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Then what, print it out to play on the kitchen table?

by downThePipe 2y ago

tardibear 2y ago
It supports multiplayer over the network.
ramon156 2y ago
> multiplayer networking Its in the description
vasco 2y ago
Put the screen on the kitchen table and sit around it, call it CounterTop Surface, have a little imagination man.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago
  You say this like a joke, but that would bring a lot of usability and convenience improvements compared to a physical board game. Just moving stuff out of and back into the box can take a lot of work. It's easy to overlook rules that a computerized game automatically handles for you, though. For example, I'm part of a group that plays Heat ( https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=heat https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=heat ) every week. An important part of that game is moving the game-controlled cars, and since the platform handles that, only one person in the group. This is potentially quite bad for strategy, depending on the rules you don't know. Another issue that comes up in the same game is people losing track of the size of their deck. The game is very generous about the allowable timing of deck-manipulation effects, but if you're not actively paying attention you can draw through your deck and trigger a reshuffle, wiping out your discard pile, when you wanted to do something special before the reshuffle. This isn't a mistake it's possible to make while using a physical game.
  - jz67 2y ago
    Hey sorry if this is not the place for it but I play heat a lot too and I was looking for a group like this on bgm since the random matches have a lot of people rage quiting etc. can I ask to join this group?
    - azemetre 2y ago
      Do you play live or turn based games? I never had an issue of people rage quitting, I also tend to set the games to one turn per day which is reasonable for most people.
  - thaumasiotes 2y ago
    > and since the platform handles that, only one person in the group. This should read "only one person in the group knows how it works".
- sethammons 2y ago
  a tad further: a central phone or tablet as a main board that you interact with via touch and where you can then transfer over to your handheld device over the network to manage your hand. I've not seen this yet, and it would be a pretty great experience I think. No clean up
  - dalmo3 2y ago
    This is basically how Jackbox games work.

Then what, print it out to play on the kitchen table?

tardibear 2y ago

It supports multiplayer over the network.

ramon156 2y ago

> multiplayer networking Its in the description

vasco 2y ago

Put the screen on the kitchen table and sit around it, call it CounterTop Surface, have a little imagination man.

thaumasiotes 2y ago
You say this like a joke, but that would bring a lot of usability and convenience improvements compared to a physical board game. Just moving stuff out of and back into the box can take a lot of work. It's easy to overlook rules that a computerized game automatically handles for you, though. For example, I'm part of a group that plays Heat ( https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=heat https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=heat ) every week. An important part of that game is moving the game-controlled cars, and since the platform handles that, only one person in the group. This is potentially quite bad for strategy, depending on the rules you don't know. Another issue that comes up in the same game is people losing track of the size of their deck. The game is very generous about the allowable timing of deck-manipulation effects, but if you're not actively paying attention you can draw through your deck and trigger a reshuffle, wiping out your discard pile, when you wanted to do something special before the reshuffle. This isn't a mistake it's possible to make while using a physical game.
- jz67 2y ago
  Hey sorry if this is not the place for it but I play heat a lot too and I was looking for a group like this on bgm since the random matches have a lot of people rage quiting etc. can I ask to join this group?
  - azemetre 2y ago
    Do you play live or turn based games? I never had an issue of people rage quitting, I also tend to set the games to one turn per day which is reasonable for most people.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago
  > and since the platform handles that, only one person in the group. This should read "only one person in the group knows how it works".
sethammons 2y ago
a tad further: a central phone or tablet as a main board that you interact with via touch and where you can then transfer over to your handheld device over the network to manage your hand. I've not seen this yet, and it would be a pretty great experience I think. No clean up
- dalmo3 2y ago
  This is basically how Jackbox games work.