Tyjenks

Finally got a copy of Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game. Played through the brief tutorial and one quest. I love the mechanics of this game. It crams so much into what seems to be a few player and monster actions. Everything combines to be something greater than the sum of its parts. Currently, have only played it solo and it works great.

I feel like my kids and I figured out Forbidden Island and it got to the point where I did not enjoy it as much. Forbidden Desert adds to the game-play and I think improves the replay-ability. SO I wouldn’t write off Desert until you give it a shot. It is obviously very similar in many of its mechanics, but I think a better game overall for people that play more boardgames.

I have seen the Dice Tower guys talk about K2, but don’t know too much about it. Glad it is being featured.

@ Hai HA, I didn’t even notice that. Silly me. I need to learn to read more. 🙂

I don’t think I would bring Dice Masters to a group either. It is a great two player game, but unless you are going to split everyone up, I don’t think it is ideal for a group game night.

Arcadia Quest on the other hand…pure fun and a lot of working together against other people, but then guarding against others. A lot of push and pull. If you gang up on one person, another will certainly fly under the radar and win the scenario.

Thanks for recognizing my games!!!

Two of my favorites!!! Excellent choices. Arcadia Quest feels like a PC Action RPG successfully translated to a board game and D&D: Dice Masters brought the fantasy theme I wanted with the Dice Masters mechanics.

@CaptMench Thanks for the advice. She certainly does not want me pointing out things during play and she has started to see in other games when I start to take the foot off the gas. I may try walking through my turn outloud which I do somewhat already.

Many games like this there are important chains of “production” for lack of a better turn and unwritten phases the games go through. Being older, helps you do the figgerin’ and having played more games allows it to come more naturally. Part of it is, we just need to keep playing all sorts of games. She’ll develop it with suggestions like yours. We’ll keep at it.

Brass is on its way to mobile, too! iOS and Android some time soon as it is finishing Beta testing now.

EDIT: IN case anyone is interested

http://www.brassgame.com/#home

More Imperial Settlers with my 14 year old daughter. She continues to be frustrated as I have beaten her all three times we have played and it has not been very close. I am stuck between wanting to help, and I do give her some suggestions once the game is over, and just letting her learn. It is a difficult balance because she may just stop wanting to play, but she definitely would prefer to beat me based on her own skills. I still love the game and the many choices it provides.

Impreial Settlers and Tokaido again

My oldest daughter and I set up Robinson Crusoe, we were 30 minutes into going through the rules and I could see her eyes starting to glaze. So she and I went and played something else and I came back to it later, got through the rules a played a couple rounds. Very excited to get back into it when I have time.

Played a lot of Tokaido with my daughters and we loved it as expected. Also, played Imperial Settlers for the first couple of times. Can’t wait to play some more.

The third game I just picked up, Robinson Crusoe, I couldn’t quite get to and part of that was that I am intimidated. 😉

Awesome that this is still around. I still have my copy in a hard plastic container that must be 25+ years old.

The iOS app does not have many bells and whistles, but it is a good adaptation. I have played tons of games on it. Maybe try it out if you are considering the physical version. AS of this post, it is $5.99 on the app store.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/baseball-highlights-2045/id1003138996?mt=8

I believe the iOS developers have continued to work on the game and I have played several games recently with little to no issues. YMMV.

It is definitely still brutally difficult or I just suck. Maybe both. 🙂

Just wanted to add that this did just release for the iPad and iPhone. I have not had a chance to get it and try it and I have not played the original board game. Thought maybe some folks would be interested in trying it there first.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brass/id933026434?mt=8

This is not a theme I would normally buy into and there is nothing in a summary of the game that jumps out at you, but once I looked at it and watched it played, I desperately wanted it as did my 14 year old daughter. We watched it played on Tabletop, of course, and finally bought it. We have played 2 3-player games and 4 2-player games and it is wonderful. The two player variant with the ghost player works well enough to silence any fears I had about the weakness of the 2-player game. Easy to learn, but full of meaningful, tactical choices. It is everything I would hoped it would be and I love the theme even more having played it.

This is such a great game to get your kids started into gaming. It introduces equipment management, leveling, some light analysis in making card choices and other mechanisms that will serve them well as you introduce them to more complex games. It gets flack for the 100 expansions, but that just means there is bound to be a theme to introduce anyone to the game and gaming itself. We picked up the recent Adventure Time release and my kids and I love it even more.

@All

Thanks so much for the discussion and analysis. I really like the site and mostly want to know how it works and how effective the individual systems you all have in place are. I have bought gems and will continue to once these are used up as I more carefully apply those hearts after an initial heart avalanche. 😉 I have pointed many people to this site as I, as many do, tire of BGG’s archaic and almost anti-intuitive layout. Not saying that the two can’t both exist as I will still visit many sites, but I just prefer this one. I added my favorite local game store and told the owner because I really think more people would enjoy visiting and contributing as I think your system does successfully incentivize participation.

I could ramble more, but that’s probably enough. Thanks again!

-Tyler

Aha! Thanks for your thoughts. I was hoping that was not the case, but that is all that would make sense. Boo nefarious people!!! I rarely make a purchase selection based solely on any of the individual measurements on this or any site, so it doesn’t affect my gaming habits. Just stinks that the cool systems here at boardgaming.com can be skewed.

I am curious how this game is so popular in plays and hearts and in overall popularity with no reviews or discussion and as far as I can tell is only available from one place and that;s the Potluck Games website. I imagine there is a story or something that occurred prior to my arrival on Boargaming.com a few months ago, but I REALLY curious.

Hey, there’s an iPad app! And it’s pretty good for $3.99.

@Account Deletion

Thanks much for the feedback. I have a 14 and 9 year old daughter. The 14 year old has enjoyed Dice Masters, but I am not sure the 9 year old would so I hesitate to invest in Quarriors if my eldest and I can get a similar experience.

I’ll see if the 9 year old has any interest in the Dice Masters mechanics before I buy anything. The mechanics can be difficult for some that age although she does fairly well with other relatively complex games. They just can’t get the overall strategy as well at that age.

All that said, so happy I have kids (and both girls) that I can board game with. 🙂