What's everyone's favourite Board Game or Table Top.
I have a couple that are at the top of my list:
Catan: lots of good memories playing with the family
Life: I play it like real life by trying to amass as much debt as possible
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What's everyone's favourite Board Game or Table Top.
I have a couple that are at the top of my list:
Catan: lots of good memories playing with the family
Life: I play it like real life by trying to amass as much debt as possible
Do RPGs count?
depends on the type. i have like.......10 boardgames in my room. most, if not all of them are titles people never heard of.
I never heard if those other 2!
my list:
catan
king of new york
blokus
betrayal on houston the hill.
chez geek
hostage negotiator
kingdomino
dice masters.
zombie dice
dungeon roll
boss monster
liar's dice
flip city
fortune and glory.
and i'm deeply considering getting dungeon saga.
[QUOTE=Carabas;3675432]Do RPGs count?[/QUOTE]
I would say, Why not?
Blood Bowl.
Carcassonne also, played a lot to this one.
Where to even begin?
[B][URL="https://www.amazon.com/Fantasy-Flight-Games-FFDES01-Descent/dp/1616611898/"]Descent: Journeys in the Dark (2nd Edition)[/URL][/B] - I'm obsessed with Fantasy Flight Games's Terrinoth universe and it all started for me with this game. It's a 1v4 fantasy dungeon crawler where one person plays the evil Overlord and up to four others play heroes of standard fantasy classes. I love miniatures and this one has a ton. I've since collected almost all of the expansions and add-ons, and they've added a 4 player co-op mode using a tablet as the Overlord.
[B][URL="https://www.amazon.com/Asmodee-ABY01-Abyss/dp/B00KU10PH2/"]Abyss[/URL][/B] - Gorgeous underwater-themed game that's slightly hard to explain but incredibly fun to play. It has some of the best art I've ever seen in a board game.
[B][URL="https://www.amazon.com/Mansions-Madness-Board-Game-2nd/dp/B01J4NB6CO/"]Mansions of Madness[/URL][/B] - Similar to Descent, but with Cthulhu and a 20's American setting. My gaming group always has a blast playing this game. We also have the second edition which is equally fun if not more. Like Descent's tablet co-op mode, the second edition of MoM is exclusively played as a co-op against the computer player, which makes solving clues and fighting monsters that much more intense.
[B][URL="https://www.amazon.com/Asmodee-CYC01-Cyclades/dp/B002SAMB1Q/"]Cyclades[/URL][/B] - A very fun Risk-esque game set in ancient Greece. Players bid on offering to the major gods of Olympus and get various bonuses for doing so. It's such a fun time and involves just the right amount of strategy.
[B][URL="https://www.amazon.com/Cool-Mini-Not-Arcadia-Inferno/dp/B01NBV7P6A/"]Arcadia Quest[/URL][/B] - I actually have the Inferno version and not the original base game. My group loves this game! You build your own guild of three heroes and fight in six scenarios to see who can come out on top. It's crazy that not only are you fighting each other, but the monsters of the board game as well. A lot of strategy involved, but even better... a huge supply of minis! Especially if you pledge on one of the company's Kickstarters. They include a ton of exclusive heroes and bits to use.
Other games that my group is loving:
[B]Dead of Winter[/B]
[B]Celestia[/B]
[B]Sheriff of Nottingham[/B]
[B]Betrayal at the House on the Hill[/B]
[B]Red Dragon Inn[/B]
[QUOTE=Starter Set;3677094]
Carcassonne also, played a lot to this one.[/QUOTE]
I've played this once, and loved it.
[QUOTE=Nyssane;3677285]
[B][URL="https://www.amazon.com/Mansions-Madness-Board-Game-2nd/dp/B01J4NB6CO/"]Mansions of Madness[/URL][/B] - Similar to Descent, but with Cthulhu and a 20's American setting. My gaming group always has a blast playing this game. We also have the second edition which is equally fun if not more. Like Descent's tablet co-op mode, the second edition of MoM is exclusively played as a co-op against the computer player, which makes solving clues and fighting monsters that much more intense.
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My old gaming group played this a couple of times, and everything that could go wrong for me did. Made for a lot of fun!
I've been playing a lot of Dead of Winter (friends and wife), Epic Tiny Galaxies (solo and with wife), King of Tokyo & King of New York (family), Carcassone (friends & wife the OG version and the kid version with family), Castle Panic (solo and family), and Munchkin Quest (wife and friends) a lot these last few months.
Play lots of vanilla Munchkin and the Apocalypse version with my wife. Supehero is fun but other than vanilla, Apocalypse has a nice variant on the Munchkin play style.
My son and oldest daughter are eager to get going on their first game of Mice and Mystics after playing Munchkin Quest.
I recently discovered the Royal Game of Ur. It is so much fun! It's easy to explain but takes years to master. It's older than chess and backgammon but plays kinda like backgammon. It's more of a race game.
[video=youtube;WZskjLq040I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZskjLq040I[/video]
For me...
Dominion - Easily my favourite. I love everything about this game. I've played some other deck builders (albeit only on my iPad) and nothing comes close. The great thing about it is that each game has a different combination of cards available, so it's a new puzzle every time. A card which is great in one game can be useless in the next.
Carcassone - Just incredibly easy and fun to play. I've reached the stage now where I think I need an expansion, but I do love it.
Magic: The Gathering
Agricola
Forbidden Desert
Forbidden Island
Splendor
7 Wonders
Dixit
Tokaido (I like this, but it's not popular with the people I play with sadly)
Photosynthesis - I got this and played for the first time on Sunday (Father's Day present). Seems very good so far. Lots of potential - and not a single random element.
Viticulture - Only played once, but I really liked it.
I used to really like Settlers of Catan - but I'm forced to play it every Friday when I have a game night with my wife and her parents - and it's long long outstayed its welcome for me.
Betrayal at the House on the Hill (no expansion though, I haven't liked any of the expansion haunts). A game where one of the players eventually becomes the bad guy and takes on the rest of the players.
Lords of Vegas. Build your casinos in Vegas! I love that there are many different ways to go after your opponents to try and win.
[QUOTE=dancj;3735720]For me...
I used to really like Settlers of Catan - but I'm forced to play it every Friday when I have a game night with my wife and her parents - and it's long long outstayed its welcome for me.[/QUOTE]
I feel your pain on this. Enjoyable game but every time we do a family game day my niece's husband is an addict to Catan and we have to spend most of the time playing Catan, sometime 2 hours straight worth of Catan games. Then get maybe 30 minutes tops to play some other game often times Guillotine because he likes that as well so game day gets very predictable and enjoyable but not greatly enjoyable.
[QUOTE=DungeonmasterJim;3743359]I feel your pain on this. Enjoyable game but every time we do a family game day my niece's husband is an addict to Catan and we have to spend most of the time playing Catan, sometime 2 hours straight worth of Catan games. Then get maybe 30 minutes tops to play some other game often times Guillotine because he likes that as well so game day gets very predictable and enjoyable but not greatly enjoyable.[/QUOTE]
We used to play Catan two or three times every Friday. Now I absolutely refuse to play it more than once. There are too many other games out there.
Everyone who I have played [B]HIVE[/B] with has 100% loved it. From adults to 10yr olds who I've taught & played with, all have wanted to immediately play another game. 2 player game only. It's a desert island game for sure.
[B]King of Tokyo [/B]is another hit but it's good as a 3+ player game.
[B]Liar's Dice[/B] is hilarious when added with alcohol & have to have at least 3 players.
Pandemic and Betrayal at House on the Hill.
[QUOTE=GOLGO 13;3769708][B]King of Tokyo [/B]is another hit but it's good as a 3+ player game. [/QUOTE]
I've watched a review of King of Tokyo, and it looked to me like it might have the same weakness as Small World - where (with more than two players) how well you do could be more dependant on whether other people choose to attack you than how well you play.
On Saturday, I went to a board game bring and buy sale.
I kind of accidentally spent £90 and got:
Dominion (1st edition, to get the cards which aren't in the 2nd edition, and get the extras to play 5-6 players)
Star Realms (I know this already from my iPad - and have played a couple of games with my son - good so far)
Star Realms: Colony Wars
Tiny Epic Quest (I've played one solo to cement the rules in my head - but I really want to play against people now)
Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends
Race for the Galaxy (I've played a couple of times with my son - I think this will grow on me if I can convince people to play it)
La Isla
Calus: Magna Carta
Priests of Ra
PandemicL Contagion
Good times ahead...
All of that of 90? That's a good deal.
[QUOTE=dancj;3873135]
Tiny Epic Quest (I've played one solo to cement the rules in my head - but I really want to play against people now)
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I LOVE Tiny Epic Quest!
It's the second best Tiny Epic game, IMHO, with Tiny Epic Galaxies being the best. The rest are kind of blah to me.
I've enjoyed it solo but there are some funky rule changes for multiplayer. Namely when/how to flip the quest token. My advice is to just be consistent about changing quests out. Movement can be confusing, too, initially. Just remember that EVERYONE gets to move that direction when a person chooses a mode (if you pick horse, ALL players get to travel by horse in turn order).
A word of warning: the game can really drag with 4 players but like Tiny Epic Galaxies, the follow mechanic really reduces the down time for other players and requires you to pay attention each turn. That follow mechanic in both games is really freaking cool, BTW.
[QUOTE=BeastieRunner;3873525]I LOVE Tiny Epic Quest!
It's the second best Tiny Epic game, IMHO, with Tiny Epic Galaxies being the best. The rest are kind of blah to me.
I've enjoyed it solo but there are some funky rule changes for multiplayer. Namely when/how to flip the quest token. My advice is to just be consistent about changing quests out. Movement can be confusing, too, initially. Just remember that EVERYONE gets to move that direction when a person chooses a mode (if you pick horse, ALL players get to travel by horse in turn order).
A word of warning: the game can really drag with 4 players but like Tiny Epic Galaxies, the follow mechanic really reduces the down time for other players and requires you to pay attention each turn. That follow mechanic in both games is really freaking cool, BTW.[/QUOTE]
I played a couple of games against my daughter yesterday. I enjoyed it a lot - and she clearly did because she insisted on the second game.
[QUOTE=dancj;3883268]I played a couple of games against my daughter yesterday. I enjoyed it a lot - and she clearly did because she insisted on the second game.[/QUOTE]
Awesome! It really is fun.
My son and wife call it Zelda: The Board Game.
If you have the Golden Mushroom Kingdom mini-expansion, this becomes more true.
Miniature Wargames:
Warmachine/Hordes
Firestorm Armada
Anima Tactics
Board Games/Card Games
Allegiance: A Realm Divided
Star Realms
Hero Realms
Sword & Sorcery: Immortal Souls
Starship Samurai
HeroScape
Shadows of Brimstone is pretty good too, though requires a lot of time.
[QUOTE=BeastieRunner;3883928]If you have the Golden Mushroom Kingdom mini-expansion, this becomes more true.[/QUOTE]
I have - but I thought I should get some games of the base game played before I tried the expansion.
[QUOTE=Robotech Master;3883984]Star Realms[/QUOTE]
That's a good game.
My son calls it "Space Dominion" - I think it sits more halfway between Dominion and Magic the Gathering.
Dominion is still my favourite card game though.
Finally got around to getting Scythe but I haven't had a chance to play it yet.
[QUOTE=Robotech Master;3883984]Miniature Wargames:
Warmachine/Hordes
Firestorm Armada
Anima Tactics
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Min-wargames look like fun. I'll play them eventually, one day. I hope.
For me:
Clue
Whodunit
Castle Ravenloft
Talisman
Arkham Horror
Hero Quest
Elder Sign
I played Scythe for the first time last night. Fantastic game - I can see why there's so much hype.
I would totally get it, but I know deep down that it's a bit too long and heavy for my family to play it with me - not really that heavy, but still a bit too heavy for them to agree to it.
And a guy the board game group I play with already has it - with upgraded resources and coins and the bigger board - so we'd never use my copy there.
I started playing Xiangqi, Chinese chess, recently and i must say that it's quite the entertaining game.
[QUOTE=Starter Set;3958092]I started playing Xiangqi, Chinese chess, recently and i must say that it's quite the entertaining game.[/QUOTE]
How does that play?
[QUOTE=BeastieRunner;3958412]How does that play?[/QUOTE]
Well, it's quite different from chess.
Some pieces are similar and the overall goal is the same, to checkmate the king, but lot of mechanics are different. The board even is different. You have a river in the middle, the kind and two other pieces are stuck in a zone call the castle. (or palace)
[IMG]http://www.bunkahle.com/Schach/Xiang_Qi_eng.jpg[/IMG]
Here's a little video who covers the very basic of the damn thing :
[video=youtube;VqcTaFcFbUA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqcTaFcFbUA[/video]
Link to part 2 cause apparently i can't post two videos in one post : [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpDpdTiM0Wk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpDpdTiM0Wk[/URL]
[QUOTE=Starter Set;3958444]Well, it's quite different from chess.
Some pieces are similar and the overall goal is the same, to checkmate the king, but lot of mechanics are different. The board even is different. You have a river in the middle, the kind and two other pieces are stuck in a zone call the castle. (or palace)
[IMG]http://www.bunkahle.com/Schach/Xiang_Qi_eng.jpg[/IMG]
Here's a little video who covers the very basic of the damn thing :
[video=youtube;VqcTaFcFbUA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqcTaFcFbUA[/video]
Link to part 2 cause apparently i can't post two videos in one post : [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpDpdTiM0Wk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpDpdTiM0Wk[/URL][/QUOTE]
Oh cool! So a little bit like Shogi but not. I like that river mechanic.
[QUOTE=BeastieRunner;3958533]Oh cool! So a little bit like Shogi but not. I like that river mechanic.[/QUOTE]
I would say that maybe Shogi is a bit closer to classic chess than Xiangqi is but then, the capture and promotion mechanics of Shogi (and most of all how you can re-use captured pieces) are really what make Shogi unique.
But yeah, the river thing is quite original. I kinda like how "close" everything is. You don't really have preparation moves, it's an all out war first turn lol.
You play some Shogi?
[QUOTE=Starter Set;3958586]I would say that maybe Shogi is a bit closer to classic chess than Xiangqi is but then, the capture and promotion mechanics of Shogi (and most of all how you can re-use captured pieces) are really what make Shogi unique.
But yeah, the river thing is quite original. I kinda like how "close" everything is. You don't really have preparation moves, it's an all out war first turn lol.
You play some Shogi?[/QUOTE]
I have but I'm not any good at shogi.
The palace in Xiangqi looks like it would be hella fun and full of close-quarters combat! Dang, this looks cool. I may have to add it to my collection. Is the learning curve steep?
[QUOTE=BeastieRunner;3958662]Is the learning curve steep?[/QUOTE]
Nah, honestly it's pretty easy to learn. Of course from there, you know how it is. Easy to learn, hard to master.
Only thing who maybe can be a bit confusing at first are the pieces themselves. Depending the edition you may have the names on the piece in Chinese, which can take a bit to get used to. (not very long really)
A lot of love here for Betrayal at the House on the Hill.
I played it for the first time last night and didn't like it at all.
I think the biggest issue for me was that I'm not that interested in all of that storybuilding descriptive text. I prefer a game with nice clean mechanisms and a minimal amount of reading - if any at all.
My recent purchases are:
The Mind - I love this one to bits. So tense.
Century: Spice Road and Century: Eastern Wonder - I managed to get these on eBay for £20 each from separate sellers. I haven't had a chance to try them yet, but I really like the look of them. Particularly Spice Road.
[QUOTE=dancj;3960453]A lot of love here for Betrayal at the House on the Hill.
I played it for the first time last night and didn't like it at all.
I think the biggest issue for me was that I'm not that interested in all of that storybuilding descriptive text. I prefer a game with nice clean mechanisms and a minimal amount of reading - if any at all.
My recent purchases are:
The Mind - I love this one to bits. So tense.
Century: Spice Road and Century: Eastern Wonder - I managed to get these on eBay for £20 each from separate sellers. I haven't had a chance to try them yet, but I really like the look of them. Particularly Spice Road.[/QUOTE]
We have lot of RPG people up in here, I think that's why.
I understand what you're saying, though. Not everyone wants read a block of flavor text. There's lots of games and I have all sorts of friends and family that now play games because I try to find things they may like.
Boardgaming/tabletop/etc. has never been so inclusive.
I've been wanting to try The Mind. How does it play?
[QUOTE=dancj;3771326]I've watched a review of King of Tokyo, and it looked to me like it might have the same weakness as Small World - where (with more than two players) how well you do could be more dependant on whether other people choose to attack you than how well you play.[/QUOTE]
True. KOT absolutely needs 3 or more because there is strategy to be considered whether or not to enter Tokyo or staying outside.