Mysterium, we stuffed up the setup but probably didn’t affect much. At 3p you don’t have to faff about with clairvoyancy tokens. Was a pretty quick game, and we only failed at a few choices. Still, always entertaining.
Things in Rings, first play. Quick, fun game – one player is the Knower, they have the rule cards. Other players play their thing cards into zero or more rings, and the Knower either says it’s ok (and the player gets another go), or moves the card to where it should be. So a rule might be “one syllable”, or “alive”. We found it pretty tough! One player won by just playing their cards into the “none” category. I enjoyed it, something a bit different, not how well it went over with the others.
Eternal Decks, stage C on beginner difficulty. This was really cool, you had to match patterns on the field card rows, which was a bit tricky. Especially because you’re still trying to finish rows, that mucked us up a couple of times. Very satisfying to get through it. We were just hanging on an ability card, which eventually came out and then we could complete a pattern.
Mü and More – Revised Edition, first play. This is another release of the game of Mü. I have an earlier version (Mü and lots more). Can’t really remember Mu from the older game, but this is updated apparently. In Mü, players bid (by showing cards) to be the Crown or the Shield player. Whoever has the Crown tile gets to pick the major trump, while the Shield picks the minor trump. Trumps can be a colour or a value. The higher the bid value, the more points you need to win to get a bonus in scoring. If we were playing 4p, then the Crown player would choose another player to be on their team, but at 3p the Crown player is on their own. It was pretty good fun, and not easy to get the Crown bonus (everyone failed). The rules that came with the game don’t mention it, but there are another 4 games you can play with the same cards. Haven’t tried any of those.
Come Sail Away, good fun.
Spring Cleaning – a climbing game (so you have to get rid of your cards). But as well as your hand of cards, each player has their offering area, which anyone can use to create sets and runs. And you can’t rearrange your hand as you play (but cards from other people can be used anywhere). Interesting game, a bit like Scout.
