Some cracking titles hit the table this later half of the month.
Star Wars Unlimited Twin Suns: I have to tip my hat to FFG their Twin Suns precons are fun to play. Is it really a surprise when their spotlight and starter decks have also been fun to play? I finally built a new deck. I call it All the Vaders. I think the title describes it best. It’s very thematic. I have got to play it at a Twin Suns night, and it was fun to play. The Twin Suns playmat is gorgeous. Larger than expected. But amazing value.
West Story A Town Building Game: a 2 player learning game. Which means we went all in and used the expansion stuff as well! Plus the advanced rules!! Ok they added little to no extra overhead to the game. I can see the Machi Koro similarities in the building your town and activating it. However that score track mechanic is something else. Having the zones on the board only accessible based on where you are on the score track, genius. Making victory points optional inspired. Definitely need to get this to the table at higher player counts.
Pili Pili: chaotic fun as usual.
Ginkgopolis: I think my experience of the game was ruined a little by a key rule not being explained properly. Need to possibly play again.
Tropichaos: becoming a go to filler.
Magical Athlete: great light fun asymmetrical racing gaming. That’s a bit of a mouthful but it sums up the game really well. Love the asymmetrical powers, and the drafting.
Bolomaze: this game doesn’t even have a bgg page yet! So the tactic of gathering cards and waiting for the right moment to play them was the winning strategy. So I stayed at the start, got a swap places with another player card, two cancel cards, and move cards. Waited until an opponent got to the top. Swapped places, countered the counter, and moved on to the finish to win. It was an ok game.
Slambo!: wow! Anthony and I played a couple of games while waiting for Marcin. We also played a three player game later. It’s a very quick, fun filler. You are trying to not bust the running total by either going below zero or over ten. Each turn you play a card that even adds or subtracts its value from the running total. First person to collect three cards of shame looses. Quick to teach. Simple quick fun.
Big Shot: a nice auction area control game. It was over due a return to the table. It gets very tactical about where you place the cubes you win in an auction.
Skyrise: an auction area control game that has been over produced. But does look good on the table. It is an interesting game. Definitely would play again.
Big Top: a small auction game. Plays fairly quickly. A nice light auction game.
New Arrivals
- More SWU singles
- Big Top
- National Economy
- Excalibur
- Slambo
- Gamegenic Twin Suns playmat