Carcassonne Central
Off Topic => Other Games => Topic started by: Paul on January 03, 2016, 01:22:58 PM
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I came across this thread on boardgamegeek.com and thought I link it here (see bottom of this post for the link). This is almost like a wishlist to me and hopefully I can get my hands on some of these this year (2016).
If any of you can find more games like this but is not listed in this BGG thread, feel free to reply and I'll add them to the list!
The BGG thread lists these games which I've sorted by shape and then alphabetically and will feature cc.com members additions as well:
(Note: Some games have different titles in other languages. I will try update this as much as I can!)
Click on the game title to go to boardgamegeek.com page for that game.
Click on Thread to go to the thread on cc.com for that game.
Triangular tiles
• (2014) Galaxy of Trian (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163081/galaxy-trian) (suggested by franks!)
• (2006) Gheos (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23730/gheos)
Squared tiles
• (2009) Actiles (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41751/actiles)
• (2003) Alhambra (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6249/alhambra) / Thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=394)
• (2005) Architekton (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16499/architekton) (owns) / Thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1725) / Tile size: 3,8 cm (1,49 inch)
• (2009) Batt'l Kha'os (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42444/battl-khaos) (suggested by franks!)
• (2015) Cacao (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171499/cacao) (owns) / Thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1924) / Tile size: 4,5 cm (1,77 inch)
• (2015) Castellion (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143404/castellion) (suggested by Decar!)
• (2008) Cheese Chasers (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40819/cheese-chasers)
• (2010) Crows (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71973/crows)
• (2006) Drakon (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23107/drakon-third-edition) (3rd Edition)
• (1996) Entdecker (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/200/entdecker)
• (2001) Entdecker: Exploring New Horizons (https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1334/entdecker-exploring-new-horizons) / Thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1910)
• (1998) El Caballero (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9/el-caballero)
• (2009) Fangs and Swords (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37006/fangs-and-swords)
• (2007) Galaxy Trucker (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31481/galaxy-trucker)
• (2014) Gardens (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153422/gardens) (suggested by Chooselife!)
• (2014) Gold Ahoy! (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/154476/gold-ahoy) (suggested by Decar!)
• (2006) Hoyuk (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24270/hoyuk) (owns) / Tile size: 4,0 cm (1,57 inch)
• (2014) Hoyuk: Obstacles (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/155954/hoyuk-obstacles) (expansion) (owns)
• (2015) Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/176494/isle-skye-chieftain-king) (owns) / Thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2022) / Tile size: 4,5 cm (1,77 inch)
• (2015) Karuba (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/183251/karuba) (suggested by MrNumbers!)
• (2013) The King of Frontier (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/159910/king-frontier) (suggested by MrNumbers!)
• (2002) King's Gate (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4753/kings-gate)
• (1999) Kontor (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/135/kontor)
• (2015) Lanterns: The Harvest Festival (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/160851/lanterns-harvest-festival)
• (2001) Lord of the Rings: The Search (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1426/lord-rings-search) (owns) / Tile size: 5,5 cm (2,15 inch)
• (2009) Maori (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40425/maori)
• (1997) Metro (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/559/metro)
• (2004) Micropul (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10660/micropul) This is a free downloadable game available at bgg.com
• (2008) Monastery (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33172/monastery)
• (2002) O Zoo le Mio (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4218/o-zoo-le-mio)
• (2004) Oceania (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/14017/oceania) (owns) / Tile size: 3,1 cm (1,22 inch)
• (2007) Oregon (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31497/oregon)
• (2004) Pirates & Plunder (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13960/pirates-plunder)
• (2005) Rat Hot (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16497/rat-hot)
• (2005) Robber Knights (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19989/robber-knights) (owns) / Tile size: 3,7 cm (1,46 inch)
• (2009) Space Junkyard (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26747/space-junkyard)
• (2004) Synapse (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12840/synapse)
• (1997) Tigris & Euphrates (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates) (suggested by quevy!)
• (2016) Trove: The Crystal Caverns (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170416/trove-crystal-caverns) (suggested by Decar!)
• (2004) Tsuro (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16992/tsuro)
• (2012) Tsuro of the Seas (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124172/tsuro-seas) / Thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2387)
• (2007) Vikings (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27173/vikings) / Thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=733)
• (2002) Wooly Bully (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3243/wooly-bully) (also known as Lobo etc)
Rectangular tiles
• (2008) Lungarno (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35801/lungarno)
• (2001) Nexus (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2521/nexus)
• (1996) The Very Clever Pipe Game (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279/very-clever-pipe-game)
Hexagonal tiles
• (2015) Clockwork Wars (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/139952/clockwork-wars) (suggested by Decar!)
• (2009) Deity (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41691/deity) This is a free downloadable game consisting of only 4 tiles
• (2011) Eclipse (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72125/eclipse) (suggested by quevy!)
• (2003) Feurio! (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8017/feurio)
• (2005) Fjords (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15511/fjords)
• (2002) Hellas (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4529/hellas)
• (2014) Hyperborea (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/119788/hyperborea) (suggested by quevy!)
• (2010) Schweinebande (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/64675/schweinebande%EF%BF%BD) (suggested by Decar!)
• (2006) Seismic (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22673/seismic)
• (2006) SuDoku Hex! (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25073/sudoku-hex) This is a free downloadable game
• (2006) Taluva (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24508/taluva)
• (1999) Tikal (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54/tikal)
• (2005) Twilight Imperium (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12493/twilight-imperium-third-edition) (3rd Edition) (suggested by quevy!)
Uncategorized tiles
• (2006) Bison: Thunder on the Prairie (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21287/bison-thunder-prairie) - special curved tiles in 2 different shapes
• (2015) Cornwall (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181328/cornwall) (suggested by franks!)
• (2006) Factory Fun (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24417/factory-fun) - squared and rectangular in hexagonal shape
• (2004) Lost Valley (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9341/lost-valley) - rhombus and triangular
• (2003) Cronberg (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6569/cronberg) - rhombus
• (2004) Tongiaki (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9028/tongiaki) - dual-curved six sided shape
• (2005) Vegas Showdown (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15364/vegas-showdown) - various sizes of squared and rectangular shapes
Source that gave birth to this thread can be found here (https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/41921/carcassonne-tile-laying-games/page/1).
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Squared tiles - Karuba (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/183251/karuba) (owns).
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No reason to not own Micropul - it's Print and Play!
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Squared tiles - Karuba (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/183251/karuba) (owns).
A great suggestion. Added to the list. I've looked at the tiles and they definately falls into the category of "I must have". :yellow-meeple:
No reason to not own Micropul - it's Print and Play!
Yep! :(y) Some of these are print'n'play and thus you can acquire them free. 8)
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I own Alhambra, bought the Big Box some time ago. It's simple and fun, I'd put it on the Ticket to Ride kind of suitable for all game. With all the modules it has great replayability. Game of the year if I'm not wrong, it's a safe bet ;)
Also recently I tried "LOBO" (Wolf). Not sure if it has an english edition but here you have a link to it: http://zacatrus.es/lobo.html
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Squared tiles
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates)
Hexagonal tiles
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72125/eclipse (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72125/eclipse)
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12493/twilight-imperium-third-edition (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12493/twilight-imperium-third-edition)
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/119788/hyperborea (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/119788/hyperborea)
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I own Alhambra, bought the Big Box some time ago. It's simple and fun, I'd put it on the Ticket to Ride kind of suitable for all game. With all the modules it has great replayability. Game of the year if I'm not wrong, it's a safe bet ;)
Also recently I tried "LOBO" (Wolf). Not sure if it has an english edition but here you have a link to it: http://zacatrus.es/lobo.html
I was thinking of Alhambra big box as well until I saw the price (in Sweden). :)
Lobo does have an English version and is already listed above as Wooly Bully. :(y)
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Squared tiles
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates)
Hexagonal tiles
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72125/eclipse (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72125/eclipse)
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12493/twilight-imperium-third-edition (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12493/twilight-imperium-third-edition)
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/119788/hyperborea (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/119788/hyperborea)
Added all 4 of them. How could I forget Twilight Imperium! I've had my eye on this in the local store for some time now. ::)
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If Hyperborea is on the list, don't forget - Clockwork Wars (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/139952/clockwork-wars) -
Neither of these are tile-laying games, just played on maps made of tiles.
If games like this are ok, then possibly SdJ winner: Tikal (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54/tikal)
This is also part of a trilogy of games.
Also maybe a new category - Tile Laying Filler Games:
Gold Ahoy (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/154476/gold-ahoy)
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Missing from this list:
Triangular tiles
• Galaxy of Trian (own)
Uncategorized tiles
• Cornwall (own)
These are my - wants and haves from the list:
Squared tiles
• Alhambra (own)
• Cacao (own)
• Crows (own)
• Drakon (2nd Edition) (own)
• Entdecker (own)
• Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King (own)
• Vikings (own)
• Karuba (want!)
• Maori (my local Board game café has this so will be able to give it a go there)
Hexagonal tiles
• Fjords (own)
• Tikal (own)
• Taluva (Interested)
one quick edit
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Squared tiles - King of Frontier (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/159910/king-frontier) (played couple of times)
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Squared tiles - King of Frontier (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/159910/king-frontier) (played couple of times)
I picked this up in September, but I've not had chance to play it. Looks crazy!
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Great thread, merit for Paul for starting it - even if it wasn't really his idea! >:D
Some random thoughts:
Like all of you, I like Carcassonne for many reasons, one of which being that each game plays out differently. This is in great contrast to the anglo-games that many of us grew up with where you just move markers around a board (e.g. Monopoly, Game of Life etc). In Carcassonne, it's the tile-laying aspect that makes this possible, but I guess I never really thought about whether this was exclusive to tile-laying games (which it probably isn't), or whether the tile-laying itself was something that I was particularly attracted to.
Anyway, I've finally begun thinking about other games beyond Carcassonne, and I'm finding it interesting that I do in fact seem to be drawn to other tile-laying games. Of the advent calendar games, for example, the two that stood out for me were Cacao (as a simpler, less strategic game than Carcassonne which could be a good gateway game) and Isle of Skye, which I think looks tremendous. On the other hand, I've started watching some video reviews of some other games that are popular and have very high BGG ranks but are not tile-laying games. Things like Castles of Burgundy, Terra Mystica, even Agricola. And based on watching these reviews, they just don't appeal to me.
So, this is a great list for me to delve into as I start to expand my horizons a bit. From the names/themes and the tile-laying aspect alone I'm already super intrigued by Alhambra, Vikings and Tikal!
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I recently decided to download the Alhambra Android application. I wish I hadn't I ended up ordering the Big Box. It's not quite Kingdom Builder, but there's a nack to grabbing the right pieces to build nice long walls. The scoring is good too. Some of the expansions allow for additional walls and gateways, a bit like Carcassonne Bridges. I'll no doubt put a picture up when the big box arrives! It's a SdJ winner, I can see why. It's worth giving it a look.
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Alhambra is very popular in our gaming group, so last December, when I was able to get an offer at eBay for the "deluxe edition" bundled with expansions 1-4 for 13,51€ (20,50€ including shipping), I could not resist buying it for my vacation home, although I have recently enough other games for there. (The deluxe version comes with wooden fountains, a bigger board and a few other extra stuff and costs new aprox. 20€ more then a regular edition. Normally I would not have paid any extra for that, but the price would have been great even for regular game with 4 exp.)
However, turned out the bow did not contained all modules, three were missing, but just because they did not all fit into the box, because all cards were sleeved and everything put in extra zip bags. So when I mentioned that, the former owner had a look and found the missing modules and I will hopefully get them this month.
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Don't Forget HiG's Schweinebande - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/64675/schweinebande Hex Placement
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Anyone who wants to know what happens to Carcassonne, when you make the tiles Hexagonal should take a look at a runthrough video for Fjords.
The board has to be drastically simplified, then rather than placing meeple you place barns, which spread ownership into fields
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4njmzH5_6Z4
It's a quick filler. I quite like it.
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I really like Fjords as well but my wife, not so much :(
Generally she likes traditional abstract games but maybe the problem is that it doesn't look or really feel like an abstract game until you are into it - if that makes any sense :o
I'll to break it out at again with her at a later date!
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Here's an up and coming tile laying game:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170416/trove-crystal-caverns
It's a asymmetric adventure games where plays explore a cave consisting of drawn tiles. In fact one of the players can be the cave. PnP is available.
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Also dont forget the original tile placement game:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2394/dominoes
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I didn't think this thread would go so viral. :-*
Got a lot of work ahead of me. I'll try update this as often as I can with small tidbits than a huge update. I've more planned for these games which will be revealed later this year.
Also, I've compiled a new list with hundreds of tile placing games that I am updating to remove duplicates.
Lastly, I need to rewrite the main goal I had for the tile placement game. :@
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One think to keep in mind about Alhambra (and possibly other games as well), not sure, f that information is important for your project: the tile placement mechanism occurs prominent in the game, but it is by no mean the most important. You have to group your tiles according to some rules, and the way you do has some impact in VP regarding "the longest wall", but drafting money cards and buying the right tiles under a set collection aspect is vital in the base game as well.
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One think to keep in mind about Alhambra (and possibly other games as well), not sure, f that information is important for your project: the tile placement mechanism occurs prominent in the game, but it is by no mean the most important. You have to group your tiles according to some rules, and the way you do has some impact in VP regarding "the longest wall", but drafting money cards and buying the right tiles under a set collection aspect is vital in the base game as well.
I've added this to my brainstorm sheet. During the year each game will be more detailed, especially with facts that are not listed in bgg.com.
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Some more games for your list:
Two great solo, co-op games from the Oniverse Series:
Castellion (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143404/castellion) - Which is a Castle building Tile placement game with a great time mechanic and special tile movement rules based on tiles you discard.
Which leads me into another game mechanic, which are sort of tile laying but the tiles are cards:
Card Laying Games:
Sylvion (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143405/sylvion) - A card based tower defense game, by the same author as Castellion.
And:
This is in the Kickstarters at the moment: Biergarten (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1602113881/biergarten-a-light-card-laying-game-of-bavarian-tr)
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Castellion (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143404/castellion) - Which is a Castle building Tile placement game with a great time mechanic and special tile movement rules based on tiles you discard.
I just took a quick look at this and my first impression is that the back of the tiles look better than the front!
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Élise Plessis is a brilliant artist. The Omniverse, if you hadn't guessed from the title, is set in a mysterious dream world.
In my eyes, her artwork intentionally captures a child's imagination. Simple bright colourful objects are counter played elements from nightmares which all the games in the series have wrapped into their mechanics. I can't quite find the words to describe it, but the apparent simplicity resonates with something 'in me'. The abstract artwork represent abstract feelings or emotions; they shouldn't have hyper-realistic artwork.
Shadi Torbey's a very talented solo designer and has said he intentionally leaves all artwork out of his designs so not to influence the artist. I didn't think solo-board-gaming was a thing until I played Onirim. I recommend you check it out and give it a play.
It's interesting because all the game mechanics are abstract too. So many games plaster an irrelevant theme onto an abstract game. But for me, the abstract art and abstract mechanics actually complement each other.
I was speaking to a dude at my FLGS who met Ms Plessis at Essen this past November, she was taking the time to talk to people and had brought her water-colours with her to paint characters into the box-lids; another reason I was gutted to miss Essen. She obviously left a good impression on the dude from the shop, as he was very happy to have met them both and talk about their games. So even if you don't like her artwork she doesn't sound like the sort of person that ever deserves that sought of criticism.
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So even if you don't like her artwork she doesn't sound like the sort of person that ever deserves that sought of criticism.
I did not criticise her. I saw some tiles which had nice castles on the back and abstract circles and squares and triangles on the front, and I said I liked the backs more.
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I've had Sylvion for a little while and I really enjoy it. I liked the way the game took you through some simple versions of the game so you could play straight away without feeling overwhelmed. I've got Castellion on the way too because I couldn't resist the tile laying.
I know exactly what you mean about the artwork. Completely captures the mood and themes of the games very well. Really great for solo play. I've not tried the cooperative game yet, but I imagine it could make for a very interesting game!
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Another one for the master list that I don't think has been mentioned (maybe it has?),
Batt'l Kha'os
Description from BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42444/battl-khaos
Battle rages on between orcs and knights. Purple and Orange form a chaotic melee and no-one knows which side will win this battle. Mage towers scattered on the battlefield are strategic objectives, and it soon appears that whomever controls the most towers will reap the seeds of victory.
Players place tiles to form majorities of their army on the corners of towers: when all 4 corners are resolved, the player with the majority of corners seizes control of the tower.
Special power tokens can increase your presence or decrease your opponent's presence as well as doing a few other things.
There are 5 special tiles included in the game for added strategies.
Mechanisms:
Area Control / Area Influence
Card Drafting
Hand Management
Tile Placement
Photo from BGG images:
Michael Hines (R3sp4wN)
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Squared tiles
• (2015) Lanterns: The Harvest Festival (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/160851/lanterns-harvest-festival)
I suddenly find myself looking for games that both me and my wife might like (which is part of my new-found fascination with Cacao), and this one could be a winner too. It has beautiful artwork and is a nice 'family' game with a very pleasant theme that suits junglegirl well (as a Chinese speaker). This sentence from one BGG review makes it look right up her alley:
Strategy and Depth are nice and yes they are both here (“Hi Strategy! Hi Depth!”) but that’s not really what this game is here to do (“Ok, Strategy and Depth…you can sit down now”). The primary role of this game is as a relaxation or a meditation of sorts.
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This thread is the gift that keeps on giving. Look at this tile from Monastery - look familiar?
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160113/d47bff5e990badd9e389baf2bed754e2.jpg)
I'm quite intrigued by this game. It looks complicated but the theme suits me perfectly.
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This thread is the gift that keeps on giving. Look at this tile from Monastery - look familiar?
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160113/d47bff5e990badd9e389baf2bed754e2.jpg)
I'm quite intrigued by this game. It looks complicated but the theme suits me perfectly.
I agree. Been hunting this game ever since I started this thread. :(y)
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Not sure, if this is what Paul is looking for, because it is abstract and plastic tiles, but I think Ingenious (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9674/ingenious) (with double hexes) would also fit into the thread.
Another possible title (with uncat., different shaped tiles), but this one I've never played: Castles of Mad King Ludwig (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155426/castles-mad-king-ludwig)
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Not sure, if this is what Paul is looking for, because it is abstract and plastic tiles, but I think Ingenious (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9674/ingenious) (with double hexes) would also fit into the thread.
Another possible title (with uncat., different shaped tiles), but this one I've never played: Castles of Mad King Ludwig (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155426/castles-mad-king-ludwig)
I'll look in to these as well. Falling behind a bit on the suggestions, but will catch up soon! :(y)
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Run over a review of a tile laying war game. Normally I'm not really digging into war themed games, but this one might be something for me, with it's scifi theme (nothing would turn me more down, then "having fun" for example in WW2 or Vietnam) and semi-abstract approach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMUvcExDg3M
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Voluspa (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128554/voluspa)?
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Voluspa (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128554/voluspa)?
I just clicked the link and the first image I saw apart from the cover art was this amazing one. But apparently (from looking at the other pictures) the game doesn't actually develop this way :(
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Wow, that's a crazy photo. Made me wonder about the possibility of a tile-laying game where the tiles can overlap. There could be areas on each tile that would have to match up with the underside of the tile placed on top, but the tiles could be printed on both sides to make it easier to find matches. No idea how (or if) it would work, but if something similar already exists I'd love to try it!
As for Volupsa, I'd never heard of it but someone had shared a post on Facebook so I shared it too and tagged Rosco, jungleboy and quevy. The re-posted thread (where I first saw it) has loads of comments from people talking about all kinds of other games, most of which I've never heard of and many of which aren't on this list. But for some reason I couldn't share his post, only the original. Facebook confuses me. :o
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Wow, that's a crazy photo. Made me wonder about the possibility of a tile-laying game where the tiles can overlap. There could be areas on each tile that would have to match up with the underside of the tile placed on top, but the tiles could be printed on both sides to make it easier to find matches. No idea how (or if) it would work, but if something similar already exists I'd love to try it!
As for Volupsa, I'd never heard of it but someone had shared a post on Facebook so I shared it too and tagged Rosco, jungleboy and quevy. The re-posted thread (where I first saw it) has loads of comments from people talking about all kinds of other games, most of which I've never heard of and many of which aren't on this list. But for some reason I couldn't share his post, only the original. Facebook confuses me. :o
Cacao has an overlap mechanism to it, but it does not have the issue Carcassonne has with different tile sides.
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Wow, that's a crazy photo. Made me wonder about the possibility of a tile-laying game where the tiles can overlap. There could be areas on each tile that would have to match up with the underside of the tile placed on top, but the tiles could be printed on both sides to make it easier to find matches. No idea how (or if) it would work, but if something similar already exists I'd love to try it!
As for Volupsa, I'd never heard of it but someone had shared a post on Facebook so I shared it too and tagged Rosco, jungleboy and quevy. The re-posted thread (where I first saw it) has loads of comments from people talking about all kinds of other games, most of which I've never heard of and many of which aren't on this list. But for some reason I couldn't share his post, only the original. Facebook confuses me. :o
Völuspá is a tile laying game similar to Qwirkle. kYou have to lay the tiles horizontally or vertically (the photo is more fan art). You get points, if you lay the tile with the highest number. Certain (or all?) tiles (the gods) have special abilities so you get more ore less points etc.
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I just watched the Radho Runthrough on Escape: The Curse of the Temple. I think it looks amazing. It's a real-time cooperative game where players try to escape from an Aztec temple that gets built through tile-laying. There are plenty of expansions and a Big Box.
Radho (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvFEj49Q6Z0)
Here is the BGG (https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/113294/escape-curse-temple) link. Has anyone played it?
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Yes! I played this for the first time at work and bought it the same week. Fantastic game. Very original and I love that everyone plays at once because it's so chaotic. The dice can be quite noisy because you roll them a lot, and there's usually a lot of shouting etc. Great game. One of my favourites.
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Yes! I played this for the first time at work and bought it the same week. Fantastic game. Very original and I love that everyone plays at once because it's so chaotic. The dice can be quite noisy because you roll them a lot, and there's usually a lot of shouting etc. Great game. One of my favourites.
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Excellent! I'm glad you 'confirmed' that it's as great as I think it would be. Watching the review, it struck me as something that would be loads of fun and something that is completely different from any other game I've seen. Plus I love the theme and design/components, so I was sold from the first minute.
Do you have any of the expansions?
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I wouldn't say the artwork is anything to write home about but it's good quality. The box I got came with two expansions but I've forgotten what they're called and I've never actually played them as the base game is too awesome by itself. The background music really adds to the atmosphere and the panic of rolling 5 pesky death masks at once!
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I wouldn't say the artwork is anything to write home about but it's good quality.
The tiles look pretty great to me. Here's one pic from BGG (https://boardgamegeek.com/image/1867372/escape-curse-temple).
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It looks like a fun and change of game style to what I am used to, so I will definately have a look at Escape prices hope to get it some day.
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The three tiles with masks on are from one of the expansions. And whilst there isn't anything inherently wrong or ugly about the artwork, there isn't a lot of variation between tiles so the temples often look a bit samey...
It looks like a fun and change of game style to what I am used to, so I will definately have a look at Escape prices hope to get it some day.
Please try to leave some copies for everyone else! >:D
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New game for the list.
Skulldug
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171234/skulldug
You explore a cave looking for treasure. The treasure is all cursed making it harder to carry. First person to get out of the cave with 3 treasures win.
I'm watching a live play with Rob Oren at the moment. It looks quite fun. Will post a link to the video when it's finished.
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Dungeon Crawl on KS right now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/masmorra-dungeons-of-arcadia
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I believe this one was not yet referenced.
Gardens - square tiles
In Gardens, the players work together, tile by tile, to plant, reshape and grow a garden. As opportunities arise, more and more beds will be planted. Whoever is most adept at placing his favorite plants in the garden with the help of two gardener figures and creating a majority of flowers in the most beds wins.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153422/gardens (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153422/gardens)
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I believe this one was not yet referenced.
Gardens - square tiles
In Gardens, the players work together, tile by tile, to plant, reshape and grow a garden. As opportunities arise, more and more beds will be planted. Whoever is most adept at placing his favorite plants in the garden with the help of two gardener figures and creating a majority of flowers in the most beds wins.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153422/gardens (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153422/gardens)
Added to the list! Great tile art at that.
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Looks like The Gardens of the Alhambra....
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Squared tiles - Karuba (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/183251/karuba) (owns).
I just took my first look at a review for this, it looks interesting!! What do you think of it MrNumbers?
Here is the Game Boy Geek's review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a3z5XZ4iTM
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A couple more games that appear to be missing from this list. Suburbia is a pretty excellent game with hexagonal tiles. It's a pretty pure tile-laying game. I'm surprised to see it was missed.
It's younger brother is Castles of Mad King Ludwig and it's one of my new favorite games. I guess this would fit in the uncategorized area since all the tiles are different shapes.
Would you all consider Castles of Burgundy to be a tile laying game? I think it fits the criteria pretty well.
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Castles of Burgundy and Suburbia are both very similar games that involve moving tiles from a shared area to your own personal playing board. I hadn't brought these up as I assumed this would disqualify them since they don't develop any kind of shared area in the same as games like Carcassonne do, although this may be a requirement that I've randomly invented and it could well be the case that other games which have been included work in the same way.
Anyway, I'm a big fan of Castles of Burgundy. I've only played it a couple of times but I like how it plays and enjoy the fact that you always have options and can't get stuck in the same way as you can in Suburbia. I've only played Suburbia once but I didn't really enjoy it as I didn't generate enough money in the earlier rounds to do anything interesting in the later rounds (kind of similar to Catan and 7 Wonders where you have to know what you're doing from the start). But whilst I didn't enjoy playing it, there was certainly a lot about it that I liked (losing salary and reputation every time you cross a red line on the score track being one of them!), but I'd have to give it a few more plays to get into it and didn't feel especially inclined to play again after the first time.
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Squared tiles - Karuba (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/183251/karuba) (owns).
I just took my first look at a review for this, it looks interesting!! What do you think of it MrNumbers?
I find it as an interesting game, though my wife don't think so. Still my friends liked it. My son especially likes gold pieces and diamonds :D
In short, this game is about making the shortest path on the map (every player has it's own map) to be able to reach all temples. As distinct from Carcassonne, Karuba offers equal chances to every player, as each player plays the same tile every turn. In theory, everyone can made the same moves and earn the same amount of points in the end :)
I didn't play enough to elaborate the best strategy, but for now it looks like the best way is to go along the edges rather than through the center.
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I find it as an interesting game, though my wife don't think so. Still my friends liked it. My son especially likes gold pieces and diamonds :D
I should probably stop trying to find games that I think my wife will like, as she pretty much doesn't like any of them. But the one game she does like is the Little Prince, where you have to make your own planet and see who gets the highest score. And Karuba is a bit similar in that every player has their own player board and creates their own jungle and pathways, so I think she might like it. She doesn't have to worry about what other people are doing and can just try to make a nice jungle.
My FLGS has it, so I might buy it, since it's been almost a full week now since the last time I got a new game! 8)
I didn't play enough to elaborate the best strategy, but for now it looks like the best way is to go along the edges rather than through the center.
Wouldn't that depend on the exact location of each adventurer and temple to start the game? If an adventurer and the same colour temple are both near the middle of their respective edges (and opposite each other), then going through the center must be the best way, right?
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I'll hopefully get to update this thread this week. Didn't realise how many tile laying games there were. According to bgg.com alone there's over a thousand "tile placement" games.
Why I started this thread was mainly to see which were compatible with the Carcassonne tiles. You may have noticed I've input tile measurements for some of the games (that I actually own and able to measure).
Like Lord of the Rings game that seemed to fit Carcassonne just by looking at the image, you realise these tiles are much smaller when you see it with your own eyes, it can feel a bit of a letdown.
Stay tuned!
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I didn't play enough to elaborate the best strategy, but for now it looks like the best way is to go along the edges rather than through the center.
Wouldn't that depend on the exact location of each adventurer and temple to start the game? If an adventurer and the same colour temple are both near the middle of their respective edges (and opposite each other), then going through the center must be the best way, right?
Maybe in our games temples' locations were favorable for going along the edges. You will have a chance to try different strategies by yourself :D
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What about carpet laying games (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/29223/marrakech/forums/all)? 8)
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What about carpet laying games (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/29223/marrakech/forums/all)? 8)
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Carpet Diem! :D
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Squared tiles - Karuba (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/183251/karuba) (owns).
I just took my first look at a review for this, it looks interesting!! What do you think of it MrNumbers?
Here is the Game Boy Geek's review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a3z5XZ4iTM
I have done 2 rounds of this last Friday, a fun little game unpretentious, if I find a good price could become part of my collection.
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I have done 2 rounds of this last Friday, a fun little game unpretentious, if I find a good price could become part of my collection.
I fully intended to buy Karuba today, but then I was struck by Marrakech, so I bought that instead!
I just set a personal record for first hearing about a game (this afternoon), going out and buying it (later this afternoon) and getting in my first play (tonight)!
Marrakech is a very simple carpet-laying game with beautiful components and a great theme. We played the variant where the previous player gets to choose Assam’s direction, not the player who is about to roll, which made it much better with more payouts right from the beginning (some people complained that the first 2/3 of the game is boring with no payouts). And even though I won, junglegirl liked it! So we’ll definitely play this one again. It only takes about 20 minutes and it's fun to keep piling carpets on top of one another while watching the bazaar grow.
Here’s the end-game shot of our carpet bazaar:
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Garden Dice - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/109779/garden-dice
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Keyflower? I know it is more than just tile laying, but there is that part of the game, plus I really just like the game so wanted to mention it and encourage others to give it a try. One other thing it has in common with Carcassonne is trying to get the promos for this game can be quite costly.
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Another game not in the first post, but looks interesting: Quadropolis.
https://youtu.be/Y1FNClq_P1U (https://youtu.be/Y1FNClq_P1U)
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Another game not in the first post, but looks interesting: Quadropolis.
I'm growing quite fond of games with a city-building theme. Will have to add this to my wish list!
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I'm growing quite fond of games with a city-building theme. Will have to add this to my wish list!
Have you tried Castles of Mad King Ludwig yet. I really enjoy that one.
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I was checking out other games with the artwork of Andreas Resch, who rendered "Istanbul" (a nice game by the way, I'll probably give another thread, once I played it more often), and found Mauna Kea (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/146188/mauna-kea), which is not on the list yet.
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Two tileblaying games I was made aware of this week:
Citrus from dlp games. You use tiles to lay out a lemon plantation somewhere in Spain/Portugal.
Meeple Wars - got reviewed on dice tower yesterday. Not sure I like the use of the term meeple in a war game - I don't know if they sort permsiion from HiG to use meeple either.
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Citrus from dlp games. You use tiles to lay out a lemon plantation somewhere in Spain/Portugal.
Oh wow, thanks for telling us about this - I want it! Great theme, art, components and mechanics.
Here's the BGG page (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/145588/citrus) and here's Rahdo's runthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOL5GwugY1I
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Yeah, it looks colourful, DLP games are responsible for Orleans, the artist is the same, but the designer is someone else; who had created some prolific games which I've not had the chance to play.
I'll give Rahdo's runthrough a watch this afternoon.
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Two tileblaying games I was made aware of this week:
Citrus from dlp games. You use tiles to lay out a lemon plantation somewhere in Spain/Portugal.
Meeple Wars - got reviewed on dice tower yesterday. Not sure I like the use of the term meeple in a war game - I don't know if they sort permsiion from HiG to use meeple either.
I'm also put off by the name Meeple Wars :P
I'd seen Citrus before but didn't pay much attention to it. Just finished watching Rahdo's (great) play through and like what I saw. I like the similarity to (edit: Temples in) Cacao in how one can control Fincas. It does look difficult to get a hold of (other than resellers) around these parts.
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I've ordered directly from DLP before, it's quite pricey and think it would be even worse for you - but there's an expansion available too
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Is this the expansion? Citrus: Neue Landschaftsplättchen.
If so it looks just like a promo.
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Is this the expansion? Citrus: Neue Landschaftsplättchen.
If so it looks just like a promo.
Yes, that's it. It's definitely of the mini or promo variety, just three extra bonus tiles I believe.
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Also see similarities with Citrus to Sanssouci, which looks to make this easy to learn and to get to the table!
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Yeah, there are 3x3 new types of landscape tokens - One lets you claim a neutral space. The other lets you store plantation tiles for later. The other looks like a large well that scores adjacent plantations immediately and gives more points.
I've just finished watching the first segment of Rahdo's runthrough....I'm disappointed I didn't know about this game sooner. It came out at Essen but got side-lined by Orleans:Invasion - it looks fun and seems to scale 2p+ nicely.
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Took the plunge one of the two Canadian sellers in the BGG marketplace, (good market price). Also found a single copy of the promo from a local on-line seller where I've got an on-hold order building :D
Thanks for bringing this up Decar!
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I accept payments in merits :)
I'm on the fence until I finish the runthrough, but I might pick this up in Essen and save on the postage :D
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I just bought it on the BGG marketplace and had it shipped to danispostman for the Oxford meet up. Shipping was less than £4.
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Can I ask how much you paid? - or PM/email me if you'd rather.
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It was 36 pounds (new, excluding shipping). So not cheap but I thought it was worth doing given that I didn't know when I would have another chance to get it. I wanted to use the Oxford meetup as a way to get some games that seemed difficult to obtain in normal retail. I deliberated between this and Monastery for a few hours and decided Citrus was a better game with a broader appeal.
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Sounds about the going rate, yes it's definitely worth doing if it means you save on a bit of postage. Another reason I like this game is the attention to colourblind players. I'm not colourblind but even though colours are important to the game, the tiles have been allocated special colours and different designs to assist these players; I think that's great!
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Limes (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153623/limes/marketplace/geekmarket) is technically cards and not tiles, but it's really a tile-laying game. It looks like a good little game to me - a cross between Carcassonne, Karuba and The Little Prince. All/both players build a 4x4 landscape (like the Little Prince) around a limes, which are ancient Roman border walls (e.g. the Limes Germanicus linking the Rhine-Danube frontiers). You can place meeples on forests, rivers, farms or towers (like Carcassonne). The Karuba aspect is calling out the number of the tile and all/both players place the same tile. So it's multi-player solitaire on the one hand but I still think it looks pretty cool.
EDIT: I should add that the artwork on the cards/tiles looks really nice. And if you want to create a game with a theme that I'm going to like, Roman frontier defence is probably about as good a place to start as any.
Here's Rahdo's Runthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkUVMxjp-pQ
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Two great solo, co-op games from the Oniverse Series:
Castellion (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143404/castellion) - Which is a Castle building Tile placement game with a great time mechanic and special tile movement rules based on tiles you discard.
Which leads me into another game mechanic, which are sort of tile laying but the tiles are cards:
Card Laying Games:
Sylvion (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143405/sylvion) - A card based tower defense game, by the same author as Castellion.
Decar, I only just discovered the Oniverse a couple of days ago (despite you posting this a while back!). I'm super excited about getting Onirim and taking it on long trips.
But more to the point, Thirsty Meeples doesn't have Onirim for sale but has both Sylvion and Castellion. If I had to choose one of them to buy this weekend, which one would you recommend? I've watched videos for both and I'm not sure which one I'd like better. Sigh, maybe I'll just get them both!
Edit: perhaps leaning towards Sylvion.
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They're all good in their own way. Onirim is my favourite. Sylvion takes up quite a lot of space and is longer to play. They're all very different, but I recall you didn't like the artwork on castellion. I've not had chance to play castellion at the highest difficulty level but it plays a bit like tetris-on-acid the tile mechanics are brilliant and it's more like onirim discarding tiles to invoke actions you need.
These games keep coming out and sell out rapidly. There are 2 promos for onirim now available at the zman shop btw, 50% off.
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They're all very different, but I recall you didn't like the artwork on castellion.
Oh, I'd completely forgotten that I posted about that. Well, at the time I didn't understand what the Oniverse was. Now I get that the art is supposed to be surreal and it fits the Oniverse world. So forget what I said before :)
These games keep coming out and sell out rapidly. There are 2 promos for onirim now available at the zman shop btw, 50% off.
I saw that. They also mentioned the promos would be available at Essen so maybe I'll just wait until then.
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Its one of the few games where psychedelic dream doodles make sense!
Im having a look at some shops near me to see if they have onirim. I'll call one of my local shops if you cant wait until Essen. Make sure you listen to Low Player Count's interview with the designer. He's an amazing designer! He was interviewed somewhere else too check bgg.
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One thing I really like about castellion was the rule manual. The rules are introduced over 3 stages. Each stage adds a few extra mechanics. I won't spoil it any more than that but each stage is nicely woven into the theme.
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Im having a look at some shops near me to see if they have onirim. I'll call one of my local shops if you cant wait until Essen.
I can wait, thanks anyway. My plan for Onirim is to 'save' it for a long trip I'm hoping to take next year. So I'm hoping that Sylvion and/or Castellion can scratch the solo itch while I'm at home and Onirim can be more or less exclusively a travel game, because it's so easy to transport (169 cards including 7 different expansions) and the play area is smaller than the other two.
One thing I really like about castellion was the rule manual. The rules are introduced over 3 stages. Each stage adds a few extra mechanics. I won't spoil it any more than that but each stage is nicely woven into the theme.
I downloaded the rule manual already. It sounds so good that I don't even need to bother buying the game now! :)
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I didn't like Solo until I played Onirim. I found it quite compelling; I even implemented an Android version of it - there's a few end game bugs that need resolving though and it had none of the expansions. You can play basic onirim in a tiny area if required :(y) I'm sure all of these will be available at Essen & hopefully a second edition of Urbion. Urbion is extremely hard to find, but I had a french copy sent from Canada then Andrew the Ambo was kind enough to send me 2 copies from a shop in New Zealand. I've sold them now, but can't wait for a reprint with some extra expansions!
You won't be disappointed in either/any/all :(y)
I think there is meant to be another 3-4 games coming in the series, looking forward to a crazy Big Box that lets you play them all at the same time ;)
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At the bottom of this BGG thread (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1564691/how-many-cards-are-there), someone says that a new Oniverse game is coming next, then the Urbion reprint. I'm not sure where she got that info from.
Because the boxes are small, I should be able to get both Sylvion and Castellion this weekend in addition to the four games that Dan is bringing me (!). Then I just have to decide on Lanterns...
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Has anyone played Maharani? https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118402/maharani
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There's one I'm rather surprised isn't here ( and I forgot previously) and that is Glen More. This is an excellent game. I really love the variable turn order mechanic, the supply and demand market, and periodic scoring. Game play is fun and engaging. If you haven't played, and you can find a copy, you should definitely give this one a try.
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Limes (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153623/limes/marketplace/geekmarket) is technically cards and not tiles, but it's really a tile-laying game. It looks like a good little game to me - a cross between Carcassonne, Karuba and The Little Prince. All/both players build a 4x4 landscape (like the Little Prince) around a limes, which are ancient Roman border walls (e.g. the Limes Germanicus linking the Rhine-Danube frontiers). You can place meeples on forests, rivers, farms or towers (like Carcassonne). The Karuba aspect is calling out the number of the tile and all/both players place the same tile. So it's multi-player solitaire on the one hand but I still think it looks pretty cool.
EDIT: I should add that the artwork on the cards/tiles looks really nice. And if you want to create a game with a theme that I'm going to like, Roman frontier defence is probably about as good a place to start as any.
I opened this today and just played a couple of solo games. I like it! Looking forward to playing with an actual opponent...
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Nice photo jungleboy, I would love to hear a full write up in its own Thread. I've been wondering about this since I saw Rahdo play it a few months back. :(y)
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I recently found the BGG blog "Mina's Fresh Cardboard", and therein a review (http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/55212/which-ravens-study-numbers-voluspa-new-reviews-rav) for Völuspá (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128554/voluspa), which caught my interest. Since she even mentioned previously playing it at yucata.de, I tried it out yesterday there, and I enjoyed my first play. :)
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Radho ran through his top 10 tile-laying games this week. Some favourites of this board/thread are on the list such as Carcassonne: the Castle, Citrus and Isle of Skye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ls7OZMJpdY
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Radho ran through his top 10 tile-laying games this week. Some favourites of this board/thread are on the list such as Carcassonne: the Castle, Citrus and Isle of Skye.
Just watched this. Nice input. Some new game I will be adding to the list.
I liked Isle of Skye, bought it even, but never had a chance to play it properly yet.
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Urbion is extremely hard to find, but I had a french copy sent from Canada then Andrew the Ambo was kind enough to send me 2 copies from a shop in New Zealand. I've sold them now, but can't wait for a reprint with some extra expansions!
I just found a copy on French Amazon and asked for it as a stocking present. It's the French first edition, so it's actually called Equilibrion, not Urbion. There are four left if you want to go crazy :)
Edit: Link (https://www.amazon.fr/Filosofia-Equilibrion/dp/B007D1EURS/ref=pd_cart_vw_2_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=PB7SV58T4EE23F1ZQC0J).
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Urbion is extremely hard to find, but I had a french copy sent from Canada then Andrew the Ambo was kind enough to send me 2 copies from a shop in New Zealand. I've sold them now, but can't wait for a reprint with some extra expansions!
I just found a copy on French Amazon and asked for it as a stocking present. It's the French first edition, so it's actually called Equilibrion, not Urbion. There are four left if you want to go crazy :)
I would have jumped at the chance yesterday but I've been forced to shave since then and so no longer have my moustache... :(
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3 left now....le sigh....
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3 left now....le sigh....
Collector's item - get 'em all!
Edit: It's for sale directly on the vendor's website (https://www.ludibay.net/urbion-p-64079.html) for the same price, but as Urbion. So we'll have to wait and see which name we get!
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We had a game night with another couple and they brought Quadropolis. My wife and I had tried it at a store before and didn't particularly care for it. We tried it again and it still fell flat. Our friends have seen the number of tile laying games in our house and couldn't understand why we didn't like it. On the flip side, they got to play Isle of Skye and didn't like the tile buying aspect. Their other complaint that I share is that the players boards don't ever connect. Everything else about the game I really like though.
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We had a game night with another couple and they brought Quadropolis. My wife and I had tried it at a store before and didn't particularly care for it. We tried it again and it still fell flat. Our friends have seen the number of tile laying games in our house and couldn't understand why we didn't like it. On the flip side, they got to play Isle of Skye and didn't like the tile buying aspect. Their other complaint that I share is that the players boards don't ever connect. Everything else about the game I really like though.
I think we all sometimes place too much emphasis on mechanics (this thread being an example). I've heard it said before - and I agree - that the best games, especially the best thematic games, are those in which you don't even notice mechanics, but you just play and focus on the task in front of you. Just because we like Carcassonne, and even if one of the reasons we like it is because of the tile-laying aspect, that still doesn't mean we will like all tile-laying games.
I haven't played or even checked out Quadropolis (the theme seems very uninteresting to me). I've played one two-player game of Isle of Skye and I enjoyed it, though I think the tile-buying would work better with more than two. The non-connection of the player boards doesn't bother me - in fact I like how it's different from the usual tile-laying games in that way. My favourite non-Carcassonne tile-laying game is still Citrus.
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I agree that I pay too much attention to mechanics. I probably have avoided some great games because I don't like deck building, race, or dexterity games.
I haven't played Citrus or a lot of the other out of print games listed in the video above. Isle of Skye and Cacao get the most non-Carcassonne tile laying play time at my house. I really want to try Suburbia and Castle of Mad King Ludwig.
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In the last few months a new tile-laying filler came out and I put it on my wishlist as soon as I heard about it: Kingdomino (BGG Link (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204583/kingdomino)).
Last night someone brought it to the weekly boardgaming meetup in Lisbon, so I played it for the first time and loved it (and I also won, thanks to my enormous forest, which always helps!).
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Firstly, it scratches the ancient/medieval landscape itch in the same way that Carcassonne and Limes do for me. Secondly, and related, there's some nice, simple artwork (and thick, sturdy tiles). Thirdly, tile laying!
But mostly what I like about it is a cool tile drafting mechanism, somewhat similar to the card drafting in Butterfly Garden but better implemented in my opinion. Each tile has a number on the back, and typically the larger numbers are the 'better' tiles because they have crowns on them, which you need to score points. But the smaller the number that you claim, the earlier your drafting position in the next round. So it's always a balance between getting the tile you want but making sure that you're not left with one you don't want in the following round.
There are a few rule variants to change the game up a little bit, but even without those, it's a clever little game that I'll hopefully add to my collection soon enough.
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I wanted to play this in Essen and after waiting patiently for another family to finish their demo game, Tom and I stepped up to sit down at the table but a very rude woman pushed in and then barked at us in German. The message I got was that she was trying to tell us that she was there first, which she wasn't, but unfortunately I backed down and rather than continue to wait for another table we moved on and never got to try it. That was one of my less enjoyable Essen experiences actually as most people seemed to be quite nice. The other was probably the guy who cycled into me but that was mostly my fault... :-[
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Yes I agree with Dan. This was probably the worst moment in the whole of Essen. "Erste! Erste!" She barked. "First! First!". I was quite annoyed the volunteer said nothing at all. Not quite as annoyed as the family who was ahead of us though. The family was a husband and wife and two teenage sons. The father had won the game. He had 25 points. He made sure by counting twice. He checked with Johnny his eldest son - "How many did you have? Only 22! 22! I have 25! I won! You best count again... 10...12..15..22. I got 25...let me count them for you all again" he continued: "What about you timmy? Only 18? That's pathetic..didnt you understand the rules...i got 25" and again to his wife..... it was great to what this future champion claim his victory so modestly.
Unfortunately, the whole exerience tarnished this game for me. I was on my rada pre-essen as a tile laying game to checkout. Even with MrNumbers magic save 5€ it couldn't salvage it for me.
Hope you enjoy playing it though! It looks like it's up your alley- intuitive rules and nice artwork and fast to play!
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The family was a husband and wife and two teenage sons. The father had won the game. He had 25 points. He made sure by counting twice. He checked with Johnny his eldest son - "How many did you have? Only 22! 22! I have 25! I won! You best count again... 10...12..15..22. I got 25...let me count them for you all again" he continued: "What about you timmy? Only 18? That's pathetic..didnt you understand the rules...i got 25" and again to his wife..... it was great to what this future champion claim his victory so modestly.
Yeah, I'd forgotten about that. He was one very small step away from jumping up and doing an "IN YOUR FACE" dance. Poor kids...
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The father had won the game. He had 25 points. He made sure by counting twice. He checked with Johnny his eldest son - "How many did you have? Only 22! 22! I have 25! I won! You best count again... 10...12..15..22. I got 25...let me count them for you all again" he continued: "What about you timmy? Only 18? That's pathetic..didnt you understand the rules...i got 25" and again to his wife..... it was great to what this future champion claim his victory so modestly.
I wish he was playing in our game last night because I scored 58. 58! FIFTY-EIGHT. More than DOUBLE his lameass score of 25! FIFTY-FLIPPING-EIGHT you joker!
Sorry, what were you saying about modesty? ;D
Hope you enjoy playing it though! It looks like it's up your alley- intuitive rules and nice artwork and fast to play!
You know what else is up my alley? Scoring 58!
But seriously, yes, up my alley indeed. If I buy it, I wonder if I can drug junglegirl sufficiently to get her to play.
Sorry you guys had a bad experience related to the game at Essen. But it's not Kingdomino's fault!
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Kingdomino looks our kind of thing. Suburbia might be next up for us. Whichever one we can find first!
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I've only played Suburbia once but I quite enjoyed it. It reminded me a bit of Castles of Burgundy but I preferred the city-building theme and some of the mechanics in Suburbia. Although I've only ever watched Kingdomino played (as mentioned) they look like very different games...
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Suburbia bought and played over the last fortnight, I've definitely got bragging rights here at Luthadel Towers but the others are getting better at managing their early income. Absolutely love it. Half-tempted with one of the expansions, though just for new and unique tiles rather than the additional features they look to bring.
Still really liking the look of Kingdomino, it's on our wishlist.
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Still really liking the look of Kingdomino, it's on our wishlist.
I managed to find Kingdomino at a tobacco shop (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=3208.msg47640#new) two days ago. I played it with my Pandemic Legacy group on Tuesday night and at the board game meet-up last night, and I've already created two solo variants (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1741841/solo-kingdomino). I think it's safe to say that I love this game.
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you've not scored 60-points and disowned your estranged family yet though :(y) :(y)
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A tile-laying game that is from 2013 but which I hadn't heard of until today, thanks to a Rahdo runthrough, is Palmyra. Since it's tile-laying and about ancient Rome (I used to be a tour guide in Rome) and Palmyra (which I've been to), it's definitely right up my alley.
Here's my podcast episode about Palmyra (the place):
http://media.blubrry.com/englishin10minutes/content.blubrry.com/englishin10minutes/017_-_Palmyra.mp3
Here's the Rahdo runthrough about Palmyra (the game):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOLTNyX2xE0&t=0s
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A tile-laying game that is from 2013 but which I hadn't heard of until today, thanks to a Rahdo runthrough, is Palmyra. Since it's tile-laying and about ancient Rome (I used to be a tour guide in Rome) and Palmyra (which I've been to), it's definitely right up my alley.
Here's my podcast episode about Palmyra (the place):
http://media.blubrry.com/englishin10minutes/content.blubrry.com/englishin10minutes/017_-_Palmyra.mp3
Here's the Rahdo runthrough about Palmyra (the game):
What nice find. I really like how the tiles fit.
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What nice find. I really like how the tiles fit.
Me too. It creates the same checkerboard landscape as Cacao, but it's easier to figure out where the tiles go on the board because of the two different shapes.
I might have just ordered it as my new game for May/June. :) Too bad I didn't discover it yesterday :(
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Merit from me - thanks for sharing jungleboy!
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This game needs some more love. Rhado's usual confusion is uncomfortable to sit through and the BGG coverage from 2013 is awkward too. Jungleboy you have a civic duty to review this game :(y)
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Castles of Caladale (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/213370/castles-caladale)
We purchased King Domino from the FLGS. Right next to it they had the demo of Castles of Caladale. CoC is just like King Domino without the draft. Players can pick tiles to build their castles without much in the way of player interaction. The tiles are square like on Carcassonne, but with stone, Earth, Wood, and Sky as possible sides. We plan to try it next time, but with twice the price point and similarity to King Domino, I don't think we will pick it up. I must say it was weird seeing 2 tile laying game demos going at the same time.
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Castles of Caladale (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/213370/castles-caladale)
We purchased King Domino from the FLGS. Right next to it they had the demo of Castles of Caladale. CoC is just like King Domino without the draft. Players can pick tiles to build their castles without much in the way of player interaction. The tiles are square like on Carcassonne, but with stone, Earth, Wood, and Sky as possible sides. We plan to try it next time, but with twice the price point and similarity to King Domino, I don't think we will pick it up. I must say it was weird seeing 2 tile laying game demos going at the same time.
I don't know CoC but the draft is the whole point of Kingdomino, so if you take that out there wouldn't seem to be much of a game left.
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In CoC, there are 9 tiles face up on the table. On your turn you can take 1 of those or a face down tile. So players just take turns taking tiles. You don't have to worry about which tile you take like KD.
When you get a chanice watch Tom Vasel's review
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Keeping the castle in the middle of Kingdomino is paramount. Our games are within 2 or 3 points each other without the bonus.
My wife won this one because of the bonus. Even if I filled my 7x7, I would have lost.
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In CoC, there are 9 tiles face up on the table. On your turn you can take 1 of those or a face down tile. So players just take turns taking tiles. You don't have to worry about which tile you take like KD.
When you get a chanice watch Tom Vasel's review
It looks kinda cool but I can't see it getting played much around these parts. From what I saw, I prefer Kingdomino and I'm not sure there's room for both of them. But it could be good for Chooselife, danisthirty and their families. Kind of a simple Kodoma/Kingdomino/Carcassonne hybrid?
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We had our first plays of Kingdomino this morning. I've had been impressed by the reviews and game play impressions (including jungleboy) and thought this would be a nice filler for home and my mid week game-lunch group at the office.
Under the absolute simplicity of the game there is some good decision making. We found it very enjoyable. Right off the bat we played the full 2 player optional game on a 7x7 grid and included the bonuses for the Castle placement (10 bonus points if your starting castle ends in the centre of the board) and a complete grid (5 bonus points). Playing with these bonuses adds another nice layer of choice to your tile placements.
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I scored 105 and won the first game, (including the bonus for a complete grid).
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My wife upstaged me in the second game scoring 132 puts, including the bonus for having her castle dead centre! (I scored 116 in this second game.)
Keeper!
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My musings on Isle of Skye over in the Top 10 - Poll #4 thread (http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=3318.msg49250#new) got me thinking about tile-laying games. It's easy to lump all tile-laying games into the same category, but one thing that I've been thinking about lately is the method of tile acquisition, how that differs from one game to another, and how that impacts the overall game. I thought I would flush out some thoughts here.
Our beloved Carcassonne is the standard when it comes to tile-laying games. It makes me smile to watch video reviews of new tile-laying games and always have Carcassonne be referenced, almost as though it is an unwritten rule of talking about tile-laying games that you need to mention Carcassonne. For all the great things about Carcassonne, the draw-and-place mechanism is tile-laying at its most basic. This puts off some people (though not me) because of the luck involved. Other tile-laying games, like Cacao and Lanterns, and many others I'm sure, follow this draw-and-place mechanic, although Lanterns has a three-tile hand.
Recently, tile-laying games have sought to offer new ways to acquire tiles as a way of offering a fresh take on tile-laying. Here are a few examples of tile acquisition that I know, and my thoughts on them:
Isle of Skye - the bidding mechanic. Each player draws three tiles, displays them face up, and secretly chooses one to eliminate and secretly places a value on the other two, which can be purchased at that price by other players or, if not, are to be purchased by you for that price. Some people really like this, and it's definitely a deep mechanic that requires a good deal of thought, although I think it's a bit clunky.
Kingdomino - tile drafting with a value placed on each tile by way of a number on the back (ranking the tiles objectively), whereby taking a higher numbered ('better') tile in one round means you will draft later in the next round. Simple, clean, elegant, brilliant.
Citrus - tiles are purchased by taking an entire row or column from a market (the dynamics of which keep changing based on previous selections), where you pay for each tile you take. I really like this because there's a lot to think about regarding which row/column suits you best based on the number of tiles it contains and the type of tiles it contains, considering how much money you have and how many workers you have in the field.
Vikings - This is a tile-laying game that's quite different from the standard ones because there are only four different types of tiles in the game. But the way of acquiring your tiles and associated viking is really neat - a wheel that turns throughout the round, changing the cost of the tiles as it turns. It forces you to reassess the board every turn and I think it's very clever.
Palmyra - I haven't played this yet (my copy is in the post en route to postman Chooselife), but there's a very intriguing-looking mechanic whereby one of your two followers (the legionnaire) generates land (in the form of tiles) by the moves he makes. So the number of tiles you acquire and have at your disposal are generated by your previous turns. You essentially 'spend' tiles to earn more tiles (hopefully earning more than you spend!). This sounds really fascinating and not something I've come across in other tile-laying games.
Karuba / Limes - number calling. Both of these are multi-player solitaire type of games where each player has to place the same tile/card on their personal playerboard, so the point at the end is to see how different players went about their task under exactly the same conditions. I love Limes as a solo game (i.e. using draw-and-place and ignoring number calling altogether) but I don't love the number calling mechanic, to be honest.
The Little Prince - partially hidden tile draft (two players only). One player draws three tiles, looks at them, places two face up and one face down. The other player chooses either one of the two they can see or gambles with the one they can't see, leaving the first player to take whichever of the two remaining tiles they prefer. This works really well because the pre-draft decision of which tile to keep face down is itself an important decision before the draft has even started, so there's an extra layer there (even though it's a simple game). It's funny that I've been playing this with junglegirl for a couple of years now and I've only recently come to appreciate how great this simple mechanic is.
I'm sure there are plenty of other tile acquisition mechanics - feel free to add those that you know about.
So, what's the point of all this? Well, I wanted to look at a few different ways to acquire tiles in tile-laying games and see if that, in itself, is a way to categorise different games within the tile-laying category and to see how we, as Carcassonne fans, view tile acquisition. So, some questions to consider are:
Is the draw-and-place mechanic one of the reasons we like Carcassonne, and are we therefore drawn to other tile-laying games with the same mechanic? Do we like the luck aspect of draw-and-place and the feeling of joy or disappointment when you get or don't get the tile you need?
Or is the tile-laying aspect itself what we like about Carcassonne, with the way you acquire your tiles not seen as that important?
One of the main expansions for Carcassonne (Bridges, Castles and Bazaars) introduced a new way of acquiring tiles and it seems most fans don't like it (me included). Is this just because it's not a good mechanic or is it because it destroys the sanctity of draw-and-place that is so much a part of the game?
Sorry for the long post. If you made it this far, I look forward to seeing what you think!
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So I'm supposed to sell of my board game collection, to a certain extent but found this game on sale in a local store when surfing, for just under 10 Euro, so I ordered it.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/139401/realm-heroes
It seems to have tiles in it so it might fit in here.
Img src: boardgamegeek.com
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The Karuba expansion that was in the advent calendar last year is now available on the BGG Store (https://boardgamegeekstore.com/products/karuba-the-volcano) for $5.
I'm quite intrigued by it. The expansion consists of four volcano tiles (one per player), one of which goes on each player's board at the start of the game. Here's how it plays:
Volcano tiles do not have a path and cannot be accessed by adventurers. Whenever an adventurer moves to a tile that is horizontally or vertically (not diagonally) next to a volcano tile, he has to pay 2 movement points instead of one.
But the most interesting part, I think, is regarding the placement of the volcano tiles:
After initial placement of adventurers and temples, the youngest player starts and sets their volcano on one of their 12 jungle fields in the interior of their island. Continue clockwise except every player has to pick a different field on their island for their volcano.
This is completely at odds with how the rest of the game plays. In Karuba, each player has exactly the same conditions (i.e. the same adventurer/temple placement and the same tile order) and the point of the game is to see which player does the best with these exact same conditions. Having each player place their volcano tile on a different space in their jungle completely alters this. I'm not necessarily saying that that's a bad thing, and maybe the impact of the volcano is pretty minimal anyway, but I find it pretty interesting that they went down this path. Does this spoil the dynamic of the game or does it add an exciting bit of variability?
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Does this spoil the dynamic of the game or does it add an exciting bit of variability?
When I first heard about this promo I used some Litko flame markers that I had about as a proxy to try it out. I'm of two minds with this mini expansion. On one hand it adds a little life to the game with the obstacles that can also slow down the race. However on the other hand there have been many that have complained that there is an issue with the game of a default strategy of and outside route. So in the end this ends up feeding into that issue. Perhaps to mitigate this the Volcanoes could be placed on any tile other than an entrance or exit tile and it would be the same for every board. So each player could choose a spot and the volcano tiles would be placed on the identical spot on each board(?).
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Kingdomino has been nominated for Spiel Des Jahres. It is up against Magic Maze and Race to El Dorado.
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Kingdomino has been nominated for Spiel Des Jahres. It is up against Magic Maze and Race to El Dorado.
That's a good nomination with a great chance of winning!
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Merged from: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1205.msg49793#msg49793
Ooooh if you never played Lanterns before I think you'll really enjoy it. I had it and the expansion I definitely enjoy both!
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Ooooh if you never played Lanterns before I think you'll really enjoy it. I had it and the expansion I definitely enjoy both!
Our second play was much like my first - Ultimately, I can't understand how given only ~half the tiles in the deck you have any idea what colours as worth investing in. If a player is lucky, what stops them holding a monopoly of a colour and only buying thing in the last round? Mechanically, it's nice and pleasant, but I think we're looking for a little more strategy in our games. I've not tried the expansion, so hope that helps somehow!
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Our second play was much like my first - Ultimately, I can't understand how given only ~half the tiles in the deck you have any idea what colours as worth investing in. If a player is lucky, what stops them holding a monopoly of a colour and only buying thing in the last round? Mechanically, it's nice and pleasant, but I think we're looking for a little more strategy in our games. I've not tried the expansion, so hope that helps somehow!
Remember that you can only make ONE dedication per turn. Yes someone could get lucky and gain a monopoly of a particular color early on but having such a monopoly doesn't do much for anyone. Yes it means, if they want to hold that majority as long as they can, then nobody can make a 7 unique dedication. Also don't forget that there is a hand limit of 12 so in a 2 player game if they gain a monopoly of a given color and don't intend to use that color then that effectively drops their hand limit down 7. Rule is if you start a round with more than 12 cards you have to make a dedication or discard down to 12. Knowing this you might try forcing your opponent to hold as many different colors as they can to limit their options. Also think about it, if your opponent is actively going for a monopoly of a color then that is turns that they may not be getting cards of other colors to build towards a 3 pairs dedication or a 4 of a kind dedication. Use your opposing turns to get these kinds of dedications before they do and ultimately you should be able to stay ahead of them.
I haven't played dozens of games of this but I've played enough to know that there is less luck and more strategy than you initially think there is.
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Thanks for taking the time to respond DaFees, I had interpreted the rules correctly; though you've not convinced me!
There still only exists 3-'strategies':
i) Don't dedicate a token unless you think you're opponent can buy it.
ii)Play your tiles to limit the number of colours your opponent will get.
iii) Avoid playing corners, in case your opponent gets a 2-or-3 match.
Anything else is based on pure chance, you have no idea what tiles remain in the deck and no way of predicting where the best place to lay your tile is. Is it worth going for pairs or doubles? Who knows? What is worth investing in? Can I play a move to prevent a colour (which I don't know exists) appearing?
You might as well do away with the tiles, roll a die based on the value randomly pull a number of coloured tokens from a bag, then give one to your opponent. Make sure there's a random unknown amount of colours in the bag before you start. You can arbitrarily distribute swapping token, perhaps rolling a 6, followed by a 4+. Try it, it'll play the same!
Don't get me wrong, this can be a fun to play, but I find the tile-laying a disappointing way of randomly distributing colours you apply to set collection to. It almost feels like the game was designed backwards based on some nice looking tiles; even the purchasing of dedications at the start of your turn to prevent any snap-buys is a cheap balancing exercise.
For set-collection I think Potion Explosion does this better and plays quite a bit faster!
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Today BGG announced (https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/67169/new-game-round-campaign-grizzled-lay-palace-tiles) a new tile-laying game to be released at Essen that I am pretty excited about because it seems right up my alley in gameplay and theme. It's called Azul (Spanish/Portuguese for blue) and is about laying typical Portuguese tiles, called azuleijos, at the King's palace in Evora. A tile-laying game about laying tiles!! Why didn't I think of that?! There aren't any images available yet but it's from Plan B games so I have high hopes for the artwork after their first release, Century: Spice Road, which is on my wishlist.
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Today BGG announced (https://boardgamegeek.com) a new tile-laying game to be released at Essen that I am pretty excited about because it seems right up my alley in gameplay and theme. It's called Azul (Spanish/Portuguese for blue) and is about laying typical Portuguese tiles, called azuleijos, at the King's palace in Evora. A tile-laying game about laying tiles!! Why didn't I think of that?! There aren't any images available yet but it's from Plan B games so I have high hopes for the artwork after their first release, Century: Spice Road, which is on my wishlist.
Yaay! More tiles! Hope they are the same size as the Carcs. :D
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Today BGG announced (https://boardgamegeek.com) a new tile-laying game to be released at Essen that I am pretty excited about because it seems right up my alley in gameplay and theme. It's called Azul (Spanish/Portuguese for blue) and is about laying typical Portuguese tiles, called azuleijos, at the King's palace in Evora. A tile-laying game about laying tiles!! Why didn't I think of that?! There aren't any images available yet but it's from Plan B games so I have high hopes for the artwork after their first release, Century: Spice Road, which is on my wishlist.
That looks really interesting. Here is another Tile Laying game that has recently been announced: - Okanagan: Valley of the Lakes
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230089/okanagan-valley-lakes (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230089/okanagan-valley-lakes)
The designer clearly states that Carcassonne and Walnut Grove were direct inspirations.
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1802770/guess-which-games-inspired-author (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1802770/guess-which-games-inspired-author)
I own but haven't played Walnut Grove :( https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103185/walnut-grove (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103185/walnut-grove)
I'm also a bit biased because of the Okanagan location. It is a very temperate area of Canada that grows load of Cherries, Peaches, Apricots Nectarines and many ground crops. I just got back this Monday from my 20th anniversary of farm and Orchard visits for the retail stores I purchase for. it is one of my favourite areas in a Canada and a likely retirement move for my wife and I.
The game itself looks simple enough and seems to have a feel of Carcassonne: Gold Rush, (it's set in local pioneer days). I probably would have preferred a more modern setting but that's ok. I'm hoping it's not too simple or too gateway or that expansions would be added to keep the interest in the game. I'll keep an eye but anyone going to Essen might see more before I do. That is the planned launch.
https://vimeo.com/224116713
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For those Karuba Fans out there there looks like a Card Game Version of it arriving in Essen this year:
https://www.haba.de/en_US/toys/e/1uym2
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Dragon Dodge (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/209090/dragon-dodge) is a nice little tile-laying game that I backed on KS earlier in the year and just got this week. I played it tonight with junglegirl and we enjoyed it.
In Dragon Dodge (2-4p), players compete in two teams with each team controlling two wizards. The team that has both its wizards 'tagged' (eaten!) by the dragons loses. The tiles are laid out in a set configuration at the beginning of the game (although you can create your own configuration if you like) and players play element cards to move their own wizards or move the dragons, or spell cards to manipulate the tiles (rotating, moving, replacing).
The components are nice (the wizard and dragon meeples were upgraded from this picture), the box is small, the rules are simple - in short, it's a nice little game to play as one or two couples.
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Omiga (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224319/omiga)
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OK, considering the thickness, these are rather cards, but this is a quite hilarious abstract speed game. You have to either get behind your opponents tiles or to the edge of the table facing him. Since it is a speed game, tiles are not placed in turns, but as fast as you can. You normally have a hand of three, of which you can any amount either discard or place, as long as the placement rules are obeyed of course. But you have to discard all remaining cards in your hand to draw three new ones.
The placement rules require you to match the colour dots horizontally and shapes vertically, like shown on the picture. You are further not allowed to continue your track away from the opponent. (Otherwise it would be too easy to win by reaching the edge of the table.)
Games are really fast paced and hectic, and in some way this reminds me of the light cycle duels from Tron.
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I haven't seen this one mentioned in a while, so it may not get enough love. We love Glen More! Choosing and laying tiles to get resources to buy later tiles to place meeples to place later tiles to sell resources. What's not to love? Brilliant game.
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I just saw a review of Tang Garden. It looks AMAZING. I am really upset I missed the kickstarter for it. Has anyone played it? https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/252153/tang-garden (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/252153/tang-garden)
I also can't wait to get my hands on Minigolf Designer. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/298562/minigolf-designer (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/298562/minigolf-designer)
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Marram is a new game (2020) that mirrors some Carcassonne mechanics, but takes things further - reversible tiles, opponents tile visible, lay 2 out of 3 tiles etc. It is not yet out in physical form, but it can be played on Board Game Arena
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=marram (https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=marram)
A detailed review of the game is available at BGG https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2439048/complex-game-belongs-board-game-universe-its-own-r (http://BGG https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2439048/complex-game-belongs-board-game-universe-its-own-r)
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Marram is a new game (2020) that mirrors some Carcassonne mechanics, but takes things further - reversible tiles, opponents tile visible, lay 2 out of 3 tiles etc. It is not yet out in physical form, but it can be played on Board Game Arena
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=marram (https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=marram)
A detailed review of the game is available at BGG https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2439048/complex-game-belongs-board-game-universe-its-own-r (http://BGG https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2439048/complex-game-belongs-board-game-universe-its-own-r)
An interesting idea. Chain reaction mechanics sort of. If you can finish a segment and score with the meeple you place from your bank you get to do another turn (repeatable). Has this been tried?
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Popped into a random secondhand and found this tile laying game for 30 SEK (roughly 3 Euro). Perfect condition but missing one thing, Swedish rules. I suppose Norwegian will suffice. Or the internet. :yellow-meeple:
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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/336929/land-vs-sea (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/336929/land-vs-sea)
Upon surfing Facebook, I saw a second-hand Land vs Sea with the description: Hexagonal Carcassonne.
This description made me watch the gameplay on YouTube. This board game seems interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBEL3aUvpS8
Also, there is a video comparing Carcassonne with Land vs Sea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOQWPaoNyxM