Hey! I’m thinking about getting King of Tokyo, but I can’t decide between the Monster Box and the Godzilla Edition. Which one would you recommend?

I’m also wondering if Even More Wicked! is worth getting right away or if I should just stick with the base game.

Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

Hey all! Just seeing if anyone can help me out.

I bought the collector’s edition of Robinson Crusoe and sold my base edition. The collector’s edition I purchased also included the Book of Adventures. I wound up trading my collector’s edition down for the base game again, but agreed with the other party that I wanted to keep my Book of Adventures.

In doing so I accidentally sent the deck of inventions off with the collector’s edition — not the inventions that are part of the base game, but the extra deck of inventions that are specifically for scenarios found in the Book of Adventures.

I was hoping to get this deck of cards back, but I’m uncertain if it is 1) part of the collector’s edition, 2) part of the Book of Adventures, 3) able to be acquired after retail or if it was a Gamefound exclusive.

Anyone able to help me out with some information?

So does this realm card really score 2 points per card tucked under an artisan card?

If so, I scored 16 points off it and pulled off a win without ever moving my archeologist.

My wife is livid.

I’ve seen so little said about this one since it delivered. There’s a new entry-level version as well as a reprint campaign coming soon. I’ve had Imperial Assault high on my list for a while. I love both of the IP’s but the fact that GI Joe has more in-print expansions + the solo/coop being built-in are enticing (my partner is already subjected to a lot of board games so the coop nature of GI Joe wins some points on paper vs the 2 player verses nature of IA). That said, IA is top 3 on my to-get list for a reason too.

Curious for those who backed the first run of this and have played Imperial Assault, are there other details about the play of these games I should be considering? Recommendations between the two?

Growing up I loved watching the two "movies", they were really ahead of their times. I think nowadays this game would really thrive, but the video quality of the two films has deteriorated with time...

Do you think such a project could still be done nowadays?

Hello guys, I'm working on a card game called Titan Duel Seekers, which is free to play. Inspired by 2000 TCG slow-paced duels where duels move around Boss cards. The game already has a multiplayer function active and a single-player practice mode. Join my Discord for more info on how to participate, or dm me https://discord.gg/my9V33yt9

Hi all. Me and a friend just played a game of clank catacombs. Both of us found it very easy to stay alive. I got rid of my stumbles with a riot and we both found negative clank cards early. We just didn't seem to see many dragon attacks either.

Are there any rules we could have missed, which makes it easy to stay alive or was this just a strange draw?

We both got out with 2 relics and more than half our health left.

I got this game, and didn‘t consider the possibility of mold till now. I got it 2nd hand the components and rest of the box look fine. what should I do?? is this safe to own? This doesn’t look like black mold.

Hey everyone, I've been playing more board games, and I've noticed I get a particular feeling more often, depending on the game, and it’s the anticipation. I find myself having this, and I don't know if it is weird. I have a longing for it, and when I don't get that sense, I feel like it kills my mood and overall drive to finish the game. 

An example of it would be a game like Far Light where I found the mechanics and the game overall looks good, but I don't have that anticipation or the drive to look forward to playing the rest of the game. It just turns into a slog. Has anyone else felt something similar with the type of games you played? 

Did it create a core memory for you with a game? Do you crave anticipation during a board game, or do you look for a different kind of emotional high? 

What fun factor keeps you coming back to the board games you love playing? More curiously, what killed the fun factor?

I’ve known how to play chess for a long time. But I have zero strategy. My brain processes things in such a strange way, I’m not sure I’ll ever fully understand the actual strategy of the game. There are certain people, who think like me, that I play with and we have a blast. But put me with a different brain comparatively, and I feel like my brain became my left hand and was asked to write a sentence (I’m right handed. My left hand can barely wave correctly..). I’ve tried to teach myself strategy but none of it sticks. Am I alone? Is this really that difficult of a game for certain brains? Any resources you guys have used that helped make the strategy part click?

Hello! A few questions came up during our three-player game of Vantage yesterday.

Another player and I were at the same location, which had a Move action that allowed him to enter a portal. He entered the portal and moved to a new location, while I stayed behind with the original location card.

1. I could have moved with him if I’d wanted to, since he took a Move action, correct?

2. At the new location, he took a Scan action. If I later entered the portal and reached that same location, would I be allowed to take Scan too? Or would his action make only Scan unavailable to me, or prevent me from taking any location action there?

3. What if we were at the same location and he took a Help action whose result instructed him to move to another location? Could I still move with him, even though it wasn’t a Move action?

Thanks!

Hello, I'm looking to buy a full custom Monopoly game. I've looked into it and Board Games Maker seems like they can do a lot of it but I was wondering if anyone had other recommendations/experiences. It doesn't have to be about boards either, ideally the property cards, pieces, and money would be custom as well. Any and all advice welcome!

I was just updating my personal tracker for outstanding crowdfunded games and started looking at some of the fulfillment trends for projects I've backed. I usually do not back massive projects (games with lots of minis, etc) which I know usually run into more production delays than smaller campaigns. And I back far fewer projects than some: 30-40 over the past five years or so. So my sample size is fairly small. I consider myself very lucky that I've never backed a project (yet) that has failed to deliver.

Although I've been waiting on a few games for 2-3 years, the usual funded-to-arrival time is around 12-18 months for projects I've backed. However, only one game I've backed in the past five years has met it's originally-stated fulfillment goal. Almost every single one has pushed back fulfillment for one reason or another.

What are your worst crowdfunding experiences for games? I want to hear about ridiculous delays, poor communication, awful quality, and everything else.

Chess Joker combines classic Chess with Innovation-like card craziness.
So, if that sounds interesting, give it a try at on Yucata. If you don't want to read rules, there's an interactive tutorial.

There's also specialized view for small phone screenss, so it should work on any device

Hi there!

For me immersion in my board games is key for my experience and also I love painting. So I basically 3D print, paint and play with proxies in all my board games.

The industry standard is going more and more towards bigger or more dynamic miniatures and humanoid sized creatures are standing more often on 30-32mm bases than 25mm ones.

That's why I'm planning to make a digital game board (you know, the horizontal tv thingy) for tile management, since dungeon crawler tiles are usually tiny and everything gets too crowded.

I'd need a software for placing, scaling, rotating and snapping together game tiles. But every VTT out there and their tutorials seem super oriented towards TTRPG and single maps.

Are any of you guys playing like this? What software do you use?

I bought a The DaVinci Code Game from a charity shop and inside it was an extra deck of playing cards and these chips. I was wondering if they were from a particular game? My first thought was poker but the low amounts and values threw me off.

We haven’t played Terraforming Mars in a couple months. We’d been using a bit of modeling clay to hold up the first player token. Every piece of plastic that was touching the clay has turned into a kind of rubbery jelly. The little bits that came off have a bizarre malleability and strength to them.

Played Sky Team with my daughter, and what a ride! Things started going pretty badly, and for a moment, we weren't sure we'd make it. But somehow, we managed to pull it together and land the plane successfully!

An absolutely amazing experience and such a fantastic game every single time! It's especially perfect when you don't have much time and want a quick, engaging game that delivers plenty of tension, teamwork, and memorable moments.

Highly recommended for anyone looking for a brilliant two-player board game!

How do you explain Board games to friends who only play Poker? What should I recommend for I those friends who played Catan and felt it was okay and never touched other board games as they felt Poker is superior and more fun?

Edit; why am I getting downvotes

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Do you have any that you particularly like?

My favorites are:

Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadia (light game, however dice allocation, combined with deterministic combat, and extra symbols from your spell cards, makes every turn a fun little puzzle)

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Legends (beat em up fighting, kind of lighter Street Masters, more dynamic and quick)

One Deck Dungeon (small but thinky dungeon themed puzzle, since correct placement and manipulation of dice are very important)

Tidal Blades 2 (kind of Gloomhaven Jaws of Lion set in beautiful aquatic world - with rows activations puzzle instead of hand management puzzle, and dice-based combat instead of card-based one)

Claustrophobia (duel game, but it plays fine 2-handed, is fast, asymmetric and has very fun dice allocation mechanics)

Genshin Tarot (Slay the Spire-like game with heavy focus on hand management and powerful elemental combinations)

Dragonfire (card dungeon crawler in D&D setting: Mage Knight-inspired puzzley cardplay + color matching. Very difficult to win, but entertaining when you do)

Heroes of Terrinoth (nothing special, just a nice quick crawler with fun exploding dice and character progression within oneshot)

Warhammer Quest: Lost Relics (unlike other Warhammer Quest games, this one is a puzzle where you try to combine actions from dice rolled into powerful chains of actions. Very chain heavy gameplay)

Unbroken (better than BGG rating suggests (it is a fault of publisher, not game): solo euro resource management, dark fantasy setting and survival)

Small-Time Heroes (basically lighter and faster Slay the Spire boardgame, almost entirely focused on combat, in cute cartoonish artstyle)

League of Infamy (a Descent where you are villains, where you backstab each other as much as help, and have to balance between cooperating and messing each other in order not to let Overlord (who commands elves and other good creature, can be human or automated) win).

Cthulhu: Death May Die (dynamic monster smashing, fast character growth, getting stronger as you are closer to madness, tense boss battle - a lot of things to like in this dice chucker)

Hour of Need (not exactly dungeon crawler, but many people consider Street Masters close to crawler, and this is its superheroic sibling. More streamlined and focused on threat management, with very fun cardplay)

Eldritch Horror (Indiana Jones adventures in Lovecraft world: good storytelling adventure, which is more about stories generated by game than about winning. So much funny stuff can happen to your characters)

Runebound Third edition (classic adventure about zero to hero growth. A lot of possible stuff to do: fight monsters, have encounters, complete quests, then slay the boss. And unique combat system with two-sided tokens)

And Mage Knight, of course, which is kind of adventure game (more like euro dressed as adventure). It does not need praises, everyone knows what it is :)

We've really been serious the last year, but some titles have been in our collection for maybe 5-8 years, like Catan (the base game, anyway), TTR, TTR Jr, TTR London and a couple others. Almost all of the rest have been bought within the last year, including all of the DnD stuff (got into that about 3 months ago because one of our kids started playing at school).

I'm looking to complete the Carc set, add some extra Memoir expansions (equipment, Pacific & a few maps), the Huang premium set (and an organizer!), and a few other expansions, but then I'm not sure where to go next, except to IKEA for another shelf!

Given what we have, what are your recommendations for new games? I've had my eye on a few, but I'm always interested in hearing other people's favorites!