tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post4791451097870024496..comments2023-04-03T06:23:34.338-04:00Comments on <center>Phollower</center>: Time to GoaPhollowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021541861170953509noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post-81037560118945690302007-06-28T21:23:00.000-04:002007-06-28T21:23:00.000-04:00Hey! We just played Goa with some friends the oth...Hey! We just played Goa with some friends the other night! It's definitely on our to-buy listAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post-2380866751590888912007-06-18T11:59:00.000-04:002007-06-18T11:59:00.000-04:00LK: I was trying to keep the way I snatched defeat...<STRONG>LK:</STRONG> I was trying to keep the way I snatched defeat from the jaws of victory a secret. Thanks for blowing that wide open. That was an excellent game though. I hope you didn't think I was actually mad at you. You made the right move and I was mad at myself for underestimating you guys. I should know better by now...Phollowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021541861170953509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post-30932241133071502472007-06-14T23:26:00.000-04:002007-06-14T23:26:00.000-04:00Damn, that long of a post and not one mention of t...Damn, that long of a post and not one mention of the 1600 floren Recruiting card I bought in Princes of Venice :)lkmanitouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10195189656332696626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post-33365118415854228932007-06-14T20:31:00.000-04:002007-06-14T20:31:00.000-04:00Just reading that post made me yearn to spend a da...Just reading that post made me yearn to spend a day playing Die Macher again. And I will second (if I have not already) that the games really are entertaining and interesting and challenging. <BR/><BR/>But what I love most is that they play completely different each time. You can't just do what you did last time and get the same results. And this is not due to luck, as in many more traditional board games, but instead to the strategies used by others in the game. Some of the games have some luck (to greater and lesser extents), but strategy is always much more important.<BR/><BR/>Another thing I like about them is that many of them are pretty easy to teach. The mechanics of the game (what you do on your turn, how to do it, etc.) are generally simple. But figuring out how to win the game is like cracking a puzzle.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590362647679397130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post-70220605202299804342007-06-14T16:31:00.000-04:002007-06-14T16:31:00.000-04:00Dykewife: I'm not sure what your definition of "vi...<STRONG>Dykewife:</STRONG> I'm not sure what your definition of "vintage" is but probably not. The games we mainly play are of a genre often called Eurogames and have really only come into their own in the last, oh, 10 years or so I guess. We started getting into them on a fluke about 6 years ago when we moved to our current hometown. We didn't know anyone so we started hunting on the internet for 2 player games and stumbled upon funagaingames.com. They're one of the larger on-line stores for boardgames and they usually have the best selection although not always the best prices. Anyway, through reading reviews at funagain we heard about a game called Carcassonne. It had just won an award called the Spiel des Jahres which is the German game of the year but at the time we had no idea what that was. It's actually a very big deal in board game world. The thing about a lot of the best Eurogames is the quality of the components tends to be <I>excellent</I> so the price tags can surprise you. I think Carcassonne was about $30 or $35. Not a small chunk of change to drop on a game when you've never played a boardgame more interesting than Monopoly or Life.<BR/><BR/>That was the best investment we've ever made.<BR/><BR/>Ever.<BR/><BR/>We loved Carcassonne so much that we took it "home" with us the next time we went to visit our families. It knocked their socks off. They all bought copies, played on-line, bought a bunch of the expansions etc... It's really that good. And when you aren't used to the idea of a game actually being <I>interesting</I> and thought provoking and really being much more than a time killer it just blew us away.<BR/><BR/>So it turns out there are a LOT of these types of games out there. With more and more coming out all the time. Some are cute, "filler" games that don't require a lot of thought (but do require a bit of strategy and tactics) and these types of games usually take about 15-20 minutes. Some are a bit "heavier" and take a fair bit of thinking, planning, & scheming. Most mid-weight games take between an hour to 90 minutes. And then there are the "heavy" games. Games that have so much going on in them and so much to think about and consider that they can make your brain feel like mush after you're done. I mean that in a good way. You get so into them that you can't think of anything else the entire time you're playing and often for a while afterwards. Some of them (I'm looking at you, <A HREF="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1" REL="nofollow"> Die Macher</A>) can take 5 hours or more. <BR/><BR/>I know, I know. Who the hell would spend all day playing a single boardgame? We had our doubts as well. Now we talk about it all the time and try to see when we can 5 people together again so we can spend another whole day playing a game about the German political system.<BR/><BR/>Who'd have thunk?<BR/><BR/>All right, enough of my rambling. Eurogames are something my wife and I both love but we are nowhere near as obsessed by them as some people in the pastime. <BR/><BR/>But we're working on it.Phollowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021541861170953509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post-24965224075684719952007-06-14T13:20:00.000-04:002007-06-14T13:20:00.000-04:00If I start to read something, I finish it. OK, ma...If I start to read something, I finish it. OK, maybe skim it, but I get through the whole thing.limpy99https://www.blogger.com/profile/06975672608204212282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post-75341347265758113072007-06-14T00:17:00.000-04:002007-06-14T00:17:00.000-04:00i beginning to wonder if there's a game you haven'...i beginning to wonder if there's a game you haven't played. have you been given, or purchased, any vintage board games?dykewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776768691386493709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post-30401810882559393172007-06-13T22:13:00.000-04:002007-06-13T22:13:00.000-04:00This is a great game. As are all of the new ones w...This is a great game. As are all of the new ones we played, and all very different. You have to give a couple of these a try - even you Limpy.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590362647679397130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post-10439257137784486222007-06-13T21:47:00.000-04:002007-06-13T21:47:00.000-04:00Limpy: I'll take "15th century merchant ports" for...<STRONG>Limpy:</STRONG> I'll take "15th century merchant ports" for $600 please, Alex.<BR/><BR/>Making Jeopardy jokes is fun. I'm glad you told us about that.<BR/><BR/>Just out of curiosity, how much of the boardgame posts do you bother to read? Do you get through the first line and say, "Boy, I bet this guy is real blast at a party..." or do you actually read a fair bit to see if it sounds interesting to you? Not that I'll be influenced to write more or less of them. Or be more inclined to make an attempt at convincing people that Eurogames really are a good time.Phollowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021541861170953509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24480282.post-47349515970767864312007-06-13T11:52:00.000-04:002007-06-13T11:52:00.000-04:00It's funny, (only to me, I'm sure), but when I saw...It's funny, (only to me, I'm sure), but when I saw the title "Goa" I thought, "wow, he's got a game about the 15th Portuguese shipping trade"<BR/><BR/>You're not the only dork around here.limpy99https://www.blogger.com/profile/06975672608204212282noreply@blogger.com