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<blockquote data-quote="Nytmare" data-source="post: 7649978" data-attributes="member: 55178"><p>Either go buy a copy of Eclipse right now, or come to my house for board games this Friday. I love that freaking game.</p><p></p><p>Before I try listing my top 10, I'm going to nitpick yours, because, as you pointed out, this IS the internet.</p><p></p><p><strong>Galaxy Trucker </strong>and <strong>Space Alert </strong>are the last two Vlaada Chvatil games I bought before I swore to never buy any of Vlaada Chavtil's games ever again. I love the concepts, the games look great, the idea is super exciting, and when it comes down to playing them, I feel like a fish that jumped out of his tank and is now sitting, stupidly gasping at the world through dying, glassy eyes, waiting for it all to end. I think that the majority of it boils down to not enjoying games where the climax of the action is sitting back, watching things go wrong without having any real choices or input left. For me <strong>Robo Rally </strong>does not suffer this same fate because it's a long string of plans and disasters.</p><p></p><p><strong>Netrunner </strong>is a game I've tried to play several times, over the course of nearly a decade and a half, and it has never (and I think I use this word every time I try to describe it) "sparked" anything in me. It was fine, but as far as card games go it's pretty far down the list, and one I've never bothered to buy cards for.</p><p></p><p><strong>Battlestar Galactica </strong>used to be pretty high up my list, but for the mechanic that attracted me to it, (the traitor game in board game setting) there were eventually more games that I think captured it better for me (see <strong>The Resistance</strong>).</p><p></p><p>As for my opinions regarding <strong>Race for the Galaxy</strong>, please see my handy strategy guide: <a href="http://pmw.org/nytmare/RFTG/" target="_blank">http://pmw.org/nytmare/RFTG/</a> </p><p></p><p>So, in looking over at my game shelves, my top 10 Sci-Fi board Games (circa 2013 and based almost entirely off of what I've been willing to spend money on and how frequently my various gaming group(s) play them) would be:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"> 10 - Battletech/X-wing</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">9 - Robo Rally/Ricochet Robots</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">8 - Neuroshima Hex</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">7 - Android</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">6 - Nexus Ops</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">5 - King of Tokyo</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">4 - Eminent Domain</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">3 - Core Worlds</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">2 - Eclipse</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">1 - The Resistance</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nytmare, post: 7649978, member: 55178"] Either go buy a copy of Eclipse right now, or come to my house for board games this Friday. I love that freaking game. Before I try listing my top 10, I'm going to nitpick yours, because, as you pointed out, this IS the internet. [B]Galaxy Trucker [/B]and [B]Space Alert [/B]are the last two Vlaada Chvatil games I bought before I swore to never buy any of Vlaada Chavtil's games ever again. I love the concepts, the games look great, the idea is super exciting, and when it comes down to playing them, I feel like a fish that jumped out of his tank and is now sitting, stupidly gasping at the world through dying, glassy eyes, waiting for it all to end. I think that the majority of it boils down to not enjoying games where the climax of the action is sitting back, watching things go wrong without having any real choices or input left. For me [B]Robo Rally [/B]does not suffer this same fate because it's a long string of plans and disasters. [B]Netrunner [/B]is a game I've tried to play several times, over the course of nearly a decade and a half, and it has never (and I think I use this word every time I try to describe it) "sparked" anything in me. It was fine, but as far as card games go it's pretty far down the list, and one I've never bothered to buy cards for. [B]Battlestar Galactica [/B]used to be pretty high up my list, but for the mechanic that attracted me to it, (the traitor game in board game setting) there were eventually more games that I think captured it better for me (see [B]The Resistance[/B]). As for my opinions regarding [B]Race for the Galaxy[/B], please see my handy strategy guide: [url]http://pmw.org/nytmare/RFTG/[/url] So, in looking over at my game shelves, my top 10 Sci-Fi board Games (circa 2013 and based almost entirely off of what I've been willing to spend money on and how frequently my various gaming group(s) play them) would be: [INDENT] 10 - Battletech/X-wing 9 - Robo Rally/Ricochet Robots 8 - Neuroshima Hex 7 - Android 6 - Nexus Ops 5 - King of Tokyo 4 - Eminent Domain 3 - Core Worlds 2 - Eclipse 1 - The Resistance [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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