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🕑 Added 2022-01-28 19:04:17 +0000 UTCI Guess This Is It is a two-player game about saying goodbye. Players take the role of two people once strongly connected standing before each other in the final minutes before their last goodbye. They will work together to try and say as much as they can before leaving, but being careful not to hurt each other's feelings.
(If that sounds too heavy, you can also play it from a light-hearted fictional perspective like Ringo Starr quitting the Beatles during a concert performance, Luke Skywalker leaving the Jedi, or Kermit the Frog packing up for Hollywood - just a few examples off of the top of our heads).
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Nathan Mabry
So who won?
Travis Ridenour
Not Alone. Because then I'll know I won't be playing Alone.
James Marshall
Universal Rule
Gary Pressler
Good ol' Sky Galleons of Mars, but skip the supporting fiction, which they would certainly find racist. (After seeing Brandon's answer of Leaving Earth, that would be my real answer -- great choice!) I fear them suggesting a game of Marsiforming Terra... but I'd still try it!
Lucas Hoots
Gloomhaven. I just want to play it some more.
Kyle M
Skull and Roses, I want to see how good they are at lying.
Leigh Ann Kimes
Tiny Epic Galaxies
Robin Keller
Probably Liberation, so I could judge their abilty to hide from us and fight back once we finally become an intergalactic superpower :D
AUDREY ALBARRAN
Galaxy trucker
J. Brandon Massengill
Leaving Earth - the game is mostly math (theoretically it would be a universal constant, but would probably have to explain our base 10 number system) and could serve as an explainer of our attempts to explore space.
James
I once created a monopoly type game with a friend called Xerxes Valley. It had credit card companies, electric companies, building companies, taxi companies, water companies, and more. While never released, I’d play it for nostalgia stake.
David Regele
Under Falling Skies
Natasha Richards
The captain is dead
David Dumond-Shaw
Hey that's my fish. I'd play that with anyone willing.
Sean McGurr
Sprawlopolis to warn them what could happen if they don’t plan well.
Abagail Yanco
Welcome To...! Maybe they will come out with a Martian expansion before their arrival!
Mike Berg
Regular chess. Then they can teach me Martian Chess.
Eric Hudson
Sadly, all the witty answers are taken. So I guess I’ll say Dune Imperium since it’s the newest one I’ve been playing
Ricky Andrade
Terraforming Mars. Who can inhabit Mars first... considering they aren't already on Mars haha
Steven Bloom
Tiny epic galaxies. It was the game that brought me into the hobby.
Dan woodward
King of Tokyo
Kendra Bernard
I would teach him borg., and yhen give it to him. This way he can play alien games on his own, and teach his alien kind the joys of simple games. I of course would have to go buy another copy because i love blorg in the midwest (i think thats the correct title).
Uwe Kripp
Merchant of Venus
temp_anon
Sid Meier’s Civilization
The_Syndicate_1013
Decrypto in order to decipher their language so they can't pull a fast one on us (See The Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man")
OhHaiMe
First Contact seems thematically appropriate for the occasion.
Hackareatech
First Martians, maybe they can answer the question, is it good or not?
Nathan Mabry
Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy! I would go for diplomatic relations very early on lol
Vince Tagle
Mission to Planet Hexx!
Brandon Widener
I’d want to play terraforming mars with a Martian, maybe they could give us some tips haha
Wes Urschel
Xcom, the boardgame, with the Martian as the commander.
Erik Vickers
"...and then, we held hands." Or really any non language based game, since I only took 9th grade Martian and can't remember much.
gretchen everson
farkle.
Erick
The Final Lightyear!
Norman Friis
That Time You Killed Me
Companion Crow and Wolfie
Twister?
Christopher Hearns
On the one hand, I do not want to insult anyone with our imperialistic projection onto martians with a game like Martian Fluxx. On the other hand, to erase their existence with something like Terraforming Mars also seems gauche. And in the end, this is such an opportunity to get to know someone, I think I would want to go with the Ungame.
DutLive
SpaceCorp
CK
Since the Martian would give me a chance to win Martian Chess, I would let him experience playing our very own Chess here on Earth.
Manuel Orozco
Twilight Imperium
Chris
Some kind of dexterity game.
Junkle
Root
Christopher Barnes
Uhh, maybe… “Doctor” …depending on the Martian, of course!
Ryan Selvaggio
Tiny Epic Galaxies plus Beyond the Black Expansion!
Brian W
On Mars?
Kevin Thomas
Diplomacy
Ashley Miller
Age of Steam on the Mars map
Daniel Kelsey-Wilkinson
Would take the opportunity to introduce them to Jaws the board game. Not the best ever, but Sharks are just awesome. Plus Mars surely wouldn't have many sharks roaming around.
WlcmHmSntrm
Spirit Island
b.evil.c
Terraforming Mars is the obvious choice I guess
Joel Huber
7 Wonders, and after I win, I’ll say “you’re the 8th wonder of my world.” Interplanetary peace achieved.
Bennet Rosenthal
Trivial Pursuit. Finally an opponent that I stand a chance of beating!
Jeff Delbert
Galaxy Trucker.
John Ricker
Through the Ages
Joe Zarate-Sanderlin
Anthelion!
Morgan Lindroos
Cribbage
Stefan
The Crew, since you aren't allowed to talk anyway, so the language barrier would be no problem. Plus, it fits thematically
Abadosa
Backgammon, because it just sounds a bit like "mattdamon" and he must be an idol up there.
Hank Heyming
Cockroach Poker. If they didn't understand humans before that game, would they understand them more or less after?
Patrick Fuller
I'd have to go with Terraforming Mars. Maybe they can share some of their secrets after. ;)
Jocelyn Painter
After watching Adam’s (No Rolls Barred) history video on The Ungame I think It could be the game I’d choose. I’ve never played it, but seems like a great game when trying to get to know someone new. Not sure if a competitive game with aliens is the safe way to go :)
Martín Borda
Definitely Terraforming Mars, and then would discuss with them how a Martiaforming Terra would be :P
yuu
Honestly I would pick something like red light/green light and see if Martians have their own variation
David Ritcheson
Scrabble. I'd wipe the floor with them, assuming they don't know any earth languages.
Alain Ducharme
The language barrier might be an issue. So either Magic Maze will be a completely frustrating experience... or it might be a communication breakthrough with our alien neighbor.
Photobeeguy
Dinosaur Island, just to go from prehistoric to futuristic
Ryan Kesler
There's a lot of thematically good choices to play with a Martian, but knowing me, I'd still try and convince them to play Baseball Highlights 2045.
David Holets
Risk because that is a good way to start an interplanetary incident.
Jameson Gagnepain
Terraforming Mars, obviously.
Arman Dowgiert
Catan!
Andrew Boyd
I'd play Go, just to find out how these martians think.
Alyn Carrahar
Escape the dark sector!
Aaron Hall
Terraforming Mars, figure out how "realistic" it would be in their perspective :)
Evan Meister
Martian Dice and Tiny Epic Galaxies.
David Mathers
Greg Costikyan’s Bug-Eyed Monsters!
Michael PN
Sprawlopolis and Argopolis with the UFO expansion card
Nathan Pelzel
I’d pick something you can play with minimal teaching and that works through a language barrier… I’d probably go with Mysterium. Plus, if they somehow got the idea that they’d be left with a planet full of ghosts if the wiped us out, that’d be okay too ;)
Brian Goad
Planet X! Let's see how smart they are.
Dino Buffetta
I would play Fallen Skies!
Nick
Galaxy Trucker because we need to start interstellar shipping between planets with plumping.
Tom Cottrell
Eclipse 2nd edition
Mike Thomas
Terraforming Mars!
Terrence M
Hmmm, if you played poker with a Martian, what would they offer for money? that might be interesting!
Jeremy Govier
Abandon all artichokes
Russell Martin
Last Frontier: The Vesuvius Incident because nothing says "We come in peace" like trying to shoot a bunch of aliens on a mostly abandoned space station. ;)
Isaiah Galaviz
One Night Ultimate Alien, of course!
Brian
Twilight Imperium
Cameron Williams
I would play Risk Legacy because imagine getting a Martian to sign your board.
Steve Hicks
I, for one, welcome our new Martian overlords. To that end, we'd need a retheme: Marsiforming Earth
Seth
Cosmic Run: Rapid Fire
Kellen Freeman
Since Race for the Galaxy is on my 10x10 this year, I’d probably say that one.
James Moore
Race for the Galaxy
John Buan
Nemesis!
Joe Kmiecik
Dune: Imperium
Matt Diephouse
The Crew
Brett Stanfill
I would lock them down for a long Starfinder campaign... And get them to host 😁
Andrew Lewis
Galaxy Trucker 🚀🚀🚀
Sergio Lopez
Firefly
Stephanie Jones
Secret Unknown Stuff: Escape from Dulce
Daniel Racke
Terraforming Mars would probably be rather rude, so… Twilight Imperium! Once you finish a game of that, establishing diplomatic relations would be a piece of cake.
Kyle Sykes
Terraforming Mars for sure!
