It’s been a while, but here I am, contemplating an order from Germany. I get free games every month, but I want Geschenkt now, not later. I’m also intrigued by Mogul and Die Sieben Siegel. Of course, buying few small games from Germany just isn’t worth it, so I’ll have to buff the order up…
…cardboard, not actual boards), hundreds of cards and cardboard tokens. The components are fine and practical, but not spectacular. What do you do in the game? There are four ages and two rounds per age. On each round, players take one action at the time, until everybody passes. There are three possible actions: use money…
Yesterday’s board game club session was quite splendid. I got to play several interesting games. It was also great to see Robert, now back from a few month trip to Singapore. Don kicked off the session. Even though Don has pretty neat chips in itself, I instantly replaced them with my spanking new poker chips…
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…the betting so exciting. It’s like the dollar auction — you simply have to top the bid, while you know you shouldn’t. Everybody else gets to have a good time, of course. Well, to be honest, I do see his point and understand why he doesn’t like the game. I do, however, and for the…
…managing money and points… It’s brilliant, simply put, and the game takes only an hour or less. It’s one of the better Winsome games, by far. Of course it helps I won… Part of it was a strong move handed to me on a silver platter by my brother (can’t blame him, this isn’t an…
We had another pleasant game session Yesterday. I started with Erkka, trying out a prototype I’ve been thinking about lately. My aim is to create a card-driven two-player tile-laying game that feels like Go. Not an easy task and the current version of the game simply sucks. Too bad. I’ll try to fix it a…
Another year gone. Good years keep on rolling – I rather enjoyed 2011, and have no complaints about 2012. My kids continued to be good playing company. My son is now six and half, and is ready for some proper family games. I started introducing him to card games, as well, and that worked well….
…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…