tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post6222546142534394906..comments2024-03-27T09:44:13.148+00:00Comments on Games Night News: Skullduggery Ersbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012602968152264418noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-29842143503197206562015-01-14T20:11:12.729+00:002015-01-14T20:11:12.729+00:00Red7 is clearly a game of pure skill though.Red7 is clearly a game of pure skill though.Martin Griffithshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723082374288224645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-2865404602161466552015-01-14T20:10:45.138+00:002015-01-14T20:10:45.138+00:00See, I like deduction games. That... thing.... is ...See, I like deduction games. That... thing.... is not deduction. It's shuffling some cards and then having a five minute argument :)Martin Griffithshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723082374288224645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-7912411760977741172015-01-14T14:30:05.662+00:002015-01-14T14:30:05.662+00:00In the meantime I managed to get in a game of Vall...In the meantime I managed to get in a game of Valley Of The Kings with Jake, so one less unplayed game on my shelves. :-)AndyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035725264785541572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-38133100977738332762015-01-14T12:33:31.419+00:002015-01-14T12:33:31.419+00:00Werewolf? Glad I missed the evening!Werewolf? Glad I missed the evening!AndyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035725264785541572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-87155218371270493692015-01-14T09:39:54.580+00:002015-01-14T09:39:54.580+00:00Yes thanks all. A good night. Castles of Mad King ...Yes thanks all. A good night. Castles of Mad King Ludwig is fast becoming a firm favorite with me - although Joe's right that there's a lot going on, there is a kind of sense to it all. Certain rooms like to be adjacent and other ones don't. In fact Joe and Katy's aversion to the noisy rooms - I realized later, so can't claim to have cannily exploited it - helped me enormously. They kept making them cheap so I kept building them. OK you don't get any adjacency benefits but on the other hand they score you a lot of points by themselves, both on placement and completion - this also meant I was slowly accruing more and more money, so could afford the 15,000 needed on the last round to build the room that gave me... bonus points for all my noisy rooms!<br /><br />I doubt I'd get away with that again. I think it's a corker though. Also enjoyed Skull and Roses too, which to be honest I usually don't that much. Ultimate Werewolf on the other hand... I do like The Resistance but there are just two possible roles in that and no card switching and flipping. It's much simpler. Werewolf I just felt like the game played me for the first 5 minutes and the next 5 I spent wondering what the hell was going on!GNN Reportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982778341361220607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-70596140050497846312015-01-14T06:58:28.515+00:002015-01-14T06:58:28.515+00:00Thanks Andrew and all for coming. Yes we should ha...Thanks Andrew and all for coming. Yes we should have finished with Igloo Pop instead of Werewolf, that would gave been fun - though I don't share Martin's loathing of deduction games they don't totally thrill me.<br /><br />I liked Ludwig - similar to Vegas Showdown but with more combo-ing, it seemed to me. There seem to be a multitude of possibilities for scoring points, and maximising those whilst keeping a close eye on what your opponents want so as to correctly value the buildings for sale (on your go, at least) is quite a challenge - on a first play, anyway. I like it though.<br /><br />And I love Skull and Roses; just brilliant. Sorry Andrew and Katy didn't get in on the action - but when you've still got all your cards you can afford to take a long-shot. I forgot to mention, my skull was the first card I lost, so I was toothless for most of the game - glad no one realised!Joe Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710555098761136919noreply@blogger.com