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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
