Need last minute Christmas gift recommendation for my sister and her husband. They are big on board games and card games. Munchkin, Cards Against Humanity, Exploding Kittens, etc.
What are some similarly good party games? I'm not sure what all they have at the moment, so all recommendations are welcome.
I have it. It's a pretty direct translation of the board game so it runs well if you know how to play already. If not the tutorial is (or at least was the last time I played) nonexistent. There's also no multiplayer yet, but it is coming. I'd say it's worth it at half off.Scythe is 50% off on Steam, thinking of grabbing it. Anyone has any impressions for it?
I agree. Go Codenames vanilla or Duel. All the other versions are kind of trash.I've specifically had a friend advise against Codenames After Dark because the words get so similar and the dirty content didn't make up for it being really poor compared to the base game.
The one exception I've seen is Harry Potter, which uses the Duet system. It's great to be able to mix the pictures and words, and the extra theme difficulty challenges and special powers for doing a campaign are cool. I don't remember if regular Duet had that.I agree. Go Codenames vanilla or Duel. All the other versions are kind of trash.
I've specifically had a friend advise against Codenames After Dark because the words get so similar and the dirty content didn't make up for it being really poor compared to the base game.
I agree. Go Codenames vanilla or Duel. All the other versions are kind of trash.
The one exception I've seen is Harry Potter, which uses the Duet system. It's great to be able to mix the pictures and words, and the extra theme difficulty challenges and special powers for doing a campaign are cool. I don't remember if regular Duet had that.
Has anyone played Detective A Modern Crime Board Game? Looking to get a new game for this Christmas period and this one is on the list of games that sound interesting. There will 4 or may be 5 of us playing.
I like 7 Wonders Duel better than the base game. It cleans up some fiddly elements and makes a lovely tight duel.Played Sushi Go Party and 7 Wonders Duel this weekend.
Sushi Party Go is REALLY good compared to the base game. We created our own menu that involved a LOT more long game thought and hate drafting, and it was fantastic. The base game is borderline trash in comparison haha.
7 Wonders Duel is a fascinating game. I didn't really know what I was doing, but I ended up winning by collecting the 6 special symbols. I built a pretty insane engine by getting the ability to build wonders for 2 less and buy all blue cards for 2 less. It was fascinating. Game definitely has some cool strategic legs.
Hola dear Boardgame Era. I took the liberty of creating a thread for the Sierra Madre Games, which plenty of people don't know about and figured taking some time today might warrant giving them their own OT:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/si...read-best-boardgames-you-havent-played.89246/
They are absolutely fascinating games that deserve more love, but have a rather high entry barrier, especially if you don't know what you are getting yourself into. Hope some of you guys find my input helpful, if you have any questions, I'll keep an eye on that thread over there or will react if you quote me here. ;)
Played Sushi Go Party and 7 Wonders Duel this weekend.
Sushi Party Go is REALLY good compared to the base game. We created our own menu that involved a LOT more long game thought and hate drafting, and it was fantastic. The base game is borderline trash in comparison haha.
While I agree Party is much better then base sushi go, I will give the base one advantage. The base game you open the box, shuffle the deck, and the game begins. Party with it's big messy tin full of stuff you have to spend a few minutes digging out all the sets you want, shuffle and play, and then separate it all at the end of the game. Kind of a similar advantage of base Love Letter vs the premium edition where the latter you gotta make sure the 5-8 player roles aren't mixed in.
Seeing the prices on the full set of expansions makes me feel REALLY good about the money I spent on Black Friday!
Also still looking for a good solution for Gloomhaven organizing. That organizer set for 70€ is way to expensive and you have to put it together by yourself. I found this one here (in German):
https://www.feldherr.com/feldherr-schaumstoff-set-fuer-gloomhaven-brettspielbox/a-58215/
Got Escape the Dark Castle with all the expansions for Christmas and I played it with my wife and brother today. Very nice game. Sure, it's a lot of random stuff and pretty luck-based, but the decission making in a group is very fun and the art is gorgous. I also love dice-roling, so it's more plus for me ;) It looks like those old oldschool adventure books, pen & paper and early pc game manuals. Very, very nice.
Also still looking for a good solution for Gloomhaven organizing. That organizer set for 70€ is way to expensive and you have to put it together by yourself. I found this one here (in German):
https://www.feldherr.com/feldherr-schaumstoff-set-fuer-gloomhaven-brettspielbox/a-58215/
Any experiences with the shop and the stuff? I mean it has 60 days money back guarantee so it might be worth a try. Still pricey with 40€, but to have everything handy in the box is a big plus for me because it always takes a lot of overcoming to actually START the game, lol.
I have something similar to this, but it's not "all in the box" and still a bit fiddly IMO. It works, but it's not perfect.This storage solution has worked out really well for me and wasn't that expensive, assuming you can get the Plano boxes. https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1726878/yss-yet-another-storage-solution
Thanks. But the price is 15 pounds for the Gloomhaven box plus shipping and that would be 40€ as well. And it still takes 6 month to deliver.dunno if this would work for you but if you can wait, there's a kickstarter on folded space organizers, and they are letting people pick up from their old catalogue of inserts as well(including gloomhaven)
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...e-board-game-inserts-campaign-3?ref=user_menu
Have heard good things about these inserts, especially for the cost
Is anybody still playing Star Wars Destiny? There used to be an OT for it.
Is betrayal legacy worthwhile if you own and love the betrayal games?
Oh yes, got this for Christmas, i'm litterally dying to dig in, but i gotta wait until the 31st for my friends to come over ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
is wave 2 expansions? I am so out of loop on this KS, I just backed the base level on Day 1. And I got confused with this and Alone which I enjoy.And that's just the base game. Wave 2 is going to be ridiculous.
Got to play another game of fireball island. I find the pirate expansion to be the worst of the major ones as
1) none of the pirate ship specific attacks are strong that effective for hitting people there
2) it may just be my copy, but the snap shot spot fits too perfectly and it never knocks anyone over
3) the game doesn't last long enough to justify running over there unless you go asap
4) when nobody is over there the pirate ship cards are complete deadweight
5) the gems are in pretty terrible locations where unless you come from the 2 cave you'll have a hard time getting them
I agree with all these. I do find utility from the secret motive cards and use them in every game along with its souvenir cards. I will only use the board and add the action cards in a 4 or 5 player game though.
Speaking of Rise of Fenris, I've been interested in picking that up, but I don't have any of the other expansions. Should I mess with those first?
It depends. If you paid for two waves of shipping, you'll get the base game now with wave 1 and the expansions in wave 2. If you paid for single wave shipping, you'll get the base game and expansions in wave 2.is wave 2 expansions? I am so out of loop on this KS, I just backed the base level on Day 1. And I got confused with this and Alone which I enjoy.
It depends. If you paid for two waves of shipping, you'll get the base game now with wave 1 and the expansions in wave 2. If you paid for single wave shipping, you'll get the base game and expansions in wave 2.
The other was Eldritch Horror. That game had such potential. I am in love with the concept, but man that game takes some serious effort to setup and is crazy complex. Does anyone have any guides I can follow? Like how does combat in this game ever work? We tried to muddle through two games, each lasting about 2-4 hours. This game is seriously tough for 2 people and I think guide does recommend more players. I usually understand games pretty quickly, but this game was crazy difficult to pick up and I'm still struggling.
Anyone else played this?
My friend got me a copy of Discover Lands Unknown. I know Tom Vasal dunked on the game hard and it seems to have mixed reception on bgg, but anyone here have any thoughts on it? I love and own 7th continent I dunno if that'll help or hurt my enjoyment of D:LU.
Once you know that some city events can boost skill points, that also opens the game up some. And picking investigators who balance each other a bit is wise. It's good to have some semi-clear roles to play on the map, at least in my limited experience.Blah, I paid for one shipping and looks too late to change it.
Always play with even number of players, I think 4 is the sweet spot. All it really is is all players do 2 different actions each, then each player faces an encounter. Repeat. If you are on a space with a monster it is your encounter unless you beat it and then you can do a card encounter. Monster is the only real wrench in the thing that could trip you up.
Recently got two new board games. The Disney Board game Villainous. For those that don't know you and other play several iconic villains from the Disney roster. Each villain has a unique win condition and your playing against over villains. The only problem is that you can't directly stop the other players, you've got to use heros. Each villain has heros that are unique to them that can screw up the works, these heros can only be summoned by other players. I found it really fun once I learnt the basics and me and the wife love it.
The other was Eldritch Horror. That game had such potential. I am in love with the concept, but man that game takes some serious effort to setup and is crazy complex. Does anyone have any guides I can follow? Like how does combat in this game ever work? We tried to muddle through two games, each lasting about 2-4 hours. This game is seriously tough for 2 people and I think guide does recommend more players. I usually understand games pretty quickly, but this game was crazy difficult to pick up and I'm still struggling.
Anyone else played this?