Galaxy trucker, maybe? It’s a very different game, but it does have the ship building mechanic

Possibly selection bias? Those attending open game groups are more likely to be the ones who don’t have a closed personal group to play with, and ASD folks are more likely to be in that situation.

Fair enough! It’s definitely a love it or hate it kind of game

That’s a very common perception for beginners in the game :). With enough plays you’ll get into the mindset of playing the hand rather than forcing the hand to do something else

Yeah, new niche release. Looks like they didn’t even bother with marketing basics. Or maybe only on French sites.

@[email protected] another game that meets your criteria.

Try looking for a local game group or Meetup? It’s hard to get friends into heavy games, it’s easier to get gamers into friends.

You’re basically firing bullets into your table

So, perfect for a Matrix campaign, then?

Root’s gimmick is that every player is a different faction that plays completely differently from everyone else. Makes finding a group to play with in person a challenge (due to the learning curve), but is surprisingly well balanced.

Arcs Blighted Reach is exactly this, cranked up to 11.

Everdell! Because my gaming club really needs an add on to our still-shrink-wrapped Everdell Complete Collection that’s been gathering dust in the corner.

Oof. Which country is this? I’ll make a note never to visit in winter XD

Mostly insulation, then. My space heater is also below my desk, but keeps the entire room toasty warm.

They’re heavy. Indeed that’s part of their appeal, but if you carry multiple sets it can get a bit unpleasant. Sometimes my purse feels like I’m carrying several sets of knuckle dusters or something.

How many sets are you carrying around all the time? 😂

3°C at my desk at the moment

Jeez. Is that a conscious choice to not heat your home? Also, those are really pretty dice :)

I’ve had metal d20s that I had to stop using because they left divots on my dinner table 😅

I guess that’s praise for how far 3d printing has come nowadays!

I guess there’s never been a better time for you to be a boardgamer, given the proliferation of deluxe production games :)

And I agree, it’s so nice to be able to pick up and move around something that’s not just cardboard chips!

Yeah, some deckbuilders are way too multiplayer solitaire. I’ll always love dominion but it definitely suffers from this. I found Clank, especially the latest entries, to be a good highly interactive deckbuilder.

Quarterbacking is the behaviour common in cooperative boardgames where 1 player ends up in command of the entire team, telling everybody else what to do. It goes from cooperative to single player with extra hands. Pandemic is an example of a game that’s particularly prone to this.

Ah, the game where you roll dice to determine how many handfuls of dice to roll.

Obviously, part of the responsibility falls on us the players as well to not support these practices. Unfortunately, there’s obviously a market for this.