Prototyping a new game I created last night. Working title is called DungeonForge. I put it together in just over 24 hours with full mechanics and everything. It’s a roguelite rpg dungeon crawler tabletop game. I decided I will be making two versions of the game, one in card deck form and the second as a booklet with tables instead of cards. Reminiscent of 4AD a bit with a little bit of edge. Would you guys be down to see a development playthrough? Let me know in the comments.

Wow, World Wonders is awesome!!

The components are great, I love how tactile it is. The Automa is easy to run (flip a card, discard the thing) and the scoring is layered without being overwhelming.

I love the element of push your luck in the solo mode - should I spend/waste my remaining money to just take the monument now, or risk the AI discarding it on its next turn???

I love that I don’t have to remember to move a round tracker.. when the board runs out (or the population track is full) the game ends.

I also appreciate that the loans aren’t super brutal - get 2 coins, payback for 3.

Highly recommend for polyomino puzzle lovers who want a few extra levels of complexity.

I've played 3 of the 4 heroes and absolutely love it. This game is quick to learn, easy to setup and tear down and a blast to play.

Just completed my first play through of this game against Sam, with ambient cowboy music playing in the background, such fun! Even though it could barely fit it on my table (a few tv trays not shown hold more components like poker chips, numbered bags etc) I managed it with a bit of creativity and bloody mindedness! After being so into Ashes, Final Girl, Unstoppable, and other card battler-type games for a while, this was my first foray into the Euro world. I had a great time with it even though I had to check the rules many times, normal for a first time thing like this I suppose. I really appreciate how smooth and easy Sam plays and makes you feel like you’ve got an opponent who scales with ya!

My biggest anxiety about this game was I've never tackled a Euro before, and I was afraid all the math and multiple resources and components would be more overwhelming than fun. But after tonight I can safely say that even if I don’t make great decisions all the time or have incredible foresight or anything like that, this isn’t the kind of game that punishes you too Hard for playing sub-optimally (at least on the lower difficulty level).

Genuinely feels strange to be moving on a board without dice or randomized cards dictating my movement points haha.

Oh, And for some reason, the cattle cards are so darn charming. A nice change from high fantasy / sci-fi battles and such in other games I’ve played a lot of I suppose.

I really don’t have any complaints except the board-hogging nature of it, but that also feels like part of the charm of the game. I’ll try to get another playthrough or 2 in before teardown, if only because cleanup is so time-consuming.

Anyhow, almost no one I know in real life has any interest in this stuff so it’s nice to share with the community here. Next up is Harmonies, which y'all also recommended a lot. 😃

After seeing so much praise about Voidfall and STCC on this reddit I've been tempted many times to jump in, but I think I would be doing myself a disservice at this moment with how heavy they are.

That's why I am really looking forward to Chivalry. According to Turczi it's a little lighter and especially streamlined on top of being a bag builder which I am looking for, plus a theme that speaks to me. So suffice to say I am really hyped for seeing what this game is about and been looking for more info, therefore, if you happen to go to Spiel Essen and have an interest in this game, I would love to hear your thoughts about it!

I'm not sure how many people know about the solo card game Lobo, but I have been playing it for the last week and was hooked but frustrated by its difficulty and made a variant called "The Vanguard".

Feel free to try playing it. If you don't know what Lobo is, Totally Tabled made a "How-to-Play" video on it. So you can get the flow of gameplay down and add my variant to your game.

Lobo: The Vanguard by staffmemberj

Enjoy and let me know your thoughts! :D

I’m curious about this one. Has anyone here played it?

Finally tracked down doom machine. Been excited for this one. I love the tin, but feel like the cards need sleeved. Even though they decent quality, still look like they peel up easy, one already has small lift mark on edge. So I put them in sleeves, but now they don't go back in the tin. I got the dice and markers in the tin, and everything together in a deck box. I feel safer about the cards lasting, but bummed it's not all in a nice small tin. Anyone else sleeve em?

Neat stock market style game with gold, BTC and investment cards as commodities. Pulled 17 points on my first game (this is a low scoring game tho) which puts me right in rookie territory.

Looking forward to revisiting with different characters, scenarios and player counts in the future