Board Gamers, show us your loot! (8 Viewers)

[Legend5555]

I'm pretty burned out on board games these days. Still love to play then as often as I can. But I've only made maybe 3-4 purchases in the last 1.5-2 years. The market is oversaturated and so many games just feel like other games. It's hard for me to get excited about yet another worker placment game, or another dungeon co-op, or another deck builder.

 

[Poker Zombie]

I'm pretty burned out on board games these days. Still love to play then as often as I can. But I've only made maybe 3-4 purchases in the last 1.5-2 years. The market is oversaturated and so many games just feel like other games. It's hard for me to get excited about yet another worker placment game, or another dungeon co-op, or another deck builder.

The game designer that Mrs Zombie worked for claimed that there are only 6 or 7 different board games once you boil them down.

That said, it is fun to occasionally get a new flavor, even if it's the same thing. Kind of like playing Circus Games vs holdem. There may be some different thought process involved, but it's still basically poker, which is essentially a partial knowledge/bluffing game.

 

[FDLmold]

I'm pretty burned out on board games these days. Still love to play then as often as I can. But I've only made maybe 3-4 purchases in the last 1.5-2 years. The market is oversaturated and so many games just feel like other games. It's hard for me to get excited about yet another worker placment game, or another dungeon co-op, or another deck builder.

The market is saturated with mediocre games. For sure! I don't buy many new games either. But any day of the week I'd play the games I own that I rate a 10/10, like Food Chain Magnate or Dungeon Petz or Twilight Struggle. I never get tired of those. But I did get tired of buying new games.

I did take a flyer on this one though last year on Kickstarter. Delivery should be by the end of the year. It looked new enough and quality enough and innovative enough that I thought I'd try it.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/three-headed-monster/beyond-humanity-colonies/description

 

[Legend5555]

The market is saturated with mediocre games. For sure! I don't buy many new games either. But any day of the week I'd play the games I own that I rate a 10/10, like Food Chain Magnate or Dungeon Petz or Twilight Struggle. I never get tired of those. But I did get tired of buying new games.

I did take a flyer on this one though last year on Kickstarter. Delivery should be by the end of the year. It looked new enough and quality enough and innovative enough that I thought I'd try it.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/three-headed-monster/beyond-humanity-colonies/description

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I put in a pre order for Lost Ruins of Arnak mostly because I like the theme, def not because it's very original.

And I Kickstarted the expansion for Grand Austria Hotel because it's one of my favorite games.

But I'm perfectly happy just playing Trickerion, Glory to Rome, or Castles of Burgundy forever along with a few other games.

 

[Amish Rabbi]

I'm simple, a new 18xx game comes out and I figure out how to buy it

 

[Chester Copperpot]

This arrived a couple of weeks ago. My friend bought a copy and opened his, so I’ll keep this sealed.

 

[FDLmold]

I'm simple, a new 18xx game comes out and I figure out how to buy it

That's expensive, so I let my 18xx completionist friends do all the buying. I just play.

 

[Amish Rabbi]

That's expensive, so I let my 18xx completionist friends do all the buying. I just play.

Luckily I get to write them off

 

[Amish Rabbi]

And I published another game! Yay

http://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/880982170/18-los-angeles

 

[OneBrow]

And I published another game! Yay

http://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/880982170/18-los-angeles

Congrats. I might be picking that one up.

 

[raynmanas]

And I published another game! Yay

http://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/880982170/18-los-angeles

Tony??

 

[Amish Rabbi]

Tony??

No I’m just publishing a physical copy for him

 

[raynmanas]

No I’m just publishing a physical copy for him

very cool.

hey this seems like a good thread to offer if we have enough 18xxers on here, i would love to play a game with you all on 18xx.games. let me know here and if we can get 3-5 i'll set up a PCF game for us via PM.

from what i can see in this thread, that might be:

@FDLmold
@madforpancakes
@Amish Rabbi
@physics squirrel

 

[Amish Rabbi]

yea I would be in for that

 

[OneBrow]

Count me in. I'm EricHogue on 18xx.games. I can move several times a day, most days.

 

[Legend5555]

Just picked up Beyond the Sun this week. Hoping to test drive it tonight with the wife.

 

[FDLmold]

I picked up Imperial Struggle. If anybody wants to Vassal PBEM a match, just holler.

 

[Amish Rabbi]

i accidentally won a copy of that in an auction as well. assumed I would get outbid and didnt

 

[Josh Kifer]

I just picked up "The Kings Dilemma". Looks like a fantastic game....

 

[FDLmold]

15-20 years ago, I could keep track of almost all significant board game releases. 10 years ago it started to get where I could not do that casually. Now it's a full time job, and I already have one of those. So I have to go look up The Kings Dilemma now.

 

[Josh Kifer]

15-20 years ago, I could keep track of almost all significant board game releases. 10 years ago it started to get where I could not do that casually. Now it's a full time job, and I already have one of those. So I have to go look up The Kings Dilemma now.

 

[Amish Rabbi]

I use a couple blogs and game groups to filter that games Im interested in out of the rest lol

 

[raynmanas]

very cool.

hey this seems like a good thread to offer if we have enough 18xxers on here, i would love to play a game with you all on 18xx.games. let me know here and if we can get 3-5 i'll set up a PCF game for us via PM.

from what i can see in this thread, that might be:

@FDLmold
@madforpancakes
@Amish Rabbi
@physics squirrel

This thread being bumped made me realize I never followed up on this. I still play on 18xx.games every day, so happy to set one up if you guys are still interested. Let me know your usernames.

 

[FDLmold]

Heavy Cardboard all the way! T.K.D. looks great if you can have the same 5 people meet to play through the legacy consistently.

 

[One Eyed Dollar]

My wife destroyed us at Scooby Doo Monopoly the other day:

I have SO many games in the house. Why do my kids like Monopoly so much??

 

[Amish Rabbi]

Get monopoly out of the house

 

[Chester Copperpot]

A remake of Hero Quest is in the works: https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system

I think I need this.

 

[Josh Kifer]

A remake of Hero Quest is in the works: https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system

I think I need this.

Oh man. When I was a kid, I used to play with the figured and dungeon all the time. Never played the game, just had my own great time.

 

[FDLmold]

A remake of Hero Quest is in the works: https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system

I think I need this.

It's been years, but some tool bag in Spain tried to make a 25th anniversary Heroquest from scratch. There were weird copyright shenanigans, and people still gave the guy hundreds of thousands of dollars. Last I heard there was still no game.

 

[One Eyed Dollar]

(Gotta post it anytime Heroquest comes up!)