I don’t have all his games, missing CO2 and escape plan. Although I have played escape plan here is my current order. Lisboa>The Gallerist>On Mars>Vinhos>Escape Plan. I think Kanban will be up in the top 3 at the end of the day. Please check out Mindclash Games, they are right up there with Lacerda’s games. Trickerion if you like a Magician theme (it’s the movie Prestige as a board game) and also check out Anachrony, time travel goodness.

Jealous.. my game group hasn’t met since February thanks to covid. Are you playing with your family? Or keeping your group going?

Finally finished my board game table (2 months of work on and off). Now time to play some games with family before school starts and we have to shut everything down again.
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Looks great, nice job!

That's a really awesome looking space. Nicely done.

I’m jealous, but I barely have room for my pins!

I was catching up on this thread last week and I want to thank those that talked about Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion. I was steadily playing Gloomhaven with a group for over a year at a friends house, and I decided to pick up my own with an Amazon Honey watch at $80. My purpose was to buy when still in print to play someday down the road with my family. Once the price hit my target I bought the game.

Well, my 10 and 7 yr old sons saw the game and wanted to play. We busted out all of the pieces and got everything organized into plano cases. We did two games, which they were able to catch on to with the wife playing also, without much trouble. The kids play Magic and are good at gaming.

Fast forward five months later and we haven't played again. The kids ask, but I have been reluctant to spend an hour to setup and another 30 mintues to go over the game again. Then I saw on this forum that Gloomhaven came out with a slim game with same play, but easier setup. I bought Jaws of the Lion from my local gameshop that same day. We have played up to scenario 4 over the last week. We did get our but kicked on 4 and need to play again, but that happens.

I really love the way they slowly guide you through the rules. I'm a terrible teacher and the way this game is setup, it takes the teacher role out. I also love how the setup is at least cut in half. Thanks again for alerting me to this game.

7th Continent! I was playing with a good friend of mine before the pandemic. He hasn't come over since. Can't wait to resume our adventure.

We were playing Pandemic Legacy Season 2.... And then the real pandemic got us. #irony

We are on our 3rd try on VG. We thought we knew where we were going the 2nd time and boy did we ever fail!

I literally just finished boxing up my copy of 7th Continent for a Mechs vs. Minions trade on BGG. It was my first kickstarter game and I can see why people love it, but it just never grabbed my group.

Did you have plans for this or just freestyle it? Any pics of the building process?

I looked at one picture from someone else's final table and deconstructed it from there.

I made plans using cinema4d for guesstimating and went from there.

Don't mind the mess.

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That's a nice table. A couple years ago we decided to go with a Gametopper, LLC. It sits on a card table, but you don't see the cheap table base underneath that we got to put it on (same as our gaming store uses). The nice thing is it's portable, but we have only moved it twice the whole time. I recommend the table.

Any tips for getting though it? I'm playing with my wife who is new to GH and my 11 and 8 yr old son.

Not my cup of tea, but I thought I would post this here...

I've got nemesis on order and can't wait for it to arrive and this all to be over so I can have my game group back in person.

Played Dead of Winter on Tabletop Simulator last weekend and game made by Ratva is one of the best playfields I've seen on that platform.

PSA: Steam has a digital tabletop festival that started today. Tons of cool seminars.

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tabletopfest

Board Game Geek's annual Secret Santa is live if you're into that sort of thing. I like doing that one and the Pinside one.

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2523878/boardgamegeek-2020-secret-santa-registration-open

Looking for suggestions. We'd like to add a game this holiday season.

We have and enjoy Carcasonne, Catan, Azul, 7 Wonders and Ticket to Ride. Looking for something to add. Would welcome suggestions (2-4 players.

Thanks.

Its minimum 3 player, but I highly recommend Cosmic Encounter! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39463/cosmic-encounter
It involves a lot of communication and negotiation, which is something your game list is a little light on. The complexity is a small step up from the games you listed, but that might make it fit nicely into the collection as opposed to overlapping with another game. The variable player powers makes each game unique, and it blends chaos and strategy really nicely!

My wife and I have really like Wingspan. It's an engine builder, and it doesn't really look like you've checked that box with the above. It's pretty low stress and non-combative. It's pretty easy to teach and pickup.

Another suggestion is Spirit Island. It's pretty heavy, but has some really satisfying coop game play.

I think both of those scale really well from 2-4 players.

If you want something different than anything you have, check out Mansions of Madness, 2nd Edition (assuming you're into the horror theme). It's a cooperative game and uses an app to control what's going on in the game so you don't have to keep track. Super atmospheric, and it's a lot of fun. My wife's favorite game is Ticket to Ride, and second favorite is Mansions of Madness...

I'd recommend Dead of Winter as well, if you want horror/survival, but without an app.

If you're looking for gifts, my game of the year for 2020 was Forgotten Waters. Hilarious pirate themed stories with full voice acting and a fun game that can be played in person or remote with any web enabled device. Everyone that I've played this with has loved it immensely and I've rolled it out for my hardcore gamer friends and my in-laws. https://www.plaidhatgames.com/board-games/forgotten-waters/

I've not played enough of it yet, but Pandemic Legacy Season 0 is shaping up to be a close second. Pandemic Legacy Season 1 is one of the best gaming experience I've ever had and this prequel is all in with the 1960's spy thriller theme and great co-op play!

Tried playing Maracaibo yesterday. After over an hour of trying to figure out 3 players first turns we packed it up.

Looks fun, and understood many of the mechanisms... but the rulebook was really poorly laid out IMO. I will try again someday when I am more highly caffeinated perhaps but it was pretty frustrating to not even be able to make it through a single round.

Anyone else played it?

I love Maracaibo! I never try and learn the game with the other players there. Try to be as prepared as possible before you play. I recommend watching a “how to play” video on YouTube and/watch a little bit of a playthrough to get familiar with the game. I like “Jon Gets Games”, he does a 3 player game of Maracaibo and it was super helpful before I started. Also, you can try playing the solo mode to get familiar with the game before you teach it to others. Rule books can be tough sometimes, we have all been there. Once you get the first few turns under your belt it will mostly make sense. The game is amazing IMO. Good luck!

Thanks for the heads up on this game. I checked the reviews and they also agree that it's a great game.

I noticed on Amazon that the price for this game has been going up and down all day. I managed to purchase it when it was down to $43.57 (retail is $59.95). Although at one point I saw it as low as $42.56. Game arrives tomorrow, I am excited to play this with the family!

I got to play my newly arrived kickstarter version of Kingdom Rush this weekend. They effectively transformed a fun tower defense video game into a fun tower defense board game. However, the rulebooks are not great. It's split between a rulebook and a scenario book and neither book really explains what to do very well. Not an overly complex game, but having two wall of words tomes that each only tell part of the rules despite having overlapping sections about the same steps was less than ideal.

Fun game and worth playing if you are a fan of the genre, but a poorly designed rulebook with an overly complicated intro scenario dulled its shine a bit.

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Now I just need to decide which one to play first....

Anyone else get any new board games for Christmas?

Klask is fun. We like playing that with the family. This year we added cat and mouth. Super fun for adults and kids. Who doesn’t love catapults

I got a couple of games from my Pinside Secret Santa!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-2020-pinside-secret-santa-participants-thread/page/24#post-6034519

I also got a few games from my BoardGameGeek SS!
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And finally, got Path of the Serpent expansion for Mansions of Madness from my in-laws.

I love Spirit Island, probably my favorite game at the moment. I have Jaws of the Lion, but haven't cracked into it yet. Curious to hear what you think about both.

We just played 'The River' for the first time tonight and the family really enjoyed it. It's similar to Splendor. I would recommend.

Our Christmas board game haul... Betrayal came from my pinside secret santa, Coffee Roaster and Azul Summer Pavilion from the board game geek secret santa. Others were gifts within the family. We're liking Azul Summer Pavilion and just tried the basic rules on the pinball game yesterday and it definitely has a pinball feel to it. The others are yet to be played. P1030507 (resized).JPG