I don’t mind Vee’s slightly domineering, lengthy rules explanations. But I very much love giggling while watching her lose her temper at others ignoring the explanation.
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..."
Me: Hey get here about an hour to half hour early to roll up your D&D characters. It's going to take a little while.
New Players: "Ok!"
Narrator: "They did not."
New Players: "Wow this is a lot of work!"
Me: "..."
although that reminds me I am still an ep behind on gbbo but we watched the kawaii ep last night and a) it was very cute but b) I was not prepared for the heartbreak
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
We just continue with play then. Suburbia is bad for this.
Generally you get 1 way back when if you forgot a rule on your go but the next person's turn has not advanced. Like you forgot you actually get a cube for x.
and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
but they're listening to every word I say
I don’t mind Vee’s slightly domineering, lengthy rules explanations. But I very much love giggling while watching her lose her temper at others ignoring the explanation.
I have tried to tone that down in recent years due to...feedback...
But I still get very grumpy when people don't pay attention and then are all Pikachu shocked face when they fuck up the rules later.
This game is about delivering shoes from your cobbler shop and putting more workers in different production lines in order to move this marker up the point track.
and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
but they're listening to every word I say
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
I don’t mind Vee’s slightly domineering, lengthy rules explanations. But I very much love giggling while watching her lose her temper at others ignoring the explanation.
I have tried to tone that down in recent years due to...feedback...
But I still get very grumpy when people don't pay attention and then are all Pikachu shocked face when they fuck up the rules later.
I'm on your side, Vee
Sometimes people need to accept that they have to listen for five minutes before they can have fun
[Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
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Powerpuppiesdrinking coffee in themountain cabinRegistered Userregular
I don’t mind Vee’s slightly domineering, lengthy rules explanations. But I very much love giggling while watching her lose her temper at others ignoring the explanation.
I have tried to tone that down in recent years due to...feedback...
But I still get very grumpy when people don't pay attention and then are all Pikachu shocked face when they fuck up the rules later.
i will defend these people to the death
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Powerpuppiesdrinking coffee in themountain cabinRegistered Userregular
I don’t mind Vee’s slightly domineering, lengthy rules explanations. But I very much love giggling while watching her lose her temper at others ignoring the explanation.
I have tried to tone that down in recent years due to...feedback...
But I still get very grumpy when people don't pay attention and then are all Pikachu shocked face when they fuck up the rules later.
I'm on your side, Vee
Sometimes people need to accept that they have to listen for five minutes before they can have fun
Strong proponent of playing the first game without all the rules understood, here
That reminds me that Trashfuture has taken to referring to the Tesla Model S as "Elon Musk's epic bacon car" and it exactly encapsulates what I find so unappealing about Tesla as a company
I don’t mind Vee’s slightly domineering, lengthy rules explanations. But I very much love giggling while watching her lose her temper at others ignoring the explanation.
I have tried to tone that down in recent years due to...feedback...
But I still get very grumpy when people don't pay attention and then are all Pikachu shocked face when they fuck up the rules later.
I'm on your side, Vee
Sometimes people need to accept that they have to listen for five minutes before they can have fun
Strong proponent of playing the first game without all the rules understood, here
I don’t mind Vee’s slightly domineering, lengthy rules explanations. But I very much love giggling while watching her lose her temper at others ignoring the explanation.
I have tried to tone that down in recent years due to...feedback...
But I still get very grumpy when people don't pay attention and then are all Pikachu shocked face when they fuck up the rules later.
I'm on your side, Vee
Sometimes people need to accept that they have to listen for five minutes before they can have fun
Strong proponent of playing the first game without all the rules understood, here
Some rules explanation is necessary, no matter how free-wheeling you're being about it.
And I don't have an issue with people who forget about certain rules or whatever. That's bound to happen.
It's the "you never said..." conversation that I loathe.
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Donkey KongPutting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered Userregular
Don't lie to me and say you saw the cringe and deftly avoided it.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Strong proponent of playing the first game without all the rules understood, here
I think I'm in favor of this approach too, with the understanding that pretty much any time, the first time through can be fun but from a competitive pov will be bungled and mostly to build experience
I don’t mind Vee’s slightly domineering, lengthy rules explanations. But I very much love giggling while watching her lose her temper at others ignoring the explanation.
I have tried to tone that down in recent years due to...feedback...
But I still get very grumpy when people don't pay attention and then are all Pikachu shocked face when they fuck up the rules later.
I'm on your side, Vee
Sometimes people need to accept that they have to listen for five minutes before they can have fun
Strong proponent of playing the first game without all the rules understood, here
Some rules explanation is necessary, no matter how free-wheeling you're being about it.
And I don't have an issue with people who forget about certain rules or whatever. That's bound to happen.
It's the "you never said..." conversation that I loathe.
Yeah, being blamed for other people's inattentive attitudes is the worst
Hands down the game I have had newbies play and enjoy the best is Betrayal at House on the Hill
The concept is clear and something everyone is familiar with, and when someone is an axe murderer and you have to do XYZ it makes sense!
Oddly hardcore board gamers don’t seem to like it because it’s not “balanced” which always struck me as an odd complaint. It’s essentially a haunted house / scary movie rpg with rails and guides built in, the balance is pretty secondary
also the pax board game experience is very like that scene from schitts creek where david is like wtf these are the rules but the sister is like shots shots!
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Donkey KongPutting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered Userregular
Don't lie to me and say you saw the cringe and deftly avoided it.
I remember being really gungho about it and then wondering why video after video produced an end product that looks so salty and greasy and unpleasant to eat and why was that. Was I perhaps... wrong about what makes foods good?!?!
Going back now it's scary
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
i've never had a burger with bacon on it that wouldn't have been better without the bacon
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Powerpuppiesdrinking coffee in themountain cabinRegistered Userregular
I don’t mind Vee’s slightly domineering, lengthy rules explanations. But I very much love giggling while watching her lose her temper at others ignoring the explanation.
I have tried to tone that down in recent years due to...feedback...
But I still get very grumpy when people don't pay attention and then are all Pikachu shocked face when they fuck up the rules later.
I'm on your side, Vee
Sometimes people need to accept that they have to listen for five minutes before they can have fun
Strong proponent of playing the first game without all the rules understood, here
*twitch*
I know you don't mean to hurt me...
I can almost engage with someone who says "I would rather not play than play with people who don't understand the rules and fuck up regularly and don't mind when you correct them and respond to the correction with a new turn that has no fuckups"
as long as that person isn't permitted to explain the rules
There are two categories of rules explanations, short ones and long ones. If you do a long one with somebody who has played <5 board games newer than Dominion, you're making a tactical error. Long rules explanations are perfectly appropriate for established gaming groups. If there's even one new person then you should do a short rules explanation. You should explain some basic concepts and rules of thumb and then start the game without covering any edge case rules or complexities. If you don't know the rules well enough to pick which of them to leave out to a new player, don't play that game with a new player
There are exceptions to all of the above but not very many
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I thought I would check before commenting that it does not look appetising
Me: Hey get here about an hour to half hour early to roll up your D&D characters. It's going to take a little while.
New Players: "Ok!"
Narrator: "They did not."
New Players: "Wow this is a lot of work!"
Me: "..."
We just continue with play then. Suburbia is bad for this.
Generally you get 1 way back when if you forgot a rule on your go but the next person's turn has not advanced. Like you forgot you actually get a cube for x.
but they're listening to every word I say
Yet I am irrationally repulsed.
but they're listening to every word I say
i mean it's steak bacon and potatoes
but it's also unsettling in presentation
The Showstopper theme in this one is "Your Biggest Fear"
That seems weirdly dark for a baking show
I have tried to tone that down in recent years due to...feedback...
But I still get very grumpy when people don't pay attention and then are all Pikachu shocked face when they fuck up the rules later.
I think I'm mentally filing it with all those epic bacon youtube/instagram contrivances
Both are true.
Fighting goblins? No thanks!
This game is about delivering shoes from your cobbler shop and putting more workers in different production lines in order to move this marker up the point track.
but they're listening to every word I say
how do i make mice eating my penis into a savory pie
I'm on your side, Vee
Sometimes people need to accept that they have to listen for five minutes before they can have fun
i will defend these people to the death
Strong proponent of playing the first game without all the rules understood, here
but they're listening to every word I say
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
*twitch*
I know you don't mean to hurt me...
I am filing this away for next time I have friends over
It’s not a very important country most of the time
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mortious
Some rules explanation is necessary, no matter how free-wheeling you're being about it.
And I don't have an issue with people who forget about certain rules or whatever. That's bound to happen.
It's the "you never said..." conversation that I loathe.
Don't lie to me and say you saw the cringe and deftly avoided it.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
I think I'm in favor of this approach too, with the understanding that pretty much any time, the first time through can be fun but from a competitive pov will be bungled and mostly to build experience
Yeah, being blamed for other people's inattentive attitudes is the worst
*wistful sigh*
The hipster bacon obsession kind of ruined it for me, and I prefer to avoid pork products.
it has its uses
The concept is clear and something everyone is familiar with, and when someone is an axe murderer and you have to do XYZ it makes sense!
Oddly hardcore board gamers don’t seem to like it because it’s not “balanced” which always struck me as an odd complaint. It’s essentially a haunted house / scary movie rpg with rails and guides built in, the balance is pretty secondary
I remember being really gungho about it and then wondering why video after video produced an end product that looks so salty and greasy and unpleasant to eat and why was that. Was I perhaps... wrong about what makes foods good?!?!
Going back now it's scary
I can almost engage with someone who says "I would rather not play than play with people who don't understand the rules and fuck up regularly and don't mind when you correct them and respond to the correction with a new turn that has no fuckups"
as long as that person isn't permitted to explain the rules
There are two categories of rules explanations, short ones and long ones. If you do a long one with somebody who has played <5 board games newer than Dominion, you're making a tactical error. Long rules explanations are perfectly appropriate for established gaming groups. If there's even one new person then you should do a short rules explanation. You should explain some basic concepts and rules of thumb and then start the game without covering any edge case rules or complexities. If you don't know the rules well enough to pick which of them to leave out to a new player, don't play that game with a new player
There are exceptions to all of the above but not very many