Frogsquadron wrote:
I gotta check it out. The problem is convincing my colleagues to stay at the studio after hours to sit down for hours at a time in my company. It's harder when they're not on company time.

Although 2 hours... sounds more reasonable.

Frogsquadron wrote:
Amazon had some pretty substantial discounts going on in their US store on board games (up to 40%), but unfortunately with shipping these were almost negated entirely. And now the promo is over. :c

What games do you have in your collection ?

What are your favorite games ?

- Which ones would you recommend to a newcomer ?

How often do you play ?

How big is your gaming group?

Do you play board games online ?

What's the next game you plan to purchase ?

What's your biggest board game disappointment?

Propbuddha wrote:


I really disliked Dominion and Pandemic, which are pretty popular. I find Dominion pretty bland. Pandemic feels more like a puzzle and with the wrong people, it's usually one guy telling the other what to do.

Frogsquadron wrote:
I have placed an order for the game and all its expansions (we're usually using AmpliMath's copy), along with Star Wars Rebellion, which looks fantastic.

Yey! I found this thread here, and I'd like to say that playing EL isnpired me to create a boardgame! As soon I keep creating content, I can update things here...

sdsbarbosa wrote:

Yey! I found this thread here, and I'd like to say that playing EL isnpired me to create a boardgame! As soon I keep creating content, I can update things here...

Maybe kickstart it ? (https://www.kickstarter.com/) ^^

Nice thread!

- What games do you have in your collection ? 

Many Munchkin sets.

Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game

Agricola

Warhammer 40,000

Magic: the gathering

Fate Core (RPG)

- What are your favourite games ? 

Agricola, Warhammer 40,000

- Which ones would you recommend to a newcomer?

Munchkin. 

- How often do you play?

At least once a month.

- How big is your gaming group? 

Depends very much on the game and on where I play it.

- Do you play board games online? 

Fate Core over Skype sometimes but board games are supposed to be played offline. Screaming into peoples faces and beeing screamed at back. That's the experience!

- What's the next game you plan to purchase? 

Maybe this one: Betrayal at House on the Hill

It's quick to learn and very much fun :)

- What's your biggest board game disappointment ? 

I really don't like Settlers of Catan. It's a mostly luck based game that doesn't do much to make you believe it isn't. I only play it when I want to spend time with those who like playing it.

Metalynx wrote:
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- What's your biggest board game disappointment ?

I think it was getting into board games playing games like Settlers of Catan and Munchkin, only to quickly realize that those games mostly end in kingmaking or rotating cards until pure random chance decides the result ^^ Needless to say I don't really play those games anymore, though I would not mind playing Settlers to introduce someone to boardgames.

I totally agree on Settlers of Catan.

Munchkin however has more to it. It is interactive. I don't really care if I win or not. What I enjoy about the game is those situations when you are able to interact with another player to create an interesting situation.

I suggest that we also share some "one-liners" about games we played recently, what do you think ? ^^

I've recently played these :

- Love Letter : 3 and 4 players; works well, plays quickly, but is a bit boring IMHO. We don't play it "competitively" but rather "for fun" (e.g. I'm always asking my friend whether he's a Prince, and he does the same); overall a 7/10

- Russian Railroads : 3 players; has quite the perfect amount of depth for our group (not too much strategy, but still involves some planning ahead); we love how there are several ways to pursue victory (e.g. not always building the Vladivostok line to the end); a solid 9/10

- Citadels : 3 players; at first we were a but puzzled because the rules weren't that well translated for our localized edition, but we ended up liking it more than Love Letter; so perhaps a 7.5/10

- Settlers of Catan (no expansions) : 3 players; it's definitely not a perfect game, and rolling 7s quite a lot can get you pretty frustrated quite quickly; but in the end, we could rate it a 6/10

- St. Petersburg : 3 players; played it 3 or 4 times, and every time, one of us kind-of "snowballed" to victory; we weren't quite able to identify several paths to victory (other than buy into Workers and Politicians, then finally switch to Buildings and # of Unique Politicians); overall a 7.5/10

- Istanbul : 3 players; was quite a revelation, plays quickly and sometimes unexpectedly; one player won a game w/ 5 points while the others had only 2 points, but then lost the next two or three games quite badly; overall an 8/10