frogbear wrote:
kyussinchains wrote:
@Frogbear
do you find it harder to reach a consensus with your group as to what to play? or do you set a schedule so everyone gets to play their favourite?
Good question. We just recently finished a calendar (for the boardgames week) and that worked pretty well to set up a range of games well ahead of time so as we got the rules read and they were ready for the guys on that night. In effect we set up games for 3-4 players and another for 4+ players. That way we always had the night covered. Recently however we just organise it one or two weeks ahead of time. I would like to get the calendar working again however
As for Wargames, that is a little more chaotic. Probably decided 1 week to as little as 2 hours before the night gets started and with who shows up. Wargames have really taken a dive recently since the days of Epic games and Blood Bowl leagues, however WHFB has started to get the numbers going from 2 to as much as 6 if we are lucky.
If I am able to organise a leave pass, we can usually get about 4-5 guys together for a Chaos in the Old World or Arkham Asylum boardgame game. Otherwise, I may just campaign for a beer + pretzels night and break out Talisman to the groan of many of the guys
that sounds like a decent system, my group is pretty fragmented at the moment, one guy is over in LA, one guy has pretty much quit the hobby, one guy is out of work and has zero cash and the other 3 of us are all parents with toddlers to look after......
We used to solely play WFB (from 4th-7th edition) with occasional monopoly to take a break.... I bought Zombies!! along, but then everybody got addicted to it and ruined any semblance of fun by overplaying it.... I got axis and allies as I wanted something a bit more in-depth than risk, but it's really split opnions, 2 of the guys HATE it and won't try to learn how to play it well, and it's the kind of game that takes a while to get into....
the LA guy ONLY wants to play GW wargames, he said he'd give Epic a shot next time he's in my neck of the woods, but he's not interested in kings of war or anything else....
