Picked up Le Havre, looks interesting. From the same person who created Agricola I believe.
I almost bought Agricola yesterday (grabbed Pandemic and Lost Cities instead) - have you tried it? I hear it's amazing - #2 on boardgamegeek.com - but can put off some people because of the complexity?
I almost bought Agricola yesterday (grabbed Pandemic and Lost Cities instead) - have you tried it? I hear it's amazing - #2 on boardgamegeek.com - but can put off some people because of the complexity?
I don't like Agricola too much. It is pretty fun, but there is almost no player interaction. The box says you can play with 1-5 players. 1 player! If you are into solitaire and want to sit with other people who are playing the same solitaire game, Agricola is the absolute best.
Uwe Rosenberg designed La Havre, which I have been dying to try, Agricola, and Bohnanza. Bohnanza is a really fun lightweight card game. I suggest you try it as well as Agricola. I've not played any of his less popular games.
This is a cool game for the programmers out there. Basically get cards and you have to create a program with those cards to move your robot to different waypoints. There are certain complications thrown in that can inhibit your movement or how your program executes.
Yeah, Roborally is awesome, it's got really fun gameplay. I've only played it a couple times, but I'd love to pick up a copy of it... I think it was out of production for a few years, but seems to be available again.
We played Pandemic with a couple friends tonight for the first time and the game was a real hit. We didn't win but still had a great time trying to come up with a strategy that would work.
We played Pandemic with a couple friends tonight for the first time and the game was a real hit. We didn't win but still had a great time trying to come up with a strategy that would work.
If Agricola is competitive solitaire, Pandemic is co-operative solitaire.
I've only played it once. How is the balance between the different wonders?
The Wonders are really quite a small part of the game and they're balanced well. The real difference with them is that some are simpler and some are more dependant on how your opponents play and luck than others.
Generally speaking, 7th Wonder is an excellently balanced game.
There are several main strategies to collect points (armies, gold, buildings, sciences, guilds, wonders), each of which can be winning strategy, and almost any combination of them can work. Every card can be good or useless depending on your situation, and the "better" cards are properly more expensive.
The game has been a pretty universal hit among my friends.
Pandemia is fun. As to co-operative solitaire, couldn't you basicly say that about any co-operative game?
Agricola is a weird one. I've had really fun games and really frustrating and boring games.
The only problem with Robo Rally is that it tends to take long and requires a lot of players for any notable amount of player interaction to happen. Otherwise it's fun.
Pandemia is fun. As to co-operative solitaire, couldn't you basicly say that about any co-operative game?
You could probably say it about any co-operative game that doesn't restrict the information you can share with your partners and that doesn't have a skill element. I can't think of any board games like this, but bridge despite not being purely co-op reflects the first idea, Left 4 Dead and other video games reflect the second. Whereas, in Pandemic, if you're a weak player the other players simply tell you what to do, or if you wanted you could play as all the players and it wouldn't affect the gameplay.
Whereas, in Pandemic, if you're a weak player the other players simply tell you what to do,
I can see what you're saying but I think the fun of the game came from the group dynamic of everyone contributing to a common goal. Maybe because we we're all learning the game together we didn't have one person who was telling people what to do; but I also don't really have friends who wouldn't let people contribute to the game when it's their turn.
Pandemia is fun. As to co-operative solitaire, couldn't you basicly say that about any co-operative game?
I Agree. I can't play Pandemic anymore because we always end up with one person controlling everyone's turn. Most cooperative games have this problem. It's too bad because I loved Pandemic the first two or three times I played.
I Agree. I can't play Pandemic anymore because we always end up with one person controlling everyone's turn. Most cooperative games have this problem. It's too bad because I loved Pandemic the first two or three times I played.
I hope that's not the case for us - I wonder if there are some subtle rule changes you could make to ensure that doesn't happen. Limit some information sharing. I guess I hope the people I play with are strong enough in their opinion to play the character how they want.
Make sure you play with that one person who's sole purpose is not to win the game but to completely ruin everybody else's experience to the best of their ability to maximize hilarity.
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We have Pandemic and love it. I can see how someone who has a strong personality might control too much, hence taking the fun out of it. 5 pandemic cards is a great challenge, 6 is insane.
The family's been playing Finca lately. It's a pretty light game like Ticket to Ride, but maybe a little simpler since my 5 year old is able to play, while he still struggles a bit with T2R.
Fun game, good for people that aren't that serious about games.
I don't like Agricola too much. It is pretty fun, but there is almost no player interaction. The box says you can play with 1-5 players. 1 player! If you are into solitaire and want to sit with other people who are playing the same solitaire game, Agricola is the absolute best.
Uwe Rosenberg designed La Havre, which I have been dying to try, Agricola, and Bohnanza. Bohnanza is a really fun lightweight card game. I suggest you try it as well as Agricola. I've not played any of his less popular games.
Agricola with the more advanced occupations and such is way more interactive than with the basic cards.
Played Stone Age the other day. Similar to Agricola, a little more interactive though. I recommend it
As far as co-op games go, the best co-op games are the ones with a secret "mole." I think there's a Game of Thrones themed game that falls into that category and a few others that I can't think of off the top of my head.
Agricola with the more advanced occupations and such is way more interactive than with the basic cards.
Played Stone Age the other day. Similar to Agricola, a little more interactive though. I recommend it
As far as co-op games go, the best co-op games are the ones with a secret "mole." I think there's a Game of Thrones themed game that falls into that category and a few others that I can't think of off the top of my head.
Agricola with the more advanced occupations and such is way more interactive than with the basic cards.
Played Stone Age the other day. Similar to Agricola, a little more interactive though. I recommend it
Thanks. Ill try the more advanced occupation cards next time in Agricola.
I like Stone Age. It's also a worker placement game but your decisions influence each other a bit more. It will never be one of my favourite games but I have never had a bad experience playing it. As an added bonus, Stone age offers the expansion with the most hilarious translation from German - 'Stone Age: Style is the Goal.'
I don't like Agricola too much. It is pretty fun, but there is almost no player interaction. The box says you can play with 1-5 players. 1 player! If you are into solitaire and want to sit with other people who are playing the same solitaire game, Agricola is the absolute best.
Uwe Rosenberg designed La Havre, which I have been dying to try, Agricola, and Bohnanza. Bohnanza is a really fun lightweight card game. I suggest you try it as well as Agricola. I've not played any of his less popular games.
I really enjoy Bohnanza. It's fun, and pretty easy for kids to understand the game play. Sure beats playing "Snakes and Ladders" or "Sorry" for games with the kids.
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