Great question!

I really like when the games art immediately pulls players in. Everyone wants to play Flamecraft because the art work is so damn cute. Players are already engaged with the.gsme, before it even started.

Everdell is great too!

Their website says Temporarily sold out., one can only assume. Fingers crossed!

I only played the boardgame is ascension 0 and I feel like the experience is the same as playing the videogame in ascension 0. The early encounters are very easy and provide no challenge. Monsters in early encounters have 3-9 HP, each attack deals 1 HP. It gets more interesting in the second act.

The game provides you with a way to start the game immediately in the second act. You can skip the first act altogether if you don’t find it interesting.

I wish it was more popular so more job offers would pop up :P

So? If a Java dev wants to learn Rust, they’ll make it. There are a lot of burned out Java devs wanting to move to something that feels new and exciting again.

What’s so surprising about that?

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I think this is a really hard question to answer! Whenever someone who is not into the hobby tried to give me anything boardgame related… Well… It’s the thought that counts, I suppose!

I definitely think accessories are the way to go. I love inserts/organizers but sometimes it feels hard to justify their cost. I’d love to get them as a present!

Cool dice are also nice gifts, if you’re into that.

I make bash scripts to automate the configuration of new servers. Stuff like install packages, create users, create groups, configure the database, manage permissions…

I feel like that sort of stuff would be a nightmare to do in high level languages but maybe I’m just too used to bash.

Lets us know your thoughts about it!

I absolutely loved the Terraria videogame. It’s one of my favorite games of all time. I played it so much… back when me and my friends had a ton of time to play together. Great memories.

I don’t see how it would translate into a boardgame but I hope it succeeds.

Unfortunately this deluxe version still feels extremely dated. It’s part of it’s charm, I guess. The artwork is nice but the board/minis doesn’t look nice :/

Please keep in mind that the company behind this game is Steamforged Games. That should be a major red flag to everyone looking at this project as a game, something you actually want to play. I love Horizon but this is a hard pass.

Cool theme, hope the game is good because you know the production value is going to be great.

Had a friend over this weekend so I was able to get play some games!

• Cascadia (3x, 3p): We hadn’t tried this one before and I was pleasantly surprised. Easy to setup, fast turns, fast games. It’s hard to find good games with < 2 weight, I was glad to be surprised. Definitely recommend it.

• Dorfromantik (1x, 3p): We continued our Dorfromantik campaign, I still have mixed feelings about this game. On one hand I do enjoy the chill experience the game provides. On the other hand, the lack of win conditions makes my actions feel meaningless. I don’t put much thought into tile placement, I don’t see a reason to try harder.

• Turing Machine (3x, 3p): I absolutely love this game. It gives me Shipwreck Arcana vibes and I love it. Solving these puzzles is extremely satisfying, I wish I had the time to do the Daily Challanges every day. If you enjoy logic puzzles this game is fantastic. Can’t recommend it enough. 9/10, at the very least.

• Flamecraft (1x, 3p): This game has really cute art and components but the more I play the game the more I dislike it. I wish the game was more about Dragon placement and activating their bonus. Some of the advanced shops are so strong that I just feel pushed to choose shops by their power instead of the dragons that have been deployed there. Often times I feel like there’s a natural action to collect goods or enchant stores and a degenerate action that ignores the game loop and provides a ton of raw points/goods for barely anything. I also hate when games provide an uneven number of turns per player. The first player can play more turns than everyone else, that just feels wrong.

How long does an Ark Nova game take you? My SO loves the Zoo theme and I’ve been considering getting the game but I’m afraid it’s too long for her.

Gaming Rules is absolutely fantastic.

Thanks for sharing, I’ve never heard of it. Since it can be played with a regular deck of cards I’ll give it a spin!

The player to have most recently committed regicide goes first.

I have tried it to no avail :/

Gonna give it a go, thanks for sharing!