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We all have been here before, we are chilling at a party and having a good time, all doing our own things at our own levels of comfort, when someone comes out and announces that "we" are all going to play a board game.

Who is this "we"?

It's already taken me two drinks to feel comfortable talking to people I don't know, what makes you think everyone wants to play your game? Every single time I've been browbeaten into playing or guilt tripped into it. It's highly annoying to me, I was already having fun, what makes you think this will enrich everyone else's time?

This goes for any group activity really. Just let your partygoers enjoy themselves and stop trying to force people into a 3 hour long game of Monopoly.

EDIT: Woah, thanks for all the upvotes and awards. This is the most heated opinion I have ever posted.

Kudos to the people who actually get it, sometimes it feels like too much peer pressure and a very selfish host who isn't treating their guests like guests at all, but more of a captive audience.

Many people can take no for an answer, I am complaining about people who can't. Pressure sucks in these situations. Some people gang up and try to guilt trip you into playing.

It’s a paradise.

They took a Risk, but now they don’t have a Clue.

Havana bad day.

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Mine is Jaipur! It is designed for only two players, is quick to learn but still complex enough to offer multiple strategies for winning, and is short!

I’ve never met a person who didn’t like this game after playing.

Edit: so many amazing recommendations! Thanks for sharing all, I have a lot of great titles to look into!

So this is pretty trivial but my (M28) girlfriend (F26) and I disagree here pretty strongly. So we were having a game night and I introduced a new board game I played Alot with my siblings as a child, I've always used the red token and I am similar with most board games having a set character. This character is no more special than the rest there are no abilities or anything else to consider. So after about 4 games where I used the same character the whole time my 6yo decided he wanted to use said piece, I told him no that's the piece I use and he can pick another (5 others to choose from). My girlfriend said I needed to share which I disagree with, he wants the piece because it's the one I use, I've used this piece for over 20years without fail. So I want to know AITA

Tldnr played a board game with the family after a few games 6yo wanted to use game piece I have used for 20 years I refused to allow him to.

Edit: I love this sub, Alot of you have stated ITA and I will accept that. I see your point and realise I'm acting childish and hold an unhealthy attachment to certain board game pieces. It's a change that makes me feel uncomfortable to do for some reason but tomorrow I'll let him use that piece is he chooses.

Edit 2: 6yo did not have a tantrum and was slightly upset at most. Argument or slight disagreement was between his mother and I. Also should note although it doesn't make much difference these 4 games weren't in a row but over a few days. Also I can share just fine except for apparently board games I'm attached to from my childhood, I will work on that.

Final Update: we've played again, I apologised and said he may use the red token (miss Scarlett in this case) and we've agreed going forward winner of the last game gets first choice of character. He plays with another adult so this sint unfair, I know if I didn't mention that a bunch of you would complain about that aswell. Some of these comments make me think a lot of you are bigger AH than me tbh

Hey everyone! Over the last decade or so I've been creating art for videogames, they've all been free to use (public domain, also for commercial projects without giving attribution).

The last couple of years I kept getting requests from board game designers to create content for them specifically and well - here's the first project! I've gathered requests, created icons and put them in a package, feel free to use them in any sort of project.

• Download (no ads, no tracking, no sign-up, etc.)

Let me know if you've got additional ideas or like to submit your own request, cheers!

Update: Using this as a TTRPG with magic for combat. I’m taking our group through the story of all seven Innistrad sets. These decks will be used for all the big moments, bosses, and legendary creatures the party may encounter.

Wanting to make some interesting archenemy decks and scenarios for my group to play against. I want it to be a real challenge and almost puzzle-like in trying to beat it. I’m against 5 players and really want to start with something on the board some games for an added challenge.

If it matters at all, every player is using almost exclusively cards from any innistrad set and each of them is wielding mono color decks with each player controlling one of the 5 colors. The archenemy deck can use cards from any set and any colors, no limits really.

So what are some mechanically and strategically interesting scenarios, cards, and decks to try and have 5 players team up to overcome?

EDIT: Not looking to win, just trying to create a fun, challenging puzzle of a game state

Any recommendations for board games (card games like cards against humanity) that I can play with my spouse? Most games are for more than 2 players.

With the Christmas season upon us I realised how many people still end up forced to play Monopoly, Clue, or Risk as well as the other outdated games of yesteryear.

With the thousands of good games out there today, what games do you think are the successors to these games? What games tick the box of being broadly accessible to the whole family, and possibly even matching the themes of the original game?

For example I see Mysterium as the successor to Clue/Cluedo as it pretty much involves a group of people solving a murder with the same Person + Place + Object recipe. Additionally, it's also a game I've been able to get an 85 year old the play and follow, as well as small idiot children.

So what are your successors to Monopoly, Risk and the like?

Hello yall! About a year ago I posted in this sub reddit about wanting to do board games at my wedding instead of a dance floor and got mixed reviews on whether or not it was a good idea. Well my wedding was this weekend and we went with board games and overall it was... A SUCCESS! By the end of the night many of my guest were around tables with a drink and a game laughing and enjoying themselves. We got many compliments from vendors about how respectful our guest were and how it was a fun wedding. If you're looking to do this, the best advice was buying games that took 15-20 minutes that were easy to learn and no sore losers. I would highly recommend :)

Update: The board games we used were: Exploding Kittens, Crabs, throw throw burrito, sushi go, code names, coup, trails, fake artist go to New York, cards against humanity, medium, uno,Catan, ticket to ride, then we also had some poker chips and decks of cards out as well. Most of our guest used ticket to ride, code names, coup, exploding kittens, and cards against humanity, but everything got used at least once. We used long tables instead of circle ones which helped with the flow of the evening, but we ate and.played games all in the same place. The transition into board games helped because me and my husband played the shoe game first to help people get in the mood, we also didn't have time to play time until after dinner. I would say 85% of our guest played at least 1 game. Other just drank and talked with family or left shortly after. We didn't have time to sit and play with anyone, but it was easy to drop in and say hi to all our guest since they were all in one location. I'm happy to answer more questions if they come up!!

Over the last few years this game has become super popular among my friends, but a little piece of me dies every time it is brought out as it typically kills all natural banter, and I get exhausted doing that fake "Oh my God. That's hilarious. I'm dieing" thing.

I get it - we're being a little bit rude, or politically incorrect, or silly, or random or whatever, but honestly it just sends me to sleep.

I'll go first. Poor manuals/rules. I can't stand it. Your game can be the most beautifully crafted product in the world but if I cannot get passed the manual then your game sits on my shelf of shame forever.

Example from today and my reason for making this thread: I got my kickstarter version of Miniquest Adventures, everything look great, and what you get for the $25 they charged is incredible, however their manual is all over the place and makes no sense in a lot of areas. Onto the shelf it went until they release an updated PDF that doesn't cause my nose to bleed trying to figure it out.

Basically title, what game do you think is held back rather than enhanced by the physical nature of board games?

I have a few contenders:

7th continent: pretty obvious, it's fun taking cards out of the box, every card like unwrapping a piece of delicious candy... then you die and have to reset the 300+ plus cards you pulled from the box.

Mage knight: I just need something to keep track of the rules for me. When you watch a 1.5 hour rules explanation, I think you deserve a honeymoon period enjoying the game.

Arkham Horror LCG: I'm just a cheap bastard, no I'm not paying $40 for half a core set (I know they came out with a new core set, but that costs $60 CAD). I'm not paying bloated kickstarter amounts of money for a card game. If I wanted to mortgage my house for a two player game, I'm going to play magic.

Just for bonus, a game that would NOT work as a video game:

Exit series: the sheer creativity of the puzzles utilize the physical medium perfectly, love this series.

2021 was a great year for me discovering new board games. In addition to playing lots of favourites, I played 60 games that were new to me this year. That includes both new releases from the last few years and lots of great earlier releases I hadn't discovered yet. Here I'm going to list the 60 games I played for the first time, quickly review my top 10, go over some lessons learned and more!

New to me games of 2021

These games were all played at two players with my husband u/tomjackilarious with the exception of solo games (A Gentle Rain, The Maiden in the Forest) and the multiplayer game (Just One). All these games were new to him this year too. My tastes lean towards light to medium weight games and I prefer games that take under an hour to play, which you'll see reflected in these games. I've added my current rating for each game beside their titles on the list.

These are 59 of the 60 games I played for the first time in 2021

In chronological order of when we first played them our 60 new games of 2021 were:

1. The King is Dead: Second Edition - 10/10
2. Mysterium Park - 8/10
3. Tiny Epic Galaxies BLAST OFF! - 7/10
4. Once Upon a Time: The Storytelling Card Game - 7/10
5. Paperback - 8/10
6. Castles of Mad King Ludwig - 8/10
7. Architects of the West Kingdom - 9/10
8. Viticulture - 8/10
9. Harry Potter Trading Card Game - 6/10
10. Abandon All Artichokes - 9/10
11. YINSH - 9/10
12. Sonora - 7/10
13. The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game - 7/10
14. Trivial Pursuit Harry Potter - 6/10
15. Star Wars Trivia Game - 4/10 (this is the one game missing from the picture, I gave it away before the picture was taken)
16. A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King - 8/10
17. Hey, That's My Fish! - 8/10
18. Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - 9/10
19. Res Arcana - 7/10
20. Histrio - 8/10
21. Disney Villainous - 6/10
22. Umbra Via - 7/10
23. The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine - 6/10
24. Istanbul - 7/10
25. A Gentle Rain - 8/10
26. The Quest for El Dorado - 9/10
27. Project L - 9/10
28. Railroad Ink Challenge: Lush Green Edition - 8/10
29. MicroMacro: Crime City - 8/10
30. My City - 8/10
31. Biblios - 7/10
32. Century: Eastern Wonders - 9/10
33. Brew - 8/10
34. **Tao Long