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I Love Board Games: A Personal Obsession Explained by Psychology

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Post by kombookcha »

leethargo wrote: post #40
kombookcha wrote: post #35

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+1 for Root! For a nice entry game for a group setting, I recommend Carcassonne. It has a simple and engaging basic gameplay with a surprising amount of depth, that can easily be scaled up and down in complexity depending on your group's preference and experience level by simply adding more pieces/mechanics.

Carcassonne is also really nice with children. You can start them on just the "puzzle" aspect on attaching matching tiles, without scoring. Our oldest child is now capable of the base game, and I can still make it interesting for me by going for secondary objectives, such as filling difficult gaps ;-)

Very clever to introduce it to kids as purely a puzzle game! I'll keep that in mind.

When my girlfriend and I play, we sometimes give unofficial bonus points as compensation for suboptimal plays that fill out unseemly gaps that would otherwise stay open. Makes for a nice, aesthetic endstate board without handwringing over your score :b

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Post by internet_points »

Nition wrote: post #33
throw_await wrote: post #27

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I can recommend Stardew Valley. It really captures the same cozyness as the video game, and it's cooperative.

My only complaint re Stardew multiplayer is because the clock doesn't pause in menus, conversations etc like it does in singleplayer, the game gets a lot less relaxing and more rushed. I wish the day would just be 25% longer when playing in co-op.

are you talking about the computer game in coop or stardew valley board game?

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Post by gessha »

DauntingPear7 wrote: post #10
jader201 wrote: post #2

Board games are my favorite way to accomplish two things that I find hard to do as an introvert that works from home: 1. Getting off screens 2. Socializing But it still also accomplishes one of my favorite things to do: thinking — specifically problem solving and optimizing. And, as an introvert, socializing actually naturally is secondary in our group, but that’s ok — a good heavy heads-down board game (think 3-5 ho…

As a college student without too much spending money, what’re some board games I should check out? I have wingspan, catan, and azul and wanna expand my collection with other must have games

Sushi Go is fun and compact. Dominion if you have friends that like to optimize. Uno is a good one for the road. Even a regular deck of cards is great once you learn a few samples games.

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Post by pavel_lishin »

r-johnv wrote: post #16
DauntingPear7 wrote: post #10

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As a college student without too much spending money, what’re some board games I should check out? I have wingspan, catan, and azul and wanna expand my collection with other must have games

+1 to shoo for the bgg links! BoardGameGeek is the place to read up on games before buying them. On the 'without spending money' front, depending on the city where you live, there often are board game cafes where you can go to rent games and play over there. More economical if you are playing the game once or want to try out different games. Also very good if you struggle with learning rules from the rulebook.

I really wish their design was better.

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Post by Nition »

internet_points wrote: post #42
Nition wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My only complaint re Stardew multiplayer is because the clock doesn't pause in menus, conversations etc like it does in singleplayer, the game gets a lot less relaxing and more rushed. I wish the day would just be 25% longer when playing in co-op.

are you talking about the computer game in coop or stardew valley board game?

Oh whoops, the videogame, I missed that the parent comment was talking about a boardgame version.

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Post by alasdairking »

DauntingPear7 wrote: post #10
jader201 wrote: post #2

Board games are my favorite way to accomplish two things that I find hard to do as an introvert that works from home: 1. Getting off screens 2. Socializing But it still also accomplishes one of my favorite things to do: thinking — specifically problem solving and optimizing. And, as an introvert, socializing actually naturally is secondary in our group, but that’s ok — a good heavy heads-down board game (think 3-5 ho…

As a college student without too much spending money, what’re some board games I should check out? I have wingspan, catan, and azul and wanna expand my collection with other must have games

You should play at a games cafe or ask around for:

Pandemic. Ticket to Ride.

Modern classics, great fun, easy to get into.

For meatier games I really like Scythe: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/169786/scythe

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