My friend Mark, who designed The Game Of 49, has rebranded and rereleased it:
Recent arrivals:
- Libertalia: already played. Probably more fun with higher player counts which suits me perfectly. Need to play in a double feature with Mission Red Planet. Who would win: the Brunos vs Paolo Mori? The cardplay seems similar but what happens with the cards is different enough to maybe maybe own both. I originally bought Mission Red Planet because unlike Libertalia it was available and personally I prefer SF settings over pirates (my partner currently disagreesāhe is playing āSea of Thievesā on the computer) and I have a thing for area majority/control games aka games with maps. Libertalia is newer and therefore has better production. Mission Red Planet has little plastic astronauts. So thereās that.
- Art Decko: I have played this on BGA and after 2 plays I decided I needed to own this. Now many months later the game finally came in stock and my āpreorderā arrived. It is a far bigger box than I anticipated, at max I would have assumed Brass B but it is a full-size square box. The board is also full-size (4 squares) and I am realizing how much book-keeping the BGA implementation does for you. I am not sure yet if this one falls into the ādid I really need the physical copyā category. But I have friends whom I want to show this to who do not play digital board games. I am planning a triple feature with Canvas - Modern Art - Art Decko. (mostly so I can finally get Modern Art to the table)
- Shipwreck Arcanaāthanks again for mentioning there was a possibility to get this @SteveB_uk and also @Monochrome_Penguin for talking about it in the first place. I had previously tried to find this (because Zee) and gave up on it. Iāll take it on our trip and see if it is worthy The box arrived with one corner already damaged a little bit but itās okay enough. I already love the tarot sized cardsā¦ canāt wait to try this.
Oooh yes, let us know how it plays!
Was weak and bought Rolling Realms second hand from another member of the Monday Night Games Group for a mere 25 NZD. I have heard really good things about it, and I couldnāt resist at that price.
My husband couldnāt sleep last night and in his exhausted state he bought some * whispers* war games
How many is āsomeā?
I bought Harpoon V with some US$ royalties to avoid the currency conversionā¦
Three, I think.
5211 - Azul edition - cheap card game, why not?
Radlands - 2 player card game that said to be similar to Schotten Totten/Battleline?
Aliceās Garden - was given this and Radlands, as I do shilling as a side-gig now
Age of Steam: Heavy Cardboard & Detroit Bankruptcy - Is there such a thing as ātoo many Age of Steam mapsā? The Lord says no
I saw a copy of Cuphead Fast Rolling Dice Game back around December, in an unlikely shop, at a fairly unfriendly price. I survived the blind-buy at the time, watched some gameplay, confirmed it looked like a worthy buy and of course itās been out of stock since. One of my local shops had it back in today, so I took it home.
I bought it explicitly for light fun with friends and family but took a practice run by myself this evening, and itās not half bad as a solo game. Itās definitely high-stress, high-action stuff. Itās no thinker, but still produces just enough cognitive load against the time pressure to make for a frantic time, and the challenge seems quite stiff.
A fun pick up for the family corner!
Ooh thatās tempting as my son loves Cuphead!
Ghosts of Christmas, because itās a trick taker, and I canāt resist them. Late pledge, so not sure when Iāll get it.
*search search*
Oh, what the hell is that?
I sometimes wonder whether there are psychologically-scarred āfocus groupsā of children out there, who have been subjected to all manner of horror in an effort to identify those particular forms of horror which, inexplicably, appeal to (only) children? Whoās creating these nightmares and thinking āI bet kids will love this!ā?!
Itās actually a genuinely good computer game, although bloody hard. Really enjoyed playing through it with him.
Itās only PJ Masks, Beppi, YouTubers playing games, Five Nights at Freddies, PAZU games, Roblox, Shark Bite, and a billion others that fill me with dread and horror.
As a kid, I was subjected to the fun and amusing āMr Noseybonkā. He still haunts my nightmares.
I really hate the rubber hose animation style and I hate that Cupheadās success has inspired so many copycats.
Itās the gameplay that roped me in. This isnāt some 1:1 translation of the game. Itās more like cooperative Martian Dice in ultra-fast-forward with a really mean streak. Itās a LOUD game!
[EDIT] @bruitist itās a tragedy that artist managed to miss even one of Dr. Snugglesā many visual horrors.
Huh. Iāve just looked that up and it looks eerily familiar, but I canāt remember anything about it ā¦
Oh. Oh, wow. āJimāll Paint Itā could be expensive for me.
Narcos, because it was cheap. I have looked at it in the past, and it seems to be well reviewed. Itās one vs many, which I never used to like much. But games like Scotland Yard and (more recently) Treasure Island are pretty good.