for participating in an event like this. It's nice to feel connected to people. It's easy to feel splintered and disconnected today, and things like this is exactly what I hoped to get from the internet when I was first playing The 7th Guest years ago. <3 for everyone here!
u/Wes: I moved The Swapper from own library into my backlog based on @aphoenix's write-up here, and @1338 put Sea of Stars on my radar.
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
There's some moral issues about big publishers' business practices. Somehow, almost all racing games for example are EA. Like it's actually crazy lol - so despite wanting to play them, we do not wish to do that. Similarly, a lot of other co-op games are Ubisoft.
So looking for recommendations! Almost any genre and type are appreciated - only exception is games with pixel graphics (just really unpleasant to look at for me).