You're misrepresenting Catan badly when you say "the only random element to the game is the cards". There are in fact several. Development cards are random, distribution of land hexes is (usually, but depends on the group) random, and production is random (and just for an added kick in the balls of randomness, the…

You're (mostly) right that people won't make deals unless it benefits them, although people can and do make deals that are irrational in Monopoly (just as in real life). You're wrong that "there's no strategy in that at all". The strategy is in finding deals that benefit you more than them. Whether that means taking…

You could say the same thing about poker.

To a certain extent all board games are luck based.

cheapass! Just buy it!

If you lose the dice, you can buy more. Or get their phone dice app and leave the plastic in the box.

Yes...just like the X-Wing miniatures game the sides correspond to specific results in game. A hit/critical hit/evade/focus/etc etc etc. Green are defensive dice. Red are offensive dice. The number of dice rolled are decided by stats included on the specific vessel cards. It cuts down on the necessary math and…

mooooooooost of the time, yes.

They have a very solid reputation for delivering balanced and fun gameplay. I've started an X-Wing Fleet and am having a great time with the game and really looking forward to the YT-2400 coming out soon (Dash Rendar's ship).

Fantasy Flight is a big name in the board game/tabletop game community. Those of us playing…

My friends and I have a board-game group that plays on Saturdays, and we generally have a blast every time. I've got board-game stories out the wazoo.

Battlestar Galactica has to have some of the best and worst moments in board gaming for me. This game is essentially about survival, with the kicker that there is a traitor among you (think Mafia). I'll only share the best (the worst was a boring slog with people who couldn't make decisions):

It got the go ahead from Warner Bros according to their page, some things can be an homage to things you know, or parody without being ripoffs.

Yes. I enjoy board games with friends and a few drinks more than video games.

There are plenty of board games out there that cost $50 and are worth every penny.

There are board games that are 40-50 bucks a piece. This isn't too surprising. Add in the brand name and you have something that is priced accordingly. It will sell just fine to the fans.

If it's a casual meeting, then it'd be horrible wrong to pull out your Arkham Horror or Battlestar Galactica. Get a Jenga, CaH, anything story-creation-based or extremely physical that can be setup and played under the limit of time you think you'd play, so 30min-1h in this case.

When you gather six people around a table to specifically boardgame, you expect people to boardgame. When you gather six people around a friday night for kicks, sure, i can understand if somehow boardgames get into that discussion that they won't be played seriously.

There's a certain saying about pots and kettles you might want to look into.

So you are the obnoxious friend of a friend everyone wishes their friend would stop inviting.

The video isn't actually portraying an authentic video editing process. It's meant to symbolize that process inside the context of the video itself.
It's a music video, not a tech demo.