Tabletop Games • Page 16

Eldritch Horror looks awesome. Fantasy Flight is killing it for me it seems, bought Arkham Horror last night too.

I wish my gf played with me. She will if I ask but she won't enjoy it lol.

 

I also find it interesting that I'm getting really into MTG, LCG, etc in my mid twenties when I never played much when I was younger.

 

I played Sushi Go Party last weekend and it was a ton of fun! That and Splendor are probably my favorite games. I got my friend Secret Hitler for Christmas so we'll be playing that soon.

 

I really like Sushi Go and Splendor. You should check out some other card drafting games if you like Sushi Go. 7 Wonders is my go to. It’s easy enough to get into but way deeper.

 

Since Pokemon in middle school I haven’t gotten into any sort of CCG or things like that. I have a bit of an obsessive personality so I do everything I can to stay away.

 

Thanks! The girl at the game store said 7 Wonders is pretty similar, so I'll add it to the list! I heard they now have expansions to Splendor so I have to look into that too.

 

Got a whole bunch of board games again this year. I need to make a list of what we got and played, but my favorite so far has been Azul and viral

 

Don't do it! Save yourself while there's still time!

 

turn back from MTG before it's too late

 

I got into MTG first, like a few years ago, and spent hundreds, probably a thousand at this point on cards. My friend and I have phases where we are really into it, drop off, then pick it up again a few months later.

 

relatable. I've gotten in and out of the game about 4 times. I've only played 2 events in the last year and I don't see myself going back anytime soon, but I held on to a few casual decks. You never know when you're gonna have to battle someone in the parking lot of the grocery store.

 

I keep my current deck in my car, tri colored Dragon deck. You never know.

I feel like these LCG and board games are going to take up any time I would have spent on magic for a bit though.

 

I still need to try both of them. They're high on my list. My favorites of the year are Near & Far and Barenpark.

 

Highly recommend Scythe. Played it with another group yesterday and they loved it so much that we agreed to meet again today.

 

Anybody played Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective?

 

No but I’ve heard nothing but good things about it.

 

Same!

I found a copy at Half Price Books yesterday for $75 for what appeared to be the original. While a good price, I wasn't able to see if any cases had been solved or anything so I passed. Looks like a re-release happened in 2016 that I'm able to get on Amazon.

 

I think Shut Up and Sit Down did a review of it. I generally agree with their takes on games.

 

I volunteered as a board games coach in one of the local stores. I was teaching small games like Loveletter and King’s Gold for the first few hours but it escalated into teaching Scythe literally one hour before closing.

So that was a fun first day

 

Nice

 

This is a thing I want to do.

 

It was actually easier than I expected - store posted on Facebook saying they were looking for volunteers so I went there, lol.

Maybe you can ask your local board games store if they any help. I recommend it! Initially my fear was not knowing enough board games to teach to people, but then I just went on Youtube for my first hour and just watched how to play videos and I think I covered like 5 or 6 different games.

 

Anyone have good "party" games?

Had some friends over for the holiday and realized ... I don't have good party games. I just have nerdy games and Cards Against Humanity. So, I wanna get some others.

Catch Phrase seems to come up a lot ... anyone have other recs?

 

Two Rooms and a Boom, Anomia, Codenames and The Resistance/Coup are all great thinking party games.

 

I should say though @Jason Tate, while The Resistance is one of my fave games of all time, it sometimes feels like it has the ability to fracture friendships and the way people look at one another haha. Social deduction and bluffing taken so far to the extreme.