carlsson Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 So after the International Board Game Day on June 3rd (it always happens on the first Saturday of June, I've been told), I got inspiration to buy a few games. I happened to find that a reseller over here was having a clearance sale on some of their slightly older games (some as new as released in 2022) so I picked up three for a combined discount of about 50%. M.U.L.E. is the one that I'm most excited about, being a big fan of the original video game for Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64. I understand the board game is not exactly like the video game but it should be a decent variant. Spelet om Allsvenskan is a Swedish football game released last year by a friend of mine who spent a good couple of years trying to come up with a mechanic that would work for shorter games, easy enough for sports fans not into board games but at the same time exciting enough for board gamers not into sports. It got mixed reviews on BGG, and what is striking is that there seems to be a whole crop of football based board games lately, coming from a history of barely no games in that topic before. Monolith Arena, I know nothing about except it got a high ranking and was greatly discounted. Looks like another of those hexagon tile games, should probably be fun once you read the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 M.U.L.E. is great! Incredibly good rendition of the video game - not perfectly faithful, but given the change in medium, I really enjoyed it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 And it was only $10 brand new + shipping! Other places are still selling it for $45 so I was pleasantly surprised by this clearance sale. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Happy to find this place Just grabbed the upgrade kit for this - already have all the expansions! https://gamefound.com/projects/gf9/firefly-the-game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Time to play some MACHI KORO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Now for some WINGSPAN! (base game, then European birds, then Oceania! We haven't gotten the Asia one yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Zombicide: Undead or Alive The whole damn undead horde are after us! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 The Great Horned Owl ate my favorite bird - the nuthatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Two matches - won the first 71-54, second we tied at 73 (I won by virtue of having the most unused food, but we just call it a tie whenever there's a tie). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayler Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 16 hours ago, Cebus Capucinis said: Now for some WINGSPAN! (base game, then European birds, then Oceania! We haven't gotten the Asia one yet). Nice! I've been meaning to get this one for a long time (+ the european birds for familiar fauna). My wife and I started bird watching a few years back and this would be a great companion to the real world activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 It's great. We love just having a good time collecting the birds we want vs. actually trying to win the game. I've played it with a huge spectrum of friends, everywhere from the "game breaking for maximum points is fun" hardcore math players to the "ooh pretty colors" casuals and everyone, even with that mix, has a good time with it. It's one of the few games I can actually just not take seriously and just have fun along the journey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Just got back from a few hours playing Zombicide: Washington ZC Its a Legacy campaign version of Zombicide - a lot of fun. We did the first two missions. [EDIT] no idea whats happening to the images. Re-uploaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayler Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Had my yearly excursion with friends to a cabin in the coast of the Baltic Sea this weekend. A lot of board games involved as usual. Late evenings were spent with party games for the dulled faculties and day time activities involved with more thought consuming affairs. We played: Sleepy time Codenames: Always excellent fun and so tense to sometimes be the one to give clues and see that you have given one that could be linked to the death word. Anomia: This was a new one for me. It's a tense, quick thinking shouting match with a lot of brain freeze moments (at least for me). Was fun for the occasion, don't know how well it would go down unliquidated. King of Tokyo: We played a few vanilla games the first evening and then later few rounds with some expansions thrown in. The evolutions turn the game in to a quicker death match with points being somewhat useless. Moska: The greatest game to be played with a deck of cards for 3-7 players. Everyone is involved every turn in this game of shedding cards. Allows for strategic combos when your cards are aligned just right. Day time Neom: I really like this tile laying Sim City in-a-box game, all though the disasters could have been implemented differently or thrown out completely. San Juan: Also a favorite in our group. Relaxing city building with just a deck of cards. There was the usual sauna, grill and darts also. And a whole lot of beverages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centauro Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 16 hours ago, Wayler said: Tive minha excursão anual com os amigos a uma cabana na costa do Mar Báltico neste fim de semana. Muitos jogos de tabuleiro envolvidos, como de costume. As noites tardias eram passadas com jogos de festa para as faculdades embotadas e atividades diurnas envolvidas em assuntos mais consumidos pelo pensamento. Nós jogamos: Hora de dormir Nomes de código: Sempre excelente diversão e tão tenso, às vezes, ser o único a dar pistas e ver que você deu uma que poderia estar ligada à palavra da morte. Anomia: Este foi um novo para mim. É uma partida tensa e rápida de gritar com muitos momentos de congelamento do cérebro ( pelo menos para mim ). Foi divertido para a ocasião, não sei o quão bem isso seria sem liquidez. Rei de Tóquio: Jogamos alguns jogos de baunilha na primeira noite e depois algumas rodadas com algumas expansões. As evoluções transformam o jogo em uma partida de morte mais rápida, com pontos sendo um pouco inúteis. Moska: O melhor jogo a ser jogado com um baralho de cartas para 3-7 jogadores. Todo mundo está envolvido a cada passo neste jogo de cartas de baralho. Permite combos estratégicos quando seus cartões estão alinhados da maneira certa. Horário do dia Neom: Eu realmente gosto desse jogo de Sim City em uma caixa, apesar de os desastres terem sido implementados de maneira diferente ou jogados fora completamente. San Juan: Também é um favorito em nosso grupo. Relaxante edifício da cidade com apenas um baralho de cartas. Havia também a sauna, churrasqueira e dardos habituais. E muitas bebidas. Incredible! Board games are the best way to pass the time... Yesterday (Sunday) with friends, we played WAR, we started at 7pm and ended at dawn. After years without playing WAR it was as good as the first time. And there were some Magic the Gathering games too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 Friend of mine has invited me to a private gaming session at the end of September, which I look forward to. He is expecting exactly 8 players so we can play a number of 4 player games and rotate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 And the day is here! We're expecting to be 12 players in groups of 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) First set of games ongoing. Edited September 30, 2023 by carlsson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 Dune received four rounds, of which I didn't participate in either. The rest of us rounded off with Settlers of Catan and Roborally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I mostly play at boardgamearena.com. There I like playing Backgammon, Rommé and Solo, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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