I am looking for an app to track my sessions! Can you guys recommend one?

Has anyone been able to beat this level? We never encountered such a challenge in this game. It feels very luck based. Our strategy which got us the closest is with the synchronisation power.

How were you able to beat this level?

Do you have a favorite list of YouTube channels, web sites, or other online resources to check on a game before you decide to buy it?

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Looked so dumb!!! It was so embarrassing!!

We played a game at a board game bar near us with friends and it was so fun! But we’ve been unable to remember (or find with endless searches) the name of it.

Someone is being asked questions (can’t remember the exact format) but while the questions are being asked the other players try to distract/interfere/interrupt you by saying things (again, don’t remember the exact format). Lots of laughs, lots of fun. Do you know it?

Thanks!!

Saw this game in a TV show and can’t figure out what it is. It kind of looks like solo solitaire, but different at the same time, and they kept adding balls to it. Any ideas?

After a long search and finally coming across a FFG copy, this sat on my shelf for a few mo the. Had an old buddy over for catching up and a game. After a long commiserating about..... stuff...... he looked at the shelf and said, "What's Samurai?"

Pulled it out, learned the rules in, I dunno, two minutes from the rulebook and played a game in like 30 minutes.

Absolutely fantastic balancing act. Can't wait to play with three or four. Big T&E fan, huge Blue Lagoon fan.

I do have Babylonia but I definitely didn't come away with the same feeling as I did playing this tonight.

I have a curious question about one specific board game my mum (who lives in Austria) has. It's in German and it's sort of like Monopoly, but is about trucking (with tiny light truck toys and cards), and its box says that it was a game of the year 1987 (probably a nominee or winner). It's solely about trucking, with the theme taking place all over Europe. Its name is a two-word name, starting with a "Der" (or "Das", IIRC), plus its box art shows multiple lorries from the 1980s. Does anyone here knows what is it called?

My spouse and I love love love Botany! We picked it up for my birthday and have absolutely loved it! The theme is fun for me because I love plants but the game play is really fun! We’re looking for similar games, suggestions welcome 😊

This company seems to pop up a lot at conventions, with a lot of games I’ve never heard of. Is anyone familiar with them or any of their games? Coverage of their games online seems pretty sparse so I couldn’t find much about them outside of their website

I’m about to start this game and usually I only play this type of games once so I want to make this the best experience possible

I’ve talked to a few people and some of them say the game doesn’t ramp up difficulty, the by the middle-end of the game you’ve leveled up a lot and most if not all tests seem way too easy, even in legendary mode

Does anyone think the same? Do you have any suggestions/ house rules to make the game more challenging? I don’t want it to be impossible but I also don’t want to feel like I’m overpowered and I’m just cruising by the game

Hey y’all! Let’s explore The Board Game Archives! https://youtu.be/z6g46VCajrs

Years and years ago my grandparents used to go to Bowling Green, FL every winter and brought home this game Alleys. We’ve since inherited her board but we can’t find the rules anywhere. I know they were similar to Sorry but does anybody have a set handy?? We always played with about a deck and half of cards (not dice).

Hello. This might be a roundabout way of getting this information, but I hope someone knows about this. I placed an order for Vast TMM in a local retailer in my country a while ago, and by a while I mean June.

Now, let me preface this by saying that the retailer is trustworthy, very professional and they have regularly sent emails giving updates on the order, mainly indicating that they are still waiting for their suppliers to restock the product. I have conducted business with them many times over the years with cheap and expensive orders of different sizes with no issue, so I know there is no ill intent here.

I'm in no rush to get this game in particular (you probably guessed that when I said the order was made in June) and my playgroup has many games available to play, but given the massive delay I started to wonder if the game actually stopped being printed or supplied to european retailers. The leder Games website indicates the game is still being sold in the US, but for Europe it has a "Notify when available" warning.

Since the store I place the order in can only indicate that they are waiting for their suppliers to restock, I was wondering if anyone here knows if my best option is to cancel the order and try the second hand market or if there's still a logistic chain providing new copies to European retailers and it all might still get resolved.

Thank You.

Interested in exploring new games and wondering what people will recommend.

I'm hosting a game night. A rather large one; 50 people. What is a good, yet simple ice breaker game I could have folks play (that won't take up too much time) before they break into groups to play board games?

I just got this dice roller baseball game.

I'm thinking if each player/team had a 3rd dice of a different color and whenever you roll a six, then your up-to-bat hitter gets a +1 or -1 to their hit (whichever is more beneficial/strategic) to help mitigate the dice rolls a bit. This also thematically helps, since teams have players who are much better hitters than others on their same team.

Thoughts?

Other suggestions?

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I'm doing a tournament with my friends. Each of us will choose a game and then we'll play and score based on placement. What are a good scoring? I was thinking on 6-3-1-0. Any thoughts?

Kia ora Koutou r/boardgames

I'm Jarrod Carmichael, but most people not named "Me Mum" call me J.

You might know me from a few places, but I suspect the main one will be the 3 minute board games review channel on you tube.

My first game, Red Dust Rebellion recently released and people seem to be enjoying it. It's a big epic counter insurgency game set on Mars.

My 2nd game is Shadow Moon Syndicates, an area control and card manipulation game with some really unique visuals, it is currently on kickstarter and you can find out more about that campaign https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arkusgames/shadow-moon-syndicates?ref=18kndw

I also have a book coming out with Page Street Publishing next year called "101 board games to try before you die"

I'll be answering questions starting at 11am NZ Time, which is 6pm EST and 10pm GMT. I'll be around for at least 2 hours after that.

And yes, that means it's Saturday morning here in New Zealand.

It's a me.

Alrighty folks, time to take my wee girl to the park so she can have a play on the swings. If you can, take a look at the campaign for my game, Shadow Moon Syndicates. I'm really proud of this design and what it brings to the table. It's quite unlike anything else out there right now. So if you want a game that isn't just the same worker placement/set collection tropes done over again. I think its a special game. Cheers all, and thanks for having me.

Shadow Moon Kikcstarter

Interested to understand how many people have a clear lifestyle game/game group favorite or if you spread plays out across top games.

Please exclude online plays if you can!

The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine (2019) - 7.8 BGG

The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (2021) - 8.1. BGG

I'm thinking about getting my parents another board or card game to add to their collection for Christmas. Something maybe more on the niche side cause they have all the big ones (Monopoly, Scattegories, Trivial Pursuit, Clue, etc.)

They like games they can play when the whole family is over. There is 8 of us altogether. What are some fun games that don't get old fast?

All suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!

Every week there is a new game out on gamefound, the hotness is always changing, a new game might emerge in the BGG top 100, there might be a con/fair coming up, some board game company acquires some other company, there is drama about fulfilment for an anticipated game, etc. Are there any podcasts out there that update board gamers of these sort of things?

For the Ludus card in the 3rd age. (or any yellow card for that matter)

When you play it you get 3 gold and 1 point for every military (red0 card.

The points are counted at the end so adding more red cards after playing Ludus gets more pints.

My question is should you get more gold every time you play another red card?

This has that similar watercolor style Awakened Realms used in Dragon Eclipse which is often used to mask ai art, which they confirmed they used in that game.

I'm not here to discuss if you think ai art isn't that bad, I am here to discuss whether or not this game uses it.

Was looking through my models on Fusion360 and noticed i had tried to make a modular component holder a year or so ago but never shared it.

Thought you guys might enjoy it, so made some changes (and added a curved version) and here it is.

Any number of parts can be printed, and because of the way the connection is made, you can pick the intire holder you make by lifting just the right most piece.

Links to the stls:

MakerWorld - https://makerworld.com/en/models/769482

Printables - https://www.printables.com/model/1066610-modular-card-component-holder-for-board-games

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For instance, Splendor Duel is great but the card artwork is abysmal, imo.