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Marco presents Sid Meier´s Civilization A New Dawn at Gen Con 2017...

Civilization A New Daw Gen Con 2017

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Looking good...thanks for the link! [:)]

I have an earlier board game design. Massive sum of cards and counters and game pieces. A total thing of beauty.

Only downside is it takes like half an hour to set it up and if you have players that have not previously played it. Weeeeeeell chances are you spend the allotted game time explaining it rather than playing it.

I'd rather this though than any of the computer programs. Although odds are you get to play the computer program scores more times.

Yep, some games are as you say, "a total thing of beauty". Me and my girlfriend really like "Eldrich Horror", a bunch of cards and over all a work of art, very H.P. Lovecraft in style so the narrative is also captivating.

The good thing about boardgames is that they wont crash on you or need updates to work! [:)] Boardgames just don´t fail, sorry PC.

ORIGINAL: Red2112

Yep, some games are as you say, "a total thing of beauty". Me and my girlfriend really like "Eldrich Horror", a bunch of cards and over all a work of art, very H.P. Lovecraft in style so the narrative is also captivating.

The good thing about boardgames is that they wont crash on you or need updates to work! [:)] Boardgames just don´t fail, sorry PC.

Or have lousy delaying ai's unless you suc at it. [:'(]

ORIGINAL: Red2112

The good thing about boardgames is that they wont crash on you or need updates to work! [:)] Boardgames just don´t fail, sorry PC.

Guess again. Once upon a time, sometime around at midnight, my father and I decided to go to sleep and continue with Monopoly at another time. My father flapped my blanket, and airflow from that cleaned up the game board. I have seen a complaint on this forum about mother, who cleaned up war game board & accessories (counters and whatnot), then asked: "Can't you just set it up again?" Or something like that. Also pets can wreak havoc, if you have any. And board/war/RPG games get errata, reprints with corrections, new editions and whatnot. Just look at Warhammer franchise. And some people choose to ignore errata and newer books and stick with the old books & their errors for whatever reasons.

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

ORIGINAL: Red2112

The good thing about boardgames is that they wont crash on you or need updates to work! [:)] Boardgames just don´t fail, sorry PC.

Guess again. Once upon a time, sometime around at midnight, my father and I decided to go to sleep and continue with Monopoly at another time. My father flapped my blanket, and airflow from that cleaned up the game board. I have seen a complaint on this forum about mother, who cleaned up war game board & accessories (counters and whatnot), then asked: "Can't you just set it up again?" Or something like that. Also pets can wreak havoc, if you have any. And board/war/RPG games get errata, reprints with corrections, new editions and whatnot. Just look at Warhammer franchise. And some people choose to ignore errata and newer books and stick with the old books & their errors for whatever reasons.

A true board (war) game player will have a dedicated room to play (preferably with a locking door option).

The word is rich rather than dedicated. [:D]

ORIGINAL: Orm

The word is rich rather than dedicated. [:D]

There are other words, like inheritance and single. My brother has practically inherited sizable house from our parents and he lives alone in it. He doesn't play war games, but he has nearly empty rooms that could be dedicated for that. We have a plan to set up HTC Vive VR system (and PC needed to run it) to one of the empty rooms.

I´ll still take most boardgames with or without erratas over some PC games. Yeah I agree space is an issue, but then there´s gamers clubs and making friends [;)]

Maybe it's age, maybe it's the quality of what is being produced but board games really captivate my imagination in a way PC games don't anymore. In the last few years I have gone back to my board game roots and have become addicted. As noted, if you have both the time and the space, it is a wonderful hobby.

ORIGINAL: wings7

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

ORIGINAL: Red2112

The good thing about boardgames is that they wont crash on you or need updates to work! [:)] Boardgames just don´t fail, sorry PC.

Guess again. Once upon a time, sometime around at midnight, my father and I decided to go to sleep and continue with Monopoly at another time. My father flapped my blanket, and airflow from that cleaned up the game board. I have seen a complaint on this forum about mother, who cleaned up war game board & accessories (counters and whatnot), then asked: "Can't you just set it up again?" Or something like that. Also pets can wreak havoc, if you have any. And board/war/RPG games get errata, reprints with corrections, new editions and whatnot. Just look at Warhammer franchise. And some people choose to ignore errata and newer books and stick with the old books & their errors for whatever reasons.

A true board (war) game player will have a dedicated room to play (preferably with a locking door option).

Yeah, and a sign that says "No girls allow" that means you mom. [:'(]

ORIGINAL: Marcus the leper

Maybe it's age, maybe it's the quality of what is being produced but board games really captivate my imagination in a way PC games don't anymore. In the last few years I have gone back to my board game roots and have become addicted. As noted, if you have both the time and the space, it is a wonderful hobby.

The die rolling is lost in pc games; not just wargames but all games. It's what makes board games fun is the suspense of ROLLING the die and the outcome. The computer takes that away and leads you to believe it cheats in favor of the ai sometimes like in Hero's of Normandie. All that die rolling and I don't get to lay my hands on the die. I pretty much don't like 'any' games today that have rng or die rolling. Must be skill based or some feature that lets "me" roll the die and then input it into the game like someone said COH does. Ima have to go back and take a look at that game now but I still don't like the igo 1 unit ugo 1 unit. But, if I get to roll the die and the camara catches it and inputs it in the game I certainly will try it.

Plus, think of all those colored die we accumulated over the years collecting dust or going to waste because of computer games.[:'(]

I couldn't agree more! It isn't just the dice though, it is the beautiful boards and/or map tiles, the cards, the miniatures, the hard copy rule books, it is the whole tactile experience. It all just takes ahold of my imagination in a way that nothing in 20+ years of PC gaming ever has. For my money and time, there is no equal to board gaming.

ORIGINAL: Marcus the leper

I couldn't agree more! It isn't just the dice though, it is the beautiful boards and/or map tiles, the cards, the miniatures, the hard copy rule books, it is the whole tactile experience. It all just takes ahold of my imagination in a way that nothing in 20+ years of PC gaming ever has. For my money and time, there is no equal to board gaming.

warspite1

That is true.

And when you get a game like World In Flames - beautiful doesn't even begin to come close to describing it [:)].

Looks like these gamers need a serious talking too though. Look at those German and French stacks. Straighten them up! They're a shambles! [:@]

I understand that not everyone has space for this hobby, and/or can even set-up a map somewhere. I consider myself lucky, not only because I have space to do so, but because my girlfriend dosen´t mind it being in the coner of our living room [:)]

I have alot of things going on right now so it´s a bit of a chaos of a table [:D]