…have actually a pretty good chance in the game. Decisive victory might be hard to come by unless they get to kill Edward (and that needs to happen twice!), but marginal victory is certainly possible.” Well, it turned out I knew little back then. I did manage to get a decisive victory and I only…
…there are cards. Instead of common pool of buildings, each player has a deck of cards. All decks have the same buildings. You start with three random buildings and can use money to draw more or discard and redraw your hand. That’s a good change — sometimes you might end up with bad luck and…
Good games today. Weather, not so. I don’t mind winter, but temperature today barely reached above -20 degrees, and that’s just too cold. My car isn’t too happy about it, either, and protests by making the windows freeze from the inside. Scraping the outsides is easy, insides is tricky and fills the car with snow….
I’ve been having these crazy ideas about getting myself a Crokinole board. That’s sort of silly, but it’s not like I’m able to get a pool table anytime soon… It’s worse now I found Crokinole Companions web site. Crokinole boards from Germany! Less postage costs, no customs, no taxes. Still very expensive, but perhaps not…
…and probably a good idea too, considering most players were newbies. Like Tommy said, 1856 is as newbie-friendly as teaching someone to swim in a shark pool while beating them on the head with a brick… So anyway, there’s a fairly cheap copy of 1856 calling to me, while I’m doing my best of resisting…
…pool of buildings, and some buildings steal money from other players. Targeting someone and being mean on purpose is hard, so there’s no good way to beat the leader. Players: 2–4. I find the game enjoyable on all player counts. Who can play? This is one of those unassuming little gems that will shine on…
…Fun, but I’ve now had enough 7 Wonders for a while now. The three-player game is good, but the card pool is very shallow. Finca. Couple of two-player games. Finca is very good with just two players. Controlled, but not too chess-like. I like it. Dominion. Two Seaside-heavy games, because that’s the only expansion here….
…this year! – and in 1829 Mainline threw many common features out of the window. It all makes a very curious experience for an 18xx player! Here’s a brief rundown of the game: Each player starts the game with a big hand of random share certificates. They, and only they, can purchase these shares during…
I did another edition of my Top 100 list. This was the first list with the new BGG GeekList sorting system, where I can assign a rank for each item and have BGG rank them in descending order. That’s very nice for these top 100 lists. The number of comments the list received has been…
…the tiles weren’t mixed well enough, as we both completed all our groups and got every amphora possible!), but Johanna won. She thought the game was a bit complicated (and I very much agree — for the first few games everyone should be a bit confused), but I think she enjoyed it enough. We also…