One board game I liked a lot but is apparently hard to buy new now is RoboRally. Is it true you can't buy it anymore?RoboRally went out of print, but I believe that a new edition of it just came out.
― The Yellow Kid, Sunday, 5 February 2006 06:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Ticket To Ride is very, very light (and isn't it one of those games where the 2nd version, Europe, fixed some problems in the first?) but it's certainly fun enough.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 5 February 2006 09:32 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 11 March 2006 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Juliaa would still like Puerto Rico.
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 11 March 2006 02:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 11 March 2006 02:58 (eighteen years ago) link
This is how I managed to convince my ex to play, and he spent all his time trying to make his courtyard symmetrical, and somehow he won, despite generally not being very good at games.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 11 March 2006 06:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Oltremare is okay, I think I might just be tired of free-trading games.
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 00:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 01:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 03:46 (eighteen years ago) link
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― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 03:59 (eighteen years ago) link
But I actually haven't played that many "conquer the world" type games. I'm sure there's a relevant GeekList on BGG.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 04:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Louis XIV, still.Ingenius a bit (That wacky Knizia and his ridiculously simple ideas!)Goldbrau, which is just the daftest, most sweetly inconsequential thing ever to play with beer and laughing when you're done with realer games, it says "the cleverest businessman wins" on the box but nothing could be further from the truth. I really like it!
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 16:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=3818
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― kingfish cyclopean ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 27 July 2006 05:02 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Gravel Puzzleworth, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Played Settlers of Catan over the weekend while in Southend with friends, and it was wicked, so yesterday I bought us a copy, too.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 11:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I miss playing Settlers of Catan.Also, Cranium, but mostly for the blue cards that made you draw things with your eyes closed or build stuff out of clay that went moldy after a couple years.Also, Poleconomy, because it's horribly designed so there's no way everyone playing doesn't become a millionaire, even/especially during inflation. It was probably a neo-con invention meant to bring all the fun of uncapped capitalism to the family board game, but as it's the most boring premise for a game ever (think Monopoly without any sense of charity, community chest, or housing) I doubt any little kids were ever converted.
― I love a man in chloroform (salsa shark), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link
If you like Settlers, then I would recommend Puerto Rico, made by the same people. German board games rock!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
i like scrabble
― Fake Tuomas (ken c), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Puerto Rico wasn't made by the same people (different designer, different publisher), but it is a significantly awesome game. A little tricky to learn at first but everyone I've shown it to gets the idea about halfway through the first game and ends up loving it.
― Casuistry, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Is anybody here on Little Golem?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Sunday, 6 December 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks to a random Berkeley dude liquidating his massive game collection at fire sale prices my gaming shelf is well stock for the coming winter months. Some favorites and recommendations for your game nights.
Pandemic. Four player cooperative disease eradication. It's you (and bros) vs the board. The board wins about 60% of the time. Tense and easy to teach. If you have kids there is a similar but slightly lighter game called Forbidden Island.
Dominion. A non collectible card game where all players are building their decks in real time from a shared pool of 10 kingdom cards. No two games are ever alike thanks to a randomizer deck that changes the kingdom card lineup.
Dixit. A surrealist visual improvement of Apples to Apples. Won a "game of the year" award in Germany which is kinda a big deal. Players take turns telling a story then laying down an image from their hand. Each other player selects an image from their hand that matches the story. Everyone guesses which is the storyteller's card. You have to be vague and clever but not overly so.
Anyone else have any recommendations?
― The Macallan 18 Year, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I like those 3 games. Panademic seems a bit less strategic but then again that can be a good for some groups of people (like a group with lots of BGG newbs).
Off the top of my head I'd suggest Bang the Bullet. It can be very random (low strategy) but it is very fun, especially with a large group.
A bunch of Euro strategy games that are in the top 100 games list on BoardGameGeek.com are fun (browse all games and the list should come up).
RoboRally is a really solid game
I tried to make a board game thread earlier this year but it didn't last very long
― @( * O * )@ (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
has anyone here played 'The Making of the President 1960' or whatever it's called
― thomp, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
(is the book that well known that calling the board game that makes sense? what was wrong with NIXON V KENNEDY exactly?)
― thomp, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I've played Twilight Struggle by the same guys that did Making of the President.
It's really fun (if you play USSR)
Hope this helps!!1
― The Macallan 18 Year, Thursday, 29 July 2010 04:53 (fourteen years ago) link
bf and i tried it once & thought it was p boring? seemed to take 4ever... but also we are really bad about not reading the rules properly and all at once, so end up wasting a lot of time arguing over the rules later, while playing.
― TEEN LESBIAN (Lamp), Thursday, 29 July 2010 04:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I agree with you about Pandemic, sometimes it feels more like group puzzle solving than game playing. I try to stress to new players that you should take YOUR turn and only give advice when asked. Don't be a butt-in-ski. My advice is rarely heeded.
More gamez...
Arkham Horror Another coop game, this one set in the Lovecraft Cthulhu universe. You play investigators attempting to seal otherworldly portals before the great old one (end boss) is awakened. Great theme, kinda fiddly, and plays up to 8 people (about 1 hour per player :( )
Carson City Very strategic game where you place cowboy workers on the board to build the town of Carson City. Unlike other WP games like Caylus or Stone Age spots on the board can be dueled for, creating a lot of player interaction and fun. This is probably my favorite game right now.
― The Macallan 18 Year, Thursday, 29 July 2010 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
there is a noise board dnd thread that - in classic old meets new fashion - starts with like 800 gigantic images, all of which are now dead links
― the late great, Monday, 28 November 2022 23:04 (one year ago) link
aldo, see here:
The incredible austerity of D&D in 1980
― sleeve, Monday, 28 November 2022 23:12 (one year ago) link
that's the most active RPG thread in my memory, I tell stories from the 80s
(and 70s)
― sleeve, Monday, 28 November 2022 23:13 (one year ago) link
the new yorker article is great
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 03:01 (one year ago) link
Any recommendations for a game for an 11 year old boy, to play with the family? I've found quite a few hippy nature ones, I think I want to go a bit cooler, space themed if possible.
― ledge, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 10:38 (one year ago) link
Galaxy Trucker. You each have to put together a spaceship from loads of pieces, like a competetive puzzle. Then you have to fly that spaceship to its destination, and hope the hodgepodge of elements will see off the asteroids, pirates, slavers and other misfortune that might come your way.
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 12:48 (one year ago) link
That was in my long list so I'll go for it, thanks!
― ledge, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 13:43 (one year ago) link
I love it, am always playing it with my 8yo, but very much with training wheels on, so I reckon it should keep an 11yo involved, but also not scare off the rest of the family.
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 13:46 (one year ago) link
Yeah my first thought was Galaxy Trucker but there are guns etc (although purely defensive) if that isn't what you're after. (Solely based on "hippy nature" as a prompt.)
Tiny Epic Galaxies, Chimera Station, Asking For Trobils all good but don't know how in print the last two are which would probably be my recs. I'd also say Loop Inc but I think it's too complicated.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
if you think they could handle a worker placement / tile laying game, i have black angel and think it is pretty cool. i think a sharp 11 year old could swing it.
― the late great, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 14:31 (one year ago) link
on the other hand might be a bit too much, give the 2-3 hr play time, plus i think shifting victory conditions could be especially confusing for some kids
― the late great, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 14:34 (one year ago) link
Yeah 2-3 hours is a bit long. Thanks for all the suggestions, I've bought Galaxy Trucker.
― ledge, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Galaxy Trucker is one of the few games I can think of that uses dexterity and a fun theme but is surprisingly strategic. Great choice for an 11yo I think!
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
galaxy trucker is classic, also you just unburied a memory of a different game i played like a decade ago that was a space 4x strategy game except movement around the board was done by finger flicking your wooden disk spaceship crokinole-style
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
I wasn't sure whether Galaxy Trucker truly counts as dexterity but I would be very bad at the game you describe, regardless of how strategic it is
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
you just unburied a memory of a different game i played like a decade ago that was a space 4x strategy game except movement around the board was done by finger flicking your wooden disk spaceship crokinole-style
this sounds very fun! if you remember the title...
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
Ascending Empires was the title, looks like it's actually getting a new edition next year
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
Thank you!
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
Does anyone else here play on https://boardgamearena.com/? My game night crew have been having a lot of fun with Decrypto (which is a twist on Codenames).
― Albert Canoe (Leee), Friday, 28 July 2023 17:34 (one year ago) link