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by riddell I think CoB has a lot more going on than some casual players can handle.I'd second King of Tokyo. Some other light/medium euros that have worked well with my group of casual players are...
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by chockle As a non-real gamer myself, my opinion is against The Castles of Burgundy. I just don't think VP salad games are fun. I don't think CoB has rules that are all that simple and I don't think...
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by pfctsqr The Castles of Burgundy has a decent chance of working with group A, but not group B.For group B, I highly recommend Takenoko. It can handle 2 to 4 players and is good at any of those...
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by Happymrdave I would not recommend this for group B. There are a lot of things going on at once, there's a lot of iconography on the boards, and while your decisions are primarily tactical, some of...
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by pilotbobpfctsqr wrote:For group B, I highly recommend Takenoko. It can handle 2 to 4 players and is good at any of those counts.I totally agree with that. And also by the same designer Tokaido....
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by keen2215 So many speedy replies, thank you all for your time! Michael:I'll look into King of Tokyo. I think the game looks great and has interesting theme, but player elimination might be an...
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by pilotbobkeen2215 wrote:Bob:Thanks for the inputs! What do you think about the replay value on these games? Libertalia has a deck of cards that will provide loads of different combination, along with...
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by pilotbobkeen2215 wrote:So many speedy replies, thank you all for your time! Michael:I'll look into King of Tokyo. I think the game looks great and has interesting theme, but player elimination might...
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by suzan_caylus It could be a faq question.
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by vfxtrevThunkd wrote:It's seems like a rather clunky add-on to a very elegant game.I think dboyee is just brainstorming out an idea for this game. Obviously it's not a variation you could just...
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by Thunkdvfxtrev wrote:but that doesn't stop your comment from being like a "troll".dboyee wrote:I just want to know what other people think about this idea.Ummm... he explicitly asked for people's...
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by keen2215 Hi Bob, Thanks for the recommendations, definitely quite a few games that I've never looked into...looks like I'll find my other chance to try CoB. Thanks again everyone! -Joseph
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by riddellkeen2215 wrote:J:HAHA thanks a bunch for the list, I'll have to look into each of them, but do you have any stronger thoughts are any of the games on the list?I'm not sure what list you are...
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by DeePee If group B can handle Race for the Galaxy, Castles of Burgundy should be no problem at all.
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by kjamma4Thunkd wrote:It's seems like a rather clunky add-on to a very elegant game.I agree (and don't think this is a trollish answer.)I think the fact that you have a limited amount of hexes...
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by dboyeekjamma4 wrote:Thunkd wrote:It's seems like a rather clunky add-on to a very elegant game. I agree (and don't think this is a trollish answer.)I think the fact that you have a limited amount of...
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by Thunkddboyee wrote:kjamma4 wrote:sure, you can zoom to the forefront by filling in all your river hexes - you probably get to be first player for quite a long time but you may only be getting one...
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by davypilouper wrote:Just to be clear, you CAN still pick up tiles of any type, even when you have full regions; you just can't place them. They'll eventually be discarded from your three-slot holding...
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by Thunkddavypi wrote:louper wrote:Just to be clear, you CAN still pick up tiles of any type, even when you have full regions; you just can't place them. They'll eventually be discarded from your...
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by louperdavypi wrote:louper wrote:Just to be clear, you CAN still pick up tiles of any type, even when you have full regions; you just can't place them. They'll eventually be discarded from your...
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