Board Games

[Homesteaded]

I may be wrong but I don't think I've seen any threads about Board Games. Board games are a great way to get people together and have some fun.

I've played my fair share of games and I've recently come to the conclusion that the weighty, strategy based, engine-building type games are just not my favorite. Games like 7 Wonders, Terraforming Mars these games require me to pay so much attention to different things and monitor the game at all times to have any chance at winning. This really takes away from the social aspect of a game night.

Games that I really enjoy that allow conversation, strategy and fun.

#1 Blokus, seriously buy this game it's worth it.
#2 Azul
#3 Monopoly, I know I know this game sucks but god damn I love it.


What are your favorite games?

[Nocht]

Growing up we had a WW2 board game called "Axis & Allies" it was kind of like Risk but with all the nations involved in WW2. Don't think we ever finished a full game but we got tons of playtime out of it on the weekends in the summer time.

[Swish]

Talisman 2nd Edition (Games Workshop)
Block Mania - set in 2000AD/Judge Dredd universe (GW again)

...not played anything really good since I was in my teens honestly. What do nerds play these days?

[mcoy]

I enjoyed the Firefly board game when I had the chance to play it with 3 other people at a friend's house a few years ago. I need to buy a copy of that and convince more people to watch the show so they'll play it.

Niska's missions aren't worth it!

-Mcoy

[Jibartik]

Oh I am a big fan of talisman, swish!

I believe the game the nerds play now is Gloomhaven I haven't but it seems to be everyone's favorite.

[Elizondo]

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[glemrel]

Gloomhaven :)

[unsunghero]

Board games? More like Bored games

JK but all I ever played was D&D as a kid and warhammer 40k (briefly) as a teen

Edit: oh my ma and I used to play the shit out of some military game called “Stratego” back in the day. Never could beat her tho. Also couldn’t beat her at chess like, ever

[Mblake1981]

My roommates were TT players. It was never my thing but at this point in life I recognize how those influences shaped things I do like in this hobby.
I have become an admirer of any old FASA related artworks and the artists who made them.

(Note: Way before Ipad art apps shit up the scene -- talking about real drawings, paintings, air brushing etc)

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https://twitter.com/ArtofTrek/status/1364233770904256513

https://twitter.com/Spr0cketteer/status/987412732935843840

https://twitter.com/MArmorRadio/status/1057083706966450176

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https://twitter.com/GodotIsW8ing4U/status/1161505486111424513

https://twitter.com/Nick_Lalone/status/1079803886670626819

Without the TT influence we never would have got the awesome live action (SciFi channel) Mechcommander intros.

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[Mblake1981]

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22777029

Little Wars: How HG Wells created hobby war gaming

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https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/books/review/basic-training.html

While miniature war-gaming has never been able to claim a place in the mainstream, it has influenced almost everything we think of as gaming today. By the middle of the 20th century, war-gaming had not only added new sets of rules for armies of many periods, but it had inspired a new kind of richly complex board game, like Axis & Allies and Blitzkrieg.Entirely novel face-to-face entertainments emerged from the same lineage. The game designer Gary Gygax, in a foreword to a 2004 edition of the book, credits “Little Wars” with influencing his own set of rules for medieval-period miniature wars, Chainmail — which in turn became the basis of a slightly less obscure role-*playing game: Dungeons & Dragons.

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https://www.fandom.com/articles/the-weird-and-wonderful-history-of-everquest

A fan of table-top role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons since his days at Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego, Smedley’s vision for EverQuest was to replicate the RPG experience of text-based multi-user dungeons (MUDs) but within an animated 3D world. To do this he recruited Steve Clover, Bill Trost (responsible for Everquest’s mythos and lore), Geoffrey Zatkin (creator of the game’s spell system), Mile D. Cooper (character modelling), and most notably, Brad McQuaid, who was originally taken on as lead designer, and yet would soon be promoted to the role of producer on the project. Clover and McQuaid had come to Smedley’s attention after working together on a shareware role-playing game called WarWizard for the Commodore Amiga, released via the duos own company, Microgenesis in 1993.

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[Patriam1066]

Settlers of Catan is a family favorite

[Patriam1066]

Viticulture is also pretty fun, albeit complicated when you’re first learning

[Chortles Snortles]

Board games? More like Bored games

JK but all I ever played was D&D as a kid and warhammer 40k (briefly) as a teen

Edit: oh my ma and I used to play the shit out of some military game called “Stratego” back in the day. Never could beat her tho. Also couldn’t beat her at chess like, ever

still play this with my brother on rare occasions when we visit the gaming shop

[Botten]

Battlestar Galactica - a lot of fun; you will be calling each other the Cylon or a toaster for days (need to pay attention)

Lords of Waters Deep - very D&Dish and fun not a lot of paying attention needed and expansions get fun

Splendor - No thought needed and a lot of fun

Any of the Century games: Golem.. partial to Century: Eastern Wonders (get upgrades to your boat) No thought needed and a lot of fun

Blood Rage - Game is intense and going get more exciting every round

Rising Sun - Sooooo much fun with a lot of people

twilight imperium 4th edition - Sooooo much fun with a lot of People (takes a day or longer to play)

Red Dragon Inn - No thinking really involved. Don't get too drunk or beat unconscious in this D&D tavern game. Lots of fun with others. Probably the most popular with this group on these forums.

Nemesis - if you are fan of Aliens - you will like this game - it is extremely hard to win thou. Very fun.

Xia board game - Space game - think firefly but more PvP oriented - more fun as you get expansions. Get a Ship you upgrade to Warp about!

Black Rose Wars - you are wizard in a tower; a prisoner with other powerful wizards you need to take the black rose room! (lots of thinking involved)

Anachrony - The future has never been so bleak but you want your race and only your people to survive, Game is for Jib. Travel back in time but don't mess up the time line too bad!!!
(lots of thinking)

Mention a board game I have probably played it but these are a fun of my favorite.

[Homesteaded]

I’ve heard Spelndor is good.

Anyone ever ply Wingspan?

[DeathsSilkyMist]

I would say Talisman as well for OP's requirements. It's kind of a mix of light RPG and Monopoly. Much simpler than something like Gloomhaven.

As Botten mentions Twilight Imperium is a really cool game if you have the players, but it's a LONG game. Last time I played we spent 12 hours on a Saturday to finish it. The only reason why it ended in in 12 hours was because we set up the board wrong, which gave the Army focused player too many resources to build his army. It probably would have lasted longer otherwise.

Glad to see someone mention Stratego! Haven't played that in forever, but that is a very fun and simple game, with good replay-ability. That's probably good for OP as well if you only have one other player. Sadly it is only a 2 player game.

D&D is more accessible now too with 5th edition, so it's worth a shot for anyone interested in pen and paper RPGs. That can be mostly if not all social if you don't mind playing fast and loose with the rules (which many people do).

I am a fan of Warhammer 40k, but that is a tough one to get into for new players. It's expensive and can be hard to find other people in the area that also plays, unless you get lucky and live in an area with a lot of players.

[Botten]

I’ve heard Spelndor is good.

Anyone ever ply Wingspan?

Wingspan is fun be careful of the expansion it isn't balanced.

[Jibartik]

Stratigo is the shit!

[JashwantPatel]

Great thread, love it for a wide range of thoughts and a great amount of information, going to use it to order an essay at https://www.wiseessays.com/ on a similar topic as I need to write it on my exam, thank you for the thread!

[Homesteaded]

Talisman ordered.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Talisman ordered.

Good choice. Base game is simple and fun. Has plenty of expansions if you get addicted and crave for more content.

[Mblake1981]

Great thread, love it for a wide range of thoughts and a great amount of information, going to use it to order an essay at https://www.wiseessays.com/ on a similar topic as I need to write it on my exam, thank you for the thread!

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[Horza]

What are your favorite games?

Anything by Reiner Knizia.

[Jibartik]

Talisman ordered.

It's the best! Protip: Don't let someone get too far into the inner circle or they will zip on out ahead of you!

[loramin]

D&D is more accessible now too with 5th edition, so it's worth a shot for anyone interested in pen and paper RPGs. That can be mostly if not all social if you don't mind playing fast and loose with the rules (which many people do).

And if anyone is looking for non-D&D RPGs, I have a little personal project that's all about recommending lesser-known RPGs: https://goblincrafted.com/

[Jibartik]

This your website loramin??! Thats so cool!!! I am a pationate subscriber now (dont worry I will not post my reptoid propaganda though ofc that is for here and here only. P99: The ark.)

[Mblake1981]

https://goblincrafted.com/

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[Mblake1981]

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[Homesteaded]

You know I've never given Star Trek a fair shake...where to start nerds?

[Jibartik]

You know I've never given Star Trek a fair shake...where to start nerds?

for sure tng season 1 is lit

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[Mblake1981]

You know I've never given Star Trek a fair shake...where to start nerds?

for sure tng season 1 is lit

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Yep, TNG is still top quality late 80s/90s American scifi followed by Deep Space Nine. Voyager only if you really get into the series. I rate the original crew Star Trek movies over TNG's. The franchise fell off by the 2000s outside of PC games, was not a fan of 'Enterprise' aside from T'Pols (played by Jolene Blalock) nice titties (https://i.imgur.com/vVPSv9K.jpeg).

WARNING
The reboot films of the 2000s = hard pass
Picard series = hard pass
Star Trek Discovery = hardest pass
Star Trek: Below Decks = hard pass
*In general, stay away from anything after the year 2000.

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[Jibartik]

What about the orville blake? I like orville.

[Mblake1981]

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ST: Elite Force (Id Tech3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Lxqlga_FM
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[Mblake1981]

What about the orville blake? I like orville.

Never cared to check it out, can't comment. :)

[Jibartik]

I think I want to give that game a try damn

[mcoy]

Klingon Academy is one of my favorite trek games. Getting that to work in Win10 was a pita, and even then I have to launch it (and force kill it) 20+ times before it'll run stable.

I actually like Lower Decks out of all the new stuff they've been putting out. It's the closest to the TNG 'verse in my opinion.

Orville is fantastic. Their take on "for the world is hollow and I have touched the sky" was brilliant. I'm anxiously awaiting season 3 to drop.

https://www.dustyabell.com/ even released an Orville version of their Trek posters. I've got all 3 in my home office.

-Mcoy

[Mblake1981]

I actually like Lower Decks out of all the new stuff they've been putting out. It's the closest to the TNG 'verse in my opinion.

-Mcoy

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https://blog.displate.com/calarts-style/

CalArts has become notorious as a way to describe the somewhat simplistic animation style that has been popping up in the 2010s crop of cartoons..

..Also referred to as thin-line animation, it has been derided as unoriginal and childish.

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[starkind]

I want to get stuck in the nursing home with mblake

[Jimjam]

Imagine using the term ‘childish’ to critique the artstyle of a cartoon.

[starkind]

lol

haha i do like all the startreks to each their own

i mean some are worse than others for sure

[Mblake1981]

Imagine using the term ‘childish’ to critique the artstyle of a cartoon.

Imagine using any critique for kids video games.

[Jibartik]

I always felt adventure time popularized that style of aniamtion and everyone has just been trying to copypasta it since, it was always a kind of mixing american cartoon style:

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GI joe is better than everything that has ever been made though (including EQ by 1 point)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS79paDxx40

[Mblake1981]

GI joe is better than everything that has ever been made though (including EQ by 1 point)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS79paDxx40

Earl Norem ftw

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[Jibartik]

If the alt right would just adopt cobra imagery I'd join them.

[Mblake1981]

If the alt right would just adopt cobra imagery I'd join them.

Not so fast there..

Earl was born in April of 1923

https://www.comicbookdaily.com/columns/tales-from-the-comicdenn/fantastic-cover-artist-earl-norem/

https://www.menspulpmags.com/earl-norem-is-gone-but-his-mens-adventure-and-comics-artwork-is-immortal/

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[Jibartik]

could you imagine how cancled the creators of every cartoon would be from the 70s and 80s if they were making kids shows today

well it worked out for the better:

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[Jibartik]

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[Knowledge]

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I sunk your Battleship

[Blingy]

Pandemic plus on the brink expansion

Dominion base game plus Intrigue expansion.

Munchkin, Munchkin Bites, Munchkin Cthulu

Settlers of Catan plus Cities and Knights

Cards Against Humanity

Forbidden Island and Desert

Scrambled States of America (yes, it's a kids game but still pretty dam awesome).

Splendor

Cogno

[loramin]

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This your website loramin??! Thats so cool!!! I am a pationate subscriber now (dont worry I will not post my reptoid propaganda though ofc that is for here and here only. P99: The ark.)

:) Glad you liked it.

You know I've never given Star Trek a fair shake...where to start nerds?

I recently started watching The Next Generation with my wife (who is not a nerd) on Hulu. Long story short, we're midway through season 5 right now, and I would definitely recommend giving it a try.

[loramin]

Oh, and as for board games, my group has done Gloomhaven, Agricola, and Dominion lately.

[starkind]

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Off Topic>Board Games [closed thread] (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300937&highlight=solarquest)

[Tecmos Deception]

Dominion base game plus Intrigue expansion.

Ever try hinterlands? Hinterlands + Intrigue is my go-to setup for Dominion, though I really enjoy all the ones I own (base, seaside, prosperity, intrigue, hinterlands, renaissance). Dominion is definitely my favorite board game for a few years now; literally the best replayability ever.

I love Mage Knight too. It's like and RPG-y Heroes of Might and Magic in board game form. Though it does take like 2.5 hours with setup and teardown just to play a solo game, and none of my other board game pals will play it.

[Jibartik]

I love to get immersed in vintage board games the way I love to get immersed in EQ

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[Mblake1981]

I love to get immersed in vintage board games the way I love to get immersed in EQ

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Shame when TSR got its hard whiskey watered down by WOTC.

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[richard44]

Monopoly