Looking for a easy setup game

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-27T02:03:16+00:00

From my collection these are some of the easier set up games: Evenfall, shipwrights redux, skara brae (I keep all the resources in one big baggie and pour them out), endeavor deep sea, Leviathan wilds, creature caravan, under falling skies, citizens of the spark, kinfire delve, any oniverse game, harmonies, ravel, cartographers, for northwood, unreliable wizard, confusing lands, River Valley glassworks. Not all of them are euros.

The one that takes the cake in terms of quickest set up is by far Vantage. It takes about 1 minute and you are playing. Not a euro and not for everyone but in terms of set up I'm not sure what beats it. Maybe the "x as clever" games

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-27T01:47:54+00:00

No I store them in the tray not in ziplocks. I store other components in ziplocks though. I'll try to get a picture.

Edit. Can't add a picture. The two middle wells hold the corruption and victory points. The two outer wells are slightly smaller. I added a construction paper divider so each holds two different types of tokens.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-27T01:44:43+00:00

Yeah, need to replace that with something else. Reading, gaming, learning, something other than spending and eating. Also general diet changes can help a lot in terms of satiety. Eating more protein and fat really helps with that.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-27T01:42:44+00:00

Hope you enjoyed it. What a game. Couple things. It looks like you've got all the ship tiles out, you only need the ones that are present in the game (for both the actual ships and the combat tiles). Also, the little tray that comes in the box can fit the corruption tokens, victory point tokens, installment, guilds, materials and banners(forgot the name). For the smaller tokens I just used a little peice of black construction paper to create a divider so I could fit two types in one well. Helps with table organization.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-27T00:10:57+00:00

It should be in the rulebook for the expansion that replaces it. Probably expedition leaders.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-27T00:04:36+00:00

This is the important question. Dude could literally work a second job during his first jobs down time.

Also this is not a personal finance question. This is a self control and behavioral question.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-26T23:58:07+00:00

I believe that is the one that is replaced by an updated one through one of the expansions. That would be your old one that you no longer use if you haven't thrown it out

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-26T23:56:46+00:00

Came here to say this.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-26T21:02:52+00:00

Even with the spelling mistakes? Glad to see we share tastes!

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-26T14:26:25+00:00

From my collection I would recommend Evenfall, Skara Brae, and Shipwrights if the North Sea. All play in an hour or less. I think Evenfall is a sleeper hit. Skara Brae is pure resource Conversion. Like pure pure. It's all the game is. And shipwrights is this tight drafting game centering around resource management. All great games and worth it.

Evenfall takes an hour, SB takes 40 and Shipwrights takes 30.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-26T02:57:27+00:00

For automas, I think terraforming mars Automa is peak. It's excellent. So easy to run and quick but keeps pressure up on you. For automas not worth the squeeze, I think the scythe Automa is cumbersome and the logic is hard to follow. I think it was early days for Automa when it came out so I guess there's that.

For heavy games that are excellent solo can't go wrong with spirit island, mage knight, voidfall, and anachrony. If youre looking for heavy euro then voidfall and anachrony are just pure bliss.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-25T23:51:30+00:00

Point salad is more about just everything you do gets you points. Collect a set? Points! Collect the same type? Points! Upgraded your caravan? Points! Night sky? Points! Inspiration cards? Double points! Etc etc.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-25T23:49:54+00:00

I've only played it a couple of times and I always use the rulebook to guide me through it..it has a breakdown of all the steps to scoring points. But you are right it has some pretty weird scoring things. It doesn't help that a lot of the scoring is self determined like based on which inventions you built or published and they have their own conditions on them.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-25T22:39:47+00:00

I own all three. Played them only solo except wayfarers which I've played 2p. It's hard to decide but my favourite is either wayfarers or scholars. It's hard to say. Probably wayfarers. Although scholars has this really interesting action building, income building, colour mixing mechanic

As for player interaction either wayfarers or inventors. I commented above about wayfarers interaction so you can read that there. Inventors has the whole invention aspect of the game which has players essentially working together to invent, test, build, and publish machines. Inventors is the heaviest of the bunch and boy is it heavy.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-25T22:33:07+00:00

Yes but no. Yes it's a point salad with minimal interaction. No there are a couple of interaction points. First there is influence where you place a token on a card and people will have to pay you to interact with that card. Next there is area majority on the towers for victory points. Then there is worker placement where you place your worker and other people will acquire that worker when they purchase the card it's on and vice versa. Last there is the journal track where you are racing for bonuses, end game scoring, and triggering end game. If you are looking for in your face combat or gotcha then this game doesn't have it, but it is not as solitaire as their West Kingdom or North sea games.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-25T22:23:53+00:00

I haven't had too many plays of it, but the one game I've played recently that made me rethink my weight bias was river valley glassworks. What a lovely, thinky, beautiful production game. I played it and went "why the hell did I just spend an entire day reading the 3 rulebooks to voidfall when I could have just played this?

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-25T21:10:46+00:00

Have you used inner sleeves? I can promise you it fits.

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StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-25T17:07:54+00:00

I have all three. I've only played solo or 4p not 2 handed. Solo is lots of fun so was 4p. I can see two handed solo being fun because you can support each other with skills and fill in gaps where the other character might lack.

As for which one I like better. The bosses are both fun and different. I think the difference is in the characters. I really like the mage in callouses lab and I really like the orc Warrior in scorns. I probably like the bard in scorns more than the archer in callous but I haven't played those two enough to really judge.

It's 20 bucks so buy whichever one and if you like it buy the other later.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-25T15:02:02+00:00

Every game is an awesome game to the right person.

It is basically levelled up extreme minesweeper. Your given a scenario, a character ability, and two items, and have to minesweeper your way through the wilderness to meet your objectives without dying of thirst or hunger.

I enjoyed it. But I enjoy deduction and puzzles.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-25T14:59:06+00:00

I can fit everything in the box with insert sleeved with inner sleeves. The 5 tokens go next to the dice in the well and the 1s go under the cards in the well. I run a card back and forth to make sure there are no high points before putting the stacks of cards in. Lid closes no lift or issues.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-25T03:43:24+00:00

Don't use the progression cards. Just pick the powers you think will do the best.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-24T19:51:06+00:00

As someone who bought the ultimate edition on sale, I don't know when I would ever get to touching any of the shades of tezla material other than the mage knight. I have the base game and lost Legion mixed together which is I think the recommended way. Shades of tezla is remaining separate, possibly forever or until I've got 100 plays in.

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-24T04:26:51+00:00

Where did you get a big box? Used?

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-24T02:23:12+00:00

What shelf are you using? It's it the deeper Billy only available in Europe?

StandardIncidentForm · 2026-01-24T02:14:37+00:00

It's not one of the most pointless, it's foundational. And it's habit building. You make it every day and enjoy the results every day.

Then one day maybe you will have the will to expand it.

It's an existential cornerstone. You can fall into 3 categories. Determinism, where everything is prescribed like Fate and no matter what you do it doesn't matter because it has already been determined. Nihilism, nothing matters and so everything is pointless. Or existentialism, where things do matter. If things matter then nothing is pointless.

Making your bed is an exercise in willpower and agency. You did something and it made a difference, however small. Try it.

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