At the start of the week I got a chance to spend a couple of days with my son Nathan.
Naturally we got some gaming in while I was visiting.
Our first game was an introduction to roll/flip and writes for Nathan with Cartographers.
I set up the game using the play mat for it, the two skills mini expansions, and the ambush mini expansion.
The benefit of the mini expansions is more variety when playing, particularly with the ambush cards.
The skills mini expansions was the first time playing with them. They add an extra thing you can do each season, such as draw a 1×1 square and fill it with a particular terrain type. The skills have a cost, and you can only use one of them per season. I like what this brings to the game. It’s an extra decision to make during a season, it’s not a big overhead at all.
Our second game was Libertalia Winds of Galecrest.
I know Nath really liked the game as he asked to play it again straight away after finishing our first game. The second game we used the stormy tiles.
Another roll and write hit the table next, Dungeons, Dice & Danger.
This was new to both of us. We used the novice Annoyed Animals map.
I really liked this. I think Nath did as well, and might be keen to try one of the other maps.
Our final game of the day was The Cousin’s War (Second Edition). This was the first time playing the game since I bought it three (?) years ago at the UK Games Expo.
We experienced both types of plays you can have with this game. Our first game was over in 5 minutes (maximum) after one round. With the second game going to 30 mins and all 5 rounds.
Our last game of my visit was to introduce Nathan to one of the more complicated roll and writes out there, the combotastic (can you guess what it is yet?)… Three Sisters. Just for the lols I added in the mini weather expansion as well.
Nathan agreed this had a lot more going on than the other roll/flip and writes we had played.
I really do like when an expansions adds very little complication to a game mechanic wise. I like how it makes use of the last die left on the rondel to select an additional minor rule for the next round.
Movies watched with Nathan:
- Dune (2021)
- Jurassic World
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
I still had to slum it on the coffee front. But at least I got to cook for Nath. I tried to impart recipes to him. But he had no interest. However he did like my chicken noodle soup, and my sweet and sour chicken.
I can’t wait to visit again. Soon hopefully.