Look no further than Hive for your requirements The bakelit components ensure being lunch hour safe from coffee spills etc
the game play is relatively quick, and requires any flat surface the pieces are easily transportable, my set comes with a little travel bag it can be taught rather eaily too for new player introduction. no small pieces, such as the trains in Ticket To Ride to get lost over a quick lunch hour game For you it should be IDEAL Talisinbear On Dec 30, 9:57 am, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > I know there are a couple GeekLists that help with this, and they've > been helpful. I just thought I'd get more input for my situation. > > I've been trying to find another good game for 2 (maybe 3) players > that could be played over lunch that's got a little depth, > replayability, etc. Plus hopefully quick setup and not take up too > much space. Maybe that's an unreasonable list of requirements. > Here's my short list: > > Catan: the Card Game > Carcasonne > Hive > Battle Line > Race for the Galaxy > Stone Age > > I initially thought the Catan card game was 'Catan light', but after > reading about it a bit on bgg it looks like it's fairly complex - not > that that's a problem, just not what I had assumed. I bought this > over the holidays, played it once, it was OK. Gotta give it more > plays. (I really like regular Catan:Cities & Knights but > unfortunately my main play group does not) > > I've only played Carcasonne twice. First time was with 3 people and I > came away with it not crazy about it, don't remember why. I played it > once over the holidays with a 2-player game and like it much more. > Not sure why I came away with a different impression. It seemed light > and quick, but with enough interesting decisions. > > I've had Hive and BattleLine recommended personally but haven't played > either yet, except Hive once online to see how it works. > > I'm not sure how good those last 2 are for 2 players. I've only > played RftG once and it was painful but I still like the potential. I > don't remember where I saw it recommended for 2 players, is it? I've > played San Juan several times, and a couple times with only 2 players. > I really didn't like it with 2, and don't like it much more with 3-4 > anymore. I'm not trying to re-ignite any SanJuan vs RftG discussion. > > Stone Age, haven't yet played, even on BSW. Heard it's like Agricola- > lite. Is it any good for 2? > > Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
