Monthly Archives: April 2017

Made it to the Gathering. Found new games 

Running out to dinner. But before I go, pictures of a few new games.  And back from dinner. A damn good stuffed burger. Had a pizza roll inside. 

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Review of Dairyman

Roll Dice! Milk the Cow! Make Cheese & Ice Cream!

Dairyman is a push-your-luck dice-rolling game in which players compete as dairymen trying to collect fresh milk everyday, fulfilling orders, and making cheese and ice cream. Players take turns rolling, locking, and re-rolling dice to create sets of two or three dice with a total value of 10 to produce milk and then use it to claim milk tiles for points. Failure to produce milk may result in spoilage and the loss of a previously earned milk tile. There are opportunities to flip a tile to turn the milk into cheese for extra points or to freeze it into ice cream. This action provides an extra ability that can be used each turn. Flipping a milk tile also prevents it from being lost. The player with the most points on their milk, cheese, and ice cream tiles at the end of the game is the winner. Continue reading

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The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game

Designer: Eric B, Vogel Artists: Fred Hicks, Chris McGrath, Tyler Walpole Publisher: Evil Hat Productions Players: 1-5 Ages: 13+ Time: 30 minutes Times played: 5, with copy and expansions purchased on Kickstarter I usually avoid any game based on a movie … Continue reading

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10 Questions + 1 About Jump Drive

  Designer: Tom Lehmann Publishers: Rio Grande Games Players: 2-4 Time: 10-30 minutes (if this is taking you 30 minutes, you’re playing it wrong) Ages: 13+ (10+ is a better guess) Games Played: 19   People have questions about Tom … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: First Impressions of two Blue Orange Puzzle Games: Go Go Gelato! and Dr. Microbe

    Go Go Gelato Designer: Roberto Fraga Publisher: Blue Orange Players: 2-4 Ages: 6+ Time: ~15 minutes Times played: 2, with review copy provided by Blue Orange Go Go Gelato! is one of three new games in the “Doctor” … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: Review of Meduris

  Meduris Designers: Stefan Dorra and Ralf zur Linde Publisher: HABA Players: 2-4 Ages: 10+ Time: 75 minutes Times played: 4, with review copy provided by HABA http://www.habausa.com/meduris-the-call-of-the-gods.html In Meduris, players try to appease the Celtic gods around the sacred … Continue reading

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