Two years into the world's most complicated board game, masochist gamers "still don't understand what the camels do"
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The ridiculously complex Campaign for North Africa boasts 1,500 hours and recommends you play with 10 people - these gamers aim to finish it with two.
  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    4 days ago

    Let me guess… Campaign for North Africa? Are they tracking their Pasta Points? (The Pasta Rule isnt actually a real rule)

    EDIT: I knew it. Even the author says the game sucks in the game writings lol.

  • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    5 days ago

    My friends tried to get me to play Axis and Allies once by telling me their last game went past sunrise.

    I politely declined.

    • Nighed@feddit.ukEnglish
      18·
      5 days ago

      Some people love complicated, long board games, others hate them.

      I love a good economy builder.

    • BlaestEgnen@feddit.dkEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      I used to play Axis and Allies with a roommate, we would routinely have a game on the living room table and play bits of it at a time.

      That game’s a monster

  • AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    5 days ago

    I’m not cool enough to have a lot of experience with modern board games, but it seems like a lot of them should be computer games for all the fiddly stuff to track.

    • frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      5 days ago

      There are a variety of apps for tracking stats/modifiers and all sorts of other stuff for any popular modern board games I’ve gotten into.

      • blueduck@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        This is my own bad take: I feel the same about ticket to ride. I do not want to count individual train cars to get my points or validate I did the route or that I have the longest train.

        Me draw card. Me place car. You give score. That’s about as much as my caveman brain can handle

        • Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          I mean don’t sell yourself short, im sure you’re plenty smart lol – it’s just time, i just cant spend eight hours tabletop gaming overnight like I used to when I was a lot younger.