Mastodawn

Thank you...

Please DM me, kind stranger.

Church of Jeff Apr 10, 2025

Gifted by a friend. Thanks!

@jeffowski

How risque do you want to get? Joking Hazard is fun but very adult-oriented.

My wife is really a fan of Bohnanza for an easy to grasp game, though it can get cut throat if people are competitive. One autistic friend won't play it but we usually don't play to win.

Sentinels of the Multiverse is a fun one if you like deck building games and are looking for something cooperative.

Arkham Horror can be complicated, but it's also cooperative and develops a fun story as you play.

Password is fun if you like word games.

We like playing Jackbox games on the TV together. I stream it from my laptop, but it's also available on various consoles.

Exploding Kittens is a fun little card game.

Zombie Dice is a quick little game that can be fun for groups. Same for LCR.

Scattergories is a lot of fun if you're into word games. There is a Scattergories Dice game that's very similar but has some interesting differences that are also fun to play.

Apples to Apples is cute and family friendly. We don't usually keep score and just play until we get tired. Cards Against Humanity is a much more adult version of the game.

@cynical13 --

I own or am familiar with all of those games that you mentioned.

Bohnanza is the game I've given away more times than any other, and I'm on my eleventh copy (and I have another shrink wrapped copy on standby).

@jeffowski Gotcha. Wasn't sure what you did already have, just based suggestions on what wasn't on your list.

How about Red Dragon Inn? Betrayal at the House on the Hill? Vegas Showdown? Munchkin (I'd be shocked if you weren't)?

@cynical13 -- Yup to all. I have quite an extensive collection of games (a shadow of its former size).

I'm particularly fond of a Red Dragon Inn spin-off called, "Gambling? I'm in!"

It is very meta. This is a game you can play inside Red Dragon Inn.

It actually reminds me of the Bohnanza "expansions," where it is a special deck where you can play many different games custom to that deck. Bohnanza "Expansions" are just totally different games utilizing the base Bohnanza deck.

@jeffowski Well I'm out of ideas then.

@cynical13 -- https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/d20books

It's a lot of the new games since 2010 that I'm interested in adding to the collection.

I sort of stopped collecting anything after that point.

I have a first edition of Ra, Chinatown, Puerto Rico, first english printings of Catan, etc.
The old shit I've got.

It's all the new stuff that flew in after I stopped paying attention.

d20books | User Collection | BoardGameGeek

@jeffowski It's difficult to keep up because of the quantity and the dollar value. Games aren't cheap. Also my tolerance for complicated rule sets is pretty much nil. Any more, we go to the game store and ask for games with simple rules that are easy to pick-up.

@cynical13 --

Well, I've been on the BoardGameGeek.com board game list rankings, gone through the Spiel des jahres lists, etc.

I stopped collecting in 2010 because the backlog of good Eurogames and games in general had caught up and it seemed that crappy games were starting to be made.

Good to see the solid games are still around, but there hasn't been any really good games that are different.

Do I need another worker placement game? I have Lords of Waterdeep, Stone Age, and Puerto Rico.

josh susser Apr 9, 2025

@jeffowski Ricochet Robots is one of my favorites. It's nice because everyone can play every turn, though sometimes that makes it too competitive. I really dislike some games that end up being mostly waiting for my turn, or games where you can get knocked out early on then the rest of the game is just waiting for it to be over. RR is the antidote to that.

David is nasty, again, aparently

Apr 9, 2025

@jeffowski With respect to your Amazon list...
Concordia - The one I have played and liked the most.
Citadels - Good game I own. A kind of complex Love Letter
Pandemic: Fall of Rome - I have several versions of Pandemic but not that one. I like them all with Thunderbirds being my favourite.
Sabateur - Played it one. It was fine.
I have not played any Werewolf games. Do you have a sense of how social they are and what is required to enjoy them?

@wwfsmd --

I am an experienced Werewolf moderator.
The game is on the list because my copy has been permanently acquired by another gaming group.

I still have the Werewolf "Artifacts" expansion, but no longer the game.

What exactly do you need to know about it?

David is nasty, again, aparently

Apr 9, 2025

@jeffowski I'm familiar with games like Mafia and The Resistance but I haven't played any. As a bit of an introvert I don't think they're for me. I'm sure they would be fun with the right group. You have experience running Werewolf games and you know your players so you'll know who will enjoy a very social game like that. In my ignorance, I wondered about lying/bluffing/accusation games for people on the spectrum.

@wwfsmd --

Excellent question.

Yes. You can have someone railroad and bully the entire game.

The solution to that is that everyone in town gets together and kills that person/player first...

Husband/wife and couples can be problematic if they don't play these sorts of games often and understand the gameplay.

There are the true introverts that are quiet, and it is your job as the moderator that they have an opportunity to speak, especially before the first accusations.

@wwfsmd -- As for being neurodivergent and/or introverted...

When you're playing a game like this, it is acting (like on a stage). You're not you, you are a persona.

It gives you permission to role-play as a normal villager.

Considering this is basically a game about masking, neurodivergent persons get the rules quick (and excel at it).

The quiet player is very powerful too, especially if they are good at deduction. The loud players usually are trying to cover up their "tells."

Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)Apr 9, 2025

@jeffowski
Lighter weight but still a good puzzle.

The Guild of Merchant Explorers
Machi Koro 2
Parks
Kokopelli
Crash Octopus
Gizmos
Harmonies
Ominoes
Wok and Roll
Citadels