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[whovian223]

Friday Night Shots - How Important is a Game's Theme?

Friday Night Shots - How Important is a Game's Theme? @devirgames.bsky.social @jackiefox.bsky.social @sirjoshwood.bsky.social

Hi-di-ho, neighbour! Welcome back to the bar, this time for a regular post! (anybody who can tell me what that welcome is from, I will give you…well, my undying admiration. You are official old!). Yes, it’s been less than a week since last week’s post was on Saturday, but I’ve sort of taken the week off. I would like to say for bar repairs, but really it’s because I was so entranced with Rise…

[some-rando-with-internet]

Yellow - Pick.

Blue - Gunman

Red - Threat

Pick isn't too fond of having Kleptomania. But, he's also not intending on giving up Burrnadot anytime soon. Of course, current events notwithstanding, because that isn't Pick. He feels more resigned about it than anything. Gunman is always busy, either by circumstance or himself. He has no idea what to do with spare time, and would probably just aimlessly wander. Threat actually really likes strategy games. Chess is overrated in her eyes, but games like Onitama, Pandemic, and any secret identity games are really up her alley. She doesn't have a lot of opportunities to show this off, but Gunman knows.

[remesrobotics]

“Kagekiri”

Unumbered Servants - 影螂(カゲキリ) / 鎌一 / 二螂 “...”

Good Point - Team attack Bad Point - Idle time Like - Strategy game Dislike - Bright light

Kamaichi Height 5’6” (167.64 cm), Nikiri Height 6’2” (187.96 cm)

A pair of mantis-themed assassin/espionage bots who hide in the shadows of Antares' temple tomb, rarely appearing except to exact very specific eliminations, which is not always needed.

They appear to be patched together from repurposed parts from other espionage robots sent against Antares in the past, during the Creators’ wars.

Those parts look awfully familiar…

As their parts imply, they can blend into the shadows and use them to ‘teleport’, and unlike mantises they do rely a bit on poisons. However, stealth is their main weapon. By themselves they are fairly frail, but fast opponents. Together, they use mutual camouflage tactics to overwhelm opponents with trickery.

Both are intelligent and capable of conversation, but not likely to carry it out with intruding parties. That said, they both are (or would be) rather avid fans of 1v1 strategy board games like chess, shogi (provided they have been introduced to them), and Onitama Light and Shadow.

Individually, they are sometimes referred to as Kamaichi and Nikiri, though never by Antares.

[newtras]

33 best family board games (2024): Catan, Labyrinth, Onitama

More family board games Photo: Simon Hill There are many board games for families. Here are a few details we like. Tension: Top 10 naming games for $30: Topic cards have ten items in a category, and the opposing team has 60 seconds to guess as many items as possible. Cards are divided into two colors (easy and harder) making it easy for children to play or adjust difficulty quickly. This works…

[newbizz]

33 best family board games (2024): Catan, Labyrinth, Onitama

More family board games Photo: Simon Hill There are many board games for families. Here are a few details we like. Tension: Top 10 naming games for $30: Topic cards have ten items in a category, and the opposing team has 60 seconds to guess as many items as possible. Cards are divided into two colors (easy and harder) making it easy for children to play or adjust difficulty quickly. This works…

[satrthere]

33 best family board games (2024): Catan, Labyrinth, Onitama

More family board games Photo: Simon Hill There are many board games for families. Here are a few details we like. Tension: Top 10 naming games for $30: Topic cards have ten items in a category, and the opposing team has 60 seconds to guess as many items as possible. Cards are divided into two colors (easy and harder) making it easy for children to play or adjust difficulty quickly. This works…

[top4allo]

33 Best Family Board Games (2024): Catan, Labyrinth, Onitama

More family board games Photography: Simon Hill There are many family board games. Here are a few more we liked. Tension: The Top 10 Naming Game for $30: The themed cartoons have ten items in a category and the opposing team has 60 seconds to guess as many as they can. The cards are divided into two colors (easy and harder) making it easy to play with children or adjust the difficulty on the…

[ericvanderburg]

33 Best Family Board Games (2024): Catan, Labyrinth, Onitama

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[allcellrepairs]

32 Best Family Board Games (2024): Catan, Labyrinth, Onitama

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[house-of-spamdini]

I have a secret

I don’t like board games that much. There are some that I can always come back to (scrabble, onitama, chess, blah blah) but I’ve never been a nightly board game girlie. I think it has something to do with how I grew up. I don’t take instruction well if I can’t immediately understand something and almost every game requires that 30-45 minute grace period of learning that can be just unbearable for me. I’m like that with other things too so good to know that board games are one of those things that just kinda tests me.

I’m really thankful for the people I play board games with now because I always enjoy myself with them, but they’re pretty much it for me as far as playing board games go. It’s nice to have people who are patient with me and themselves lol.

Know what I hate more than board games? Card games. “I tap two mana to guard the skeletal concubine” like sure man, whatever you say. You just get no respect from me. Sorry.

[random-conspiracy]

Once again I come to the Boardgame community to proclaim that VOLTO is THE best filler ever. That's it.

20 pieces, 1 board. And it's the fucking BEST. Forget about Hive and Onitama and don't even think about Jaipur. THIS is THE GAME.

[aroundtable]

Torna anche per il mese d Novembre il Tg Table, il tg più amato dai meeple italiani. Anche questa volta, con l'aiuto degli amici di Hirtemis, tentiamo l’arduo compito di segnalare i boardgame in uscita a Novembre, se già normalmente questo compito è improbo questa volta lo è ancora di più visto che il mese parte mercoledì con Lucca Comics & Games e molti giochi da tavolo potrebbero essere presentii sui tavoli degli editori nel Carducci e non in distribuzione effettiva.

Oggi vedremo per 00:00 Intro 01:31 @AsmodeeItalia ( BrainBox - La Mia Prima Matematica, BrainBox - Scienza, KeyForge - Venti di Scambio, Everdell - Newleaf, Everdell - Mistwood, Timeline ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), Unlock! - Extraordinary Adventures, Unlock! Kids 2 - Storie dal Passato, Ticket to Ride Legacy - Leggende del Vecchio West, Zombicide - The Boys Pack 2 The Boys Pack 1, Zombicide - Supernatural, Zombicide - Iron Maiden, Marvel Champions LCG - Deadpool, Marvel Champions LCG - X-23, ON Air @mydeejay , Star Wars Unlimited)

05:32 @dvgames_official (Alibi, Decktective - Arrestate Sherlock Holmes!)

06:14 @ghenosgames7580 Moon River, Similo - Il Signore degli Anelli. Expeditions - Un sequel di Scythe, The Great Splitenos Games

07:53 @pendragongamestudio3192 Minatori Imperiali, The Things

08:40 @CranioCreations (Amygdala, Ark Nova - Mondi Sommersi, Delta, Fields of Arle - Big Box, Maple Valley, Sagrada - Gloria, Sagrada - Passione, Sagrada - Vita, Selfie Birds, Terra Mystica - L'Era delle Scoperte, troll&princess)

13:12 @msedizioni8527 (After Us, Root: Mazzo Esuli e Partigiani, Root: Kit del Vagabondo, Root: Kit delle Meraviglie, Root: Kit dei Combattenti - La Compagnia del Fiume, ROOT: Predoni e Cavalieri)

14:48 @studiosupernova9896 (Onitama, Non si può Dire più Niente - Indignazioni Perenni, NobiNobi - Thriller, NobiNobi - Horror, Biblioversum )

17:04 @LittleRocketGames ( Hidden Leaders - Forgotten Legends )

17:29 @GateOnGames (Alpaca)

18:07 @giochi_uniti (El Grande, Paleo - Un Nuovo Inizio, DestinyQuest - L'Occhio della Furia d'Inverno. Pathfinder - 2E - Presagi Perduti - Libro dei Morti, Pathfinder - 2E - Presagi Perduti - Gran Bazar, Pathfinder - 2E - Presagi Perduti - Ferro e Fuoco )

20:02 @LuckyDuckGamesEN Empire's End | Gioco da Tavolo

20:37 @RedGloveEdizioni Detecteam Family - Un Uovo di Troppo, Detecteam Family - Campioni Imbroglioni, Detecteam Family - La Torta Scomparsa, Smart10, Vu Du Variiant

21:42 @Giochix Discordia

22:12 @needgames8019 Electric Bastionland, Into the Odd, Flabbergasted! Una Commedia di Ruolo, Atlante Techno Fantasy, Blade Runner 24:04 Polemiche su Lucca!

[teamseaslug]

Onitama is my favorite chess-like and just like how I'd be bad at chess I'm bad at Onitama

[chgreenblatt]

Onitama is an excellent two-player game where you’re maneuvering your pieces like chess, but not like chess.

The goal is to either capture your opponent’s monk (the big piece) or to move your monk onto your opponent’s home space (the spot right in front of them). You choose one of the two cards in front of you and move a piece according to that card. Then you pass the card to your opponent for them to use after their next turn. Play continues this way, with players choosing a card for movement, then passing it, like a waltz of death!

You only ever deal 5 cards total to be used in any game, so you can always see what choices your opponent has and will have. This gives you a lot to think about without it becoming too overwhelming. And since there a ton of cards, every game plays a little differently.

It’s fast and light enough for casual players to enjoy, but meaty enough that strategic thinking always wins. Like eating a can Pringle’s where you can’t stop with one, it’s a game that’s easy to end up playing multiple matches in a row. Definitely check it out!

[boardgaminggeek]

Had some lovely games of Onitama over dinner today, a great little abstract game