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“Spiel des Jahres” Game of the Year 2017 winners

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Re: “Spiel des Jahres” Game of the Year 2017 winners

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Post by scentoni »

mikepurvis wrote: post #10
awjr wrote: post #3

One of the more interesting games that, in the UK, had pretty much gone no where, was "Settlers of Catan". Then, around 1998 IIRC, it got a 10/10 in a gaming magazine and I think this, very much, spawned the revival of German board games on the UK games scene. Before then it really was mainly war games (warhammer et al), RPGs, and card games (Magic TG from about 1993 onwards). There are some absolutely fantastic game…

Big Agricola fan here, also Tzolk'in, Fresco, Puerto Rico, and Power Grid for similar depth/strategy level. However, I've been recently trying to build out my mid-range collection, to have more stuff with appeal to a broader audience, including my 6 year old daughter. To that end, we've really enjoyed Patchwork, Broom Service, Set, and Carcassonne. For goofy games that play quickly over the lunch hour at work, see De…

Red 7 is good for playing a few games over lunch. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161417/red7

Re: “Spiel des Jahres” Game of the Year 2017 winners

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iainmerrick wrote: post #90
Marazan wrote: post #41

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I think Zendo is better with a set of basic lego blocks (1x1, 2x1, 2x2) in 3 colours. It's easier to construct and build things. But fundamentally it is an incredible game in whatever form you play.

Do you require your Lego structures to be fully connected? Seems like that limits the possibilities a bit, but it would mean you can safely pick them up and move them around, which is always fiddly in normal Zendo.

We don't require it but inevitably people build fully connected structures due to the ease of pickup and move around.

Re: “Spiel des Jahres” Game of the Year 2017 winners

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Post by Marazan »

iainmerrick wrote: post #89
Marazan wrote: post #41

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I think Zendo is better with a set of basic lego blocks (1x1, 2x1, 2x2) in 3 colours. It's easier to construct and build things. But fundamentally it is an incredible game in whatever form you play.

Wow, Lego blocks! That's a great idea, I'll have to try it.

They key thing when using Lego is not to go crazy with variety you need a large number of a small variety of blocks.

Re: “Spiel des Jahres” Game of the Year 2017 winners

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Post by epicide »

RangerScience wrote: post #80
epicide wrote: post #77

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Chess. Seriously. Just hear me out. I'm mostly in the same boat traveling a lot for work. On my last trip, me and several coworkers/co-travelers started playing a lot of chess together and are continuing to have a blast. I've been wanting to try to get into it for a while and I finally just did it. Don't read a bunch of stuff and psych yourself out. Just play and realize you're going to lose. A lot. You're _supposed_…

How do you feel about Go?

Can't say I've played it. I plan to learn some one day, but I live in the US. A lot of people here at least know how to play chess. I think many have never even heard of Go.

Re: “Spiel des Jahres” Game of the Year 2017 winners

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Post by iainmerrick »

Marazan wrote: post #93
iainmerrick wrote: post #89

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Wow, Lego blocks! That's a great idea, I'll have to try it.

They key thing when using Lego is not to go crazy with variety you need a large number of a small variety of blocks.

Makes sense. The one meta-rule I always emphasize when introducing people to Zendo is "make the rule really simple, it'll be much harder to guess than you expect."

Re: “Spiel des Jahres” Game of the Year 2017 winners

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Post by c256 »

Splines wrote: post #60
cableshaft wrote: post #40

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An iPad. Seriously, most board and card games either have or are in the process of getting an app nowadays. You can load that sucker up with hundreds of deep complex games with good A.I. and play them to your heart's content. Also, a lot of games have a lot of empty space in their box. I've been able to fit 6 games in the space of a Targi box, for example (great 2 player game that's deep but small, btw). I think I ma…

This is really anecdotal, and I don't have a ton of experience with iPad versions of board games, but I've tried several on Android and it feels like all of them are just slightly rough around the edges. It's really hard to put my finger on it but something about them is just slightly unsatisfying to use. Maybe it's the performance or lack of snappy animations or sounds. Hearthstone is one that feels pretty good to p…

In my experience, this is one of the areas where iOS has a real advantage over Android -- the iOS games are frequently better polished and put together. (That's been true every time I've looked -- which I've done multiple times, but not constantly, so maybe things have/will shift; I dunno.)

Re: “Spiel des Jahres” Game of the Year 2017 winners

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Post by wolfgke »

PhineasRex wrote: post #70
jjnoakes wrote: post #18

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If you were bored playing Monopoly, you were probably not playing with the real rules (i.e. you had no auctions, you used free parking, etc). Played correctly, Monopoly isn't a terribly long game, and (usually) once someone gets ahead, it is a fairly quick steamroll.

This comes up every time somebody complains about Monopoly but even with auctions the game is still far too long and ends well after the winner is apparent.

Then the players are probably much too nice.
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