Arkam horror is a fun game and we play it and have several of the expansions. However I will say that the game's big flaw is that it doesn't ajust well to increased number of players. 1-3 players will find it extremely hard, 4-5 will be about just right, 6+ will rule the game. It can be played up to 8 players.
Have you looked at the errata? There's some stuff there about adjusting difficulty due to more/fewer players. Notably:
If you have 5+ players and open a new gate, you get two monsters from it instead of one.
If you open a gate where there already is one, you get monsters equal to the greater of (number of players) and (number of open gates).
One boardgame and a number of cardgames that I lump into the same category.
Boardgame Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - An elegant and beautiful marriage of Stratego and LotR lore. The rules are fantastic (almost every 'what happens if' questions is noted in the rules, it was like the designer was sitting right there) and easy to pick up. 2 players only.
Cardgames Guillotine - Darkly humorous and fast game where you and your opponents are rival Executioners at the guillotine trying to put together the 'best' collection of heads.
Fluxx - The rules start simple, Draw 1/Play 1. After that, it's anyone's game. There are some fuzzy debatable rules (well, *I* don't think there's any ambiguity, but others aren't so clearsighted as I am ), but you can address them as they come up. Doesn't hamper play in any way.
Fist of Dragonstones - Or as we like to call it, Dragonst Ones (because of the title art on the box). Fun bidding game with an interesting mechanic for resolving rounds - the cards determine the order of play with each 'role' that the players assume determining when in the round they go. If you want to go first, be sure to snag the The King, he doesn't grant you any benefits other than the benefit of taking an action first (which can be good). It's been a while since I played it, there's a city building element as well, with certain edifices giving you bonuses and protections from other players machinations. Really good.
Cardgame I've only played once, but it was fun and is worth a mention just for the name
Who Stole Ed's Pants? - I think this one's out of print. It's a little hard to get your head around at first, but very fun when you do. Witnesses rise and fall in credibility and suspects bend over backwards to incriminate others. As to who stole Ed's pants? It's whoever is framed up for the job, not necessarily who's actually guilty. Some mysteries are best left unsolved.
A few of my Favs
Axis and Allies: both the Milton Bradley and Avalon Hill editions are great, I don't like any of the spin offs though. Europe and Pacific were ok, D-day was horrible in my opinion, and I havn't played the two most recent ones.
Battlelore: A great two person game that doesn't take long to play with great online support.
Betrayal at the House on the Hill: Great, used to play this game by candlelight all the time. Good fun, especially if you get into it.
Settlers of Catan: Another great game that you can get gamers and non-gamers to play together.
Another bumb for Arkham Horror, great co-op game.
Mall of Horror: I kind of stumbled upon this one, an omage to Dawn of the Dead. Its a game of surviving a zombie attack in a mall by stabbing your friends in the back.
Zombies: A more shoot em up tile zombie game with lots of expansions that keep promising to be the last one.
These are just a few of my favs, the ones I felt deserved to be mentioned here.
Zombies: A more shoot em up tile zombie game with lots of expansions that keep promising to be the last one.
I used to enjoy Zombies, but I found it just becoming slower and slower and more tedious each time I played it. Instead, I now really recommend Last Night on Earth: the Zombie Game, which is exceptional.
I used to enjoy Zombies, but I found it just becoming slower and slower and more tedious each time I played it. Instead, I now really recommend Last Night on Earth: the Zombie Game, which is exceptional.
I used to enjoy Zombies, but I found it just becoming slower and slower and more tedious each time I played it. Instead, I now really recommend Last Night on Earth: the Zombie Game, which is exceptional.
Cheers!
I have to admit, I never played Zombies past the first expansion, but I will definatly check out Last Night on Earth
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Tannhauser is a lot of fun, despite some little problems (hand-to-hand combat feels kinda overpowered, and it's a little odd for more than 2 players). Demonologist Nazis vs. allies with alien tech reverse-engineered from Area 51. Also, President Electro-Edison!
LotR Risk is a ton of fun, lots of replay value (especially if you enjoy making little variants and scenarios).
__________________ Hundreds of tons of armor and guns
Making its way through the sand
Our warjack battalion is back for revenge
Artillery sweeping the land!
First strike is ours, no mercy is shown
There's rivers of blood in our track
Breaking their ranks of defense with our 'jacks
Infantry watching our backs!
Bohanza is an outstandingly fun game of bean trading that has never failed to pull people in.
Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the magic carrot is a very good game for socialising - the trick appears to be to not actually try to win! The longer the game lasts, the more fun it is - we've played with people who are determined to 'win' and it tends to mean shorter, less interesting games.
RoboRally is also lots of fun - very hard to predict!
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Bohanza is an outstandingly fun game of bean trading that has never failed to pull people in.
I'm a fan of Bohnanza, but my fiancée dislikes it strongly...
It takes a lot of getting used to, not being able to rearrange the cards in your hand.
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Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the magic carrot is a very good game for socialising - the trick appears to be to not actually try to win! The longer the game lasts, the more fun it is - we've played with people who are determined to 'win' and it tends to mean shorter, less interesting games.
I like Killer Bunnies strictly for the craziness of all the expansions. Every card and bit just barely fits into the original blue box, when you take out the insert (see attached pic).
The game has some glaring problems... First, it tends to take way, way too long. I'm not a huge fan of it in the first place, and I flat out refuse to play with more than 3 other players.
Second, there's a lot of major ambiguities. A lot.
Third... Shuffling the game is... an experience. Generally, the only way to shuffle it is to clear off an entire table and get all the players to push the cards around the table for a while.
All that said, I still enjoy the game on occasion, and I'm glad to have it.
It's a great game... but it's hardly a board game!
Cheers, -- N
Apples to Apples is fun, but does grow kind of tiresome after a while. Darth Vader and Batman are basically trump cards if my brother or I are the judging player. If Hitler was a possible card I suspect he'd be a trump too, just cause it could result in some terrifically tasteless descriptions.
Apples to Apples is fun, but does grow kind of tiresome after a while. Darth Vader and Batman are basically trump cards if my brother or I are the judging player. If Hitler was a possible card I suspect he'd be a trump too, just cause it could result in some terrifically tasteless descriptions.
Uhh... Hitler is a card. And yes, he is often a trump card.
My all-time favorite board game has got to be Diplomacy (face/face or email). Other very good ones are Blokus and Scotland Yard and Ticket to Ride (mentioned already), and Kingmaker and Spies. I also liked original Squad Leader and Starship Troopers back in the day. The kids love Apples to Apples.
I love Descent. I've played a couple times with just me and my girlfriend (who I managed to con into being the Overlord... *cackles). I control three heroes at once, and she tries to slay me over and over. She's really competitive, and sometimes I have to stop the game and try to make peace with her so she'll talk to me. When I kill her monsters, sometimes she'll hit me, and I'm dodging little minis left and right. Like I said, she's super competitive when we play games. Good thing I am, too.
Originally Posted by The Scarlet Citadel, by Robert E. Howard
"There are creatures", said Pelias, "not alone of this earth and sea, but of air and the far reaches of the skies as well, dwelling apart, unguessed of men. Yet to him who holds the Master-words and Signs and the Knowledge underlying all, they are neither malignant nor inaccessible. Watch, and fear not."
He lifted his hands to the skies and sounded a long wierd call that seemed to shudder endlessly out into space, dwindling and fading, yet never dying out, only receding farther and farther into some unreckoned cosmos. In the silence that followed, Conan heard a suddgen beat of wings in the stars, and recoiled as a huge bat-like creature alighted beside him...
Lots of great games mentioned already. Here's my top 10
#1: Titan
#2: Game of Thrones, A
#3: Twilight Struggle
#4: Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit
#5: Taj Mahal
#6: Himalaya
#7: Maharaja: Palace Building in India
#8: La Città
#9: Power Grid
#10: Caylus
The Titan reprint is supposed to come out this year (though it has been pushed back repeatedly)
"I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you." - Batman, Batman Begins "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight "Yeah, I can fly." - Tony Stark, Iron Man
Inside my hands these petals browned;
dried up falling to the ground,
but it was already too late now.
I pushed my fingers through the earth,
returned this flower to the dirt;
so it could live, I walked away now."
Rise Against - "The Good Left Undone"
), but you can address them as they come up. Doesn't hamper play in any way.
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