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Wasted 6 hours shuffling my BGG collection by rating before I figured out sort by board game weight is way more useful for picking games with the right crowd.
It clicked when I brought a heavy Lacerda game to a casual meetup in Denver and everyone just stared at the rulebook for 20 minutes.
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lee8474d ago
lol I feel this so hard. I still remember bringing Great Western Trail to a "strategy game night" and watching two dudes just shut down when they saw the cow trading mechanics and the deck building. Weight filter is honestly the most underrated tool on BGG. Like if I'm going to a family thing I sort by 1.5-2.5 and grab something like Splendor or Cascadia. But for my regular group that loves a good puzzle I'll go for stuff like Barrage or Brass Birmingham. It's way more practical than trying to remember if a game is medium heavy or just medium.
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karen3614d ago
Whoa wait, hold up. A Lacerda game? At a casual meetup in Denver? That's wild, I can't even imagine the looks on people's faces when that box hit the table. Like, Vinhos or On Mars is the kind of thing you break out with a group that's already done a 10 hour marathon, not a random Tuesday night. Honestly, idk how you even got through the rule explanation without someone trying to order pizza or something.
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robins834d ago
Lee847 makes a solid point about the weight filter being the real MVP. I remember reading a thread where a guy said he brought Lisboa to a family reunion and three people just walked away to watch football. On Mars is even worse for a casual setting, that teach alone takes like an hour if people are paying attention. The rulebook for those Lacerda games is basically a small novel, no way that flies on a Tuesday unless the whole table is already hooked on heavy euros.
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