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Topic	my top 32 tabletop games
SeabassDebeste 07/09/20 9:16:53 AM #283:	Naye745 posted... codenames feels like it has been around for like 20 years at this point, it's a game that's design feels both timeless and at home with other classic games i wouldn't have it nearly this highly, but "party" games, even ones that are as clever/competitive/well-designed as this, just don't strike a chord for me as much as other stuff. but, heck, i do very much appreciate that there are a lot of better options for such games nowadays. nobody has an excuse (especially right now, given all the s* going on) to be stuck playing CAH anymore. agreed, and i think that's part of what makes codenames so brilliant, and why I'm so happy to see its success. as you can see from my #2 game, i have no issue with the timeless designs if they're great vehicles for fun. and the game providers give great frameworks for fun beyond (e.g.) just passing people free alcohol or whatever. (to me, CAH isn't fun. there's only one active player, the card reveals are awkward because you need to pretend to laugh, and then the decision is usually arbitrary. i recently read a great (old) piece by SUSD on it. i don't follow them but am glad they could articulate so much of what makes it bad.) Nelson_Mandela posted... Curious if we'll see Hive in the top 2. It's simultaneously one of the simplest games to pick up and one of the most difficult to really master. I absolutely love it and it makes me sad that I never learned chess at a young age. i actually haven't played hive more than once in person, so it didn't make this list. i agree it's chess-like, but to me chess-like is not something particularly aspirational! --- yet all azuarc of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness <cite>SeabassDebeste posted [p:941878885] in my top 32 ... [t:78403474]...</cite> <quote>Naye745 posted...</cite> <quote>codenames feels like it has been around for like 20 years at this point, it's a game that's design feels both timeless and at home with other classic games i wouldn't have it nearly this highly, but "party" games, even ones that are as clever/competitive/well-designed as this, just don't strike a chord for me as much as other stuff. but, heck, i do very much appreciate that there are a lot of better options for such games nowadays. nobody has an excuse (especially right now, given all the s* going on) to be stuck playing CAH anymore. </quote> agreed, and i think that's part of what makes codenames so brilliant, and why I'm so happy to see its success. as you can see from my #2 game, i have no issue with the timeless designs if they're great vehicles for fun. and the game providers give great frameworks for fun beyond (e.g.) just passing people free alcohol or whatever. (to me, CAH isn't fun. there's only one active player, the card reveals are awkward because you need to pretend to laugh, and then the decision is usually arbitrary. i recently read a great (old) piece by SUSD on it. i don't follow them but am glad they could articulate so much of what makes it bad.) Nelson_Mandela posted...</cite> <quote>Curious if we'll see Hive in the top 2. It's simultaneously one of the simplest games to pick up and one of the most difficult to really master. I absolutely love it and it makes me sad that I never learned chess at a young age. </quote> i actually haven't played hive more than once in person, so it didn't make this list. i agree it's chess-like, but to me chess-like is not something particularly aspirational! --- yet all azuarc of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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