I love Bosh!. It has some great dishes for a dinner party, but also some simple things like Hummus and Baba Ganoush.
Yes! I think these also fall in the "can be explained within 1 minute" category
Correct! Definitely in the first, not sure about the second
Extremely simple but fun games
When I opened this review for a game called Hundreds of Horses, I expected to have a good laugh about an awful game. The first two sentences:
It’s like a less-complicated Dixit. And all horses.
However, the author is actually fairly positive! It's clearly not a "hobby game" and not meant for hobby gamers, but it works and can be fun. What other games fall into this category? I'll nominate:
- Happy Salmon. What's more fun than high fiving and running around a table?
- Spot It: Reverse spot the differences. Pure reflex game that can be explained in ten seconds
- Time's Up!: Describe something, describe it in one word, and charades. Practically always a hit
By the way, awesome user name (assuming it's referencing one of my GOAT albums)!
I like it a lot more than Virus! I feel it's a lot more melodic, whereas Virus for me fell on the classic prog metal trap of complexity for complexity's sake. However, The Mountain is still my favorite.
Also check out Charlie Griffith's solo album. It's quite a bit heavier than Haken, with thrash metal influences, and tbh I like it more than Haken's work.
These are my go to games for larger groups:
- Codenames: A modern classic! Works best with 6 or 8 people.
- Decrypto: For a more gamey version of Codenames.
- Wavelength: Fun party game that spikes interesting conversations
- Concept: Don't play to win, just play to have fun guessing
Although it's not completely my style, I admire their craftsmanship. What a great performance!
The link doesn't work for me, is it the same as everynoise.com?
I've been mostly using Spotify and some Dutch review sites. I still have a Last.fm account but don't use it much anymore, Spotify has mostly replaced it.
Yeah, this article sounds like it's written by someone trying to justify his purchase
The term "progressive" is a little weird in this context, based on the progressive rock from the sixties. For me, it means music that doesn't use the standard song structures, has complex melodies or rhythm, and tends to have longer songs. But it's a hard to define genre!
Symphony X is one of my favorite bands, you might also like Pagan's Mind. Awesome guitar riffs, great songs, vocals take some getting used to but he's a great singer. Also one of my favorite bands. Check out the album Enigmatic:Calling.
Deck building + racing. What's your favorite?
This genre seems to be fairly popular, and I can see why. Instead of just building a deck for the sake of building it (like in Dominion), adding a racing element makes the game more interactive, tense, and tangible. I've only played a few, and I'm interested in how Heat compares to for example.
I really enjoy Clank! and The Quest for El Dorado. I'd say Quest is the better game. It's cleaner, has fewer rules, and more variety in terms of maps. However, Clank! can be more fun. All the weird cards, the fights, drawing from the Dragon bag, and trying to get out alive make it a more lively (but also more random) game.
I tend to like competitive games, but I like my coop games to:
- be difficult, or have a difficult mode. To me, there's no fun in winning on the first try
- to foster table talk OR a different kind of fun player interaction. That's why The Lost Expedition didn't click for me, it felt like just throwing some cards on the table.
That said, I enjoy Pandemic (a classic), Hanabi, Just One, and Magic Maze. I haven't really tried heavier ones but I'd love to play Spirit Island some day.
And for very young kids, My First Orchard is great!