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Title: What is your number 2?
Post by: chris6507 on May 06, 2022, 06:42:41 AM
Lets for argument sake that for everyone here, Carcassonne is their number one game. Curious to know, what is your number two?

I'd say in our household the number two favourite to play would be Ticket to Ride for sure and it's also my second favourite looking collection. But not much beats out my wife's Killer Bunnies collection in terms of number of expansions and content. Still don't know how anybody is ever going to shuffle that ridiculous amount of cards.

Just for clarification, I'm counting Carcassonne Remakes, spin offs and expansions as part of number one. Number two has to be a completely different game
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Meepledrone on May 06, 2022, 06:55:01 AM
Our current number 2 is Fluxx! Thanks @Decar for the recommendation! :(y) :(y)

https://www.looneylabs.com/games/fluxx (https://www.looneylabs.com/games/fluxx)

We got the basic one v5.0, and two other versions (Woderland Fluxx and Oz Fluxx) and some other odds and ends such as a Tiny Fluxx... We have lots of fan with a quick fix of Tiny Fluxx already in bed before falling sleep. :o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D-7ty1hPuc

Check here all the versions and surrender... >:D >:D >:D

https://www.looneylabs.com/our-games (https://www.looneylabs.com/our-games)
 
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Doom_Shark on May 06, 2022, 07:10:23 AM
Right now, it's a toss up between The Red Dragon Inn (https://slugfestgames.com/rdifamily/ (https://slugfestgames.com/rdifamily/)) and Dominion (https://www.riograndegames.com/games/dominion/ (https://www.riograndegames.com/games/dominion/))

I have a complete collection of Dominion, and I've collected all of the Red Dragon Inn retail products. I'm continually debating whether to collect the promotional material for that one, that stuff adds up!
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Ker42 on May 06, 2022, 08:20:00 AM
It's a bit pricey, but there are a lot of fun games in Looney's Pyramid Arcade: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/187988/pyramid-arcade
Picked it up last Christmas, and the fam & I still are still enjoying it. 
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: kothmann on May 06, 2022, 09:49:26 AM
Chinese Mahjong!  It is basically gin rummy, but with the joy of tiles (37x28x22mm).  There is a reason that more than a billion people worldwide play this game!

Simple introduction: http://www.mahjongpictureguide.com/

(The American game is very different from all other versions and in my opinion much less fun.)
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: davide on May 06, 2022, 01:33:02 PM
risk
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Bumsakalaka on May 06, 2022, 01:47:25 PM
Bang! with expansions. Very addictive game. But it needs 5+ players.
For 4+ players is UNO with all additional rules like which cards and movecards when placed card 0 and 7.

Other is that one of most popular game in Slovakia is Joker. And we play a lot version of Joker, which we call in Slovakia as American Joker.

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Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Whaleyland on May 06, 2022, 06:51:40 PM
Guillotine or 7 Wonders+Leaders+Cities. Guillotine is my favorite game just because it is so straight-forward yet has so much back-stabbing, plus I love the theme since I'm a French historian. But 7 Wonders I think is the best for a larger group and it is also very straight forward yet has a lot of strategy, especially once the Leaders and Cities expansions are added.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: AlbinoAsian on May 06, 2022, 08:45:58 PM
Samurai by Reiner Knizia.|
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3/samurai


Simple rules and mechanisms so its easy to teach but still big choices to be made.
Scales well from 2-4 players.
Other than smaller card games and Carcassonne, it is definitely my most played game.
Made in 1998 but doesn't feel old to me. A classic for sure.

It's recent reprints are out of print again. Hoping it gets picked up for another run.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Curuj on May 07, 2022, 08:54:53 AM
Actually, its Teraforming Mars. With all expansions. And best with 3-4 players. Spend too much time playing it :D
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Willem on May 07, 2022, 09:36:00 AM
Carcassonne South Seas for me!
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Scott on May 07, 2022, 11:14:05 AM
Dominion
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: chris6507 on May 07, 2022, 07:59:03 PM
Carcassonne South Seas for me!
That's counted as part of number one.  :D Number two has to come from outside the Carcassonne Series.

Been quite the diversity in games, been interesting learning about everyone's favourites. Quite a few I've never hear of myself. The idea of Fluxx sounds particularly interesting with the goals and gameplay changing throughout the game. So far Dominion seems to be the second favourite with two votes.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Carcassonne King on May 07, 2022, 09:21:44 PM
Catan.  I went collector crazy with it and own all the expansions and extensions for it too, just like Carcassonne.  It doesn't have as many expansions as Carcassonne, but they tend to be more expensive.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Whaleyland on May 08, 2022, 12:01:50 AM
It doesn't have as many expansions as Carcassonne, but they tend to be more expensive.
As a former Catan collector myself (I haven't played the game in probably a decade now), I disagree. For every one promo Carcassonne releases, Catan has at least three! It also has nearly as many spin-offs and is quickly catching up on the number of full expansions to the base game it has, although they aren't as cross-compatible as Carcassonne's are. Rivals for Catan alone has two full-sized expansions and at least 10 single-card promos, not counting at least one cut-out promo. Catan also has many more gameplay accessories.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Willem on May 08, 2022, 02:46:56 AM
Carcassonne South Seas for me!
That's counted as part of number one.  :D Number two has to come from outside the Carcassonne Series.

A while back I got asked to fill in a survey and detail my top 10 games. I sent 10 Carcassonne games  ;D

But if it has to be outside of the Carcassonne series, then Dominion is a close one. Havent played more than the base game, but like the mechanics and gameplay.
I recently was introduced to Quacks of Quedlinburg (Thanks Rich!), Which I also very like
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: chris6507 on May 08, 2022, 03:24:17 AM
Catan.  I went collector crazy with it and own all the expansions and extensions for it too, just like Carcassonne.  It doesn't have as many expansions as Carcassonne, but they tend to be more expensive.
I've been looking up everyone's favourites as they are shared and blimey. I had absolutely zero clue how many Catan expansions there were. I knew there was the base game and like 4 or 5 expansions I've seen in the shops. But the Wikipedia page was endless. Really surprised.
Dominion is now the second favourite of 3 people. It's a clear winner so far (not that it's a competition).
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: ymbuser on May 10, 2022, 07:52:21 AM
Interesting to read about other’s (2nd) favourites!

I recently discovered the asymmetrical card-driven duelling game “Unmatched”. It does not feature a base game, but it is rather a system of games. Each set has a number of miniatures of well known figures from history (such as King Arthur or Achilles), fairy tales (e.g. Little Red Riding Hood) or IPs (Jurassic Park, Marvel Comics and more to come), accompanied by a health dial, sidekicks and a deck of cards tailored to reflect the lore of the hero. You pick 2-4 characters, place them on a battle map and duel using the card deck, which acts as your abilities, until you defeated the opposing (team of) heroes.

What I like about this game is the simplicity in terms of rule overhead, but the immense strategy that it offers when you start to understand how each hero plays at his best, making the game evolve into a mind game between you and your opponent. Each fight will feel different because you need to anticipate the abilities of your opponent while there are so many match-ups possible due to the large roster available. The balance is very great as well, with each character having decent chances to win if played well. And how cool is it, that you can partake in a skirmish between a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Sherlock Holmes and Robin Hood?! Who will win?

Definitely check out the artwork. Each card looks as if it were a movie poster!

Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: wallaceprime on May 10, 2022, 08:44:11 AM
A good travel game for the driver of a car: chicken. If I don't post again, you know I lost my last game...

More seriously, I would choose Balderdash. I love the challenge of creating a definition of a word that is so outrageous that the other players think "that can't be the correct definition", but make it just believable enough to tempt them to pick it.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Carcassonne King on May 11, 2022, 03:35:50 AM
It doesn't have as many expansions as Carcassonne, but they tend to be more expensive.
As a former Catan collector myself (I haven't played the game in probably a decade now), I disagree. For every one promo Carcassonne releases, Catan has at least three! It also has nearly as many spin-offs and is quickly catching up on the number of full expansions to the base game it has, although they aren't as cross-compatible as Carcassonne's are. Rivals for Catan alone has two full-sized expansions and at least 10 single-card promos, not counting at least one cut-out promo. Catan also has many more gameplay accessories.
Technically Catan only has four expansions though: Seafarers, Cities & Knights, Traders & Barbarians, and Explorers & Pirates.  It does have a number of scenario extensions of course, but the company doesn't call them expansions.  Also, when I compared the two games, I wasn't including spin-offs and extensions like Das Buch that have been out of print for years, Only Carcassonne 2.0/3.0 stuff vs. 5th edition Catan stuff.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Decar on May 13, 2022, 03:10:25 AM
I paused when I read this topic title, because No2s have certain connotations over here.

I generally don't rank games against each other, because my mood changes, and player counts change. Some games are great at some things, and rarely do other games meet the same level of passion that Carcassonne flared in me.

If I had to pick another game, I'd probably select Snowdonia at the moment.
Although in terms of collecting stuff... maybe Dominion.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Halfling on May 13, 2022, 01:04:20 PM
Cardcassonne  - Totally different gameplay to any tile variants

If this is still too close (you haven't played it), but I will go for 221b Baker Street
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: TheDoctor_13 on May 13, 2022, 03:49:27 PM
Hmmm, I would likely go with Hansa Teutonica by Andreas Steding for my No2 pick. Though Tokaido could end up taking that slot as well depending on the day.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: DaFees on May 16, 2022, 02:00:39 AM
For me, my #2 is a card-driven tableau / engine building game called Unfair.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Joff on May 16, 2022, 11:19:09 AM
Well, you can assume that Carc is my number 1 and I'm glad it's just an assumption. It's a good game, sure, but nowhere near the top spot. To be fair, I haven't played the game in years and my go-to Carc game would be Ark of the Covenant anyway (it's the best vanilla version out there). So, assuming that Carc is my number 1, what is my number 2 (and 3 for good measure).
Currently, my number 2 would be Railways of the World, and my number 3 is Wingspan.
That said, my favourites are always in a state of flux and change fairly frequently, like many of us I assume ;)
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: wolnic on May 16, 2022, 01:25:25 PM
The game that my wife and I play most often, after Carcassonne, is Acquire (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5/acquire) (link to entry on BGG).
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: danisthirty on May 16, 2022, 05:33:30 PM
Good question. I seem to remember Decar ran a series of polls many years ago to discover what *other* games Carcassonne fans like alongside Carcassonne, and it was a real mixed bag.

I tend to quite enjoy simple games as you can teach them quickly and then get into playing them, rather than keep going over the rules (which is definitely me whenever anyone is teaching me a new game {or even reminding me how to play one I've already played before}). Most-played games at the moment (besides Carcassonne) include Bandido (played mostly on BGA with friends), Tsuro (played mostly via iOS app against AI) and 7 Wonders (played mostly via Android app against AI). I've also recently discovered Draftosaurus which is a great little game that I've been playing mostly via BGA with friends.

If I had to choose one to be my official second-favourite game though, it would probably be Draftosaurus at the moment. It does change from week to week though, and I reserve the right to have chosen something completely different by tomorrow morning ;)
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Meepledrone on May 18, 2022, 07:09:12 AM
Well, you can assume that Carc is my number 1 and I'm glad it's just an assumption. It's a good game, sure, but nowhere near the top spot. To be fair, I haven't played the game in years and my go-to Carc game would be Ark of the Covenant anyway (it's the best vanilla version out there). So, assuming that Carc is my number 1, what is my number 2 (and 3 for good measure).
Currently, my number 2 would be Railways of the World, and my number 3 is Wingspan.
That said, my favourites are always in a state of flux and change fairly frequently, like many of us I assume ;)

Hi Joff!

Any plans to reconnect with Carcassonne? Any new fan expansions? >:D

Cheers!
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: cicerunner on May 18, 2022, 06:37:22 PM
My favourite game is Tzolk'in.
Another that ranks highly for me that someone already mentioned is Hansa Teutonica. I also really enjoy Concordia, Troyes and Santorini.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Weetek23 on May 22, 2022, 11:30:52 PM
Our stable number 2 is BANG! A card game set in the Wild West made it to our home some years back when my older son started to play at school, a rather encouraging thing in the age of mobile phone gaming. When my younger son now packed for a school trip, he also took the cards as he plays as well with his classmates.
While by far not that complex as Carcassonne world, BANG! also offered several expansions as time passed. The game is popular in our region and the author Emiliano Sciarra even invited Czech and Slovak players to contribute to one of the expansions. Based exclusively on their submitted proposals, Walley of Shadows was evetually published in 2011, the Czech edition bearing names of card authors in small letters. We gradually collected all 8 expansion packs and also two dice variants as they are good travel options.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: DIN0 on May 23, 2022, 05:23:55 AM
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The game is popular in our region and the author Emiliano Sciarra even invited Czech and Slovak players to contribute to one of the expansions.
Actually 2 expansions, the second one came out last year.
Title: Re: What is your number 2?
Post by: Bumsakalaka on May 23, 2022, 05:56:22 AM
BENG! is classic :D But need 5+ players