Last night was a rare chance to play the 2 player game Targi and a learning game of Spirits of the Forest with Jonathan.

We started off with Targi.

I’d love to see a playmat for Targi, it’s crying out for one.

Still like it a lot. Jonathan didn’t like the fact gold coins were very scarce. But still enjoyed the game. The coins thing didn’t bother me.

Naturally I did better this time. The game ended due to the thief doing a complete circuit of the board. But I did get 11 tribe cards in my tableau. Which was enough for me to get the win.

At last I got my Kickstarter deluxe edition of Spirits of the Forest to the table.

The production value of the deluxe version is stellar. Instead of gem stones in the retail version you get these lovely large patterned plastic stones. The tokens and tiles are lovely thick wood. It’s just a really lovely produced game.

This is one of those abstract games you can teach in minutes, but takes a while to master. And once we feel we’ve reached that point, there are expansions in the box!

You are basically trying to get a majority in each of the 9 spirits, plus the 3 power source symbols. Fail to collect a tile of one of the spirits and you lose 3 points.

I like being able to reserve tiles with your stones. But it doesn’t guarantee you get it. An opposing player can remove one of their stones from the game and return your stone to you and claim the tile you wanted. That’s a nice touch,

Jonathan won both the games we played. But it was great fun playing. Yeah we’ll be playing this again. Be interesting to see how it plays with more players.

Once again as ever our thanks and appreciation to The Luxe Cinema for allowing us to game there.

P.S. Jonathan took some photos of me in gaming action, so naturally I’m sharing them with you.