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How do you decide on your next game?
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I keep a big list of games of potential interest and continuously research them. Over time a few bubble to the top (in terms of my interest).
For research BGG is invaluable of course, especially the game-specific forums and comments. I take ratings into account but with a big grain of salt. I read the rulebooks, watch videos too (playthroughs are the best but reviews too). If there is a good online implementation (especially BGA or Yucata) I definitely give that a try. If there is a TTS module I load that up too even if I don't have anybody to play with, it can be a good way to examine the components.
Research can be almost as much fun as actually playing :)
In short I have to be excited about the game, I have to have some level of understanding of how it plays and the price has to be right.
Thank you very much for sharing. I do have a list, its not very big, and will usually have like 5-6 titles. I was then thinking, ok, but how do I decide now. So I tried watching some videos about the games and the first two I tried, basically destroyed the game! Mind, these are very popular games we are talking about. So I figured that the reviewers are a bit too biased and I might not align with them on the things they like and not like. They did make some compelling points though that did resonate with me.
The last game we bought was Ark Nova, we knew almost nothing about the game at the time, sure heard that it has a high score and won some awards but thats about it. We are very happy with it.
Before that, we bought Arnak almost the same way. And....we dont like the game that much. We played a bunch of 2 and 3 player games but none really clicked and it felt like min/maxing from turn 1 and if you screw up, tough luck, the game is over.