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Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by eugenekolo »

Another addition that I've found really fun is Lords of Waterdeep. The board game version of it is a chore to play due to setup and how massive the board is. The digital version is way more fun as the board game is set up already for you, and not as daunting.

Lords of Waterdeep is available on Steam + iOS + Android - it's the exact same game on it them all. Cross platform gameplay works which is really amazing. AI also exists and isn't half bad.

Your non-computer using friends/partners can play on their tablets/phones along side friends who have gaming PCs.

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by quickthrowman »

kerkeslager wrote: post #39
pbhjpbhj wrote: post #3

I was hoping this was going to be how to modify boardgames to play with friends via webcam. We played Monopoly, and had good success - one board, setup a ghost player for the remote people. Remote people used parts of a set to keep track of their money and properties. Later several hours. >In my experience, Zoom is the most consistent service and works on almost any device. One person in your group will need a paid s…

I'm kinda surprised by all the hate on Monopoly. It's a great game for learning. It teaches you to take risks early and slowly lower your risk tolerance over time to let your existing assets appreciate. It teaches you that the best values are at the extremes of real estate: you want to be either a luxury condo owner or a slum lord. It teaches you that capitalism isn't fair, because good strategy and hard work don't p…

> Come to think of it, maybe that last one is why HN doesn't like it. ;P

It’s demonstrably clear that the SV startup scene is a meritocracy where the best ideas get funded. Just ask Adam Neumann and Elizabeth Holmes ;)

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by mcv »

kzrdude wrote: post #34

Colonist.io has been playable and nice (for Settlers of Catan). They too struggle under load.

I know from the creator of Dominion Online[0] that he had to upgrade his servers since the start of the Corona crisis. Lots of new users, leading to all sorts of problems. He seems to have things under control now, though.

[0] https://dominion.games/

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by jjice »

itronitron wrote: post #18

+1 for Tabletop Simulator, one of my children taught themselves Blender in the process of creating and uploading a game for TTS.

My friends and I have been loving TTS. $20 is a pretty good deal for a sandbox where all the heavy lifting has been done already so you can just have a good time.

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by tomcooks »

I use an online shared spreadsheet (like EtherCalc[0], or Google Sheets) to play my turn-based combat boardgame[1] with friends during the covid19 quarantine lockdown.

I think it's a lot faster and easier than using roll20 or other online boardgaming platforms, requires no signup nor learning any new shortcut.

[0] https://ethercalc.net/ [1] https://www.tomcooks.com/projects/snipr/

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by ollerac »

bluetidepro wrote: post #44
ollerac wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The one thing I like about Zoom above Discord is the ability to see people's faces. Discord doesn't have this, right? It's nice to use the mini-layout in Zoom and put it off to the side like the article suggests. I'm still waiting for some guy on Twitter[0] who's working on his own game board simulator to release his 8-bit video conferencing solution. The pixelation gives the perfect feel when you're playing DnD onli…

Discord has video chat, as well: https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/11500098275...

Oh, nice, I was completely unaware of this feature. I must have missed it because it's only available inside private or group DMs, not channels!

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by joemasilotti »

mcv wrote: post #22

The site in the leading image is not mentioned elsewhere in the article, but it's Dominion, which can be played at https://dominion.games/ (Disclaimer: the online version is developed by a friend of mine. Not the original physical game of course, which is the best-selling game by Donald X. Vaccarino.)

Oh, wow... I can't believe I forgot to add that site! I literally used it last night and that photo is of me and my friends.

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by vanattab »

kerkeslager wrote: post #39
pbhjpbhj wrote: post #3

I was hoping this was going to be how to modify boardgames to play with friends via webcam. We played Monopoly, and had good success - one board, setup a ghost player for the remote people. Remote people used parts of a set to keep track of their money and properties. Later several hours. >In my experience, Zoom is the most consistent service and works on almost any device. One person in your group will need a paid s…

I'm kinda surprised by all the hate on Monopoly. It's a great game for learning. It teaches you to take risks early and slowly lower your risk tolerance over time to let your existing assets appreciate. It teaches you that the best values are at the extremes of real estate: you want to be either a luxury condo owner or a slum lord. It teaches you that capitalism isn't fair, because good strategy and hard work don't p…

"It teaches you that the best values are at the extremes of real estate: you want to be either a luxury condo owner or a slum lord.”

I thought the best properties in Monopoly where the opposite of this? It's my understanding that the best properties in Monopoly are orange followed by green then either red or yellow. Mostly the middle of the road properties. Orange is the best because it's approximately a 7 roll away from jail.

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by dagurp »

kerkeslager wrote: post #39
pbhjpbhj wrote: post #3

I was hoping this was going to be how to modify boardgames to play with friends via webcam. We played Monopoly, and had good success - one board, setup a ghost player for the remote people. Remote people used parts of a set to keep track of their money and properties. Later several hours. >In my experience, Zoom is the most consistent service and works on almost any device. One person in your group will need a paid s…

I'm kinda surprised by all the hate on Monopoly. It's a great game for learning. It teaches you to take risks early and slowly lower your risk tolerance over time to let your existing assets appreciate. It teaches you that the best values are at the extremes of real estate: you want to be either a luxury condo owner or a slum lord. It teaches you that capitalism isn't fair, because good strategy and hard work don't p…

The biggest problem for me is that everyone plays by their own house rules.

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by joemasilotti »

bluetidepro wrote: post #13

> In my experience, Zoom is the most consistent service and works on almost any device. One person in your group will need a paid subscription if you want to host an event longer than 40 minutes. Have to disagree on this, Discord has been a FAR better solution for my group of friends and I with our online game nights. We tried Zoom, Discord, Google Meet/Hangouts, and Discord has, by far, been the best UI/UX/clarity/q…

Does everyone need a Discord account to join the call?

The big benefit (for me) of Zoom is that I can send a link to anyone and they don't need an account. Asking someone to sign up for a Board Game Arena account AND Discord would be too much.

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