Barnes’ Best 2018 - Games of the Year (yawn)

I've never played ASL or even seen its manual. Just how long is its manual?

I use it to get the cat carrier down from the top shelf in the garage.

Publishers pay that guy $2k to “review” a game and he can’t even accurately make an ASL comparison. Sad. So much for standing in front of a wall of games as a signifier of authority.

If we raise enough money, we can probably get Vassal l to declare it the greatest dexterity game since Russian roulette

ASL has a binder manual of hundreds of pages labelled with subsection letters and numbers. It's intense.

The core of the game isn't supposed to be super complicated, lots of fans of it on this site, but it is a go-to bafflingly complex wargame example.

Michael Barnes wrote: Publishers pay that guy $2k to “review” a game and he can’t even accurately make an ASL comparison. Sad. So much for standing in front of a wall of games as a signifier of authority.

You would say that. WHERE'S YOUR WALL OF GAMES YOU FRAUD?

I looked at what’s involved in ASL, then I looked to Combat Commander and never looked back.

Seal Team Flix is not for me

All I know is that it's clear he never actually played it. I have no idea why he'd make that comparison. That's like saying Chinese Checkers is like Go but with less pieces, or that Agricola is like Advanced Civilization because they're both about historical farm production.

Just weird.

I want an article fleshing out Uba's thoughts on asymmetry in the gameur world. That's some insightful shit.

My mind kind of boggles at someone not wanting to teach a game at a game night. What... what's the point of game night? If you have three friends duking it out with factions week over week, take that shit to your house, man. Part of the deal on game night is getting people to play games, not telling them to fuck off because they might suck.

Msample wrote: Vasel really compared STF to ASL ? What a fucking tool.

He avoids reviewing dexterity games ever since the "Crokinole" incident...

I tried to tell Pete and Mark that they should really go for $30 Dice Tower promo package...at $25 all you get is an incorrect comparison. At least at $30 you are guaranteed that the comparative is in the same genre.

SuperflyTNT wrote: All I know is that it's clear he never actually played it. I have no idea why he'd make that comparison. That's like saying Chinese Checkers is like Go but with less pieces, or that Agricola is like Advanced Civilization because they're both about historical farm production.

Just weird.

He’s baited wargamers before, I am sure it’s trolling for clicks.

$2k per review???

An average year for me. I mainly was impressed by some lighter fair, that turned out to be far better than I expected. One title specifically that springs to mind is "Luxor"...what looks on paper like an average set collector but turns out one of the best family games I played in ages.
Weirdly addictive, and with a brilliant card management mechanic that allows playing potentially multiple turns in advance. Something you rarely see in family-style games.

SuperflyTNT wrote: All I know is that it's clear he never actually played it.

Have you seen his Space Cadets: Away Missions review?

His lazy, shallow garbage has lingered long enough.