…it pretty useful. It’s not as good as Brettspielwelt, but the user interface is much, much easier. Of course, the game selection is more limited. But anyway, the system works well and I’m quite sure these games are not coming to BSW any time soon. The game! It’s about making jewels for the French court…
…was pretty quick though: I didn’t time the game, but it couldn’t have been much more than 15 minutes. Of course, I’ll play anything Johanna likes, but otherwise two-player Around the World won’t be high on my list. If her friends come over and want to play something, this will be a good option, however….
…it. Now I’m 30 and I decided — eventually, after a lot of to and fro — to have a proper party. In my case that’s about 15 invites out and eventually ten guests. A major party! Of course, as I’m me and I simply don’t have any friends who aren’t gamers (which is pretty…
…Too bad we had to finish that one quite abruptly, as I had to hurry to catch a bus (which I missed). Antike is definitely the hottest game right now. Another one I wanted to try was St. Petersburg with The Banquet expansion. The small expansion came with Spielbox magazine, which I simply had to…
…course, highly beneficiary. The game is played with action cards. They offer lots of different actions: lots of meddling with barons (moving them, getting new ones, marrying them) and the emperor elections (influence from the Pope, excommunication, things like that). One of the interesting mechanics in the game is how the action cards affect the…
…space it requires, a good game for limited space, like in trains. Lost Cities takes just about as much as space as the train has to offer. And that’s it. I’m quite happy it’s over and I’m back home, but I guess I’m heading back next time, if there’s nothing more important going on the…
…felt like a lot of pressure, and I had strong cravings to play some familiar titles (of course, it’s best if you can combine, by playing a new expansion — say, a map of different sort, for example — for a favourite game). Still, I couldn’t give up reviewing new games, because it’s fun (also,…
…simply do not get this game. Common complaint is that the game gets boring if you cheat and count seconds in your head to time your plays. That isn’t quite as easy as you might think, but if that’s what bugs you, this game is simply not for you. My verdict: The Mind is really…
Johanna wanted to play something, so I offered Einfach Genial. I know she doesn’t like abstracts, but instead prefers more imaginative, theme-rich games, but I thought this could work… and it did! It’s not one of her favourites, but she enjoyed it. Of course, Einfach Genial is far from the world of serious high-skill abstracts,…
…is always great fun to play. 45–44 Halli Galli Extreme — Halli Galli is good, but Halli Galli Extreme is even better. The new cards make the reaction test even more tricky – but of course also makes it harder to get the game on the table as well. Win some, lose some… Trans Europa+…