Any tips, warnings or cool new discoveries, please share!

  • Otakat@reddthat.comEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I played 3P Ares Expedition with the new expansion that adds milestones into the game. I liked that it gave you something to compete with other players over but sadly none of my cards really went together at all and I got kinda destroyed.

    I’ve also gotten my wife to play some Magic: the Gathering with me after the release of the new Lord of the Rings set. She loves the flavor.

    • dpunked@feddit.deOPMEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      How does Ares compare to the normal terraforming mars? I only ever played the original.

      • Otakat@reddthat.comEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Its more of a solitaire thing. Plays very different but I like that it gives the same tableau building feel but way faster. I would have said when I first got it that I wouldn’t go back to playing original TM, but lately I would just say it depends how competitive you want to be.

      • Kempeth@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Ive only played once. While the theme carries over well, it’s a very different game. It’s much more of a card fishing game centered around a lead-follow mechanic like RftG or San Juan.

  • ace_garp@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Had a few new friends over for dinner and a game night on Friday.

    We played 2x 4P Inis including the full Seasons expansion. This game is glorious and deserves the high praise it gets. With the art, theme, gameplay and player-interactions all being outstanding, Inis ( pronounced ‘Inish’, and means island in Irish language) is always a fun outing.

    Then 1x 4P Port Royal a light push your luck card game that involves modifying strategies constantly, depending on the cards drawn.

    [A high recommend for both of these games]

  • birki@feddit.deEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Dune: Imperium is my current favourite game and i am preparing to teach it on friday, so a couple of solo games have happened this week. Besides that Marvel:United and Karak with my son and the new implementation of Challengers on bga

    • pathief@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Dune: Imperium is sadly one of the unplayed games in my collection. Would you recommend it with 2 players?

      • birki@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        even though i have not played it with 2, i am certain that is works well with two since i play it solo a lot and that is similar. The game works by emulating the missing players to have 3 using the house haggal deck (i use the dire wolf app, since i find it easier). So a 2 Player game is a 3 player game with 1 automated opponent.

    • Dippyy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Dune Imperium is such a fantastic game, have you played with the expansions? Rise Of Ix is incredible

      • birki@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Not yet, i‘ll try to keep my patience until the base game becomes boring, and to me immorality sounds more interesting than ix, but i guess i‘ll have both someday

  • pmakholm@kbin.dk
    1·
    2 years ago

    Two rounds of Terraforming Mars with my wife over the weekend. Saturday just with the Prelude extension and Sunday we added the Turmoil extension.

    We have played it at friends places a couple of times, but with months in-between. But finally we bought it ourselves.

    Great game, but we really should play it more often.

  • chudified@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Trying to start playing Marvel Champions again after not playing it for half a year. I bought a bunch of content for it, because I love the game concept, but at this point, if I can’t get myself to be excited about playing it, I’ll cut my losses and sell it off.

    Besides Marvel Champions, I mostly played games online this week.

    Dune - In the middle of an asynchronous game of Dune. This is a great game, with a lot of history. It was originally released in 1979 by Avalon Hill, by the same team that made Cosmic Encounter, and has a large following who are into the game, books, and movies. Right now I’m waiting eagerly for the new expansion that’s, hopefully, coming out in September.

    Twilight Imperium 4 - I just got into this game, and it’s awesome. Took a little time to get used to the player dynamic, which is a lot less combative then Dune tends to be, but I’m very excited to play this more.

    Pax Pamir 2e - In the middle of a Pax Pamir 2e game on Vassal. Great and beautiful looking game. I’ll probably play solo using the physical game this week.

    6 nimmt! - I’ve gotten into the habit of playing a game of 6 nimmt! on BGA any time I have some free time. It’s short, relaxing, and I don’t have to think much while playing it.