# What Board Games are you playing? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [December 6, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383 "2020-12-06T14:38:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/142 "2023-05-29T17:44:30Z")
We still play Yahtzee and Scrabble. I like playing Aggravation when there’s 4 players. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/143 "2023-05-30T16:07:20Z")
I’d also be up for something medium to heavy (would that include Earth?), let’s see if any other Dopers chime in. I’d note to them that you don’t have to be a paying member to play games, just someone who’s signed up for an account. They just moved Viticulture Essential to beta, so that might also be on the table. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/144 "2023-05-30T18:30:12Z")
This week I played Ahau (twice), Ark Nova, Lions of Lydia, Whirling Witchcraft, and Zombicide: Invader. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/145 "2023-05-30T18:53:35Z")
I’ve been playing a fair amount f Earth physically recently, but I could be convinced to play. Viticulture wouldn’t be my first choice, but I’d play.(looks like I played 7 games on BGA 2 years ago) (I meant it when I said I’d play most medium to heavy games) I do not have a premium account (I was going to volunteer to get it among my college friends but 2 others volunteered) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/146 "2023-05-31T04:22:08Z")
It would be fun to have more Dopers, so let’s give it a little time to bake. And I do have a premium account, and will befriend you shortly. Russian Rails is on our list to learn, I think we’ll take some passes at it in the next couple of weeks to see how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/147 "2023-06-01T00:06:54Z")
Got _Dune: Imperium_ over the weekend, and am very impressed with it. It’s a hybrid deck-building/worker placement game. You have a hand of cards, and two workers. To place a worker, you have to play a card from your hand that matches the symbol on the space you want to send the worker. After both workers are placed, you reveal your hand and use it to buy new cards for your deck. Most cards have two effects, one if played as payment for a worker move, and one if played as part of the “buy” phase of the turn. It’s also a gorgeous game, whose aesthetic is copied from the most recent movie. The iconography is clear and easy to interpret, making the rules easy to pick up. And it feels like Dune: you have to balance your reputation with various factions like the Fremen and the Spacing Guild, choose which battles to participate in, and which to stay out of to retain your military forces, and a deck of “Intrigue” cards that throw a lot of curves into the game, especially in the late game. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/148 "2023-06-01T12:19:53Z")
Dune Imperium is great! After you have played it a bunch I would highly recommend the Rise of Ix expansion. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/149 "2023-06-02T01:53:00Z")
Yeah, I got both expansions, but haven’t played them yet. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/150 "2023-09-17T15:07:11Z")
I haven’t seen any interest in board game arena, but I’ll reiterate, if anyone’s interested, I can host something asynchronous. Meanwhile, we’ve been on something of a boardgame bender lately… This isn’t even a complete list, but it’s the more interesting games. All of these were live plays, not online. Sea Salt & Paper Architects of the West Kingdom Caper: Europe Distilled The Quest for El Dorado Whitehall Mystery Brian Boru: High King of Ireland Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy Ierusalem: Anno Domini: 1 play, 0 locations, 0 players Merchants Cove Thunder Road: Vendetta ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/151 "2023-09-21T09:56:45Z")
I never played Everdell but I recently got Everdell Farshore and it is a lot of fun and looks beautiful on the table. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/152 "2023-09-22T22:29:45Z")
I played the new Terraforming Mars dice game yesterday. I was doing good for most of the game but I fell to second place on the endgame points. We had some time left afterwards, so we played a round of Scout. I ended up in second place again. But the other two players swapped first and third place. So I may not play good but at least I play consistent. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/153 "2024-03-08T23:37:39Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > (I meant it when I said I’d play most medium to heavy games) How about Ark Nova? We’ve been playing it a lot lately. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/154 "2024-03-08T23:45:47Z")
I’m still playing a lot of the original Terraforming Mars (plus the Venus, Prelude, and Colonies expansions), and just today I recognized a source picture of one of the cards while surfing Wikipedia: [Solar Power](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_irradiance#/media/File:Solar_energy.jpg). I can’t figure out if I should be proud or annoyed that my brain was trained over however many hours to catch that. The previous time it happened, it was a good thing, though, because I like the architecture: [Mars University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Leeds#/media/File:University_of_Leeds_(4th_May_2010)_035_Brighter.jpg) (Actually University of Leeds.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/155 "2024-03-09T03:30:03Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’m still playing a lot of the original Terraforming Mars (plus the Venus, Prelude, and Colonies expansions), and just today I recognized a source picture of one of the cards while surfing Wikipedia: [Solar Power](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_irradiance#/media/File:Solar_energy.jpg). I recently added the Turmoil expansion, which I really like, but it’s tipped the game length over the line from, “Regular game night selection,” to “schedule an afternoon specifically to play Terraforming Mars.” ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/156 "2024-03-09T03:45:05Z")
I am going on a cruise with seven sea days (no port, all on the ship) and it was recommended I bring a game or two to play with the other three I am traveling with. Apart from a deck of cards, any recommendations for that? (Needs to be reasonably compact to pack for travel) (If this is a hijack and should be another thread tell me and will do that.) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/157 "2024-03-09T04:08:29Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > [@N9IWP](#): > > > > (I meant it when I said I’d play most medium to heavy games) > > How about Ark Nova? We’ve been playing it a lot lately. yes, I’d be up for an asynch Ark Nova Brian ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/158 "2024-03-09T16:33:56Z")
A few recent games we played that we enjoyed: Forest Shuffle Evacuation Raising Robots ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/159 "2024-03-10T17:59:04Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I am going on a cruise with seven sea days (no port, all on the ship) and it was recommended I bring a game or two to play with the other three I am traveling with. Apart from a deck of cards, any recommendations for that? (Needs to be reasonably compact to pack for travel) Off the top of my head: One of the current small-format Ticket to Ride games (London, New York) Quirkle (travel edition) Mastermind ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/160 "2024-03-16T05:25:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I recently added the Turmoil expansion, which I really like, but it’s tipped the game length over the line from, “Regular game night selection,” to “schedule an afternoon specifically to play Terraforming Mars.” I know people who play “Ark Mars”. You get four people and you set up a game of Ark Nova and Terraforming Mars next to each other on the table. And then the people going back and forth between the two games taking turns at each. That’s the way to kill an afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383/161 "2024-03-16T05:31:21Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I am going on a cruise with seven sea days (no port, all on the ship) and it was recommended I bring a game or two to play with the other three I am traveling with. Apart from a deck of cards, any recommendations for that? (Needs to be reasonably compact to pack for travel) > > (If this is a hijack and should be another thread tell me and will do that.) Some small box card games I like and which don’t take up a lot of table space: The Butterfly Garden, Fidelitas, Flip City, Merchants of Muziris. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-board-games-are-you-playing/927383.md?page=9)