Twilight Struggle

[asper]

This game is currently #1 on the BoardGameGeek ranking.

It's a relatively lightweight Cold War themed strategy game with cards, meaning mostly that a game takes much less time than say Axis&Allies but still has strategic depth.

Have any Codexers played this? I'd be interested in opinions.

 

[DwarvenFood]

It has been mentioned in this thread: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/two-player-board-games-to-play-with-her.74132/

Gets quite a lot of recommendations.

 

[Ulminati]

It's quite good. But I've had trouble finding players for it in the past. The board game playing crowd I know are people I usually meet in groups, so 2-player games tend to be cast aside in favour of 4-6 player ones.

 

[Gregz]

Twilight Struggle

I admit that I struggled too for a while...everyone made fun of Twilight and I laughed with them without knowing what I was mocking...but then one magical night, it was on cable. I said to myself "why not, I gotta see why people make fun of this, it could be funny".

The rest is history.

Don't struggle, don't resist...if you're meant to become a Twihard...you will.

 

[Akasen]

Gregz, are you feeling alright?

 

[Sranchammer]

It's quite good. But I've had trouble finding players for it in the past. The board game playing crowd I know are people I usually meet in groups, so 2-player games tend to be cast aside in favour of 4-6 player ones.

That's what female/male sexual partners are for. You can argue with no consequences

 

[Muty]

The game is awesome. It gets better and better with each playthrough.

 

[Ellef]

The game has hit steam and has a tutorial, which is hopefully good as I've never even seen it played because my gaming group is >= 3. Currently $12 USD

http://store.steampowered.com/app/406290/

 

[Grimgravy]

My experience is limited, but it seems like foreknowledge of the cards is an advantage.

 

[Azalin]

My experience is limited, but it seems like foreknowledge of the cards is an advantage.

Inb4 someone starts complaining about De Gaulle

 

[MicoSelva]

Good game, but I sold my copy pretty fast, since for me 2-player board games are rather pointless, as they are easily supplanted by more universal 2-4 and 2-5 player games. Not to mention local multiplayer video games.

Digital version is a cool idea, though, especially if the AI is decent.