What are your favorite board games? Me and my friends love playing board games, but I get the feeling their tired of playing the same things. What do you guys usually play? My favorite board game of all time is HeroQuest. I never get tired of playing it. Also love Catan, Arkham Horror, Betrayal House on the Hill, Spyfall (great at parties)

  • EvaUnit02@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    My favorites in no particular order:

    Dune (either the original AH edition or the 2019 GF9 edition)
    Battletech
    Descent (first edition)
    Mage Wars Arena
    Battlestar Galactica
    Food Chain Magnate
    Scythe
    Blood Bowl
    Twilight Imperium (fourth edition)
    War of the Ring (second edition)
    Millenium Blades
    Exceed
    BattleCON
    Cosmic Encounter
    Sidereal Confluence
    Sekigahara
    Triumph & Tragedy
    Iron Ships & Wooden Men
    Cloudspire
    Forbidden Stars
    Go

    • BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de
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      1 year ago

      Twilight Imperium, really? I only played it once and it was the longest, most boring experience. Each turn just takes an enormous time, almost as long as a Warhammer 40k turn and I played with 5 other players. When you were done with your turn you could go for a really long walk and when you came back you wondered how the hell they just finished 2 turns…

      I really really enjoy boardgames, but not ones that take a weekend to play…

      (this isn’t meant to insult you, I am just seriously wondering if my experience with it is a lot different than yours or if you like boardgames that you play an entire weekend)

      • EvaUnit02@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        My group can get a game of 4th edition finished in four to five hours. We are seasoned players, though. Twilight Imperium is both a strategically and tactically rich 4X game, which is why it’s one of my favorites.

        That said, I am not opposed to long games. I recently played Fire in the Sky, which took me and my opponent 4 four-hour sessions to complete.

        I look at it as no different than a campaign game such as Gloomhaven. Gloomhaven took my group two years to finish.

        • BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de
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          1 year ago

          Well with gloomhaven its multiple clearly seperated missions though.
          My limit is at about 4-5h with a game that I’ve never played before. If I played the game before the limit is at about 3h I’d say 🤔