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I was wondering what games everyone has complete collections of? My wife and I have quite a few Aeon’s End, Lord of The Rings Journeys In Middle Earth, Descent 2e, Marvel Champions, Star Wars Imperial Assault, Zombicide Invader, Runebound 3e, Star Wars Rebellion, Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle, Terminator Genisys, TMNT Adventures, TMNT Shadows of the Past, Call to Adventure, Nemo’s War, Shadowrun Sprawl Ops, Legends of Andor, Clank!, Clank! In Space. I think that’s all of them at least all I can remember.

<div class="md"><p>I was wondering what games everyone has complete collections of? My wife and I have quite a few Aeon’s End, Lord of The Rings Journeys In Middle Earth, Descent 2e, Marvel Champions, Star Wars Imperial Assault, Zombicide Invader, Runebound 3e, Star Wars Rebellion, Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle, Terminator Genisys, TMNT Adventures, TMNT Shadows of the Past, Call to Adventure, Nemo’s War, Shadowrun Sprawl Ops, Legends of Andor, Clank!, Clank! In Space. I think that’s all of them at least all I can remember.</p>

<p>Edit: Have a few more to add Cthulhu Death May Die, Sine Tempore, Power Rangers Heroes of the Grid, Nemesis, Hellboy, Space Base, Battle Lore, Massive Darkness</p>
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What games do you a complete collection of?

 If the engine building in Terraforming Mars appeals to you, then look into games like Manhattan Project: Energy Empire or Saint Petersburg. Also, if the Mars theme is for you, you should check out the upcoming release of First Martians.

 The dedication of the designers to this title is way above average, and something worth being very excited about. I can’t recommend Terraforming Mars enough.

 If you listen to the commentary on this game, you might think that every card in the game (and there are about 210) has a negative effect on the other players in the game but really only about 15% do. I find that, as I’m playing, I’m rarely inclined to take the “take-that” cards anyways, since I can typically find other cards that interest me.

 Whether I’m equipping RAD suits, creating hydroponic plant life, or controlling asteroids as they careen towards Mars, the game makes me feel like I’m doing my part to further the human race’s quest for space exploration and discovery.

Terraforming Mars Game Review – Meeple Mountain

 Awards and Milestones Milestones and awards are clever mechanisms that force players to adapt in both the long and short term. No one player is capable of fulfilling the requirements for all of them, but only three of each can be claimed in each game. This places a unique kind of pressure on everyone playing, regardless of personal strategy. Milestones cost an action and money to fund but are claimed by the person funding them if they meet the requirements

 Each one you place not only bumps up your own TR rating and income, but it’s one less for the other players to take. Terraforming Mars carefully balances an interesting number of strategic factors without being overwhelming. Every turn you’re doing something meaningful, and staying engaged is easy. What the other players are doing matters, even if it doesn’t affect you directly most of the time

 Once you learn the basics, all of the small icons on the map itself and the sidebar are easy to make sense of at a glance.  I particularly enjoy how the game incorporates its theme directly onto the board itself. A large thermometer represents the temperature tracker, and the Oxygen meter reminds me of an air tank gauge. The awards along the bottom of the board look like medals you would either pin to a vest or hang up in a display

 Only the awards that are funded are checked at all, and it doesn’t matter who funded them. For example, I could fund Scientist if I’m confident that I’ll have the most Science tags at the end of the game, but if someone else manages to acquire more science tags than me they receive the 1st place reward and I’ll get 2nd.  It places an interesting dynamic between the players. Funding an award late sounds like the best move, but they go up in price for each one funded

Terraforming Mars Board Game Review - Gideon's Gaming

Which one game were you really excited to get and then, once you played it, the fun and the overall experience failed to live up to your expectations?

For me it's The Quest for El Dorado. Don't get me wrong, it's quite a fun game. However, I was really excited for the chaotic randomness of the board, the constant blocking of opponents, and the huge array of strategies to make progress and win. What I have experienced after half a dozen plays is acquiring the same cards from the market, repeatedly cycling through my deck to move spaces, and trying to get to the end first. That's it. I don't know what I was expecting but I was hoping for more variation for sure. The cave tiles help a bit but there aren't many of those. I can't explain it - I just had higher hopes for it and I felt it could be a 9/10 game for me when, in reality, it's a 6/10. 

What's yours?

<div class="md"><p>Which one game were you really excited to get and then, once you played it, the fun and the overall experience failed to live up to your expectations?</p>

<p>For me it&#39;s The Quest for El Dorado. Don&#39;t get me wrong, it&#39;s quite a fun game. However, I was really excited for the chaotic randomness of the board, the constant blocking of opponents, and the huge array of strategies to make progress and win. What I have experienced after half a dozen plays is acquiring the same cards from the market, repeatedly cycling through my deck to move spaces, and trying to get to the end first. That&#39;s it. I don&#39;t know what I was expecting but I was hoping for more variation for sure. The cave tiles help a bit but there aren&#39;t many of those. I can&#39;t explain it - I just had higher hopes for it and I felt it could be a 9/10 game for me when, in reality, it&#39;s a 6/10. </p>

<p>What&#39;s yours?</p>
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 I want to see the game tightened up, they want to explore its reaches. From BGG User Tornqiuet Accessibility The key moment when I started to understand the appeal of Terraforming Mars was when Isaac Shalev replied to my query by saying that it’s accessible. I balked at first. What’s accessible about this fiddly mess of a game where you end up with like 20 cards arranged out in front of you and cubes everywhere? But he had a point

 First, it has a lot of moving parts, physically and visually. Each person is tracking no fewer than six different resources on their player board, plus one that laps around the main board, plus all of the passive effects they may have gained via cards. Each of those require moving cubes and cards around regularly, tracking both income and current supply. All of this feels unnecessary and overbloated, something that would fit better in a much heavier game, strategically speaking

 You can show someone some symbols, give them a few cards, and tell them to go hog wild. You can buy one card a turn and it does fun stuff. The game doesn’t judge you. If you suck you’re not really going to find out about it until it’s mostly done

Why Is Terraforming Mars So Popular? A Pseudo-Review - The Thoughtful Gamer

I think they fixed it in an expansion, but the income/resource trackers in Terraforming Mars drive me insane. Way too easy to accidentally bump and fuck up.

There are so many pretty game pieces nowadays, I'm sure everyone has some favourites.  
But which item in one of your boxes do you dislike the look of? Any answer will do - cards, tokens, dice, pieces, etc.  


Not artwork, just components.

<div class="md"><p>There are so many pretty game pieces nowadays, I&#39;m sure everyone has some favourites.But which item in one of your boxes do you dislike the look of? Any answer will do - cards, tokens, dice, pieces, etc.</p>

<p>Not artwork, just components.  </p>

<p>EDIT: I&#39;ve gone through all the 743 comments so far (and a lot of replies). So far the winner is: the Terraforming Mars player board/resource sheet. And I&#39;m totally behind that. It&#39;s so thin and smooth, cubes are almost invitied to come and slide all over the place. I know you can buy an overlay, but the original game could have done better in the first place with that. But, great game otherwise.</p>
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What is your least favourite board game component?

In Terraforming Mars, you control a corporation with a certain profile. Play project cards, build up production, place your cities and green areas on the map, and race for milestones and awards!

Tom Vasel and Jason Levine reviews Terraforming Mars and gives it their praise: Game Design: Jacob Fryxelius

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Which board game do you always want to play but dread having to teach your friends? You can have a ranked list haha

<div class="md"><p>Which board game do you always want to play but dread having to teach your friends? You can have a ranked list haha</p>
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