Let's talk about boardgames in this thread! And other tabletop games if you want!
There was a thread in OT before the forums got split, found here, and we can just resume conversation from there.
Sorry for lack of response for past few months. Nevertheless, here's a belated reply:
Catan is okay. It's a good "gateway" game to the rich world of designer boardgames, but once you start playing beyond it, Catan wears out its welcome fast. If you have a Barnes and Nobles nearby, that store tends to sell some of the weird boardgames out there (at least the store near me does). Dominion is much better than Catan.
Dungeon Twister is still my favorite game (although it might be tied with two other games, see below). I actually started with the Prison standalone game and ended up getting all the expansions barring the French-only ones. Basic is probably the best starting point, but Prison is fine too. The only thing is I don't get much playtime recently because, well, you need another player willing to play the game, and frankly I don't have too many friends that like Dungeon Twister. Also, I've been distracted by a few new games I've gotten.
Aside from Dungeon Twister, I really love Caylus. It's a worker-placement game (you spend a round taking turns with other players placing workers on various action squares), and it has 0 luck with the possible exception of what the other players are doing, if you call that luck. Caylus is an amazing game, but it's fairly complex. Try something simpler like Dominion first.
The game that is blowing my mind at the moment is Earth Reborn. Earth Reborn is designed by the same guy who made Dungeon Twister, and while ER is a tactical minis game, it has a good amount of differences. Earth Reborn is a scenario-driven post-apocalyptic shooty game (imagine X-Com the boardgame with more available options for what you can do), and you assemble the board using a bunch of Tetris-like tiles for rooms.
While I only got it recently so I'm stilled hyped up, Earth Reborn is fucking amazing. It has so many different things you can do that it's almost a role-playing game, but it still retains the gamey values of a boardgame. In Earth Reborn you can:
Among other things. It's fucking astounding. I'm doing a big session of the game today and it should be a blast. Or I'll play Twilight Imperium (it's Sins of a Solar Empire the boardgame).
There was a thread in OT before the forums got split, found here, and we can just resume conversation from there.
SleepyHe4d said:I bought Settlers of Catan the other day since it was the only one of the "better" board games I could find in stores. While playing it was a LOT more enjoyable than Monopoly, I still didn't like that I got raped by dice rolls pretty much the last 3rd of the game and lost.
I'm gonna have to order and try out Dominion like you suggested, and some other games that were mentioned in here.
How has Dungeon Twister held up now that it's been a couple months?
Also, have you tried any of the expansions or stand alone versions like the "prison" one? I hate how a bunch of these more advanced games have all these different versions, it makes my buying decisions harder.
Sorry for lack of response for past few months. Nevertheless, here's a belated reply:
Catan is okay. It's a good "gateway" game to the rich world of designer boardgames, but once you start playing beyond it, Catan wears out its welcome fast. If you have a Barnes and Nobles nearby, that store tends to sell some of the weird boardgames out there (at least the store near me does). Dominion is much better than Catan.
Dungeon Twister is still my favorite game (although it might be tied with two other games, see below). I actually started with the Prison standalone game and ended up getting all the expansions barring the French-only ones. Basic is probably the best starting point, but Prison is fine too. The only thing is I don't get much playtime recently because, well, you need another player willing to play the game, and frankly I don't have too many friends that like Dungeon Twister. Also, I've been distracted by a few new games I've gotten.
Aside from Dungeon Twister, I really love Caylus. It's a worker-placement game (you spend a round taking turns with other players placing workers on various action squares), and it has 0 luck with the possible exception of what the other players are doing, if you call that luck. Caylus is an amazing game, but it's fairly complex. Try something simpler like Dominion first.
The game that is blowing my mind at the moment is Earth Reborn. Earth Reborn is designed by the same guy who made Dungeon Twister, and while ER is a tactical minis game, it has a good amount of differences. Earth Reborn is a scenario-driven post-apocalyptic shooty game (imagine X-Com the boardgame with more available options for what you can do), and you assemble the board using a bunch of Tetris-like tiles for rooms.
While I only got it recently so I'm stilled hyped up, Earth Reborn is fucking amazing. It has so many different things you can do that it's almost a role-playing game, but it still retains the gamey values of a boardgame. In Earth Reborn you can:
- Destroy the environment, i.e. doors, walls and objects
- Surprise attack enemies that walk into your Line of Sight
- Carry and use loads of different equipment, including the US Constitution and a Zombie Virus
- Fire nuclear missiles
- Woo a 500-year-old golem with your hot female character to join your side
- Spy on the enemy
- Scramble the enemy's radio
- Control a mech
- Hijack a mech
- Torture characters for information
- Procedurally generate your own missions
- Get scoring points for getting one of the characters to a bathroom (he has irritable bowel syndrome)
Among other things. It's fucking astounding. I'm doing a big session of the game today and it should be a blast. Or I'll play Twilight Imperium (it's Sins of a Solar Empire the boardgame).
