Board Game General /bgg/

Since I don't have a stable group of people to play with, my favorite game tends to be whichever I actually get to play.

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong

One player is a forensic investigator who knows the means and murder weapon, but has to communicate without talking. The other players must confer with each other based on each of their clues and the forensic investigator's clues as to which player is the murderer, meanwhile the murderer must throw everyone off their trail. Gets especially fun at higher player counts when you add accomolices and witnesses to the mix.

I have Jungle Speed and its nice, almost always hits the table for a round.

Thing is I am the only one in my group who buys games, so while I want stuff that hit the table I also want to keep it close to my taste, and I get very bored very fast from repetitive games, or playing the same short game twice.

My friends can sit around and play Resistance for 4 hours, I get tired after 2.

So I am looking for stuff that you can play once or twice and swap out, and also some refreshing stuff, because after playing 3 rounds of Resistance and screaming at each other, I can't be arsed to play Secret Hitler which is more of the same, thats where Codenames came in, its fun, fast and really easy going.

So I am looking for something to fill that spot, granted SpyFall and C&G are kind of more of the same, but they look nice enough to fit in.

I might be raped for this opinion but i will always love vanilla Kemet. Deep when you consider the power tiles but so easy to teach normies in my experience and I personally have never played with anyone who didn't like it including people who have only played up to monopoly. I will own this game until I die and I will never dislike playing it and I will never have someone say they don't want to play it. Maybe I'm just lucky but this has been used as a gateway game by me many, many times over and I could not be happier about that fact.

If you want something that's easy to swap out fast then SpyFall is prolly exactly what you're looking for. We never play to a set point limit or game, just a couple rounds til bored. I will repeat from the last thread though Say Anything also works for this kinda thing, don't worry about the score track as much as the cards and white boards. Way better than CAH or Apples to Apples and lets your friends be silly.

>Pick the one turkey in your collection that started good but is showing it's age/failings now, tell us how it'd be better.
I hope you guys enjoy steak, cause I'm about to carve up some sacred cow.

Exodus: Proxima Centauri.

I wanted to like this game. I really did. I bought into the hype hook line and sinker, the whole TI3-lite argument, etc. etc., but every time we've played it it has always ended with a resounding 'meh'. We don't hate it, I don't think it's a bad game, I can't even put my finger on why it's not hitting us, but every time we play it it feels like we're just going through the motions and then the game ends and we tally points. No real response or emotion or adulation, just bland milquetoast gaming.

I really can't say why. I've got the expansion, which helps a little bit, and now I'm staring at the KS for a new, final expansion and seriously asking myself, do I really want to throw good money after bad? And... I'm not sure I do.

>throw good money after bad
don't do it user. disregarding my opinions on the game, if your group didn't like it getting more of it won't help. there's no shame in not liking something

>I hope you guys enjoy steak, cause I'm about to carve up some sacred cow.
Love it, and while I haven't played Exodus, I know this feel. Sometimes a game just doesn't strike you right, no matter how much it ticks all the right boxes on paper.

This. If you're not over the moon, don't buy an expansion thinking it'll fix everything. I got to playtest Coup before it came out, felt like a waste of time and money so I skipped on it. Now every so often I'll have people tell me to play it with the expansion. Why should I pay double to play a game I didn't like all that much for no cost? If you've got a turkey in your collection it serves only two purposes: either remind you to do more research, or math-trade fodder.

I'm with you. I still like it better than eclipse, but it doesn't approach the satisfaction of a good TI3 game.

>sometimes a game just doesn't strike you right, no matter how much it ticks all the right boxes
well said