― beanz (beanz), Friday, 3 February 2006 09:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 3 February 2006 09:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 3 February 2006 09:30 (eighteen years ago) link
i've only ever played risk really.
― geoff (gcannon), Friday, 3 February 2006 09:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Chris I have added you as a GEEKBUDDY. What is Big Boggle?
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 3 February 2006 09:47 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.brettspielwelt.info/ is the one with pretty much every nu-school boardgame ever, though I agree with chris that it's kinda daunting sometimes. You might like Puerto Rico J?
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 3 February 2006 09:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Main interests there is Carcassonne, perhaps predictably. I managed to get the PC edition cheap on ebay so I can hone my skills against the AI before playing with people I don't know (and the inevitable pwnage).
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Big Boggle is like regular Boggle but with 5x5.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 3 February 2006 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 3 February 2006 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Friday, 3 February 2006 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Vinnie (vprabhu), Friday, 3 February 2006 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― jeffrey (johnson), Friday, 3 February 2006 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Friday, 3 February 2006 22:10 (eighteen years ago) link
About Scrabble practice ruining Big Boggle, I have to comment that I dominate by going for the big eight letter words and completely neglecting the tiny ones. So I think memorizing obscure combinations of two or three letters isn't essential to Boggle the way it is to Scrabble, given the point distribution. Geekiness!!!
― richardk (Richard K), Sunday, 5 February 2006 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 5 February 2006 01:35 (eighteen years ago) link
One board game I liked a lot but is apparently hard to buy new now is RoboRally. Is it true you can't buy it anymore?RoboRally went out of print, but I believe that a new edition of it just came out.
― The Yellow Kid, Sunday, 5 February 2006 06:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Ticket To Ride is very, very light (and isn't it one of those games where the 2nd version, Europe, fixed some problems in the first?) but it's certainly fun enough.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 5 February 2006 09:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Monday, 6 February 2006 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 11 March 2006 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Juliaa would still like Puerto Rico.
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 11 March 2006 02:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 11 March 2006 02:58 (eighteen years ago) link
This is how I managed to convince my ex to play, and he spent all his time trying to make his courtyard symmetrical, and somehow he won, despite generally not being very good at games.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 11 March 2006 06:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Oltremare is okay, I think I might just be tired of free-trading games.
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 00:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 01:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 03:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 03:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 03:59 (eighteen years ago) link
But I actually haven't played that many "conquer the world" type games. I'm sure there's a relevant GeekList on BGG.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 04:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Louis XIV, still.Ingenius a bit (That wacky Knizia and his ridiculously simple ideas!)Goldbrau, which is just the daftest, most sweetly inconsequential thing ever to play with beer and laughing when you're done with realer games, it says "the cleverest businessman wins" on the box but nothing could be further from the truth. I really like it!
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 8 May 2006 20:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 8 May 2006 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 16:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=3818
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4829/captainawesomeie3.jpg
― kingfish cyclopean ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 27 July 2006 05:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:35 (seventeen years ago) link
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― MsLaura, Monday, 23 April 2007 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Casuistry, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 00:03 (seventeen years ago) link
xp inflation is a thing. that was definitely a "pre pandemic stimulus check" post!
but prices seem to be are creeping back down. i've been looking at car wars box sets, for example (the deluxe cardboard one with cat # sjg1301, not the little plastic boxes which are being reprinted) and if you're willing to live with punched counters and bent corners you can find them for $30-50
the good news about call of cthulhu is that moving forward or backward between different editions is generally pretty easy. the 1st edition stuff with the endearingly goofy artwork is super spendy, but if you're willing to grab kinda ugly 4th or 5th ed stuff it's a lot cheaper. i actually have the 5th ed softcover (iirc 4th ed softcover was the first one i got, in high school) so that works out ok for me
for example if you can deal with an early 90s copy of masks of nyarlathotep vs an 80s one the going rate on ebay goes from $100-200 to around $50-70. orient express bit harder to find but one just went on ebay for $70!
― the late great, Monday, 28 November 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link
i would say like any collectibles (discogs, rpgs on ebay) you have to learn to ignore whatever the current general asking price is and focus on the sold prices. i find that on ebay saved searches + alerts are my friend. like i am currently shopping for dungeoneer's survival guide 1st ed (not sure why, aside from map of the underdark it's even more useless than the wilderness survival guide, because i'm collecting i guess) and while there's always copies going up for $75 a fine looking copy for $30 shows up about once a month.
and hey at least we're collecting crappy 80s rpgs and not magic cards. i don't have any interest in mtg but am constantly seeing 1st wave stuff i owned going for $1000 or more!
― the late great, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:03 (one year ago) link
I've got one of the 90s reprintings of Masks in book form, and the recent reprint of orient express, so I'm not particularly concerned about getting those as original boxed sets. Thinking more along the lines of Dreamlands, Gaslight, some of the old campaigns like Spawn of Azathoth.
xpost, god don't remind me of the MTG cards I had when I was a youth.....
I got my dungeoneers survival guide out of an urge to just have all the the core AD&D hardcovers; this would have been a few years ago, it was $25.
― ian, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
Sorry, I don't want to de-rail this thread into an RPG thread.
I haven't played Eldritch Horror in ages. I like it, but my wife does not so much.
― ian, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:07 (one year ago) link
xpost -- I know a guy in the bay area who has a copy of car wars for sale i think. He always picks games up at the Alameda flea if they're cheap.
― ian, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
I want to say my box is 2nd Edn because I'm sure it's got the award winning decal but I could be wrong.
I have no idea why I bought the 40tg Anniversary 2" box but there you go.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 28 November 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
lol I bought the reprinted 1" AND 2" boxes. The 2" has a bunch of the early supplements, which I like to read even if as adventures they are a bit old fashioned. The 1" box remains shrink wrapped; I think I thought I was gonna give it as a gift to my cousin but ended up getting her the current starter set instead.
― ian, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
i will derail it for you by agreeing that the campaign sets can be pretty expensive. the dreamlands stories might be some of my favorite lovecraft so that's one i was interested in awhile back and sort of gave up on
i've always been interested in chaosium's elrich and hawkmoon games (stormbringer is the umbrella name, i think?) which are fairly generic 80s percentile dice crap with some nice maps. not super different from rolemaster / merp products, without the amazing crit tables. and those are just always expensive too. idk what it is about them.
i always thought chaosium was an american company (mailing address in berkeley?) but also a lot of these games seem a lot easier to find on uk ebay, more press coverage in uk mags like white dwarf vs. dragon. did they move from uk to usa at some point? feel like this would be easy to look up, but i'm home sick from work today so feeling especially lazy
― the late great, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:19 (one year ago) link
They are still based in the US but a lot of the current development team is based in the UK iirc.
I think the Elric & Hawkmoon games are expensive because of Moorcock superfandom.
― ian, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
as someone who's thought about writing a jerry cornelius rpg, i can relate to moorcock superfandom.
also there doesn't seem to be a good default ttrpg thread. maybe the "incredible austerity" one?
i can certainly understand not liking eldritch horror. it took me a long time to figure out to figure out the theory of it (well, develop my own, which may or may not be right) and figure out a workable strategy for it. and even with that you're always getting senselessly punished by attrition, for no real reason other than getting punished by attrition is how mythos horror works!
― the late great, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
has anyone played Tapestry? my old Iron Crown friends were raving about it last time we hung out
also really enjoying Code Words when we can get 4 people together
― sleeve, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:28 (one year ago) link
Code Names (i think that's the actual title?) is fun; there's a 2-player version that we picked up and it's just not as fun as the 4 player version imo. But we rarely have another couple to play with. Not aware of Tapestry!
― ian, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:29 (one year ago) link
It gets mentioned upthread, but I'm interested in playing Eclipse. I like the 4x style of interstellar exploration. There's also the GMT Space Empires game but i think it's between printings rn.
― ian, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:35 (one year ago) link
Code Names! yes. I can't imagine how that would work with only two players, the 4-person dynamic is so fun
― sleeve, Monday, 28 November 2022 21:42 (one year ago) link
Role Playing Games: Search/Destroy
This is the generic rpg thread but a long time since anyone posted there
Role-Playing Games crush of shame poll
Why did you stop playing Role Playing Games?
Other candidates
There was one for indie/non fantasy RPGs that was in use a couple of years ago but I can't find it
But yes, the austerity one is the most up to date I guess
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 28 November 2022 22:41 (one year ago) link
eclipse is super fun! but i haven't played in AGES. i also love Arkham Horror (the original bgg, not the card game) for some of the reasons you describe re Eldritch Horror above. but no one ever wants to play with me. it's so long (which is maybe why i love it)
― sean gramophone, Monday, 28 November 2022 22:44 (one year ago) link
Tabletop RPGs/story-building games - beyond D&D
Found it, this is the most alive RPG thread
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 28 November 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
there is a noise board dnd thread that - in classic old meets new fashion - starts with like 800 gigantic images, all of which are now dead links
― the late great, Monday, 28 November 2022 23:04 (one year ago) link
aldo, see here:
The incredible austerity of D&D in 1980
― sleeve, Monday, 28 November 2022 23:12 (one year ago) link
that's the most active RPG thread in my memory, I tell stories from the 80s
(and 70s)
― sleeve, Monday, 28 November 2022 23:13 (one year ago) link
the new yorker article is great
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 03:01 (one year ago) link
Any recommendations for a game for an 11 year old boy, to play with the family? I've found quite a few hippy nature ones, I think I want to go a bit cooler, space themed if possible.
― ledge, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 10:38 (one year ago) link
Galaxy Trucker. You each have to put together a spaceship from loads of pieces, like a competetive puzzle. Then you have to fly that spaceship to its destination, and hope the hodgepodge of elements will see off the asteroids, pirates, slavers and other misfortune that might come your way.
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 12:48 (one year ago) link
That was in my long list so I'll go for it, thanks!
― ledge, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 13:43 (one year ago) link
I love it, am always playing it with my 8yo, but very much with training wheels on, so I reckon it should keep an 11yo involved, but also not scare off the rest of the family.
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 13:46 (one year ago) link
Yeah my first thought was Galaxy Trucker but there are guns etc (although purely defensive) if that isn't what you're after. (Solely based on "hippy nature" as a prompt.)
Tiny Epic Galaxies, Chimera Station, Asking For Trobils all good but don't know how in print the last two are which would probably be my recs. I'd also say Loop Inc but I think it's too complicated.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
if you think they could handle a worker placement / tile laying game, i have black angel and think it is pretty cool. i think a sharp 11 year old could swing it.
― the late great, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 14:31 (one year ago) link
on the other hand might be a bit too much, give the 2-3 hr play time, plus i think shifting victory conditions could be especially confusing for some kids
― the late great, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 14:34 (one year ago) link
Yeah 2-3 hours is a bit long. Thanks for all the suggestions, I've bought Galaxy Trucker.
― ledge, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Galaxy Trucker is one of the few games I can think of that uses dexterity and a fun theme but is surprisingly strategic. Great choice for an 11yo I think!
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
galaxy trucker is classic, also you just unburied a memory of a different game i played like a decade ago that was a space 4x strategy game except movement around the board was done by finger flicking your wooden disk spaceship crokinole-style
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
I wasn't sure whether Galaxy Trucker truly counts as dexterity but I would be very bad at the game you describe, regardless of how strategic it is
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
you just unburied a memory of a different game i played like a decade ago that was a space 4x strategy game except movement around the board was done by finger flicking your wooden disk spaceship crokinole-style
this sounds very fun! if you remember the title...
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
Ascending Empires was the title, looks like it's actually getting a new edition next year
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
Thank you!
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
Does anyone else here play on https://boardgamearena.com/? My game night crew have been having a lot of fun with Decrypto (which is a twist on Codenames).
― Albert Canoe (Leee), Friday, 28 July 2023 17:34 (ten months ago) link