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RonnieOatmilk
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Having lurked here for various recommendations I wanted to give an initial view on a few games we've been playing a lot:
Monopoly Deal - fantastic mechanism, compelling, it feels like it stands up really well to heavy repeat playing, the ability to mess up your opponents strategy us always attractive and helps retain interest. Definitely played 100+ times and will happily come back for a few games whenever an appropriate window presents itself.
Jaipur - had this for a little while, only played a few times, feels like more of a children's game, not much in the way of strategy and doesn't particularly hold the attention? Nicely presented and not dull to play, but halfway through a game seem to always wish I was playing monopoly deal.
Ticket to Ride Europe - really enjoyable, lovely presentation and mechanism, can very happily play a game, but rather blown out of the water by....
Everdell - bought a couple of weeks ago, never played anything so complex and with such a range of mechanisms within the game. Took 3 slow plays through (each one 1.5hr+) to even get a general handle on strategy and the possibilities of various mechanisms and how they could be exploited. The world-building and visuals are also wonderful (at least to this childhood fan of Brian Jacques books and lover of the British countryside) and playing the game actually feels like a journey that you want to take over and over again to have different experiences.
I wonder if my enthusiasm for Everdell is in large part due to it being the first more complex game I've played - I imagine after you've played a number of similar games you'll recognise and pick up many of the mechanisms and strategies much faster and maybe the game would feel less original? I also appreciate that in the grand scale of boardgames it isn't that complex (2.8/5 on boardgame geek's complexity rating) - would love any recommendation for similarly gripping games at around the same or slightly higher complexity? Pandemic seems to be highly recommended but the original game is 2.4 complexity I think and I'm sort of inclined not to go down the scale....