July 2023: What Board Games are You Playing?

3 years ago by Profilename1 to c/boardgames

Monthly check in! What have you all gotten to the table recently?

Spluk42 5 points 3 years ago

Family was in town and we taught them Cat in the Box and Terraforming Mars. Both were a big hit with an edge to Cat because of the decreased complexity. Haven't played much of TM at 4, usually at 2, and the strategy changes quite a bit!

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Profilename1 2 points 3 years ago

Big fan of Terraforming Mars. Once you've got an experienced group, I'd try switching over to drafting cards instead of the random draw. It slows the game down a little, but it is an improvement.

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Spluk42 1 point 3 years ago

Yup, when my wife and I play we draft cards but to speed things up with the new people we wanted to keep the options down.

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Spluk42 1 point 3 years ago

And we played a little Cascadia which went over well.

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drcarrot 4 points 3 years ago

Citadels has been really fun

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schizohybrid 4 points 3 years ago

Brass: Birmingham was the latest addition.

Now to find the actual time to play it 😐

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Profilename1 3 points 3 years ago

Brass: Birmingham is great. I've been dying to try out the original Brass for comparison's sake, but never get around to it.

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EvilEwok 2 points 3 years ago

we had a quick family camping trip. so some small games in the downtime.

Survive!: Escape from Atlantis, is always a blast. I actually won, since the two older kids were so intent on killing each other's people rather than hunting down dad's.

Magical Athlete - my copy is worn and well loved, but it's never leaving. We had a race with the druid (moves whenever someone uses a special ability) and the Ranger (move 4 when rolls a 1 or 2...so almost always at least a 4). The entire race the ranger never used his ability.

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Profilename1 1 point 3 years ago

Magical Athlete is always a good time. I've only played it once, but it's fun.

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Nolando 1 point 3 years ago

For me, it’s been Imperium: Classics and Tin Helm! I play both solo, but I:C has been played more frequently and with a friend on a couple occasions.

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