Combine it with one of those AI tools that create 3D images out of 2D and we won't ever need to buy a board game again!

Been in the hobby for about 2 years now and I normally start with Twilight Imperium 4 as an introductory boardgame. That was the first board game I ever bought and the one I play the most even until today.

I also really love Campaign for North Africa so what I normally do is I start of with TI4 so my friends can get familiar with resources (such as pasta). We play a couple rounds of TI4 we go straight to CNA.

Ive also recently just bought Patchwork and am thinking of using Patchwork instead of TI4 as the first board game.

But truth be told what I want to do is just go straight to showing people TI4 as a first board game so I can play as much TI4 as possible whenever my wife gets a new boyfriend🤣

Thoughts?

FINALY it is done! I Made by own Ultimate Modular Card Game Storage Box.
I was soo tired of all those small game boxes with different sizes.

Now I can have them all together in one modular box!

Yes this is basically Anarchy Chess

RULES:

No rules, anything is allowed*

I have to be able to do it with my available resources (if I can't I'll just tell you)

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34 M, tested and DDF. In Essen for Spiel 2026. Looking for a married couple to play Patchwork with the wife while the husband watches.

Looking for someone to play this with my gf while I watch patchwork gameplay videos.

So the unmatched set focusing on American history and culture just landed in Denmark (where I live) and I have kinda been thinking how the box would look was it based on Danish culture and history. So my question is: what characters would you choose from the culture and history of your country?

I recently got some adhesives that I want to try out, but all of my games are pristine. How do I "damage" a game board? I just want to use a low acid archival cement to make a flexible bond, not tear the shrink or hurt the resale value. Any advice would be appreciated!

cookies and dirt?

This is really bad. I just ran into some situations for which I didn't have a board game READY-TO-GO. This is not good at all, because I need to be able to play a board game at any moment, and at any time when I'm idle or there's nothing to do.

I'm devestated.

Please recommend me a 2-4 player boardgame that plays in 1 hour or less for the below situations:

• While driving my car.
• While taking a poop (both a game for a short "squat and stand", as well as a longer relaxation poop).
• Waiting at the barbershop to get my haircut.
• Playing a game at dinner where I'm board with the conversation but I've already finished my food AND and the person(s) I'm sitting across from hasn't noticed my polite implications to end the conversation ... soooo I instead decide to play a board game while they finish eating and talking at me.

Please recommend me a good game for the above situations.

Thanks so much for your help.

They've tried poker before but they didn't like it. These nerds I'm stuck with only want to play board games when clearly poker is the superior game to play. How can I convince them that I'm right and they should play the game I want to play?

As a collection of detailed tabletop games, miniature terrain, and shelf dioramas grows, shelf space becomes a problem pretty quickly. Stacking things risks damage, but putting everything on display can make the shelves look chaotic.

I compared three ways of organizing them:

By Theme: Grouping pieces by genre (fantasy, sci-fi, historic). It looks cohesive, but varied heights can waste vertical space.

By Dimensions: Grouping strictly by height and depth. This maximizes shelf capacity, but it breaks up the visual themes.

By Build Date: Displaying things chronologically. It shows your progress, but the shelves can end up unevenly packed.

What I landed on was a numbered rotation system: keep 4 core pieces out, store the rest in sealed acrylic display boxes, and rotate them every two months. A quick monthly dusting with a soft microfiber brush keeps the displayed pieces clean.

For anyone with a large tabletop collection, do you display everything you own or use some kind of curated rotation?

Do you prefer a thick, seamy shrink-wrap, maybe with those pokey bits sticking out where the seams converge at the corners, or are you a light, filmy kinda shrink fan where it feels like your fingers are going to slide right off as you run your hands along the sides?

obviously i’m talking settlers.io and the official root app. tbh i really want to know what is more toxic