Board Game thread

[Tigerstyle]

35 minutes ago, Ms. Canadian Destroyer said:

Gloomhaven is the type of game I'm glad my friend bought because I don't think it'd be worth it for me to get.

I know a guy who has it, but it's not the kinda guy I wanna go to his house... yaknoe?

[Tkasto]

Edit: Wrong thread

Edited September 20, 2018 by Tkasto

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Booooo. Maybe it's the RIGHT thread, but you just posted the wrong thing.

[Katsuya]

What are some other good 5-6 player games? Got some friends coming over Saturday so was gonna get a new one in time for that.

[Meacon Keaton]

Resistance/Secret Hitler is always a must when we have 5 or 6 people over. You can play a game in like 20 minutes, so if everyone likes it you can play a few rounds. 

[Tigerstyle]

Is anyone going to Tabletop Live at Alexandra Palace? If you are, there's a Game Of Thrones LCG event on the Sunday where for £5 entry you get one of the new starter decks (retail £13.99) and some other cool prizes for taking part! I would go but if I go to London that weekend, it's to Wembley

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

3 hours ago, Katsuya said:

What are some other good 5-6 player games? Got some friends coming over Saturday so was gonna get a new one in time for that.

A short, party or hidden role game? Or a longer, chunkier game?

[Katsuya]

8 hours ago, ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster said:

A short, party or hidden role game? Or a longer, chunkier game?

Slightly longer. I think we've got enough party ones to go around, just got Sushi Go Party recently which should be good for that.

[GhostMachine]

Heidi and Riley picked up a new Monopoly game a few days ago: The Signature Token Edition, which was released last year. (The last Monopoly we picked up was the original Electronic Banking version.)

Comes in a metal tin, the board is black with gold trim, the hotels and houses are gold and silver and made out of wood, there's a cloth bag included to store the houses and hotels in, the dice are metallic....and it has 64 tokens. I repeat: 64 TOKENS!

 

 

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

I got my brother Bears vs. Babies for his birthday. We played the other night. It was quite fun. 

[OctoberRaven]

On 11/10/2018 at 01:23, GhostMachine said:

Heidi and Riley picked up a new Monopoly game a few days ago: The Signature Token Edition, which was released last year. (The last Monopoly we picked up was the original Electronic Banking version.)

Comes in a metal tin, the board is black with gold trim, the hotels and houses are gold and silver and made out of wood, there's a cloth bag included to store the houses and hotels in, the dice are metallic....and it has 64 tokens. I repeat: 64 TOKENS!

 

 

You know what you must do.

64-way game of Monopoly.

[K]

Bought the Takenoku expansion today and played a few three-way games with it. It can really shift playing styles around. Game feels a lot looser. I was able to claw back ten points in the last move thanks to a well placed Ms Panda. Really enjoyed it. It really freshens up the game.

[Meacon Keaton]

Played Love Letter like eight times over the weekend when my sister-in-law and brother-in-law visited from Oregon. I forgot how much I love that. It's so simple, but it's so quick and fun. I think we played those eight games in like forty minutes. 

[K]

@ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster when we were in your board game cafe that time, the staff were recommending some autistic friendly games for sophies brother. The one that really stood out for me was Patchwork, because he finds the word buttons super funny, and a button themed board game seems pretty ideal. Any thoughts?

His favourite games so far are Blockus and Tsuro, and he doesn't like Lattice.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Patchwork is a decent game, especially if the theme felt right. It's very visual and puzzle-like as you place the pieces of blanket onto your board and make them all fit together.

Does he prefer that kind of length/weight of game?

[K]

19 minutes ago, ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster said:

Patchwork is a decent game, especially if the theme felt right. It's very visual and puzzle-like as you place the pieces of blanket onto your board and make them all fit together.

Does he prefer that kind of length/weight of game?

I would definitely go with shorter games, given the choice. He likes Blockus, which is obviously also about fitting puzzle pieces, so if there's a common thread (ha, thread) with patchwork, it sounds like a good choice.

[lanky316]

I also thought of Sagrada which involves making stained glass windows it's  weight on BGG is 1.87/5 which says it's not too tough to get into, although the age is 14+ so I'd have thought that would suggest more complexity. Could be worth finding a let's play online to see what it's like. Playing time should be less than an hour.

On a similar note is Galaxy Trucker where you're fitting tiles on to a ship shaped board and need to connect pipes, pick up supplies and so on and then avoid meteor showers. This has a slightly higher weight rating on BGG (2.32/5) but again fits that puzzle piece fitting and I found it pretty easy to get into with kids so think that rating is a little high from personal experience.

As he likes Tsuro I would figure the follow up Tsuro of the Seas would be another good choice, it's Tsuro with the added risk of sea monsters getting in the way removing the paths in place and potentially eating your ship.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I have Galaxy Trucker. It's fun but after a handful of plays it started becoming less....fun...I guess cos the gimmick was new, if that makes sense.

[apsham]

I bought this for a laugh.

Actually... quite fun rule changes. Games are over in like 30 minutes to an hour.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Unstable Unicorns is great, I need to work out where I can get the expansions for it.

What would people suggest for two-player games? I've got a few multiple people options but most of the time it's just my girlfriend and me playing them so need more stuff we can play together.