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Real-Time Settlers of Catan
- amadeuspagel 2y agoWhat are simple realtime boardgames?
- doctorpangloss 2y agoEscape: Curse of the Temple is probably the best balance of good and simple realtime board game. Captain Sonar is the one you will actually convince people to play though, because it is conceptually cool, even if it's kind of meaningless.
- jncfhnb 2y agoWhat are you talking about? The real time component is extremely important to captain sonar. The essence of the game is a rush to figure out your opponent’s location and then capitalize on it while they panic.
- doctorpangloss 2y agoI like the game. I’m saying it’s not a meaningful strategy game. It’s basically competitive dice rolling. Escape, by comparison, is literally rolling dice. But you have to make some real decisions. Anyway, they’re both good, and people should try both.
- jncfhnb 2y agoI’m confused by what you possibly mean by “escape is literally rolling dice” when there is no dice in the game or source of randomness.
- orpheansodality 2y agoMagic Maze is a great one! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/209778/magic-maze https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/209778/magic-maze
- vanderZwan 2y agoBananagrams, as mentioned in other comments, is real-time scrabble. I guess "boggle" is a similar much older precursor
- jtolmar 2y agoSet. Or if you'd like that but faster and dumber, Pick A Pig Kites if you'd like a cooperative one.
- andrewclunn 2y agoDev Cards Roll Robber / Pirate (if applies) Dev Cards 2 Trading Building / Buying Dev Cards 3 In Conflict alway let the priority player go first. ON 7 move the priority indicator and new priority player moves robber / priate.
- mentos 2y agoWas kind of hoping this was browser based version of the game. I have no friends to play with ha I searched apparently ‘Space Alert’ is the most popular real time board game? Can anyone vouch or recommend one that is known for being real time?
- imzadi 2y agoI've played 5-minute dungeon. It's fun.
- grayfaced 2y agohttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamemechanic/2831/real-time https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamemechanic/2831/real-time Galaxy trucker has a good app and would recommend it both on mobile and in real life. Sidereal Confluence is highly complicated, high investment game that's based on frantic negotiation, I can't recommend it unless you're seriously into games.
- trekkie1024 2y agohttps://colonist.io https://colonist.io is the browser version of Catan. I play it often!
- AriedK 2y agohttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamecategory/1037/real-time/linkeditems/boardgamecategory?pageid=1&mechanicfilter=2831&sort=rank https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamecategory/1037/real-time/l... Not The most popular though, according to this list. From the top 10 I only played Galaxy Truckers and Space Alert, both of which I really enjoyed.
- ddek 2y agoSpace Alert is silly and fun and cooperative. Everyone also is forced to mention Galaxy Trucker as it’s also silly and fun, but the real time nature is quite isolated, and I prefer interactive games. Trading games like Chinatown and Sidereal Confluence often have real time phases for deal-making, of those two Sidereal is the better game by far but Chinatown is the one you’ll actually play. Finally no real time board game list is complete without Captain Sonar, a hyper-competitive 4v4 game of submarine warfare. If you consider simultaneous turns as a restrained form of real time, then ‘tabletop moba’ Guards of Atlantis 2 is really quite good.
- moffkalast 2y agoRTS Catan is just Age of Empires 2 with fewer steps :P
- cellis 2y agoImportant number to put after the game title. OG's know. Not 3, not 4. 2.
- bigstrat2003 2y agoNah man AoE 3 is where it's at. The only real problem with it was the home city system, and then only for multiplayer (I thought it was alright in single player).
- moffkalast 2y agoAoE 2 is like a 1965 Mustang Shelby while AoE 3 is like an RX-7 Veilside. Both really awesome in their own different ways.
- time0ut 2y agoThis is cool. I am going to try it with my kids next time we play. It also reminds me of a free to play online settlers of catan game from 15-20 years ago. There was no time limit on turns, so people could just grief the game by going AFK.
- epolanski 2y agoSlightly ot any interesting boards game you can recommend for a couple?
- walls 2y agoI went through boardgame geek a while back picking out all the top games with ideal players of two and a low complexity; The ones we liked the most: * Jaipur * Azul * Seven Wonders Duel * Five Tribes * Splendor
- afitnerd 2y agoTokaido duo Splendor duel A little wordy Patchwork Jaipur Sky Team
- lbrindze 2y agoRaccoon Tycoon is great for 2-5 and I can’t recommend it enough.
- Symmetry 2y ago* Race for the Galaxy * Roll for the Galaxy * Azul
- max-m 2y agoI really enjoy board game adaptation of Dorfromantik. Its a rather relaxing co-op game. There's also a "Duel" version of the game were two players (or teams) compete by playing with the same sequence of tiles. :)
- gnfurlong 2y agoI absolutely adore Hanabi, especially for two players. It's a cooperative game with very limited communication. Also another vote for Splendor Duel. The original Splendor is probably my favorite game and Duel is the better version for two players.
- ramses0 2y agoBlokus Duo
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- spacecadet 2y agoGreat idea! Ive modified almost every tabletop and CCG Ive played, mostly for speed or solo play against "table top ai".
- demirbey05 2y agoIf you need free and best version of Catan, you can play https://pioneers.game https://pioneers.game
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- declan_roberts 2y ago> Settlers of Catan is still a fine game, but can be tedious when you have to wait for other players to take long turns One house rule we use that dramatically speeds up the game is open-hand resources. No more asking "Does anybody have...?" incessantly. Just look around and get ready for your trade. The bulk of game time is actually just trading. We also remove the bandit and rolling an 7 is an automatic free resource for the roller and a re-roll. This helps unblock a lot of players in the beginning who are just sitting around waiting forever for a brick or similar. With these changes games are easily 2x or 3x faster.
- vanderZwan 2y agoWonder how that would mix with these real-time rules then. The blog post claims they can finish a "six-player Cities and Knights game in about 45 minutes". I doubt that would be 2x to 3x faster. But it might speed things up to take only half an hour.
- n_plus_1_acc 2y agoI hate the 7 because it just adds too much randomness to a strategy game.
- autoexec 2y agoI don't mind leaving some room for the Fates to influence a game, considering you're not entirely dependent on luck. Skillful players will still do better in the long run and just as in life anybody can have good/bad luck. You could change the roll to something other than a 7 to keep some element of chance with lower odds of it being an factor.
- doctorwho42 2y agoMan I have had a significant number of games where I have had a robber block my resources to the point where my turn is just a roll and then pass... For like 4-5 full cycles. And at that point I am playing for silly self imposed goals or to allow the game to keep going for the other players... Not for my own enjoyment.
- n_plus_1_acc 2y agoThe title made me think of a real settlement on a real island. Nonetheless very interesting.
- demiculus 2y agoHello, I'm Demi from https://colonist.io https://colonist.io team. I love this. It feels like what Bananagram did to scrabble. Scrabble -> Waiting turns Bananagram -> Everyone plays at the same time The difference in fun is 10x. We will use your app to see how it plays out. We might just end up implementing it :)
- inasio 2y agoI enjoyed the FAQ on resolving conflicts - basically don't be a dick, resolve the few conflicts that may arise by friendly consensus (or at worst flip a coin)
- komadori 2y agoI once did something in a similar vein, but with much less sophistication. We had 8 players and 2 copies of Catan. The games were played simultaneously and the rule was that the first player to win a game was the overall winner. Everyone was very motivated to play frantically!
- knodi123 2y agolol, simplicity is a hallmark of genius
- IggleSniggle 2y agoBrilliant.
- jdcampolargo 2y agoif you're into catan,these videos from a diamond player are a must-watch https://www.youtube.com/@Jooglish-zd3jh https://www.youtube.com/@Jooglish-zd3jh
- stevage 2y agoThis looks great. I wonder what other games it could be applied to.