…Allies: Realm of Wonder is reviewed here. Not a bad little card game filler for two players, but considering that I can name a dozen better card game fillers for two players, this is just not going to get any play time. Indifferent. Photos https://www.instagram.com/p/-i_36tocX4/ https://www.instagram.com/p/-RmoNPIcXs/ https://www.instagram.com/p/-RmoNPIcXs/ https://www.instagram.com/p/9_iCrjocXb/ https://www.instagram.com/p/9_eTf6IcRU/ https://www.instagram.com/p/98yqIBIce2/ https://www.instagram.com/p/9x9zi8ocaa/ https://www.instagram.com/p/9wJ-zPoceX/ https://www.instagram.com/p/9xoBaroceK/ https://www.instagram.com/p/9wU2MvIcQx/ https://www.instagram.com/p/9v8nj3IcXE/…
…kids loved it. Speedy Words is a speed game, so this one’s for my daughter who loves speed games. In this one, you have to come up with a word in a category defined by one card and starting with a letter defined by another card. It’s fun, but gets pretty repetitive as the same…
…process to focus on good old games, I started a fifty by fifty challenge, in which I attempt to play fifty games fifty times. Seven new titles made that list in 2017, compared to just one in 2016. https://www.instagram.com/p/BcaFIsLHjsl/?taken-by=mikkosaari Good new games (2016–2017) A Feast for Odin was a big one for me this year….
…of different games. I’d say this year we really made the move to playing “real” games. My daughter also continues being a bright little spark. I’m still playing more childish games with her, but at the same time she’s a real fiend when it comes to Ghost Blitz. We repeated Ropecon with my son, and…
…I’m waiting for the companion app to be released to see how that affects the game. The game is independent of the smart phone app, but the app apparently adds to the game and creates more replayability, and I’m curious to see how that works. Indifferent. https://instagram.com/p/7sfiPgocQf/?taken-by=mikkosaari Round’o’Loot is another Finnish game from newcomer publishers…
…5β . Experienced Suburbia players will find it interesting, though, and I’m glad I have it – I’m just not going to use it all the time. (I also got the Suburbia: Con Tiles expansion, and that’s not going to see play; I didn’t like that at all). Suggest. https://instagram.com/p/9faOWQocSb/?taken-by=mikkosaari https://instagram.com/p/9JQ6BzIcRr/?taken-by=mikkosaari https://instagram.com/p/85gnxNIcdp/?taken-by=mikkosaari https://instagram.com/p/82L5MAIccE/?taken-by=mikkosaari https://instagram.com/p/8lVYdWocde/?taken-by=mikkosaari https://instagram.com/p/8VwLu3IcT_/?taken-by=mikkosaari https://instagram.com/p/9Lo-QgIcT2/?taken-by=mikkosaari…
…That’s pretty bad, as Tichu is a four player partnership game. Well, fortunately, there’s an official three-player variant in which one of the players (the turn changes every deal) is dealer and plays with a mock player, the table. Table has an open hand. Anyway, after the nine deals were over, it was obvious who…
…to claim the right to answer. This means you’ll have to focus on the game on other people’s turns. That’s good, and combined to the generally fast pace of the game, makes Bezzerwizzer an interesting game that stands out a bit compared to the old, familiar trivia game fare. The components are nice. The box…
…skill symbol doubled twice, each neighbouring skill twice) which improve your odds. Your items or tags may also prove helpful. The digital storybook. The storybook is not a book, it’s a website. It’s not an app, but a PWA, which means it’s a website you can install on your phone or tablet for offline use….
The guys at BoardGameGeek have done a radio show. You can download the mp3 from Aldie’s GeekJournal, it’s about 16 megs and 61 minutes. I wasn’t going to listen to it first, but then Iain said it was ok. I got it on my portable mp3 player and listened to it at work while I…