Slay the spire run. Our cat decided to be the shopkeeper lol.
Description of Request: Looking for light, easy-to-teach games for 7-8 players. Our group is a mix of hobby gamers and casual players, so it needs to be accessible to everyone but still fun for the experienced folks. Open to social deduction, free-for-all, or co-op.
Number of Players: 7-8
Game Length: 30–60 minutes
Complexity of Game: Very light
Genre: Any theme works, gameplay matters more
Conflict, Competitive or Cooperative: Hidden roles/bluffing, free-for-all, or fully cooperative (just not team vs. team as a must)
Games I Own and Like: Codenames, Werewolf/Avalon
Games I Dislike and Don't Play: N/A
Location: USA/Canada
2–3 months back I started hearing about Magical Athlete through YouTube channels, the hotness section on BGG and some other channels. While everyone was so enthusiastic about it, praising how fun it was, I remained honestly sceptical about the game.
Anyway, I had the opportunity to try it twice (the first time at 4 players and the second time at 5 or 6), each time doing 2 complete games (so 16 races in total if I’m not mistaken). And I have to admit that indeed, I absolutely don’t get the hype around it. At the end of the last game I was just waiting for it to be done so that we could start playing something else. Although it had some funny moments indeed, it wasn’t enough for me to make it memorable. I didn’t feel engaged in the game due to the little amount of control I had (which I was totally aware of by the way). I felt that I could just watch someone else play and have the same experience.
Anyway, what surprises me is not that I didn’t like the game – there is no accounting for taste and I understand that people might enjoy it depending on what you’re looking for in a game – but that I’ve read/heard very few discordant opinions so far. So, am I missing something here?
My friends and I played Nemesis recently and there were some mixed feelings about the miniatures. Some thought they were super cool and added a lot of *vibes* to the play. Others felt like they were a pain to deal with and needlessly inflated the price of the game. (Please note, I'm not talking about tabletop war games like Warhammer, obviously miniatures are the whole point of that sub-genre.)
Curious what this group thinks about miniatures. Cool vibe generator or fiddly cash grab?
Edit: Warhammer genre
I’m undefeated in Distilled but I’ve never won a game of Clank!
We’ve recently started playing Quacks, and we’re really enjoying it!
We’re still a bit slow, with tonight’s game taking about 80 minutes. The rat tails make a huge difference, and that 6-value pumpkin is awesome!
The only slightly annoying thing is that we keep pulling loose threads from the bag along with the tokens.
Overall, such a fun and relaxing game. Definitely one we’d recommend!
Finally, a shelf I'm happy with.
(Text is copied from my COMC 2 years ago)
**When did I start to play board games?**
Even though my BGG profile was made in 2011, it was 2015 when I went heavy into board gaming. Here where I live games are hard to get, and I need to ship them from abroad and shipping costs are, often, more than games themselves.
**What would I change?**
Now I regret getting 4x4 shelf. 5x5 would fit perfectly, but I am happy with how everything looks and my OCD is, mostly, satisfied. When it comes to games, I went hard way. So far I've sold or traded away 80+ games. In early days of the hobby theme was something that was of the importance, so my first game every purchased was Lord of the rings LCG. After that two morr LotR themed games came in (Middle Earth quest and War of the rings). I couldn't get through the rules, my brain wasn't capable of doing anything about it. LCG, as it started the whole craze, stayed, but other two got replaced with Carcassonne, Village and alike. I was hooked. I still can't try before buy, as there is no place to try games here, but nowdays after reading rules and a few videos about the game, I know if I'll like it. I'm not making mistakes anymore. War of the rings came back on the shelf :)
When it comes to my contribution to BG community, there's only one, and that's my review of This War of mine.
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1816826/page/1
**My top 10**
10.Carcassone
9.Imperium: Classic
8.This War of mine
7.Trajan
6.Paladins of the West kingdom
5.Tigris and Euphrates
4.Glen More II
3.The Castles of Burgundy
2.Clans of Caledonia
1.Concordia
Some games are still not played yet and i don't play as often as i would like but i'm satisfied with my collection.
I don't have friends who play very heavy games so i don't buy them
Hi all!
I'm hosting a medieval themed party with a large group of friends, and wanted to try and find/put together a game that operates similarly to werewolf/Mafia, but can be played throughout the party rather than the typical designated play time.
Is there a way to extend the play time of a game of werewolf, and having a secret task/signal to "kill" or "save" people instead of the eyes-closed and looking at people's cards etc.
I've tried looking this up, but Google is entirely unhelpful and I'm struggling to find anything about this. Hoping some of you might have done this before or have suggestions on how this could play out?
Thanks!!!
My wife and I have wanted a dedicated board gaming table for our basement for a long time. We finally built one together, and I wanted to share some pictures of how it came together.
The base is a 220 × 105 cm spruce panel, 27 mm thick, which we had cut to size at a local hardware store. We ordered the metal legs from Amazon and bought the fabric for the playing surface from a local fabric shop.
The frame and accessories are 3D-printed parts from Gameframe. We went with black for the frame and gold for the trays, cup holders and corner dice towers. The printed parts use almost 20 kg of filament altogether. We also added an LED strip around the inside edge.
Here is our material cost breakdown:
- Wooden tabletop: €150
- Table legs: €109
- Fabric: €52
- Gameframe parts: €238
- LED strip: €30
- Total: €579
One of my favourite additions is a separate wooden panel that sits on small supports above the main playing surface. We can leave a board game set up underneath and use the upper level for miniature games. The game below stays visible and accessible.
There is also comfortably enough room for War of the Ring and all its bits, which was a pretty good test for us!
Putting it together bit by bit was a fun project to share. Having our own gaming table down in the basement feels like a little dream come true.
For context:
- I usually play with my boyfriend and I have about a 20% winrate. The games I win are 50/50 games that I make a good game and games that he makes bad games. When I play with him and I lose, I lose by A LOT often.
- When I play with more people (he is always present) I might have a slightly lower winrate. But that's okay, as we are more people so more chances of not winning or being the last one.
- In Magic: The Gathering (we are the same 4 when we play) I have won 1 game out of 12 that we had)
- We play Eurogames only (and Magic).
So, my question here is:
How can I minimize the extreme frustration I feel when I constantly lose BY A LOT?
I don't really play to win, I play to have fun and do nice combos in the table. But when I lose BY A LOT, constantly, I am starting to feel extremely frustrated.
I am NOT asking how to win. I understand it is a skill issue. I just want to know how to handle the frustration of not being able to at least get close to the same score as my boyfriend.
Did this happen to any of you? If so, how did you overcome it?
I am very worried I will continue to get more and more frustrated and stop enjoying playing with him. Because I really enjoy doing so.
Please, I beg you abstain yourselves from making jokes as I am a bit sensitive about this right now.
Thank you in advance.
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Edit: Thank you all so much for the replies. You gave me good advice! I will try and follow some of these ideas to feel better. This has been bothering me (and as I can read, many people more) for a long time and I REALLY want to keep loving these games. Thanks again, I really appreciate it <3.
No setup games beyond what you have on you
I’m looking for games like Morra, pitching pennies, paper/penny football, rock-paper-scissors, odds-even, 20 questions,…
Not counting TCGs or miniature games where tournaments are common, are there board games that commands regular tournament scenes?
Had the printer for about 9 months now and finally let go and threw away my collection of tiny baggies!
My group and I regularly play Scrabble, Uno, Mahjong, but we kinda grew tired of these games. What are some more complex games we could get into, that are still somewhat popular and fun?
I personally dont know of any board game that has as big of a decision space and as much depth, packed in a very short playtime as rftg. Not to mention the game is absurdly tightly balanced and many games often end in a 1-2 VP difference or even tied. For those of you that play or have played games similar to it, have you found any that do what it does best or come close? I have yet to play dune imperium or terraforming Mars but I heard good things about those two games.
As for now though I will continue to be addicted to rftg and play it daily on boardgamearena, just over 1400 games now and still craving it daily.
Any recommendations on what game I should get next. You can see what games I enjoy based on this photo. Cheers.