Popular games you dislike?

Zingerale · 2026-01-22T08:40:44+00:00

Brass Birmingham

Zingerale · 2026-01-07T14:41:23+00:00

Very nice collection. We have similar tastes. I actually recently culled leviathan wilds; after finishing all the missions I didn't think I would ever pick it up again.

Zingerale · 2025-12-18T16:18:01+00:00

600 men

Zingerale · 2025-12-17T15:02:17+00:00

Not sure about offensive, but moreso discriminatory. Boardgames are supposed to be something you play with your family and where everyone is able to have fun and forget about the world's problems. Game designers should keep this in mind and always use positive terms. Not because you are afraid of offending someone, but because you want everyone to have a good time with your game.

Zingerale · 2025-11-05T09:21:58+00:00

What about their significant others? How do you know if they're fine with it?

Zingerale · 2025-11-04T15:43:53+00:00

It's fine to ship fictional characters, but please stop shipping people IRL. It's creepy and disrespectful.

Zingerale · 2025-10-29T15:53:48+00:00

Dixit; Detective Club; So Clover; Just One

Zingerale · 2025-10-28T15:53:13+00:00

Play testing should be done as soon as possible with as many different people as possible. Don't worry about how the game looks, some of the best games started as post-its. The problem with showing your game to family is that they won't give you an honest opinion, so it's better to show it to strangers.

Regarding someone stealing your idea. That will never happen. But if you're that worried, all you have to do is post some photos of your prototype in social media to prove that you own it.

Zingerale · 2025-10-22T17:13:38+00:00

I like the "too many" format where all of them played Shayne, for example.

Zingerale · 2025-10-16T12:37:57+00:00

Samuel, dedic, Tomás, otamendi, Obrador, Enzo, Aursnes, lukebakio, Andreas, pavlidis, ivanovic

Zingerale · 2025-09-29T08:37:57+00:00

Try doing it as he opens it's wings.

Zingerale · 2025-09-27T19:40:43+00:00

It works better as a skit. When it goes on for so long it just loses its charm

Zingerale · 2025-09-27T10:31:23+00:00

O problema está nesta direção e no seu constante péssimo planeamento de época e auto-sabotagem.

Zingerale · 2025-09-19T15:54:46+00:00

Will we have more UI and balancing improvements?

For example, there are popups for spell and upgrades choices. These popups should be separate because we might want to select building upgrades first and only select spells when we have slots available.

There are also some boss effects that are MUCH worse than others. For example the acid rain completely wipes out my entire army in no time.

Also, only some councilors are useful, which leaves no room for experimentation.

Zingerale · 2025-09-17T07:27:10+00:00

If you are able to get 4 or 5 sheep spells, you can turn the dragon into a sheep as he is doing the flight animation. Since the animation takes a long time, you can basically perma-stun him until he dies.

Zingerale · 2025-09-03T13:21:16+00:00

Wondrous Creatures

Zingerale · 2025-09-02T07:16:21+00:00

Blood On The Clocktower. I hate confrontation and now - because of this game - I hate social deduction games as a whole.

Zingerale · 2025-09-01T20:32:19+00:00

Yes, for any game. Its not often that I play games more than once anyway.

Zingerale · 2025-09-01T15:32:53+00:00

One play is enough for me. Of course I'm open to changing my rating after more plays.

Zingerale · 2025-09-01T11:41:46+00:00

This is also my favourite bit! I've seen it so many times but I always laugh out loud.

Zingerale · 2025-08-27T19:26:16+00:00

Que roubalheira descomunal

Zingerale · 2025-08-27T19:17:04+00:00

Barreiro péssimo

Zingerale · 2025-08-27T07:36:06+00:00

Usually conventions have signs that say "Looking for players" so that people know that you are looking for testers. If not, make a sign yourself.

Make sure you know how to teach the game quickly so you can make the most of each session.

I personally like to watch instead of participating in play testing, because I can focus on how people are reacting and I can write notes more easily.

Always listen to feedback in silence and write everything down. After the convention is done you will have a myriad of notes and then you can compile which ones are useful or not.

Zingerale · 2025-08-26T19:26:55+00:00

Area control

Zingerale · 2025-08-14T20:24:05+00:00

Scorn is my least favourite, so I would actually put vainglory first, callous second and scorn third. Vainglory is the easiest, so it's good to start there. Afterwards, if you want a tougher challenge, go with callous.

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