nup but i’m on the mailing list for when it sells out in 6 minutes
Yeah, I really think it depends on the scenario - some seem to be quite complex.
My 7 year old asked if we could play a game of Ticket to Ride yesterday, followed by a couple of games of backgammon. #dadgoals
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Regular Betrayal is a bit hit/miss. I was robotripping one time by accident and we got the haunt where a bird picks up the entire house and it was weird.
But we’ve had heaps of fun with it in other things. Gotta lean into the role-playing of the characters.
We got Betrayal Legacy edition last year and we played through three rounds with our friends over Thanksgiving. 2 of us in Seattle, 1 in Vancouver, and 2 in Oakland and they all came to our house for the holiday…we’re hoping to get together over the summer to get a few more rounds in and also Thanksgiving again.
It was really fun…
We just got the Europe expansion for Wingspan but haven’t played it. That’s our favorite at the moment probably because it’s super accessible for new-comers.
I had to look up robotripping. hahaha.
I might need to look into wingspan. I have seen it come up a few times now.
it’s really fun and pretty and quite accessible for new people.
my wife and I are seasoned board-game people but don’t really have friends here who are…so it’s been a perfect introduction game.
also not killing people, or attacking other players is quite nice.
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Well, someone just got me Wingspan for my Bday which was unexpected - now to go and collect some birds!
Who else has this game? It seems quite complex.
Look up @EzyLee and you will find the answer
Impulse bought the card game Saboteur on a random amazon prime sale a little while back, and have only now had (many, many) chances to play it.
Pretty impressed by it, good mechanics and has a decent duration for a card game. Would recommend!
hello liam yes i have played lots of wingspan, it is a lil bit intimidating but it is also a friendly and relaxing game so don’t stress.
my new player advice is
- skip the tutorial board and just dive in
- play with the green side of the end of round goals
- the automata is kinda weird so try and find at-least 2 players for ur first go
- ravens and crows are super overpowered and unbalanced, if you get one of those from the start then u will probably win
- build engines where it makes sense, e.g. build ravens in the grass area coz that gives you eggs and ravens eat eggs and give you food so you get ur perpetual egg-food motion machine going
- all of the drawings and the birb facts are interesting, read the cards
- not too many of the powers are ‘open ended’ but the rules are v good, just check the card reference
- bonus cards can be hard to hit, they’re not the be all and end all and you can draw more later on
- play with revealed bonus cards for the first game so ya’ll can help each other out, we always do but we’re not competitive
lots of other things but best way to start is to jump in, it always feels like you’re not doing enough with your shrinking action count but it’s okay, stuff takes time as well, always have lots of extra cards to trade for more food too IMO
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My partner ordered a bunch of two player games for all the home time we are gonna have.
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Azul. Never played but reccomended
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Code Names duet, it’s the two players where it’s you against the game, I’ve played the 4 player version
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Carcassonne, have played before but never only with two. Pretty good just with two.
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Citadels, again played multiple player but never 2p.
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Twilight Struggle, looks epic, it’s based around the cold war, long but apparently very good
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o fuck i love azul, always stitching people up making em pickup long ass lines
there’s a new Michael Kiesling game comin out soon, Paris that looks very good as well
Any good recommendations for younger kids, eg a 5 year old?
We have:
- Monopoloy - gets too advanced at the house/hotel phase
- Catan - strategy too advanced
- Risk - strategy too advanced
- Pictionary - drawing not good enough
- Trivial Pursuit - doesn’t know enough facts
- Cranium - too advanced
- Scrabble - can’t read
All these games are great with my eldest, but the little one is left out.
We have been playing Sushi Go, it’s not a board game but a card game there are some good accumulation tactics and it is an open misere type game as you hand the cards around and have to react to what other players are playing. Some basic maths involved.
Our kids love Sushi go too.
Monopoly deal is also a hit.
Totem Zen is good for chopstick practise
Uno, Dominoes and Frustration still go all right
Forbidden island is good collabo game that kids can do, the kids like outfoxed as another collabo game but its pretty basic and you always seam to win.
Rat a tat cat is a good card game good for maths and memory practice
There’s a Moose in The House, Exploding Kittens, Kings gold and sleeping queens have had popular stages in our house.
Dixit can be quite interesting with kids too, mostly just watching how their minds work
i have it on good authority that 5 year olds love this game:
what about choo choo trains?
Also Potion Explosion works well for my girls.
We’ve also had great family mileage out of Rat-a-Tat-Cat. And the girls loved Sleeping Queens. This was around 5-7 years old. Uno, Connect 4 and Ticket to Ride also get a good run, as does Backgammon now that they’re a little older (about to turn 10 and 8).
Alright cool, looks like I’m placing an order for some board games.
Separately - and off but sort of on topic - I was thinking about buying a TV. What is the FOA feedback on these things? My wife and I have always just watched movies or shows on the laptop. And the kids now have ipads, with the result that they just each go off into a corner and stare at Netflix separately. But when we’ve stayed at holiday houses they have tended to watch ABC Kids/Me - I think that has better content than Netflix, and it forces them to watch whatever is on (not choosing their favourite random show), and they do it together, not separately. Also DVDs/movies together.
So the idea would be - TV plus DVDs, and delete the streaming apps off the ipads, just leaving the educational and creative stuff. Thoughts?
(Also not sure where I’d put a TV - our lounge room is happily configured in a way that it doesn’t just stare at a wall, gotta figure that out.)
how much do you wanna spend?
samsung panels are gr8, QLED is good, HDR is good, if you’re spending >1.5k for >55" get something with local dimming
otherwise whatever is cheapest on Kogan lol