What sort of Board Games do you Play (1 Viewer)

[HawksFord]

I’m curious about these modern board games. I would love to hear suggestions, I’m looking for games that I can play solo, but also ones that my wife might like them as well.

My wife and I really like cooperative games where the players all work together to defeat, or often lose to, the game. Typically, there are different difficulty levels so you can make the game more or less challenging and there are different character roles with different abilities.

Flash Point: Fire Rescue is a current favorite. You play firefighters trying to put a fire, and the fire can spread very quickly. There are a few expansions as well.

Dead Men Tell No Tales is another favorite. You play pirates boarding a burning ship with a literal skeleton crew to try to steal their treasure. I like the way you build the ship as you go, so the board is never the same.

Pandemic is a classic of this type. You play disease specialists fighting a global pandemic. It felt a little too on-the-nose to get this out for game night the last few years, but we've started playing it again recently.

 

[Sam Posten]

I’m curious about these modern board games. I would love to hear suggestions, I’m looking for games that I can play solo, but also ones that my wife might like them as well.

Can’t help you with solo games. I will never ever play them.

Good light / medium games to get started:
Wingspan
Chicken
King of Tokyo
Everdell
Stone age
King domino
For sale
Lords of waterdeep
Champions of midgard

 

[BobO'Link]

Can’t help you with solo games. I will never ever play them.

Good light / medium games to get started:
Wingspan
Chicken
King of Tokyo
Everdell
Stone age
King domino
For sale
Lords of waterdeep
Champions of midgard

I almost listed most of those - but I'd already made a huge list so...lol

My family group loves King of Tokyo - plays OK with 2 but is better with more. They also really like Stone Age and Kingdomino, both of which are very good with 2 players.

I used to be like you with a "Never will play solo" mantra... then I changed the way we'd "learn" a new game by playing solo (or two handed solo if a solo mode wasn't included) to learn the game and *then* teach it to the group (prior to that I'd just read the rule book beforehand and maybe watch a video or two). That made the teach go faster/better and I discovered I actually enjoyed the solo experience so now play solo at least once a week and own several solo only games. I don't *require* a game have a solo mode for a purchase but if it does it typically moves up in the wish list.

Here are some solo only games I own and enjoy:

Under Falling Skies - Space Invaders implemented as a board game. Started life as a PnP* which is still available.
Friday - Robinson Crusoe's helper. A deck builder where you're fighting off the various island dangers and defeat the pirates who are headed your way.
Final Girl - Dice rolling/hand management/pick-up-and-deliver game. It's modular. Each module is based on a different horror movie/scenario. You buy the module(s) that interest you most (currently has 20 modules).
Warp's Edge - A bag building (you draw resources/ship improvements randomly from a bag) outer space battle.
Nemo's War (can be played with 4 in coop mode but was designed for solo only) - Yep, you're Nemo from Jules Verne's classic novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. It's a dice rolling/area majority/simulation type game.

*PnP - Print 'n Play. You print what's needed using provided files, dig up anything else (dice, etc.) and play. Costs nothing but your printing costs.

 

[BobO'Link]

Target B2G1 sale on board games starts this Sunday, 11/5/23. As usual, must be sold by Target to qualify. Sale also applies to books, and some video games.

 

[BobO'Link]

Target's ad for next week, BF week, shows "Select" board games at 50% off. Nothing all that special is shown in the ad - TTR, Catan, Patchwork, a couple of others and the regular mass market games so who knows for sure just what all will be included. I'm guessing it'll be much like their more recent B2G1 sales with most of the Asmodee titles excluded.

I'm down to a half dozen or so titles left they sell that I'd kind of like to have so may sit it out. However, Revive was in/out (mostly out) of stock during the last B2G1 so I'm hoping it'll be included as 50% off at ~$40 is a great price on that one.

 

[BobO'Link]

Target's ad for next week, BF week, shows "Select" board games at 50% off. Nothing all that special is shown in the ad - TTR, Catan, Patchwork, a couple of others and the regular mass market games so who knows for sure just what all will be included. I'm guessing it'll be much like their more recent B2G1 sales with most of the Asmodee titles excluded.

I'm down to a half dozen or so titles left they sell that I'd kind of like to have so may sit it out. However, Revive was in/out (mostly out) of stock during the last B2G1 so I'm hoping it'll be included as 50% off at ~$40 is a great price on that one.

Wow... what a *very* disappointing "sale." Very, very, few "modern" board games and the 50% off appears to be off the MSRP and *not* Target's price (like normal). The prices on the few items a gamer might be interested in picking up are decent but nothing all that special. And to think, I passed on using a 30% off a board game Circle offer to wait for this one... Oh well... maybe next time (it's not like I "need" any more in my collection...).

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I just ended up doing B2G1 on movies (again) instead... and the pickin's definitely seem to be getting even slimmer now...

_Man_

 

[BobO'Link]

I just ended up doing B2G1 on movies (again) instead... and the pickin's definitely seem to be getting even slimmer now...

_Man_

Same here but mine was a couple of CDs (the Beatles 2023 versions of "Red" and "Blue"). I couldn't find any movies I absolutely had to have (anything I wanted had already been on sale at Amazon for the same price or less). All media has had significant reductions in the number of titles. I saw my Target "wishlist" shrink from 7 pages to 5 overnight when they dumped the OOS titles that are apparently not going to return.

 

[DaveF]

PAX Unplugged this weekend.

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[Sam Posten]

Great hanging with you Dave!

Big thumbs up for Everdell Far Shore. It’s stand alone and the tightest playing Everdell ever

 

[Sam Posten]

I bought myself a replacement dice
Miner, but they don’t sell the deluxe version any more. So I printed my own damn mountains!

 

[DaveF]

Great hanging with you Dave!

Big thumbs up for Everdell Far Shore. It’s stand alone and the tightest playing Everdell ever

Same, enjoy gaming with you and your friends! Probably going next year, we've started talking casually about travel options already.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

We got the restored Hero Quest to the table tonight. I played the evil dungeon master! The best thing about Hero Quest is almost forcing a total party kill!

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Niiice... How does Hero Quest work? Perhaps link to a good, reasonably comprehensive review? Guess I should at least check out that video (in a little bit)...

Used to love playing (A)D&D, including some related computerized versions like Bard's Tale on my old C64, along w/ the old Gauntlet arcade game, of course, back in my college days... and might've considered joining some neighbor in his mid-life group of D&D-ers in recent years...

Never got into any (physical) board game version though...

_Man_

Ok, not sure I ever received a follow-up on this from Sam... but I musta added it to my Amazon cart eversince... and it apparently finally had a big price drop (probably to match whatever sale GameStop's apparently running) down below $50 -- and they also added a 5% coupon for me... to knock it down to ~$45... so I just went ahead and ordered it...

_Man_

 

[Sam Posten]

Ok, not sure I ever received a follow-up on this from Sam... but I musta added it to my Amazon cart eversince... and it apparently finally had a big price drop (probably to match whatever sale GameStop's apparently running) down below $50 -- and they also added a 5% coupon for me... to knock it down to ~$45... so I just went ahead and ordered it...

_Man_

Have fun storming the castle!

 

[BobO'Link]

I'm struggling with that one... Part of me wants a copy and part says "It'll never hit the table."

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I'm struggling with that one... Part of me wants a copy and part says "It'll never hit the table."

IF you were a D&D fan (even a casual one) in a past life or something (and that's me), I'd say go fer it. IF you've never (remotely) been, then really hard to say I guess (and probably not if D&D or similar RPGs never interested you at all), heh.

I actually even have/had a nearby, slightly older(?) neighbor invite me over for actual D&D (w/ his weekly? posse) not long ago, heh, but not sure I really wanna get back into that. But this probably works better for a more casual revisit if/when I (and a couple others) get the itch...

_Man_

 

[BobO'Link]

Boardlandia is having a 10% off sale through the 18th - discount auto applies in the cart (Plus members get 12% - I don't think it's worth the monthly fee for that program). Be sure to use boardgameoracle.com or your favorite OLGS to check prices as theirs aren't necessarily the lowest/best out there. That said, you *can* find some good deals from them with the discount. Based on my past orders I'd say they have excellent packaging and customer service. Free shipping at $90.

 

[DaveF]

I just pledged this new game kickstarter at the Future CEO level. I saw it at PAX U last December and was immediately taken with its aesthetic and theme. The overall gameplay is worker placement with some tweaks recent games use to improve the form. And following the creators on Facebook I saw evidence they were serious about making a great game: sending rules out to followers for review and feedback. And early feedback is very positive. So here’s hoping.

 

[BobO'Link]

Today only (expires midnight CST):

boardlandia.com is offering free shipping on all orders of $25+. No code necessary. They are located close to Madison, WI so will charge sales tax on WI orders, not sure which other states will be charged tax - mine is not.

Their prices vary so check boardgameoracle.com, or your favorite store, first to verify the price is good enough for you.

These guys package very well and have excellent CS. Shipping can be a bit sluggish (scuttlebut is they often don't actually have things in stock so you're waiting for them to get it from their distributor and send it on - big deal...). That doesn't bother me in the least as if I "need" a game in a hurry I'll order elsewhere anyway (likely Amazon) or just hope to find it locally.

 

[BobO'Link]

Target is having a Buy 1 get 1 at 50% off sale on board games this week. There's also a 10% off a single purchase Target Circle offer you may have that will stack.