This month has been really bad for gaming. It seems March is the new February. Is this the new normal as well?
Anyway this is what hit the table in the later half of the month.
Heat: Peddle to the Metal: we had a seven player game! Weather tiles were used along with the British map. For time we stuck with the default upgrades. Seven players doing three rounds of drafting would have just taken up too much time. Great fun. The weather made some interesting choices going round and was very inconvenient in one or two sections of the track.
Havana: a four player game that turned into a three player game when Anthony had to go home part way through. Some confusion over the rules for a couple of cards. One due to a YouTuber giving an incorrect rule on their video for the architect. Why Marcin took their version over the actual words in the rulebook I don’t know. But we eventually played it the correct way (as intended by the rulebook).
Anno 1800: An interesting but enjoyable game. A bit of an engine builder where you are completing “contracts” from your hand of cards. End of game is triggered when a player has no cards left. Fiddly to setup with lots of tiles to put out in sorted piles. I liked it and would definitely play again.
Hooky: alphabet based deduction game. Work out what the three letters in the middle and what letters your opponents have by asking players how many letters they have in a five letter word you give them. By the end of the second round you know nine letters. Because at the end of round one and two one of the two spare letters (not the middle three) gets revealed. At the end of the last three rounds (four, five, and six) you write down your guess of the middle three letters. You’ll score points for these guesses at the end scoring. I actually liked this game a lot. In away it reminded me a lot of the old Mastermind game. Don’t be surprised if this ends up in the collection.
Fliptoons: kinda want to call this a deck builder. It’s fun and quick.
Wyrmspan: played with the expansion. For me I prefer the theme and that it’s more gamer oriented than Wingspan. Don’t get me wrong I like Wingspan just I prefer the theme and extra mechanics. Ok I did not so great this game. But that’s the nature of the cards.
Pili Pili: a new arrival and yet another trick taker. Quick to play, and lots of variety with 40 rule cards. The rule cards do give the game a Rebel Princess vibe. Very good fun.
New Arrivals
- Marvel Champions Hercules Hero pack
- Marvel Champions Wonder Man Hero pack
- Star Wars: Unlimited – A Lawless Time Spotlight Deck (Leia Organa)
- Star Wars: Unlimited – A Lawless Time Spotlight Deck (Jabba the Hut)
- Netrunner Ashes: Downfall – Remastered Edition
- Netrunner Ashes: Uprising – Remastered Edition
- Netrunner System Gateway: Remastered
- Android Netrunner 2017 Core Set (second hand without box)
- Tannhauser plus a lot of expansions/character packs
- Nokosu Dice
- Pili Pili
- Flamme Rouge
- Some Bolt Action bits