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I think Pandemic is my favourite co-op game out there at the moment, and there’s a decent version of Pandemic on the iPad.
Exploding kittens came to our house this Christmas too -mucho fun
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This Christmas, I have mostly been drubbed at Spot It! by a four year old.
Bananagrams is excellent, non turn based crossword grid building.
Better than it sounds, unless you're dyslexic, in which case Quirkle is superb - perfect for slightly older kids and pissed adults.
We got Carcassonne for Christmas and have played about 5-6 games a day since. Also got Castles of Burgundy last year which was great and also Takenoko which was only bought cause it has Panda's in it...exploding Kittens went down a treat too.
Next on the list is Ticket to Ride and maybe some expansions for Carcassonne.
we've been playing a lot of ticket to ride this Christmas, and thanks to a classifieds acquisition, the boys and I are just about to start Level 2 story of Dungeons & Dragons.
Exlpoding kittens arrived this Christmas too.
Achilles v Hector looks a simple set up, I must track down the gameplay instructions and make up a board.
I really like Quirkle. Imagine Scrabble with colours and shapes and you’re there. It’s easy to play and doesn’t drag on.
This is amazing:
maybe some expansions for Carcassonne.
A word to the wise, not all Carcassonne expansions are equal. Some are pretty much essential, some are shameless cash-grabs. Look at reviews on BGG (or ask me!) before parting with money.
Actually, here:
https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Carcassonne_series
I'd consider Inns & Cathedrals to be essential, we never play without it. Traders & Builders is popular. The Tower and The Catapult are utterly pointless.
Best place to buy them from Cougar? The prices seem to vary so much.
Was this one of you lot? 😀
“GET IN THE BRIG YOU PRICK!
Just like that, I saw my route to victory: deflecting any accusation of treachery by projecting it on to the smartest person in the room. Reader, I Trumped him. Pip became increasingly frustrated. The angrier he became, the more I could portray him as a dangerously unhinged robot. I’m fairly sure that at one point I shouted “DEFINE LOVE, YOU HEARTLESS MACHINE” at him.Eventually, the game reached an endpoint. I went full Trump, chanting “Lock Him Up!” at Pip, and the other players obliged. Despite his protestations, Pip was thrown in the brig and I took control of the ship, piloting it almost immediately into the sun, to the horror of the other players. Words were exchanged. Small plastic icons were thrown. Pip stormed out with the other guests and I basked in my glory.
It was only in the morning that I considered that maybe I had gone too far
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/29/board-game-new-years-eve-battlestar-galactica 😆
Best place to buy them from Cougar? The prices seem to vary so much.
Amazon? eBay?
https://www.bgextras.co.uk/
https://www.gameslore.co.uk/
http://www.boardgameguru.co.uk/
... off the top of my head. Or support your Local Games Shop. (-:
Definitely support your local shop. We have IQ Games in Huddersfield and they are great, they do a board games night every fortnight which is free and you can use a whole range of their library of games free too.
Plus there prices are the same as the internet mostly too - recently they had a birthday promo with 10% off and it was cheaper than anywhere on the internet.
Missus got Gloom for her Christmas which is pretty fun. Also retrieved Solarquest from her folks loft ('86 rules) which is good, imagine Monopoly in space but you need fuel to move.
We also got Forbidden Desert a few weeks back, now that's hard...
Supporting local is all well and good unless they can't or won't order what you want in (usually because the distributor wants a silly minimum order) in which case I'll either look further afield or just get form Amazon. Charity shops are good for the occasional gem.
Must be 20 years plus since last game but just had two great games of Masterpience - the art auction game
Simple but great fun
Gloom is great but you have to spin a good story. I do like it but it becomes X-rated when I play.
My mate from back home over down by there (Llangollen area) pops over frequently and we go to a great game cafe called Ludorati in Nottingham where they have a wall full of games to play and discounted purchases. I got my mate "King Domino" for Christmas which won 'Spiel der Jahre' 2017.
We played Elder Signs last time - it is better on the iPad; far too much to keep in your head for each turn.
BTW have we reached 'peak Cthulu' yet? It's everywhere!
Interesting thread this, i think will be getting carcassonne and really nasty horse racing game.
Will go along with cards against humanity and the perennial evil game of uno
Pandemic is great, love zombicide (co-op zombie survival) if you like exploding kittens, then you will adore bears vs babies (it comes in a hairy box, oooerr misses) death wish is very good. Chaos marauders is brilliant, play huge ammounts of munchkin in the house with mini taz as well, also dungeon petz (resource and planning game whilst raising dragons and feeding them goblinz for extra points to sell them to collectors)
Tazzy - I played pandemic and was looking forward to it but it left me cold - need to try it again but I couldn’t see the point - I want to win something!
Pandemic's really dependent on the group, the co-op can quickly become "do what we tell you". Not too convinced tbh
Wow, geek central. Cards against humanity is about the limit of my intelligence/patience level and soon get bored with that.
Walk past what used to be a trendy student bar on the way to the neanderthal pre-football pub and it's now a 'games bar'. I look through the window and have an irrational desire to go in and slap the 3/4 jean wearing, cardigan flouting, flowers in the hair, pretentious lefty saps who are pretending to have fun into reality. But then they probably think I'm a prick too
Interesting thread this, i think will be getting carcassonne and really nasty horse racing game.
I played Carcassonne on my phone as I was thinking of buying it but I was put off by the phone experience. I have been told it is quite difference when playing the card game but it does depend on who you play it with - I have been warned that some of the expansions are completely pointless too, but some are worth getting and do add to the game a great deal.
It's not a card game.
I discussed the expansions earlier on this page:
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/anyone-else-into-quality-board-games/page/2#post-8932755
Coming from a pure Monopoly only for virgin here... but love the look of some of those games.
10 minutes from me there is a board gaming cafe and I've often looked through the window with interest.
Trouble is, I'm not that sociable these days and walking in a place like that and trying to figure out how to get involved actually scares me a little! Lol
Not as confident as I once we buy just don't like computer games anymore and the social side really attracts me to these games.
Think I'll make it a Spring "mission" to get involved.
If it's any help, it's probably populated by nerds who are almost certainly more socially awkward than you are. (-:
Where are you geographically?
We have a weekly board gaming session.
Most popular games at the moment:
Champions of Midguard
Barenpark
Mission Red Planet
King of Tokyo
Kingdomino
Blood Rage!
7 Wonders
Century Spice Road
Chaos in the Old World
Evolution, Climate
I also play some solo games, Lord of the rings, the card game and Arkham Horror, the card game.
Haven't played any for years. The last I played would have been Risk.
Cougar - Moderator
If it's any help, it's probably populated by nerds who are almost certainly more socially awkward than you are. (-:Where are you geographically?
More to do with the time I pass by but seems to be a fair few family groups in there?
I'm in Medway, Kent.
Bugger.
Cougar - Moderator
Bugger.
You'll have to elaborate? 😀
I'm guessing you mean you are up north mate? 🙂
I'm in Cambridge and am willing to travel to hold your hand for expenses plus maybe a foot rub. 😉