#boardgame
More Dall-E 3 board game shenanigans! Feel free to send some suggestions of who you like to see playing games! #dalle3 #tmnt #boardgame #boardgames https://instagr.am/p/Cx6OdoZLLfB/
Prepping a #boardgame for play aka reading the rules and looking at the playaids etc.
Publishers
Supply enough playaids for 1 per player
Card, not paper, for playaids
Use the playaid space wisely.
Use the back page of the rules.
Fans
A bunch of fine folks create playaids and post them on #BGG etc. Many thanks for doing so BUT also do a low-ink version in black and white for those not graced with colour printers. Also size for A4 or letter rather than some obscure square format.
Being a big #BoardGame nerd, I was extremely excited to visit the thrift store today and find a game NOT listed on Board Game Geek!
Sure, a Bible trivia game published in the 80s by a Portland company I can't find any records of existing online is... Not exactly huge in the grand scheme of things, but once the page is approved, anyone else stumbling across a copy can find info about it online which makes me happy.
Not much planned for #today. I should mow the lawn for probably the last time this year. I'd like to just settle in front of the TV, put on some sports, and play a #solo #boardgame but for some reason, my day never seems to work out like that. I was thinking of trying to get some volunteers to go apple picking but I doubt anyone will feel up for it. Let me tell you, there is nothing that tastes better than a Macintosh apple picked right off the tree on a crisp fall morning.
Just got a copy of #Cascadia for less than a 3rd of the retail price, cause someone had opened the shrink wrap, decided the game wasn't for them, and returned it to the toy store. Everything inside is still in 100% mint condition! I'm chuffed!
Check the sale bins folks! You never know what you might find!
Nouvelle vidéo !
On vous présente Knarr
un Jeu de Thomas Dupont , illustré par Antoine Carrion, édité par Bombyx
A voir sur Youtube :
https://youtu.be/i1cE6fghWCg
Ou Peertube :
https://videos.pair2jeux.tube/w/55nPmNQZCrpJmt3HY7iddU
Les partages, likes et autres commentaires sont les bienvenus et vous aideront à gagner lors de votre prochaine partie :)
#craftbeer with a view from the BrewDeck at Transmission Brewing in #ventura today. We played some #boardgames too. The Mud Flap brown ale made up for getting last place in the Azul #boardgame
Wired magazine has an article on an AI chatbot that can consistently win at the game of diplomacy. All of you Diplomacy players ponder that.
Scaretember 2 for 1 special! @HungryGamer joins us to tell us about 2 great games for the season! Check out Triora: City of Witches and Mysterium.
youtu.be/L0IN-Mg7zIU
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#scaretember #boardgame #halloweegames #Triora #Mysterium #collab #HungryGamer #cloakandmeeple
Good morning ya'll! Plans for the weekend include a quick trip to the boulder gym and then sitting down to continue our Charterstone #boardgame campaign with friends.
Tomorrow we'll pick up on our ongoing #dnd #ttrpg campaign, which I of course still need to prep... 🙄Hope you have a great weekend as well!
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We had a lengthy discussion after the session on game win/loss percentages.
Our winning spirits were dampened when we found that this scenario has a 80% win rate. Folks had tracked win/loss rates by scenario. The first scenario, where we failed badly, had a much lower win rate. It was the hardest and it was the suggested starting scenario.
Ummm...
Was that on purpose to act as a training exercise for newbies? How better to see how the #boardgame can evolve than by first losing?
Thoughts?
Our 2nd attempt at Arkham Horror (3ed) last night. We tried a different scenario. Our 1st game used the suggested starting scenario and quickly that went into a doom spiral.
This time it was an easier scenario & we tried different tactics. Instead of rushing off we geared up & traded items first.
This time we won without feeling under great pressure. We had some luck with the dice too. Ganging up on the boss Umôrdhoth sealed us the game via dynamite!
However...
1/2 #boardgames #boardgame
Is it just me, or does the Harpy token look like a toupée?
#BloodOnTheClocktower #brettspel #brettspill #boardgame #BOTC
#ProTip for making #LinkedIn suck less: connect with more #boardgame people.
If you're a denizen of "the Yellow Pages, except with annoying platitudes from HR" website, come find my boardgame and #TTRPG newsletter here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/meet-one-tiktoks-best-boardgame-ambassadors-nate-warren
With all the talk of a rethemed new edition of the A Study in Emerald #boardgame I had to dig out the 1st edition of the #MartinWallace classic. I first played the game 10 years ago but only read the short story, by #neilgaiman, that inspired the game recently.
The new edition will be themed into the Cthulhu: Death May Die series by CMON.
Methinks, it’s time for ASIE to hit the table again!
Heute bei #SpieleVon0bisZ kommt Darwins Journey auf den Tisch. Da freuen wir ins beide schon seit Tagen drauf.
Es kam endlich dieses riesengroße Paket mit "The Witcher" an 😀
Das Material sieht super aus und ich freue mich schon aufs Bemalen der Miniaturen. Bin auch schon sehr auf das Spielgefühl gespannt.
Wer hat es schon gespielt und wie findet ihr es?
Nachtrag 2: "The Witcher – Old World" muss noch in Ruhe gesichtet werden, hier aber ein paar Ersteindrücke #Witcher #brettspiel #boardgame
Before swordember is over: two item illustration for Werewolf the Apocalypse board game by Flyos
#mastoart #swordember #illustration #sword #art #humanartist #boardgame #ttrpg #game
Yay! I've finally made it into dice.camp! I'm actually really excited about that haha.
Anyway.
I'm here to meet people from the #rpg #ttrpg and #boardgame communities. Sound off in the comments... pretty please? 🥺
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Meanwhile Paul and crew played Raiders of the North Sea with some of the expansions. They finished the night with a few games of the clever #ReinerKnizia card game High Society.
A few folks showed up after we had got settled. Cheers to Lawrence and to Robert for taking care of the newcomers. Now they know there is a Meetup group we can know to keep an eye out for them. Robert taught Hollywood 1947, a social deduction #boardgame themed on commies in the movie industry.
Monday night #VCSBG #boardgames & #craftbeer
Another play for Moa designed by #MartinWallace. This time it took half the time to play. Once again I came second.
Next up was Istanbul. A game I have no recollection of playing before. But I have. Cheers to #BGG for having a better memory that I have.
Last game for the night was Savannah Park. It's a light tile movement/placement #boardgame that is simple but challenging. And I don't just mean finding the specific tiles on the your board.
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A big recommendation for Radlands #boardgame. 👍🏻 We played four rounds of it last weekend and even though I lost three of those they were fun and tight fights. A bit more of it in my today's #blog post along with other pics from last week: https://blog.kytta.net/ #finland
Fun #boardgame facts that might result in arrest or members of your family being harmed
CW: bad advice, drug references
Totally forgot that #ProZD does #boardgame #reviews too https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eNUzn0DG5WA
(Unlike #AVGN "#BoardJames :Alcea_LolFace: )
Rund 70 Neuheiten-Empfehlungen für die SPIEL ’23 von YouTube-Kanälen, Podcasts & Blogs
https://www.abenteuer-brettspiele.de/brettspiel-news/70-neuheiten-empfehlungen-fuer-die-spiel-23
#SPIEL23 #brettspiele #brettspiel #boardgame
I will get to priming those #Oathmark Elves… eventually. But in the meantime I’m continuing to work throw some #Heroquest adventurers.
#BoardGame #Warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #PaintingWarhammer #PaintingMiniatures #PaintingMinis #MiniaturePainting #Miniatures #Minis #Painting #Hobby
I think I've 'finished' one of my Bezzy Bargain Bags for UKGE 2024.
It might be called "A game about simple auctions, and trying to get majorities without spending too many cards."
2-5p, 10ish minutes
My 2nd auction game but totally different to AGAACAWAATBTA.
AMA.
(I mean about this game, but if you just want to ask me general life questions, that's also cool.)
(Does the 'name' tell you what to expect?)
I'm hoping today will be a PJs and slippers day. One of my fave things to do is to play a solo #boardgame with sports ball on TV and #today should be good for it. American #football is best for that because half the game is refs talking about what random penalty to call, and the other half is waiting for something to happen, with the tiniest burst of activity. The #Patriots play at 1 p.m. and perhaps they'll even win this one.
Last night I found myself in Burano. A #boardgame placing buildings, making lace, going fishing, selling my catch, collecting revenue, roofing buildings and collecting bonuses. Rinse and repeat for the most VPs. All driven by the imaginative 'cube-pyramid' mechanism. 4 phases/ 14 rounds. 👍
Giving it 8.5 with two falls and a submission 🤪 #boardgames
Our last #BoardGame of the day was Clank! In Space. This was our 1st game after playing original Clank! last week. I enjoyed the factions and new market powers. I managed to get a last minute win.
A style of #boardgame long on my wishlist are #wargame #boardgames I can play on my iPad.
Been available for a while in both solo or 2-player hotseat is the classic GDW: Battle for Moscow
https://oberlabs.com/b4m/#
Just in time for the Battle Card Kickstarter are 2 web implementations of the solo Battle Card Market Garden
https://www.frc.edu/history/files/mk/index.html
https://battle-card-market-garden.netlify.app/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postmarkgames/battle-card
I'm still eagerly waiting for Vassal on the iPad!
#hexesforever
I am a board game designer an I am super proud of all the publishers that have accepted to meet me at Spiel to listen to my pitch of #Collectors and #WhereIsThat. I feel well-treated and respected in this industry. AMA!
#Spiel #GameDesign #TableTopGames #BoardGames #BoardGame #AskMeAnything
Last night we played Save Snowball from Decking Awesome Games. A fab little escape room game with a fun story and theme! You’ll be pleased to know Snowball is now safe, thanks to some help from @dierolling! Check it out on Kickstarter now!
#savesnowball #kickstarter #boardgame #boardgames https://instagr.am/p/Cxfu6unN6eb/
I was one of the backers of the #InsideTheBox kickstarters for #SubTerraII (and other things), whose failed promises are now being delivered by #NaylorGames through #GameFound.
I *think* I got an email about the package finally being delivered (it's from ZATU, which my understanding is the #boardgame distributor through which the pledge is being fulfilled).
This is #goodNews.
Playing "Jaipur"... in Jaipur! 😂
And no, @seanbala did not bring the game just to play it there....
#India #Jaipur #Rajasthan #Travel #BoardGames #BoardGame #Game #Funny
I've been wanting to make a painting of the Fungal Jungles biome for my #Snailriders #boardgame , but improvising the designs of the mushrooms just didn't work. So I decided to put in the extra effort to make some actual concept art for 5 different fantasy mushrooms and 1 giant lichen that can be placed in the environment. I'll probably will be expanding this one with more designs, but this is what I had time for for now.
A reminder of how games have been an integral part of our culture for millennia:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/archaeologists-find-500-year-old-board-game-carved-in-ruins-of-polish-castle/
🏰🎲 #boardgames #history #boardgame
Check out the demo for Beacon Patrol based on the popular board game https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/check-out-the-demo-for-beacon-patrol-based-on-the-popular-board-game/
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Time to break lunch aka burger and a beer. I had a nice Red Ale, a Smog City Sabre-Toothed Squirrel.
Next up was the Nations #boardgame . This is a fave of Terry and he kindly taught it. Yeesh. It was brutal yet fun. Wow, if you fall behind it is tough. It also depends on how cruel your fellow players choose to be.
Games at My Place is in Pasadena, CA. This store was formerly known as Gameology Pasadena.
For those of you in the UK, today is the last day to save $5 on JitterTed's TDD Game!
Use the code GET5 to get the discount. If you order this weekend, you'll get your copy in October!
Last evening, we played our first game of Habitat, 3rd edition.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/200853/habitats
Other than my initial confusion over some scoring, the rules are generally quite reasonable and easy to grasp.
Pick a tile, place a tile to attempt to score points based on animal habitat needs. Repeat.
We did like the aspect of using a meeple to select tiles to play rather than just picking from a pile.
Overall, recommended.
Been working on some more pieces for Devil's Dice, the boardgame I'm doing art for <3
This time sketching out some concepts for a skull cardboard token as currency in the game! This is a first pass to get an idea down.
#boardgame #BoardgameArt #Sketch #art #skull #tabletop #GameArt #ConceptArt #MastoArt #CreativeToots #FediArt
For those of you in the UK, you can save $5 on JitterTed's TDD Game now through the weekend!
Use the code GET5 to get the discount. If you order this weekend, you'll get your copy in October!
Each year for our weekend cabin #boardgame retreat I design and 3D print trophies for everyone who comes out. This year I tried out wood filament for the first time, it's turned out quite well!
I play #games, specifically #boardgames, but I'm open to others (both digi/analog). I've done a lot of #boardgame playtesting in the past (including, but not limited to; Root and John Company from Cole Wehrle, and Gandhi: Decolonization of British India from Bruce Mansfield) and I still do. Although anymore, I usually limit that to really digging into one title for a few seasons to see it through the entire process over playing just one or two iterations of something at an Unpub event or short sprints.
I find it interesting why people like the games (or things in general) that they do. I'm quite a curious critter in that regard and likewise I love stuff like the Richmond Forum or TEDTalks that make me think (and I read the London Review of Books somewhat regularly).
As such, I find #boardgamedesign to be fascinating from a #systemdesign perspective. Some of that is because I've built a long career in the IT system design and implementation space. In 2023, my spouse challenged me to finally get off my duff and design something to play with friends. That's a... "work in progress" at the moment, but I'm happy to discuss design challenges with folks.
For my #wargaming (and history) interests, I have nerded out on the #ColdWar and it's various dynamics/locations plus Japan until WW1. I usually play #wargames for a series of iterations and then trade/sell them unless they hold steam with my group or are otherwise special. Shelf space is at a premium and I think a game that doesn't get played because it's just sitting there could go to a home that will enjoy it more. As such, I use a modified Jones Theory for keeping games, and I churn through a bunch every year.
I do paint minis, mostly in the winter months because my setup isn't conducive currently for summer painting. I prefer CMON's Arcadia Quest or other various SD-style figures for that purpose. I am the proud owner of assembled terrain (!!!) and I don't think has ever seen the light of day...
Otherwise, I enjoy most forms of music and in a prior life did on-location audio recording and some spare time as a roadie for smaller bands. Modern country and 50s rock are two areas that I shy away from though.
Covid caused me to take an interest in spectator sports, specifically stuff that is off the beaten path. I now somewhat consistently watch Cricket (T20 and some ODI), Cycling, and to a lesser degree Rugby 7s. In general, I'm more likely to watch women's iterations of sports when possible (I find the dynamics of play are more interesting than the men's side). We've been a season ticket holder for the local soccer team since before they last won a championship (2009).
2 cats (sisters), and one spouse. We (technically) have a garden and make haphazard attempts at keeping it alive and tended. Send me your cat and boardgame pictures please. I've had exactly one dog in my life, and they were the best dog...
Because I was thinking about it this weekend on the (long) drive home; sometimes you'll play a #boardgame and afterwards you might have a discussion with other players about it. For a couple days (or maybe even a week) you then stew on the experience and what the game does. I almost always have some game on my mind for whatever reason.
What game has lived in your head lately and why?
We played a game of Subatomic yesterday. It’s a drafting and buying game with a thin layer of “science” wrapped around the game.
It played well. It has some accessibility issues with color contrast and some strange icon choices though.
I lost big time, partly because I messed up a rule, and because I played poorly …. We had a deluxe edition with a few upgraded components but totally not needed.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/207910/subatomic-atom-building-game
Oh no, it's an ambush! ⚔️ New action card illustration for our #boardgame. Can't wait for more 🤩
Do you want to say: "I found this job via #Mastodon" 🐘? Then read along 👇
We, a small #boardgame publisher, need someone who helps us ~5 hours a week to answer emails (🇬🇧) from backers & also Kickstarter comments. You can work from anywhere at anytime on a contractual basis for 15€/hour 💰. If you are interested, please send us your application including a letter of motivation via email to info@bffgames.org. Please share 🔄!
We played a game of Tyler Sigman’s Crows last night. The rules are easy to learn and the game plays reasonably quickly (took about 50 minutes for 2 of us).
Lay a tile, then a totem, attract crows to totem, score points. It’s a thinking game for sure as you need to determine a good tile laying strategy for your points but also watch what others might do.
Fun. We had the deluxe edition we bought at #GenCon a few years ago.
#BoardGame #TableTop #BoardGames
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/234438/tyler-sigmans-crows
The errata for 8th Army: Operation Crusader #boardgame published by GDW included instructions for “play by phone”.
Due to the double blind nature of the game there were two identical maps and playaids. Yet only one set of counters. So it was possible yet would have been time consuming and lots of work for the players. Hooray for such tech as #VassalEngine
One of my fave yet under used mechanics in #boardgames is double-blind. Each player has an identical map where the only their units and the front line is marked. Units tend to blunder into each other when players call out the enemy controlled hex they are moving into. 8th Army: Operation Crusader is the best of the 3 put out by GDW in the early 80s.
The game came out way back in 1984. How many board gamers are younger than this #boardgame ? On second thoughts don’t answer that!
#hexesforever
What’s a #hobby that you’d like to turn into a full time gig AND that you could see your self doing for many years without wishing it was just a hobby again?
M wife and I are about to find out and give it a go. Our jump is related to these tags. 🤓
#Entrepreneur #crafting #TTRPG #BoardGame
As a bonus #introduction, I wrote 5 blog posts this week sharing projects that I've done over the past decade that I'm proud of to tell my story from a different perspective:
Boost Turku & Startup Journey: https://hamatti.org/posts/projects-im-proud-of-boost-turku-and-startup-journey/ #coworking #startups
Turku ❤️ Frontend: https://hamatti.org/posts/projects-im-proud-of-turku-frontend/ #TurkuDev #community
Dev Breakfast & Syntax Error: https://hamatti.org/posts/projects-im-proud-of-newsletters/ #newsletter
Potluck: https://hamatti.org/posts/projects-im-proud-of-potluck/ #tabletop #boardgame
Teaching programming: https://hamatti.org/posts/projects-im-proud-of-teaching-programming/ #teaching
Today I wrote about my most recent #tabletop #boardgame project Potluck which is a semi-universal card game project that fits dozens, even hundreds of different games into a single deck that fits into the pocket.
Perfect for travel: can be always picked up and played in trains or boats or when waiting for those to leave or during a break in a conference or when visiting mom at home.
Been busy yesterday again with some miniatures from the Nemesis Lockdown boardgame! Three more to go and then the Chytrids are done!
#Miniatures #MiniaturePainting #MiniPainting #PaintingMiniatures #Nemesis #NemesisLockdown #Boardgame
So, the “piéce the rèsistance” in these new additions to his small #boardgame collection is #Flamecraft
https://bgg.cc/boardgame/336986/flamecraft
a resource management game with a #fantasy setting with some very attractive art (that was one of the reasons why he picked it, TBH).
The game mechanics are solid, but a bit convoluted, and may require multiple playthrough to get really used to, which is almost ironic given that there's only one/two major choices each player has to do each turn.
#boardgameReview 1.1/x
A new, bigger #introduction
Hi, I'm Juhis, a #community builder, tech #educator, technical #writer and a #publicspeaker. And a #dreamer, an #adventurer, #boardgame enthusiast and dancer at heart.
I write a weekly blog at https://hamatti.org, organize @turkufrontend, organize #FutureFrontend conference (https://futurefrontend.com/) & run #SyntaxError newsletter (https://www.syntaxerror.tech/).
I want to help people build a better world through #technology: https://hamatti.org/posts/why-i-do-what-i-do/
+ I have a Blåhaj
It's funny how I rate #boardgame designers/publishers etc. These range from those who products almost automatically go on the "very probably acquire" list regardless, through to those who deserves an increasing amount of investigation, and I have a few on my don't touch their sh1t-list. This categorization is different from deciding on acquisition based primarily on the subject matter.
Do other folks do the same for creators/producers of #boardgames ?
Spent well over two hours setting up Mr. President last night. It's an intense solo #boardgame simulating pretty much everything that can go wrong during a four-year term. I've actually taken to playing this by discord with my friends which I think will be a fun project; we often discuss politics so this will be a fun hypothetical experiment.
(The only problem is it will dominate my board game table for the coming weeks, so not much else will get played)
Got My Lil’ Everdell to the table.
It’s an excellent intro with reduced complexity at every corner and no city- or hand management - making it that much more teachable.
We played the 2021 edition of HeroQuest for the first time last evening.
It’s a perfectly fine dungeon crawl game experience. As we only had two players, we used the app to be the Game Master. It was weird but understandable that we needed to mirror our moves in the app. Finding space for iPad on the tabletop was frustrating.
Easy to play. No giant set of rules or dozens of pages of lore. Good entry into a basic #TTRPG.
It often does not matter if the #boardgame has 4 or 400 pages of rules.
#boardgames
Image stolen from the interwebs.
We played Expancity last evening.
For 2 people, it took about 100 minutes and really felt like it was about 20-30 minutes too long. There were too many tiles for 2. It was a perfectly average game overall.
Easy to learn. Some strategy. Pay attention to other player actions. Play randomly drawn tiles, add floors to buildings, select accomplishment cards, score.
The tile bag was Stupidly small. The tiles just barely all fit.
Hello fellow queers! It's time for an #introduction
I'm MastoDom, working in educational IT, specifically in the #macOS, #iOS, #Jamf, and Apple spaces.
He/him #Cis #Poly #Pan guy. Very happily married and partnered. We have two dogs and one cat - I'm sure you'll see pics in my timeline :)
I enjoy #Photography in my spare time, especially erotic and boudoir shoots which I specialize in.
Big #DnD guy, as well as any #TableTop or #BoardGame. Ask me about my Cleric, #PupTart 😜
Terminally uninterested #Gamer, mostly into simulation-style games or strategy. Lately that's #CitiesSkyline #Civ6 #PrisonArchitect etc. Been loving #TotK for a bit as well.
While you're here: Take my poll!
About to finalise and place a deposit on my #BoardGame table.
It came down to the two main manufacturers in the UK: Geeknson or Natural Twenty Gaming Tables.
After comparing both at last month’s UKGE, it was a no-brainier decision, given my budget, to go with Natural Twenty. Craftsmanship, finish, and looks are far better than the other.
This will be a feature furniture piece and family dining table, so I wanted the best build and quality I could afford.
Won’t be here until next year though…
Hi all, thanks for the invite to this server @semicoop . Looking forward to reading through the posts and learning how it all works. I am new to Mastodon, so let me know if I have missed something.
By way of #introduction I love playing board games as a way of connecting with family and friends.
Back in 2021 I did something a little scary and started a family focused #boardgame blog https://boardgamingparent.com/. Main aim is to help families connect through board games.
Since that time I have been lucky to connect with some awesome people and share/learn more about this hobby. It has been very cool.
Up until now twitter has been the main platform I have used, so will be learning from scratch about how this works.
We played MegaCity Oceania last night.
Interesting game that really needs a flat smooth surface to play well. Players build little towers to specifications to gain points and then slide them carefully into the center of the game area to potentially gain more points.
Action is mostly non stop as each player stays busy even when not their turn.
We weren’t sure we would like it, but did enjoy it. Took about 1 hour for 2 players.