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Catan
What was on your table recently?
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Hey everyone!
I'm of course very happy to take the opportunity of the current community event to chat with you about our shared passion. After all, there's nothing better than talking about great game nights.
At our place, Catan finally made it back to the table over the weekend. We completely demolished it in our group there were dramatic twists and in the end an incredibly close finale. It's exactly those kinds of games that make this hobby so great!
And fittingly, a question for you:
What was on your table in the last few days? which game has excited you the most recently (or maybe totally disappointed you)?
Which game is sitting on your shelf that actually gets played far too rarely but must never leave? For me it's Scotland Yard, but it just needs the right group.
I'm very curious about your answers and look forward to the exchange here in the community!
Best regards
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Phew, I don't feel any inner urge to play Catan. You can see what else gets played from the posts on the platform. My personal highlight from and after the convention is Whacktown.
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The last game "Quest - Zeit der Helden" left the biggest impression. I find it fascinating how much game and story can fit in such a small box. Otherwise we played a lot of small games.
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Terra Mystica! Ignored for a long time, it finally hit the table again at the start of the year. And *bam*, the "old fever" was back. 😂🤷🏻♂️ Since then it's been out eight more times. Another title is "Das ältere Zeichen". I bought it in the year it came out (2012) and it was the first game in my collection for which I bought and played expansions. These days it doesn't really hit the table anymore, but for me back then it was the gateway into the connoisseur game territory. Despite all the lack of space: That one can't go. 🥰 Last but not least: Der Hexenmeister vom flammenden Berg At the end of the 80s I saved up my few bucks of pocket money for many weeks to be able to buy the board game. That's almost 40 (!) years ago now. *gulp* 😂😂😂
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Last played: Endeavor The shelf candidate for me is clearly Darwins Journey. No idea why it always comes up short, because it's actually awesome!
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Recently, I've been playing Fateforge - Chronicles of Kaan, or rather, we're still working on it because it's a story-based campaign game. Otherwise, the last one was Vroom, which is a ton of fun. I'm always up for Catan, but unfortunately my partner doesn't enjoy it that much, so it doesn't really make it to the table at our place. Otherwise, there's also Dice Forge, which is actually really cool and genuinely fun, but somehow we end up playing it very rarely, even though it has a really cool mechanic.
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Finally played Blumenstrasse again over the weekend, it was super chill again. Hmmm the most blown away I've been recently I'd say is Terraforming Mars. We only discovered it recently and are having cool sessions again and again. I'm thinking about getting a new game board for it.
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The last thing we played here was Deckers. A pretty cool cooperative game in a cyberpunk setting. It offers a lot of replay value with different missions that can be pretty tough strategic puzzles. I'm not sure yet though if there's a bit too much luck involved for me. I hope I can try out Hegemony soon. The theme is class (literally), but opinions about the gameplay seem to differ a bit.
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Village and Dominian will never move out, they were our beginnings in the connoisseur area. But now they're in a tough spot, because so much good stuff is coming out that you want to try
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We had Pyradice brought back from the convention last year. We found it too easy, we'd imagined it a bit more interesting. It's moved out again now. Pixies couldn't convince us either.
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When it comes to Catan, I love the Duel card game with expansions, but it hasn't hit the table in a long time. Most recently, it's been more Star Trek Captains Chair — I love it and can't wait for the second wave to arrive.