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Abomination has been rotting in my collection for 3 years now. I always say that it would be the perfect Halloween game, but now Halloween has come and gone again. Is it a good enough game to play as an everyday game? How’s the learning curve? Thanks!

@boardgamehottakes.bsky.social What astrological sign teaches games best and why?

Waking a 15 year old son for school at 6 a.m. is like…..

Im sure this is all just the tip of the fraud and scam iceberg.

It’s not often that I can convince my wife to table a game with me. She claims that because I play so many games that I have an unfair advantage.
Well today’s game was Llama Land by Phillip Walker Harding. Neither of us had ever played it. We tied and she won the tiebreaker. Never so happy to lose!

Is there a game publisher resource that has a way to tell when a game might be counterfeit?

I wonder. Can you return a game you suspect is counterfeit? And yes, my friend did get his money back from Amazon

It’s quite shocking how brazen was. They even had the weight of the box the same as the weight of the game with its original components. In this case it was 2 lbs. What’s also brazen is that Amazon sells returned or used product without even checking what’s inside the box.

I may not win 80% of the games I play, but when I do win it’s 100% awesome!

I think I just need to be walked through the process once. I’m hoping this will help me use my game library to trade for games I’m currently interested in.

@boardgamehottakes.bsky.social
Amazon selling used boardgames disappoints as my friend orders a used copy of the Cascadia expansion. Amazon shipped this used or returned boardgame. It contained the punched punchboards, a bag of dirt and raisins. Buyer beware? Raisins are good for you right?

Simply explain

@thefrozengamer.bsky.social I have had terrible times with trying to sell my games. I have heard of math trades, and tried to understand, but I can’t grok the process. Could you suggest my explain how I can get started and how it works?

The Best thing about Lightning Train is that it always strikes twice, with awesomeness!

@boardgamehottakes.bsky.social My wife would never listen to a boardgame podcast.
While making supper my wife came in when Danielle was talking about tuning out when the rules teach was too much for her. My wife sat down, listened to the rest of the podcast, and screamed, See! I’m not the only one!

@boardgamehottakes.bsky.social Finally got a 3 player game of Unconscious Mind to the table. I struggled with point scoring mechanics and ended up in last place, even being lapped by my two best friends who are much better game players than me. Do you ever get discouraged when you get beat so badly?

Worrisome.

Merchants Cove: Master Craft Welcome back ashore! Master Craft is a big-box expansion for the critically acclaimed Merchants Cove.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/512...

The last kickstarter for Merchants Cove brings new characters and mini games and expands the game board into a new game. It was almost lost to me, but just before going under, they shipped the expansion. I had to pay an extra $57 in tariffs to get it, but it’s better than losing the game completely.

Whales sing songs to communicate
Dolphins use echo location

@boardgamehottakes.bsky.social
Not sure if you ever covered this.
Expansions for expansion sake. Do they really make a game better? Do they actually ruin some games?
Keep a game pure? No expansions no problems?
I think modules in boardgames is the way to go. Stop with the needless expansions!

I’ve played this game in all its iterations. How do you feel it holds up? Do you feel the expansions made it better or worse? I’ve been digging into Edge of Darkness lately and I’m struggling with the do we really need this expansion? Is there a point where expansions ruin a game?

It’s been very hard finding a copy of this expansion. I heard it was in reprint?

Where do you live? BGA is a fantastic way to quell the longing to connect with people and the games they truly like to play. I find that although not every game I want is there, I can find a game to scratch the itch. Discord allows you to stream a game your playing so remote play can be done.

Ive been dying for a new worker placement game. Have you played it? Thoughts? Is this an import only game? Thanks !

What a great night of gaming! Masters Night!

This is my favorite game in my collection.

@boardgamehottakes.bsky.social At Pax East yesterday. It was good to see the board game section was crowded with people buying and playing boardgames. People were hungry for new games despite inflated retail prices. I see this as a positive that the market will bear our current political climate.

At Pax East yesterday. It was good to see the board game section, for a Thursday, was crowded with people buying and playing new boardgames. People were hungry for new games despite the highly inflated retail prices. I see this as a positive that the market will bear our current political climate.

Board-game Pompeii…
Should have heeded the warnings.