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Board Game Recommendation: Viticulture

Question for Dominion players. It seems like for us, Dominion has become a race to good. Every round, all every does is buy up Silver, then gold, then Province cards. No other cards are really used anymore. And anyone who tries to build up action cards gets creamed.

If there a way to fight this cash grab or is it a flaw in the game? Thanks.
 
green said:
Question for Dominion players. It seems like for us, Dominion has become a race to good. Every round, all every does is buy up Silver, then gold, then Province cards. No other cards are really used anymore. And anyone who tries to build up action cards gets creamed.

If there a way to fight this cash grab or is it a flaw in the game? Thanks.
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Card trashing/deck circulation is an important part of Dominion, and it takes action cards to trash or draw extra cards. Last time I played, one of the players had ten-12 cards in his deck, and they all came out every turn, for a Province purchase every turn. You can't do that by focusing on money.
 
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Julie Greengiant said:
pandemic was surprisingly amazing to me. i also love arkham horror and twilight imperium if you are into a more serious time investment.
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I've never played Arkham Horror.

However, I played Twilight Imperium at DieCon this year, and really loved the game (tying for the win didn't hurt). We finished in only 9 1/2 hours. I managed to score at least one objective every turn.
 
One Brow said:
I've never played Arkham Horror.

However, I played Twilight Imperium at DieCon this year, and really loved the game (tying for the win didn't hurt). We finished in only 9 1/2 hours. I managed to score at least one objective every turn.
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yes time is the main obstacle in getting people to play with me. conventions are really great for that thankfully.
 
Looking at "Small World" and/or "King of Tokyo". On sale right now. Anyone play either of them? Would a 10-year-old do well with them?
 
green said:
LOL. That's about going rate for good, quality board games.
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Is it really? Damn. Last game I got was Ticket to Ride, but I got that as a gift. I swear things like Cranium and whatnot are $25-30…but I could be wrong. $50 just seems like a lot to me.

green said:
Also, it's cheaper than a video game...
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I don't really play video games. I get maybe 1-2 a year, and play them more than I play board games.
 
green said:
Refresh my memory for Viticulture. I'm in need of a new board game.
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It's a worker-placement game, where the primary point mechanism is building structures-planting grape vines-harvesting grapes-making wine-filling wine orders. It has some less-used mechanics, such as being able to choose how early in the turn you want to go (and getting better bonuses for choosing later options), bonus spaces for being the first to choose an option, and one (more in the expansion) worker with an extra ability. It's usually thought to straddle the light-medium boundary.
 
bordelais7 said:
Looking at "Small World" and/or "King of Tokyo". On sale right now. Anyone play either of them? Would a 10-year-old do well with them?
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King of Tokyo should be fine for a 10-year-old (maybe just a little help understanding/choosing what powers to buy). I have not played Small World.
 
Hantlers said:
Is it really? Damn. Last game I got was Ticket to Ride, but I got that as a gift. I swear things like Cranium and whatnot are $25-30…but I could be wrong. $50 just seems like a lot to me.
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Ticket to Ride is over 10 years old and highly produced, yet still sells for $40-$60 brand new.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-to-ride

I've never heard of whatnot.

Cranium Cadoo (have not played the original) did not have the production quality something like Viticulture. Viticulture includes 13 unique wooden pieces in each color (10 buildings, three for other purposes) in addition to 6 workers of that color. It has evocative artwork. It's designed to be an immersive experience. Games like that cost extra.
 
One Brow said:
Ticket to Ride is over 10 years old and highly produced, yet still sells for $40-$60 brand new.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-to-ride

I've never heard of whatnot.

Cranium Cadoo (have not played the original) did not have the production quality something like Viticulture. Viticulture includes 13 unique wooden pieces in each color (10 buildings, three for other purposes) in addition to 6 workers of that color. It has evocative artwork. It's designed to be an immersive experience. Games like that cost extra.
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I'm sure you thought you were being humorous, but in case you weren't, I was not referring to "whatnot" as a specific game.

Again, I'm sure you're smart enough to have already known that, but I couldn't tell if you were making a joke or just being…you.
 
Friend bought Power Grid last week and we played it. Will be exciting to play the game with more than three people. Lots of strategy for it.

And re: pricing, when you get into the really complicated games like Twilight Imperium, you're getting into the $100 range.
 
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