At the time I write this, these are the top 10 games on BoardGameGeek:
#1: Agricola
#2: Puerto Rico
#3: Power Grid
#4: Twilight Struggle
#5: Tigris and Euphrates
#6: El Grande
#7: Caylus
#8: Race for the Galaxy
#9: The Princes of Florence
#10: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilisation
How many of them have you played? I've played the top 9; #10 is unfortunately (a) extremely expensive and (b) out of print, although I'll probably get it once it comes back into print.
Twilight Struggle is my favourite boardgame at the moment, with Power Grid my favourite Euro (though Agricola is gaining). There are several there I don't get to play enough, and I'm enjoying Race for the Galaxy a lot.
El Grande I rarely play; it wants 5 players, and when we have the five required I tend not to have it with me!
I've only played Puerto Rico and Caylus on that list. PR is great fun, and I'd love to play it again sometime. I enjoy how integral they made scarcity to a game of colonization. Caylus is freaking complicated. Maybe the game was explained poorly to me, but it made 3.5 seem simplistic in comparison.
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#2: Played several times. Its a favorite among my boardgaming group. Not a huge fan of it.
#3: Played several times on BSW and with gaming groups. LOVE IT. One of my favorite games to play
#6: Have played it only once, and made a bad mistake that may have lost me the game. Outside of that have no real opinion.
#7: Have played several times on BSW...still don't seem to have to hang of...but its still pretty fun
#8: Actually helped playtest. Want to play more and possibly buy it at some point.
#9: Played once, and wasn't real happy with it.
At the time I write this, these are the top 10 games on BoardGameGeek:
#1: Agricola
#2: Puerto Rico
#3: Power Grid
#4: Twilight Struggle
#5: Tigris and Euphrates
#6: El Grande
#7: Caylus
#8: Race for the Galaxy
#9: The Princes of Florence
#10: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilisation
How many of them have you played? I've played the top 9; #10 is unfortunately (a) extremely expensive and (b) out of print, although I'll probably get it once it comes back into print.
Twilight Struggle is my favourite boardgame at the moment, with Power Grid my favourite Euro (though Agricola is gaining). There are several there I don't get to play enough, and I'm enjoying Race for the Galaxy a lot.
El Grande I rarely play; it wants 5 players, and when we have the five required I tend not to have it with me!
Cheers!
I own them all and have played them all. Caylus is still my favorite followed by power grid (out of that list). Agricola is quite awesome, and its ranked high because it has few flaws game wise outside of a somewhat lengthy setup time.
Out of the two on the list, i hate races of the galaxy (multi-solitaire at its best) and prince of florence (it really didn't seem that much fun after 3 plays).
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I've played Agricola, PR, Race, Through the Ages and Princes of Florence. I really enjoyed Agricola, Race and Through the Ages. Both PR and Princes I found only okay. I'm hoping to get a game of Twilight Struggle in sometime this week, I keep hearing good things about it. Caylus is on the buy list as well.
Only played Race for the Galaxy. And I love it. Whenever my gaming buddies and I get together for anything we usually play at least a game or two. Sometimes 10.
I've always wanted to play Twilight Struggle, but it is pretty expensive and not many people I know feel like playing a long war game. At least not people that I'd want to play a long war game with anyway.
For the rest, I'm really not big on Euros in general.
I've played Puerto Rico and Tigris & Euphrates. T&E's my favorite game, but I'm not a huge fan of Puerto (largely in part, I think, because I don't like the idea of counting out all those colonists at the beginning of the game. lol!)
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Despite playing many a board game, I don't count myself as a boardgame geek, so I can't remember names of every game I've played, but I think this is my list
#1: Agricola Check, played a few times and will probably play again because our board game enthusiasts like it.
#2: Puerto Rico Check, played it a few times. This however is a game I feel needs to be played with people on even footing, that is, there are certain buys that are better than others and experience counts.
#3: Power Grid Played once and watched it once, (I really should have taken a nap or gotten something to eat, didn't realize the length).
#4: Twilight Struggle Don't think I've played.
#5: Tigris and Euphrates I've probably played because I know this is a classic, but can't remember what it looks like.
#6: El Grande Never played. Maybe?
#7: Caylus Certainly seen played, but not sure I've actually played
#8: Race for the Galaxy Played this and like Puerto Rico (both versions) there are moves that are better, except since you get random cards, I'm not sure what they are. You need to play and learn the combos.
#9: The Princes of Florence This sounds familiar. Do you build stacks of towers?
#10: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilisation This doesn't ring a bell.
I've only played Puerto Rico a few times, but I have already decided that I don't like it. With no dice and no cards, theres ZERO random chance, and the order of play doesn't switch to accomodate. Therefore, the player who sits next to the player who makes the biggest mistake automatically wins.
Plus its a big set-up/clean-up game, without the pretty factor of a lot of other games.
El Grande used to be the second game of choice behind Settlers when I used to have a regular boardgame night. I've played it often enough to have some ideas, but yet not often enough to have ever seen a specific strategy have any payoff. It could be because I was always playing with the same people and we all learned the game at the same time and were evenly matched, or it could just mean that its the most balanced game I've ever played. I'm not sure.
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I've only played Puerto Rico a few times, but I have already decided that I don't like it. With no dice and no cards, theres ZERO random chance, and the order of play doesn't switch to accomodate. Therefore, the player who sits next to the player who makes the biggest mistake automatically wins.
Plus its a big set-up/clean-up game, without the pretty factor of a lot of other games.
You're certainly welcome to your opinion (as I said, I'm not a huge fan of PR myself), but you seem to be severely misjudging the game.
First, it isn't a zero-chance game, as the plantation tiles are random.
Second, having a poor player to your right doesn't seem like a great boon. It does seem slightly advantageous, but only slightly so.
At the time I write this, these are the top 10 games on BoardGameGeek:
#1: Agricola
#2: Puerto Rico
#3: Power Grid
#4: Twilight Struggle
#5: Tigris and Euphrates
#6: El Grande
#7: Caylus
#8: Race for the Galaxy
#9: The Princes of Florence
#10: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilisation
I have played all of them except for #7 and #10. I don't have a high interest in either. I own all of them except for #7, #10, and #3. I like the rest though Agricola, Tigris and Euphrates, and Race For the Galaxy are favorites. I am really looking forward to the new expansion coming out this month!
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At the time I write this, these are the top 10 games on BoardGameGeek:
#1: Agricola
#2: Puerto Rico
#3: Power Grid
#4: Twilight Struggle
#5: Tigris and Euphrates
#6: El Grande
#7: Caylus
#8: Race for the Galaxy
#9: The Princes of Florence
#10: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilisation
Cheers!
I have played agricola, puerto rico, power grid, and race for the galaxy. I have high regard for all of them, to be honest. If I had to pick a favorite I would choose either powergrid or race for the galaxy, but PR and agricola are by no means bad. I've actually started playing PR "by mail" so to speak on http://www.pr-game.com/ and it's been fun other than the turns going slow. at first I was afraid _I_ wouldn't be able to keep up, but that has proven to be hardly the case :-P
#1: Agricola: not yet. Was supposed to get it as a birthday present, but the FLGS was out of stock.
#2: Puerto Rico: Several times. Very good game. Go for the wharf.
#3: Power Grid: nope.
#4: Twilight Struggle: nope.
#5: Tigris and Euphrates: nope.
#6: El Grande: nope.
#7: Caylus: Once or twice. I felt kind of lost. I had trouble following the flow of the game.
#8: Race for the Galaxy: Not yet. A friend and avid boardgamer has it and has a very high opinion of it.
#9: The Princes of Florence: nope.
#10: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilisation: nope.
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Have #10 now... and it's one of my favourite games. Brilliant, brilliant game.
Top 10 as of today (14 Jan 2009):
#1: Agricola
#2: Puerto Rico
#3: Power Grid
#4: Twilight Struggle
#5: Tigris and Euphrates
#6: Dominion
#7: El Grande
#8: Caylus
#9: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilisation
#10: Race for the Galaxy
Have #10 now... and it's one of my favourite games. Brilliant, brilliant game.
Top 10 as of today (14 Jan 2009):
#1: Agricola
#2: Puerto Rico
#3: Power Grid
#4: Twilight Struggle
#5: Tigris and Euphrates
#6: Dominion
#7: El Grande
#8: Caylus
#9: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilisation
#10: Race for the Galaxy
I own and have played all 10. Hooray!
Cheers!
I still haven't played any of these. The most interesting one to me is Twilight Struggle. I'd definitely play that. I might end up playing Race some day, as a friend has it. Generally, though, these aren't the droids I'm looking for.
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#1: Agricola - not played, don't own
#2: Puerto Rico - not played, own
#3: Power Grid - played & owned
#4: Twilight Struggle - not played, don't own
#5: Tigris and Euphrates - played & own
#6: El Grande - not played, don't own
#7: Caylus - not played, don't own
#8: Race for the Galaxy - played & owned
#9: The Princes of Florence - not played, don't own
#10: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization - not played, don't own
SO I own 4 and have played 3. Of the ones that I haven't played or own only Agricola & Twilight Struggle interest me.
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Top 10 as of today (14 Jan 2009):
#1: Agricola - Played and own
#2: Puerto Rico - Played and own
#3: Power Grid - Played and own
#4: Twilight Struggle - Want to play
#5: Tigris and Euphrates - Want to play
#6: Dominion - Play and own
#7: El Grande - Want to play
#8: Caylus - Want to play
#9: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilisation - Played and own
#10: Race for the Galaxy - Played and own
So I got 6 of these 10.
Through the Ages is my newest game, and it has been a lot of fun so far.
Between me and my roommate, we own Race for the Galaxy (including the expansion) and Tigris and Euphrates. I like both games, but I like RftG a lot more; it plays faster, and more importantly, I usually win.
I'm 0-3 in T&E. At least you get to attack people in Tigris and Euphrates. Unfortunately, I've only played in two player games of it though.
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