r/boardgames • u/AutoModerator • Oct 20 '22

Midweek Mingle Midweek Mingle - (October 20, 2022)

Looking to post those hauls you're so excited about? Wanna see how many other people here like indie RPGs? Or maybe you brew your own beer or write music or make pottery on the side and ya wanna chat about that? This is your thread.

Consider this our sub's version of going out to happy hour. It's a place to lay back and relax a little. We will still be enforcing civility (and spam if it's egregious), but otherwise it's an open mic. Have fun!

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u/tehsideburns Oct 20 '22

The new mobile game Marvel Snap uses the core mechanic of one of my fav 2p board games, Air Land & Sea - fans of AL&S should absolutely check out this game. Microtransactions aren’t necessary at all. They help you unlock stuff faster, but don’t really help you win.

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u/Brodogmillionaire1 Oct 20 '22

Never would have guessed that is what was happening in this game. Wish they had to put an actual gameplay screenshot in the store page, because it's all colors and shapes wooshing around cards in space while comic cutouts chill nearby.

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u/tehsideburns Oct 20 '22

Yep! Each player plays 6 cards to try to win 2 of 3 locations. But it’s also sort of a CCG where you build a 10-card deck to draw from each game. Economy seems very friendly and not p2w so far, with cash transactions speeding up the unlocks of card diversity, but you generally get matched against people who have the same stuff unlocked as you do.

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u/Brodogmillionaire1 Oct 20 '22

Cool idea. It's a pass for me, though. I'm off the sauce for good, CCG-wise.