tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post73148141067945573..comments2024-03-27T09:44:13.148+00:00Comments on Games Night News: ThreesErsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012602968152264418noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-71489719751848442752016-06-11T09:09:48.688+01:002016-06-11T09:09:48.688+01:00Aha! That sounds like a good addition Andy. The co...Aha! That sounds like a good addition Andy. The copy I have doesn't have one...GNN Reportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982778341361220607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-82877883547985476422016-06-07T13:51:49.565+01:002016-06-07T13:51:49.565+01:00You need a short egg timer for Billabong - before ...You need a short egg timer for Billabong - before the sand runs out the first time you must have selected which piece you are going to move, and you have to have moved it before the sand runs out again.AndyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035725264785541572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-16043817289746316582016-06-07T13:50:08.681+01:002016-06-07T13:50:08.681+01:00If you want to try Kremlin then I happen to own a ...If you want to try Kremlin then I happen to own a copy...AndyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035725264785541572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-16292046507978038702016-06-04T10:44:22.956+01:002016-06-04T10:44:22.956+01:00Yeah much as I like Feldian systems and engine bui...Yeah much as I like Feldian systems and engine building Mombasa looked a step too far. Enjoyed all the new games considerably!GNN Reportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982778341361220607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-73292839175647128032016-06-04T09:31:27.394+01:002016-06-04T09:31:27.394+01:00Kremlin definitely wouldn't have been your thi...Kremlin definitely wouldn't have been your thing and Mombasa definitely wouldn't have been mine. Pueblo is great though, and I've been really wanting to try Knit Wit.<br /><br />So well done for getting it right in the end :)Martin Griffithshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723082374288224645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-8137072247636179972016-06-04T00:07:25.635+01:002016-06-04T00:07:25.635+01:00I was thinking about blogging, just because tonigh...I was thinking about blogging, just because tonight reminded me of how much I love board games.<br /><br />Pueblo is an interesting abstract puzzle/strategy game and I was convinced I was stoney last until the final round of scoring put me in a comfortable first place. It was a nice game, with two defence mechanisms: put down a neutral piece or move the cheiftain past your conspicuous tower of coloured blocks. It'd be interesting to see how it plays with more than two.<br /><br />Billabong is, I suspect, maybe best with two. Or three at a pinch. For such a smiple game, it's big on AP. It reminded us at the time of Chinese Checkers, but also with a little reflection, I think it resembles one of Knizia's New Games In Rome mini-games: the chariot one. Very neat and devious. It is, however, possible to tell when you've lost long before the game is over which might make things awkward in multi-player games. I resigned, as Sam says, with three unfinished kangaroos to Sam's one.<br /><br />Knitwit was a joy, but definitely not a two-player game. I'm quite proud of my choice of "absinthe" for the descriptors "blue" and "sharp". But given that it takes a while to place the loops and bobbins and descriptors, there's enough time to come up with answers before the guessing time begins, meaning it can be little more than a speed-writing competition. This game is ripe for house rules, I believe.<br /><br />In Russian Railroads, I decided to try and get some points off the centre track with its tasty "x2" multiplier, but I didn't seem to have enough time. One more round, and I would've hit pay dirt. But with Sam on 200 and something and me on 190 something, it was quite a low scoring game.<br /><br />And Cube Quest. It's a kind of instant luck generator. I won one round by hitting one of Sam's cubes and then my grunt span up into the air before landing on the corner of Sam's king, which was then gently nudged off the play mat. By the end, the game was more notable for Sam's attempts at catching cubes before they hit the floor, which usually involved some kind of juggling display before he finally dropped it. At least once he ended up on the floor himself.<br /><br />Crazy days.Ersbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012602968152264418noreply@blogger.com