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Re: Board Games

Post by pterrus » Tue Nov 23, 2021 3:47 pm

Not me, I am a nerd with infinite attention span for games. But like, from experience, most everyone else does not.

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Re: Board Games

Post by groff_enthusiast » Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:00 pm

Crunchums wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:13 pm i was unclear about the depth of my lack of understanding
what does it mean to "form a rectangle"?
heh. virgin.
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Re: Board Games

Post by Rylinks » Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:22 pm

Khaos wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 3:31 pm busting out your phone during board games or dinner? what are you, an animal?
sometimes the board games are bad

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Post by Khaos » Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:45 pm

sometimes the company is bad, rylinks :colbert:

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Re: Board Games

Post by Rylinks » Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:46 pm

you can't talk to people when they are spending 15 minutes to decide on their order placement in AGoT

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Post by pterrus » Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:00 pm

The last real board game I played was Battlestar Galactica. It wasn't even my idea, the host was like "fuck yeah, bring Battlestar let's go". I set it up and stuff, did a quick rules explanation for the 2 guys who needed it. I don't think it even took a single turn cycle before everyone was on side conversations, sharing videos on their phones, asking "whose turn is it", etc. It was a nightmare for a gamer like me, I didn't want to ruin the vibe but aggggggh

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Re: Board Games

Post by pterrus » Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:04 pm

I cannot comprehend inhabiting a mind where meme videos on youtube are more compelling than a full 5 player game of Battlestar in the middle of a worldwide live board game drought.

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Re: Board Games

Post by Khaos » Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:10 pm

Rylinks wrote:you can't talk to people when they are spending 15 minutes to decide on their order placement in AGoT
what are you doing playing 1v1 AGoT?

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Post by Khaos » Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:11 pm

pterrus wrote:The last real board game I played was Battlestar Galactica. It wasn't even my idea, the host was like "fuck yeah, bring Battlestar let's go". I set it up and stuff, did a quick rules explanation for the 2 guys who needed it. I don't think it even took a single turn cycle before everyone was on side conversations, sharing videos on their phones, asking "whose turn is it", etc. It was a nightmare for a gamer like me, I didn't want to ruin the vibe but aggggggh
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Re: Board Games

Post by Rylinks » Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:22 pm

Khaos wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:10 pm
Rylinks wrote:you can't talk to people when they are spending 15 minutes to decide on their order placement in AGoT
what are you doing playing 1v1 AGoT?
the other people are also on their phones/have left the table to get a drink/etc

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Post by Khaos » Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:03 pm

your argument for going on your phone is that other people are going on their phone too

i don't actually care, but that is the argument being formed

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Post by Doug » Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:27 pm

pterrus wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:04 pm I cannot comprehend inhabiting a mind where meme videos on youtube are more compelling than a full 5 player game of Battlestar in the middle of a worldwide live board game drought.
It's your turn in Cthulhu Wars
It's your turn in Squirrel Wars
It's your turn in Demon Wars
It's your turn in Wall Street Wars

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Post by Rylinks » Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:30 pm

Khaos wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:03 pm your argument for going on your phone is that other people are going on their phone too

i don't actually care, but that is the argument being formed
my argument is that unlike a dinner conversation, the point of playing board games is the board game and not conversation

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Post by Khaos » Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:36 pm

strange

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Post by Doug » Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:38 pm

We've never had this problem with Battlestar, or Cthulhu Wars, Gods War, Terraforming Mars, etc.

But the last time we played Titan, yeah, one guy whenever it wasn't his turn or he wasn't being attacked, he was running around the store trading Magic cards, not paying attention, etc.
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Re: Board Games

Post by Crunchums » Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:43 pm

Blissful wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 10:33 am i just pressed buttons arbitrarily while doing my nails in other people's turns and i think i came second when we played
well there's levels, right? if everyone is just doing whatever then yeah. but if everyone is just doing whatever and one person is on the next highest level of actually kinda knowing what they're doing, i think that one person is usually going to win
Blissful wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 10:33 am its cool that this game is apparently interesting enough solo though, maybe i should go back and take another peek
pterrus wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 10:58 am I feel like I completely missed the point in a way I never do with board games so it's probably a good idea to go back and investigate why but on the other hand the game struck me as boring and I have no time so eh
eh, i mean i wouldn't even say that i recommend the game, more that i've been nerd sniped / am enjoying the process of getting better at it. i can totally understand not finding it fun. a large percentage of the game is playing solitaire optimally, and then later on in the game there's interaction from combat, but it's not even that interesting. there are 9 different ways of getting stars, but 2-3 of them you basically never go for (popularity + upgrade, structures rarely) so it's pretty much always 6 of {mech, recruit, worker, objective, combat, combat, power} (except of course for Saxony) and the power star is like you go for it if it makes sense with your mat and otherwise you don't. there's still skill and variety, but it's a lot of effort to invest to get to the point where you're really playing the game, and then the game is just ok
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Re: Board Games

Post by Crunchums » Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:44 pm

i think the important thing is that everyone is on the same page. if people just really want to socialize then don't play complicated games, play simple ones. i love more complicated games but i'm only interested in playing them if the people i'm playing with are actually interested in playing a complicated game
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Post by Doug » Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:48 pm

Also there are games where everyone has no choice but to pay attention at all times
It's your turn in Cthulhu Wars
It's your turn in Squirrel Wars
It's your turn in Demon Wars
It's your turn in Wall Street Wars

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Post by Khaos » Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:58 pm

like punch buggy

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Post by pterrus » Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:16 pm

Crunchums wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:44 pm i think the important thing is that everyone is on the same page. if people just really want to socialize then don't play complicated games, play simple ones. i love more complicated games but i'm only interested in playing them if the people i'm playing with are actually interested in playing a complicated game
The wrinkle is that sometimes some chucklefuck will tell you "fuck yeah, bring Battlestar" and you think you are on the same page, but you are not on the same page.

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Re: Board Games

Post by Crunchums » Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:21 pm

nods. i'm sorry you had to go through that
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Re: Board Games

Post by Doug » Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:30 pm

Khaos wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:58 pmlike punch buggy
I was thinking Seven Wonders but yes that's a good example
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Re: Board Games

Post by Rylinks » Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:43 pm

you must play with people who don't regularly panzer for five minutes

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Re: Board Games

Post by Crunchums » Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:18 pm

solution: games with a real-time element, like Magic Maze
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Re: Board Games

Post by pterrus » Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:24 pm

Doug wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:30 pm
Khaos wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:58 pmlike punch buggy
I was thinking Seven Wonders but yes that's a good example
I once played Seven Wonders with a gal who just took whatever card. Mostly focused on the side conversation. It took most of the way through the game for me to realize she was ignoring costs.

OH, we also explicitly got invited to a "board game night" one time with another couple. But the truthful pitch would have been: "Come over and my husband will set up Power Grid, but this is all just window dressing for the main event, which is conversation. Occasionally I will ask, 'oh is it my turn?'" She's a state representative now.

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Re: Board Games

Post by pterrus » Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:28 pm

It used to be drinking games right? Like we used to play drinking games in these social situations. They were much better suited for it.

But now we're all old and respectable people don't play quarters and shit, they play board games right? Put one of those things on the table. I don't care which one.

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Re: Board Games

Post by Rylinks » Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:30 pm

this is why everyone used to play just one game they knew really well

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Re: Board Games

Post by Rylinks » Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:31 pm

unfortunalty my efforts to teach people mahjong have not born fruit

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Re: Board Games

Post by Crunchums » Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:35 pm

Rylinks wrote:unfortunalty
good name for a band
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Re: Board Games

Post by Crunchums » Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:39 pm

pterrus don't you live kinda near me?
maybe we could irl board game together some time
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