AstroManLuca
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- Jun 24, 2004
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Oh yeah, they've been whoring Catan out since it became popular. Not just with the expansions but with standalone games, and now they're going the Monopoly route and making a rethemed version that's essentially the same as the original (Star Trek Catan).
Yeah, those don't do anything for me. Pure money grabbing. Changing terrain hexes to "sectors" or whatever and replacing settlements with space stations doesn't change anything about the game... just as reskinning Monopoly doesn't make the game any less terrible.
I've made a point of having games in my collection for both groups. I have a game group that I play with regularly, and we play gamers' games. For my non-gamer friends I have some party games and simpler games like Ticket to Ride.
I do have to wonder what Donald X was thinking with the Alchemy expansion for Dominion. Other than that I have all of the expansions and really enjoy the variety of cards.
Yeah, what is with Alchemy. Seems like most of the cards are just overpowered versions of regular cards that are "balanced" solely by their high price (when you account for potions). Possession is one of the most-vetoed cards on Isotropic, and if I'm ever in a veto game I always knock out cards from the Alchemy set first.
Anyway regarding those simpler games, a good one is Mexican train dominoes. Pretty simple game, not a ton of strategy, but lots of fun and good for a lot of people. Very quick to learn.
Any other simpler games you can recommend?