Explaining a Board Game. (www.youtube.com)
Thought the community would appreciate this.
How do you deal with the situation where you are invited to play a game, only to find it's wildly complex and takes 4 hours to finish, and you find yourself not wanting to play it within minute 5?
This has happened to me a few times. One I remember was the game Alchemist, where I just sat there confused as hell for 4 and a half hours while three guys were all talking about strategies. Tonight it was Terraforming Mars, where I was told it would be a 3 hour game, but by hour 4 we were halfway done. This time I said...
New Catan game has overpopulation, pollution, fossil fuels, and clean energy (arstechnica.com)
How to Play Unchained (Rules School) by TheGameBoyGeek (lemmy.ml)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=llnIP6haDh0
Wyrmspan - First Impressions
It’s a fun, more complex, dragon-themed game built on the foundations of Wingspan — familiar, but very different....
Latest design has arrived! 😁 (lemmy.ml)
To dream up board game Life in Reterra, Eric Lang spent four years trying to forget (www.polygon.com)
“My personal point of view as a designer,” Lang told me in a recent interview, “is to prove that the lines between what we call ‘mass market’ and ‘hobby market’ are mostly illusion — illusion and artificial. People are people. Fun is fun. Depth is depth. Of course, everybody has different tolerances, or [wants]...
Just finished Pandemic Legacy Season 0 (no spoilers) (boardgamegeek.com)
My wife and I just finished playing the last month of https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/314040/pandemic-legacy-season-0. OMG, that was a great ride....
Looking for a Victorian supernatural PnP
Hello boardgame community! About a year ago I briefly came across a PnP Ruleset that I found very intruiging, but I cannot find it anymore. Also not on google withaforementioned keywords, so I hope you’ll be able to help me out....
How to play tabula, an ancestor of backgammon (bgammon.org)
Upcoming co-op Mass Effect game (www.dicebreaker.com)
Sounds like it’s going to be a legacy game:...
Updated Tabletop Simulator mod for Leap Frog - a 2-4 player micro dexterity game (steamcommunity.com)
Great article on Trick Taking games (www.meeplemountain.com)
Meeple Mountain has a great article on trick taking games. I want to try Sail, as my wife and I love cooperative games.
Publisher finally posted rulebook to my latest design 🥳 (issuu.com)
Opinion #3 : my top 10 Immersion games (www.youtube.com)
Hope you won’t be put off by the fantastic french accent, this channel is a goldmine if you’re into “heavy” games as Jean Michel calls them
OC Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: February 18 2024 (docs.google.com)
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Any thoughts on Red Strike by Vulca Simulations?
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Having a blast with Pandemic Season 0
Only in March so far, but things are going well. Almost too well… It’s a good twist on the classic. Anyone else played it?
The saddest way to lose at The Mind (sh.itjust.works)
OC Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: February 4 2024 (docs.google.com)
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Shut Up & Sit Down, Quinns Quest, and The Year Ahead - Quinn no longer reviewing board games, Tom taking over (www.shutupandsitdown.com)
Tom, you’re an extraordinarily rare talent. You’re hilarious, insightful, and technically-minded in a way I’ve never been (don’t know if you noticed this). But more importantly, you’re hungrier and more passionate about board games than my decrepit ass. Part of knowing when to step back a little is knowing when it’s...
How To Play Backgammon (bgammon.org)
OC Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: January 28 2024 (docs.google.com)
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Just Got My Basic Board Game Table, Where and What Accessories Can I Add?
Just Got My Basic Board Game Table, Where and What Accessories Can I Add?...
I wrote a guide on how to teach Root! (or at least how I teach it) (teachroot.yay.boo)
I’ve taught Root to people a bunch of times. This was supposed to be a quick dump of my mental notes, but I ended up putting in so much effort that I decided I might as well publish it. Maybe it will help someone....