boardgames!

[Kid_Eternity]

i own stupid amount of zombicide stuff having back all three kickstarter seasons

it's good but can get repetative. trying to work in house rules for campaigns is intresting.

season 3 looks to have more campain stuff in it but won't ship till febuary or so

Yeah I've heard you need house rules for certain shooting situations too.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

if i could do stuff like that i'd already have friends. i'm far too lazy.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Yeah I've heard you need house rules for certain shooting situations too.

it's just some stuff really ends up not working well. like the all zombies take an extra turn rule. in most circumstances that's just instakill. i take out that card and if i do run out of a type of zombie i spawn an abomination or a bunch of fatties.
i guess instakill can be fine if your just doing a one off but i tend to try to do campains. and add extra thematic rules like no surviror left behind or get food and car before escape.

not had a problem with shooting but the target order can be harsh so having a mix of ranged and melee is important

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

got this badboy in the mail today

http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/v/tales-arabian-nights/

 

[Awesome Wells]

I've beenbitten by the X Wing miniatures bug. It's like crack cocaine (except for the horrible physical torment and genuine suffering)!

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

except crack might be cheaper than the corellian capital ship

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

fantasy flight now wanted for crimes against humanities wallet

 

[Awesome Wells]

Too right!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I've beenbitten by the X Wing miniatures bug. It's like crack cocaine (except for the horrible physical torment and genuine suffering)!

It's bloody good isn't it!? Had so many great games with it.

 

[Awesome Wells]

It's bloody good isn't it!? Had so many great games with it.

looks good. I'll get back to you when i've actually played it properly!

 

[Crispy]

I have to get mine out again, it really is fun. Full of little dramas

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Teaser trailer for the 3rd series of Wil Wheaton's TableTop show:



I wonder whether they will remove all the seriously offensive Cards Against Humanity cards before they play...

 

[october_lost]

if i could do stuff like that i'd already have friends. i'm far too lazy.

if you're in London I can suggest a decent club also, or better yet a one-off urban boardgame session is a possibility.

 

[october_lost]

Should say a bought a French copy of Splendor a couple months ago and it's been played to death. At one point you could not find it anywhere in the Uk. Definitely in the easy to play/teach hard to master 30min light game category.

 

[fractionMan]

Wondering what to get for the kids this xmas. Our favourite game atm is munchkin. We also play smallworld and carcasonne. I'm definitely getting another munchkin expansion.

5 players, 2 adults and 3 kids 8,9,10yrs old.

Any suggestions?

 

[october_lost]

My nephews really liked King of Tokyo, it was played two or three times on the trot, because it has a few variables in it with the cards and dice so it doesn't get stale. You could also look at King of New York which came out this year.

Smash up, ticket to ride, get bit!, Augustus might be worth looking at as well.

 

[fractionMan]

Yeah, I've heard good things about ticket to ride. Cheers for the suggestions.

 

[mango5]

if you're in London I can suggest a decent club also, or better yet a one-off urban boardgame session is a possibility.

I am deffo up for making up numbers in a boardgame session, or hosting one. I have no games or much experience of playing them but lots of childish enthusiasm

 

[fractionMan]

My nephews really liked King of Tokyo, it was played two or three times on the trot, because it has a few variables in it with the cards and dice so it doesn't get stale. You could also look at King of New York which came out this year.

Smash up, ticket to ride, get bit!, Augustus might be worth looking at as well.

KoT and smash up both look awesome too!

 

[BlueSquareThing]

Yeah, I've heard good things about ticket to ride. Cheers for the suggestions.

I'd second ticket to ride - but go for the European edition imo. The addition of tunnels and stations means that there's less blocking which, imo, works better with kids (and my mother and mother in law).

 

[belboid]

yup, Ticket to Ride is great, I do wanna try it with a different map

 

[Onket]

Any suggestions for 'starter' boardgames for younger children?

 

[PursuedByBears]

Our six year old likes Catan Junior.

 

[Onket]

Looks good, but I was thinking for younger children than that, even. If there is anything.

 

[BlueSquareThing]

We played some very basic card games - I remember one called Gopher It. Gets them in the habits you need to playing proper games.

What sort of age?

 

[Onket]

4.

But she's "terribly advanced for her age" of course.

 

[Lord Camomile]

A perfect time to introduce her to Risk! and Monopoly, allowing you to assess whether any social reducation is needed to remove any 'undesirable' tendencies

"Yes darling, I know you've conquered 86% of Daddy's armies in Africa, but in war no-one really wins"

 

[Onket]

We've got 'Escape From Colditz' upstairs.

 

[BlueSquareThing]

I'd say stuff like Gopher It should be worth a go. Cheap as well. I used to get that sort of stuff in the shop by the British Museum when my kids were that age. Now closed afaik.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Chess? I learned that when I'd just turned 7....