#Forest Shuffle

[theindoorsman]

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[whovian223]

Top 10 New to Me Games of 2024

Top 10 New to Me Games of 2024 @lookoutgames.bsky.social @capstone-games.bsky.social @mandoogames.bsky.social @devirgames.bsky.social @pegasusspiele.bsky.social @jackiefox.bsky.social @sirjoshwood.bsky.social

I’ve been writing this blog for almost 8 years now, doing a monthly “new to me” post for just as long (it started in April 2017, but it was about March’s games!), and I often do “best games played” of the year if I’m not already doing an all-time “best of” series of article. But something hit me. No, not that rotten apple you threw at me, and believe me, I saw that. You’re going to get…

[boardgoats]

Essen 2024

Today was the first day of the largest annual games fair in Europe and arguably the world.  The Internationale Spieltage is known to gamers worldwide simply as “SPIEL” or “Essen”.  This is a “fair” rather than a “convention” and is of particular significance as a lot of new releases are scheduled to coincide with the event, just in time for Christmas sales.  This year, for the first time, tickets…

[yourboardgamepal]

50 Plays of Forest Shuffle…

…and my strategy has evolved from tree spam to something more consistently competitive!!

My journey with this game’s been a long one. At first I was sticking to a tree spam strategy, which did get me a good amount of wins in a row early on in September, but the more I played, the stronger my opponents got.

By late September and early October, I was forced to readjust my strategy—and I think I finally have. I’m synchronizing deer and trees with things like birds and hares + foxes. I’m winning about half the time again, and have scored a solid 22 wins at the game now. The highest I’ve ever scored was somewhere in the 300s. The highest I’ve ever seen has been 400s+.

I just need to test out if I can score that high again now that I’ve readjusted my strategies. My recent wins have been narrow ones and in the 100s-200s range. I’ve tested out hares + foxes and birds alongside trees and deer and their predators like I wanted, but now I’m curious about bats and butterflies. I wonder how high I can score while incorporating those. I wonder how far those can get me before I have to rely on deer and trees again.

It’s an engaging game, I’ll tell you that, and I like the theme of you building up a forest and adding other flora and fauna to your tree cards. I’m interested in playing this irl, but the game on BGA has spoiled me—it counts up your points for you, which I imagine gets a bit unruly irl just with how many points you end up having to tally at the end of the game!

Definitely can see myself playing this one a bunch more times, and maybe one day owning it. Who knows. It won’t release to retail as far as I know until November, so I have time to debate whether I want to own it sooner rather than later.

Highly recommend trying this one out on BGA. You won’t regret learning to play this game!

[beatcroc]

after 200 hours in the game here are my final opinions

[sonicmusicmusings]

What's up, fellow Sonic music enthusiasts! Shuffle is not a soundtrack we get to hear everyday, so let's pluck a tune and give it a listen!

This is another mellow track, and takes the forest theme quite seriously. It shares roots with the Mystic Ruins theme, with the drum tones and pan flute melody. We get a strange reverse drum beat in the middle that adds some tension and dissonance amongst the otherwise gentle track. We've got chorused guitars and related instruments in both ears, a simple, but evocative melody, and even some marimba slipped in there. I think the bridge/breakdown section might take this off the "easy listening" playlist for me, but it's definitely got some good ideas!

[27-27-gruff-triplets]

I got my oracle deck a bit ago but forgot to post a pic or 2 of them! (Also some ramblings under read more!)

Of course these 2 are my favorites but all the cards are so pretty :'3 I really love the little details in the cards, like on the satyr's art there's grapes, goblets, vines, and an aulos! And the satyr themself is so pretty :'3 I love this artist's style!

And Xenagos' art is just as pretty >:'3 I love his pose and the entire vibe of the art, it feels like this is deep in the forest in Skola Valley and it has a bit of an ominous but welcoming vibe, like you stumbled onto a revel wandering in the forest and he's welcoming you into the revel but! Watch out!

Also the card meaning for him "Breaking Free" is so fitting and I love it :'3 (and the satyr's "Trust Your Heart" is also just as lovely and fitting!!)

(Sorry the Nylea is a bit blurry :'v) I also love how the mono coloured god cards have stars and lines making them into constellations! And a personal bit I like specifically in Nylea's art is the forest in the background, she is the Goddess of nature but the forest for some reason in the background reminds me of my old childhood home a bit <:3 (when I was little we lived pretty much in the forest and the trees in the background remind me of when I'd look at the mountains and just see a sea of trees and green)

All the cards are super pretty and I love all the details in all of them uwu I'm honestly so happy I got to grab these cards :'3

[moodycarcass]

Just woke up from a nightmare that my brain decided to present as a breaking news channel switch from regularly scheduled program of counting sheep

[forestkiss]

idk i’m

just bored

made this on shuffles

[hriobzagelthewanderer]

"i think that counts as a bingo"

"........."

Don't mind the Fae, he's just trying not to put his foot in his mouth - or get too imaginative based on what he's already seen of the very hot dog kami - pun fully intended.

[whovian223]

Friday Night Shots - Lunch Time Games

Friday Night Shots - Lunch Time Games @beziergames.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social @lookoutgames.bsky.social

Welcome back to the bar! I know it’s Saturday. So sue me. It’s been a couple of weeks, but we got flooded last week so I couldn’t open the bar up at all. I saw you looking through the window wondering why the door wouldn’t open. This was our basement! Amazing that it’s all spotless by now. My clean-up crew is wonderful and just made everything disappear. I should probably pay them,…

[boardgoats]

Deutscher Spiele Preis - 2024

The 2024 Deutscher Spiele Preis awards have been announced at the International Spieltage in Essen.  These are the results of an open vote by games clubs, gamers and people in the industry and recognise the “Best Children’s Game” and a top ten list of the “Best Family and Adult Games”.  The games named in the Deutscher Spiele Pris lists often intersect with the winners and nominees of the annual…

[synthlet]

my judgement

[simpleapparition]

[sentient-cloud]

I lay down the squeaker under my picturesque to activate my Boar guardians, one deceitful, one speaking only in truths