This week was a family get together in the mountains, and as usual it fell to me to bring the games. I brought a bunch, mentally preparing for none of them to get played - and all but one did!...
This week was a family get together in the mountains, and as usual it fell to me to bring the games. I brought a bunch, mentally preparing for none of them to get played - and all but one did! Thanks, rain.
The only one I hadn’t played before was Ra, the new 25th Century Games edition of which was brought over by my brother from the US. It’s SUCH an amazing production. I especially like Ian O’Toole’s use of vibrant blues and turquoise in the artwork. So many ancient Egypt themed games just go with bland beige. This is the first one that looks like how hieroglyphics must have actually been painted. Or at least, how they were in my head! And of course the game is an absolute banger, but everyone knows that. Modern Art is one of my favs so I had a feeling this would be a winner as well. It was the only game my family requested playing multiple times.
Others were Star Wars: Outer Rim (fun but I really need to get that expansion to ease some of its rough edges. Just can’t find it here in the EU right now!) and Pan Am (picked this up at UKGE this year, my mom worked for Pan Am toward the end of their reign and, as I was hoping, she had many fascinating anecdotes to share during our game. The game itself is pretty good, a nice TTR replacement, if punishing at 4 players with so few actions and so many opportunities for other players to waste yours). Lighter games that hit the table were Fantasy Realms, Cockroach Poker and Cat Crimes. All solid light family winners.
The only one that didn’t see table time was The Quiet Year, which I’ve not tried but I’m very curious about. We didn’t find the time. Maybe later this week…
This week was a family get together in the mountains, and as usual it fell to me to bring the games. I brought a bunch, mentally preparing for none of them to get played - and all but one did! Thanks, rain.
The only one I hadn’t played before was Ra, the new 25th Century Games edition of which was brought over by my brother from the US. It’s SUCH an amazing production. I especially like Ian O’Toole’s use of vibrant blues and turquoise in the artwork. So many ancient Egypt themed games just go with bland beige. This is the first one that looks like how hieroglyphics must have actually been painted. Or at least, how they were in my head! And of course the game is an absolute banger, but everyone knows that. Modern Art is one of my favs so I had a feeling this would be a winner as well. It was the only game my family requested playing multiple times.
Others were Star Wars: Outer Rim (fun but I really need to get that expansion to ease some of its rough edges. Just can’t find it here in the EU right now!) and Pan Am (picked this up at UKGE this year, my mom worked for Pan Am toward the end of their reign and, as I was hoping, she had many fascinating anecdotes to share during our game. The game itself is pretty good, a nice TTR replacement, if punishing at 4 players with so few actions and so many opportunities for other players to waste yours). Lighter games that hit the table were Fantasy Realms, Cockroach Poker and Cat Crimes. All solid light family winners.
The only one that didn’t see table time was The Quiet Year, which I’ve not tried but I’m very curious about. We didn’t find the time. Maybe later this week…