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Stardew Valley: The Board Game
Mar. 9th, 2025 03:49 pmI was very excited when I walked into a con game room and saw the Stardew Valley board game on the table, because I love Stardew Valley and thought this had some real potential.
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Overall: I think Jethrien had much more fun complaining about the game (and was clearly very entertaining to the two other players as she did it) than she did with any aspect of actually playing. It’s just too overloaded with systems and randomness without creating a consistent and entertaining game loop. I’m glad we tried it, both for the experience and because now we know not to buy it.
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Overall: I think Jethrien had much more fun complaining about the game (and was clearly very entertaining to the two other players as she did it) than she did with any aspect of actually playing. It’s just too overloaded with systems and randomness without creating a consistent and entertaining game loop. I’m glad we tried it, both for the experience and because now we know not to buy it.
