I have 78 hours of playtime on Steam, I also own the game on smartphone and I played a lot of games IRL with my friends (the last one was yesterday). You play a different corporation each time, which change how you play: you can be specialized in forest, in animals, in space projects, in events. It's a game with an amazing replayability, because every game is really different. The game stops when Mars if liveable, so all players cooperate, in some way, but there is only one player. For that, you need to use your cards (it's kind of a deck-builder game) in order to directly impact Mars (create an ocean, elevate the temperature, etc.) or to developp your own economy, to produce more resources, to play more cards in the next turn. It's my favorite board game ever (and I have a lot of board games).Įvery player (from 1 to 5) play a corporation, with the goal to terraforming mars (hey, it's the name of the game). I wouldn't describe it as "obscure", but Terraforming Mars really seems to be the perfect game. So shit like picking random tiles, buy/sell/trading, etc. When I buy them games or buy a few for myself, I always try to focus on replayability. Chinatown is a big wheeling and dealing game, so if he likes that kind of thing, it's the only one among my three that has that gameplay. Worth doing if you can find it as it was only $10 more than the base game. For sake of variety, I got my bro's fam a deluxe version that has more modes to play. As long as anyone has some analytical mindset to maximize points like Scrabble but with no need for vocabulary, they can be a tough opponent. It's a good game despite looking juvenile as even my bro's teenage daughter could beat us at around age 13-14. It's like Scrabble, but uses shapes and colours. But Qwirkle as the best family fun game which even kids can learn to play. I'd choose Isle of Skye as the best game. Unless it's a game specifically designed for only 2 or 3 players, I have always found playing games 4-5 people is the best turnout for fun and challenge. I used to play board games a lot as a kid, and kind of got back into it with fam last 3-4 years. Involves lots of tile picking or buy/selling or trading, so you need a decent number of people to play. There is no way I can see these games being fun with only 2-3 people. Isle of Skye says min 2 people and Chinatown min 3. Should be doable in an hour.īest with 4 or 5 people. Three solid board games I play here and there. Besides, seems to me that for almost any interest out there, someone at GAF may be an expert. This is not a serious enough thing that I need to create, say, an account at Board Game Geek or something. I really don't think he cares that much about this, but if any time in the future I run out of ideas of what to gift him, I can just get a "DLC"/expansion for the game. Not that important, but if the game has expansion potential (or existing expansions), that would be cool. Time is a little bit of the essence, so I'm hoping I can just get Prime shipping and not have to sign up for some ultra-obscure board game shop that will take 3 weeks to ship.
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