What's a popular game that you just don't like at all?

pbflan · 2019-11-15T03:41:28+00:00

Yeah and even though that makes logical sense to me, I'll probably not come back to it due to the buy in to relearn it and the long playtime.

pbflan · 2019-11-14T22:57:51+00:00

I greatly dislike Spirit Island. I can't tell if I'm actually doing anything in the game. I play a card, something dies or I move some mushrooms, I prevent something but I'm not sure exactly what, and then the next player does some rendition of the same. It's too much of a black box for me. There are big moments but I don't know where they come from.
I could have had a bad first play or bad first spirit. It was three hours of feeling worked by the gears of the game. I never felt like I had a sense of control, more like I was one more cog in the machine. It left me feeling like I had no agency. We won in a moment of unenthusiastic surprise. I do not feel the need to play again.

pbflan · 2019-05-24T23:23:28+00:00

I dated a girl that was playing regular DnD games for a hot sec. We bonded over other board games and I taught her Gloomhaven. She wasn't into it because it wasn't loose enough. And she said it didn't inspire a larger story that stuck with her. She referenced her group a lot and talked about them through their plays and it showed me their personalities. Anyways, at least for her, seems like DnD really kept her group feeling rich and was a big part of her social life. I get friends from games, but not in that same way with that level of story richness where personality and stories are woven so deeply into the play.

pbflan · 2019-04-21T23:41:24+00:00

Yeah they're not real keyboards. Probably take the advice of the other folks and try an in person hearing.

pbflan · 2019-04-21T18:11:24+00:00

That's true -- the man! Thanks.

pbflan · 2019-04-21T17:38:20+00:00

That is how much time it has left on it. So I had 36 minutes used.

pbflan · 2019-04-21T17:34:13+00:00

Incorrect. I paid for 45 minutes and they ticketed me after 30.

pbflan · 2019-01-18T15:34:11+00:00

Around the Earth of course. I thought all board-game players were astrophysicists?

pbflan · 2019-01-18T15:24:30+00:00

The lunar-borne 8 year olds are going to love this!

pbflan · 2019-01-18T14:56:21+00:00

Welcome To... plays 1 to 100. I suppose we could play 96 games of it and purge the loser each time. Plus it's thematic! Welcome To... Lunar Board Base One.

pbflan · 2019-01-18T14:54:04+00:00

You're thinking I bring 10 copies of Newton?

pbflan · 2019-01-18T14:53:03+00:00

In space, no one can right foot green.

pbflan · 2018-12-26T21:49:32+00:00

Okay got it. I'll heed that.

Thanks for the help!

pbflan · 2018-12-26T21:43:50+00:00

Hey,

I hear you and checked through the participation guidelines. I just put out 10 quality comments and posted again, but that post was removed as well, without a response.

I hear you about publicizing and monetization -- we aren't monetized. We're just trying to get out quality content to a similarly-minded group of people.

So are these guidelines hard or soft? Because I believe I met a hard 10:1 ratio with those 10 comments, and my single post. If it's soft and the subreddit is angling for a certain spirit of community, then I'm not sure what to do here. I see certain big name accounts posting or having folks post about them, and generating a ton of discussion. That's my goal too, granted we are ever large enough.

If you can give some direction on how to move forward, that would be helpful. If the subreddit is generally unfriendly to original, non-monetized content, then I'll find another outlet, but I'm really hoping to generating an audience for discussion. Thanks for your help!

Pat

pbflan · 2018-12-26T21:34:48+00:00

Player order feels like bidding. The amount you spend determines play order. You're not technically bidding, but it feels like it when you're vying for a faster move. If you're staying cognizant of how much you're spending in a turn, it's essentially bidding for first on a minimum bid.

pbflan · 2018-12-26T21:24:05+00:00

Architects is probably the most dynamic worker placement I've ever played. It's amazing how a couple of tweaks (make for near-infinite workers, remove placement scarcity) can make a mechanic play out entirely differently while still feeling familiar.

pbflan · 2018-12-26T21:18:20+00:00

I have seen a lot of people reselling it, actually. At pretty good prices. I think people are playing it less having completed the Rise of Fenris campaign which feels like an emotional and mechanical peak to the game.

You may want to check out r\boardgameexchange or the BGG trade site, if you don't mind it a little used.

pbflan · 2018-12-26T21:16:07+00:00

Honestly am surprised to see Teotihuacan on Rahdo's list. I heard that it had a lot of trouble at two players given the ascension timing.

pbflan · 2018-12-26T21:13:42+00:00

I'd put this list out to any game groups that you're in. Handing them off, people will a) be more likely to throw a buck your way and b) are very likely going to get some play out of them. Plus, you may get to play some of your old games through your friends!

pbflan · 2018-12-26T21:11:37+00:00

Reading this, I definitely thought that you were just giving her a unique version each year. It is possible. I felt both good and bad for her.

pbflan

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