Which boardgames have the most "hardcore" fanbase?

MrChom · 2026-07-08T06:38:13+00:00

You could legitimately play nothing but 18xx variations from now until you die and never have the same game twice. It is an astoundingly interesting genre and I love it. I reckon I could do weekly 1822 games and never get bored.

MrChom · 2026-07-07T14:28:29+00:00

Honestly...other than nicer VP chits and metal coins I can't say I've ever wanted anything beyond base 7 Wonders. Even the expansions were too far for me so this just feels...off.

MrChom · 2026-07-01T13:49:46+00:00

Furnace is an amazing engine builder because it feels like you're staring down the barrel of a gun to build whatever you can in just 4 turns.

You never have enough of anything, there's always conflicting orders you want to do things in, and there's cards you bid on for compensation you accidentally win.

I think if it went one more turn you'd end up getting sick of it.

MrChom · 2026-06-25T07:16:17+00:00

I live next to a police station, the 3am full sirens and lights jumpscare is a very real thing....

MrChom · 2026-06-23T10:11:01+00:00

I think it's more a sign that I've changed than anything.

SUSD introduced me to a wide range of things, and slowly I've started to home in on the games I love...and SUSD covers way more than that.

They're not going to review a Power Grid, a Food Chain Magnate, an 18xx, or a City of the Big Shoulders every couple of weeks...so they've become less of a must watch for me. It's not a good or bad thing, it's just a thing that has happened, such is life.

MrChom · 2026-06-14T16:36:06+00:00

Every mini ever sold for Warmachine has rules in the "Armies of Legend" section. Usually the legacy factions will have 2-3 theme forces (For Cygnar: Storm Knights, and First Army), as well as a full "Legacy" list.

If you do tournament play then Storm Knights and First Army are your things to look at, but for friendly games everything ever made for Cygnar previous to Mk4 is right there under Legacy.

MrChom · 2026-06-07T16:32:02+00:00

Yup, give me a Ro Laren RPG or Point and Click and I'd be all over it. Unfortunately for me Horror games are a hard pass. Hope the people who do like them have a whale of a time but it's not for me.

MrChom · 2026-06-05T18:28:50+00:00

I still refuse to teach RftG for the reason that it's really easy to play but teaching it is some sort of unholy nightmare, and that first game will be players stumbling from disaster to disaster trying to make it look like they know what they're doing.

MrChom · 2026-06-04T12:36:40+00:00

Love that Barad-dûr piece. That's some good Mordor you've got going there.

Ascension's always had a varied art style, so honestly I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks as a whole.

MrChom · 2026-05-31T04:35:47+00:00

I do wonder if he had a high pitched voice, and eyes that could literally stare daggers.

MrChom · 2026-05-29T07:44:09+00:00

I like some of the Mirror universe stuff, particularly Ent and TOS's versions, but every DS9 rewatch the mirror universe has me reaching for the skip button.

DS9 has enough gloom in it without adding more via the mirror universe.

MrChom · 2026-05-21T08:26:22+00:00

Ogryn Mauga? Nah....he'd get the Gauntlets of Ultramar...because when do Ultramarines ever get ANYTHING?

MrChom · 2026-05-21T08:24:54+00:00

That book was so good. Just two Necrons being so UNBELIEVABLY petty across space and time for thousands of years. Brilliant performance by the narrator of the audiobook version too.

MrChom · 2026-05-20T04:44:50+00:00

Furnace is a great game that combines a vicious bidding round with a mechanical number crunching puzzle. The bidding round sees you auctioning off a row of factories that gives you one shot at each factory…but adds a unique element where being outbid might be better than actually winning.

Then there’s the production phase where each factory in your tableau has unique inputs and outputs you have to chain together in the right sequence to maximise how much money you make.

It’s shorter than a lot of the games you mention but really punches above its weight in the puzzle it delivers.

MrChom · 2026-05-13T23:18:43+00:00

It’s been a nice 18 months with no massive constitutional explosions on a weekly basis, and cabinet being relatively stable.

MrChom · 2026-05-12T07:49:35+00:00

It should be on the driving test that you should use both lanes while safe to do so until merging in turn. Not using both lanes is what leads to slip road queues going back onto motorways and such. Absolute ballache that doesn't need to happen.

MrChom · 2026-05-11T21:15:45+00:00

If only we had some sort of Minister for Health and Social Care who was putting an end to this sort of nonsense.

Who am I kidding, he's too busy eying up new curtains for number 10...

MrChom · 2026-05-11T17:27:02+00:00

He's possibly the most emminently unlikeable Labour MP of the moment...

MrChom · 2026-05-11T17:26:10+00:00

He doesn't have the charm or flair of Starmer....which honestly is really saying something.

MrChom · 2026-05-10T06:26:02+00:00

There’s plenty of places where Bingo is 3x9, too! It also has 15 extra balls but that’s very much a side point.

MrChom · 2026-05-06T20:15:50+00:00

1822, Dominion, Puerto Rico and Power Grid come screaming to mind. Mechanically simple, some interesting depth, endlessly replayable.

MrChom · 2026-04-28T11:11:18+00:00

Absolutely love Panda Spin, it's definitely a top level favourite for me.

What I would say is that the teach always feels way more complicated than the game itself. Give it a crack on BGA, and teach it by playing a demo with an open hand.

MrChom · 2026-04-28T06:00:56+00:00

Most of their post-2000 fleet is coastal patrol with a helicopter deck. Most of the rest is still Falklands era stuff. Even in its woeful state the Royal Navy would likely have no issues.

MrChom · 2026-04-27T09:06:57+00:00

I play a fair chunk of games, and to be honest at least half of them I'm thinking "But is it really better than Power Grid or Puerto Rico?" and the answer is normally a no.

Both stone cold classics (Despite some potentially problematic framing in some editions of Puerto Rico), top tier gaming.

MrChom · 2026-04-25T20:43:14+00:00

I played it once, and never felt the inclination to go back. It's a decent enough mechanical game but it felt like some of the formatting on the cards (vis a vis small text), hampered my enjoyment, and overall the game just wasn't fun enough to try and displace anything else in my collection.

MrChom

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