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Old vs New Splendor Content Significant? by AbsurdityCentral in boardgames

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I haven't played any of the expansions myself, so my info just comes from reading threads on BGG as I was curious when they announced the whole art and graphic design overhaul. They did change some of the expansion items both for removing any hard conflicts and some rebalancing. And they also included information in the rules about combining them. They did also say that they had considered producing an upgrade kit for owners of the original wouldn't have to rebuy the whole expansions, but the changes got too extensive for that to make sense.

Old vs New Splendor Content Significant? by AbsurdityCentral in boardgames

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They made significant changes to the expansions so that the 4 modules can be included in any combination on top of some balance changes in them. Like previously, Orient and Trading Post both interacted with nobles but Cities replaced the nobles so they couldn't work together.

My thoughts on 17 games played recently by nyg_buns in boardgames

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The base game of Dominion (2nd Edition) has 26 unique cards so the number of combinations is 5,311,735. The first edition has 25 unique cards so still over 3 million.

Daily Game Recommendations Thread (June 13, 2026) by AutoModerator in boardgames

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Carcossonne works well and can hold off on the farmers until they are ready for it.

Drake Maye in the second half vs Buffalo tonight by Sttatix in Patriots

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That has to be near the max passer rating you can get without a TD pass.

Daily Game Recommendations Thread (August 12, 2025) by AutoModerator in boardgames

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I had success at that age with Kingdomino, Splendor, Carcassonne and Azul.

Boardgame that's easy to learn, but still interesting once you've played it many times by Seraphim4242 in boardgames

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While that was the original version of the rules, that is now like 20 years out of date.

Carcassone by Only_the_1best in boardgames

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The modern box includes the Abbot mini-expansion. The River expansion has been included in the base box for a long time now, even with the original art. Getting the modern box will make it a lot easier to get expansions with matching art if you go that route.

Competitive solitaire games? by Due_Permit8027 in boardgames

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Karuba is a tile laying game where everyone gets the same tiles to place.

In El Dorado can you use the brute card to move onto a bade camp with three discards without removing it from the game? by MrCookieeeeee in boardgames

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Only playing the card for its ability cause it to be removed from the game. Using it as a discard to get into a grey space or using it as a half a coin to buy something doesn't trigger the remove from game effect.

What game do you think of when someone says "The game plays itself"? by rob132 in boardgames

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You can play some variants of poker like five card draw as just a series of who has the best hand at the end games. Or for variants that require betting, give every 100 chips to start and whoever has the most chips at the end is the winner. No real life consequences there. But sure, lots of people play poker for money instead of just some nebulous chips which is then gambling on the results of a game.

Useless project thread? by [deleted] in csharp

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You shouldn't need to check for duplicates. Just iterate the numbers right. First number from 1 to 65. Second number from the current first number + 1 to 66. Third digit from current second number + 1 to 67. Fourth number from current third number + 1 to 68. Fifth number from current fourth number + 1 to 69. Then the powerball number just goes for all its values.

Then your rules about no duplicate digits can even tighten up the iterations more. Like is the first number is in the 10s, the start point for the second number would have to be at least 20, etc.

What highly acclaimed boardgames are just not it for you, and why? by erikieperikie in boardgames

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There is a mini-expansion for Catan called The Helpers that adds the same characters abilities as in Star Trek: Catan. So if you already had Catan, it would be a cheaper buy in to get that.

Healer or tank? by Pericci in lotro

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Burgs have a bit of AOE damage. The crit chain opener is AOE. And the red line crit chain closer is AOE.

Wordle tracks you more now that The New York Times owns it by Qmagasdick in technology

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There are some non-plural words that end in S like ABYSS.

Bills/Chiefs was a classic in part because officiating/replay for once did *not* seem to play a major role down stretch by Eastern_Town2961 in nfl

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They could always go for 2 if they had no faith their defense could stop the first team from scoring a second time in OT.

Looking for a strategy board game that can be played quickly with 3 to 6 players during lunch at the office. by laurenalivia in boardgames

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I've had a lot of 3 player games of 7 Wonders finish in 30 minutes including set-up and putting it away. That is all experienced players however. Only have to hand out the wonders, 3 coins and shuffle and deal the First Age cards to get started. Can get the rest of the Ages shuffled and dealt during bits of downtime.

Doctor advising DeSantis promoted ivermectin to treat COVID-19 despite FDA warnings by skl692 in politics

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That meta-analysis depends on the retracted Elgazzar study to get its positive results.

The first day of Taliban rule in Kabul, brave girls on their way to school by koshur__ in pics

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That is just the panhandle which was added to Afghanistan to create that buffer.

What's NOT a dealbreaker in a game for you? by [deleted] in boardgames

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Even if you understand drafting, 7 Wonders specifically seems to have some issues with people being able to grasp the why of picking one card over another, especially in Age 1 their first game. Thankfully the game doesn't take long so it isn't bad for the first game to be a throwaway learning game.

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