"Yeah, we can get Age of Steam done in 2 hours."
The little sub that could!
Yeah, you're allowed to curse on the internet. Be free! It is bullshit when this happens.
Hard to find much info on this. Looks like some kind of dice game?
BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438266/va-mourir-sur-mars
Got Bohnanza and Resistance placed this week. We discussed whether or not Bohnanza should be considered a board game, card game, or go into a third, new category called a "bean game." It was a four player game and decently close. I think Bohnanza holds up at 4, but I wouldn't want to play it at any less. My hot Uwe Rosenberg take has always been that Bohnanza is his best game, but that's probably not true. After all, there's Mamma Mia and at least a few others that contend for the title.
Resistance is my cult of the old pick for social deduction. It's less convoluted than Secret Hitler, doesn't need a GM like BOTC or Werewolf, and has more depth than One-Night Ultimate Werewolf. It's a tightly designed game that expects a lot from the players and needs repeat plays to appreciate. It's short enough that it doesn't feel excessive to run it 2-3 times back to back. In my opinion, the best way to play is with the plot cards expansion. It does need a little more than just the base rules to be interesting, and I like the democatic element of powers being handed out to people during the game instead of being chosen beforehand.
PopTop. Railroad Tycoon 2&3 and Tropico 1&2. They got bought by 2K, which eventually killed the studio. The Railroad Tycoon series is dead. Tropico is still around, but I'm not excited about the latest interation. Some of the guys tried to kickstart a new Railroad Tycoon but it didn't fund. Phil Steinmeyer was an underrated developer, though I believe he's retired today.
It's too bad it worked out that way. I think they could have been on the level with Paradox as far as strategy games are concerned, but focusing more on economic games, city builders, and the like. On Steinmeyer's blog he said he didn't think there was demand for heavier games anymore about mid 00s. That might have been true then, but so many games out now prove that wrong.
Yeah, mechanism is a lot more objective way to classify board games. We can argue all day about, say, what exactly a wargame is, but what games have hex grids, area control, and resource managements is a lot easier to agree on.
New plays were:
- Mahjong
- John Company
- Sol
- Nana
- Kreigbot
- Kremlin
- Lifeboats
- Category 5
- Fresh Fish
- Santiago
My list looks similar. Splotter is at the top. I did preorder Horseless Carriage back before we had much info about it and don't regret it. John Bohrer would be up there as well, but though various connections I've played enough Winsomes to know they aren't an instant buy. (Iberian Railways, Italian Railroads, and 1836)
Tangent, but I'm very split on 1836. The opening is incredible, but once you get past the first stock round all the interesting decisions have been made.
I haven't played many, but it does lead to some interesting cases of board games being adapted to video games and back to board games, like Civilization and Europa Universalis.
Intrinsically, definitely. Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress, RimWorld, Victoria 2, and etc.
Looks nice! 3D does seem like like the natural next step. That said, I hope they do more with it than just everyone running around the same ol' 2d plane.