The NEW New Boardgames Thread

[Syt]

Because I have no impulse control I ordered: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356080/the-elder-scrolls-betrayal-of-the-second-era

It's on backorder, but should arrive "soon"(TM)

[Solmyr]

Because I have no impulse control I ordered: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356080/the-elder-scrolls-betrayal-of-the-second-era

It's on backorder, but should arrive "soon"(TM)

As punishment for lack of impulse control you must post a full review here.

[Syt]

Will try I was looking for a solo hexcrawl RPG that would scratch a similar itch to exploring in Elder Scrolls games (and I think D100 Dungeons with its World Builder expansion will provide a solid basis for that) when I came across this. It looks like they also have a bunch of expansions planned for next year.

[Darth Wagtaros]

We had taken a break from Gloomhaven and played a bit of My City, another Legacy style game and some Everdell, which is a fun game.

[bogh]

I recently played Hegemony which was fun - bit like my pol sci degree stuffed into a game. I want to try it soon again.

As a Christmas present for myself, I ordered Burning Banners which looks fun.

Anyone tried either?

Beyond that I've played way too much PoG on RTT.

[Tamas]

Burning banners is surprisingly fun in terms of all the spells and such offering tactical options despite the game being pretty light - don't bother with limiting yourself to the basic rules if you have played any other modern boardgame really, although I guess they would be good with kids. Gorgeous looking components, too.

[bogh]

Yeah, I played a little with my 10 year old yesterday and it worked well. He's pretty savvy though, so we'll definitely go advanced game next time.

I like the Warlords II meets AD&D 2. edition vibe that surrounds it.

[Tamas]

I like the Warlords II meets AD&D 2. edition vibe that surrounds it.

That's a pretty good way to put it.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Playing My Island now.

[Habbaku]

Burning banners is surprisingly fun in terms of all the spells and such offering tactical options despite the game being pretty light - don't bother with limiting yourself to the basic rules if you have played any other modern boardgame really, although I guess they would be good with kids. Gorgeous looking components, too.

Yeah, Burning Banners is a lot of fun. The dream of a 6-player mega-campaign is there, but it's probably more realistic to just do a 2-player of that with both controlling all factions of their side.

[Tamas]

Yeah to be fair I don't think it'd be THAT fun as a multiplayer game. Seems to me like eliminating factions is a core strategy in the big campaign.