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Dirthippy
@dirthippy
Doing some research for my side project. My current top favs - Agricola, Ark Nova, and Terraforming Mars. If any of those are among your favorites: What are the things that you love about the game? What makes it more enjoyable than many of the other games? Likes? Dislikes? I'll start. 🧵 👇
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iSpeakNerd
@ispeaknerd.eth
@v loves Ark Nova, it supplanted TM for him I hear @rustopian any thoughts?
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Peter Keay
@rustopian
Terraforming Mars is much more tactical. You spend decision time on short term tactics, not long term strategy So TM is easier for new players. In Ark Nova, newbs don’t have a prayer of hitting a good strategy in game 1. In TM, they do But for gamers who’ll play more than a couple times, Ark Nova is a better game
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Dirthippy
@dirthippy
Good point on the "short term tactics" vs long term.... TM is definitely easier for new players to get the gist of it (usually within 15 minutes of play time, even). That is one of the complaints I have heard of Agricola - it is unforgiving for new players.
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Peter Keay
@rustopian
Agricola starts you out at negative points! Probably best for games to avoid that and have a different baseline. Nobody wants to end with negative points That said, the entire modern worker placement genre owes an incalculable debt to Agricola. And I really love the game.
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iSpeakNerd
@ispeaknerd.eth
💯💯 Lords of Waterdeep was my first wp love https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/110327/lords-of-waterdeep
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Dirthippy
@dirthippy
Also wound up playing with an expansion, which I enjoyed (added skull port stuff)
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Dirthippy
@dirthippy
I think the mandatory quests were an interesting idea, but hurt the game (making it a little more political). You can definitely hurt someone’s game, so early leads become a negative. Thematically though…right up my alley! Still enjoying playing it occasionally too.
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