Recap Monday week 41 - what did you play last week?
Tips, suggestions, warmings? All is welcome!
Aliens: Bug Hunt Is The Alien 'Dungeon Crawler' Board Game You've Always Wanted (www.slashfilm.com)
Played Regicide for the first time (boardgamegeek.com)
Just played Regicide for the first time. Damn. That game is vicious!...
Anyone going to GenCon?
Hey everyone!...
Who else backed the Slay the Spire board game kickstarter? (www.kickstarter.com)
10 board game genres – their weaknesses, and the games that defy them (bitewinggames.com)
Gloomhaven - Buttons and Bugs: a new tiny solo version (boardgamegeek.com)
For a quick solo Gloomhaven experience! There was a similar print and play version called Gloomholdin‘....
"Imperium: Classic" players, do you feel the game got easier over time?
While I like the concept of the game, I find the amount of key words and rules to juggle cumbersome and my GF was unable to get a handle on what to do....
Using ChatGPT for bordgames? (www.digitaltrends.com)
Has anyone played around with this before? I know its used to DM dnd session but am curious how useful it could be for boardgames!
Board games of which you prefer the digital version?
Sometimes I love to buy the mobile version of a game, because I know my group would never play it, the setup is too much or it’s kind of expensive (Root, Gaia Project, Scythe)....
Day 6: Best Cooperative game - Spirit Island
In order to promote discussion on Lemmy, I’m doing micro-reviews for my favorite boardgames by genre. Please join in, provide your reviews, flame me for my terrible taste or to suggest a category for tomorrow!...
Any game recommendations to play outside? (feddit.de)
The weather is improving and we would love to combine boardgaming and spending time outside. Azul works very well outside, not so many things can fly away. Any other recommendations?
Custom Insert for Terraforming Mars (feddit.de)
I spend some time to make a custom insert for Terraforming Mars, I just dislike all those tiny baggies! Everything fits neatly into the box and I just love the boxes for the Gold, Silver and Copper resources. Its so satisfying to align them all inside :D. I also enjoy that the cards are at an angle, makes shuffling unnecessary...
'I wanted the game to feel unlike anything else': How I invented hit board game (www.bigissue.com)
From the creator of League of the Lexicon
A wild Saturday night with Wingspan (i.imgur.com)
And bourbon…
To experienced players: are BGG categories good?
I was trying to find some games the other day, using advanced search and filters, and I’ve noticed some categories feel not so useful. This is the actual main categorization:...
Suggestions for solitaire / tarot / choose your own adventure card game mashup research? (beehaw.org)
Hi all,...
Resources for game creation theory and implementation
I have been tinkering around a game idea and have developed some of the components and even play-tested some parts on Table Top Simulator. However, when it comes to balancing and creating the economy I am having difficulty coming up with a good workflow. I was wondering if there is any good resource for game creators. Maybe some...
US-Sino tensions help spawn China card game craze (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/7415121...
Best How To Play Video Channel
Besides Watch It Played :)...
Ideas on converting an old folding table into a game table?
Hey all,...
Wingspan creator's next board game project is a little seedy - literally (www.gamesradar.com)
Pixelated Cardboard - Board game apps reviewed for Android and iOS (www.pixelatedcardboard.com)
Just thought I'd share this. It's an excellent site for reviews of apps and online versions of board games. The guy who runs it has got a pretty exhaustive list of reviews (though not complete!)...
UNO. Your strategies?
I regularly play UNO atm and would love to hear your strategies when playing this game. Do you try to remember what cards were played e.g. the +2 an d+4? Do you switch colors if someone is about to finish? Do you also keep the color-picker until the end?
2023 People's Choice Top 200 Solo Games (200-1) (boardgamegeek.com)
This is the result of the Boardgamegeek 1-Player Guild’s 2023 The People’s Choice Top 200 Solo games compiled from about 20K community votes....
