The NEW New Boardgames Thread

[PRC]

More Gloomhaven with my friends today. I should feel guilty to have fallen into the BGG hype machine but god, I love this game. 

Haven't played but have seen a lot of the hype there.  Really that good eh?

[celedhring]

More Gloomhaven with my friends today. I should feel guilty to have fallen into the BGG hype machine but god, I love this game. 

Haven't played but have seen a lot of the hype there.  Really that good eh?

It takes your ameritrash dungeon crawler and replaces dice-chucking with a pretty deep card-based combat system. I love all the decision-making involved.

[Oexmelin]

How long does a game generally last?

[celedhring]

How long does a game generally last?

3 hours with four players is our average for playing one scenario. Lower player count makes for shorter games.

Base game has 100 scenarios, with a multi-branching campaign with side questlines and such. It's practically impossible to finish the game unless you play it obsessively.

There's a shorter campaign that the author released for the second KS (10 scenarios, much more manageable), and he's releasing another one this year (all downloadable for free).

[Kleves]

I'm definitely tempted by Gloomhaven. Is there much/any role playing outside of combat?

[Tamas]

I am definitely more interested in it now with Celed's recommendation. The thing with BGG hype is that more often than not its the autistic-spectrum drooling over some OCD-fest

[celedhring]

I'm definitely tempted by Gloomhaven. Is there much/any role playing outside of combat?

No. You have encounter decks which pose some choices, and the campaign has a degree of choice&consequence since it has different branches, but 90% of the game is just going into dungeons to kill stuff. It's just really good at that.

There's lots of lore & story though.

[mongers]

Yesterday had a wander around a waterstones bookshop, lots of boardgames in there, including re-issues of 'Escape from Colditz'


Not so keep on the price tag of $70. 

[Delirium]

I have fallen for the died-down hype of Scythe and really enjoy it after four completed games. It's bordering on too abstract euro but gets away with it for two reasons, one, it allows for a lot of conflict for those who want it (we do) and two, a game can be completed in less than 2,5 hours but it really feels like more than that, in a good way.

Thumbs up from me.

[Habbaku]

John Company is out and looks spectacular. Hopefully a Vassal module is developed soon.

[Habbaku]

Five others and I played Charterstone for the first time tonight. It's a legacy game, but a worker-placement Euro with a story behind it. Surprisingly, it's actually very, very good. The game isn't really ultra-competitive in the vein of the players trying to win each individual game (though they gain bonuses for doing so), but instead encourages people to build long-term and go for the campaign victory.

It's a good way to burn an hour and has some intriguing innovations on worker-placement from what I've seen so far. The mystery element of opening new boxes/cards is sure to keep pulling me in as well.

[Tamas]

worker-placement 

et tu, Habbaku 

[Habbaku]

Shh, I'm trying to bait Seedy into returning.

[Tamas]

John Company is out and looks spectacular. Hopefully a Vassal module is developed soon.

I gave this a bit of a learning try via Tabletop Simulator as I was really curious. I think if all players are well knowledgeable on how to win and can appreciate the theme, then its nice. Otherwise, I am not sure.

[Habbaku]

I wouldn't want to play a game where the players weren't knowledgeable on how to win.