we went to the arboretum today for the first time, to peep some leafs, and it was great!
lots more trails to try on subsequent visits
sawyer was deeply enamored with the children's adventure guide
oh shit, those are some well peeped leafs
just need some hot apple cider to complete the fall experience
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Ticket to Ride doesn't deserve to be used with that article! You just make long train lines!
Ticket to Ride, is like, legendary for being a good 'gateway' for new table top gamers.
I think it is kind of boring. So perfect for that article.
I mean, I don't own it and never will because I have so many boardgames that are vastly superior.
But a lot of those board games are more complex and aren't great for first timers.
Although, people respond well to Dead of Winter, despite it having a lot of rules.
Splendor is my go to for people that don't play many board games. Incredibly easy to learn (Rules are, like, 2 pages in total) and very strategically deep. It's a conversation killer, though, because people end up using their full attention on it, even when it's not their turn.
Theme seems to matter. If people think it looks difficult they can make it harder than it is in their minds.
It helps if you can compare it to an existing game they know. King of Tokyo was quickly understood when I said it was Monster Yahtzee.
It's honestly more about your perceived vibe than the game's vibe
If the audience has decided you're a weirdo nerd (regardless of what you're putting out) they won't learn regardless of game, and it would be best for them to just say no in advance rather than waste everyone's time
Rftg is really annoying to learn because there's 100 different symbols. It's simple enough mechanically once you understand it but that first game is guaranteed to be a bad time. They should have just let the cards be ugly and used words
Ticket to Ride doesn't deserve to be used with that article! You just make long train lines!
Ticket to Ride, is like, legendary for being a good 'gateway' for new table top gamers.
I think it is kind of boring. So perfect for that article.
I mean, I don't own it and never will because I have so many boardgames that are vastly superior.
But a lot of those board games are more complex and aren't great for first timers.
Although, people respond well to Dead of Winter, despite it having a lot of rules.
Splendor is my go to for people that don't play many board games. Incredibly easy to learn (Rules are, like, 2 pages in total) and very strategically deep. It's a conversation killer, though, because people end up using their full attention on it, even when it's not their turn.
Theme seems to matter. If people think it looks difficult they can make it harder than it is in their minds.
It helps if you can compare it to an existing game they know. King of Tokyo was quickly understood when I said it was Monster Yahtzee.
It's honestly more about your perceived vibe than the game's vibe
If the audience has decided you're a weirdo nerd (regardless of what you're putting out) they won't learn regardless of game, and it would be best for them to just say no in advance rather than waste everyone's time
That can be a factor. But in this case wasn't. They just had no reference to the mechanics so it took much longer than I thought.
Also my Hungarian math professor neighbor still wears geometric pattern Cosby sweaters like it is 1993 so if anyone is to be declared a weirdo nerd...
and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
but they're listening to every word I say
Isn't it crazy that we can just record video and watch it later?
I have this Apple Watch and I can pair it with whatever Apple device and then use my watch as a viewfinder and remote shutter for the camera on the other thing
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I remember the first (maybe only?) time I played ticket to ride and I was just like haha I have nothing that’s working out, no plans, no way to convert any of my routes into big money
haha no point in you taking that length of track it’s totally immaterial to me the whole hope of my victory isn’t predicated on that single piece ^_^
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Just play code names in front of people until they join in. Embrace the onion article and don't explain rules
if i've done behavior that belies this post then do as i say and not as i do
Isn't it crazy that we can just record video and watch it later?
I have this Apple Watch and I can pair it with whatever Apple device and then use my watch as a viewfinder and remote shutter for the camera on the other thing
Spoopy
I know there are other applications but I can only surmise perversion behind this
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and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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Isn't it crazy that we can just record video and watch it later?
I have this Apple Watch and I can pair it with whatever Apple device and then use my watch as a viewfinder and remote shutter for the camera on the other thing
Spoopy
I know there are other applications but I can only surmise perversion behind this
it's the easiest way to take a picture of your own butthole
When I play board games with newbies I just remember to tell them the principles of fun board gaming
1) the object isn’t to win, it’s to shoot the shit with your friends for a while!
2) everyone should be sitting comfortably and be able to reach the board easily
3) stop saying this is confusing. This isn’t confusing, it’s a simple game
4) announce when your turn is done so the game keeps going quickly
5) wha - what are you doing? I explained this like, 5 times, you can’t - you can’t just move to that space
6) take a snack break if it’s a long game
7) look I went through all this fucking effort just to have a good time with you, my “””””friends””””””” and you can’t even - god I do so much of your stupid bullshit, remember when we camping for a whole fucking weekend
8) ok, great, I win. Games over. Great. Let’s play fucking checkers or some shit is that simple enough for you
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Code Names is fine, as are any of those hidden role games, or even something silly like munchkin. But I don't think I've ever enjoyed a single even moderately "crunchy" board game. Whenever I play one of those it feels like the experience is 112% book keeping and -12% fun.
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New players: *fuck around and shoot the shit with other players while I'm explaining the rules*
Also new players: "Wait, that's how it works? You never said that!!"
Me, grimacing: "I very much did, twice in fact..."
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Turn phases, counters, novel abilities popping up, ahaha gotcha you can't do action Y outside phase X.
Three turns after realizing that you not even strategically but just mechanically bungled your play. Your hand somehow has more cards than it should given the rules for draw and discard. Keeping track of the points of resources every player has to make sure they're not on the verge of winning like tic tac toe with a dozen additional dimensions. It's just the opposite of anything I've ever found remotely exciting.
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Code Names is fine, as are any of those hidden role games, or even something silly like munchkin. But I don't think I've ever enjoyed a single even moderately "crunchy" board game. Whenever I play one of those it feels like the experience is 112% book keeping and -12% fun.
Code Names is fine, as are any of those hidden role games, or even something silly like munchkin. But I don't think I've ever enjoyed a single even moderately "crunchy" board game. Whenever I play one of those it feels like the experience is 112% book keeping and -12% fun.
What is crunchy
Number crunchy, as in, involving a lot of keeping track of counts and arithmetic and general bookkeeping
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if the rules take more than 10 seconds to explain you should probably just have everyone read them ahead of time and then you're giving your friends homework to come to your party and you should have a long think about what that says about your idea of fun
The worst board game experience, is "wait, I have ended up with [condition that should not occur]..." and then trying to work out if you can unwind it, or if you've fatally unbalanced the game if you try to play through
Code Names is fine, as are any of those hidden role games, or even something silly like munchkin. But I don't think I've ever enjoyed a single even moderately "crunchy" board game. Whenever I play one of those it feels like the experience is 112% book keeping and -12% fun.
What is crunchy
It's got nuts or those tiny rice crisp thingies in it.
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okay
look
I know those pictures are probably meant as like "look at this food abomination"
but that looks delicious
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The best house rules for code names clues are a loosening of the official rules. Clues can't contain any words on the cards on the board and if you're using multiple words or any non-verbal component in your clue, they can't build something more complex than a single concept. The latter rule sounds confusing but everyone knows when they're being a shit and violating it.
"Grouchy Nun" - Bad, clearly you're using two concepts
"John Wilkes Booth" - Ok, he's one guy and none of his names on their own would communicate the singular concept
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There's no need to feel down
The fools.
he's just trying to branch out
Where's that McSweeney's
hmmm
OOOOOOHHHHH
but they're listening to every word I say
oh shit, those are some well peeped leafs
just need some hot apple cider to complete the fall experience
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
It's honestly more about your perceived vibe than the game's vibe
If the audience has decided you're a weirdo nerd (regardless of what you're putting out) they won't learn regardless of game, and it would be best for them to just say no in advance rather than waste everyone's time
That can be a factor. But in this case wasn't. They just had no reference to the mechanics so it took much longer than I thought.
Also my Hungarian math professor neighbor still wears geometric pattern Cosby sweaters like it is 1993 so if anyone is to be declared a weirdo nerd...
but they're listening to every word I say
I have this Apple Watch and I can pair it with whatever Apple device and then use my watch as a viewfinder and remote shutter for the camera on the other thing
Spoopy
I mean
As somebody who loves Trebek I could see someone being upset that the joke uses his death as the vehicle for a so-so joke about that orange fascist
I'm personally okay with it and the joke also is predicated on Trebek's death being tragic
didn't dethrone settlers tho
haha no point in you taking that length of track it’s totally immaterial to me the whole hope of my victory isn’t predicated on that single piece ^_^
if i've done behavior that belies this post then do as i say and not as i do
I know there are other applications but I can only surmise perversion behind this
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
it's the easiest way to take a picture of your own butthole
1) the object isn’t to win, it’s to shoot the shit with your friends for a while!
2) everyone should be sitting comfortably and be able to reach the board easily
3) stop saying this is confusing. This isn’t confusing, it’s a simple game
4) announce when your turn is done so the game keeps going quickly
5) wha - what are you doing? I explained this like, 5 times, you can’t - you can’t just move to that space
6) take a snack break if it’s a long game
7) look I went through all this fucking effort just to have a good time with you, my “””””friends””””””” and you can’t even - god I do so much of your stupid bullshit, remember when we camping for a whole fucking weekend
8) ok, great, I win. Games over. Great. Let’s play fucking checkers or some shit is that simple enough for you
Also new players: "Wait, that's how it works? You never said that!!"
Me, grimacing: "I very much did, twice in fact..."
Three turns after realizing that you not even strategically but just mechanically bungled your play. Your hand somehow has more cards than it should given the rules for draw and discard. Keeping track of the points of resources every player has to make sure they're not on the verge of winning like tic tac toe with a dozen additional dimensions. It's just the opposite of anything I've ever found remotely exciting.
What is crunchy
So you have to note down all the bullshit decisions and yell about them once the game is over
Number crunchy, as in, involving a lot of keeping track of counts and arithmetic and general bookkeeping
I don't care that we're playing Monopoly
That iron has hopes and dreams, and I want to explore them
I don't
but they're listening to every word I say
man i wish
look
I know those pictures are probably meant as like "look at this food abomination"
but that looks delicious
"Grouchy Nun" - Bad, clearly you're using two concepts
"John Wilkes Booth" - Ok, he's one guy and none of his names on their own would communicate the singular concept