A thought hit me while I was compiling my latest top 100 list. I could take each quarter in my game records and look for the hottest game of that quarter. That would show the fads and the flashes in the pan and be a nice snapshot of my gaming history. For each quarter, I’ve…
…party game that does what a party game should do. I’ve never had a boring game of Monikers yet; this game has me laughing with tears in my eyes every time. The best place to read more of my views on games outside this blog is the latest top 100 list I’ve compiled on BoardGameGeek….
…more use when people know the game better. Since we had four players already in two pairs, I wanted to try Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, the latest addition to my collection of weird trick-taking games. It was great fun! It’s a tricky game and compares to Dia de los Muertos in weirdness (and in…
Horseless Carriage is the latest title from Splotter. It’s a game about the early automobile business. Players try to determine what features customers want in their cars and then produce cars to fulfil those needs. Mechanically, there’s a spatial puzzle of laying out your factory to build the cars with the necessary features and another…
…traps — those must not be counted. When someone gets the total, they say it out loud and then check behind the card if they got it right. I’m not 100% sure, but I think that correct guesses are rewarded with keys, which open doors on the maps — players with keys must look for…
…of Mahjong. Even when I’m coming to Mhing from Mahjong, I don’t feel the need for more complicated rules. First of all, I like the credit-based counting (certain combinations score credits, which are transformed to points using a sort of exponential scale). Second, the combinations are well-chosen. They offer enough variety. And of course, if…
…don’t match 100% on cardboard and TV screen. That’s not a big problem, though. The game has two modes. One is simple sudoku solving. The DVD tells you the setup and you solve until it’s complete. The other mode is more innovative: timed challenge. You start with one of each number placed randomly on the…
…share for each company is sold. That’s a tough one for newbies, as coming up with reasonable values is pretty hard. There are few angles to it: because cash is king, you don’t want to pay too much, but if you get the share for a too small amount of money, the company will be…
…Me, I’m not an outdoors kind of guy, unlike my father or my grandparents. Despite that I found Lost Valley quite an enjoyable ride. Avoiding comparison to Goldland is probably an impossible task here. The games have a lot in common: players carry around useful items, restricted by limited space. Items are used to solve…
…but if it does, this just might be a nice little stock market game. My group likes these kinds of games, so expectations are high. It’s also pleasantly cheap: just $30 for free delivery in Europe and $40 for free world-wide delivery. US games at Kickstarter tend to have world-wide shipping costs starting from $30……