It’s the middle of the month, which means it’s time to look at what I’ve been playing so far.

Wingspan: I carted the nesting box to Charlene’s to play. We played with the new Americas expansion and the Asia expansion. Mainly because they were unsleeved (waiting for the sleeves to come back in stock). I liked the hummingbirds mechanic. Charlene liked it so much that she is considering getting Wingspan (again) and the Americas expansion, and only playing it that way.

Viticulture: I think this was the quickest I got a new arrival to the table. The Bordeaux expansion arrived at 16:45 and 18:30 I was setting up the game with it. We enjoyed the new board, especially the specialists element, the extra starting resources, and the mini trade rows. Naturally we were using the Visit, from the Rhine Valley expansion as well. Which meant I was forced to make wine! I have won a game without making any wine. I call it the Tory win (after an MP or their friend were given a contract by the government to their ferry company that had no boats!)

Rome and Roll: Finally after owning this game for years I got to play it. It was lighter and faster to play than expected. We were expecting a game up there with Hadrian’s Wall or Three Sisters for complexity. And it wasn’t. It was enjoyable, and fun. I even went and ordered the three expansions I didn’t know existed. They give asymmetrical player boards.

Halo Flashpoint: I wrote a post about this just after playing. It’s probably best to go read that than I repeat it all here. The tl;dr for those that can’t be bothered to read the rather long post is we had fun, I won.

Sniper Elite: This was rather good fun. I was playing sniper. Gavin and Anthony played the Germans. The objectives I drew were the furthest apart that you could get on the board at opposite ends. I managed to get my first objective and blow up a guard with a mine. It was then with my position blown that things went to pot. I thought by cutting through the building of guards would fool them. Being the route they least expected. But they figured it out and managed to shoot me twice.

Machi Koro 2: just fun, not much more I can add that hasn’t been said before.

New Arrivals

• Wingspan Americas expansion
• Viticulture Bordeaux expansion