@mcanavino Meh is good at that Money Collecting Game. Also available in the set: Order & Regret, Receive & Discard. And thanks to new shipping, for an extended limited time only: Wait & Wait.
The boxes all say “ten dollar game night” on them. Maybe the comparison price should be $10 each? Although, to have a game night, you probably need more than one game, so maybe the comparison price should be $5 each?
@rjquillin, rhetoric such as this has inspired the uprising of hate crimes against Asian Americans in this country. Many cannot disassociate the people from the origin and so they take up their frustrations against that particular group. If you watch the second Borat, there is a reason why his mentioning of “The Wuhan Flu” has been made satire comedy.
Hey, if stating where a disease comes from is so “racist”, then the Spanish Flu, Hong Kong Flu, German Measles, MERS (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome), and Ebola (named after a river in Africa where it originated) are ALL racist terms, and we need to get rid of them. MAGA will return and bring SANITY back to the USA!
@danexton The “Spanish flu” likely started in Kansas. Spain was the only country not censoring news during WWI, so it made it look like the flu was worst there.
@rjquillin I’m not accusing you of racism. But being conscious of what words or phrases to use especially given that these are triggered to inflict harm upon another person should be considered. Speech is free, but there are consequences to them. That is all I’m saying. The question really boils down to: do you care or not?
@danexton You’re right. They are all pretty racist terminology. The concern now, is that calling something the Wuhan Flu/Chinese Flu has caused Asian Americans to suffer from those who want someone to blame and hate. It is wrong then, and it is wrong now. Traditions are changed all the time. Because something was traditionally named doesn’t necessarily mean it is correct. I ask you, do you care about the well-being of your neighbors? If no, then carry on. If yes, then please consider why these points are being raised with concern.
Scribble Dash, 59 seconds, Bing-oh, Risk and Reward … this sounds like what the boys used to do in the girls bathroom. Those were the days before saying you feel like girl gets you in.
@katbyter Well maybe for a very small family, or one where only two people like to play cards.
I was thinking Solitaire for two. Perfect isolation game for the pandemic or families who can’t stand actually doing stuff together. And if your partner leaves, you’re still good.
As a confirmed boardgame lover, I feel the need to warn everyone that these are (probably?) really terrible games. Two of them (:59 Seconds and Bing-Oh) managed to score under 4.5 out of 10 on BoardGameGeek. That’s… really bad. BGG users are generally more forgiving than even IMDb is for movies. Imagine how bad a movie would have to be to get a 4.5 rating on IMDb. These are worse than that. They barely qualify as “games” at all.
Skribble Dash actually has one moderately positive review, so that makes it the gem in this lot.
The last one, Risk & Reward, appears to not even have a listing on BGG. That’s basically unheard of. I’m almost tempted to buy this set just so I can create the BGG entry for it.
@Ceej@Seeds That’s a big question, but I think for something similar to (but better than) the small games on offer here I might look at content from publishers Button Shy Games (BGG) and Oink Games (BGG). Some review videos from Shut Up & Sit Down laying out which of the publishers’ games they like & don’t:
Button Shy Games (~30 mins, with time stamps.) (Why I Otter -not covered in this review- is a good two player trick-taking game from them, but you will have to buy a print-and-play version)
Recently I’ve been enjoying Mottainai and Seven Wonders Duel quite a bit, but those are both a bit more intense two player games than the above.
BoardGameGeek has a “best with X players” field for each catalogued game. A lot of games try to shoehorn in a two-player variant that doesn’t end up working well, so that field is a lot more useful than “playable with X players”.
Seven Wonders Duel is great, full stop.
Oink Games are great! Original, compact, and well made. But the ones I have tried are party games involving secret knowledge, which never work for two players.
One more thing – cooperative games involving character classes, like Pandemic or Forbidden Desert, aren’t great with just two characters. But nothing’s stopping you from playing multiple characters to ensure a balanced game.
Schotten Totten is one of my all-time favorite two-player card games. (I actually prefer the re-released version called Battle Line, but that appears to be harder to find; Schotten Totten is readily available on Amazon.)
Another classic two-player card game is Lost Cities - that might be a great place to start as it really is very simple but still hides a decent amount of strategy. (Note I’m talking about the original Lost Cities card game; there’s also a Lost Cities - The Board Game which I haven’t tried.)
Some of the Button Shy games do look great (and a few look kinda meh); I’ve ordered several but haven’t had a chance to actually play any yet.
I highly recommend Star Realms: Frontiers since it’s a great two-player dueling game, but also has variants in the box for 3- and 4-player games, solo, and co-operative versions.
There’s also a lot of co-operative games that play well at 2 or more than two players. I highly recommend any of the Legendary or Legendary Encounters games, which are IMHO at their best at 2 or 3 players. If I had to pick specific ones I’d suggest Legendary: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Legendary Encounters: X-Files. The “classic” version is Legendary: Marvel which is also excellent and has a huge number of expansions if you get into it.
I could go on all day, but since all of the ones I’ve mentioned so far are pretty mainstream, let me recommend a much less well-known one: Crimson Company. It’s a really neat two-player duel - it’s a little bit similar to Schotten Totten mechanically, but it’s got a lot of really interesting card abilities that make it a fascinating puzzle to play. I wish the original base game was readily available since it was quite cheap, but there’s an overproduced “Collector’s Edition” on Amazon for $38 which includes a few expansions. There’s also a Kickstarter for the next expansion going on right now if that kind of thing interests you.
Oh, I can’t forget BattleCON… and Bunny Kingdom! And Queendomino… oh, and roll and writes! On Tour … Railroad Dice … Welcome To … and bigger board games like Architects of the West Kingdom… wargames! Tide of Iron! Heroes of Normandie! Gah! Ok, I’m really stopping now. But let me know if you want any more recommendations, I live for this stuff.
We’ve been playing “Republicans Against Humanity” for four years and now we’re playing “Vaccine Roulette” and I’m hoping my number comes up before my number comes up.
@mattig88 Mmmm… Poopwafels.
Actually, the wafels weren’t bad; I had both the authentic Dutch ones and the weird Canadian healthy Poop ones. I still have some left and they are probably about to “expire,” but honestly those things are good for a long time in individual sealed packets.
Specs
:59 Seconds Game
Bing-Oh! Game
Risk & Reward Game
Skribble Dash Game
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
$47.71 at Amazon and Walmart
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Sep 17 - Tuesday, Sep 21
I ain’t got no time for games!
@yakkoTDI Not even :59 Seconds?
…wait, the back of the box says 15 minutes. What’s up with that?
Great for the family.
/buy
@jayman007 It worked! Your order number is: astonishing-perfumed-creature
/image astonishing perfumed creature
@jayman007 So even @mediocrebot is trying to tell us that this deal stinks? (isn’t that a skunk in the giphy it picked?)
@jayman007 @mediocrebot @pmarin Looks more like a badger. Kind of like @mediocrebot.
@jayman007 @macromeh @mediocrebot
/youtube badger badger mushroom
…From the makers of Going, Scrubble, Descend & Ascend, and Money Collecting Game.
@mcanavino Meh is good at that Money Collecting Game. Also available in the set: Order & Regret, Receive & Discard. And thanks to new shipping, for an extended limited time only: Wait & Wait.
@mcanavino @pmarin good one!
I just skribbled my pants. Bing-oh!
The boxes all say “ten dollar game night” on them. Maybe the comparison price should be $10 each? Although, to have a game night, you probably need more than one game, so maybe the comparison price should be $5 each?
Wuhan China Virus approved activity?
@rjquillin, seriously?
/giphy don’t be a racist dick
@rjquillin aren’t you just edgy af. you feel great putting your racism on display? trash.
@rjquillin, rhetoric such as this has inspired the uprising of hate crimes against Asian Americans in this country. Many cannot disassociate the people from the origin and so they take up their frustrations against that particular group. If you watch the second Borat, there is a reason why his mentioning of “The Wuhan Flu” has been made satire comedy.
@rjquillin So, do you now feel sufficiently chastised by the p.c. police?
Hey, if stating where a disease comes from is so “racist”, then the Spanish Flu, Hong Kong Flu, German Measles, MERS (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome), and Ebola (named after a river in Africa where it originated) are ALL racist terms, and we need to get rid of them. MAGA will return and bring SANITY back to the USA!
@danexton is MAGA the term you people are using for Trump now, or do you just mean a person like him?
@danexton The “Spanish flu” likely started in Kansas. Spain was the only country not censoring news during WWI, so it made it look like the flu was worst there.
@linkx22 I call 'em like I see 'em.
And I’m married to an Asian; no racism here.
@linkx22 @rjquillin Yep. Noooo racism.
@rjquillin Boy, people need to lighten up.
@pdkoenig Yes, so we blamed Spain, but no one claims that was racist. In fact newer studies show the Spanish Flu MAY have come from China as well!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu#China
@rjquillin I’m not accusing you of racism. But being conscious of what words or phrases to use especially given that these are triggered to inflict harm upon another person should be considered. Speech is free, but there are consequences to them. That is all I’m saying. The question really boils down to: do you care or not?
@danexton You’re right. They are all pretty racist terminology. The concern now, is that calling something the Wuhan Flu/Chinese Flu has caused Asian Americans to suffer from those who want someone to blame and hate. It is wrong then, and it is wrong now. Traditions are changed all the time. Because something was traditionally named doesn’t necessarily mean it is correct. I ask you, do you care about the well-being of your neighbors? If no, then carry on. If yes, then please consider why these points are being raised with concern.
Scribble Dash, 59 seconds, Bing-oh, Risk and Reward … this sounds like what the boys used to do in the girls bathroom. Those were the days before saying you feel like girl gets you in.
@hchavers we get it; you’re transphobic but a-ok with rape.
Has anyone actually played any of these games? Some of them say for only two players. Not so family friendly?
@katbyter Well maybe for a very small family, or one where only two people like to play cards.
I was thinking Solitaire for two. Perfect isolation game for the pandemic or families who can’t stand actually doing stuff together. And if your partner leaves, you’re still good.
Where did they buy these games, the dollar store in some unknown country?
@Star2236 Kardistan and Shufflakia.
As a confirmed boardgame lover, I feel the need to warn everyone that these are (probably?) really terrible games. Two of them (:59 Seconds and Bing-Oh) managed to score under 4.5 out of 10 on BoardGameGeek. That’s… really bad. BGG users are generally more forgiving than even IMDb is for movies. Imagine how bad a movie would have to be to get a 4.5 rating on IMDb. These are worse than that. They barely qualify as “games” at all.
Skribble Dash actually has one moderately positive review, so that makes it the gem in this lot.
The last one, Risk & Reward, appears to not even have a listing on BGG. That’s basically unheard of. I’m almost tempted to buy this set just so I can create the BGG entry for it.
@Ceej thanks for the warning! Almost bought em. Got any recommendations for unusual 2 player games?
@Ceej thanks
@Ceej Wow, did you look through the list of games from this publisher University Games on BGG?
459 games and it looks like most of them have ratings below 5. Their strategy is clearly quantity over quality. Yikes.
@Ceej @Seeds That’s a big question, but I think for something similar to (but better than) the small games on offer here I might look at content from publishers Button Shy Games (BGG) and Oink Games (BGG). Some review videos from Shut Up & Sit Down laying out which of the publishers’ games they like & don’t:
Recently I’ve been enjoying Mottainai and Seven Wonders Duel quite a bit, but those are both a bit more intense two player games than the above.
@Ceej @Seeds
BoardGameGeek has a “best with X players” field for each catalogued game. A lot of games try to shoehorn in a two-player variant that doesn’t end up working well, so that field is a lot more useful than “playable with X players”.
Seven Wonders Duel is great, full stop.
Oink Games are great! Original, compact, and well made. But the ones I have tried are party games involving secret knowledge, which never work for two players.
One more thing – cooperative games involving character classes, like Pandemic or Forbidden Desert, aren’t great with just two characters. But nothing’s stopping you from playing multiple characters to ensure a balanced game.
@Ceej @Seeds Hive! An AWESOME two-player strategy game. I can play it over and over again.
POPSOCKETS! SPROCKETS! DAVY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
@Seeds @whogots @The_Tim @crambledon @shewren7 Seven Wonders Duel is fantastic, although it is substantially more complex than anything here.
Schotten Totten is one of my all-time favorite two-player card games. (I actually prefer the re-released version called Battle Line, but that appears to be harder to find; Schotten Totten is readily available on Amazon.)
Another classic two-player card game is Lost Cities - that might be a great place to start as it really is very simple but still hides a decent amount of strategy. (Note I’m talking about the original Lost Cities card game; there’s also a Lost Cities - The Board Game which I haven’t tried.)
Some of the Button Shy games do look great (and a few look kinda meh); I’ve ordered several but haven’t had a chance to actually play any yet.
I highly recommend Star Realms: Frontiers since it’s a great two-player dueling game, but also has variants in the box for 3- and 4-player games, solo, and co-operative versions.
There’s also a lot of co-operative games that play well at 2 or more than two players. I highly recommend any of the Legendary or Legendary Encounters games, which are IMHO at their best at 2 or 3 players. If I had to pick specific ones I’d suggest Legendary: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Legendary Encounters: X-Files. The “classic” version is Legendary: Marvel which is also excellent and has a huge number of expansions if you get into it.
I could go on all day, but since all of the ones I’ve mentioned so far are pretty mainstream, let me recommend a much less well-known one: Crimson Company. It’s a really neat two-player duel - it’s a little bit similar to Schotten Totten mechanically, but it’s got a lot of really interesting card abilities that make it a fascinating puzzle to play. I wish the original base game was readily available since it was quite cheap, but there’s an overproduced “Collector’s Edition” on Amazon for $38 which includes a few expansions. There’s also a Kickstarter for the next expansion going on right now if that kind of thing interests you.
Oh, I can’t forget BattleCON… and Bunny Kingdom! And Queendomino… oh, and roll and writes! On Tour … Railroad Dice … Welcome To … and bigger board games like Architects of the West Kingdom… wargames! Tide of Iron! Heroes of Normandie! Gah! Ok, I’m really stopping now. But let me know if you want any more recommendations, I live for this stuff.
Yeah. This sounds like fun. I’ll buy it!
We’ve been playing “Republicans Against Humanity” for four years and now we’re playing “Vaccine Roulette” and I’m hoping my number comes up before my number comes up.
/giphy macabre-dear-beef
Garbage! I didn’t think it could get worse but here we are… can’t wait for the stroopwafels
@mattig88 Mmmm… Poopwafels.
Actually, the wafels weren’t bad; I had both the authentic Dutch ones and the weird Canadian healthy Poop ones. I still have some left and they are probably about to “expire,” but honestly those things are good for a long time in individual sealed packets.
Yeah, falling for it.
/buy
@Badmojoman Sorry, the
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Are these game’s compatible with Windows 10?
@AndyChase When you get frustrated with these, yes, you can throw them out of any type of windows.
Now, if they offered Carcasonne, Settlers of Catan, or Ticket To Ride, I’d pull the trigger.
@werekong For $19? That would be below the production cost, even at scale.
@whogots I’d gladly pay a little more for games of that caliber.
@werekong I should make myself a lasercut Carcassonne Master. That’s not a completely insane thing to do or anything.
@whogots And then what?
@werekong
And then make an appointment three weeks in advance to get my husband, who supposedly likes me, to play it.
@whogots Supposedly???
I feel like i’d find these in the clearance section of a Dollar Tree.
@RoninSavant You’d have to fight the Meh buyers for them.
Found a page with brief reviews and gameplay descriptions of all four games: https://www.thetoyinsider.com/ten-dollar-game-night-review/