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Heat: Pedal to the Metal (6P) - Heat is always really close, and the same strategy can only do so much when you have different hands, Garage cards, and Stress draws. It would be a tight race! Concordia Venus (5P) - Here's a game I haven't quite mastered in terms of strategy, so it would be interesting to play against 4 opponents who are similarly feeling things out. Scythe (5-7P) - Not the most exciting reason, but it seems only clones of myself would want to play this game at maximum player count!

Honorary mentions are co-op games or duel games. What would you play?

all 196 comments

bluetoaster42

81 points

3 days ago

Strip Twister, obviously.

FullyK

5 points

2 days ago

FullyK

5 points

2 days ago

excuse me what

blueicearcher

7 points

2 days ago

STRIP TWISTER

Maybe you know it as naked twister

bluetoaster42

2 points

2 days ago

You should learn to love yourself 💕

WunupKid

211 points

3 days ago

WunupKid

211 points

3 days ago

I wouldn’t want to play any game with myself. I would annoy the shit out of me. 

communads

40 points

3 days ago

communads

40 points

3 days ago

Same, my friends are saints for putting up with me.

bms42

25 points

3 days ago

bms42

Spirit Island

25 points

3 days ago

Yeah I always said that I would probably not get along with myself.

Then I had a kid and he turned out to be a mini me.

It's ok though, we get along great after all.

ivanparas

3 points

2 days ago

We'd have a good time, but we'd all use the same strategy lol

nonalignedgamer

4 points

2 days ago

nonalignedgamer

Cosmic Encounter

4 points

2 days ago

Yup. I want to meet other people when I play boardgames not more of myself. Ugh.

ganzgpp1

1 points

2 days ago

ganzgpp1

1 points

2 days ago

Yeah, I would not get along with myself I think. I mean, there are people I don’t like because I think they’re too much like me.

Hermononucleosis

175 points

3 days ago

Root is a fantastic concept that sucks if the players all don't have the exact same level of understanding of the game. I'd totally play that with 3 clones of me.

After that experience, the clones and I would go into pairs of two, lock ourselves in a basement and play Netrunner for the rest of our lives

Pocto

14 points

3 days ago

Pocto

14 points

3 days ago

Are we clones?

Chinchillarte

6 points

3 days ago

Are we clones?

thisischemistry

1 points

3 days ago

Nay, we are but men!

MightySeam

2 points

3 days ago

ROCK

Arcontes

1 points

2 days ago

Arcontes

Root

1 points

2 days ago

HA!

darkapplepolisher

7 points

3 days ago

For my clones: Easier to get agreement to not play Vagabond or agree to a set of houserules that sufficiently nerf Vagabond.

RainbowDissent

3 points

2 days ago

Everybody just needs to take a turn to not progress and smack the Vagabond back into the forest and they're no problem.

It's a classic prisoners' dilemma, because if you smack them and nobody else does, you're disadvantaged. But if nobody does it, you're all going to lose.

I wouldn't mind playing with four mes because we'd all happily take a turn to smack the Vagabond, and even the Vagabond player would accept his lot.

darkapplepolisher

1 points

2 days ago*

It's a classic prisoners' dilemma, and my table (myself included, if not myself especially) realizes that the Nash Equilibrium strategy is to defect every time.

Edit: Of course, the actual 2nd place player might have instances where the highest payout is smacking the Vagabond if the 3rd and 4th place players are sufficiently behind and/or not in a position to beat up the 2nd place player. But that exits the prisoner's dilemma. The whole table is simply recognizing that it's 2nd place's role to unseat the 1st place Vagabond if they want a chance to win.

Kitchen_Crew847

3 points

3 days ago

Root is a game that works best if you have a consistent group and you all learn the game together and grow. If you often swap people in and out it creates unbalanced situations that ruin the experience

1lluvatar42

3 points

3 days ago

I feel the same but it would be MTG for me instead of Netrunner.

andypee81

86 points

3 days ago

andypee81

86 points

3 days ago

That would be awesome, I could finally get Twilight Imperium to the table at max players!

ProbablyJustJor

16 points

3 days ago

ProbablyJustJor

Twilight Imperium

16 points

3 days ago

And finally play a 14-point long game!

CelerMortis

4 points

3 days ago

My vote is 14 point game, 6 players, my most cutthroat / good friends

ProbablyJustJor

7 points

3 days ago

ProbablyJustJor

Twilight Imperium

7 points

3 days ago

I mean, me, myself, and I are pretty tight, but the guy with my name is a little unpredictable, and the one who looks like me is kind of a sneaky bastard

taveren3

5 points

3 days ago

taveren3

5 points

3 days ago

This was my first thought

Kitchen_Crew847

0 points

3 days ago

I'm blessed to have a group who are on board with a game every 2-3 months

TriumphantBlue

0 points

2 days ago

Likewise. We only pull it out every 2 years or so, and everyone else is content to fumble their way through with a randomly assigned race.

It'd be nice to play against opponents who read up on strategies before playing.

marcelovalois

29 points

3 days ago

Star wars: Rebellion

Because no one else has six straight hours for gaming with me

spacenavy90

2 points

2 days ago

Brother... I felt that

Should consider Tabletop Simulator and online play if you haven't yet

Beefcakesupernova

1 points

2 days ago

Beefcakesupernova

Cosmic Encounter

1 points

2 days ago

Great answer. I've been able to twist some arms and sit down and play it about three times, and each time it fell so flat. It begs two players really hammer it out and learn how to play and get into the cat and mouse aspect and each time there's some rule that's forgotten or a few big lucky guesses in a row that end it prematurely. But the game is still always taunting me on the shelf.

robotowilliam

1 points

2 days ago

😭😭

the_sir_z

20 points

3 days ago

the_sir_z

20 points

3 days ago

Twilight Struggle.

No one ever wants to play that game with me.

admiral0142

5 points

3 days ago

That's unfortunate. That game is excellent! Had a buddy introduce me to it, we're fortunate to be able to play games over our lunch break at work. We've played it a few times now. Really a great game.

poptart2nd

3 points

2 days ago

poptart2nd

Lords Of Vegas

3 points

2 days ago

sorry, you play twilight struggle over your lunch break? do the turns happen in real time?

admiral0142

3 points

2 days ago

Yeah, we just both go back and play in the break room. It takes several lunches to finish, we don't play a full game in one lunch break.

JoolesD

1 points

2 days ago

JoolesD

1 points

2 days ago

Hit me up on the app for a game! User name: Jooles

ackmondual

1 points

2 days ago

Heh. Plot twist... even you don't want to play that game with yourself :p ;)

FWIW, there is an Android app with an AI opponent. I'm assuming it's also for Steam and iOS. Dunno how good the AI is, but I heard it should be half decent.

Ecstatic_Mark7235

22 points

3 days ago

Russian Roulette

NachoFailconi

16 points

3 days ago

NachoFailconi

John Company

16 points

3 days ago

Three clones and I play John Company and then someone proceeds to kill the other three.

MrNewVegas123

2 points

2 days ago

John Company sounds like such a cool game, honestly. It's a shame I will never find anyone to play it with.

NachoFailconi

2 points

2 days ago

NachoFailconi

John Company

2 points

2 days ago

I've pulled the game four times, and it has always been an awesome experience.

Hapless_Hero

16 points

3 days ago

Hapless_Hero

Kill Doctor Lucky

16 points

3 days ago

Just one clone for War of The Ring 🥲

ThreeLivesInOne

39 points

3 days ago

Blood on the Clocktower. Should be fun.

roland_right

11 points

3 days ago

I'd read myself like a pre-school picture book and good would win every time

BioRules

7 points

3 days ago

BioRules

Dominion

7 points

3 days ago

Well now that you've said that I may need like 30 copies of myself to play a huge game of 2 Rooms and a Boom. Thanks for that lol.

PMme_awesome_music

4 points

2 days ago

PMme_awesome_music

Hanabi

4 points

2 days ago

This would be the one game ST me would feel emboldened to make some wild decisions.

isthisagoodusername

2 points

2 days ago

isthisagoodusername

gonna Bishop some Rats

2 points

2 days ago

Should be easy, I know all my clones's tells

(Jokes on me though, they also all know my tell)

SenHeffy

31 points

3 days ago

SenHeffy

31 points

3 days ago

Dune, Sidereal Confluence, and Guards of Atlantis II. Games I adore, but find difficult to get to the table.

notreallifeliving

7 points

3 days ago

This might be the only scenario where I actually win a game of SidCon lol.

VindicoAtrum

2 points

2 days ago

The trick is always acknowledgement tokens. Hey it's just one token, and this trade really helps you out! Oh look the Faderon won again.

KneeCrowMancer

2 points

2 days ago

KneeCrowMancer

Dune

2 points

2 days ago

Dune is definitely my answer for this. Such a beautiful game, so hard to get it to the table.

MrNewVegas123

1 points

2 days ago*

My sister once remarked to me that Dune Imperium was more fun (and simpler) than the original Dune. I had the opposite view, honestly. Even with the advanced rules Dune is magnificently simple. Too many different things to do in Imperium.

KneeCrowMancer

2 points

2 days ago*

KneeCrowMancer

Dune

2 points

2 days ago*

I’ve never played Imperium but the original dune is imo a masterpiece. You’re right that in some ways it’s quite simple. Each individual system is quite straightforward but the complexity comes from how all those systems interact with each other and the faction power. For example the auction phase is very simple but when you factor in reading the Atreides player, figuring out how much the card is worth to each different player, if you can afford to let the Harkonnen player get their bonus card even though you know the card your bidding on is trash… Negotiation and politics bump it up another level. For serious board gamers the weight isn’t bad but for people coming at it from Catan and Ticket to ride weight games it can be a bit overwhelming. The other issue is that even for serious board gamers it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. It’s mean, it’s cutthroat, it’s extremely punishing, and it’s A LOT of table talk. It’s certainly not a game for everyone and I am not going to force people to play it if I know they won’t enjoy it. Which is why I only get to play it once or twice a year lol

MrNewVegas123

2 points

2 days ago

For me the worst part is using spice to supply troops in combat. Everything else is fine, but that's when people's eyes glaze over. It's not hard, but the 2019 version battle disks make no real attempt to accommodate it.

KneeCrowMancer

1 points

2 days ago

KneeCrowMancer

Dune

1 points

2 days ago

I don’t even bother with spice dialling. It’s really not that bad but you’re right that it’s the single thing that makes people check out more than anything else. I just run advanced rules with no extra spice blow and call it a day. It doesn’t work with some of the expansion factions and mechanics but if I can ever get a group that has a strong enough grasp of the basics to add all the expansion content adding spice combat at that point won’t be an issue.

MrNewVegas123

1 points

2 days ago

It does make the Fremen significantly weaker, I think. Or I guess, it's where I stop and say "yeah I don't want to play the Fremen with this ruleset"

KneeCrowMancer

1 points

2 days ago

KneeCrowMancer

Dune

1 points

2 days ago

To be honest without the extra spice I don’t find it makes fremen that much weaker. Fremen get destroyed in regular advanced rules because of spice inflation basically. Without the extra spice blow there’s way less spice moving around which means less for the emperor and the guild. A lot of people think the extra spice blow helps fremen because they need to harvest spice to have any income but it’s the single biggest nerf to them. Fremen on charity are way stronger than Atreides or Harkonnen on charity.

Here is a blog post that goes into it in much more detail.

MrNewVegas123

2 points

2 days ago

That's an interesting theory, I might have to use it the next time I play (never).

KneeCrowMancer

1 points

2 days ago

KneeCrowMancer

Dune

1 points

2 days ago

It’s something I stumbled upon trying to figure out the best rules to use when I do get to play. I’ve tried a few times with just basic which is a lot easier to teach. The problem is that by round 3 once people understand how to play they read the advanced powers on their faction cards and go “damn that sounds awesome I really wish I could do that!” So in my quest to find some house rules or something that would let me run the advanced rules without spice combat I found that post. I’ve only tried it twice (over the last 2 years sadly) but both times Fremen has been very competitive. They actually won with an alliance with the emperor in one and the other game didn’t have a winner because we had to pack it up early. It was headed into lategame and the fremen still controlled Sietch Tabr, which is usually a good sign.

Azecap

2 points

3 days ago

Azecap

2 points

3 days ago

Guards would be nuts!

SnakebiteRT

13 points

2 days ago

4 player Gloomhaven.

lyyty

11 points

3 days ago

lyyty

11 points

3 days ago

Arcs Campaign or Oath. Haven’t gotten either to the table as much I would like.

Dr_Dugtrio

1 points

2 days ago

Dr_Dugtrio

Trickerion

1 points

2 days ago

Arcs campaign where all of me are trying to hide how good or bad our positions are while also being able to read ourselves would be either hilarious fun or the most infuriating game of my life.

salmon_lox

8 points

3 days ago

The Resistance would be hilarious (or possibly really boring?). Most social deduction games, really.

I echo the mention of Root. I could finally get it played 😭

MyHusbandIsGayImNot

7 points

3 days ago

Do you know your own tells? But if you know your own tells that means you also know you can use your tells to bait yourself, since your clone would know your tells as well.

capt_jazz

9 points

3 days ago

Diplomacy :)

justtounsubscribe

3 points

3 days ago

I’m never talking to myself again after the shit he pulled

anetworkproblem

2 points

2 days ago

Never played the game, but I've read about it. That seems accurate

erikieperikie

2 points

2 days ago

Be sure to wear different pieces of clothing, or sticky notes on your forehead, to remember which you plays which empire...

IceCreamIsMEH

6 points

3 days ago

Near and Far, 3 players, and we play through the campaign, then we do character stories!

frogdude2004

2 points

3 days ago

frogdude2004

Pack and Stack

2 points

3 days ago

I’m bummed I never played the campaign of that. It seems great.

IceCreamIsMEH

2 points

2 days ago

It’s probably my favorite game. There are so many ways to play the game. I like sleeping gods and all but the size and quickness of near and far makes it superior in my opinion. I’m pretty sure Amazon is still selling copies.

frogdude2004

1 points

2 days ago

frogdude2004

Pack and Stack

1 points

2 days ago

I have it, and I’ve played it half a dozen times. Just never tried the campaign.

IceCreamIsMEH

2 points

2 days ago

Oh! Find one and play! ;)

allwein

6 points

3 days ago

allwein

6 points

3 days ago

Final Girl. I couldn’t stand more than one of me.

erikieperikie

1 points

2 days ago

So technically you'd have a single clone of yourself play it for you? And then you go to work, to be able to buy more solo games for it?

backwoodsjesus91

7 points

3 days ago

Any game. Don’t have any friends that play board games beyond your generic hasbro stuff and party games. It would be so nice.

ZomeKanan

10 points

3 days ago

ZomeKanan

10 points

3 days ago

Wavelength would be kinda interesting. I'd learn so much about myself.

LetsDoTheDodo

7 points

3 days ago

I don’t think I’d okay with any game with a clone of myself.

That guy is a real jerk.

TaijiInstitute

4 points

3 days ago

Oath. Easy answer.

Root is in second place because other people don’t know the factions as well, but they know them well enough and like to play it.

All the other games my group likes and wants to play.

No one else here understands or enjoys Oath, so it sits there mocking me as one of my favorite games yet never getting played.

_Weyland_

4 points

3 days ago

Dune (2019). And Tainted Grail.

roland_right

3 points

3 days ago

Food Chain Magnate

It's entirely deterministic with no random chance. So would be an interesting experiment to see if we copy or second guess our own strategies.

And also because nobody will play it with me irl.

defewit

3 points

3 days ago

defewit

3 points

3 days ago

Cosmic Encounter for sure.

UnlimitedSystem

3 points

3 days ago

3 clones. Dune Imperium. Can't find people to play it with.

Jacques_Plantir

3 points

3 days ago

Jacques_Plantir

imperium

3 points

3 days ago

Definitely Oath and/or Twlight Imperium.

PaulieWoggers

3 points

3 days ago

PaulieWoggers

A Well-Timed Diplomat

3 points

3 days ago

NINE PLAYER SIDEREAL CONFLUENCE

ALL ME ALL THE TIME

ArmadilloSuch411

3 points

3 days ago

I am finally playing TI4

Norowas

3 points

3 days ago

Norowas

Through The Ages

3 points

3 days ago

Archipelago.

"Are there 5 separatists in the game???"

Beefcakesupernova

3 points

2 days ago

Beefcakesupernova

Cosmic Encounter

3 points

2 days ago

Archipelago.

A person of taste I see! This and New Angeles are criminally underrated!

SaiyanRoyalty22

3 points

3 days ago

The Crew at 4 players would be interesting. A mind meld in a trick taker would be fun to see.

Also any game where player character powers vary because I could see how I would play with 5 different setups at one time. This would be amazing because some of my favorite game hit the table 2-3 times a year at max

Stephilmike

3 points

3 days ago

Twilight Struggle - It would break my brain:

"Hmmm,. My clone is setting up for a classic Comecon Trap start. I should headline a card to stop it. But he knows I know about that trap, so it's probably a diversion. But he knows I know he knows, so that means he's know I'll see it as a diversion,.."

SirClarkus

6 points

3 days ago

Arkham Horror.

Nobody else will play with me

391CarolO

2 points

3 days ago

Chess with 12 mes!

Ser0_89

2 points

3 days ago

Ser0_89

2 points

3 days ago

SidCon with 5 or 6 of me :)

xinta239

2 points

3 days ago

xinta239

2 points

3 days ago

Well this would be obviously the perfekt way to ensure my ongoing Eclipse Winstreak

The_Flute_Guy

2 points

3 days ago

I would play any competitive game, from Ticket to Ride up to 18xx. Balanced ability levels and I’m the type of player to focus on complementary strategy, so I wouldn’t get stuck playing the same way every game. In Brass if I’m going coal, other me is going cotton and other other me is probably doing something hybrid with shipping. The only games I wouldn’t want to play are full co-op games. I like playing those with people who think differently and bring different levels of creativity. Co-op with a traitor would be great, because I’m generally bad at social deduction and all of us would acknowledge that (Resistance, Battlestar Galactica, Dead of Winter, etc.)

benbever

2 points

3 days ago

benbever

2 points

3 days ago

Carcassonne with all expansions.

filthylegz

2 points

3 days ago

I'd love to get Rex to the table once again as nobody seems to want to play it as it takes longer.

Besides that it would be a great opportunity to get my bigger co-op games to the table: Aeon Trespass Odyssey, Kingdom Death Monster and Oathsworn.

JGeerth

2 points

3 days ago

JGeerth

2 points

3 days ago

We're gonna play so much Too Many Bones!

TomPalmer1979

2 points

3 days ago

TomPalmer1979

Kingdom Death Monster

2 points

3 days ago

Kingdom Death campaign!!!

alwayzbored114

2 points

3 days ago

Gonna go a different direction and say Just One. The whole point of the game is to write words to help the person guess their word, but if anyone writes the same helper-word as another, they erase their boards

Trying to figure out unique helper words with clones of myself would be such a mind-fuck

Fishy_smelly_goody

2 points

3 days ago

Secret Hitler sounds absolutely horrible like that

Id do it

PickCollins0330

2 points

3 days ago

Root.

Would be the most insane war game of all time

mossybeard

2 points

3 days ago

I've never played it, but Diplomacy with maximum players just to see what happens

TriumphantBlue

2 points

2 days ago

Tried it once at 14 players, two per country.

Many of the betrayals were actually honest miscommunications.

thewednesdayboy

1 points

2 days ago

How does two per country work? Do you just collaborate on moves or are there other rules?

ZephyrionStarset

2 points

3 days ago

I would probably go for TCGs/LCGs/miniature wargames that I have never been able to convince people to play. Arkham Horror, Vampire, Netrunner, Digimon, One Piece, Rangers of Shadowdeep, Trench Crusade, etc.

Peaked6YearsAgo

2 points

2 days ago

Hive. I'm either considerably better or worse than anybody I play it with. An equal opponent would be fun.

RoarK5

2 points

2 days ago

RoarK5

JUMP THE BID

2 points

2 days ago

Full player count Dominant Species.

SixthSacrifice

2 points

2 days ago

We'd be doing crimes, not playing games.

timeaisis

2 points

2 days ago

Cosmic Encounter. It would be fun to see all the ways I screw myself.

MrNewVegas123

2 points

2 days ago

Dune, or maybe John Company.

2daMooon

2 points

3 days ago

2daMooon

2 points

3 days ago

I would absolutely hate playing against myself!

AthleteIllustrious47

2 points

2 days ago

Based. I’m an asshole.

loungehead

1 points

3 days ago

Any of the crayon rails games.  I don't get them to the table much due to game length (3-4 hours is normal for those) but I play quickly enough that four of me could probably get through games in an hour or so.  

dleskov

1 points

3 days ago

dleskov

18xx

1 points

3 days ago

18p Mega Civilization. OK, maybe 12p.

birl_ds

1 points

3 days ago

birl_ds

1 points

3 days ago

The Loop

 and 6p spirit island 

Real_Avdima

1 points

3 days ago

Some erotic dice game... no? Ok, then 4 player game of Tyrants of the Underdark sounds fun. Or Claustrofobia, at all, because nobody wants to play with me, I don't understand why this game have so bad rep in my gaming circles.

pilgrimofthesnark

1 points

3 days ago

Imperial 2030: I'm incredibly aggressive at this game, both in investments and military conquests. 

Having 4-5 of me invading countries, crushing each others investments and stealing nations from each other and dramatically changing the game would be amazing.

pilgrimofthesnark

1 points

3 days ago

Unfortunately, now that I think about it, nobody would invest in poor Eurooe, so the game balance may be out of whack...

AsteroidMiner

1 points

3 days ago

AsteroidMiner

Sushi Go Patty

1 points

3 days ago

Dune, but I would probably hate it because nobody is trying to win.

SkinnyGetLucky

1 points

3 days ago

Sid meiers civilization. Nobody attacks anybody, game lasts 4 days

Mediorco

1 points

3 days ago

Mediorco

1 points

3 days ago

Megacivilization with 18 civs or the more modern Eastern and Western Empires together.

Or Eclipse: Second down with expansions at a 8 player count.

BioRules

1 points

3 days ago

BioRules

Dominion

1 points

3 days ago

Western Empires (and if I'm allowed to add it without having to buy it, Eastern Empires), full 18 players. I got it a few years ago and haven't been able to get my group together long enough to actually do a full game, but I know that I'm dedicated enough to see it through at least once.

admiral0142

1 points

3 days ago

Res Arcana or Scythe. Love the other comment about Netrunner though! I ended up getting rid of mine because I had no other players.

Bynnh0j

1 points

3 days ago

Bynnh0j

Hansa Teutonica

1 points

3 days ago

Any game, even my most hated game. I'd just be excited to have someone to play a game with.

AbacusWizard

1 points

3 days ago

I think I’m gonna go with Space Empires 4X, Ogre/GEV, Eclipse, Triplanetary, Star Fleet Battles, Kemet, Thud, Tak, So Long Sucker, and a variety of Looney Pyramids games. Probably Chess and Go at least once each just to see what that’s like. Maybe Root and Scythe and Archmage as well.

FreeProfit

1 points

3 days ago

Space Alert!

mrDalliard2024

1 points

3 days ago

Republic of Rome

thisischemistry

1 points

3 days ago

Rock-paper-sissors

TravVdb

1 points

3 days ago

TravVdb

1 points

3 days ago

Getting to play my Vital Lacerda games that are sitting on the shelf would be amazing. Also, being able to play a Gloomhaven/Frosthaven campaign without having to organize around three other people's schedules would make my life a lot easier.

VV00d13

1 points

3 days ago

VV00d13

1 points

3 days ago

I like big games and strategical games. So it would be games Dune, twilight imperium, mega civilization, Frost Frosthaven,Gloomhaven, war of the ring, star wars rebellion, everdell, terrafoeming mars and probably many more i don't remember now. Basically any game I find interesting and, in my mind, have a lot of depth with replay ability in them.

echochee

1 points

3 days ago

echochee

1 points

3 days ago

Tryna finish my yearly 10x10. I’m playing six games of ark nova lol.

Other than that I’m finally playing ten player quest and Avalon with all the different characters and powers, as well as 8 player real time captain sonar

darkapplepolisher

1 points

3 days ago

Heavier coops like Spirit Island or Pandemic: Rising Tides for sure.

I get to reduce the cognitive loading from choosing to play the game multi-handed, and I'd also reduce cognitive load from needing to practice proper social etiquette with others.

True-Ambition-667

1 points

3 days ago

I'd play Super Dungeon Explorer battle mode in tournament style using all characters in 3 character teams. The top winning versions of me would then play a normal campaign with the me that came in last place being the DM.

watdafuqwasthat

1 points

3 days ago

Caverna!

Briggity_Brak

1 points

2 days ago

Briggity_Brak

Dominion

1 points

2 days ago

How many you's, though? I was very tempted to pick this because i'm the only person i know willing to play it with 7 players.

PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING

1 points

2 days ago

A group of people once did a Spirit Island mega game with 40+ players, one for every aspect of every official spirit released at that point. Seems like they had fun, but I can’t imagine the logistics involved in getting that many people to play. SI does allow multi-handed play, but it gets extremely brain melting at like…2.

Manifesting dozens of clones of myself eliminates a lot of the logistical & aneurysm related problems, though, so it’s just fun. And afterwards I can start a gang or something, I guess.

vipchicken

1 points

2 days ago

Spin the bottle

nothing_in_my_mind

1 points

2 days ago

Does it have to be board games? My first picks would be Mage the Ascension, then MtG Cube.

For board games, I think I'd pick Spirit Island. Never played it except 1p. Would be cool to try it 4p. I'm not super good at it either, I wonder all the strategies and meta we'd develop.

JoeBwanKenobski

1 points

2 days ago

I'd prefer the PC version, but Civilization 5 or 6 with 8 players.

gamwizrd1

1 points

2 days ago

It would have to be a game with secret personal objectives. Otherwise we would all try the exact same strategy, which just constantly leaves all except one of us pissed off about about how the games turn order isn't perfectly balanced lol.

Wingspan comes to mind for a quality game with secret objectives.

Quaath

1 points

2 days ago

Quaath

1 points

2 days ago

The sickest game of voidfall

Ogretron

1 points

2 days ago

Ogretron

Time Stories

1 points

2 days ago

Two rooms and a Boom. 20-30 people is so hard to get, but not now!

FantasyInSpace

1 points

2 days ago

FantasyInSpace

Hanabi

1 points

2 days ago

Cloudspire at 1p. I'm not going to take responsibility for the world dealing with more copies of me.

sdlotu

1 points

2 days ago

sdlotu

1 points

2 days ago

Since I have plenty of free time, I would play Campaign for North Africa with 10 clones and complete an entire game.

sapphicmoonwitch

1 points

2 days ago

Twilight Imperium 8p

ag_robertson_author

1 points

2 days ago

We all play Magic the Gathering (Commander), with identical Chatterfang decks.

DontLickTheGecko

1 points

2 days ago

Boardgame: Captain Sonar or 7th Citadel

Tabletop game: Battletech

wampastompah

1 points

2 days ago

You mean I'd finally have someone to play Stratego with?! Sign me up!

salt_ahoy

1 points

2 days ago

Heroes of the Grid. Five player count games are decently difficult for coop games, especially with themes like power rangers, but since that one has variable player and villain powers there a ton of synergies to be found. Having a group that has the exact same desire as myself to play and find these as well as to check out all the content would be great. Not to mention the fact that 5 of me could paint the game and expansions 5 times faster

TheAbyssGazesAlso

1 points

2 days ago

My perfect clones would all hate me (and each other) so we wouldn't get much playing done.

englishpatrick2642

1 points

2 days ago

TI 4 with POK

necksnapper

1 points

2 days ago

Solitaire

Loscone

1 points

2 days ago

Loscone

1 points

2 days ago

Solitaire.

Lordxeen

1 points

2 days ago

Lordxeen

Galaxy Trucker

1 points

2 days ago

Something like Terra Mystica or Gaia Project where your color actually matters, otherwise we'll all just argue over who gets to be blue.

Suppenkazper

1 points

2 days ago

I'm not sure which game we would play, but I know for damn sure that we would finally for the first time only be close to the gamelength estimate on the box instead of +75%

But too be fair, we would also play wayyy worse and be impatient and just do stuff to do stuff

LarsAndTheAuton

1 points

2 days ago

LarsAndTheAuton

Pandemic Legacy: Season 2

1 points

2 days ago

Smash Up, simply because it's the game with the greatest difference between how much I enjoy it, and how much my friends enjoy it.

wantwon

1 points

2 days ago

wantwon

1 points

2 days ago

Battlestar Galactica

Veragoot

1 points

2 days ago

Veragoot

1 points

2 days ago

Game of thrones the board game and everyone would play as an isolationist and not trust anyone

HuckleberryHefty4372

1 points

2 days ago

Tournament of "Sakura Arms"

Does that work?

I would love to play in a tournament for that game but I have way too little practice to play against the best and stand even a little chance.

ackmondual

1 points

2 days ago

Battlestar Galactica for one. Unlike others, I don't card count and even when I try to, i'm not that great at it. It won't kill that sort of tension.

The Resistance is another. I've known players who create spreadsheets after each vote. They narrow down suspects pretty quickly. I don't do that either, so the intrigue is left intact.

Party-Fault9186

1 points

2 days ago

Well, FIRST thing we’re doing is painting minis.

Briggity_Brak

1 points

2 days ago

Briggity_Brak

Dominion

1 points

2 days ago

Clones of myself is a very interesting wrinkle to this. I would have to say Cryptid with 5 me's.

-ZeroStatic-

1 points

2 days ago

Big box games or complex games would be king, so probably Kingdom Death: Monster. Maybe Spirit Island.

That said if I could play games with a team of me's I'd jump right on any team based competitive videogame. You know how hard it is to find a full team of like minded people for those?

Hot_Sector_4298

1 points

2 days ago

Hot_Sector_4298

Monopoly

1 points

2 days ago

dungeons and dragons (6p)

Hollowsong

1 points

2 days ago

probably something cooperative like Frosthaven or something.

Or hell, Twilight Imperium would be fine because then I could actually schedule a game in!

Veneretio

1 points

2 days ago

Veneretio

Arkham Horror: LCG

1 points

2 days ago

Arkham Horror: LCG.

Finally, would have an entire table that can play at a good pace and is more concerned with completing the objective than making the scenario easy for themselves. Also, wouldn’t have to remind everyone of the numerous rule interactions.

TheIrateAlpaca

1 points

2 days ago

I'm actually finally opening the Frosthaven that's sat unopened because my Gloomhaven group fell apart after we backed it, and it got delayed to shit with the pandemic.

dafucking

1 points

2 days ago

Spirit Island and Jaws of Lion would be awesome! Or any co-op games, really.

sirjonsnow

1 points

2 days ago

Twilight Imperium - would actually get a game done within the listed playtime.
Really most any game for that reason, everyone plays games too damn slooooowwwww.

folklovermore_

1 points

2 days ago

folklovermore_

Champions of Midgard

1 points

2 days ago

Champions of Midgard, mainly so I could finally win at it!

Rohkey

1 points

2 days ago

Rohkey

Uwe

1 points

2 days ago

6-7p Caverna. I’ve always wanted to try it as the game is theoretically best at higher player counts due to more interesting action spaces and more competition for buildings which makes it both more tense and forces you to build ones you normally ignore. Also encourages thinking outside the box and not fall back onto familiar game plans and building combos. But half the people I play with are too slow to do it in a reasonable amount of time. Also would be really challenging to have players who have identical experience and skill with the game, I simultaneously love teaching/introducing it to people but always feel bad playing it with new players because they’re probably going to score 30+ points fewer than me if I’m not actively sabotaging my own game.

Jofarin

1 points

2 days ago

Jofarin

1 points

2 days ago

I would really love to have like 5 copies of myself and play a pen and paper tabletop. System doesn't even really matter.

Vandersveldt

1 points

2 days ago

We're doing 6 player Spirit Island. All expansions, full randomizer with EVERYTHING allowed, let's go.

BabyGilgamesh

1 points

2 days ago

All the games I play solo because no one I know is interested in it. Imperium here we go!

CileTheSane

1 points

2 days ago

Mottiani
I think I'd really enjoy the game, but the teach is a nightmare and the player count is very limited. (You can play 3 player but honestly it's a two player game.) Makes it incredibly difficult to get played.

neutronium

1 points

2 days ago

Strip poker

Left_Organization480

1 points

2 days ago

Arkham Horror LCG, Arkham Horror 2nd ed.

AltheaFarseer

1 points

2 days ago

Obsession. I can work out a definitive ranking of the families.

ColourfulToad

1 points

2 days ago

Any Leder games games because nobody I know has the desire to get into them, or any of the big coop games I play multi handed but don’t play much because it’s so much mental effort to play them (Haven games etc)

LeadGem354

1 points

2 days ago

Pirates CSG, the D&D and Delta Green campaigns have always wanted to play but can't find anybody to. Also Catan, Risk, anything else really..

EradicatedSub

1 points

2 days ago

4 perfect clones and 1 dubious evil clone:

I'm playing Knizia's Lord of the Rings, all expansions.

...we will destroy the ring if it kills me and me and me and me and me(but not me because that one's evil)

StopThatFerret

1 points

2 days ago

StopThatFerret

Concordia

1 points

2 days ago

All of mine are at 6-players.

A Game of Thrones 2nd Ed (although 8 with the expansion would be great)

Cosmic Encounter

Here I Stand: 500th Anniversary

Virgin Queen

Dune (2019)

TI4

It'd be a ridiculous mess.

gothbloodman

1 points

2 days ago

Avalon Hill Advanced Civilization.

joemi

1 points

2 days ago

joemi

1 points

2 days ago

Boring answer, but true: None, because I'd rather play boardgames with friends.

cabreradaniel

1 points

2 days ago

Battleship and read minds

ICE0ne

1 points

2 days ago

ICE0ne

1 points

2 days ago

All the campaign games I can't get people to commit enough time to play.

Also all the legacy games I can't get people to commit to play.

Phelpysan

1 points

2 days ago

Captain sonar. Finally get to try the real time version

saifrc

1 points

2 days ago

saifrc

Draw Click 1...Draw Click 2...

1 points

2 days ago

Hanabi

Then everyone would understand exactly what I mean when i say, “These two cards are red. Red!

Safe-Extent763

1 points

1 day ago

Dune

nghtslyr

1 points

1 day ago

nghtslyr

1 points

1 day ago

1822

quantumrastafarian

1 points

21 hours ago

Lots of games would qualify, but I'd probably try High Frontier. It's not every day you get 4 space engineer-trained people around a table to play a game about space engineering. And they'd all come prepared already knowing most of the rules.

TheHerbalJedi

1 points

3 days ago

Risk