I was a bit leery of Puerto Rico, on the notion that RFTG is similar to San Juan, and San Juan is essentially Puerto Rico in card format...
Or are they sufficiently different to be worth playing? Dominion will definitely be the first one I play (well, maybe light speed, but does that really count?) On Feb 2, 10:42 pm, elrond108 <[email protected]> wrote: > I think there's a hole in your list where Puerto Rico should be... > Other than that, make Dominion your next play when your order comes. > It's a great card game with a lot of possiblilities, because you can > play with different card sets every time. > > On Feb 2, 7:46 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So, the past few years, I've been re-introduced to non-computer > > gaming. It started with Carcassonne and Catan, unsurprisingly, which > > I've played on a regular basis for the last couple of years (Though I > > much prefer Carcassonne). > > > Over Christmas, I picked up Race for the Galaxy and Agricola, and have > > put in 4 plays of both of them, and like them quite a bit. Agricola > > was a lot to comprehend with no significant assistance (I played my > > first game from the rulebook, unassisted, and got a number of things > > wrong, but am playing it correctly now). I'm fine with the concept of > > heavier games, but need something reasonably accessible if I'm going > > to be able to get friends to play (Almost all of the ones I've gotten > > to play Agricola liked it quite a lot, and some of them hadn't even > > played Catan - in fact, of all the new people I've played with, the > > one that did best was a complete non-gamer!) > > > The games I got were more card games than board games (but in large > > quantity!) with an eye towards mostly accessible things that I'll be > > able to get people in to... the heavier stuff will be mixed in. In > > the game night that seems to be organizing, looks like there will be > > one central/long game that we play (Agricola) once, and then some > > lighter fare for those who are up for it. > > > So, I have: > > > Agricola > > Race For the Galaxy > > Carcassonne > > > I have available: > > Catan > > Guillotine > > Ten Days in Africa > > Warhammer > > Lost Cities > > Ticket to Ride - I'm not a big fan of this. I'd rather play > > Carcassonne, TDIA, or something else - something with more depth might > > be OK but I don't love the train theme either) > > Various common games (MindTrap, Cranium, Apples to Apples, Monopoly, > > etc) > > > I have coming in the next couple of weeks: > > Dominion > > Catan card game - I know Catan fairly well but don't love it. How > > refreshing is it from the normal game? > > Citadels - Meatier than most of the others here - how is it to learn? > > Coloretto > > No Thanks! > > Tichu > > Agora > > Devil Bunny Hates the Earth > > Devil Bunny Needs a Ham > > Jacob Marley, Esq. > > Saboteur > > En Garde! - This interested me, looks like fun, occasional, light > > filler > > Cube Farm > > Dead Money > > Spree! - Classic Edition > > Freeloader Box Set > > Pirates of the Cursed seas - Got some packs to make ~30-40 ships > > with. Will probably make some house rules to attempt to offset some > > randomness, but keep it light. And I like the little models. > > Light Speed - This one excites me far more than its price was. Some > > of the other cheapass games I was less enthused about but couldn't say > > no at $2-5 a piece. > > > Uh... I bought that all at once. Do I have a problem? > > > As you can see, a lot of cheapass games, some fluff, and a few things > > of significant depth. My first priorities are Dominion, Light Speed, > > and the Catan card game. Looks like most of these won't take long to > > get a handle of, but Tichu seems like something that is a bit more > > involved. > > > So, from the perspective of that that I need to learn these before I > > teach them to other newbies, they need to be light enough for them to > > enjoy, but they're smart people and something with some depth isn't > > going to put them. I'll probably end up with Power Grid pretty soon > > too, and Die Macher calls for the future. ha ha. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
