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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The wooden pieces of Quarto are really nice to touch, and create a very visually appealing game.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The nice round disks of a decent Xiangqi set give me a pleasant feeling just looking at them. This, for example, is a set made of Indian sandalwood with mother-of-pearl inlay:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sadly it's a bit too rich for my blood.

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I don't have about US$1200 to spend on a chess set. :(

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love the little stackable camels in Camel Up! Not too mention the dice dispensing pyramid!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That is such a cute game. I played it once and found the camel-stacking to be as hilarious as it amusingly strategic.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The chips for splendor have a great feel to them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Only if you bought one of the earlier releases. The later ones encountered enshittification and feel like cheap plastic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Awww, that's a shame.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The guns in Cash & Guns are extremely satisfying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

There's much more power in that foam than one might expect!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, Azul has some spiffy pieces indeed!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

They also look gorgeous and feel nice to hold!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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'?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Meeple is already plural, the singular is moople (or meerson, which one is funnier)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

One meep, many meeple

[–] wise_pancake 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] wise_pancake 3 points 1 week ago

That’s the one!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The chips is Splendor are solid and feel good, not just a cheap plastic, but weighed even.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's the older versions of Splendor sadly, newer ones are just cheap plastic 😭

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

What's even the point then? BOOO

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Aww, that's too bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Splendor I was just going to say I love to handle those pieces.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I bought Settlers of Catan just because I liked the wooden tiles. I don't even see the full wood sets in store anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I always kinda want to eat the eggs in wingspan. I think they remind me of small sherbet pieces in texture and colour.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

wingspan e g g

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The penguin meeples from Ark Nova Sea World expansion are so cute, I always play with black colour just so I get the penguins!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Innis has awesome art and the most unique tiles that are technically hexes.

The gears in Tzolkin make it such a unique game.

The entirety of Too Many Bones is awesome components. The massive over engineering leads to a fun experience. Neoprene mats with cutouts for dice, plastic cards and player aids, weighted poker chips for characters and baddies, and screen printed dice with tons of unique artwork.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The fire rocks in Fire Tower look really incredible in somehow being able to give off a reflective appearance despite being plastic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Feed the Kraken has both gorgeous Kraken minis and ship and a bunch of other game bits and bobs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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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Three character cards with individual artworks. They are titled "Serf", "Chandler", and "Mason". The "Serf" card on the left reads "Reroll 2 dice", "Move pawn (elblow, dash, push)", and "Draw remedy". The "Chandler" card in the middle reads "Special action. Draw one symptom and keep two of your three". The "Mason" card on the right reads "Special action. Reroll one die, then lock one die".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The luxury plastic fishes in Oceans are too good to look, touch (and put in your mouth).