Randomized Response and Related Methods: Surveying Sensitive Data
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Randomized response is a data collection strategy specifically designed for surveys of a sensitive...
The Unofficial Shopify Podcast
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“How is an entrepreneur like me supposed to scale my Shopify store?” That's what The Unofficial...
B2B Growth: A Daily Podcast for B2B Marketing Leaders
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B2B Growth is a daily podcast dedicated to helping B2B marketing leaders achieve explosive growth....
Magic the Amateuring
7.0
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In a world...where Magic the Gathering seems too complicated...two enthusiastic amateur players...
Bubba Gee (147 KP) rated Carcassonne Board Game in Apps
Jun 24, 2019
Fun, Easy to learn, infinitely replayable and lots of expansions to change it up.
This is a great way to get into tabletop gaming as there's some strategy involved without being too heavy or serious,
There are many ways to win and this keeps you guessing until final scoring at the end.
A minute to learn but a lifetime to master.
Aho-Girl 1
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Yoshiko is a hopelessly clueless high school girl. Her rock-paper-scissors strategy is “rock.”...
Aho-Girl 3
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Akward (448 KP) rated Terraforming Mars in Tabletop Games
May 24, 2018 (Updated May 27, 2018)
There are enough mechanics to keep the game interesting. But all of the mechanics are simple enough that explaining the game to new people is not challenging. You would also expect a game of this type to take a long time to play, but once everyone is familiar with the rules, games can be as short as an hour.
I will agree with other reviewers that the default mats to manage resources do not do a good job, and aftermarket solutions make life easier (although not required). The expansions are also nice, after you've played a few games. Hallas & Elysium adds two additional boards that change the game slightly, and also provide different awards that keep you on your toes. Venus Next adds a few additional mechanics, and also introduces the World Government rule, making games faster.
Other people have mentioned that they do not like the artwork, and that they have had issues with the resource cubes wearing out. I don't really have a problem with either one of those things, but I may just be lucky. My cubes still look great after 50+ games.
There is a reason that Terraforming Mars has exploded in the last year. I would highly recommend everyone try it. Even my wife, who isn't traditionally a fan of more complicated games, likes it.
Dillon Jacoby-Rankin (202 KP) rated Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn in Tabletop Games
Jan 18, 2020
Ages: 14+
Play Time: 60-120 minutes :(
Components: The game is very nice and the board is good quality as well as the cards. The pieces are all cardboard and plastic and the colors are very nice.
Simple Turns: Easy to take turns. Easy to learn and play. Harder to strategize. You can only pick between 5 options on your turn, but depending on where they are in the line up changes everything. For example, if something is at the end of the line up, it is much more useful then being at the beginning of the line up. Everytime you use a card/action, the line up will shift down. Essentially you want to always use cards further in the line up to keep the line moving but you also need to use the right cards at the right time for your specific strategy.
Strategy: I've oh played this once but I found it hard to make a plan that would work well for me. Maybe experience would make it easier which brings me to my next topic.
Hard to get to the table: Just hearing the title makes my friends turn and run. They know the name associated with the game and that it can be a lot. Big time frame and lots of strategy. I find it hard with everyone's schedule and preferences to actually play this game. Which is why I've played it once.
Play Time: I've played a two player game and that was my only game I've played. We spent longer on the set up than actually playing. We couldn't figure out which way the board was supposed to fit together. Granted you can build it however you want really but the rules said to use that layout for the first game to make it the easiest setup. Anyways we ended the game early when other friends showed up to play something else but we could tell from where we were at and the goals we needed to achieve that it was going to be a much longer game than we had intended for the day and that was just two players.