Board Gaming

[YorkeDaddy]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

I agree Castles of Burgundy doesn't look very attractive. It seems clear the only concern was how many squares and hexagons they could possibly cram everywhere possible. Then someone said "wait, we should splash a landscape .jpg across the whole thing for a theme" and to the printers it went.

My personal pick for biggest eye sore I've played would be the Warhammer 40k version of Talisman, named "Relic":



I mean... what the hell am I even looking at here. It's everything and the kitchen sink visual design at it's worst. I've played this game and sometimes just spaced out to the point of the board conveying no information to my brain anymore.

Yeah that's a pretty awful design. It's colorful, which people like, but people like controlled, readable color which this board does not convey.

Now I'm trying to think about which of my games is bad visually because it's trying too hard rather than not hard enough. Give me some time and I'll probably have an answer lol

Appreciate the discussion though dude, everyone else here appears to be uninterested in the hobby or interested but hasn't played enough games to really discuss it

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Yeah that's a pretty awful design. It's colorful, which people like, but people like controlled, readable color which this board does not convey.

Now I'm trying to think about which of my games is bad visually because it's trying too hard rather than not hard enough. Give me some time and I'll probably have an answer lol

Appreciate the discussion though dude, everyone else here appears to be uninterested in the hobby or interested but hasn't played enough games to really discuss it

I guess the fact that this thread hasn't been done before now speaks to the relative lack of interest in board games in here.
I'm nerdier than most with this stuff, since I've been making my own board and card games on and off since I was about 10 years old.
Not that they're necessarily any good, but I like thinking about board game design in depth sometimes.

[DwnWthVwls]

I like dis ones:

[DwnWthVwls]

My cousin had pandemic at the shorehouse they rented. 20+ people and couldnt get a game going

Nice. Now to find people to play with! I wanna join Geek and Sundry!

New HS expansion get on it newb. Dust all your dated gold crap

[YorkeDaddy]

Couple new titles coming today, I jumped on a recent Amazon sale



A pickup-and-deliver game with a wacky theme and artstyle. Love the Borderlands feel to it. Hopefully the gameplay backs up the art.



Another one with beautiful art. This game was a lot cheaper and looks to be a relatively simple dicerolling game. There's always room in my collection for easier games. Looking forward to this one less but still excited.

[Zhanteimi]

This is a favorite with my family.


Especially with the The King in Yellow expansion.

[MicShazam]

Played a bit of Broom Service last weekend. I could see this one becoming a top 5 game for me. We even only tried out the simple rules.