…play cutting edge titles like 1873 Harzbahn or 1865 Sardinia — not going to happen with Rails. ps18xx The hard-core option is ps18xx, which only handles maps and tiles. However, doing everything else is fairly straightforward using a spreadsheet in Google Docs. Ps18xx uses postscript files, which are a bit of a complication, particularly as…
…bit more interesting for me, as I still haven’t tried it with two players, but I thought Ta Yü would be more fun, so we played that. I think I made the right choice. It was indeed good fun. Johanna beat me easily, 81-20. Nine exits on both sides! Well, I made some suggestions regarding…
…in this respect (though Dolmengötter is the better game of the two in any other sense). These minor problems make the game rather unattractive and I skipped it back in Essen 2005. I’ve been interested in it along the way, every now and then, mostly thanks to JC Lawrence’s comments on Geek, and when Tommy…
…I also checked for chipped or otherwise faulty stones. None were completely broken, but few had small dents or other small damage. Fortunately both sets had well over 180 stones so that’s not a problem. I buried the worst stones on the bottom of the plastic containers. Also, the cheaper price can be seen in…
…about it anyway. I bagged it, sorting out all the components and I must say they are very good looking. Not in a flashy, beautiful kind of way (like Tikal, for example), but instead very practical and clear. I like the use of symbols, you can easily understand everything if you learn to recognise few…
Johanna wanted to play a game while Nooa is taking a nap (he’s a good sleeper, sleeping easily two hours). We had talked about trying Thebes, so that’s what we did. The theme is attractive (always important) and the game is pleasantly easy to teach (despite some problems with the English rules). The game is…
I did a nice little addition to my board game session database. Previously I’ve been tracking Age of Steam plays by the expansion. That isn’t completely satisfactory, as most expansions include several maps. My software can track expansion plays, so that they count also as plays of the base game — five plays of different…
Erkka and Robert were first to arrive, so we kicked the session off with two games of Da Vinci Code. It’s a good game and really a good choice for the club. It’s easy to learn (even learning by reading the rules is quick and easily done), plays fast and despite being kind of lucky,…
…should give the game more depth for a long time, as the different combinations explode. The new characters have few interesting ones, like Frodo who makes Sam the new ringbearer if he dies, a Witch-king who wins the game for Sauron if he reaches Shire and Wormtongue, who is -1 power but cannot be killed….