New Games to Play

Since Wednesdays are usually a bit more freeform than my other posts, I thought that I'd just pontificate a bit about some of the games that have come across my journey here on BGG. There's so much out there to play and while I don't necessarily have the opportunity or option to play most of what pops up here on BGG, I know that there's quite a few that I would like to try.

Credit to punkin312 for the picture.

First and foremost, we have Terraforming Mars which has been on my "to play" list for about three to four years now. I have some friends who own the game and have played almost every single week with one another and they keep wanting to play with me, but we've never been able to carve out the time to play it. We are planning on playing Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition in a few weekends, but I have a feeling that I'll want to play the original game after playing the "prequel." We are also planning on playing Clever 4Ever too so that will be a nice change of pace too as I've never played any of the That's Pretty Clever! series.

Thanks rascozion for the great overview.

I've also wanted to try Dorfromantik: The Board Game since I've been playing Dorfromantik quite a bit on my Switch. It's a really relaxing and relaxed video game and from what I've heard from my friend who owns the game, it's just as relaxing on the table as it is on the screen, so I'm really excited to try it out for myself. There's also the expansion for the game, Dorfromantik: The Duel, which adds a competitive version to the game, but I'm a bit less excited about it since the game was originally built with cooperative play in mind. I just love the idea of having a sprawling German countryside on my table and this looks like the perfect game to just wind down after a long, hard day.

I also have kickstarted the Thunder Road: Vendetta – Maximum Chrome edition as well as the new expansion, Thunder Road: Vendetta – Carnival of Chaos which should be arriving sometime in November of this year if everything remains on track. I know that Restoration Games is fairly good at fulfilling their timelines so barring any crazy worldwide pandemics (which has happened), I expect to get it this year. Not only am I excited to have new boards to play on (with the Thunder Road: Vendetta – Carnage at Devil's Run expansion included), but the arena being added as an alternative layout is extremely fun to me and really taps into the "car combat" nostalgia that hearkens back to when I was a kid and playing Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense in my friend's basement. I'm really excited about it and cannot wait to yell "WITNESS ME!" when the time comes for it's arrival. I also hope that I can sell my base version of the game when the Maximum Chrome edition arrives since it's the original Kickstarter version from 2023 and I won't need two copies of the game.

I like digital versions, but it's missing that physical touch.

I'm also really getting into Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game, especially after my previous post about deck-building adventures. There's a digital version on Tabletopia (which I noted in my previous post and have screenshotted here) but the implementation leaves a bit to be desired, especially since I cannot save my progress from game to game, which is a big aspect of the game. I'm really excited about getting this onto the table, especially after playing it some more recently and I cannot wait to see what chaos and fun that it will add to my collection when it arrives. It's still slated for arrival in October, but that can't come soon enough.

Recently, my buddy Anthony's son 3-D printed an insert for Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure for me and it looks absolutely fantastic. Even with two of the expansions, it fits great, and still leaves room for additional boards to be added to the box. I still have two more expansions to add (Clank!: Sunken Treasures and Clank!: The Mummy's Curse) but I think that I'll probably end up getting Clank!: Catacombs first before getting another expansion for my base version of Clank! I actually did see both Catacombs and Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated at a local board game shop on Thursday last week, but managed to hold off on purchasing them, since they also had a copy of Heat: Pedal to the Metal for purchase too. I love this hobby, but man the up front costs are expensive.

I recently downloaded and started tracking my plays of games through the Board Game Stats app, which also features some excellent integration with BGG and allows me to start tracking costs per play of my games if I enter in a price point for what I paid for them. My lowest overall cost per play is Magic Maze at $.88 per play and my most expensive game per play (right now) is Everdell: The Complete Collection but that's only because the game itself was about $240 not including the extras that I purchased for it. It's really fun for me to be able to see exact time spent on playing games as well as how many games per day that I've been playing as well as when and where I play those games. It really makes my stats brain super happy and has been a fun addition to my normal logging.

There are a lot more games that I'm interested in trying out, but I've rambled for a bit longer than I meant to with this post and I'll end it here. It's a bit of a different post this week, but I actually liked being able to just ramble a bit without having a plan. Thanks for reading and I'll be back on Friday with a few more reviews for games in my collection!

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*Originally posted on BoardGameGeek 29/5/2024*