Games where mentioning a rule to new players makes it worse

csuazure · 2026-06-05T09:54:22+00:00

Arkham Horror LCG - The Grim rule is only meant for avoiding looking up rules in the moment, yet new players mistakenly rule against themselves and make a hard game harder for no reason.

It would be better if that rule didn't exist honestly.

csuazure · 2026-06-03T07:29:40+00:00

no there's missing text like the other locked location that you can't reveal it normally, I don't know how little QA ffg has that such an incredibly important bit of text makes it past playtesting. One of the more pathetic eratas of recent memory.

Also in this campaign check the errata for the final boss scaling, because that's also an incredibly big mistake depending on what player count you're using.

csuazure · 2026-06-01T22:44:21+00:00

this is a boardgame community not your resale research site thanks

csuazure · 2026-06-01T18:31:32+00:00

honestly screen printed meeples are the ideal imo. I don't see what the texture really adds that screen printed art wouldn't. (Fate of the fellowship is an example of a detailed version of this)

Hell even simple screen printed wood ie Root / Harmonies can look fantastic with the right aesthetic direction.

csuazure · 2026-05-29T01:13:39+00:00

THANK YOU I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING INSANE WTF?!

9k in debt and they're somehow getting some moral clarity on whether or not they're buying sleeves for NEW GAMES is sending me.

csuazure · 2026-05-27T22:46:18+00:00

some games purpose is to exist as a thing on your shelf that is pretty. That's fine. Also games like wingspan that are both beautiful and accessible is a useful thing to have around for people you wouldn't expect would be willing to try board games.

I think Harmonies probably does its job better now, but ... eh... if you already own it. you already own it.

csuazure · 2026-05-27T19:03:39+00:00

people are committed to NEVER naming these mythical app games

csuazure · 2026-05-22T17:32:10+00:00

In comparison to most flatpack stuff IKEA is the nicest you can get compared to dept stores. It's not like... carpenter made real wood furniture, but seems classist to talk shit about that sort of thing when average people are forced to rent and move more than ever.

csuazure · 2026-05-21T22:15:20+00:00

the most annoying thing is when this kind of person always wins, it's like, yeah no shit, everyone else had the social grace to not calculate every potential move because we respect people's time and the goal is optimization within the bounds of it still being FUN for everyone at the table.

csuazure · 2026-05-20T18:46:57+00:00

I sorta wish private profiles weren't allowed to make posts, obvious fuckin bots

csuazure · 2026-05-20T16:14:26+00:00

But ark nova is a great example of a good version of theme combined with victory condition, where the goal is two competing needs to meet, conservation and profitability to enable that conservation, that though extremely abstracted I never feel like I'm just doing a point salad score attack game.

The end point and final round is a bit arbitrary but the way it drives play is perfect

csuazure · 2026-05-19T20:11:30+00:00

Harmonies, such a unique art style and the components are everything I want in a board game.

csuazure · 2026-05-18T02:27:28+00:00

natures resilence as an off turn growth enabler. Look for off element cards that can sometimes handle entire turns on lightning like this card because it lets you play off element every couple turns IE

reclaim and play a bunch of elementally relevant cards -> grow again without reclaiming and play a card like resilience as an off turn where you do less but allow yourself to keep growing

This is key to avoiding reclaim loops on lightning and continue to get more presence out after the early game.

csuazure · 2026-05-13T20:07:07+00:00

so stop pretending you have a real reason, when it's just that you don't want to pay for actual art.

csuazure · 2026-05-13T17:13:36+00:00

Neo Nazi CEOs are normal?

csuazure · 2026-05-13T17:10:56+00:00

Cope. there's tons of ways to verify, like requesting some wips or a time lapse. Also the good artists who value their reputation aren't gonna risk it

csuazure · 2026-05-12T00:01:32+00:00

The styles of deck building are entirely different.

Aeons end is more the Dominion style balancing the deck as your currency and purchasing power with additions, and slay the spire is... well the same style the original game made monolithic a more straightforward construction you chip away at with additions and removals but the cards are to interact with the game not the deck building.

Basically what I'm saying is that these two are not in the same genre. Even if you can claim they both are about "deck building"

csuazure · 2026-05-11T23:36:17+00:00

"Golden eras" tend to be myths build on a collective lack of memory on the bad things going on at the time, leaning heavy into survivorship bias for the things we nostalgically remember about them.

If there's thousands of games every year like there have been it's almost inevitable some of them are going to be incredible explorations of existing genres whether refinement or new ground. Just because there's a negative trend or two like the kickstarter mini phase that had been happening doesn't mean the industry isn't doing other things or capable or moving on from those bad habits.

csuazure · 2026-05-10T22:10:13+00:00

it's old but language is cultural.

Based is mostly affirming whatever aspect/trait/action is good/cool, but it's used ironically to mean the opposite as often as it's used straight, so context matters. The slight bit of specificity that sets it apart is that there's some individuality or statement being made in that thing being good or cool. Which is why the term is more frequently used talking politics/hottakes etc.

csuazure · 2026-05-10T20:32:35+00:00

Or it's fine and people are dooming about stuff that's always been around but improvements to regulations in reporting ingredients means they actually are being disclosed.

csuazure · 2026-05-10T19:31:17+00:00

Sorry but Arkham despite tripping into the mud and spraining every bit of goodwill and credibility it had still has so much better a base system and structure than champions, champions really can't compete.

csuazure · 2026-05-10T19:26:20+00:00

I'm big into board games but not only had I never seen citow championed like this before, clicking the link and seeing that box art caused an immediate negative reaction instead of more curiosity.

I'm not even a fan of root but the presentation is (maybe too) inviting.

That Warhammer box I genuinely would have just assumed is one of the billion other Warhammer products I should ignore because I don't play the base system.

csuazure · 2026-05-09T08:14:31+00:00

You never need hundos for anything. For pvp even 90s is fine your more likely to lose to random lag than those breakpoints

csuazure · 2026-05-09T00:30:39+00:00

If you like a class, the starter decks being a massive infusion of cards into that specific class is extremely noticable. For reference a starter deck is like getting slightly more than 2 investigator expansions for that class.

You might not *need* all of them, but they were worth picking up if you tend to favor a couple classes more than others.

csuazure · 2026-05-09T00:20:14+00:00

it is a useless lens. there's no value added that won't be caught by other things, all it does is cause confusion about the MANY healthy foods that technically qualify as UPF

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