and I have NEVER made anything out of wood before, so it was easy.
If my first attempt at carpentry was a table like that it would probably turn out approximately like this Simpsons clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOnBv0gCKg
and I have NEVER made anything out of wood before, so it was easy.
That...is a thing of beauty. Well done, and I'm beyond jealous. Looking for a table just like that, but unlike you, I have zero carpentry (or basic assembly) skills whatsoever.
Cheers!
We do GAF meetups at BGG every year!
Thanks, but it really wasn't that hard. measure, cut, screw together. no corner cuts(except for leg braces). Everything was straight cut and simple. Hardest part was just having the manpower to hold it all together while I screwed it together, as it is a rather large monster of a table.
I have had it built and varnished for two days now, but still haven't made time to play anything on it yet.
Might be an omen, but I just acquired a rather nice circular saw that begs some action. Did you come up with the plans yourself, or get 'em from somewhere? Love the look of that, but I would definitely have to go a bit smaller. Wonder if I could somehow put the legs on hinges to fold 'em away for storage when not in use...
...why do I have a bad feeling this is the start of a story I tell my kids / grandkids in the future about how I lost a thumb...
Start selling these, you probably have a faster turn around than geekchic
I haven't yet played a Nuts! game, but their production quality looks amazing. How is Phantom Fury?
I was thinking the same thing. Although I have no where near the craftmanship or attention to detail as they do, my table is WAY cheaper, and is pretty good all things considered. Does Geek Chic have any competition, really?
Anyone have experience with both Twilight Imperium and Eclipse? Different enough games?
Eclipse is a euro-take on the 4x genre, is much easier to play & teach, but still has a nice variety of tech to build ship designs etc. I love it.
Haha, Thank you. I thought about making more of them with legs detached and selling them $300ish + shipping. Only took about 8 hours to make.
Also, Here's the link of how I built it.
By way of specializing in tables made for gaming? Not really, but most people would do well to talk to a local furniture maker as well, if they are looking for something specialized and high-end.
Tom Vassal did a review of his GC table early this year and I have to say that it actually convinced me to NOT get a Geek Chic table. I was considering ordering an emissary, same model Vassel's, and what I saw did not look like $3000+ craftsmanship to me.
There is a NR thread here too; it's no reddit but it gets a few posts a week
And yep I live down here. Live-play wise we probably play at work 2-4 nights/week and then I try to make the Game Kastle tournament every month or two just to not get too rusty between big events.
Lets start with what I already own and enjoy:
Battlestar Galactica (base game) - You may consider Dead of Winter which is right around the corner. It basically improves on the BSG model and it does Zombies in a way that feels truer to the classics than say Zombicide where you just mow them down.
Spartacus (base game)
X-Wing Miniatures (two core sets and a lot of other ships)
Zombicide (base game)
Here is what I plan on getting, other than listing the X-Wing Minis because let's face it, I just buy all of them.
Spartacus: The Serpents and The Wolf (expansion)
Zombicide: Toxic City Mall (expansion)
Zombicide: Prison Outbreak (expansion)
Betrayal at house on the hill - As you said this is currently tough to find. Mansions of Madness may be worth looking at though I can't necessarily recommend it.
Memoir '44
Tannhauser + expansions
Bang! Dice
Jamaica
King of Tokyo + expansions
Legendary Marvel Deck Building Game + Dark City + Paint the Town Red
Level 7 Omega Protocol
BSG: Daybreak (expansion)
Castle Ravenloft
Legend of Drizzt- This essentially NEVER hits my table. I like it, but it occupies a weird space. A little too long and involved for my casual friends and a little too streamlined for my hardcore friends.
Eldritch Horror
51st State
Netrunner - Great game, but IMO it requires a lot of focus. You may love it as a magic player.
Werewolf and/or Resistance - If you are gonna buy werewolf, I recommend One Night Werewolf
I wish I owned less games and played the ones I own more.
I got a bunch of games I want to get rid of because of that, also if I dont play them for a while, I forget the giant rulebook worth of rules. Like many of FFG older games. Starcraft while I liked it, will probably never get played again, so to the pile it goes. I just hate shipping this stuff, got to see how craigslist works out for selling board games locally.
Saw that earlier. You guys are doing good workMy friends and I made a video about Splendor that I think turned out pretty well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAdjKru7Mg8
Self plug aside, I honestly don't like this game very much. It was nominated for the Spiel De Jares, but I find it's decisions to be pretty aimless. Anyone else played splendor? Chris loves it, but I feel like I'm on auto-pilot when I play this game.
Those chips tho...
I played Splendor last night. I thought it was mechanically sound. It's easy to play, teach, and only plays in about 30 minutes. The problem is, it's too bland. While theme isn't the first priority in games for me, I do tend to gravitate to more thematic games on both sides, Euros and Ameritrash. Splendor is just completely void of theme and it bored me because of it. As far as I can tell I was using gens to buy beach chairs that generated me more rubies. Get enough beach chairs and King Henry would want to hang out with me.
So while I said this game's mechanics are sound they also are really basic and don't really give options for more complex actions. Take Carcassonne for instance, you have two actions to do. You must place a tile and you may place a guy. Very simple, but where you place the tile can effect where you place your guy. The simple mechanics offer a basis for very strategic and complex play. Splendor doesn't have that. It's either take gems, buy a card, or take a card for a future turn.
It's a solid game mechanically and it's technically not bad, it's just, for someone used to gaming it's a bore. Anyway, I would recommend this game to only the most casual of players.
Anybody else play it? Am I way off base here?
It seems like it's crazy overhyped, especially after the SDJ nomination.The tension wasn't there for me. I always felt like I had multiple "good" moves that missing out on grabbing a card never bothered me. Even the few times I feared that I will lose a big card I just grabbed it plus a wild chip, which is a good second prize. Also the nobles that you can grab are so balanced that, again, if I was working for one and someone else grabbed it I had another option that was only a card or two off. They aren't even worth different points so there is no need to get hung up on missing out on a noble.
As far as different strategies, I could see maybe rushing the high valued point cards to speed up to the end game, but you are still tied to only having 10 gems at a time. You can only get so far with that strategy before you need to slow down and buy the cheaper non point cards. I don't think it's a bad game. There is nothing broken with it's mechanics and the game does what it does well. I just find what it does boring.
Yeah, 51st State isn't really that great. The New Era is an improvement on the 51st State system. However, even the New Era has it's problems, but it is a better game. So, if you really wanted to play a 51st State game grab the New Era instead.Tannhauser & 51st State are not worth investing in IMO. 51st State fell especially flat for me.
I actually meant the new era version. Oops! But thanks for the heads up on it. I only got interested in it because Zee from dice tower seemed to talk it up so much.So, if you really wanted to play a 51st State game grab the New Era instead.
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With Formula D, tell me you played with the advanced rules. It totally changes the game for the better.Got my import copy of "Skull", wow these are some beautiful beer coasters!!
Great game, but again some of my friends just don't "get it", I think it has alot to do with attention span due to being "dude where is my pizza?" stoners. Lame...
Also got Formula D. I really don't know what to think of this game. If I was a 13 year old boy I might really dig it. I just don't see how a full grown man can bust this out in any real life situation that didn't involve other game nerds. I did quite enjoy it with a first grade after school program, ie. 6-7 year olds, so I guess it isn't a total loss...
Also got Formula D. I really don't know what to think of this game. If I was a 13 year old boy I might really dig it. I just don't see how a full grown man can bust this out in any real life situation that didn't involve other game nerds. I did quite enjoy it with a first grade after school program, ie. 6-7 year olds, so I guess it isn't a total loss...
Those look great. I am definitely jealous here. I will have to spring for a copy at some point soon.Got my import copy of "Skull", wow these are some beautiful beer coasters!!
I'm already very much into Magic The Gathering but now that I've spent hundreds of dollars on cards I'm ready to slow that down quite a bit and buy into a lasting board game library.
Netrunner
Does anybody know of a good 2 player board game that isn't necessarily about beating the hell out of your opponent? Bonus points for it having a fantasy/sci-fi theme?
Me and the wife like playing games together, but she hates that I win all the time. I would love something we can play together, or something with light competitiveness like Arabian Nights.
Does anybody know of a good 2 player board game that isn't necessarily about beating the hell out of your opponent? Bonus points for it having a fantasy/sci-fi theme?
Me and the wife like playing games together, but she hates that I win all the time. I would love something we can play together, or something with light competitiveness like Arabian Nights.
Pandemic? If you don't mind cards then Hanabi is a great "chill" 2 player game, good for couple bonding I would say...
Seasons is competitive, but my wife and I have liked it a lot.
Pandemic or Forbidden Desert for co-op games.
Fury of Dracula (though it plays better with a few more people)
Sentinels of the Multiverse - with two people, you each play two heroes, so there's a lot to do...
I'll take a look at these, thanks. Is Sentinels a Marvel game?
Yeah I really wonder if there even is a way of making a good "gaming" table as opposed to just a good table. We have a Calligaris table that's extendable and I really wouldn't ever want to swap it out for anything else. A lot of the features I see on GC are just specific to certain games or have these storage features that I don't see as being very useful unless you really just play the same one or two games.
Sentinels is unrelated to anything. It has a indie comic feel to it as all the characters are made up and the art is done (poorly) in house.
If you and your wife are really into marvel check out legendary the marvel deck building game. It's mostly cooperative in that you can ignore the points at the end. It's one of my wife's favorites.
I'm like blindrocket in that I'm a Magic: The Gathering nerd, so I'm trying to avoid any further card-based games. We're looking for a dice rolling type thing. She likes swords and sorcery stuff, so I'm hoping to find something along those lines.
PitchCar for the win, when it comes to racing
Let me hear some of you guys suggestions for the very best games for 3 people. We like heavy stuff so don't be afraid to list whatever lol
Let me hear some of you guys suggestions for the very best games for 3 people. We like heavy stuff so don't be afraid to list whatever lol
Let me hear some of you guys suggestions for the very best games for 3 people. We like heavy stuff so don't be afraid to list whatever lol
Ticket to Ride: The Nordic Countries....yeah, it's technically a light game, but gets majorly cutthroat
Powergrid...an economy game...rule complexity is ridiculous at first, but if all three people know what they're doing, the game is excellent
Debating whether to keep Splendor in my Netrunner Upstalk preorder or swap in something else is really though. People seem to be either through the roof about this as a gateway game (and I always have room for those) or think it's just a boring autopilot euro that has no real utility other than having pretty pieces.