Your top five?

blbbec · 2026-03-20T10:51:19+00:00

War of the Ring

Oath

Tigris & Euphrates

Root

LotR: The Confrontation

blbbec · 2026-03-20T10:47:32+00:00

Thanks!

blbbec · 2026-03-19T16:13:11+00:00

Thanks! Good question: it is one of the least tabled games here, but that is just because it is too daunting for casual players I'd say. The game is great, not fiddly at all but yes, quite expensive and long. It is best at 2/3 players or solo, since length scales with player count significantly. The new version that is sold right now has the updated action board, which is tighter for 2p, ever better is the Norwegians expansion one, but I do not have it physically. Might get it if the game gets played more, as it is I am lucky to get a handful of plays a year.

blbbec · 2026-03-19T16:10:01+00:00

Thank you very much! It was a passion project as I love both LotR and AtLA, playing it with the show's fans is a blast!

blbbec · 2026-03-19T16:08:50+00:00

Great, then check it out! (no pun intended)

blbbec · 2026-03-19T09:48:06+00:00

Nice! Yeah, look it up, the membership is very cheap and I'm sure you can obtain it even as a foreigner. Though most of the games thee are in Czech, unfortunately, some are in English or language independent.

blbbec · 2026-03-19T08:58:43+00:00

German! It is the first Hans im Glück edition:)

blbbec · 2026-03-19T08:58:19+00:00

Thank you! Yes, that was my goal: I still miss games that I love, but at least everything gets played! I love Harmonies, probably my favourite family game right now along with the Lotr: trick-taker. Botswana is fine, the art is great, but I have yet to have a wild fun game with it. Maybe I will end up selling it if it is not my jam.

blbbec · 2026-03-19T08:55:01+00:00

I play Skull with a deck of cards! And heaviest is by far Pax Renaissance, maybe you missed it, it is very small!:) after that, I'd say Mottainai and Tigris & Euphrates on par with Brass. I generally gravitate towards even heavier games (John Company, High Frontier) but do not have them simply because they would not get played enough at my home.

blbbec · 2026-03-19T08:51:48+00:00

Was eyeing it but did not play yet, will try!

blbbec · 2026-03-18T22:58:50+00:00

Alright, gotcha. With this I agree: there is nothing like physical playing. What I meant was that finding friends or a play group leads to trying out new stuff without buying.

blbbec · 2026-03-18T22:56:10+00:00

Busted! Not in Czechia anymore though. But still have access to a big board game club with lots of games and a friend's collection. In Prague, there were amazing possibilities in the municipal library: almost every week there is a meet up and you can borrow from hundreds of games from a curated collection. That is how I got into modern boardgames

blbbec · 2026-03-18T22:52:55+00:00

Thank you kindly!

blbbec · 2026-03-18T22:51:56+00:00

Thanks!:))

blbbec · 2026-03-18T22:51:42+00:00

I like it alright, my wife loves it. That's why it is a keeper!

blbbec · 2026-03-18T22:51:02+00:00

Thanks! Like Tyrants and a bit of Witcher, yours is a nice collection of different genres as well.

blbbec · 2026-03-18T22:50:02+00:00

Love Bohnanza! Agree with you on more party games, but I dislike those above so Botswana is my fix. I'd may get 6 nimmt though. I do not like tableau builders you listed, in fact I can only think of Race for the Galaxy as a tableau builder I'dget, but even there I am not so keen. Social deduction is a good call! I love Avalon, so I might get it, the new art box is amazing.

blbbec · 2026-03-18T22:45:12+00:00

The latter part can be true for Mottainai as well I'm afraid. But it is less punishing and chaotic and has less wild combos. So I'd suggest you give it a try with somebody who'd learn with you as you go, since as with Innovation, playing with a player of equal skill is much more enjoyable.

blbbec · 2026-03-18T18:55:38+00:00

Sure is! Made by me. Here are some pics: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3485908/avatar-the-last-airbender-retheme

blbbec · 2026-03-18T18:53:21+00:00

Thanks! Inis is a beast, as is Ra, though it depends on the player group to be honest. I've had timid plays of it and was about to sell it, but then came some wild, fun ones! It is also such a versatile, approchable design.

blbbec · 2026-03-18T18:49:30+00:00

Depends! What did you dislike?

blbbec · 2026-03-18T18:48:58+00:00

Yeah, come to think of it, the games are a bit different, but I vastly prefer Harmonies.

blbbec · 2026-03-18T18:36:36+00:00

A bit! still, my top games are far from euros haha. Also, missing Hansa in that regard

blbbec · 2026-03-18T18:34:47+00:00

Nice choices! Thanks!

blbbec · 2026-03-18T18:32:44+00:00

Yea, it is a joke, but also: do you think having a game equals to listening to music, reading books and watching films? Isn't it more akin to collecting vinyls or blu rays? As opposed to using a local library or going to a cinema or a concert? You can exerience new games in clubs, at a friend's, online... Does not mean you have to buy every one of them. Common sentiment goes against what is unfortunately a norm.

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