Which board games have you all been playing this week? (to 19th September)
Hey Tabletidlers,
Another week and another opportunity to share what you've been playing.
For me I was able to finally play the Zombie Apocalypse map for Age of Steam. This map sees you delivering goods (cubes) around a map of Michigan as usual, but whilst dealing with the map evolving due to a horde of zombies. The zombies move in a deterministic manner, so it's possible to plan ahead, but towns or cities the zombies reach are razed, which converts them to a colourless city and removes any cubes upon them. The zombies also add a cost to building track and add a cost to delivering cubes, unless you take the Military Caboose action, which replaces the normal Locamotive spot. Very enjoyable map and the random starting location for the seed zombies means it'll play very differently, I imagine, each game.
So, don't be shy, share what you've managed to get played this week.
My wife and I recently picked up "Her Story" on sale and it's a nice, light, partial engine building game. The premise is that you are writing a book with 8 chapters about notable women in history.
While the game isn't strategically too difficult, I've still found it to be quite fun, especially since the game kind of forces competitiveness. Many of the cards center around providing benefits to players who aren't in the lead or are in last place which balances the game and helps keep it interesting. Late comebacks and last second wins are very possible.
Not heard of that one, sounds intriguing.
We've been on a Bohnanza kick this week. My eight year old is starting to get the idea of strategy and has been kicking everyone's butt.
Ooh, love me some Bohnanza. It's so comical having everyone getting so passionate about getting rid of their stink beans.