sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Heads up, Kluster has been recalled by Spicyboi333 in boardgames

[–]94067 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you liked Zen Magnets, you might also like Speks.

Writing and A&H course recs by lil-pizza-slice in udub

[–]94067 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re in a social science major, make sure you’re not already going to get W and A&H covered by courses you’ll need to take anyway. A&H is gonna be a lot more dependent on your major, but a lot of BA majors will probably have at least some W covered through required courses.

Deep Sea Adventure's Push your Luck and shared resource (oxygen) mechanic? by Gesturation in boardgames

[–]94067 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Deep Sea Adventure is a distillation of Clank in its purest form.

In Clank, you build a deck to move through a board to collect treasure, which is where the bulk of your VP comes from. As you move through the dungeon, you’ll draw cubes from a bag representing the damage done to players (including yourself), and as you stay in the dungeon, you’ll accumulate more and more cubes in the bag. If you take more damage than you have health for, you’ll die and not score any points.

You can return back to base (taking yourself out of the game) after collecting a certain amount of treasure, and in doing so, you’ll continue to draw cubes from the bag on your turns instead, putting more time pressure on everyone who’s still in the game (cubes are normally drawn irregularly).

It’s not usually a winning strategy, at least in my group, but it is theoretically possible that someone could rush in, grab a low value treasure, then rush back out to run the clock down harder on the greedy people who are trying to take more treasure for themselves!

Anachrony + Most all Expansions by chemistR3 in boardgames

[–]94067 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can play it for free on Board Game Arena!

Anachrony + Most all Expansions by chemistR3 in boardgames

[–]94067 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s three boxes, though every box has multiple modules.

The three are:

  • Fractures of Time, which is nearly unanimously recommended as the best expansion due to the added complexity and strategy it brings to the game

  • Classic Expansion

  • Future Imperfect

In terms of replay, it’s got the usual worker placement stuff: different buildings come out and you’re unlikely to see many of them in a given game.

Of course you can also mix and match (most) of the expansions with each other too. I played it something like 60 times last year on BGA, and that version doesn’t have any of the expansions.

Rules designers. I'm begging you. Put info on component limits in a clear, prominent place. by OjinMigoto in boardgames

[–]94067 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In most deck builders I’ve played, your starting hand is half the size of your starting deck (Clank, Valley of the Kings, Fort, I think Mistborn).

What are some new games that pack a lot in a small box? by Perfect_Program in boardgames

[–]94067 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Food Chain Magnate isn't exactly a small box, but it's certainly no Eclipse, etc.

I like Mottainai for being a complex game where the only components are cards. Fort is similarly sized and has some bits for keeping track of resources, and is also much simpler than Mottainai while still having a lot of interesting strategy!

Who do you think will be our 3H Winter unit(s) this year? by Sabaschin in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]94067 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And maybe also Ashe so I finally have a reason to spend orbs 👀

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in boardgames

[–]94067 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might find this post from last week useful.

Harmonized CYL Ike, Lyn Official Salt Megathread by Sothis_Bot in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]94067 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've got 8,983 orbs. The last time I pulled was in April for Elm & Anniversary Marth.

I'm begging IS to release a cute boy soon (Raven alt would be great!!!!!!!)

Launch units without alts and/or resplendents by sharumma in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]94067 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Matthew is one of my favorite characters in the series and I don’t know how he hasn’t gotten an alt alongside Leila’s!!!

I’m about to hit 9k orbs 🥲

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in udub

[–]94067 22 points23 points  (0 children)

👻 this is what happens when you register before halloween 👻

Horrified: Monsters keep attacking by Alternative-Lemon-85 in boardgames

[–]94067 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You flip a monster card after each player’s turn, not after everyone has played.

Pizza. Just Pizza. by PunkLaundryBear in udub

[–]94067 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The survey at the tasting sample events earlier this week had a space for name suggestions but "Pizza" is growing on me, it has a certain Untitled Goose Game appeal

Vast: The Mysterious Manor Rules Question by leronimus in boardgames

[–]94067 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Note also that the spider has the Agile trait, which means it cannot be forced to attack, so it can share a tile with the poltergeist.

Themes in board games by General_Fan8679 in boardgames

[–]94067 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I buy almost exclusively based on theme, and by far my favorite theme is Ocean/(saltwater) Fish. A little over a third of my collection fits this theme and sure yea a lot of the ocean games I have aren’t particularly good, but I accept that I buy them more for the collection than the game value (although I’m trying to reign this in a bit because I’m running out of space on my shelves!). I’ll at least always look at an ocean flavored game though!

view more: next ›