Great Board Games - Recommendations and Discussion

[chuckleslovakian]

Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

Yeah, only played bohnanza once (it's bean field one, right?) but I liked it a lot

there is also a card game with cards 1-38...on your turn you either take the top card or you put a chip on it....anybody know name of that game?

No Thanks

A pretty fun light game

[Nicholasp27]

yeah, no thanks

i like that game; will prolly run it on POG at some point

[Kevin8423]

Has anyone that has dominion or a similar game with cards put everything in sleeves to protect the cards? I'm thinking if I play it a bunch certain cards will end up more worn than others, and it gets worse if I get an expansion at some point.

I don't really like the really cheap thin ones though, and getting 500 dragon shield/ultra pro seems like it will cost as much as a whole new game.

[norseman1066]

9 Navies War by Dicision Games is a great Strat game but it's also a good 'Beer and Pretzels' game as well. Simple gameplay coupled with long range planning keeps it interesting. Also the nature of the game is random each turn with different ports being activated in a random sequence every turn keeps the replayability of this game high.

Combat is resolved somewhat like Risk but a 6=Hit and 5=Disabled (go back to port)

Hypothetical WW I BattleShip Combat game (Germans knock the French out of the war and capture some of the French Fleet . Italy stays in the CP and is joined by Spain and Greece) Just played a full campaign Game on Saturday at the Toronto Area Board Game Society [TABSCon] and had a blast. It's a lite wargame so it should not scare off the Euro-gamer crowd. Highly recommend it for a 2 player game.

[Pyromaniac]

Originally Posted by Kevin8423

Has anyone that has dominion or a similar game with cards put everything in sleeves to protect the cards? I'm thinking if I play it a bunch certain cards will end up more worn than others, and it gets worse if I get an expansion at some point.

I don't really like the really cheap thin ones though, and getting 500 dragon shield/ultra pro seems like it will cost as much as a whole new game.

I hate the thought of sleeving.

on the other hand, dominion (from what I understand - haven't played but about to buy it, I think) has you shuffling your cards all the time. and there are some cards that you'll use all the time, and some that you won't, so the uneven wear issue seems like a specific issue here?

My preference would be to play unsleeved and then, if they get worn enough that it's an issue, to buy sleeves with an opaque back. I don't know the availability of those, though, given the sizing issues.

I'm also open to the playing-in-the-dark option

[Nicholasp27]

Originally Posted by Kevin8423

Has anyone that has dominion or a similar game with cards put everything in sleeves to protect the cards? I'm thinking if I play it a bunch certain cards will end up more worn than others, and it gets worse if I get an expansion at some point.

I don't really like the really cheap thin ones though, and getting 500 dragon shield/ultra pro seems like it will cost as much as a whole new game.

i haven't; it seems to me that it'd be annoying to have them in sleeves (disclaimer: i haven't tried this, so i could be wrong)

i do shuffle the money/victory point cards after each game so that the same top ones aren't used in people's "decks" every game, leading them to get worn while the other stay brand new...by shuffling them around, it takes more games for them to be worn and it'll be more even


i figure if i play enough that they get too worn, then i got my $30 worth from the game and can buy a replacement

[Zurvan]

I've played a couple games with sleeved cards, and it didn't bother me as much as I would have assumed. You get used to it really quickly.

For a $30 game, I'd probably just buy a replacement. For a bigger game that uses cards, you'd probably want them in sleeves so you're not paying $80 for a new board/pieces/etc just to get new cards

[Nicholasp27]

do sleeved cards slip and slide more than unsleeved?

[Zurvan]

I didn't notice a problem with it, but I wasn't playing a card game; it was a board game with cards.

It's really bugging me that I can't remember what game it was. I remember holding the cards in sleeves and using them, but not what I was playing. Stupid memory

[Pyromaniac]

Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

do sleeved cards slip and slide more than unsleeved?

interesting thing I learned, browsing the discussion on BGG about this - apparently the standard shuffle for CCG players is to

1) cut the deck in two
2) put the halves side-by-side *lengthwise* - long ends
3) push the halves into each other
4) (repeat)

so the opposite of a poker shuffle, which merges the halves on the short ends.

or, exactly like a one-handed chip stack shuffle.

& the sleeves make this *easier* to do.

I'm still a fan of holding the actual cards, but I might try sleeving something, just to see.

[Nicholasp27]

i'm not talking about shuffling

i'm talking about the piles of cards....u have a lot of them in dominion and would suck if they slipped and slid a lot

[clowntable]

Yeah I want to sleeve all my Illuminati and Arkham Horror cards and laminate the role cards for Arkham
Unfortunately the Arkham cards are in lotastic sizes so it'll take some searching

I used to have my Magic cards sleved, didn't mind the feel etc at all

[kailong]

Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

i'm not talking about shuffling

i'm talking about the piles of cards....u have a lot of them in dominion and would suck if they slipped and slid a lot

They seem to always do this anyway, even without sleeves. OTOH, I play Race for the Galaxy with sleeves and it works just fine. In fact, I like the feel slightly more.

[kailong]

My favorites are:

Dominion. Great game with excellent replay value. The amount of different variations create new dynamics all the time, giving the game a fresh twist every time you play. I haven't played Seaside yet, but it looks awesome!

Carcossonne. Just got this, but it's lots of fun so far. I'm actually thinking about getting an expansion soon, but am not sure which to get. Any recommendations?

Race for the Galaxy. Great game. My biggest complaint is that there is much less interaction with other players than in other games, but it's still really fun.

Settlers of the Stone Age. I like the original Catan too, but I dig the way things progress more in Stone Age. Haven't played any of the others.

[Nicholasp27]

Seaside really is awesome. Adds a whole new level to the already great game.