Online Board Games

[LemmingMaster]

Hi people,

Considering isolation has reduced our ability to play board games with groups of people, I've moved to online board games.

Facebook has a good group called VBPerth

Feel free for anyone to join, we also have a discord server that is great for organising and playing games.

I am currently enjoing board game arena and playing games like Troyes, Clans of Caledonia, Tzolkin, Love Letter, Saboteur, Sushi Go, Jaipur...

 

[Dinsdale]

Catan?

Catan online - Anyone interested?

Since we're all locked in, how about a game of Catan? https://www.catan.com/game/catan-universe looks like it can be played asynchronous - just take your turn when you have time. I'm downloading it for browser and will check it out, see how to connect with people you know instead of just...

www.bigfooty.com

 

[iluvparis]

Is this real time or with time between turns - happy to participate if its the latter

 

[Chief]

This has been going around the web:

 

[Chief]

I’ll get a better version uploaded.

 

[JezzasOnTheAsphalt]

Must say it only cops a mention in the 'Other' section above but I have been doing video conferences dedicated to Jackbox party games which have all still been highly entertaining and full of laughs.
From my experience it's been well worth it to run a video conference simultaneously when playing any of the online games though really, not as stimulating without that element.

 

[juss]

Just saw the above, will look into.

 

[Chief]

Humble Bundle of board games:

Humble Asmodee Digital Play With Friends Bundle

Get digital board and card games like Splendor, Carcassonne, Mysterium, Small World 2, The Lord of the Rings Adventure Card Game, and more!

www.humblebundle.com

 

[juss]

Humble Bundle of board games:

Humble Asmodee Digital Play With Friends Bundle

Get digital board and card games like Splendor, Carcassonne, Mysterium, Small World 2, The Lord of the Rings Adventure Card Game, and more!

www.humblebundle.com

Haven't played them but have heard good things particularly about Scythe and Carcassone.

How do these play online?

 

[Chief]

Haven't played them but have heard good things particularly about Scythe and Carcassone.

How do these play online?

I haven't played them sorry.

 

[Andre]

Haven't played them but have heard good things particularly about Scythe and Carcassone.

How do these play online?

Got this bundle on the weekend so my wife and I had some different games to do online with our 2 regular board game friends. Played Love Letter, Potion Explosion and Carcassone. Having all three ‘real’ versions the online ones feel largely the same. Worth getting if you’ve friends to play with, whilst waiting to meet up in person.

 

[Chief]

Here's the bigger version:

 

[Goodo73]

Steam are having their Summer Sale right now. Quite a few digital board games discounted. Also, Tabletop Simulator is down to ~$15.

 

[Chief]

Please ignore. Testing.

 

[rohit789]

I like to play online games. My favorite board game is the chess, ludo, snakes and ladders, etc. You can play with friends and family.

 

[Goodo73]

I've been playing a lot with friends on Boardgamearena recently, but in turn-based mode. In some instances it's been great (Space Base), but others not so much (Blood Rage).

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• AP has less of a negative impact
• You can jump in when you have a few spare minutes
• Have multiple games on the go (I think I had 15 at one point)

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• You're taken out of the context of a particular game and possible strategies (although you can take notes on BGA)
• The attraction of certain games is their more rapid nature and table talk
• Some games aren't configured very well for mobile play (e.g. A Feast for Odin) so don't lend themselves to playing a turn when you have 5 minutes.