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Lost Treasures of the Eurogames Reclamation Project
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Deadwood would be one that I'd list, which I've already written about...and Black Gold as well.
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Two games by the brilliant and criminally underrated Richard James: Lords of Scotland (2011) and Court of the Medici (2009). Super highly recommended.
Not as highly recommended, but two games by the designer of the _____retto games that are easier to grasp than James' games: Call to Glory (2012) and Bull in a China Shop (2006), the latter of which has been rebranded as Quietville.
Fjords (2005) is a pretty good 2-player tile laying game: part Carcassonne, part Go / Through the Desert.
Jambo (2004) is a really great 2-player card game. There's a new game by the designer, Asante (2013) that's both a standalone game but can also be integrated with Jambo. I haven't tried that one.
Libertalia (2012) reminded me a lot of Citadels but with a lot more roles and more forward-planning. The first game's a bit of a challenge, though, because there are so many roles to learn on the spot.
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A game that has always been successful (and is considered a classic by my lunchtime group) is Witch's Brew. For some reason it's out of print, though it should be a perennial as far as I'm concerned. It's a weird combination of trick taking game, resource collection and role selection that lasts just long enough - it's about 30 minutes.
Palastgefluster - not available in English, but has English rules, is like Love Letter on acid. Our group loves it but I've played with people who prefer Love Letter. They have no soul.
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The Bugman's Game, this is for the UK F:ATties who can make it up to the GW fortress, can't remember which one off hand but the one with a restaurant and bar attached to it. This game is only available there. The premise is you're a dwarf in the bar with your other dwarf kin and you're beer-bitch. You've been tasked with running back and forth to the bar grabbing food and booze and brining it back to your table. It hast he old-school GW charm of randomness and humor. You can skid across vomit, get into fights with other dwarves, play pool and harass the beermaid. And did I mention that you have to visit the loo to replenish your hand of cards? Big thanks to Dogmatix for trading this to me years ago.
Cube Quest has been mentioned before, but I'll reiterate it again. Quick (as in a few minutes) fun of flicking dice across a board trying to knock your opponent's dice off. Wait for the new edition with the semi-rolled mats, I had to get replacements because the folded ones I bought had permanent ridges in the mouse-pad material causing issues with a dice flicking game.
There are others that I'm sure I can think of later, but the family just walked in and time to make dinner.
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Cube Quest definitely interests me, but I want to make sure I get the updated one...sounds like a cool game but those mats were a disaster. I requested a review copy a long time ago, I bet I didn't get it because of the production problem.
Played a ton of Jambo back at the store, that was one of the best of that line. Fun little trading game. Haven't seen the new thing, sounds good though.
Las Vegas is the Ravensburger thing, right? There's actually an IOS version, I think.
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Santiago is excellent, but it demands five players.scissors wrote: I haven't played it although I own it and am looking forward to it... Santiago ?
It's so hard to tell what is a "lost" treasure these days. It's even harder to tell what is going for cheap. The market is very unpredictable on these things.
Industrial Waste is probably a good one to seek out. It offers some surprisingly subtle ways to screw your buddies.
Medina is a gorgeous and good game, but it might be expensive. I have no idea.
Uberplay is a now-defunct re-publisher that put out several good ones. I'd bet that most of their titles could be picked up cheaply. For Sale and High Society are excellent fillers.
Arkadia is good one I wish I hadn't sold. Probably could be picked up cheaply.
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How about the expansion? Waka Waka?
Think I might want to get a couple of these. African theme rules.
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Jambo hasn't held up for me long term. Ultimately it suffers the same issue I find with most of the two-player Kosmos series in that every game feels kind of same-y. Like just going through the motions. Only the Knizias seem to avoid this.
I like Around the World in 80 Days as an unknown for this genre, but I recall Barnes giving it a bad rating over on BGG. I've played it with lots of different folks though and they all liked it.
Only other non-popular classic Euro I have is probably Goldbrau. I like the Octoberfest theme. Its a decent game that didn't bring anything new to the table for its time so got tossed aside.
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Michael Barnes wrote: Las Vegas is the Ravensburger thing, right? There's actually an IOS version, I think.
Huh...I didn't realize that there was an IOS version. I can't imaging that being very fun though, the interaction is what makes the game fun, playing against AI opponents or others online just doesn't sound fun.
And I just noticed that's a Dorn game as well.
Jambo I just picked up from my FLGS for $25. Plus the first expansion (he was all out of the second one though). I had it, traded it, liked it enough to figure I'd snag it because worse case I could flip it for profit. He still has copies of the base game.
Arkadia is one that I've been interested it, seemed interesting but ultimately seemed too Euroy for me, since I'm right now leaning towards the lighter games.
Dice Town is another great one that if you're not playing you really should be.
Around the World in 80 Days I have coming in from a trade, if this jackass ever sends me shipping information I'll know when.
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bfkiller wrote: Fjords (2005) is a pretty good 2-player tile laying game: part Carcassonne, part Go / Through the Desert.
Libertalia (2012) reminded me a lot of Citadels but with a lot more roles and more forward-planning. The first game's a bit of a challenge, though, because there are so many roles to learn on the spot.
Fjords is one I regret trading away. It was abstract and I liked the two phase aspect of it.
I heard good things about Libertalia when it came out, and it is one that I've seen pop into discussion every so often. So I need to give that one another gander I think.
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Wyatt Earp is a fun game that I am mentioning so you will buy my copy.
I never did like Jambo much, but I agree that African themes are underused. Santiago is really good though.
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