…weekend. I was really curious what the game would be like. I had a good impression of it — I like the components (even though the board could be better) and the theme. The game turned out to be rather good as well. The system is logical and elegant. The rules left some unanswered questions,…
…in this, I’ve only won this one once. Suggest. Bezzerwizzer Mini is a tiny little trivia game. The catch is that after you answer four questions, you must score your answers 1, 2, 3 and 4, and that’s how many points you’ll get if you’re correct. If you’re the only one to answer correctly, you’ll…
…had three players once, four players twice — no notable difference. There’s a difference between newbies and experienced players, though: the first ask many questions and have to be reminded to choose their next turn actions. Experienced players play and when they are finished, they start choosing what to do next turn. I prefer latter,…
…Tradeswoman lets you buy and sell products and goods (cigars and rum, used to score victory points) on the market. Architect lets you build a building. There’s a common stock, mostly one of each, so first come, first served and a player taking his turn before you can foil your plans. Foreman lets you use…
New season, new exchange students. I sent an ad for our board game club to the exchange student mailing list at the University yesterday. The results are good! I have already received about five or six interested e-mails. None have yet replied to my follow-up questions about their gaming experience — I’m curious about the…
…next game for reason why). Ubongo is always fun, that’s what matters. Turbo Taxi. Continuing the speed game theme. Here I dominated: final scores were 10-0-0. Tommy was often one or two pieces behind me. Without handicapping, the guys wouldn’t stand a chance to me, which is why Ubongo’s semirandom scoring is a good idea….
…that I don’t actually enjoy playing the game with just about anybody is telling. Compare that to Puerto Rico, which I think is far superior as a game and which I still enjoy playing in BSW, for example. Of course, the fact that a game is flawed doesn’t have to mean it can’t be fun….
…company. Original owners get to share the money. The new company can later be merged to something else. This means you shouldn’t get too attached to your companies, as they can be stolen from you by a hostile takeover. The shipping companies are an interesting twist in the game. Producers need ships to deliver the…
…players have more than one card in a colour, next highest cards are compared and so on. If a player is the only one to have cards of certain colour, he or she scores them without any questions. The draw deck is split into two halves, which are fanned out on the board so that…