What kinds of games do you like, and why?

Horwath said:

Twilight Imperium 4E,
nothing like 10hrs long single game.

other BG when we do not have time for TI:
ST:Ascendancy, Eclipse2E, Unfathomable, Heat, Clank

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There is a local group that plays TI every Saturday… twice. They have a once a year weekend tournament.

payn said:

There is a local group that plays TI every Saturday… twice. They have a once a year weekend tournament.

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OK... how do you play TI twice in one day?
I mean, we did had one 4player game that was over in 4hrs, but that is once in like 50 or so games...

Horwath said:

OK... how do you play TI twice in one day?
I mean, we did had one 4player game that was over in 4hrs, but that is once in like 50 or so games...

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Dont know. I just look on from my battletech games in awe as they are like a surgical team.

payn said:

Dont know. I just look on from my battletech games in awe as they are like a surgical team.

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that is nice.
we debate transaction like a defunct UN. So like a regular UN.

I like games where I don't have to think, and preferably ones we've played often enough that we don't have to look up the rules.

Favourites include Celestia, Escape from Atlantis, Jamaica and Carcasonne.

Dioltach said:

Carcasonne.

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This is my favorite BSing game. You don't have to read cards or anything like that. just place your tile, drink your beer, and tell war stories.

What kinds of games do you like, and why?​

Drinking games followed by strip poker. Why? I think it speaks for itself.

Reynard said:

You don't have to read cards or anything like that.

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I couldn't stand those games. 2AM, hammered out of my mind. I'd get roped into a game of hearts, or spades, that sucked. Now I'm holding 1/4 of the deck, trying to smoke a cigarette, drink a beer and look after my cards. ICR which game but on some you had partners and had to make books. I can't even look after myself let alone communicate to another human being to try and beat two other people in a game of cards, which by now is 4AM. The 90's were good times...

Reynard said:

Note: this is in Geek Media because I am interested in folks' preferences beyond RPGs. This thread is about RPGs, but also board games and card games and video games and all the genres and sub genres within those media.

So what sort of games do you like? Not just medium wise, but genre and subgenre wise? What about those are appealing to you?

For example, I love deckbuilders. Not Magic or whatever, but Clank! or Slay the Spire or whatever. I really like the process of picking cards and building your deck over the course of each play. I am not interested at in "the meta" or other prep or mastery based deck games. I like the ephemeral nature of building a deck in play and making it work for you.

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I like all sorts of games, from games using a standard deck of cards, to trading card games, to video games, to board games, and on to RPGs.

I agree about deckbuilding games. Lost Ruins of Arnak and Dune Imperium are other good deckbuilding games. I also like worker placement games, so those two also hit that note as well.

Video Games
<--- My avatar is a pretty obvious clue that I like JRPGs the most, especially Final Fantasy and its many, many clones. But I like all RPGs...from the grim and gritty ones like Dark Souls, to the pop-fantasy ones like Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age, and The Elder Scrolls, to cute and cozy ones like Stardew Valley.

But it's not all RPGs, all the time. Lately I've been getting into roguelikes, action platformers, and deckbuilders from smaller indie publishers...games like Slay the Spire by Mega Crit, Hollow Knight by Team Cherry, Don't Starve by Klei Entertainment, Hades and Bastion by Supergiant, I could go on.

(And as a side note, I don't consider Visual Novels and Interactive Novels to be "games," even if they are frequently sold on Steam. Even so, I read a lot of them...especially the ones that have multiple endings, twists, and fun mini-games.)

Board Games
When we have company over, and they don't want to play RPGs, we usually reach for one of the dozens of board games/card games on our shelf. Dozens, plural...far too many to list here. Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Splendor, Dominion, Scythe, FLUX, Exploding Kittens, seriously we have so many.

CCGs
Okay, here is where my library is the weakest. I only play one collectible card game, Magic: the Gathering. But I play a lot of it. I have thousands of cards and dozens of decks that I've built over the last 30 years, including some very expensive cards that I got as gifts (and they have only appreciated in value). My favorite deck at the moment is an artifact lock-and-burn, but I also really enjoy my blue-white indestructible illusion deck. Or my blue-green merfolk stomp deck. Or my scarecrow commander deck. Or my "hot chomp" mono-red vampire deck. Or...