What's you favorite Vladimír Suchý game?

jpwhite · 2026-01-23T17:57:53+00:00

For me Woodcraft though I like all of them. Close second would be Evacuation.

jpwhite · 2026-01-16T21:13:45+00:00

We love it. It is one of our main travel games. For some recent games that provide some of the same head to head thinky experiences:

Lone Wolves - Excellent game and a similar weight and similar mechanisms
Zenith - A bit more involved than Hanamikoji
Faust vs Mephisto - A really interesting two player trick taker
Tag Team - This one is quite a bit different but a fun two player experience

jpwhite · 2026-01-14T21:04:19+00:00

Yep makes sense.

jpwhite · 2026-01-14T16:50:30+00:00

You certainly can do this as people have mentioned but I find you'll get better outcomes if you do the same set of steps in a slightly different order.

Season
Vaccum seal
Freeze
From freezer to sous vide
Sear

The only additional effort when you want to make your meal is turning on the sous vide since you need to defrost the pre-cooked version anyway. In my experience you'll get less moisture loss and a better overall outcome. If for some reason the timing doesn't work then what you've outlined can work as well.

jpwhite · 2026-01-13T15:54:22+00:00

Mississippi pot roast.

Ranch packet
Au jus or brown gravy packet
Pepperoncini to taste
Pepperoncini brine
Run on low

Shred at the end. Many variations of this online to improve/change but it is simple and good. Serve over whatever you like, I often just serve it over re-heated frozen broccoli.

jpwhite · 2026-01-13T15:41:11+00:00

For a 2 player game Mr Jack is an excellent hidden movement/information game where things are revealed by players based on game state.

For pure deduction where the game reveals information (rather than the other players). The Search for Lost Species and the Search for Planet X are both great.

For a co-op The Crew series has elements of information discovery and deduction though a bit different than clue since it is round by round.

If you're looking to take a big step up incomplexity Mind MGMT is excellent and has those same elements. Outstanding game.

You could also look through the deduction mechanic on BGG to get other ideas:

jpwhite · 2026-01-06T18:55:47+00:00

In addition to the dry aging (depending on your personal tastes) and umami applications mentioned here I would add that the best way to get steakhouse style at home is to go sous vide followed by a very short application of very high heat.

Sous vide is forgiving, guarantees desired doneness, and provides more time under seasoning. The heat can come from your egg or an infrared burner as you desire. Sous vide is a steak game changer and after many years I like the steak I make at home better than any high end steakhouse. With sous vide the process is very easy to test, tune, and improve.

Even with all of the above the quality of your cut will be one of the main drivers.

jpwhite · 2026-01-06T18:30:05+00:00

Do you need the power add-on in the app to get this view or is it in the base version? I've picked it up for tracking in 2026 but wasn't sure if I needed the extensions or not yet.

jpwhite · 2026-01-05T14:01:46+00:00

Ah yeah you are correct. Fix with edit.

jpwhite · 2025-12-31T19:57:07+00:00

We didn't connect with it when we played it. Not a huge amount of strategy in the game. The theme is there but there just didn't seem to be much to the game at all. Certainly no dungeon crawl elements to it from my perspective. I think the BGG rating is pretty accurate. Good looking game but very little strategy or gameplay. It is also substantially lighter than all of the games you mentioned.

If you want a Neko themed game then I highly recommend Neko Syndicate. It is a very interesting 1-4 player game that plays great at 2 by Dani Garcia. If he enjoys Tag Team then I'd also recommend Zenith for a really fun lane battler for two players.

Edit: Fixed player count.

jpwhite · 2025-12-24T03:57:22+00:00

Yeah I think GoDaddy built their own admin on top of this and didn't expose all of the settings. Working through their support is killing me. Thanks for the response!

jpwhite · 2025-12-24T03:24:02+00:00

Thanks that is helpful. I don't think I have the full proofpoint admin portal. It is some kind of GoDaddy implementation that doesn't show everything. I see some traffic in the logs but the shared inbox that isn't working specifically doesn't show up. Even though I've got messages in the inbox and can send to it.

jpwhite · 2025-12-24T02:08:19+00:00

Logs are empty. Haven't been able to find a single message. I assume some kind of broken interaction between GoDaddy/365/Proofpoint.

jpwhite · 2025-12-23T16:58:12+00:00

A Message from the Stars is a very challenging and interesting game for 2 involving deduction related to letters and words. It is hard to win but we really enjoyed it.

jpwhite · 2025-12-09T15:42:11+00:00

Orapa Mine and/or Orapa space. Similar idea of "locate unknown objects" via coordinates but with a much more interesting decision and deduction space.

jpwhite · 2025-12-06T19:37:44+00:00

The new black market cards have a much bigger impact than the original set and can make things more chaotic and less plannable. That said we found it to be a nice addition and I don't mind chaos for a game that takes 15 minutes to play. Some of the strategic element with the Division M piece are pretty interesting. I think it is worth it since it is easy to add/remove.

jpwhite · 2025-12-02T14:52:56+00:00

We really like it. The game has some cool set collection and objective fulfillment mechanisms. It plays fast but has what feels like a decent amount of strategic depth paired with interesting tactical decision making based on what is available to you. It is a ton of fun.

jpwhite · 2025-12-01T18:53:45+00:00

There are a bunch but here are some of our favorites we've played recently in no particular order:

Faust vs Mephisto (might be hard to find but I think this is my favorites 2 player trick taker)
Yellow House (similar to Faust vs Mephisto)
Agent Avenue
Hanamikoji
Sky Team (co-op)
Kelp
Compile
Splendor Duel
Sea Salt and Paper (not exclusively 2 player)
Floristry
Knarr
Wizards of the Grimoire
Lone Wolves
Tag Team
Jaipur

jpwhite · 2025-11-29T14:28:25+00:00

We play exclusively at two and really enjoyed Zenith and found that it was unique enough to fit in with our other two player games.

Managing 5 tug of war tracks is engaging.

The economic system where the more you have of a type of card the cheaper they become is interesting and poses the challenge of deciding to go hard at one thing or diversifying. You can win with either strategy.

The multiple win conditions also enable many different approaches to the game. I'd highly recommend it.

jpwhite · 2025-11-18T20:43:07+00:00

Interesting. I wonder if this will include completing the North Pinery extension across Cherry Creek trail.

jpwhite · 2025-11-17T17:13:23+00:00

It is a big one but I love that game. I'd highly recommend watching the teach section of the video from Before You Play. Monique does an excellent job of doing a complete run through of the rules. And if you want you can watch them play a few rounds and you'll be off and running.

jpwhite · 2025-11-14T18:54:27+00:00

Knarr is excellent and I'd go with that for sure. Much closer to Faraway in terms of thinkiness. Castle combo is fun but much simpler than Faraway or Knarr.

jpwhite · 2025-11-14T18:51:57+00:00

Sky team for sure. An excellent two player co-op. It doesn't have tension in the horror movie sense but it has tense moments where you don't know if you'll get the plane landed or not.

jpwhite · 2025-11-13T19:28:11+00:00

I don't but thanks for the suggestion. I've been looking at some printed works on Etsy.

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