The Opinionated Gamers

Well, first, it’s Sunday night finished…

We kept playing new games from Ken Hill’s game pile.

Wood may not be the right material for the tiles as they are different

You start with 17. Facedown and 5 face up that you get to choose the location.  Then draw a facedown tile and put it in the chosen place.  Winner is the player to have a face up line of 22 in ascending order.

It’s an interesting take on RackO. But since I own racko, no need for this.

The final game for the night is Legends from Ravensburger

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After dinner, back for more games. First off, Alan’s Adventureland from Rio Grande.  Here players try to build the best amusement park they can.

There is a little but of card drafting and a little bit of board placement strategy.  Interesting card play where they might determine what you could play or where you can play it.

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Photo safari of the game room

Council of Four

7 ages

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Sorry about the last post. A tad short because I can’t remember to change the post to a draft.

After lunch, another prototype. This one is being developed by Zman, with a 2017ish release date if it works out. Of course, it’s pretty early in the development and it’s not even clear if this will make it to production. But this con gives you a chance to play some of the newest stuff.

It’s a pretty solid design though it needs some development still. Sophie is pretty excited about it, so it wouldn’t surprise me either if this snuck in for Essen 16.

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List of games played on Saturday

Quadropolis expert

Quadropolis with secret expansion

2f card game

Bear Valley

Sail away

Animals on board

Beyond baker street

Cacao Chocolatl – all four expansion modules

Alan’s Adventureland

Balloon challenge.  

Tak

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