Board games

[Spark]

A little off-topic but it's following on from a discussion that happened in this thread ages back: whoever said that physical board games are more fun than most video games these days was correct.

edit: moved out of the gaming thread

 

[Dan]

Board games are fantastic. Need a separate thread imo.

 

[Spark]

Board games are fantastic. Need a separate thread imo.

Yeah was thinking of making one

 

[Spark]

There we go

 

[Flem274*]

this might make me mainstream af but my flat smashes several games of catan out on friday nights before and after the rugby/cricket/eague on tv and our own kitchen cricket

 

[Athlai]

Catan is the gateway drug to legit boardgaming and that's cool.

 

[Chewie]

Catan, Ticket to Ride and Scythe are the three I've played a decent amount, though haven't played any in a while

 

[Howe_zat]

I quite like collaborative board games, it appeals to the same part of my brain that DnD does.

Catan doesn't sit right with me and it bugs me that people hold it up as the apex of board game design because it's all strategy and little randomisation. That just means the object of the game is to scheme your way into ****ing other people over. It's like the opposite of fun.

 

[sledger]

Risk is fun but takes a while.

 

[Athlai]

I quite like collaborative board games, it appeals to the same part of my brain that DnD does.

Catan doesn't sit right with me and it bugs me that people hold it up as the apex of board game design because it's all strategy and little randomisation. That just means the object of the game is to scheme your way into ****ing other people over. It's like the opposite of fun.

Who hurt you

 

[harsh.ag]

I quite like collaborative board games, it appeals to the same part of my brain that DnD does.

Catan doesn't sit right with me and it bugs me that people hold it up as the apex of board game design because it's all strategy and little randomisation. That just means the object of the game is to scheme your way into ****ing other people over. It's like the opposite of fun.

Yup, this. Possibilities of frequent random turnarounds make everything so much more fun and good-humoured.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I played Tokaido with friends the other day. It was very wholesome and pretty, it's quite a hard game to work out as your strategy depends a lot on what your opponents do.

in a similar vein I like Robo Rally but I think you need to be a coder to appreciate that one

 

[Flem274*]

That just means the object of the game is to scheme your way into ****ing other people over.

yes

that's why it's fun. 'he's on 8 points don't trade with him, how many sheep do you need to slaughter for wood for an unrealistically long road to steal his longest road?' then the next turn the alliance crumbles as a petty knight is played for memes.

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

Chess and Scrabble are two old but very good board games.
Of modern ones I am not a huge fan of Catan but it is okay.
Recently played a new one which I really enjoyed, Clank!

 

[sledger]

Had never heard of Catan, but a quick Google search and I can say it looks quite fun.

 

[Dan]

I played Tokaido with friends the other day. It was very wholesome and pretty, it's quite a hard game to work out as your strategy depends a lot on what your opponents do.

in a similar vein I like Robo Rally but I think you need to be a coder to appreciate that one

Tokaido is completely unlike anything I've ever played before, and is an absolutely outstanding game.

 

[Spikey]

A little off-topic but it's following on from a discussion that happened in this thread ages back: whoever said that physical board games are more fun than most video games these days was correct.

edit: moved out of the gaming thread

if I buy Ticket To Ride I can just open it up and play it. Who wants that from a game? I want to load it up and then get told to download a 7gb update and play it four days later

 

[sledger]

Don't forget lootboxes, just not a game without them.

 

[Athlai]

Tokaido is completely unlike anything I've ever played before, and is an absolutely outstanding game.

Always some mother ****er who ****s up my beautiful landscape painting by dragging their lazy ass to every vista and parking themselves there with a brush. Smh

 

[sledger]

Has anyone ever watched any of the Board James videos?

They can be a bit annoying and hokey, but can be quite fun and I have learned about quite a few games I had no knowledge of beforehand through them.