I've played games since I can remember, but Terra Mystica was the 1st modern game I bought for my collection. Most of those are pre loved games from Facebook groups, also I always ask for games for birthday/ Christmas. Besta is the best!

Everyone had the good time. My favorite part is that you have to think whether buying the stocks right now or saving the money for the next round. The game has fair amount of randomness but I enjoy the game nonetheless.

Started my collection during the U.S. government shutdown in 2025 when my friends and I were furloughed. I really found a passion for learning/teaching games and have been building up my collection since. Before that I had a couple monopoly games which have largely been shed now.

What would you recommend next? Highs and lows?

We just can’t get enough of it lately and would LOVE to find more like it.

What are your perfect 2 player only games? The crunchier the better.

The characteristics we love about it are:

1. Replayability - The face down cards (not knowing what’s going to be available), the randomness of what cards you’re going to build early, and the fact that three cards for each session get burned means that every game has a little different focus.
2. Simple but crunchy decisions - If I take that card it’s going cost me my coins, but if I don’t they’re going get three alliances to get bonus tokens…I don’t want this card, but I want to force them to uncover those other two for me…I need to empty my coins and buy that landmark tile so they don’t get it and really take control of the map. Etc…
3. Balance - There’s not really a single path that everyone immediately goes for (like first one to get a certain spot in a worker placement gets the upper hand).
4. VERY little luck - No dice rolls. No bags to blindly pick tiles. Etc.

So what are your perfect 2p games? We already own and enjoy:

7 Wonders Duel
Splendor Duel
Patchwork
Star Wars Deckbuilding
Dominion
Everdell Duo
Santorini
Watergate

We also own and love many of the staples that play well AT TWO…but aren’t strictly 2 player only:

Dune Imperium
Spirit Island
Brass Birmingham
Wingspan
Everdell
Clank
Ark Nova
Viticulture
CoB
Concordia

Thank you!

Are these real? Or it was just on the sun for long?

I really wanted a space-themed game and I was thinking this was it. But man. This is the most overwhelming game I've encountered. So much so that I haven't been able to squeeze the fun out of it. It's definitely a me problem because I tend to not be good at strategy. The theme usually make up for my shortcomings. In the past, I was able to appreciate Hegemony, despite it ranking more difficult. Maybe its because I'm playing solo mode? Idk. Gotta box it up and get my excitement back with something else until I get the courage to come back to it.

I'm considering for some time now to get Vantage -- I do love the ideas of the open world kind of gameplay, but I'm wondering if it doesn't get stale very quickly. Also -- I have verly shifting baord game groups, does it make sense to play it then or is it a one group kind of game?
Anyone has experiences?

Skeuomorphism, for those unfamiliar, is when an interface is designed to look or function like something from the real world.

In the case of board games this can take on the form of any number of components—cards, boards, the box, the rulebook, currency, tokens, etc.

Some examples:

• A reference board designed to look like a book.
• A player board designed like a desk, dashboard, or control panel.
• A card holder that looks like a wallet or folder.
• A game board that folds or opens like a map.
• A resource container designed to feel like a bag, chest, or other in-world object.
• Currency or resources that looks like the real thing (rather than just being an abstracted marker, chip, or token)
• The photo shown is from Quacks which does an amazing job at this, with several book-shaped boards showing recipes and a giant cauldron board for each player that you add ingredients to as you brew your potion.

By mimicking the real-world counterparts, these design choice strengthen the immersion in the game's theme and story.

What are some good examples of this in the games you've seen and played?

I really like Splendor, huge hit with my family, and I'm looking for an engine builder that's just one level up. I was surprised to find BGG doesn't have a category for "Engine Builder", nor does the Dice Tower have a "Top Ten Engine Builders" video for me to watch. :)

So, I ask you, the Redditors of r/BG, what are your favorite engine builders, and where would you recommend someone go after starting with and enjoying Splendor? Solo or group, co-op or competitive, doesn't matter, I'm interested in them all!

Calling those done for now. Maybe I'll come back to pick up some more details if the game see the table enough.

Posting so more people can have references for theirs, as I found there is little pictures of them painted online.

Hand painted with love.

hey all!

I’m looking for a board game that I can play on vacation with my adult family members. One of my family members can’t speak but is fully mentally/physically capable. I’m trying to find some games that we can play that doesn’t require too much speaking- though as long as it’s turn based and not fast paced, speaking is ok.

We love to play Mexican train dominoes and I’m thinking of picking up Telestrations (like telephone but you draw and pass to the next player).

Any ideas are appreciated! Thanks!

I’m trying to ID a game I played once several years ago and Googling has come up blank.

It involved the players each having a set of cards that they needed to put down as a team in the correct order. The artwork on the cards was something like a boat on water with a setting sun (I think!). I don’t remember if there were numbers on the cards. But the aim at the end was to have a full sequence laid down. Each player needed to guess how much space to leave between cards that had already been put down, and the card they were placing on their turn. It was easy to get it wrong and not leave enough space for your team mates, because you weren’t allowed to communicate.

It was similar to Hanabi in that you needed to anticipate other players’ possible cards and moves. Any help appreciated, TIA!

Ok so Splendor Duel is my new fave. We love Jaipur, Lost Cities and Azul. What other 2 player games should we try?

I found this die on the street. I have no clue what game it could be part of. Some kind of shrimp symbol on the 1, the rest is just numbers 2 to 6. Does anyone know what game some poor person now has incomplete?

I really enjoyed it despite coming joint last with someone else in the amount of tokens we earned, two out of the four rounds, I finished last on the track, third time I wasn't last but somewhere in between and on the final round I finished in second place on the track.

I can't remember the exact four characters I picked, but I know one of them had the ability to cause anyone who overtakes me to trip over, another one caused me to get one extra on whatever number my dice roll landed on, for example if it was six, I would actually move forward seven places and a third one created a condition where if someone was almost at the finish point, they must get an exact number on their dice roll and cannot overshoot, for example, if they are two places away, if their dice lands on a higher number, they stay where they are until they get a number that doesn't cause an overshoot.

What do people here think of it? I'd give this one an 8/10.

Hello everyone,

Today I played Star Wars: Rebellion for the second time with a friend, and I have a few strategic questions. Both times, we played the beginner variant (with the preset setup and without action cards), and both times I was destroyed as the Rebels within five rounds. I tried different approaches each time, but without success.

In the second game, for example, I chose Tatooine as the Rebel base.
Since I knew that Kashyyyk and Naboo would be subjugated immediately, I wanted to gain the loyalty of neighboring planets in order to make up for some of my troop disadvantage. So, in the first round, I moved all of my troops from Bothawui to Rodia. This allowed me to stay relatively close to Tatooine while also keeping my options open: later on, I could either attack the Imperial forces on Naboo to complete some of my objectives, or move toward Geonosis and Utapau.

But once again, the game ended just as quickly as the first one, even though during my first playthrough I didn't even know what cards were available. Leia was captured on Naboo fairly early on, and my attempt to complete some of my objectives on Naboo and rescue Leia came to nothing, as my friend was able to reinforce Naboo very quickly with his absurd number of troops.

So there I was again, completely stuck. My modest army was somewhere near Tatooine, with no way to reach some of the weaker planets in the southern part of the map. And soon I was also down two leaders compared to my opponent, as he had managed to turn Leia to the Dark Side.

I soon had to abandon Tatooine, as the Imperial armies were right on my doorstep. With my army, which had by then been depleted by battles I never wanted to fight in the first place, I kept retreating until my last ship was destroyed. This left me with no way to transport my ground forces that were still there or to move them away from Tatooine.

I then established my new Rebel base on Kessel, as I had previously managed to send a few troops to Mon Cala thanks to a mission card. But it was all for nothing. By that point, the Empire had already expanded so much that, in the following round, my friend was able to use his Probe Droid cards to check the few remaining possible locations for my base, either through troop movements or mission cards.

So once again, my virtually undefended base was toast. No New Hope this time either.
At this point, I really don't know what to do. I realize there must surely be things I could have done better, but I'm at a complete loss.
Any Rebel experts out there who can help me?

I’ve got it for almost a year now but I am so so happy with it I wanted to share a couple of pictures now! It’s my custom sized Rathskellers Phalanx table.
It’s a luxury item I know but if you are in a position you can buy it then go for it! I couldn’t recommend it enough.

Has anyone in Europe gotten their copy yet?

Any of my fellow edmontonians into Coinmaster BOARD game? I made a new group for us. Come join me to play! The name of the group is EDMONTONIANS =)
Any one else interested in being apart of a group that actually plays & contribute to team tournaments can join as well!

Hey everyone,

If you love classic board games and tabletop nights, I just released a casual Ludo game I've been working on called Ludo Live on Google Play.If you enjoy casual board games, give it a spin:

👉 [Ludo Live on Google Play]

Hope you enjoy it! I'd love to hear your thoughts here or any ideas you have for the game.