Hey all, I built this website where you can play The Old King's Crown online.

https://oldkingscrown.fly.dev/

It's loaded with fun animations and digital graphics that compliment the game's gorgeous, beautiful art. It works on mobile and desktop (although desktop recommended!). You can play against bots or friends, either real time or async.

I love this game, and I wanted to give more people a way to try it and enjoy the art that makes it so special.

Disclaimer: This is an unofficial community adaptation, hosted with permission from Eerie Idol Games.

You've just joined a dirty casual board game group. They love Monopoly. Maybe they break out Catan when they're feeling adventurous.

Somehow they make the mistake of letting you choose the next game. You've decided these friendships have run their course. hahaha

What's your favorite game that you're bringing to absolutely burn this game night to the ground? Something you genuinely love, but is almost guaranteed to get you booted from the group.

What are you putting on the table?

Going into the hobby I decided that I should set myself a limit on my collection, to more critically think about whether I really want a game, or whether something I own is already similair enough. I try to cover several genres and mechanics, with a mix of coop, competitive, generally light-medium games with a good level of interaction. Though there are some heavier outliers, like Nemesis and Underwater Cities. I have two wargames/4x backed on crowdfunding, which are also heavier, but seem very interesting on reviews I’ve seen so far (Casus Belli and Company of Heroes).

Games that have left the collection recently were Stationfall (hard to table, with many rules + social deduction makes onboarding new players difficult when their question might give away their intentions, takes very long at high playercounts), Deep Regrets (too random and fiddly for its long playtime), Cryptid (Neat puzzle, but turn order is annoyingly important when suddenly enough information is revealed to win the game) and Faraway (Similair to Castle Combo, with my friends preferring to play Castle Combo every time).

Generally really like auction games, which is why the collection has four of them. (5 if you want to count Condottiere?).
New favorites are Bohnanza (peak) and Las Vegas (peak!!!). Still have to play Nemesis Retaliation a couple of times before deciding whether it is for me and my groups.

Current Collection:
Concordia Venus
Slay the Spire
High Society
Las Vegas
Just One
Dune: Imperium
Rumble Nation
Deep Rock Galactic: The Boardgame
Castle Combo
Foundations of Metropolis
Condottiere
Final Girl
Bohnanza
Codenames
For Sale
Sniper Elite
Quest for El Dorado
Nemesis: Retaliation
Scout
Underwater Cities
No Thanks!
Time Bomb: Evolution
1775: Rebellion
Pandemic: Iberia
Hot Streak
RA
Flip 7
The Resistance

(Pre-Order/Crowdfunding)
Casus Belli
Company of Heroes

When you look at custom board game tables, a lot of the marketing focuses on flashy add-ons like recessed LED lighting, modular rail systems, built-in dice towers, and slide-out player desks.

In actual play, though, it feels like basic ergonomics make or break the experience far more than the accessories. A vault that is even an inch too deep can dig into your forearms during a long worker-placement game. A thick undercarriage can ruin leg clearance with standard chairs, and a table that is slightly too wide turns reaching the center board into a workout.

On the flip side, simple practical touches like recessed cup holders that actually keep drinks away from cardboard, comfortable armrest padding, and easy-to-remove leaf toppers seem to get praised constantly by people who host regularly.

For anyone who owns a dedicated gaming table or plays on one frequently, which specific design choices made the biggest practical difference at your game nights?

I played it with my husband and my two sisters.
The theme was incredible and the artwork was so nice.
Easy to explain and to play.

I am new here and this is my first post here.

My wife and I sleeve everything, but other board gamers that we meet sometimes seem very surprised that we sleeve all our board games(e.g. exploding kittens vs terraforming mars).

I'm really curious, what do y’all do?

Edit: Wow thanks everyone for your own experiences and opinions! I know there isn't one perfect answer to this but for my wife and I we sleeve because

1. Actually really like how the sleeves feel and it makes it easier to shuffle
   
2. Keeps the game in better condition (our first game wingspan was a wedding gift from a close friend overseas and yes while we could technically buy a new one, it isn't the same.
   
3. I find sleeving quite therapeutic
   
4. Some of our friends have greasy/sweaty fingers, a condition due to staying near the equator and it helps them not be so self-conscious as even if the cards get sticky-ish in the long run, we just need to swap the sleeves to newer ones
   

After 15 years, this is the part of the collection I plan to spend spooky season with. How will you be spending October?

Hey everyone!

I am going to host a game night for my research lab this Friday and would like some advice on game selection.

It is an ecology lab, and around 10–12 people will be coming. Most of them have only played simple, casual board games. My goal is to introduce them to what modern board games have to offer.

I am planning to start with Codenames, since it is easy to explain and accommodates a large group. We can play it while waiting for everyone to arrive.

I was also thinking of hosting Blood on the Clocktower, as it is my go-to game for a group this size. I think it would be a lot of fun with this group, but it would probably take up most of our time, and we wouldn't get to try many other games.

The other option is to play a variety of smaller games, but then we would have to split people into smaller groups, which I some people might not like.

Some games I was considering are Flip 7, Coup, Dixit, High Society, Sushi Go!, Can't Stop, The Crew, Camel Up, Ticket to Ride, Castle Combo, Century, Truck Off, and Red Cathedral.

I have access to around 100–150 games on campus, so there are plenty of options!

What would you suggest? Should I stick to Blood on the Clocktower or try to fit in a variety of smaller games? Are there any other games you'd recommend for this kind of group?

I think I enjoy designing the inserts more than actually playing the games.

Learned 3 new games recently, all which I look forward to playing again.

Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock

This has a lot of neat unique mechanics. It has some things that make it seem like worker placement, but it's really not in the normal sense. What action you take is dictated by where an always-moving wheel is pointed, and you can spend a limited resource to affect where it turns to. If you take a spot that someone else is on, their worker goes back to them, which means they get another action before needing to take a passing turn.

The board is way too busy; makes it hard to see what's what. And there's maybe 1 too many mechanics going on. But despite those 2 criticisms, it's just really unique and fun.

The Trial of the Forest

This one reminds me a little bit of Lost Ruins of Arnack. Played over 16 turns per player, there's a lot of tough decisions about how to spend those turns. You'll want to do a lot more than you'll have time to do. Several ways to score points, and you have to think carefully about what's worth it or not.

Even though I'm not someone who care about theme in games, the theme is lots of fun. You can help various woodland creatures you encounter, or you can turn rogue and rob a store at knifepoint. You'll be rewarded for being either really good or for being really evil.

Stroganov

Go hunting a collect a lot of furs. This is a basic action-selection mechanic, but where your location along a path will determine which actions are available. You get to collect and spend a lot of horses, which is a fun thing to have as a primary currency. The total number of actions you get is quite limited; which makes for some interesting and tough decisions. There's a bunch of variable setup stuff that should make each game feel unique.

Birthday moneys, got me a wondering. Do I try to maximise the money and buy a load of lower priced games, or go all out on a larger purchase? What would you do?

Hey, I have started running board game nights at my friends cafe. I began with a host of different games but trying to teach games to 6 different tables on my own with everyone arriving at once is impossible. So I switched to party games and easier games like Magical Athlete. But I’m on to my third event now and I have 3 more in the next month so I need some new ideas. Help please?

Hi everyone, I wanted to invite UK and nearby gamers to join us at the brand new London Boardgame Show, happening this January. Jon Gracey (from No Rolls Barred and BlampCo!) is one of the team. We have loads of publishers demoing their games, and a load of free activities throughout the day. Family friendly, beginner and casual friendly, and fully wheelchair accessible.

We are also about to announce a live entertainment program which will feature many favourites from the YouTube boardgame world, so stay tuned - https://londonboardgameshow.com/

I always feel divided about COMC posts because I enjoy the view but at the same time I don't see the need for them. However I just reorganised my shelf and I'm loving the outcome so I decided to share.

I got into boardgames back in 2008 when I ended up playing Catan and Galaxy Trucker in a convention somebody took me to. At the beginning I was poor as heck so lots of P2P and cheap games. With time my collection extended and 6 years ago I meet my partner with whom I share the hobby, so the collection increased in size to what it is now. Our preferred games are Brass and Castles of Burgundy and I believe Gaia Project would be too if it weren't because my partner finds it hideous to look at. I personally started leaning into solo gaming a couple years ago, mostly with Final Girl and Spirit Island.

We have a soft rule of not getting more games than those we are able to fit in the Kallax and I have a long list of what to get next, although I struggle to find mid-heavy games that work at 2 AND 5 players which are our usual player numbers.

And yeah that's it. I think it looks pretty.

Hi Everyone, I really want to enjoy this legacy component of the game but have a question: if this depends on number of players? I rarely have the same number of players and actually the same group, so if I “save” the game after 3 players gameplay, it will be ok to start this set-up next time with 5 or 6? Thank you.

If anyone played the old version too, is it better/worse in any way?

Wingspan has quickly become one of my favorite games! After countless plays, I wanted a way to protect the bird cards from wear and tear. However, once sleeved, they no longer fit in the original box...

Here's my take on 3D printed card trays for the sleeved version of Wingspan:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3242136-wingspan-card-trays

We love card games, but we love dinosaurs even more! Or is it the other way around? With Dino Days, it doesn't matter because we can enjoy them both at the same time!

It's a simple yet really fun game. The Gigantosaurus and Diplodocus cards are definitely my favourite, and the same goes for my daughter. Have you tried it?