I've been really into tabletop games most of my life. I've played MTG EDH for 12 years, and I love so many game mediums, but board games have my heart.
Currently my favorites are:
-Godsforge (w/ expansions)
-Duel (w/ expansions)
-Takanoko
-Lotus
- Terraforming Mars
-Catan (Catan veteran over here!)
-Dominion
Getting people together to play boardgames gets harder and harder each year.
I like Race For The Galaxy (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28143) but it takes some teaching.
If you want cyberpunk MagicTheGathering, give Netrunner (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124742) a try. It's 1v1, but asymmetric play!
The last couple of times we could get people together, we played Dominant Species (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/62219)
Mozai, I thoroughly enjoyed System Crash (https://store.steampowered.com/app/481180/System_Crash/), it's a cyberpunk ccg.
Getting together a group of wetfish for game night might be fun.
Oh wow, I haven't heard of any of these games!
You know, I've had a hard time getting a consistent group to play board games these days too. However, having a girlfriend makes it easier, we just play board games with our roommate all the time. Prior to dating my current girlfriend, I was setting up times to play board games with groups of people... but that how I found out about the poly couple board game pipeline. Lmfao! Needless to say, the board games nights I was setting up, mostly just turned into 3way - 5way with trans people. Rofl.
I would love to organize a board game night with wetfish folks! To be clear, for board games, not sex, OK! Lol. The times I've recently done successful, non sex related board game nights, I've done with 14-22 people. We just get groupsbof 4-7 and play our own game, breaking into groups. After a while we all come back together and play some large game where everyone can be involved, like sharades or a who done it or cards against humanity type.
This looked based, wonder if it's any good?
(//upload/62e9b79b-70f2-7de5-7169-8c3eb41f1a6c.jpeg)
Quote from: Esmé on December 18, 2024, 11:48:59 AM
This looked based, wonder if it's any good?
(//upload/62e9b79b-70f2-7de5-7169-8c3eb41f1a6c.jpeg)
I'd be down to check it out.
Since Wetfish is spread out across the globe, we could have a night where we play games via "Board Game Simulator"
Quote from: Diabolizer on January 09, 2025, 10:39:36 PM
Quote from: Esmé on December 18, 2024, 11:48:59 AM
This looked based, wonder if it's any good?
(//upload/62e9b79b-70f2-7de5-7169-8c3eb41f1a6c.jpeg)
I'd be down to check it out.
Since Wetfish is spread out across the globe, we could have a night where we play games via "Board Game Simulator"
Oooo that's a good idea!
Playing Azul at the Kava Bar
(//upload/cc42187b-c6a2-ba81-8b7f-81421953ada7.jpeg)
(//upload/ec155ee6-acb6-79b3-94b0-1e5e2556426c.jpeg)
I had a board game idea called "Get to Sleep at a Descent Hour". The game board would be made from a bunch of modular room boards: living room, master bedroom, halls, bathroom, kitchen, etc. Everyone starts in the living room and you have to complete a task in each room and make it to the master bedroom before anyone else. I had a couple ideas for movement and other player actions, as well as systems for game events, but nothing concrete.
A few times a year in Montreal there's a board-game swap meet. Latest one was just announced. I can show what I got in the last haul -- these aren't recommendations, just showing off. "Muse" is a knock off of "Dixit" and I can recommend "Dixit."
(https://mltshp-cdn.com/r/1QLS4.jpg)
Thought this was a unique game
[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=/7gyxBvf3FXI[/video]
I like Inscription, although it is a digital board game..
Quote from: bencain on April 15, 2025, 02:36:59 PM
I like Inscription, although it is a digital board game..
Do you like to play any analog board games? 🎲
Have any of yall played Dual?!
(//upload/6d661e90-f38a-db3b-89cf-e0bcccdecde6.jpeg)
Quote from: Fishmé on May 21, 2025, 01:25:33 AM
Have any of yall played Dual?!
(//upload/6d661e90-f38a-db3b-89cf-e0bcccdecde6.jpeg)
I've never even seen this game before
How do you play it?
Quote from: rachel on May 21, 2025, 02:24:29 AM
Quote from: Fishmé on May 21, 2025, 01:25:33 AM
Have any of yall played Dual?!
(//upload/6d661e90-f38a-db3b-89cf-e0bcccdecde6.jpeg)
I've never even seen this game before
How do you play it?
It's basically 2 player 7-wonders. Highly recommend! This picture is with both expansion. The video here is just the base game. (I honestly think it's better than OG 7-wonders)
[video]https://youtu.be/v6CQFd4Enf0[/video]
Got this game for free at a mother earth free market. Qwirkle is a fun pattern points based strategy puzzle game. Pretty fun! (//upload/a504133f-2ce7-0e59-79e1-e843ad11c522.jpeg)
(//upload/b3e1ca63-e209-e84a-b7ec-eb11029ef003.jpeg)
I'm savage at the waffle game 🧇
Rummy Cube 1v1 Lose 🔴 12tp
(//upload/23c79cf8-2e43-3ff5-a316-bfd3065e0828.jpeg)
Does anyone here like Warhammer 40k? I have not played before, but I greatly enjoy reading through the expansive lore that it has.
Quote from: ThePedalMan998 on July 06, 2025, 11:31:04 PM
Does anyone here like Warhammer 40k? I have not played before, but I greatly enjoy reading through the expansive lore that it has.
I never got into it, but it seems neat. I played mtg edh a lot as a teenager and always saw folks playing it on those big felted tables.
Quote from: Fishmé on July 10, 2025, 06:44:01 PM
Quote from: ThePedalMan998 on July 06, 2025, 11:31:04 PM
Does anyone here like Warhammer 40k? I have not played before, but I greatly enjoy reading through the expansive lore that it has.
I never got into it, but it seems neat. I played mtg edh a lot as a teenager and always saw folks playing it on those big felted tables.
One of my colleagues like to paint warhammer miniatures, he recently gave me a model of a space marine. I hope to start painting miniatures of my own when I get some more free time.
I recently discovered this board game that describes an RAF bomber command operation in great detail. The game mechanics cover various real dangers RAF bomber crews faced in operations over Europe, such as flak, searchlights, and Luftwaffe night fighters. Interestingly, this board game is listed as being created in the year 2012, the same year that a memorial to the aircrew of RAF bomber command was unveiled in London. I am not sure if this is a direct coincidence or not. I have not played this game, but I think it may be interesting for the info it contains about the bomber offensive over Europe during WW2.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27101/bomber-command-the-night-raids
(https://cf.geekdo-images.com/qtkL7Pv7lKNXicyiMClqfQ__imagepage/img/4Njizm9uM971Mc6r0-xJVWmvqRA=/fit-in/900x600/filters:no_upscale():strip_icc()/pic1264584.jpg)
Quote from: ThePedalMan998 on July 06, 2025, 11:31:04 PM
Does anyone here like Warhammer 40k? I have not played before, but I greatly enjoy reading through the expansive lore that it has.
Pyro is really into Warhammer 40k, she goes to international tournaments and has hundreds of the little figures, whatever they're called
Quote from: rachel on July 31, 2025, 11:20:00 PM
Quote from: ThePedalMan998 on July 06, 2025, 11:31:04 PM
Does anyone here like Warhammer 40k? I have not played before, but I greatly enjoy reading through the expansive lore that it has.
Pyro is really into Warhammer 40k, she goes to international tournaments and has hundreds of the little figures, whatever they're called
Sounds expensive
Quote from: Fishmé on August 01, 2025, 12:12:11 AM
Quote from: rachel on July 31, 2025, 11:20:00 PM
Quote from: ThePedalMan998 on July 06, 2025, 11:31:04 PM
Does anyone here like Warhammer 40k? I have not played before, but I greatly enjoy reading through the expansive lore that it has.
Pyro is really into Warhammer 40k, she goes to international tournaments and has hundreds of the little figures, whatever they're called
Sounds expensive
I know what those Lil figures cost. And all the Lil paonts too. That shit ain't cheap!
Quote from: Fishmé on August 01, 2025, 12:12:41 AM
Quote from: Fishmé on August 01, 2025, 12:12:11 AM
Quote from: rachel on July 31, 2025, 11:20:00 PM
Quote from: ThePedalMan998 on July 06, 2025, 11:31:04 PM
Does anyone here like Warhammer 40k? I have not played before, but I greatly enjoy reading through the expansive lore that it has.
Pyro is really into Warhammer 40k, she goes to international tournaments and has hundreds of the little figures, whatever they're called
Sounds expensive
I know what those Lil figures cost. And all the Lil paonts too. That shit ain't cheap!
Cardboard Crack ain't got nothing on Warhammer 40k
Just played root for the first time. What a flavorful game! These woodland alliance critters are based!
(//upload/45254f85-2858-7ea4-9bf4-ad4c7bebdd3d.jpeg)
Root is weird -- every player has slightly different rules and winning conditions.
Quote from: Fishmé on August 01, 2025, 12:13:02 AM
Quote from: Fishmé on August 01, 2025, 12:12:41 AM
Quote from: Fishmé on August 01, 2025, 12:12:11 AM
Quote from: rachel on July 31, 2025, 11:20:00 PM
Quote from: ThePedalMan998 on July 06, 2025, 11:31:04 PM
Does anyone here like Warhammer 40k? I have not played before, but I greatly enjoy reading through the expansive lore that it has.
Pyro is really into Warhammer 40k, she goes to international tournaments and has hundreds of the little figures, whatever they're called
Sounds expensive
I know what those Lil figures cost. And all the Lil paonts too. That shit ain't cheap!
Cardboard Crack ain't got nothing on Warhammer 40k
https://youtube.com/watch?v=/AM1OAxvrPZg?si=LzoulPU-oCk49VC2
My other board game idea is called "Prison Break". Each of the players is a prisoner trying to work together to break out of prison. But each prisoner also has a secret agenda card that they must complete in order to win. So you have to perform actions that help the group agenda and your own personal agenda. At the same time, you are trying to help the other players achieve the group agenda, but block what you think their hidden agenda might be. Additionally there was going to be:
- Characters: Each with a thematic backstory and different skills/abilities e.g.: the Creep, the Young Guy, the Mafioso, the Lifer.
- Action Cards: These would give players additional actions that they could use or trade.
- A Status System: Different actions will be harder/impossible if you don't have high enough status e.g. Bargaining, Intimidation. Status can be affected by failing/succeeding at different actions, or from different events.
- A Day/Night System: Different player actions would be harder/impossible at different times.
- Random Events: Power Outage, Food Poisoning, New Warden, Lucky Punch etc. These can help or hinder all players or individual players
- Items: There will be different ways to receive these, some will even have to be crafted e.g. Cigarettes, Shiv, Porn. They'll be used for certain actions or to satisfy conditions.
- A Commissary: A place where items can be bought.
- Rules for Guards: Guards will move around the board, attack or kill misbehaving prisoners, destroy contraband, and generally make everything harder.
- Other NPCs: These can be bribed, intimidated, or killed to help or hinder the game. E.g. Naughty Nurse, Corrupt Guard, Black Market Connection, Pastor
- Specialized Rooms: E.g. Library, Infirmary, Showers. Places where special actions can take place.
- Different Scenarios: E.g. Put on a Christmas Play, Prison Riot, Start a Fire. Each scenario will have its own requirements for escape.
- Hidden Agendas: The Snitch, the Serial Killer, the Team Player: As stated above, each player will try to surreptitiously accomplish a hidden goal.
I'm not sure if this would all make it in and work. The Hidden Agenda system would be especially hard to implement, but I have some ideas. Like players could each have a hand of cards that they keep to themselves. If the Snitch has the "Call Guard" and "I Heard a Rumor" card in their hand when the scenario conditions are met, they'd be the winner.
(//upload/6a897c3c-0088-a6b1-347b-9462806cfc8e.jpeg)
[glow=red,2,300]Lancer[/glow]
This is what I got at the board-game swap-meet first week of December:
(//upload/acaac212-9a13-7370-5236-5d8867d9eee6.jpeg)
- Transformers Deck-Building Game. what it says on the box. Christmas gift for a Transformers fan.
- * Mini Rails. like an stripped-down-for-speed version of the 18xx rail games. Looks good.
- Hover Kraft. dexterity game, like Waffle Wobble but floating above magnets. another Christmas gift to give.
- Renegade. PvE cooperative game, players are netrunners against a random enemy drawn from a deck. Too many fiddly bits.
- Adventure Games The Dungeon. co-op solve-the-mystery game, gonna try this with my mom.
- * Mottainai. Enginebuilder game I was recommended beacuse it's supposed to be like Glory To Rome and Innovation. Looks good.
- SuperHOT the CARD game. solitaire puzzle.
- * Ultra Tiny Epic Kingdoms. I want to study this to learn from it.
- someone was giving away free 3d-printed token trays, I took three of them.
Quote from: Fishmé on December 12, 2025, 07:42:18 PM
(//upload/6a897c3c-0088-a6b1-347b-9462806cfc8e.jpeg)
[glow=red,2,300]Lancer[/glow]
(//upload/bc3c823f-94a6-7307-84b2-3af758db1edf.jpeg)
Quote from: Mozai on December 12, 2025, 08:51:30 PM
This is what I got at the board-game swap-meet first week of December:
(//upload/acaac212-9a13-7370-5236-5d8867d9eee6.jpeg)
- Transformers Deck-Building Game. what it says on the box. Christmas gift for a Transformers fan.
- * Mini Rails. like an stripped-down-for-speed version of the 18xx rail games. Looks good.
- Hover Kraft. dexterity game, like Waffle Wobble but floating above magnets. another Christmas gift to give.
- Renegade. PvE cooperative game, players are netrunners against a random enemy drawn from a deck. Too many fiddly bits.
- Adventure Games The Dungeon. co-op solve-the-mystery game, gonna try this with my mom.
- * Mottainai. Enginebuilder game I was recommended beacuse it's supposed to be like Glory To Rome and Innovation. Looks good.
- SuperHOT the CARD game. solitaire puzzle.
- * Ultra Tiny Epic Kingdoms. I want to study this to learn from it.
- someone was giving away free 3d-printed token trays, I took three of them.
Tell me more about SUPERHOT.
Quote from: Diabolizer on December 16, 2025, 12:30:23 PM
Quote from: Mozai on December 12, 2025, 08:51:30 PM
This is what I got at the board-game swap-meet first week of December:
(//upload/acaac212-9a13-7370-5236-5d8867d9eee6.jpeg)
- Transformers Deck-Building Game. what it says on the box. Christmas gift for a Transformers fan.
- * Mini Rails. like an stripped-down-for-speed version of the 18xx rail games. Looks good.
- Hover Kraft. dexterity game, like Waffle Wobble but floating above magnets. another Christmas gift to give.
- Renegade. PvE cooperative game, players are netrunners against a random enemy drawn from a deck. Too many fiddly bits.
- Adventure Games The Dungeon. co-op solve-the-mystery game, gonna try this with my mom.
- * Mottainai. Enginebuilder game I was recommended beacuse it's supposed to be like Glory To Rome and Innovation. Looks good.
- SuperHOT the CARD game. solitaire puzzle.
- * Ultra Tiny Epic Kingdoms. I want to study this to learn from it.
- someone was giving away free 3d-printed token trays, I took three of them.
Tell me more about SUPERHOT.
Yeah! 😃 Tell us about all your board games.