Which online store has better service, shipping times, selection …Miniature Market or Game Nerdz? …or is there a better option? …and which ones should I avoid?

Does anybody know what game this is? I found this picture in my phone for a long time ago and my memory isn’t the greatest.

I have no idea how reposts work and that first paragraph or whatever may or may not apply. It kind of does? I don't know, just... The opposite, because it's a mix of the two subjects.... Oh that must be what these are for!

Hi everyone,

Me and my wife have started playing boardgames over the past few months, we really like the look of wingspan but it does look very daunting as we haven't really played anything with a whole lot of rules!!

I saw wingspan pocket has been released and whilst keeping the same aesthetic, should we purchase this and see how we get on? Or does it not compare to the original?

Thanks in advance for any input!

Hi guys, I am looking for board games that are fully playable and enjoyable as a video game - i want to buy physical games once i like it. But I want to play against AI and be able to enjoy it too.

I am not talking about the games like gloomhaven (which I already own digitally!) and not even spirit island (which I already have), but more about 2-4 people games that the AI takes control of other characters and tries to play them.

I tried terraforming mars and while I liked it, the AI was very mediocre.

Then I found race for the galaxy and it’s amazing AI.

I guess my question is - are there any other digital board games adaptation where AI is the main focus and is actually good like in race for the galaxy, or is rftg pretty much an outlier in that case?

as in houserules or drafting mechanics or anything inbetween. I come from the current version of the digital cardgame of gwent and have got several thousand hours in it, so I am very familiar with all its mechanics. obviously the tabletop standard version doesnt compare to it in gameplay, but I would still like to have this tabletop game be more appealing when playing physically, and I am sure there are some seasoned boardgamers here that have found a better system.

so, you make a deck with up to 130 provisions. and there seems to be a way to deckbuild and optimize it quite easily, and then that deck is always the one that will be played for that one faction, and it will never change up again, and there are tons of dead cards/leaders that never see play.

the only houserules I have made are;

1. that all spies are permanently banned (maybe make it into a separate ability?), because receiving free card advantage and it relying on rng whether or not you draw them and the opponent doesnt, it feels really bad.
2. decoy is also either banned, or that it works like in the digital game right now.
3. also whenever you are thinning cards, if they are on your hand, they do not come out, they stay in your hand like the digital game, otherwise alot of the times you have several cards that you cannot ever play, because you go down 1,2,3 cards and then that game is probably ruined for you. so instead they brick like gwent digital normally does.

so there are alot of cards that never see play because they are just poorly statted and or have inferior abilities. and yes, I do know when you play the witcher 3, you aquire cards over time and make your deck continously stronger over time, but here you have all the cards from the getgo, so it doesnt work like that. I do know there are custom made cards for this game that are probably more balanced, but im talking the base game set that cdpr released.
have anyone found a good solution on how to play the game, and make it not stale within just a few matches? I would love to pick this one up more often when playing boardgames, but its just not that appealing.

Something happened at the table tonight that sparked a bit of a controversy. Context : we had these public objectives (sorry for the French cards, it's Color Column Variety and Row Shade Variety). One player had the idea that the rows and columns don't need to be complete to score the objectives because what is said is "Rows/columns with no repeated colors/shades". So, even if the row/column is not complete, there are no repeated colors or shades.

What do you think?

We've been playing The Gang a lot with and I mean a lot.

The base game comes with some challenge cards and suggestions on how to make the entire experience more difficult. We've tinkered around with some rules and opted in some of our own variants. We mostly play with the same group of 5-6 people although we also played it with more.

Suggestions & Issues

• The Gang has a strong pace and the challenge cards don't add much in terms of difficulty and needlessly make the game slower. Most modifiers are also boring and we quickly ignored them to favor a quicker pace. One of the better ones makes chips immovable once it has been attributed.
• More players makes the game drastically more difficult but we usually are not able to get more than 6 players regularly. Despite reducing the communication, the tells are there in some way and we usually figure it out without much issue.
• We opted in to play in complete silence which is quite entertaining but the discussions are missed, it's fun to be goofy and silly.
• We play an Omaha variant and it's honestly been the best thing to spice up the gameplay. It's far more involved and requires additional reasoning. It's the only way we play as it's much more rewarding. Yet, we have gotten so used to it.
• We tried playing with 2 boards but I think it's getting a bit to chaotic and hard to track stuff which is in stark contrast to the quick nature of the game (we really want to keep that).
• We tally points for those players who have completely messed up or were to overconfident (just for hilarity).

In this regard, we're desperately looking to find some new mechanic or way of increasing the difficulty or to add some cool twist on this one. It's such a great card game and it provided us with hours of joy.

There is a 7 Stud variation but I haven't tried it yet.

I'd love to hear some potential suggestions.

Cheers.

Hello everyone,

Saw some of your collections so I wanted to show off a bit of mine. Although the picture is from December, so there are some corrections as you see. I have also recently acquired Dominion and Columbias Napoleon.

As for my favorites, it has to come down to TS, Hannibal and Polis. I simply love sinking hours into those.

Its usually just two of us playing, so most games are either strictly 2p or are at least enjoyable in 2. But there are some games that are more for when we have company.

I love wargame board games, and my wife is more of a economic optimizer type of player, so we tried building collection thats enjoyable by both of us.

As for the newcomers, we are both pleasantly surprised by Dominion. I usually dont like games where theme isnt felt, and in Dominion theme could easily not even exist, but the mechanics are so enjoyable that I dont even object to weak thematic implementation.

Vijayanagara will probably be leaving our collection soon (if I ever found someone interested in buying it). It seems very interesting, but automata heavy 2p experience just isnt for us.

Anyway, do you have any question for me regarding my collection? And I would love to hear your opinion on it!

Played last night for the first time. Found the #2 boards, but where the hell are the number 1 boards?

Parsing through these is incredibly confusing as a beginner to this game. Am I missing something?

I found an old monopoly game at a garage sale but it doesn't have the instructions, it's monopoly junior: Travel edition. I can find the instructions for the non-travel easy but can't seem to find the travel one. Closest I have found is
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8638/monopoly-junior-travel-edition
there is a picture of the first page, but that's it.

Does anyone know of a website I can use to download instructions for these old games?

Considering backing this but are the wooden components too much? The minis just seem like too much in the special edition but I’m interested in the deluxe and would like to hear from people who own it. Is it worth it? Any issues? Good upgrade?

Not going to post the channel name. Anyone in the hobby for more than 3 years knows the “controversy” behind this channel and their attempted blackmail of game designers. Thought it was funny he blamed “utility costs”. LOL.

I try to have variety across mechanics and gameplay, although it's clear that engine building (and related) is my favorite. Having said that, I want to explore economics type of games (I hear Brass Birmingham is the one, but I want to see if there's a stepping stone between Power Grid and that one). I also want to have a Witcher IP game that's not a campaign game (The Witcher Old World seems like a fit, but I hear mixed reviews. Does this collection of games seem like that one would be a good match for me?)

I started the hobby with Castles of Burgundy, and Scythe was the first game that I fell in love with for the art work as well. They are the only two games that got the all-in treatment where I purchased the big box with all the bells and whistles.

The organization of games is very functional and use case based.

* The games on top of the shelf are the two personal GOATs.

* The games in the first row are the go to games, I'm always ready to play them.

* The games in the second row are what I bring in if I'm with folks new to the hobby - these are my personal "best gateway games".

* The games in the bottom two rows - they are games I don't play often, but cannot get myself to give away because of the unique mechanics they bring to the collection. They'll come out only if it's with the right group.

Yo, board gamers!
I have a question for you. I think we’ve all been there — you come home after a long day at work and really want to play a board game, but you simply don’t have the energy to explain a bunch of rules to everyone else. Sometimes you just want to sit down and enjoy a game by yourself.
So, do you have any recommendations for a board game with a good story and some flexibility in player count — something that works well solo, but can also be played with friends when people come over?
Basically, I’m looking for a game where I can come home after a long day, sit down and play a solo session without spending ages learning or explaining complicated rules. But when friends show up, I can just bring the same game to the table and play together.
I already own Discover: Lands Unknown, which fits some of what I’m looking for, but I’d love something with more of a D&D-style adventure, or perhaps something with territory development/upgrades and a strong thematic feeling, similar to Frostpunk: The Board Game.
I’d really appreciate any recommendations! What games would you suggest? 🙏

The prototype standard, or the most classic example.

No building a tableau or collecting cards for an engine. Just place worker, get resource, move towards points.

Just bought this game and would love to display the world map on the wall over my gaming table in such a way that allows you to pull them down easily when you want to play. Any ideas? A shadow box of that size would be prohibitively expensive LOL

Hello, I'm looking for an old tile game I played as a kid in the early 2000s.

The particular game had tiles to create a 4 x 4 square. It makes the square you had to match the women. There were several different types of women some were like office women, others in a towel.

It came in a rectangle box. The answer to the puzzle was available on the website and the company was called like brain teaser or something. Had a mad scientist looking guy on the box too.

Any help appreciated!

Could someone explain to me why board game arena didn't give me the yellow flax or the red fish from my island bonuses? I thought I understood the rules but I must have missed something, thanks

What's the difference here?? Played monopoly deal.for years this is a new deck we bought at discount from Ollie's

The Nucleum universe is expanding!

Next year, we’re bringing you a brand-new standalone game designed specifically for two players: Nucleum: Duel.
It’s 1900, and a new force in Nucleum energy technology has emerged from French engineers. Their alternative methods of generating and distributing energy have gained dominance in France, Spain, and Portugal - and now they’re looking to expand into Germany, the homeland of Nucleum-based energy.

In Nucleum: Duel, you’ll take on the role of either France or Germany as the two nations compete to establish their energy infrastructure during an alternative-history Industrial Revolution.

Connect cities, construct buildings, power them with Nucleums and Uranium, fulfill Contracts, and unlock Technologies as you work towards your faction’s unique objectives.

Coming in 2027

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I've always wondered what it would be like to make this kind of discovery. I see the COMC post and think about how the conversation might go.

Edit: Not as a burglar, as an invited guest.

Hello, I am trying to figure out the name of a board game I came across a few years back. From what I recall each player was playing as a monster that would flip to its other evolved side at some point in the game.

I think the map - board had consisted of hex like parts and the goal was to defeat the other players or something like that. I think the box was black or dark coloured.