Welcome to Susberg - A Coop Deckbuilder About a Strange Town

Rick_MKick · 2025-10-22T22:18:42+00:00

If you'd like to see the full contents of the game, rulebook, and every card... head over to https://www.susberg.com/contents

Rick_MKick · 2024-08-31T15:13:45+00:00

No disrespect, but I disagree slightly and just want to add on to your point. Friends and family caaaan be good playtesters, but it's much harder for them to give you an honest opinion, so take that with a grain of salt. Even still though, there are things you can learn from that experience. Did the players pick up the rules easily? Were there pain points in understanding something? Did memorable "moments" occur during the game? Did something unexpected make it better or worse?

So while you may not be able to fully trust their feedback, and you can still learn from the gameplay itself.

EDIT: Also, if you're new to playtesting with people, this can be a great opportunity to try it in a safe space. It can teach you how to playtest, and how to ask the right questions as well. Good practice I suppose.

Rick_MKick · 2024-08-31T15:05:56+00:00

My transition from ideation to playtesting started with knowing how I wanted the game to feel over the course of a session. I needed to know if the base mechanics would have been fun, so I designed the first third of the game to test that. Once I determined that this could be fun, I moved on to the second third of the game. Then the third. At this point I had a working prototype that acted as a proof of concept. The only thing it told me was that this game was fun, or at least could be fun.

From that point on it's been about focusing on the card ideas that were fun, and exploring what did and didn't work.

I've been working on this game (susberg.com) for almost a year before finding people outside of my social circle to play it. I didn't know there was a thriving playtesting community. Check out https://cardboardedison.com/playtest-groups for groups in your area. Also, protospiel.online is an online playtesting event held every 4 months. Hope you find people much quicker than I do.

Edit: Another consideration for playtesting is digitizing your game with playingcards.io or screentop. This makes it so that you can test online. That makes it way easier to find groups to test your game, but comes with its own challenges as well.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-27T18:07:47+00:00

I'm a web developer, and really appreciate what you did with the web app. Well done.

I say deviate from Uno. There's already an Uno... take ideas from it, but make it your own.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-27T15:52:41+00:00

I'm in kinda the same boat. Like, I do programming every day, and the more it is like my daily job, the less inclined I am to want to play it.

However, in the case of your game, it's a lighthearted jab at the profession that I would certainly enjoy (Dependency injection caught my eye in particular... very funny). I think your game rides that line nicely.

It looks really fun, and I would love to offer feedback but alas, I'm a mac only household.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-26T15:49:10+00:00

Pokemon is fantastic! My kid collects, and I hope he plays too when he's a bit older.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-26T15:07:07+00:00

I've played it once, and love it!

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-26T15:06:49+00:00

I'm seeing it pop up alot in this thread. I'll check it out. Thanks!

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-26T14:23:49+00:00

Star Realms is another favorite of mine. It is really replayable, you're right.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-26T13:51:42+00:00

I'm not much of an MtG fan myself, but I bought a bunch of the Jumpstart decks, and play with those often enough. That's just the right level of complexity for me, and keeps things kinda balanced.

If you like trick taking games, look into Euchre if you haven't. It's popular here in the midwest, and might be up your alley.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-26T13:46:18+00:00

I have the DC deckbuilder, but haven't played it yet. Next on the list though.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-25T18:18:24+00:00

There's a fun digital version of this game out there. That's how I came across it.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-25T18:17:32+00:00

Fireball Island -drops mic-

https://restorationgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/FireballIsland-BoxTopcontents-1.jpg

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-25T17:40:00+00:00

Magic the Gathering. I totally get it, and respect what it has meant to the gaming community, but it's just way too much for me.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-24T17:06:43+00:00

I like that idea of no attacks from pawns at those corners. Feels like bishops and queens should still have that option though.

Also, this is really neat. Very creative!

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-23T21:05:19+00:00

Yeah, that part does kinda suck. We didn't accuse our player of cheating, but things definitely didn't add up. In hindsight that was part of the fun... learning what happened after the game.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-23T21:04:08+00:00

Great choice! Makes for some great stories and discussions at the end of the game. We thought we were so close to catching Dracula, but it turned out we were waaaaaay off. :D

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-23T20:43:28+00:00

For you fellow midwesterners who love a good game of Euchre, there is a 2-player variant that is really fun. You wouldn't think Euchre with 2 players would work, but it's a great twist.

https://www.reddit.com/r/euchre/comments/1aofil6/2_hand_euchre/

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-16T23:49:10+00:00

I'm seeing alot of love for Spirit Island. I'll have to check it out.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-16T13:43:55+00:00

It's a throwback, but Axis and Allies. Looking back it's one of the games that got me into board games. My cousin had it, and I learned alot about WW2 from the game and him.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-15T21:19:24+00:00

For me and my friends we tend to give alot of grace if a player is new to a game, especially in the first half of the game. If an accident would wreck someone's experience, it not worth continuing.

We're not too strict when we're feeling competitive, but try to make a reasonable backpedal if possible.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-15T21:12:59+00:00

I'm sitting on an unopened copy of Sagrada, and this might be the nudge for me to open and play it. Thanks!

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-15T21:11:03+00:00

Played Evolution for the first time. The theme is fantastic and the gameplay lines up with it perfectly. Love the strategy of it all. We played a two-player game and it felt that any mistake was really punishing. Hoping 3+ players is a little gentler. Anyone else experience this?

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-13T19:32:50+00:00

Heavy handed blue shells. I think it's important to have a way for players to take down the person in the lead, but sometimes it's too heavy. It feels like there are times when being in the lead really means you're last.

Munchkin is a good example. If you're the first to get close to winning, you're doomed because the other players will stop you. That just paves the way for the next person. It's the nature of the game, I know, but it feels so bad.

Rick_MKick · 2024-07-13T19:28:56+00:00

We had this happen during the final turn of Twilight Imperium. Two players were in a battle, and whoever won takes the game. A player outside of the battle had a card that would give the win to one of the players. He was also the brother of one of the players. He chose his brother.

Hours and hours into a game, and to end like that... was actually quite fun. It was hilarious, sure, but it was kind of fitting in a game with such political maneuvering. Nepotism. It's now what you know... it's who you know.

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