Recommend me a board game?

Inspectigater · 2011-09-21T06:59:08.000Z

merryprankster:

That’s why we have beer, silly.

Hear! Hear!!

Played my first scenario of Earth Reborn with my wife last night. I have to say. I do not in anyway regret buying that game. It’s simply phenomenal. It has all the flexibility it needs, and all the mechanics to keep things moving right along. I know there was talk of expansions in the manual, but I haven’t seen any yet. I’d love to see some additional tiles and extra figures, but I can already tell that this game has immensely long legs. I’m totally psyched.

Chris_Gwinn · 2011-09-21T07:07:39.000Z

Mr Popov:

Just implement “no table talk” rule and it’s great.

Aagh! No! The table talk is the whole point. Drunken pleading about the virtues of Helen Keller is the best thing about Apples to Apples.

jellyfish · 2011-09-21T07:08:43.000Z

I found this.

iPad Board Games

The best board games on the iPad and iPhone, reviewed impartially by us, and ranked by users

Lorini · 2011-09-21T07:17:33.000Z

Bahimiron:

I’d be super jazzed if this were true. Do you have a link? BGG is still only show them as having a boardgame coming out and the closest thing I can find to a statement made about iOS development is a vague statement from GMT about partnering with iOS developers, but none of their specific games are mentioned. Washington’s War iPad would allow all of us on QT3 to relive those heady and dramatic days of Dean and Robb’s trek through the American revolution.

Sorry it was buried in the discussion of Space Empires. There was another game mentioned but I don’t recall it being Washington’s War. You can always email their customer service.

Lizard_King · 2011-09-21T07:29:13.000Z

Thanks for the tips on casual games. It breaks my heart to divert vital boardgame resources into these things, but duty calls. On the bright side, in an end of year that promises Space Empires 4x, Sekigahara, and (eventually) Dreadfleet I can’t be too bitter.

Tracy_Baker · 2011-09-21T07:31:32.000Z

Reldan:

Do you also play a version of Whose Line where the points DO matter and there is a winner?

Dude, I am not the problem. For some reason, practically every time we play Apples to Apples, this guy shows up:

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2011-09-21T07:32:17.000Z

Tracy Baker:

Earth’s got nothing to do with it. Apparently you play with Vulcans and I play with Klingons.

Great, now I’m envisioning a room full of giggling Vulcans.

Lizard_King · 2011-09-21T07:34:53.000Z

Interesting Arkham 3d rendering for a (hypothetical) pc version. I have no other information.

Hans_Lauring · 2011-09-21T07:38:22.000Z

I haven’t tried this, but it’s Danish, DIY and I love the design and manual (which is all there is). It’s also free:

(link is to a Google Docs PDF)

Tracy_Baker · 2011-09-21T07:50:37.000Z

Lizard_King:

Interesting Arkham 3d rendering for a (hypothetical) pc version. I have no other information.

That is interesting. Plus, I love this line from a status update he wrote in another video of it:

Arkham 3D Dude:

Still a lot to dhulhu.

Tracy_Baker · 2011-09-21T07:52:20.000Z

Hans Lauring:

I haven’t tried this, but it’s Danish, DIY and I love the design and manual (which is all there is). It’s also free:

(link is to a Google Docs PDF)

Clever stuff. Thanks for passing it along.

Inspectigater · 2011-09-21T08:02:17.000Z

Lizard_King:

Interesting Arkham 3d rendering for a (hypothetical) pc version. I have no other information.

One problem I see right away is the table isn’t big enough! Eh 'prankster? :P

Hans Lauring:

I haven’t tried this, but it’s Danish, DIY and I love the design and manual (which is all there is). It’s also free:

Wow, that looks pretty neat. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks!

SlyFrog · 2011-09-21T09:14:04.000Z

It will be interesting to see how the Arkham Horror conversions work. Given that (to my knowledge) FFG has sent cease and desists to people who made VASSAL conversions of the game, I can’t imagine they are going to go quietly on these types of thing.

Mike_Cathcart · 2011-09-21T10:20:08.000Z

Stopped by the FLGS and preordered Dreadfleet at lunch.

Thanks a lot, jerks.

If I’m lucky I’ll have it all painted and ready to go for Talk Like a Pirate Day, 2012. Probably not, though.

Also came really close to picking up King of Tokyo. I like the idea of a 30m 6 player game about giant monsters stomping around Tokyo. Someone tell me why I should buy it next week when I pick up the boats.

MythicalMino · 2011-09-21T13:38:53.000Z

King of Tokyo

Reasons to buy it!!

It is simple
It is fun
It is colorful
The art is great
There is dice and cards
Games are very quick
BGG has some promo cards for sale
Oddly captures the monster battle feel
Game scales very good
It is a simple but fun, colorful game that has great artwork that uses dice and cards, but is also very quick to play that oddly captures the whole monster fighting movies and you never have to worry about scaling as it is great fun with 3 up to 6 players, and can even be played with only 2 players. Oh, and BGG has promo cards for sale to use in the deck of other brightly colorful cards.

z22 · 2011-09-21T13:43:41.000Z

I’m looking for a game I can play with my non-gamer girlfriend. She enjoys non-complicated games such as Scrabble and Pictionary but isn’t fond of Dominion and its different card set every game. She won’t even try the more complex games she has seen me and my game buddies play (Runewars, Axis & Allies, D&D, etc.). She also doesn’t like mindless games where the players have no decisions or input.

Any suggestions?

Scotch_Lufkin · 2011-09-21T13:46:35.000Z

Yay! Picking up the newest Talisman expansion (Dragon) this Friday for extensive use the weekend after.

Jason_Lutes · 2011-09-21T13:54:20.000Z

z22:

I’m looking for a game I can play with my non-gamer girlfriend. She enjoys non-complicated games such as Scrabble and Pictionary but isn’t fond of Dominion and its different card set every game. She won’t even try the more complex games she has seen me and my game buddies play (Runewars, Axis & Allies, D&D, etc.). She also doesn’t like mindless games where the players have no decisions or input.

Any suggestions?

“won’t even try” ha

Maybe try Lost Cities or Lord of the Rings: the Confrontation (especially if she’s a Tolkien fan).

Chris_Gwinn · 2011-09-21T14:13:55.000Z

z22:

I’m looking for a game I can play with my non-gamer girlfriend. She enjoys non-complicated games such as Scrabble and Pictionary but isn’t fond of Dominion and its different card set every game. She won’t even try the more complex games she has seen me and my game buddies play (Runewars, Axis & Allies, D&D, etc.). She also doesn’t like mindless games where the players have no decisions or input.

Any suggestions?

My wife’s not far from that. Theme seems to be a turn-off. Anything involving fighting is unappealing.

Carcassone was a big hit. Ticket to Ride was OK. I can usually get her to try any cooperative game or most of the old cheapass games.

Mike_Cathcart · 2011-09-21T14:17:20.000Z

MythicalMino:

Game scales very good

Well. But OK, this might convince me. Thing is, I think I’m good on 3-5 player games right now but 6 player 30 minute games that are actually fun with 6 people is something I could use more of. So have you actually played it with 6? I’m just wondering if–like a lot of games that say they can be played with 6–it bogs down any?