The NEW New Boardgames Thread

[Tamas]

My hilarious humour aside, how we'd even do this then? Struggle around with Tabletop Simulator?

[Habbaku]

Mostly by using the 3rd edition's Vassal module instead. 

[Tamas]

BTW this guy made an absolutely excellent 3-part series teaching the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afMAknpZSbw

[Barrister]

Let's talk about Monopoly.

The kids wanted to play, so we sat down and started playing a six player game.

You know, Monopoly is not really a very good game, is it.  It's very very long - it took us most of the afternoon to play.  We had to keep focusing the kids attention back to the board (though they absolutely wanted to keep playing).  It's also incredibly dice-dependant.  I could tell my youngest kid was going to lose from the first half hour because he was never landing on any property he could buy.  And in a game with a lot of players it was really hard to get any colour sets, which dragged out play as well.

[Habbaku]

Did you play with the auctioning off of unpurchased properties?

Did you give cash out for Free Parking?

But yes. Monopoly is a horrid game, but people that talk about it being "very very long" typically do/don't do things that drag it out even further.

[Oexmelin]

Why did they want to play monopoly?

(Suggestions for family board game that can be played with 6: Ticket to Ride, Colt Express, Camel Up, Cash and Guns)

[Habbaku]

Why did they want to play monopoly?

(Suggestions for family board game that can be played with 6: Ticket to Ride, Colt Express, Camel Up, Cash and Guns)

All excellent examples, except TTR which only seats 5. 

[crazy canuck]

Recommend both Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan for playing with the kids.

 

[Barrister]

Did you play with the auctioning off of unpurchased properties?

Did you give cash out for Free Parking?

But yes. Monopoly is a horrid game, but people that talk about it being "very very long" typically do/don't do things that drag it out even further.

I managed to convince them NOT to put any fines or taxes under Free Parking, but wasn't able to convince them to auction off properties.

We had one of our players leave, so we decided to just auction of his properties - that did speed thing up a bit.

I dunno - the kids just said they wanted to play Monopoly.  Really should try them on Settlers of Catan.

[Habbaku]

Without auctions, you're practically guaranteeing the game lasts forever, even without the infusion of cash from Free Parking. If they want to do it again, try it with auctioning and see how quickly people go bust. 

I'm not sure I'd steer kids towards Settlers, but you'd know better whether they can handle the added intricacy of negotiating trade deals.

[Oexmelin]

All excellent examples, except TTR which only seats 5. 

I believe there's an expansion or two that allow for six players.

[crazy canuck]

Without auctions, you're practically guaranteeing the game lasts forever, even without the infusion of cash from Free Parking. If they want to do it again, try it with auctioning and see how quickly people go bust. 

I'm not sure I'd steer kids towards Settlers, but you'd know better whether they can handle the added intricacy of negotiating trade deals.

The trading mechanic in Settlers is pretty basic.  Even adults can get it. 

[Jacob]

... and if not, there's a kid's Settlers of Catan that's even simpler.

[The Brain]

Diplomacy. 

[crazy canuck]

Diplomacy. 

A game which requires backstabbing is not really a family friendly game.