{"id":446,"date":"2019-06-19T21:59:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T01:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardgaming.info\/Hobby\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2019-06-19T22:05:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T02:05:07","slug":"getting-started-in-the-hobby","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.boardgaming.info\/Hobby\/getting-started-in-the-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Many new gamers ask,<br>\n&#8220;There are so many games, where do I begin?&#8221;<\/h2>\nSTARTING GAME TIPS:\n<ul>\n<li>Ticket to Ride &#8211; Easy to understand and has a few mechanics not used in most Mass Market games. This usually takes 30-60 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Celestia &#8211; Easy to Understand, Push your luck game. Introduces Push your luck without Dice, Has a great airship, and takes 30-45 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Robits &#8211; Super easy Family game that teaches the Drafting Mechanic, and is 15-20 minutes long.<\/li>\n<li>Azul &#8211; If you can find a copy of this, it is great for introducing new Gamers, and is usually 30-45 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Rush &amp; Bash &#8211; This is Mario Cart the board game, simple mechanics, and easy to teach and play a game in 30-45 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Muse &#8211; Light hearted team party game with great art. Can usually play in 20-30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Code Names &#8211; More team scoring party game that people enjoy.<\/li>\n<li>Pandemic &#8211; A Co-operative game in which all players go against the game. Easy to learn mechanics and choices.<\/li>\n<li>Century Spice Road &#8211; A simple drafting and Engine building game. Easy to learn mechanics and choices, plays in about 30-45 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<b>These should get you started and allow you to ease yourself or other people into the hobby. For more ideas ask on our Facebook Group.<\/b>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many new gamers ask, &#8220;There are so many games, where do I begin?&#8221; STARTING GAME TIPS: Ticket to Ride &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardgaming.info\/Hobby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardgaming.info\/Hobby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardgaming.info\/Hobby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardgaming.info\/Hobby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardgaming.info\/Hobby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardgaming.info\/Hobby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":449,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardgaming.info\/Hobby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446\/revisions\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardgaming.info\/Hobby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}