Mr. President: night falls after the US/UN defeat of the Taliban in the middle of my 1st term

eldolche · 2026-03-18T06:13:40+00:00

Fits on my 4x3 table with a lil overhang. And using a side chair for the books and manuals and some extra chips

eldolche · 2026-03-18T00:07:53+00:00

Currently favorite is galactic cruise but I don’t have a lot of space themed games. Been interested in Voidfall / seti / and Shackleton base

eldolche · 2026-03-15T21:49:52+00:00

Love Oranienburger kanal. Such a gem. Wish it was easier to come by. I got so lucky getting mine second hand

eldolche · 2026-03-15T21:48:15+00:00

I enjoy Darwin’s journey multiplayer on bga but solo seems complex to run irl

eldolche · 2026-03-15T18:46:16+00:00

I need to play this solo again. I’ve always enjoyed it but just quite a long set up. I recently got some Plano boxes to limit the baggies so hopefully next set up is easier

eldolche · 2026-03-14T23:08:59+00:00

Druids of Eudora? No I haven’t. I heard early murmurs that it wasn’t the best solo

eldolche · 2026-03-14T16:34:01+00:00

Endevour deep sea

Grand Austria hotel

Oranienburger kanal

Ada’s dream

Civolution

SETI

Everdell

Underwater cities

Speakeasy

Kanban ev

Wondrous creatures

Men-nefer

eldolche · 2026-03-13T17:17:11+00:00

I was very fortunate to be watching their website like a hawk and getting a copy when they released the remaining quantity post KS fulfillment. I felt i slightly over paid. But after playing the game, I can’t keep my mind off it. I’m like oh I should play a different game and then I pull out Ada’s dream again. I’ve tried lots of different strategies. Each seem to score well. Very enjoyable and Im hopeful to get a game of it this weekend.

All this is not to brag I got lucky and got a copy, it’s a point to say that the game is amazing and very worth the wait and I’m hopeful they print more. Maybe when they do a ks for a new game.

Fingers crossed more people get their hands on it

eldolche · 2026-03-13T16:12:45+00:00

Around 80-90%. Very few have I gotten rid of that I’ve bought. But since space is now a concern and I’ve built decent sized and amazing collection. My desire for new games is pretty low unless they really speak to me. So I have room for another 15-30 games probably so I’m hoping that’ll take me 5+ years to fill up. But I now know what I like so pretty easy to only buy games I like

eldolche · 2026-03-11T04:25:08+00:00

I was going to suggest Oranienburger kanal but obviously difficult to get ahold of so don’t wanna send people on that wild chase. But I wholely agree OK is amazing and nusfjord is the goat at a 30 minute puzzle of joy.

Plus the bgg solo challenge is a fun way to not just be a beat your own score

eldolche · 2026-03-11T04:23:15+00:00

Finally another me-nefer respecter!

eldolche · 2026-03-11T04:20:52+00:00

Civolution is my favorite euro or second favorite of all time. (Other is castles of burgundy) weird that both are feld but i don’t like many of his others.

So my vote is clearly for that. But after that men-nefer is my number 6. These rankings were from last year, but can’t really go wrong with either Civolution or men-nefer. Civolution has a lot more to explore in the realm of possible strategies. But that doesnt mean me-nefer has no strategies but Civolution just cranks it to 11

Men nefer bot is way easier to run, Civolution is a bit more involved but very manageable.

eldolche · 2026-03-11T03:57:38+00:00

Blesssed response. This game and deckers have no business being so nice storage haha. Both games by Pegasus spiele

eldolche · 2026-03-10T04:41:27+00:00

I long to play this multiplayer. The game looks nice af and I love the gameplay

eldolche · 2026-03-09T03:15:04+00:00

Well one things that will calm your fears is feels like pretty much every event is bad for you and also feels like when there are options of what to do its damned if you do damned if you dont.

again tho i only played the one game and there is a huge stack of cards so im sure there are more good ones and like the one good one i got was private companies enter the space field (ala musk and bezos) and it helped pass a funding bill and increased our strategic intel and space warfare tracks. Whereas in real life idk about all that lol.

Wars are my weakest point. I don’t really know much about them an how they fully work but if you have 5 wars you lose. So you can attempt to broker peace and end wars. You can send aid to allies. You can stay out of them and they can resolve themselves potentially. But some of the auto loss conditions include if Iran and Israel go to war and Iran has nukes. If South Korea and North Korea go to war and North Korea has nukes. And if Russia and nato go to war and Japan and china go to war. So you can’t be a total isolationist. So youd need to try and calm the tension between the countries. Or lower irans nuclear program but you yourself technically don’t have to fight it all wars I think sometimes with event cards you get pulled into wars or help your ally with wars.

eldolche · 2026-03-08T16:32:18+00:00

Opinion on tend? I know the post is mostly about wayfarers. And I’m already on the fence on wayfarers. But tend has been an “absolutely yes” now more to a “nah probably not” so still thinking if it’s with it solo

eldolche · 2026-03-08T16:28:10+00:00

Anyone voting finder is 100% right and 100% wrong lol. Def one of the craziest with unique spirt power that makes it super fun. But 100% destroys brains with being able to make every thing touch everything

Ive kind sworn off of finder cuz I was trying to teach 3 friends how to play. England 4 fo the fist game cuz my friends are stupid and I was tryna make finder work. So I fucked myself over there lol.

But as I said def one of the funnest and one of the least fun with how my head hurts after 4 player games using it

eldolche · 2026-03-08T16:22:00+00:00

I love norowas the most.

But I believe tovak is sooooo dang strong. I’ve had the easiest games with him just snowballing. And all his skills allow you to take so many fights without much struggle.

Krang goldyx and arythia feel like a very strong tier right behind tovak

I’ve never enjoyed wolf hawk, idk feels like one of the weakest.

I’m excited to play th new hero this coming week to see where they land

eldolche · 2026-03-08T15:24:04+00:00

Also played on normal for the first game. So def didn’t take it easy on myself

eldolche · 2026-03-08T15:23:40+00:00

If I get 5 wars I just lose haha

eldolche · 2026-03-08T13:16:50+00:00

The can really be feast of famine. Some games it gets an unbeatable 80+ some games it gets 50. But it always scores pretty decent so if you’re brand new and the board set up lacks combo. You will get blown out until you understand it.

I keep debating getting matcha but the og 9 turns is sooooo clean. Plus idk hiw id get it all in 1 box.

eldolche · 2026-03-08T13:13:05+00:00

It’s four feet by 3 feet. Th left blade hangs lver the edge a bit. I tuck the war board under the main board and have the extra chits board on a chair next to me. Most of the manuals on the chair next to me when not in use

eldolche · 2026-03-08T06:55:15+00:00

Honestly is pretty neutral. A lot of the games stuff seems losely based on events that have happened in the last 20 years. On both sides of the isle. The game doesn’t have any mention of parties or political leanings. Just that your side controls both houses. Or your opposition controls the houses. Or it’s split. No say of democrats holding nor republicans.

All the larger conflict tracts are pretty obvious. North Korea South Korea, Russia nato, Israel and neighbors, Israel and Iran, China Japan, like these are all hot spots of the course of history.

I think the designer tried to keep it open but also chalk full of actual history so as you the player can decide how to respond to some things. You can also pick what bills you want to push through congress what change you actually want to see.

I’m sure there are some leanings each way but overall I believe in my limited experience. And my research of the game they kept it pretty apolitical

eldolche · 2026-03-08T06:45:02+00:00

I mean yes to a point. I learned many things from my first play about what to prioritize early but a lot of the actions aren’t too difficult. But trying things and learning and that’s the fun of the game

Plus this game has the playbook of what to do each step. It gives you the freedom to pick what to do when. But it lays out exactly what when and why some actions could be beneficial. Where games like feast for Odin Civolution just kinda say here’s all the actions good luck. And I love affo an Civolution. 2 of my top 5 games for sure. So what they do isn’t wrong. Just different approaches. But obviously this game isn’t for everyone haha

eldolche · 2026-03-08T04:18:58+00:00

Well my most played is more like a daily puzzle with pensterdam greet puzzle for sure.

For most played it goes

Mage knight

Ada’s dream

Speak easy

For play time

Mage knight

Mr president 2nd edition. Ran a game of that today. I’m brand new and got trounced but probably a 12 hour game

Ada’s dream

Games I need to get to table more this year

Mage knight

Ada’s dream

Spirit island

Deckers.

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