The Big Board-Gaming Catch-All

Vargen wrote:

I've got some friends who put their Dominion cards on a lazy suzan so everyone can shop with them right side up.

That's a brilliant idea! But what do you do when it's Susan's turn?

She's probably not bothered.

If anyone is interested, over at BGG I've been sharing my hot take on the Galactic Renaissance (follow up to Inis, same designer) prototype that I saw at GenCon: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/291...

Okay friends, I am looking for (and soon, please!) recommendations on legacy OR, at a minimum, campaign games that are family-friendly. My kids loved Clank Legacy several years ago and my daughter recently asked for another. Right now, I'm looking at The Initiative.

I've played Pandemic Legacy and I thing (although I could be wrong) that my kids are a few years away from appreciating Pandemic, thematically at least. They have played Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters which borrows a good deal from it.

How they haven't made Ticket to Ride Legacy, I have no idea. That's a hundred million dollar idea.

My City is a city building, tetrising legacy game for 4 players. It has simple rules with complexity that adds on every chapter. We about halfway through the 24(?) sessions and still enjoying it. Each game only takes 20-30 minutes

Fedaykin98 wrote:

Okay friends, I am looking for (and soon, please!) recommendations on legacy OR, at a minimum, campaign games that are family-friendly. My kids loved Clank Legacy several years ago and my daughter recently asked for another. Right now, I'm looking at The Initiative.

I've played Pandemic Legacy and I thing (although I could be wrong) that my kids are a few years away from appreciating Pandemic, thematically at least. They have played Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters which borrows a good deal from it.

How they haven't made Ticket to Ride Legacy, I have no idea. That's a hundred million dollar idea.

Me and my kids played The initiative a few times. It’s neat but I don't feel the legacy portion of it as much as other games. Maybe there will be more to unlock later on? Oh, and you gotta love word puzzles for that one. If any of you dont, pass on it. If you do, its great.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

Okay friends, I am looking for (and soon, please!) recommendations on legacy OR, at a minimum, campaign games that are family-friendly. My kids loved Clank Legacy several years ago and my daughter recently asked for another. Right now, I'm looking at The Initiative.

I've played Pandemic Legacy and I thing (although I could be wrong) that my kids are a few years away from appreciating Pandemic, thematically at least. They have played Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters which borrows a good deal from it.

How they haven't made Ticket to Ride Legacy, I have no idea. That's a hundred million dollar idea.

Ticket to Ride Legacy would be neat!

I'm not sure how old your kids are, but have you checked out Familiar Tales? It's a legacy type adventure game from Plaid Hat. I saw it at GenCon and it looked neat. They also have adventure games that might be worth checking out

BreakingPoint0 wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:

Okay friends, I am looking for (and soon, please!) recommendations on legacy OR, at a minimum, campaign games that are family-friendly. My kids loved Clank Legacy several years ago and my daughter recently asked for another. Right now, I'm looking at The Initiative.

I've played Pandemic Legacy and I thing (although I could be wrong) that my kids are a few years away from appreciating Pandemic, thematically at least. They have played Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters which borrows a good deal from it.

How they haven't made Ticket to Ride Legacy, I have no idea. That's a hundred million dollar idea.

Ticket to Ride Legacy would be neat!

I'm not sure how old your kids are, but have you checked out Familiar Tales? It's a legacy type adventure game from Plaid Hat. I saw it at GenCon and it looked neat. They also have adventure games that might be worth checking out

Maybe Machi Koro Legacy could be an option?

On Saturday we finally got a group together for a couple 13 player games of Blood on the Clocktower. It was a lot of fun, and well worth the effort of getting enough people together to play. The first game ended a little early, as people were still getting their bearings and the evil team didn't have the best poker faces. The second game came down to the wire, with evil snaking a win at the last minute. It's weird... 90% of the game is just people talking, but the $100+ worth of cardboard and felt bits are indispensable for the Storyteller to coordinate things.

I think I need to look into the digital tools that let you run this thing over Discord...

A board game meetup near me has been playing BotC lately; I may get to try it this week.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

A board game meetup near me has been playing BotC lately; I may get to try it this week.

I think I can recommend it. I've actually only run the game and haven't gotten to be a player yet.

Try and start with the Trouble Brewing script if you can. The other ones get pretty wild and can be hard to follow as a new player.

They'll give you a sheet with all the possible characters in the game you're in. If it's one of the ones out of the base game, it will be a glossy sheet that works with dry erase markers. My players were taking lots of notes on their sheets, and they all wiped clean afterwards. Obviously you should ask the game owner before writing on their stuff, but if that's allowed then I recommend taking notes.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

Okay friends, I am looking for (and soon, please!) recommendations on legacy OR, at a minimum, campaign games that are family-friendly. My kids loved Clank Legacy several years ago and my daughter recently asked for another. Right now, I'm looking at The Initiative.

I've played Pandemic Legacy and I thing (although I could be wrong) that my kids are a few years away from appreciating Pandemic, thematically at least. They have played Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters which borrows a good deal from it.

How they haven't made Ticket to Ride Legacy, I have no idea. That's a hundred million dollar idea.

Try Zombie Kids Evolution. Fast game, strong legacy component, fun theme.

Jolly Bill wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:

Okay friends, I am looking for (and soon, please!) recommendations on legacy OR, at a minimum, campaign games that are family-friendly. My kids loved Clank Legacy several years ago and my daughter recently asked for another. Right now, I'm looking at The Initiative.

I've played Pandemic Legacy and I thing (although I could be wrong) that my kids are a few years away from appreciating Pandemic, thematically at least. They have played Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters which borrows a good deal from it.

How they haven't made Ticket to Ride Legacy, I have no idea. That's a hundred million dollar idea.

Try Zombie Kids Evolution. Fast game, strong legacy component, fun theme.

Machi Koro Legacy is terrific.

I can second Zombie Kidz. My kids (9 and 6) and I have played about a third of it and it’s great fun. I can’t wait to see what else is in the other envelopes. I also really want to get the sequel when we finish this one.

What's the sequel? I guess if you're interested as an adult, it's not too simple or kiddie for a 13 year old?

Zombie Kids is great fun, got it for my niece and nephew at christmas (aged 8/9) and played it lots. Such a fun game.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

What's the sequel? I guess if you're interested as an adult, it's not too simple or kiddie for a 13 year old?

I think the sequel’s called Zombie Teenz. I believe it’s more of the same, but slightly more involved/complicated rules.

Not sure about a teenager, and I haven’t played without my kids. I think if I was playing with only adults, I’d probably want to play a game that’s a bit meatier instead. It’s a lot of fun, but definitely not that complex. Though we still have several envelopes to open. I’d say kidz is targeted as an intro to legacy games.

I'm gonna see if my LGS has either one. If not, Amazon only has Teenz, and no one else ships fast enough, so it will be that.

My 10 year old has ADHD and Dyslexia, so a fun combination for me with trying to get him interested in my board gaming hobby.

He really enjoys playing short sharp games and decided today was an epic games day. so we ended up playing:

6 games of Batman Love Letter
8 games of Jenga
3 games of Zombie dice
and a game of Uno (urgh)

I also played a quick game of Wingspan against the automa this morning so this was probably the most games I've played in a single day.

Can't remember the last time I played 18 games. It's all gateway stuff and if he Wants to play with me I'm not turning him down.

Castle Panic might not be a bad option to try with him as well.

Nevin73 wrote:

Castle Panic might not be a bad option to try with him as well.

Though it tends to overstay it’s welcome, at least with me. Hey, That’s My Fish! might be good, and Qwixx might hit that sweet spot as well.

Prozac wrote:

He really enjoys playing short sharp games and decided today was an epic games day. so we ended up playing:

6 games of Batman Love Letter
8 games of Jenga
3 games of Zombie dice
and a game of Uno (urgh)

Having kids wouldn't have worked out well for me, so it's good we chose not to. This above is one of the very very few regrets to not having them. Sharing my enjoyment of board games, D&D, and computer games would have been great with a daughter or son. I love hearing stories on here of you guys doing these things with your kids. It's awesome.

We inherited my nephew when he was 15.5 after my step-sister passed, but it was too late to get him into what I was into. He is a video game freak, but completely different games than I play. Sad-face.

-BEP

Chumpy_McChump wrote:
Nevin73 wrote:

Castle Panic might not be a bad option to try with him as well.

Though it tends to overstay it’s welcome, at least with me. Hey, That’s My Fish! might be good, and Qwixx might hit that sweet spot as well.

Oh we've got castle panic and Hey, that's my fish as well. Plus heaps of other games that would suit him, but he tends to get on a run wanting to play the same thing over and over.

Played Mirroring of Mary King by devious weasel games tonight with my oldest kid. Just a phenomenal little area of control game which makes you feel really clever when you manage to string together a set of combos from the meager resources you have on hand. It is quick too. The game lasted 15 minutes and as soon as it was done I wanted to play it again. Highly recommended.

Prozac wrote:

He really enjoys playing short sharp games and decided today was an epic games day.

If you can find it, Eminent Domain Microcosm is an underappreciated gem of a 2 player game. Might be a bit too complex though.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

I'm gonna see if my LGS has either one. If not, Amazon only has Teenz, and no one else ships fast enough, so it will be that.

My LGS had Zombie Teenz Evolution, which I only realized yesterday was super appropriate, since this is for my daughter's 13th birthday. Thanks for the recommendations - I'll be looking at some other ones, too, for the future!

Fedaykin98 wrote:

Played physical Moonrakers for the first time. Great game. It's a negotiation game with deckbuilder mechanics. It is heavily inspired by Cosmic Encounter, as so many games are. In both games you negotiate with others to team up, but as you approach the target score, people likely have to make it on their own. We had a blast and everyone said they enjoyed it.

My group was frustrated with how long it took - the negotiation took so long and with 5 players the game was almost three hours for what felt like something that should have been very fast paced. We eventually instituted some house rules to ensure we wouldn't be taking so long to pick who'd help. Was any of that a part of your experience?

The online game of five players I played was less than 3 hours, including a longer-than-necessary rules teach. The IRL game of four players might have been two and a half hours or so. Looks like I'm playing it again this weekend, so I'll let you know what the run time is.

I definitely understand the idea that the game's complexity doesn't scream three hours, but my group had fun the whole time. You could definitely just pick a lower number of points to play to, as some games like Xia explicitly endorse.

I do think you need the full ten point game to experience satisfying changes to your deck.

Shut up and Sit down did a podcast about one of my favorite games of last year; Cosmic Frog. They seemed to like it well enough.

Fredrik_S wrote:

Shut up and Sit down did a podcast about one of my favorite games of last year; Cosmic Frog. They seemed to like it well enough.

Just played it two weeks ago. Very, very bizarre.