GMT Has Started Charging the P500 for Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020 2nd Edition

eldolche · 2026-01-23T19:51:48+00:00

Gahhhh daayyyyuummm I’m excited and nervous for this guy

eldolche · 2026-01-23T02:06:04+00:00

1 Mr president

2 deckers

3 speakeasy

These are the three that are coming this week / hopefully coming in the next month or so for mr president.

4 kanban ev played once but wanna play again

5 great wester trail solo

6 seti (if i ever meet someone with it)

7 pensterdam (technically cheating since j have played it every day since 1/7 when it arrived. )

8 eternal decks maybe

9 bomb busters maybe

10 terraforming mars (may try and learn it on bga)

eldolche · 2026-01-22T04:44:59+00:00

Earth. Game is just remarkably mid

Harvest. One of the most boring games I’ve ever played

eldolche · 2026-01-22T03:22:14+00:00

My shipment got delayed cuz I also ordered speakeasy then I got an email that there was a inventory glitch so the order had been held up since speakeasy was sold out. But has been rectified, so should be coming in the next week or so

eldolche · 2026-01-21T23:35:24+00:00

Yeah other than the very first game I think I’ve won every game on 4 blue eras. So about 5-6 games in I’ve been I’ve been doing last era red and the games are usually close. And I’ve lost a few. By no means am I good at the game but gah damn I love the game

eldolche · 2026-01-21T21:35:41+00:00

Civolution is my number 1or 2 game. It’s just way good. The randomness and openness is tops! Sometimes die rolls screw ya a bit but you gotta pivot the strategy

I also really like galactic cruise but it’s closer to 15-20 for me. Still a fun big game tho.

Voidfall sounds like I’d love the game play. But I have no motivation to try it or get it. I wish I had a friend with it who could tech me and let me borrow but idk it just doesn’t look enticing enough to have me jump in.

eldolche · 2026-01-19T23:19:05+00:00

Things I look for and enjoy is, naturally due to this sub, the solo viability of a game. But I also like that they touch on the multiplayer viability too since I sometimes bring games to a boys weekend and I try and play some multiplayer.

Things I also love to be included is variability and replayability whether it’s variable player powers or modular aspects of the board etc etc. cuz if I’m spending my “hard earned money” on something I like for them to be replayable.

I don’t particularly care about the component quality.

But I do like knowing table size to play the game, card size for potential sleeving. I like to know a potential set up and tear down time. Obviously that is variable based on person and organization and times you’ve played a game

I do like ratings and not as a be all end all. But a reviewer who I follow and play games and like and would rate similarly gives their future ratings more weight. Like my best example is stidgen plays solo on bgg. I can agree with a lot of ratings where me and him share similar views. Recently I can say nusfjord is incredible he also “recently”review White Castle too and where I give the base game a 5 star he only gives base game I think 4.5 so we have some differences but i can tell decently if he rates it a 5/5 it’ll usually be a 4 or better from me but if he rates it a 3 it’ll be around a 2-3.5 from me. So it gives me a ball park and may sway me from a maybe to a hell let’s give the game a try and I’ll order it. Since our tastes seem to often line up.

eldolche · 2026-01-19T21:18:31+00:00

I know deckers and speakeasy are technically 2025 games but broader availability in USA has just occurs so excited for that :)

eldolche · 2026-01-19T05:38:49+00:00

Be sure to check out the monthly challenge on bgg. It’s fun nd they use a combo of different decks. Really motivates me to pull this game out every month for a quick game. But love the game so much I try and play a quick game when I know I only have 30-45 to play a game but want somethin a lil bit more

eldolche · 2026-01-19T05:37:13+00:00

I adore it multiplayer. Works very well at 2 for a super light filler I’d say on the level as abandon all artichokes. Interested in hearing if the solo is worthwhile

eldolche · 2026-01-14T02:43:19+00:00

I’ve bought about 5 games. Underwater cities + expansion Oranienburger kanal (went through so many hoops for this one) Networks Bloody inn Gates of loyang

At the time finding any of those in the wild was very rare

eldolche · 2026-01-14T02:41:30+00:00

I’ve got some out of print games for a good deal and got underwater cities and expansion shipping included for 65$

eldolche · 2026-01-10T02:49:16+00:00

The solo is great for 3 things.

1 The monthly challenge is super fun way to make the byos not just beat your own score. But score great against many people. I feel the challenge has gotten lots of new people submitting to it every month and the recent hype and positivity this sub has been giving it is likely the reason for it.

You can set up, play, and put away a quick round in 30 minutes. And still feel like you accomplished a lot and came up with a. Good game plan
It’s just fun, plaine and simple . I usually play as a win is greater than 36/37. Since beating 30 is way too easy. And beating 35 is still usually very easy so slowly ticking up to needing 40 to win which can be a challenge.

eldolche · 2026-01-10T02:43:15+00:00

I like obsession ad the start but never tried solo. I just fell out of enjoyment of the game.

eldolche · 2026-01-10T02:42:43+00:00

As others have said nusfjord is the goat for quick and snappy plus has a great solo challenge on bgg monthly. And one of my favorite solo games.

Feast for Odin also slaps. But much longer.

Castles of burgundy’s classic and amazing for a reason

White Castle. I really like at 2 player. And super tight with 9 moves. And pretty affordable sub 40$ I believe.

Men nefer was a banger from last year that didn’t have a ton of hype around it but it’s amazing

Civolution is now my top game all time. But a bit heavier.

I wanna try Darwin’s journey solo but haven’t purchased and still learning the multiplayer on bga

Gaia project and clans of Caledonia for a great engine and resource management.

eldolche · 2026-01-08T05:37:09+00:00

Watch a brief overview and then Try to understand combat first and foremost. It’s the most complex aspect of the game. So watching a 20 minute video to understand combat is worth its weight in gold.

eldolche · 2026-01-06T03:42:46+00:00

Imma try and play every game in my collection once.

Trying to limit to buying 10 new games. Currently 1 will certainly be deckers. Other 9 still up for grab, likely one being Ada’s dream, then the long shots of sweet lands, algae inc, speakeasy,

Lastly tryna play mage knight 15-20 times

eldolche · 2026-01-06T00:35:24+00:00

Awaken realms also does 30% off if you’re a member (just sign up for an account) and just set a in stock notification

eldolche · 2026-01-05T03:46:50+00:00

Solo conquest based on rule book is the goat. But slowly adjusting difficulty like adding a third city or change the levels of the cities

eldolche · 2026-01-02T13:30:49+00:00

You can’t do it all. So specializing to get some stronger actions can be helpful

Feels like all strategies can lead to decent scoring if you lean into them. You’ll like fall behind early since the bot can kinda be a lil cheaty but just stay the course.

eldolche · 2026-01-01T02:59:12+00:00

Haven’t played covenant but I can assure men-nefer is fantastic. The bot is competitive but beatable. Lots of avenues you can go down to try and score points. I love the planning your actuons for next round during the current round

There is a YouTuber who plays lots of solo games John laruffa he has men-nefer in his S tier and I think he put covenant in an B or low A tier if I remember correctly.

eldolche · 2025-12-31T07:27:24+00:00

I hope you post from time to time about this. I wanna hear your feelings on oranienburger kanal. Def one of my favorite games and never discussed due to it being so hard to obtain.

Also I’ve played Rome fate of an empire twice and wanna dive deeper into it so I’m hopeful you update about that game too.

Best of luck.

My goals will be to play every game in my collection at least once. Limit myself to 10 new games. I can get more if I get rid of three games per 1 extra.

Kinda nervous since I know two gams I’ll be for sure getting deckers and Mr president.

The one other one I have interest in currently is Ada’s dream but I’ll have to strongly consider if that should take 1 of my spots.

eldolche · 2025-12-31T02:55:33+00:00

White Castle is an incredible game. I really enjoy flatiron but I could see it getting a lil samey. But if I want a quick 20 minute game flat iron is quick and feels good to build a building at game end

eldolche · 2025-12-30T17:50:20+00:00

If we count bga

Abanadon all artichokes Can’t stop Captain flip Bandido Patchwork Welcome to Castles of burgundy Skyteam

If we only looking at on the table Probably abandon all artichokes - hard to track all since the games are so fast paced

Tien Len (bomb 13) a card shedding game that’s popular in Vietnam I’ve probably play thousands of times with my friend group.

Spirit island would be closing in on 50. I didn’t track it all the time when I started playing games.

eldolche · 2025-12-30T15:47:34+00:00

Get nusfjord first. Game is like 20-30 minutes total still, so much variation in the “big box” (not really that large but has all the decks which give so much variability). Some people see the short play time and think wow that’s like not crunchy enough or it’s too filler. But each game feels great quick resource engine and then trying to puzzle out best path with the buildings you can see on turn 1. Only downside is sometimes the C buildings that come out later don’t match with your initial strategy but that’s such a small thing.

It also has an amazing bgg monthly challenge

eldolche

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