boardgames

A couple of plays of Red Cathedral. We tried the advanced side of the boards for the first time. Definitely the way to go. Minimal extra rules and adds some interesting decisions. I lost both games, I think I tend to stay too committed to early decisions that are not working out instead of adjusting my strategy. Trying to decide if I want the expansion for this one. Not sure if the game needs it and it doesn't fit into the base box.

We tried the new Valley expansion for Renature. It's just a new 2-sided board with a few mushroom tokens but it shakes up the game dramatically! The mushroom tokens let you change a green area into brown and hence join brown areas together which are then considered the same area for scoring purposes. I love how this lets you raise the stakes and manipulate the board state. The new board is double-sided and the two sides are significantly different too. Gotta be one of the most impactful and yet simple expansions out there, almost like a v2.0. I am losing at this one too but loving every minute of it :)

Right now I have Nautilion on the table. Simple solo (or 2p coop) fun. I am fairly new to it, still have to try all the included expansions.

Played our 3rd game of Ark Nova, this time it took us "only" 3.5h with 2 players, omg.

Got difficult winning condition cards and starting hand. After the first 2 games had been pretty clear in terms of what to do, I struggled to find my way here. Lost with -7 to 26 or so.

Not sure if I would want to buy it (had it rented from the library), seems too luck based in terms of cards.

We played Cartographers this week as we babbled on for a bit too long without any thought as to what we'd play.

We played it previously as a group about 2 years ago, so it was nice to revisit it finally. A simple flip-and-write game with some element of interfering with other players (namely the player to your left). A nice fun puzzle to share with the other players!

A full day of gaming on the weekend in this order:

Scout ( a circus employee scouting for new talent in your show. Cardgame, possible #1 Oink games release! )

Village Pillage (Cardgame, turbo'fied rock/paper/scissors where you play one card to the players left and right of you)

Judge Dredd: Wildlands (Skirmish with minis, line-of-sight and cover usage makes for some great close play. Theme is spot on 2000AD, pure gold)

Inis + Seasons expansion (dudes on a map 'The Game' Game play ebbs and flows in a subtle way. Celtic theme is 10/10)

The Fuzzies (fuzzy ball Jenga. Better than it sounds. Light fluffy filler)

Heat: Pedal to the Metal ( 1930s F1. May not be my thing, or I didn't 'get it'? Had more car fun when I played Downforce

Cyclades (1st game for 4 of us. This is Epic, in theme and gameplay. The leapfrog bidding gets hilarious. A+)

Kingdomino (create a 5x5 kingdom from various terrain dominos. Clean, bright and fun.)

For us the dust is settling after moving and yesterday we played some good old Dominion 2ed with Intrigue 2ed. I use Randominion to create the market of cards and simply wanted that at least 50% of the cards are from intrigue. We hd a very close first game with steward (chapel light) and it came down to a single point difference. The other game was a slaughter with Replace, Mill and Nobles all in the game so curses were flying left and right. We exhausted all curses quickly