Comments for The Board Game Family

Comment on SwashBuckled! – Get your pirate game on! by Dave

Dave — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 04:46:20 +0000

I bought this game back in 2012 at a Utah Renfaire…. it’s a favorite amongst my family.. easy to learn and awsome to play

Comment on That’s It! – It’s Party Time by Paul

Paul — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 01:08:44 +0000

In reply to Debdoll.

12 tokens
4 – 1s
3 – 2s
2 – 3s
2 – 4s
1 – 5s

Comment on Expeditions board game review by Trent

Trent — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 21:49:26 +0000

In reply to Jon C.

Jon – Thanks for the input.
That’s correct that mechs can’t camp out in a location forever. But they can for a couple of turns. Because if the player covers up the Move space on a turn, then they aren’t going to move. And on their next turn they could Reset. Which means they also aren’t going to move. The next time they’ll have to move.
Actually, the friends I play with prefer strategy games. And we love Scythe – which also requires multiple steps to get to objectives. But just because you enjoy playing strategy games, doesn’t mean you’re going to enjoy all strategy games. And some feel more fiddly than others.

Comment on Expeditions board game review by Trent

Trent — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 21:45:53 +0000

In reply to DONOVAN EBERLING. Donovan - Thanks for your feedback as well. I like hearing about your house rule regarding workers.

Comment on Is Game of Trains just Rack-O on rails? by Cathy McCabe

Cathy McCabe — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 20:54:49 +0000

why isn’t Game of Trains available in Canada?

Comment on How to Host a Murder: The Chicago Caper by LM

LM — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 01:03:46 +0000

In reply to Lucy Brannett. Saw this thread and wondering if anyone still has this game. Looking for Ernie's clue book and an audio file of the tape.

Comment on Expeditions board game review by DONOVAN EBERLING

DONOVAN EBERLING — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:44:48 +0000

I have really enjoyed the game and I agree with your assessment that the text on cards in the market are too small and that is an issue. In a 4-5 player game, those cards are moving in and out so fast, you really have to decide what you are after and just focus on those cards in your first few play throughs. “I will read the meteorite cards that come out, but ignore items and quests to some degree”
Also, I think the game has an opening bottleneck. The alternative to making plays that gain you workers in the opening 1-5 turns is to just have a garbage engine. You NEED workers and they are not accessible enough. Our house rule was to give a worker to the 3rd, 4th (who would be crazy enough to play this with 5?!) players who are most likely to get shut out in their early turns. Also, why does the player who locked in the 4th star for Glory get another turn?

Comment on Expeditions board game review by Jon C

Jon C — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:13:07 +0000

-you’ll be able to understand other peoples engines with more plays of the game.
-mechs can’t camp out on the same location, they must move to a new spot
-the text on cards is the same size as many other games
-the fact that it requires a step or two of prep to do an action is a bother? That’s most medium to heavy games

This review seems like you played it once with people who don’t like strategy games