Front Page

Content

Authors

Game Index

Forums

Site Tools

Submissions

About

O
oliverkinne
December 19, 2023
11132 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
December 14, 2023
12397 0
Hot

Mycelia Board Game Review

Board Game Reviews
O
oliverkinne
December 12, 2023
5575 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
December 07, 2023
6328 0
Hot

River Wild Board Game Review

Board Game Reviews
O
oliverkinne
December 05, 2023
5039 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
November 30, 2023
6068 0
Hot
J
Jackwraith
November 29, 2023
7109 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
November 28, 2023
4605 0
Hot
S
Spitfireixa
October 24, 2023
6964 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
October 17, 2023
5668 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
October 10, 2023
4269 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
October 09, 2023
5002 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
October 06, 2023
5036 0
Hot

Outback Crossing Review

Board Game Reviews
O
oliverkinne
October 05, 2023
3766 0
Hot
T
thegiantbrain
October 04, 2023
4508 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
October 03, 2023
3517 0
Hot
×
Bugs: Recent Topics Paging, Uploading Images & Preview (11 Dec 2020)

Recent Topics paging, uploading images and preview bugs require a patch which has not yet been released.

× Use the stickied threads for short updates.

Please consider adding your quick impressions and your rating to the game entry in our Board Game Directory after you post your thoughts so others can find them!

Please start new threads in the appropriate category for mini-session reports, discussions of specific games or other discussion starting posts.

What board games are you BUYING?

More
18 Dec 2024 16:39 #343220 by southernman
Picked up a copy of FFGs's World of Warcraft The Boardgame for a bit of nostalgia - and to keep mt other coffin boxes company. Probably not the greatest gameplay, especially in comparison with games from the last decade, but I really enjoyed the combat system so on the shelf it goes.
The following user(s) said Thank You: Gary Sax, Bernie, hotseatgames, sornars, DarthJoJo, Cappster_

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
18 Dec 2024 20:24 #343221 by Cappster_
We have this and have been trying to track down expansions. I am going to riot if we don't play it at the next gaming retreat.
The following user(s) said Thank You: southernman, Gary Sax

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
29 Jan 2025 11:10 #343332 by Cranberries
This 2nd edition has great art and we love national parks. I think it plays with two, and we may hit some national parks during an upcoming sabbatical. I used to create small children and raise them to be gamers, with mixed results, but now my college-aged daughter (both of them) have been playing games at school but trying to hide it from me so I won't drag them into some hellish gaming nightmare at home. My oldest daughter is marrying a budding engineer who is interning and doing something with prosthetic limbs and magnetic actuators. Anyway, they both play Catan but I can tell he is ripe for conversion to a wider range of games, and my daughter, holy crap, she is a hyper competitive shark. I am not sure I want to play any games with her, to be honest. She is going to law school, probably.

I don't like a lot of board game art, but this pushes my buttons.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
30 Jan 2025 23:37 #343336 by Frohike
I prefer the first edition art but it's a very nice game. Sort of a Tokaido+. Your Catan-acclimated family members will definitely enjoy it.
The following user(s) said Thank You: Gary Sax, sornars

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
31 Jan 2025 10:33 #343340 by Jackwraith
I kinda broke my cardinal rule again. The usual rule is "No buying games that don't already have a connection to the pile." In other words, I'll buy expansions or stuff by my three main designer favorites: Cole Wehrle, Eric Lang, Scott Almes. Everything else is trades. But, every once in a while, I'll come across something that just piques my interest, not least because of the price attached. Compile by GTG was one of those last fall. When SU&SD took a look at it, I thought it sounded really cool and it was $20 on Amazon, so I snagged it. I got in ahead of the scalpers who have since been descending on every reprinting and reselling for jacked-up prices. Yesterday was another price-oriented decision but also had a further connection.

I found Kevin Wilson's Escape from New York for $29. I'm not a huge Wilson fan, because a lot of his stuff is bloated, but I'm a diehard fan of the film. It's a B-movie that never aspired to be anything more but still has that John Carpenter touch from when he could, y'know, actually tell a story. It's also a neo-cyberpunk perspective that's also just this side of post-apocalyptic; two genres which will always have a draw for me. So, when I found out that Wilson was making a game based on it last year, I was interested, but not at the price that the Kickstarter was presenting. I'll just watch my Blu-Ray of the movie again, thanks. But then I saw it for less than $30 on Wednesday and, after reading Dan Thurot's enthusiastic review that talked about how fun it was, even if it was, like usual, overstuffed with mechanisms and stuff to do on each turn that didn't really matter, I figured I'd spring for it. It showed up yesterday and I read the rules last night and, yeah, it's typical Wilson and I don't have quite as much of a shine to it as Dan does after just reading the rules, but I'll get it on the table at least once and see if it's everything he says it is. His main line was: "It's pure Ameritrash.", which is what the film is and what this place used to be, so...
The following user(s) said Thank You: hotseatgames, sornars

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
06 Feb 2025 08:05 #343357 by SuperflyPete
Y'all want to hear some straight up BS?

I got a copy of Cyclades, in shrink, for Christmas. My buddies come over and we break it out....and it's missing a token sheet. Like, not in the box.

WTF?

So, my buddy won when he placed his second White Cheerleader meeple
The following user(s) said Thank You: Sagrilarus

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
06 Feb 2025 08:11 #343358 by southernman
Picked up a few games in the last month:

Mansions of Madness 1st Ed - Had this five years ago but got rid of it to try the 2nd Ed app-driven one, didn't really enjoy it that much (a bit too much of the game taken out by the app, similar to my feeling I'm getting playing LotR: Journeys in Middle Earth) so picked up this with one of the hard to find large expansions for or good price. I don't mind setting it up and being the Keeper so hopefully it stays longer this time.

Star Trek: Expeditions - Always wanted to try this even though the needed scenario expansions never arrived, all reports says it still plays well so no problem grabbing it at a low price (my Trek games are building up, that's four of them now :) )

Batman: Gotham City Chronicles - Always liked the look of this but since I had a large Conan KS arriving this month (yesterday) it wasn't really on my radar ... until an KS All-in bundle showed up on eBay with no one bidding on it, so grabbed it for around $150. Yes I have Conan but this has the Versus mode with an extra dashboard so you can play 1v1 big skirmishes, so that will do well for playing against one of my mates.

D&D: Trials of Tempus - An online wholesaler must have picked up an unwanted order of these as he has been selling multiple new copies (standard, not premium) at firesale prices. Picked it up for $30 and looks like a fun, lighter D&D themed team skirmish game I can get out with people at our club.

But I am keeping my feet on the ground, I have a large stack of games to be sold off that no longer has my desire to play them.
The following user(s) said Thank You: n815e

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
06 Feb 2025 14:23 #343360 by n815e
Sometimes you get pretty lucky!

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
06 Feb 2025 21:44 #343365 by SuperflyPete
@Southernman, I love Expeditions, at some point it would be cool to do a Facebook chat game together or something

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
08 Feb 2025 17:16 #343382 by dysjunct
For some reason I missed NEMESIS when it came out; I think I was turning my nose up at over the top Kickstarters with a million minis etc. Finally played it and it was good enough to convince me to go all in on the game and its sequels. I'm actually considering painting minis for the first time in my life, but I'll probably just pay someone to do it.
The following user(s) said Thank You: southernman, Gary Sax, Msample, hotseatgames, n815e

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

Moderators: Gary Sax
Time to create page: 0.284 seconds