whoa auto-embedding makes my post tits!

Is he shorter than you'd expect? I didn't find that.

Here is Keith Law's blog about boardgames:
http://meadowparty.com/blog/?tag=boardgames

He's a baseball writer for ESPN, but also a board game geek. So, you might find some gems in his top 30.

I know this is old news, but I played Dominion for the first time a couple weeks back and it was super.

I also played Carcassonne that day and it was also a pile of fun.

Both took minutes to learn, were quite fun, and obviously have a decent amount of strategy.

I realize they're both pretty popular games, so maybe you already know them. Anyone that doesn't should try them out.

The Penny-Arcade board game is basically Dominion with some minor tweaks (Which I found welcome) and a lot of giggle inducing Penny Arcade humour. You can't help but laugh a little at the cascading of Touchweiners. (That is an actual card).

Kernon's inability to manifest more than one Scrotumm was definitely funny, if a little tragic.

I do own Carcassonne and Catan and enjoy both. I have played Dominion a couple times and enjoyed it mostly. I have a copy of Puerto Rico at my parents that we've only played once so far unfortunately, so I don't have a handle on it. Also have Power Grid which I've played a dozen times.

Catan and Carcassonne are great, if you are interested in modern-style (i.e. not Monopoly, Axis and Allies, or Risk) games, these are certainly a great place to start.

Dominion was fun but I don't have enough experience with it to make good judgement.

Puerto Rico seemed a bit unrefined and random, but it might just be the learning curve creating an faux complexity.

Power Grid devolved into who was best at Math (me) or random luck on the deck draw. I ordered some promos for this game from BGG that I think will be the perfect tweak to make this more interesting again (warehouse for storing 3 of ANY resource, drawn cards that create shortages or surpluses of certain fuels). Stuff that really throws a wrench into the mix. It's also possibly we suck at being strategic, if people can plan the cost of resources/city buying/etc. so well. Also it seems like Western US is completely underpowered/too expensive. Still highly recommend.

I was interested in Agricola but at my local game store it was a steep $75. I want to play it a few times before dropping that dough on it, or grab it online.

They just released a Klingon Monopoly a lil while ago

Cyberjedi said: I friend of mine (and Phro's) just ordered a copy. She is possibly having a Klingon Monopoly party while she is home for christmas.

Nerds. Also quoting yay!

JohnCataldo said: Puerto Rico: Awk didn't think too hard about the 'random' comment, since there's actually extremely little randomness in the game (only the plantation tiles that come out and player order). It's damn close to multi-player chess in most people's opinions. A good game, high learning curve, strategic, not for everyone. (Way less random than, say, Power Grid).

I still believe this is one of the better strategy games that I've played, and can introduce the concept of leveling to people. Depending who else is sitting at the table, you may need to be thinking on different levels at all times to make the correct strategic move.

Yes I apologize for the "random" word. I did not mean random events that have a large impact on the game, but more a haphazzard game flow. I really need to play it more than once to get a hold on it, though.

The creator of a discussion can assign any tags to it they wish. There is an ajax lookup as you type in a tag, so that you can select existing ones.

I'm not sure if we'll keep it. I don't see people using it a lot and I don't want to see "dick" all over the front of the site TOO MUCH. Just a little.

I meant more like "What is the syntax for embedded elements in posts".

One game I find pretty fun that I might suggest is...... oh shit, i can't remember the game. hey cataldo what was that game that Not Jeff, me, and those two other guys play at your house last year? it had to do with materials you buy, produce, and sell, and the point is to get the most of it and get hte highest points. i kinda liked that.

awkward you might like that too. sadly i can picture the game and i can picture Not Jeff saying it, but i can't remember the damn name. but i know he likes it because he likes math and all.

Actually, was hte game called Containers?

I have no [i]idea what[/i] kind of markup language this place uses.

A lot of links will be automatically converted. I'm testing an image here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a7/Batman_Lee.png/250px-Batman_Lee.png

Okay, that didn't work. But there is a plugin for creating image previews, but it looks like it is in rough shape.

Oh, we should make our own NSFW plugin!

Containers, FWIW, is a good game, but REALLY abstract. If you like math, you probably like containers.

Math is hard. Let's go shopping.

I just posted YouTube links and they were automatically converted.

Tagging all my threads as "dick" is my silent protest against the oppressive authority of the forum admins. Maybe tagging is fine, maybe subforums are fine (General, Worth It, Mafia -- again).

okay, then it was containers then. and yeah, that's why i only said i played it with NJ, not you as well :)

but yeah, it was quite an interesting game. too bad i didn't figure out the strategy that works right until the end. i think next time i want a rechallenge, just to see if i can do better ^^

Anyone playing the newer lotr card game?

I have it and like it but haven't played it enough yet.