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A place to get recommendations for your next game.

List 2-3 of your favourite games or choose some game mechanics, and hopefully someone else can recommend a game that follows the same style.

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[–] Jocho 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Three game recommendations from me:

Yamataï gets too little of love. It's a game with a beautiful table presence and with interesting mashup of mechanics that are really on the lighter spectrum.

Mechanics:

  • Action Drafting
  • Contracts
  • Increase Value of Unchosen Resources
  • Modular Board
  • Network and Route Building

Architects of the West Kingdom is my favorite game for a long time and even without the Age of Artisans expansion.

Mechanics:

  • Contracts
  • Open Drafting -Solo / Solitaire Game
  • Variable Player Powers
  • Worker Placement

Radlands is currently my favorite two-player card game. It plays smoothly, has a vibrant color palette and although I would appreciate the game mat I enjoy the game on the clean table as well. I like the action queue mechanic in the form of ongoing events, back-and-forth dynamics and energy (water) management.

Mechanics:

  • Action Points
  • Action Queue
  • Hand Management
  • Take That
  • Variable Player Powers
[–] ace_garp 2 points 1 year ago

I was looking at getting Radlands this morning too. It has been on my list for a year or so and keeps coming up as having something special. I really like the Radlands theme also (possible 2000ad inspired).

I've played Architects of the West Kingdom one time also and liked it a lot.

I've never heard of Yamataï either, which is surprising because we love Kanagawa and have played it many times. It looks equally elegant and calming.

Thanks for these recommendations :^)