Top Ten Quiz

• Designers: Julien Gupta, Johannes Berger
• Publisher: Chili Island
• Players: 4-14
• Age: 14+
• Time: 30 minutes
• Played with copy provided by publisher

Chili Island is a new imprint, one that focuses on family games – from the company page on BGG: 

• Creative, communicative, and cooperative – are our games.
• Easy as pie – are the rules to our games.
• Artistic – are the cover and the game materials.
• Critical – are we about plastic, climate change, and discrimination.

I was given a set of three of their newest releases at GenCon 2022, and we gave them a try at a recent family reunion.  Most of the players were not gamers, but I felt like this was the sort of audience that Chili Island is looking for.

Top Ten Quiz pits two teams against each other: “Try to gain as many points as possible with your team. You will achieve this by giving up to ten correct answers for each Top-Ten-Chart.”  The game comes with 14 sets of 7 Top-Ten-Charts.  In any particular game, you’ll only need one set of 7 cards.

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I always like to take a few photos of things that catch my eye in order to present you, the reader, a brief glimpse into all that is Gen Con. This year, I was also able to see the convention in a new way, as I brought my two boys, my friend, and his two boys to the convention for the first time. We spent a great Sunday looking over things. Many, many trips to the dice vendors and we only got seriously lost (from each other) once. Lets here it for the CoolStuff, Inc booth as it was centrally located and had a very visible banner – great for a “lost” meeting place.

We’ll start off with a journey through the show through the eyes of a newcomer.

Soul Mates

• Designers: Julien Gupta and Johannes Berger
• Publisher: Chili Island
• Players: 2-5
• Age: 14+
• Time: 30 minutes
• Played with review copy provided by publisher

Chili Island is a new imprint, one that focuses on family games – from the company page on BGG: 

• Creative, communicative, and cooperative – are our games.
• Easy as pie – are the rules to our games.
• Artistic – are the cover and the game materials.
• Critical – are we about plastic, climate change, and discrimination.

I was given a set of three of their newest releases at GenCon 2022, and we gave them a try at a recent family reunion.  Most of the players were not gamers, but I felt like this was the sort of audience that Chili Island is looking for.

Soulmates asks you: How well do you really know your friends – can you find your soulmate?  In each round, use one of 125 short scenarios with four possible answers. First you decide for yourself, then you guess your fellow players’ decision.    Each player gets a set of Ego Chips and Evaluation cards in their color.  Additionally, there are split-colored boards in all the player colors; get out all the boards so that all of the color combinations in your game are present on the table.  The scenario deck is shuffled and the appropriate number of cards is drawn.

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Most gamers prefer a head-to-head boardgame experience, but sometimes that’s just not an option – thus the rise of digital adaptations. Long gone are the days when Ticket to Ride was the only big name on the app store and almost any strong selling game will get a digital port. Here’s a few I came across while wandering between the booths…