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re: Any awesome board games?
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:10 pm to puffulufogous
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:10 pm to puffulufogous
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To be fair risk isnt a bad board game. It's just that there are modern board games that do what risk does a whole lot better.
Playing 4 hours then losing on the roll of dice, ugh.
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Posted on 12/4/16 at 9:58 pm to Freauxzen
I appreciate your frustration. I don't care for heavy dice rolling board games in general. I don't find king of Tokyo to be fun for that reason.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:18 pm to puffulufogous
Risk is sort of where you get started down the long road of strategy games. It makes you think there's a lot of strategy involved but in the end it's 95% luck, between drawing countries at the start of a game , cards at the end of a turn and dice rolls. Don't get me wrong I spent many hours playing risk as a kid, but eventually you want something deeper.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:22 pm to ZacAttack
That's why I graduated to axis and allies
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:25 pm to puffulufogous
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I appreciate your frustration. I don't care for heavy dice rolling board games in general. I don't find king of Tokyo to be fun for that reason.
KoT is alright for me. Even at 6 players it's at worst 45 mins. And it isn't a strategy. It's just a light Yahtzee game. I do find King of New York has better tactical options, but it isn't trying to be more than rolling some die and laughing with friends. Nothing wrong with that. But yeah it isn't for everyone. I just don't expect to outwit or out-strategize opponents in KOT, you kind of do in Risk.
Will say Risk is alright for that early intro, but there are so many better games that give the same feel. Or used to be a good intro.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 11:24 am to jmarto1
I'm up for a board game meetup.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 11:25 am to fouldeliverer
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I'm up for a board game meetup.
Best way to make and lose friends in the same day.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 11:31 am to puffulufogous
My high school buddies and I always play Risk Legacy when everyone comes back for the holidays.
It's risk with additional features that allow for more strategy. More of a futuristic setting as well.
It's risk with additional features that allow for more strategy. More of a futuristic setting as well.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 11:31 am to SabiDojo
Lol, any suggestions where? Anyone have settlers of katan?
Posted on 12/5/16 at 4:20 pm to jmarto1
A couple I didn't see mentioned are Alhambra and Castles of Burgundy.
Codenames is a great game for small or larger groups.
Codenames is a great game for small or larger groups.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 5:19 pm to meeple
Also look into Takenoko and For Sale.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 8:36 am to meeple
Had a few too many drinks at an after party for a conference I was at. Apparently I ordered Betrayal at House on the Hill and Dead of Winter from Amazon last night. So I got that going for me, which is nice. I need to delete my Amazon app when I've been drinking. I impulse buy way too much in an inebriated state.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 1:58 pm to YNWA
I'll admit, I have a bit of a problem. Last time I counted I had something approaching 100 board games. My wife hates them, and I almost never find anyone to play them with, but damn, do I love them.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 2:08 pm to jmarto1
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Lol, any suggestions where? Anyone have settlers of katan?
I'm out. I live too far away.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 2:08 pm to TheTideMustRoll
I love board games but I don't have anyone to play them with me.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 2:22 pm to SabiDojo
Board Games are a tough hobby precisely because you rely on other people to join in. Some people that will like board games, would usually just rather play a video game instead. Others whoa re stuck on Monopoly and Risk, take convincing, but CAN be actually really excited with the right kind of games.
Finding those games are tough however.
Finding those games are tough however.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 3:12 pm to Freauxzen
Quite a few games can be played solo. Especially the Co-op games.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 5:25 pm to SabiDojo
Well, if anyone is in the Raleigh area and wants to get together for a game sometime, drop me a line.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 10:05 am to TheTideMustRoll
Well I guess it looks like we are too spread out. Anything online we could set up?
Posted on 12/8/16 at 10:24 am to jmarto1
I'd be up for it, but yeah I'm in SLC.
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