The Thread Where We Are Board Game Geeks

Learning curve is often a barrier for me. I prefer complex games that don't have a huge luck component. However, I hate learning games and I feel like it takes me many plays to actually get it and even longer to understand strategy. I think I'm slower than most in that regards.

Basic games are fun, but I get bored by them after a few plays.

here is a closeup of 4 of the 6 little chit holders
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/8907801065_a4dca54acf.jpg

I don't like the learning curve either! I guess I really like the idea that Labyrinth/war strategy games use stuff/terms/events I already know exist, not an imaginary world full of nouns and verbs i don't know (you have to lapiderate the ontodoctyl before you can etc). i mean, i already understand most of the implications "regime change". at least the game allows me to use that understanding. I think I'm too old to learn about the ontodoctyl.

another quick Netrunner question: in competitive play, how do they decide who is corp or runner?

Learning one of these games that use a card driven system really makes it easier to learn the others that interest you. A good upfront investment.

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i'm already looking forward to andean abyss! i feel like someone designed that game just for me!

LL did you cut some the corners off your counters?

no
they just look like that
i'm not a counter customizer! i barely understand what they're for.

i'd argue that real life cheating/corruption among the players of Labyrinth should be fair game!

i'm not a counter customizer!

haha, I am :/

once we're ten years in and funding is low on both sides, i can see some subterfuge. at this point, it's technically 2002. according to the game, the us is entrenched in afghanistan and the jihadists have been causing trouble in EU countries. that's all that's happening at the moment.

does this sound like a lot of fun or WHAT

another quick Netrunner question: in competitive play, how do they decide who is corp or runner?

you play each. if you win both games, you win the round. if it's a split, then whoever scored the most points in their losing game wins.

sounds like fun to me, but i'm a nerd who keeps dreaming about a geopolitical LCG

it is fun!

i floop the tony blair

I spent days of my teenage years clipping corners off cardboard wargame counters. I wouldn't recommend this.

Previews for the final Dominion expansion are happening this week:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/986175/previews-1-baker

this is the thread where we are dekulakization dice game geeks:
http://cosstropolis.com/games/kulak/

an interesting idea, but is it fun?

idk haven't tried it yet. i intend to tho

Has anyone ever won at Pandemic?

i have! only once tho iirc

We win all the time... (hope i'm not jinxing it)

The secret is to focus on curing diseases much more than anything else. (And hopefully having roles to support.)

Normally I play with 2 players though - might be harder with more?

I don't think I've lost at Pandemic yet - I think the key is probably to get your team spread across into each disease zone and tackle them individually, even if it involves sacrificing research to travel there.

Forbidden Island is a lot more challenging imo, and can feel from the outset that you're not going to win (which makes it all the sweeter when you do).

Wow, we've played Pandemic about four times now and lost hopelessly each time. Four players. Maybe we're just hopeless.

is Pandemic more difficult to beat than Arkham Horror?

i think arkham horror is harder

In my experience, the game is way harder with 4 players than with 2. At 4 players with all epidemics you can definitely get screwed over sometimes, but if you really focus on curing diseases you end up OK more often than not.

Arkham Horror is definitely harder.

I agree that Pandemic is counter-intuitive in that you would think that more players would cure more easily but the number of epidemics plus the combination of putting the already infected cities back on top and the outbreak mechanic mean it's much more difficult to win.

Drum Roll is the most fun game I've played recently, but Tammany Hall (or at least the new edition) is game of the year, for sure.

We'd kind of assumed that Pandemic would be easier with even more players. Hmmm.

pandemic is DEF harder with four. almost impossible. every move counts.

i think arkham horror is harder

― Mordy , Thursday, September 12, 2013 7:55 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ugh I hate arkham horror for a long list of reasons. when my friends play they always seem to win easily just by punching cthulu in the face.

i just bought race for the galaxy. everyone loves that right?

i wasnt crazy about arkham horror cuz i wasnt really sure what to do with myself in it. that's also a bit of a prob in the first few turns of pandemic

I've really wanted to try Race for the Galaxy.

I got dominion recently but haven't played it yet

dominion is fun but don't google strats or you'll ruin it for yourself. gets better w/expansions too

race for the galaxy looks complicated.

anyone fuck w/king of tokyo or the resistance? I've probably asked that before but they're fun games

I've played the resistance Avalon- they're just mafia/werewolf themes, right?

I really like Race for the Galaxy but it's one of those games where I wish there were less cards. I don't play it often so I end up having to do a lot of reading during the game. Then again I play MTG which is far, far worse about that. I like Dominion's model of playing with a limited set of cards each game, it's a good way to make new cards but reduce the complexity of a given game.

I wish there were less different cards, I meant

The Resistance is a more fun Mafia. People don't die so no one is ever sitting around waiting for the next game. Also there's is more opportunity to learn people's identities through playing the game rather than blind accusation. It's a lot of fun with the right group.

anyone play saboteur? in the werewolf / mafia / resistance mould but with a totally different mechanic and goal

i played some netrunner tnite (still the best game ever) and then tried x-wing minis for the first time. it's a lot of fun (we played the starter - my rebel X-wing beat his 2x tie fighters). not sure if i'd actually buy sets myself but i did see this online and it looks like so much fun:

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic1555520_md.jpg

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/10/07/the_guns_of_october_yom_kippur_war_games

what do ppl think about pathfinder card game? http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2013/10/10/great-start-pathfinder-adventure-card-game/

woke up in the middle of the night the other night with an incredible idea: carcassonne, but with pizza slices instead of city tiles.

balls and I long ago dubbed the two-piece, two-point city the ''pizza roll,'' called out as such to collect your points.

ha

you mean 4 point

Has anyone played Mansions of Madness?