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Board Games: Anyone have some suggestions?

Posted on 11/22/20 at 3:15 pm
Posted by LoneStarRanger
Texas/Europe
Member since Aug 2018
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Posted on 11/22/20 at 3:15 pm
Been slowly getting into good boardgames and trying to build my collection.

Really been enjoying Wingspan, Scythe, Pandemic Legacy Season:1, and the 7th Continent.

Any of y'all have some favorites I need to grab?
Posted by willymeaux
Member since Mar 2012
4755 posts
Posted on 11/22/20 at 3:48 pm to
Axis and Allies.
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
37295 posts
Posted on 11/22/20 at 3:53 pm to
quote:

Really been enjoying Wingspan, Scythe, Pandemic Legacy Season:1, and the 7th Continent.


Depends on what type of games you want. There are so many good ones now.

Something in the same realm as these might be a Lords of Waterdeep (Only with the expansion, without it it's too easy).

If you want a decent step up, I like Yokohama a lot. For another step up you get to one of my top 5's in A Feast for Odin.

If you like closer to video games - Kemet or Street Masters. Or Root.

I'm also a big fan of the Carson City Big Box - building a western town. A few more moving pieces than some of your favorites, but the game is a ton of fun - and you get to duel over actions.

My two recent games of of the moment are Pax Pamir and Empyreal: Of Spells and Steam.
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 11/22/20 at 4:16 pm to
risk
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18242 posts
Posted on 11/22/20 at 4:34 pm to
King of Tokyo is a great one. Many people enjoy Ticket to Ride, but I'm not a huge fan of it
Posted by geauxtigers87
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2011
25207 posts
Posted on 11/22/20 at 4:37 pm to
I've been wanting to try this one for a while Atlantic Storm
Posted by VinegarStrokes
Georgia
Member since Oct 2015
13301 posts
Posted on 11/22/20 at 6:01 pm to
Gloomhaven


They have a shorter, more streamlined version called Jaws of the Lion if you don’t want to commit to the full version. Frosthaven comes out in 2021 I think
Posted by MCSquared16
Member since Jan 2009
3399 posts
Posted on 11/22/20 at 6:47 pm to
Betrayal at house on haunted hill is one of my favorites
Posted by YNWA
Member since Nov 2015
6705 posts
Posted on 11/22/20 at 9:22 pm to
Dead of Winter is fun.

May I suggest checking out Table Top on youtube. It's Will Wheaton, and friends, doing play throughs of different board games. It definitely helps you understand them better

LINK
Posted by Scuttle Buttin
Member since May 2020
335 posts
Posted on 11/23/20 at 9:07 am to
Firefly.
Posted by MaHittaMaHitta
Member since May 2014
3182 posts
Posted on 11/23/20 at 2:25 pm to
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Ticket to Ride
Good game to play with family. Can only play with up to 5 or 6 I believe
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18242 posts
Posted on 11/23/20 at 2:49 pm to
Not a huge fan of how the game is so RNG heavy, and it's got a kinda boring mechanic after the first few games
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
37295 posts
Posted on 11/23/20 at 2:49 pm to
I would also suggest Deception: Murder in Hong Kong for a hidden identity game. That's become our go to. Easy to understand, and a lot of fun.
Posted by AgCoug
Houston
Member since Jan 2014
5862 posts
Posted on 11/23/20 at 6:13 pm to
There has been a renaissance of sorts with board games the past decade. There are so many good ones. There are also a lot of good suggestions in this thread. Here’s another classic though that’s worth playing again: Clue.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124287 posts
Posted on 11/24/20 at 9:06 am to
Settlers of catan
Posted by VinegarStrokes
Georgia
Member since Oct 2015
13301 posts
Posted on 11/24/20 at 9:28 am to
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Settlers of catan


This is a good one to play on a tablet or phone, although it can be infuriating in that the AI players never accept your trade offers but then they'll keep coming back with the same trade requests over and over again no matter how many times you reject. It gives you the option to decline all trades until your next turn but then you feel like you might miss something worth acting on.
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
9378 posts
Posted on 11/26/20 at 10:32 am to
quote:

Any of y'all have some favorites I need to grab?

What number of players do you typically play with?
This post was edited on 11/26/20 at 10:32 am
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
39584 posts
Posted on 11/26/20 at 2:34 pm to
I've been starting a collection too.

Have Pandemic and Ticket to Ride to play with niece/nephews and kid when older.

Bought Betrayal the other day.

Considering Terraforming Mars.
Posted by Jiggy Moondust
South Carolina
Member since Oct 2013
811 posts
Posted on 11/26/20 at 11:03 pm to
These are games I own and enjoy playing.. If you like war games , Memoir 44 is great. Doesn’t take nearly as long as most war games and has cool expansions..

I love Stone Age, Sheriff of Nottingham, King of Tokyo, Takenoko, Munchkin(card game) Grimm Forest to name a few..

Stone Age is a worker placement game where you have multiple tasks to keep up with. Sheriff of Not. Is a game of smuggling goods(cards)with bluffing.. as one person is the sheriff each round and he can check your bag to see if you have illegal contraband.
King of Tokyo is a fun game of dice rolling with monsters ala Godzilla like...
these are a few that I enjoy..
Posted by LoneStarRanger
Texas/Europe
Member since Aug 2018
2404 posts
Posted on 11/27/20 at 7:31 am to
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What number of players do you typically play with?


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