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Anonymous10/17/25, 20:59No.96776612/bgg/ Board Game General
"If you like piña coladice and VP that you can gain..."
Previously on bgg: >>96749003 [/tg/thread/96749003#p96749003]
This general encompasses all board game genres - Eurogames, Ameritrash, Ameritreasure, Fillers, Party, Abstracts, Wargames, and especially the game that one anon is autistic about at this very moment.
TQs:
- Which games have you pnp'd, and why(OOP, didn't like the stock version, etc.)
- What's a game that works at any player count?
- What's your favorite gateway game to get people hooked
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Anon10/17/25, 21:16No.96776754
is there a good cyberpunk corporate warfare game a la Syndicate that doesn't have faggy art?
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Anon10/17/25, 21:32No.96776879
>continuing ex-OPs musical legacy
BASADO
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Anon10/17/25, 21:50No.96777047
Ok pina coladice anon, I'll admit that the game does strike the very hard-to-get-roght balance of being a lightweight diceroller with juuuuuust enough agency to keep wanting to play it perfectly.I suppose I keep undervaluing light games.
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Anon10/17/25, 21:54No.96777077
>- Which games have you pnp'd, and why(OOP, didn't like the stock version, etc.)
Age of War. It's very simple. Just need the 14 cards or so and some dice.
>- What's a game that works at any player count?
Creature Caravan because it has simultaneous play for multiplayer and a good enough solo mode.
>- What's your favorite gateway game to get people hooked
I don't know. I guess I start with card games.
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Anon10/17/25, 21:55No.96777085
i can feel the based in the air, this is going to be a fucking good thread
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Anon10/17/25, 22:16No.96777238
Anyone played this? Pros & cons?
Apparently they are making a new edition soon.
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Anon10/17/25, 23:40No.96777856
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Biblios
Race for the Galaxy
Lanterns
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Anon10/17/25, 23:44No.96777887
Remind me again anons, why are these insanely big crowdfunding games so popular?
I mean even if I saw the appeal in even 10% of them, having 5 or more boxes (or one HUGE one) seems like a massive negative to me. Honestly a big reason I hate minis, they tend to take up obscene amounts of room in the box. I would have the room to store these xboxhueg boxes btw, I just think it is extremely rarely worth the hasse
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Anon10/18/25, 01:15No.96778418
Managed to get the very last copy of Railways of Australia! I hope it's a good map. I also got Railways of time because why not, that variant looks like a gigantic shitpost and I'm all for it.
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Anon10/18/25, 02:30No.96778920
What's the most balanced game you own? For me it's picrel
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Anon10/18/25, 04:16No.96779454
Are raceplay cuck fantasies an auction game?
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Anon10/18/25, 04:25No.96779488
Speaking of fillers, I have Startups, Take 5 and For Sale and I swear they are like crack to newbies. Anything else you would recommend that might have the same effect?
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Anon10/18/25, 07:23No.96780064
How small or big is the boardgaming hobby compared to other /tg/ hobbies?
It seems that rpgs and miniature wargaming is much bigger at least going by the number of threads here.
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Anon10/18/25, 07:28No.96780078
Whats the deal with the new Calimala reprint? Is the game that good/liked?
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Anon10/18/25, 08:29No.96780258
>get long, heavy game
>Can't play it nearly as often as I'd like
>Excited about playing it>Get short, light, small footprint game
>Can play it in breaks and during short downtimes
>It gets boring soonIs this all there is to it? I know, I'm being overly reductive on purpose but I have been in a discussion with myself why I tend to not like lightweight and especially filler type games.
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Anon10/18/25, 15:12No.96781771
I'm going to make an unusual request
Ard there games that are utter shit and are spld second hand for pennies, but have good components that can be cannibalized / reused for other games? Im wondering if this can be cheaper than just getting the geek up bits kr whatever the fuck they're called, for specific games, and instead have them for general use
For example im looking for transparent colored beads with a flat side that doesn't roll around, coins, resources that look and feel nice, maybe even boxes
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Anon10/18/25, 16:22No.96782126
bought crokinole blind, hope i get to table it twice a year at least
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Anon10/18/25, 16:38No.96782210
Anyone played/got eve:war for new eden? Tempted to pick it up at Essen but having a hard time finding non shill reviews. For context I'm a big fan of the game and 4X games so theme hits just right - just worried gameplay would be less interesting than eclipse 2e etc
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Anon10/18/25, 21:31No.96784129
Twilight Imperium 4th edition is a fun game.
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Anon10/18/25, 22:36No.96784583
I struck gold at an estate sale. 5 bucks. The family had no idea what they had. I don't feel bad at all
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Anon10/18/25, 23:34No.96784905
Ark Nova is a really fun game. It brought back memories of playing Zoo Tycoon when I was a kid.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:07No.96785079
Any of you play this before? I've heard good things about it but I'm not big into trick takers.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:08No.96785082
Spaniards use the most boring and pedestrian themes in their games, I swear to God.
>washing the dishes
>cooking potatoes
>paying the bill
Just what the fuck.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:47No.96785339
What are your favorite games for each playing time category? Put your fav for each category at the top.
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Anon10/19/25, 03:38No.96786448
Give me a good reason not to
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Anon10/19/25, 09:31No.96787755
Semi hot take:
After disliking hidden trackable information for a long time, I've come to realize that it's bad in theory only. T&E has 4 different coloured victory point tokens but you only get a VP for a full set of 4. Just by the nature of this info being hidden from sight, the game plays much more fluid and stops easy kingmaking and 'we gotta pile on x, he's got the most points" mentalities. But you CAN choose to try to remember all that information and play the game on hardcore mode; it'll just be longer and more taxing to process all the additional information. By hiding the VP, players will likely resort to going by a rough gut feeling and you get 95% of the game in a lot less time than when playing with open VP.
Same with el grande. You don't even have to track caballieros sent into the castillio, you could just count cubes/meeples of each colour, the missing ones are in the castillio. But few people really do that, it is hidden behind a thin, almost transparent veil that still works just by making the info a bit more cumbersome to process. If you DO decide to track it, you'll dislike this sharade. If it stops you from doing so and playing by ear, it is my belief more interesting gamestates arise simply because people make more mistakes.Thanks for reading my blog
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Anon10/19/25, 11:07No.96787956
Post your small box collection. Also recommend me other small box games that I should add to mine.
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Anon10/19/25, 12:50No.96788236
just got around to playing 2 rounds of arcs, great game! i enjoy it very much, it's super crazy. very interesting game design. a lot of the times whatever you want to do is barely possible and you have to make due with what's available. using resources and cards and gaining those through various means seems to be essential, as they will let you take more actions to properly pull anything off, however nothing is ever safe and enemies will easily raid all your stuff. you cant keep sitting on aquired goods and make longterm plans.i am not sure if i like it more than root. the game is really tense, it requires constant attention from all players, in a way there aren't many things you can do but a lot of times they can have big impact doing things in the right order . in root you can rely more on specific strategy and dont have to pivot as much. i think the social aspect of root works a bit better, as each faction lends itself quite well to light roleplay, which is fun.