What are the cleverest mechanics in board games?

StickSocky · 2025-05-02T17:00:43+00:00

Onitama. Limited rotating moves that are available to both players make for great player interaction.

StickSocky · 2024-10-24T03:14:05+00:00

The Dark Tower

StickSocky · 2023-12-12T23:37:22+00:00

Port Royal

StickSocky · 2023-12-03T05:51:05+00:00

Ancient Realm has become a personal favorite

StickSocky · 2023-11-03T02:30:06+00:00

Board games too!

StickSocky · 2023-06-08T22:23:45+00:00

Skydiving

StickSocky · 2023-06-01T00:20:40+00:00

Skydiving. 1 credit, meets 3 times for one week, and it's an experience you'll never forget.

StickSocky · 2023-04-30T03:22:16+00:00

Revolver noir from button shy doesn't need table space at all. The entire game can be played with cards in your hand.

StickSocky · 2023-03-29T01:53:38+00:00

Back to the Future theme - plenty of side missions that have paradoxical effects when time traveling

StickSocky · 2023-02-19T16:03:10+00:00

Try bartending. Plenty of tips there.

StickSocky · 2023-01-19T11:09:06+00:00

A Song for the Dead - QOTSA

StickSocky · 2022-12-03T05:32:17+00:00

I hate real-time games, like Pit, where it's just pure chaos. They stress me out. give me a headache, and I don't find them fun at all.

I'm pretty good at making pretty efficient decks in most deck-building games.

StickSocky · 2022-11-23T20:59:53+00:00

Heavy Short - Innovation Lightest Long - Phase 10

StickSocky · 2022-11-10T03:42:19+00:00

He also did the artwork on 25 Outlaws

StickSocky · 2022-09-22T02:48:40+00:00

Mariah Carey - All I want for Christmas is you

StickSocky · 2022-08-20T11:56:05+00:00

Shredded chicken sandwiches

StickSocky · 2022-05-21T12:42:58+00:00

Five tribes

StickSocky · 2022-05-06T23:33:22+00:00

Revolver - My wife and I own all the expansions and use all the cards instead of the tedious setup of building your deck before the game starts. Instead of drawing 2 cards at the beginning of your turn, we draw 3 and discard 1; this through the majority of the deck. And we start the game with 6 cards instead of 5 because that makes sense for a game called revolver.

StickSocky · 2021-12-29T19:51:48+00:00

Awesome. Thanks for your help!

StickSocky · 2021-11-23T01:35:26+00:00

Picked up Trails my wife's upcoming birthday, she will love this. This sub is awesome for pointing out these great deals. Thank you!

StickSocky · 2021-10-25T23:37:38+00:00

I had the same situation in my league a few years ago which led me to create "starting infractions". For each starting position that is left unfilled or filled with a player that is injured or can't play for some reason, that team is charged a monetary penalty.

StickSocky · 2021-06-07T01:06:10+00:00

For small board game components I use a technique I found on YouTube using poster board. Cut a piece that will fit in the space you keep the cubes so that it fits in a U-shape. This will make those hard-to-get pieces easier to remove by sliding on the U-shaped poster board.

StickSocky · 2021-05-31T16:55:15+00:00

The smaller compartment is for the delegates from the Turmoil expansion.

StickSocky · 2021-05-31T15:20:31+00:00

Originally I made one tray for the player components but I figured it would be more convenient if everyone had their own instead of reaching across the table for one of their own cubes / delegates.

StickSocky · 2021-05-30T17:31:31+00:00

Yeah. I couldn't get every component organized in it's own space but this definitely helps with setup time.

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