Recommend me a board game?

Dave_Perkins · 2012-01-09T06:16:38.000Z

Daagar:

Just did the Hill Troll mission ourselves. Had two Hill Trolls out at the same time, which is just mean. Somehow survived that, got to the second part of the scenario and got some treachery card that dealt damage to every character. Twice in the same quest round. Pretty much wiped the board about 4 quest tokens away from clearing that section. And we thought we were so tough after getting past 2 hill trolls!

We flipped over a ‘shadow card’ at one point and gasped when we saw it was a second Hill Troll. Hard to believe you guys were able to kill them both!

tylertoo · 2012-01-09T06:47:41.000Z

tylertoo:

I thought 7 Wonders would work wonders with my daughter. But the minute it was unwrapped I could tell by her expression she wasn’t interested. She had literally judged the game by its cover. The three of us sat down one afternoon last week and tried playing, and we asked her to keep an open mind, but her mind was made up: she wasn’t interested. After an hour or so, she wasn’t even paying attention, and we gave up.

I was pretty disappointed, particularly after spending $35 on a 3-player game. My hunch is that the art design made her think it was too much like school, too serious.

My little story, quoted above, has a wonderfully happy ending. This weekend a classmate of my daughter invites her over for a playdate. In an amazing coincidence, it turns out this girl got 7 Wonders for Christmas also and loves it – and so the mom then invites my wife and me over for dinner after the playdate, and everyone – four parents and three kids – sit around playing 7 Wonders, with the 10-year old classmate teaching all of us, and teaching it quite well. And now my daughter is sold on it.

thrasymedes · 2012-01-09T06:56:36.000Z

Yay! Stories like that almost make me want to have kids, so I can introduce them to boardgames. Almost.

aganazer · 2012-01-09T07:21:28.000Z

tylertoo:

My little story, quoted above, has a wonderfully happy ending. This weekend a classmate of my daughter invites her over for a playdate. In an amazing coincidence, it turns out this girl got 7 Wonders for Christmas also and loves it – and so the mom then invites my wife and me over for dinner after the playdate, and everyone – four parents and three kids – sit around playing 7 Wonders, with the 10-year old classmate teaching all of us, and teaching it quite well. And now my daughter is sold on it.

Sounds like I need to borrow your daughter’s friend. I tried to play 7 Wonders again this Saturday and the same guy that ruined it last time ruined it again. I was hoping he was just in a bad mood last time. He groans when he sees the box, complains about every rule and icon, and just makes it miserable for the rest of the group. Its weird because we play heavier games with no complaints.

SlyFrog · 2012-01-09T07:43:52.000Z

Mysterio:

In case I or someone else hasn’t mentioned this already, ST:FC cards are prone to sticking together out of the box. Ensure this isn’t the case for you, as other BGG members claimed they ensured it wasn’t, but later found it was.

I thought about that, and I’m pretty comfortable it’s just missing. Both my wife and I separately went through it at least two times each (with the thought that cards might be sticking together; I checked for weightier cards and looked at them from a side profile to make sure there wasn’t two).

We also did all of the standard things - took out all of the inserts, etc.

So if it is stuck together with another card or something like that, it’s certainly doing the best job of hiding that I’ve ever seen. :)

Lorini · 2012-01-09T07:57:04.000Z

thrasymedes:

Yay! Stories like that almost make me want to have kids, so I can introduce them to boardgames. Almost.

Trust me, you can do it wrong. My 20 year old officially hates board games now, overexposed <sigh>.

ElGuapo · 2012-01-09T08:27:24.000Z

So last night I watched Ironclad (a movie about a castle siege) and was wondering: are there any board games where you build a castle then play out a siege defense? Preferably with lots of little miniatures.

Lorini · 2012-01-09T08:31:02.000Z

ElGuapo:

So last night I watched Ironclad (a movie about a castle siege) and was wondering: are there any board games where you build a castle then play out a siege defense? Preferably with lots of little miniatures.

Stronghold, but I don’t think it has mini’s. Of course if you want to delve into the world of historical minature wargames, there’s plenty there.

Dave_Perkins · 2012-01-09T08:32:55.000Z

Create one!

Tracy_Baker · 2012-01-09T08:39:44.000Z

Castle Panic!

Not really what you’re looking for, but hey. Castle Panic!

SlyFrog · 2012-01-09T09:03:06.000Z

Lorini:

Trust me, you can do it wrong. My 20 year old officially hates board games now, overexposed <sigh>.

Good heavens, what does that mean? How did that happen?

ElGuapo · 2012-01-09T09:04:01.000Z

Stronghold looks the closest to what I’m looking for, but I really like plastic miniatures. Also, a “realistic” or “historical” game would be great, as the group I play with is not so into fantasy games. I did a search on BGG and didn’t see much. Maybe this market is too niche.

Lorini · 2012-01-09T09:13:21.000Z

SlyFrog:

Good heavens, what does that mean? How did that happen?

I don’t know Slyfrog. But in his late teens he decided he’d had enough. Now this is from a kid who at 10 years old got mad because we stopped playing Twilight Imperium 2 after 6 hours because he wanted to finish the game. He was also teaching my friends Magic the Gathering when he was five years old.

So I guess it’s burnout. But he’s had a great background in it, and when his hands give out from playing too many video games at least he’ll have something multiplayer to fall back on. And he’ll still join us from time to time if I ask him nicely or if he wants the house for a party or something like that :)

merryprankster · 2012-01-09T10:00:43.000Z

Lorini:

I don’t know Slyfrog. But in his late teens he decided he’d had enough. Now this is from a kid who at 10 years old got mad because we stopped playing Twilight Imperium 2 after 6 hours because he wanted to finish the game. He was also teaching my friends Magic the Gathering when he was five years old.

So I guess it’s burnout. But he’s had a great background in it, and when his hands give out from playing too many video games at least he’ll have something multiplayer to fall back on. And he’ll still join us from time to time if I ask him nicely or if he wants the house for a party or something like that :)

He’ll be back. I played all sorts of games as a kid, then around the age of 17 I gave it up. There comes a time in a young man’s life when his thoughts turn to beer and women. Around 25-26 I had had my fill of such nonsense and came back to gaming. Starting with video games and more recently diving back into board games (largely because I now have people to play them with).

mkozlows · 2012-01-09T10:34:26.000Z

Also, there comes a time in your life when you don’t want to share hobbies with your mom.

ElGuapo · 2012-01-09T10:56:53.000Z

Lorini:

I don’t know Slyfrog. But in his late teens he decided he’d had enough. Now this is from a kid who at 10 years old got mad because we stopped playing Twilight Imperium 2 after 6 hours because he wanted to finish the game. He was also teaching my friends Magic the Gathering when he was five years old.

So I guess it’s burnout. But he’s had a great background in it, and when his hands give out from playing too many video games at least he’ll have something multiplayer to fall back on. And he’ll still join us from time to time if I ask him nicely or if he wants the house for a party or something like that :)

Burnout. Or girls. :) (or boys I guess).

merryprankster · 2012-01-09T11:39:56.000Z

mkozlows:

Also, there comes a time in your life when you don’t want to share hobbies with your mom.

Yep that too, which also changes again at about 25 years old.

Jasper_Phillips · 2012-01-09T13:22:36.000Z

ElGuapo:

So last night I watched Ironclad (a movie about a castle siege) and was wondering: are there any board games where you build a castle then play out a siege defense? Preferably with lots of little miniatures.

Crossbows and Catapults!

Daagar · 2012-01-09T19:03:50.000Z

Dave Perkins:

We flipped over a ‘shadow card’ at one point and gasped when we saw it was a second Hill Troll. Hard to believe you guys were able to kill them both!

I like to think we really did it legit, too. About the only thing I dislike about the game is that there is no one there to cry foul if I botch a rule (like in a computer game, or feedback in a Watch It Played video ;) ). As a traditionally non-boardgamer until LOTR, it takes a bit of getting used to!

Nephrinn · 2012-01-09T19:14:21.000Z

Dave Perkins:

We flipped over a ‘shadow card’ at one point and gasped when we saw it was a second Hill Troll. Hard to believe you guys were able to kill them both!

If you think fending off two Hill Trolls is difficult, wait until you play Conflict at the Carrock where it forces you to fight four even nastier Hill Trolls at the same time, all of which are made nastier by various ongoing effects that increase their stats. We still haven’t beat it.