The Syndicate

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:45 pm I've heard of it and seen it played but not had the chance to play myself.

Now I’m at the point after 6 play throughs that it’s making my brain hurt, and needed a break from it lol.

There’s just so much to keep track of. It’s like chess with luck, lots of analysis paralysis making the game drag for 2 hours. Still a great game, just not in succession. And another negative I suppose is the win condition- it just feels so anticlimactic. We build up to a point, and we build up to another point and then before we really let forth wrath, it’s over and we collectively go “oh, was that it?” It’s about the journey, not the destination though, right?

I just bought and played through Spirit Island twice- the rules are so clunky getting started, but once you get the hang of it, it's an astounding co op Euro game that I've never really been into. Like, I tend to gravitate towards the ameri-trash theme games like Zombicide (nothing will beat the storylines we weave in that one- not even Dead of Winter), but this one has sold me albeit given me tons of analysis paralysis.

Spirit Island checklist- You should buy it if--
-You like co op games ok, but don't care for "quarterbacking", aka one person running the show while others watch that person play. This game doesn't have that much at all.
-You like strategy. TONS of strategy, and apparently there's expansions. Tons of replayability with different variations of cards/spirits
-You like continual action. The game never really lets up and kicks you while you're down.
-You only have 2 players. Scales well at 2. Probably would be even immersive with more. Wouldn't know.
-You like original themes and nice artwork
-You like *complex* games. Even knowing how most of the mechanics work now (took us 2 hours studying the rule book), I still feel like I know nothing jon snow.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 9:48 pm Yo I'm real good at the DC Deckbuidling game
Also the "man of steel" card in that game is OP as hell.

Have you tried Sentinels of the Multiverse? Not exactly deck building, but an immersive co-op filler with non-copyrited characters.

Epignosis wrote:There are now five decks of Pokemon cards in this house.

Gotta catch em all

Catan is one of those games that gets old after a time for me, but I applaud households that have that as their standard over the alternative, dreaded- dare I mention it- Monopoly...the worst game in existence.

Try out Love Letter for a lighter, faster fare as well. It's a short filler card game of deduction that plays 2-4 when you get burned out of other games.