Some personal examples:
Dice forge has its way of handling dices that felt incredibly smart the first time I played it
Same for Codex Naturalis, I was impressed by the simple way they printed the cards to allow for modularity, obviously the game is a lot simpler than I thought but it gave me some interesting ideas with how to overlap cards
Or the boards in Fort that have this double layer so that you can nest your pizzas and toys in there, so cozy!
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wow it’s beautiful!
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There’s this game where you play as Egyptian gods, the minis used for each god are just epic and super detailed.
By far my favourite board game pieces.
Ankh?
That’s the one!
I am really like the panda miniature from Takenoko.
I also really like the character cards from Tokaido with the cutout that allows you to place the color of your marker.
There’s something about the tiles in Azul that is so satisfying to me. I think the noise they make when you mix them in the bag is a big factor.
They also look gorgeous and feel nice to hold!
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I really like big wooden meeples and the sound they make when you place them on the board. The meeples in Lost Ruins of Arnak are nice and chunky. But I also love the cowboy meeples in Great Western Trail 2nd edition. They are not that big, but the little cowboy hats are just 👌🏼.
Btw, what’s the plural of ‘meeple’?
Meeple is already plural, the singular is moople (or meerson, which one is funnier)
I bought Settlers of Catan just because I liked the wooden tiles. I don’t even see the full wood sets in store anymore.
I always kinda want to eat the eggs in wingspan. I think they remind me of small sherbet pieces in texture and colour.
The guns in Cash & Guns are extremely satisfying.
The penguin meeples from Ark Nova Sea World expansion are so cute, I always play with black colour just so I get the penguins!
The fire rocks in Fire Tower look really incredible in somehow being able to give off a reflective appearance despite being plastic.
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A tie between a D20 and the Ace of Diamonds card. The die because randomness and the card because I like to sometimes refer to my fursona as the Ace of Diamonds.
The Serf from _Bristol 1350_ (on the left). Holly Hancock and Sarah Keele really get the macabre feeling of 14th century art right. This side of the card is meant it be used as rules reference. It is an accessibility disaster, because it is meant to emulate the unreadably small handwriting found in medieval manuscripts.
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The luxury plastic fishes in Oceans are too good to look, touch (and put in your mouth).
My playgroup really enjoyed that in Artisans of Splendent Vale, the Harinya meeple fits nicely on top of the doggo meeple. Then the player unlocked the ::: spoiler Tag Along ::: power that ::: spoiler lets Harinya move whenever the doggo moves ::: so the fact that they fit together is actually ludologically relevant
