The Board Game MinimalistMy minimalist credentials come from trying to keep my collection under 50 #boardgames but that feels like too many still.
Ideally I would like to get to 10-15 games. But it’s hard! 😖
Christian@GameMinimalist Even 50 sounds like divine skill of restraint...
Brett@GameMinimalist Do you count games playable with a deck of cards? Cribbage, 500, and Durak have played havok with my collection status on BGG.
@Brett not really no. I do have a deck of plain cards but don’t really use them much!
Ziad Munson@GameMinimalist I once tried to make a list of the #boardgames I would choose if I could only keep 10. It forced me to think about what the best game was for me in each genre/mechanic.
So I'll toss it out here: If you could only have 10, what would they be? (Note this is a little different than just what are the top ten games)
Jason B.Terraforming Mars
7 Wonders
Bunny Kingdom
Lords of Water deep
Wingspan
Tales of Arabian Nights
Splendor
Mysterium
Azul
Valeria: Card Kingdoms
Grrsly Adams Family Vacation@zmunson @GameMinimalist Excluding #RainbowDeck
#bigbox:
#Qwirkle #accessible
#Qauntum most underrated #gamedesign in #boardgames
#TerraMystica heavy #openinformation game.
#TwilightStruggle most #thematic
#CosmicEncounters #asymetrical player powers
#NorthwestPassage #theme and best combined mechanisms result.
#smallbox:
#Battlines accessible, themed game
#DeathAngel #solo #coop
#RedCathedral #workerplacement with a #rondel
If an option, I’d sub Rainbow Deck for Qwirdle.
Michael Valiant ✅ ⚔️🚀📚@grryboy @zmunson @GameMinimalist
I could never agree to this sort of self inflicted agony. Variety is the spice of life! there are too many good games to just get rid of some for the sake of it! :)
I have over 200 in my collection. I could definitely pare that down by 50-75... but there are probably 50-75 others that I would love to add... so 200 seems to be my magic number
@zmunson @Michaelvaliant @grryboy to each there own as the saying goes and if you can play that many games even better! But I guess at some point you always have to make a choice!
@Michaelvaliant @zmunson @GameMinimalist
Most of our collection dates back 10-15 years ago. I’ve found that, at some point, the same mechanics regardless of adjustments made, lead to much the same experience.
There is little that Uwe Rosenberg could do to surpass #Agricola in my mind, in terms of length of game play, variety, and a theme that works well with the game.
I’ve found more recent offerings to be over long and mired in AP laden decision making.
@Michaelvaliant @zmunson @GameMinimalist
I’d say #Carcassonne still reins supreme among tile laying games in terms of accessibility, speed of play, and tactical decision making.
You could say, I’m a curmudgeon, but I still look for innovation in #boardgames.
#TheCrew ‘s use of Trick taking as a cooperative element, requiring silence, attempting to accomplish missions is novel. It’s my favorite coop card game since #TheGrizzled.
Daniel Solis@grryboy @Michaelvaliant @zmunson @GameMinimalist Agreed about Carcassonne. If adding the first two expansions, it's not yet been surpassed in my mind.
@grryboy @zmunson @GameMinimalist That's nice to hear - I picked up the crew for the holidays last year and we still haven't played it. I'll have to dig it out
@grryboy @zmunson @GameMinimalist I agree with all of this :) But I am a sucker for new experiences and variations on favourite themes, so I keep adding!
Timo@zmunson @GameMinimalist I just noticed this: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/307862 - that's targeting for 25 which is still difficult.
The Perfect 25 Game Collection for The Serious Gamer
Like many of you, I buy too many games. I suffer from FOMO and am easily convinced by the new hotness. Ultimately, I love having all these games at my disposal even as I eye my growing "Shelf of Shame." Like many of you, I enjoy rating things, making lists (
@timokytta @zmunson interesting!
@zmunson @timokytta strong list! I need to try spirit island!
@GameMinimalist @zmunson That's also on my wish list. It's supposed to be difficult to beat - but for that I have oncoming Tomesaga which gives Paladins of the West Kingdom an co-op mode. 😊
apostateant@timokytta @GameMinimalist @zmunson With respect to difficulty, it really depends on how you want to play it. It's got a good way of managing difficulty and is generally pretty clear about what will influence it for the various scenarios.
For the group I usually play it with, they tend to like it tuned to about an 85% win rate. I like something closer to 10-20%, so I play with different invader levels, harder to manage spirits, etc.
@GameMinimalist Looking at our vast collection, it is a bit depressing to realize that I could actually live happily with only about 10-15 games, with the inclusion of the #RainbowDeck game system that adds the ability to proxy so many other games, including all conventional card games.
Jeremy Robinson@GameMinimalist I wonder how you arrived at that number. Is it the number you think would get played most regularly? The number you think you'd like to contribute to your group while others would bring different ones? The "best" games in your collection that you'd always want to have on hand?
I have so many games that I imagine being for specific audiences... that don't get played because playing with those audiences is sometimes rare.
I have so many games that I imagine being for specific audiences... that don't get played because playing with those audiences is sometimes rare.
@shimokitajer it was pretty random, just a round number that seemed manageable!
@shimokitajer @GameMinimalist My plan is to keep my board game collection is two IKEA Kallax shelfs (i.e. 5x4 boxes) and it houses now about 140 games. Unfortunately, it's already pretty full so I should soon start selling the boring ones.
Boardgames To Go(Mark Johnson)@GameMinimalist That’s inspirational! I’ve got a ways to go but my collection HAS been shrinking.
Elaine@GameMinimalist It’s hard when you have games that you’ve played a lot (but not in a while) and others you haven’t at all. Like, do you out the well-loved ones to make way for something new? Or do you keep them because of sentiment/just incase? Do you keep the never played ones to give them a chance, or realise you’re just keeping them because you feel bad? 😬🤷♀️😂
@Nixedpun very true - I have a few I don’t play but keep because they were the first games I bought.
I find newer unplayed games easier to part with though!
@Nixedpun @GameMinimalist Yeah, honestly I have games I haven’t played in years on the shelves, but given the chance I would play them again.
Dune is a good example.
@GameMinimalist I think I could make something like that work if I did it by type in my collection. I don't know that I'd be happy with 15 as a limit for strategy + family/co-op + 18xx + wargames, but I could definitely hit 50 all-in. I'm a long way from that at the moment but, between a few permanent residents and cycling some of the other spots, it'd definitely be do-able.