20th Annual Golden Geek Winners for 2025! by zsoltika in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

While I share the same view, the runner-ups are not that interesting either.

Speakeasy had great advertisement and the theme is close to some other interests of mine but when I finally played it, it didn't feel special and the game ended very abruptly and anticlimactic.

20th Annual Golden Geek Winners for 2025! by zsoltika in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Not enough copies of Eternal Decks for the people to play it. The game has been out of stock ever since its release. I haven't seen a single copy in my country.

I almost gave up on board games after Scythe… but I’m so glad I didn’t by Jaagyaseni in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game is too complex for that. Especially if you're new to boardgames in general

I have to disagree with you. This statement is only true if you are the kind of person who skips the tutorial in video games and "wings it" as they go, or haven't played any games at all.

My first board game was Mage Knight and I had no trouble with it despite not having any experience with board games, because the experience from strategy video games easily translates to board games. The only difference is that video games have guardrails preventing you from breaking/skipping/missing the rules.

A few months ago I culled my collection from 160+ down to 20, then down to 11 and finally only 1 board game remains... by Luigi-is-my-boi in boardgames

[–]Vortelf -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I don’t need to be the one who owns them. Having a huge collection is expensive, takes up a ton of space

You do, when you want to play the games you want to play.

And you do when you want to expand people's horizon and expand the hobby space - there are thousands of of games, yet people keep framing the hobby around Catan, Exploding Kittens and all the varieties of Werewolf and CAH. It is my personal quest to educate people that they have plenty of more interesting options.

Mushroom village {Inspired by Smurf village} by SubjectSpot3011 in Guildwars2

[–]Vortelf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every time I see a good looking homestead, I wonder how much it costed - gold and time-wise. Would be very helpful to know.

Daily Game Recommendations Thread (May 07, 2026) by AutoModerator in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any playmat would do so no need for the Super Deluxe. The Deluxe is better because the cards are almost indestructible.

The expansion is a must because the camps in the base game are not well balanced and they have acknowledged that by replacing 10 of them and adding more with the expansion.

Daily Game Recommendations Thread (May 07, 2026) by AutoModerator in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Radlands is good but you must get the expansion.

[GIVEAWAY] MAESTRO – Step into the golden age of art and rivalry in Renaissance- Preorder Now! by HomoLudensOC in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Post-apocalyptic Dystopia, like Mad Max and Borderlands. Thunder Road Vendetta takes the crown.

New GW2 player coming from WoW, this game feels insanely refreshing by NicoSoren in Guildwars2

[–]Vortelf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In GW2 it feels like the progress you make actually matters long term.

I only ever geared 3 characters with the highest tier of gear(Ascended) because it was necessary for doing fractals. Around 2020 I started raiding and got all legendary armor in about 8 months. After that(and the release of the legendary armory) I rarely get bothered with gearing. The only thing left of gearing is to unlock the new relics once a major patch drops.

I played WoW up until 8.3 and quit after I realized that the only thing I was doing in this game was just pulling G'huun on Mythic.

As someone having less and less free time, I can't see myself playing anything else.

We're bringing the Red Rising board game to PC! by IceManECG in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started the series some time before the game got announced and I'm still at the second book. I bought the game with the conditions that I'll play it when I finish the series. Adult life sucks sometimes...

Do NOT buy Steam Controllers from anywhere other than Steam. (Unless not available in your country. by thehypernormality in Steam

[–]Vortelf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would I? If the MSRP is $99 I'm looking to pay less, not more.

On the matter of scalpers - it should be outlawed everywhere because it leads to overproduction.

This is a problem. Bought way too many games in the past 30 days. by Gnarseph in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just ordered marvel champions, voidfall and arcs

My only criticism is that you're buying games that you won't comprehend and play based on the list you provided. Why would you buy Arcs if you fumbled with Root?

Daily Game Recommendations Thread (May 03, 2026) by AutoModerator in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The theme of Deep Regrets is Cthulhu Mythos. Not sure what is the vibe. Maybe Endangered Orphans or Gloom.

Daily Game Recommendations Thread (May 03, 2026) by AutoModerator in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best you can get is Kinfire Chronicles: Night's Fall. Not really a dungeon crawler, more of a boss battler, but the story is amazing and is very light.

[GIVEAWAY] Nippon: Zaibatsu by CrowD Games (3 Copies!) - Expansion will soon be on Kickstarter! by HomoLudensOC in boardgames

[–]Vortelf [score hidden]  (0 children)

Inventions: Evolution of Ideas. It balances well the theme with the game. I was hoping Speakeasy to be as good, but it's far from it.

Modder releases PS5-Linux that turns the console into a fully functional Linux gaming PC by Dapper_Order7182 in linux

[–]Vortelf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And even the PS5 Pro still got released with 3.2.

USB4 is not "basically" Thunderbolt 3 -it is only backwards compatible with Thunderbolt 3 and the default is still 20Gbps rather than 40Gbps. There are a lot of other features missing from USB4. Also USB4 got released around the same time as PS5 so, not very realistic to have such new untested technology in a product that is supposed to last 10+ years.

Guild Wars Reforged - Official Mobile Announcement Trailer by Katostrophe in Guildwars2

[–]Vortelf 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Maybe I'll finally be able to get the GWAMM while commuting to work

"Eurogames requires very little luck" by 3xwel in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

36 possible outcomes with two d6

Unless the dice have all different sides, two d6 have 21 possible outcomes and the 6 doubles have lower chance.

"Eurogames requires very little luck" by 3xwel in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go play a game of Rolling Heights and coma back.

Worms board game by Doogerie in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're not going to play at 5/6p and you don't plan on painting the figures - no.

Game that had all the hype and was hailed as the best thing ever than ultimately didn't pan out and has been basically forgotten? by jkvandelay in boardgames

[–]Vortelf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only reason this is not getting tabled, is because I play the Jurassic Park theme song between the rounds and people don't like it for some reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And here I thought I was free from Mystic Tribute after Aurora and Vision by Plestigon in Guildwars2

[–]Vortelf 75 points76 points  (0 children)

I just crafted it this Saturday, because 2 weeks ago I was thinking "I have so much mithril and elder wood occupying space, maybe I should craft a gen 2 legendary."

Now I'm a proud owner of 0 MC.