tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post8583676142071514186..comments2024-03-27T09:44:13.148+00:00Comments on Games Night News: The Flow must go onErsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012602968152264418noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-33591439906922865472014-04-02T15:11:28.028+01:002014-04-02T15:11:28.028+01:00So, who's up for some prison gangs next week? ...So, who's up for some prison gangs next week? <br /><br />(and thanks to Will for hosting - sorry we didn't get to play a game together!)Martin Griffithshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723082374288224645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-83123912339289712872014-04-02T14:07:27.656+01:002014-04-02T14:07:27.656+01:00With my first comment on this blog, let me say che...With my first comment on this blog, let me say cheers for the evening folks, and thanks to Will for hosting. <br /><br />That game of Quantum was brutal. I probably should have spent more on research to get a couple more cards, which can be extremely powerful, as opposed to repeatedly jumping back into the fray.<br /><br />I didn't utterly dislike Splendor, and I'd give it another go certainly. But I couldn't quite get a strategy worked out, I ended up either overthinking things or not thinking at all. Still, did better the 2nd time so there was some improvement.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595365074869478107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-14809820140211386162014-04-02T12:56:18.225+01:002014-04-02T12:56:18.225+01:00I was dubious about 4 players ice flow, having onl...I was dubious about 4 players ice flow, having only played it as a 2 player game, but I think it worked well..I think the key is keeping your explorers together, but I was third, so maybe I should try new tactics....It is a shame that we didn't get to throw bears in the face of the other opponents. Glad that you liked it Sam,being for us so difficult to find common ground ;-)<br />Also, why I suck so much in RAJ?? WHY?????? <br />ps: thanks for hosting, will!Gonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137892563658219516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-22157950014952036102014-04-02T12:17:23.773+01:002014-04-02T12:17:23.773+01:00Yeah, Brilliant is definitely powerful, and I was ...Yeah, Brilliant is definitely powerful, and I was lucky to roll an initial combination of ships that let me claim a planet on my second turn to take it. On the tight T-shaped board we played it was always going to be hard to win by peaceful colonisation, and Brilliant let me quickly research a set of strong attacking cards. It was great fun bouncing my Energetic Ferocious battle-station around the centre of the board destroying everything it bumped in to!<br /><br />Splendor seemed like exactly the sort of thing I should like - simple rules, quick play. But I was really underwhelmed. It just felt textureless - no real moments of drama, no arc, and very repetitive. Martin Griffithshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723082374288224645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-9276810666882263762014-04-02T09:34:13.082+01:002014-04-02T09:34:13.082+01:00Thanks Will for hosting. It is a very good table, ...Thanks Will for hosting. It is a very good table, though I must protest at the idea that it's "perfect for High Frontier". The place I'd put high frontier only has two legs. <br /><br />I enjoyed Ice Flow and as is a bit of a GNN tradition (for Joe and I at least) I woke up with a slightly higher opinion of it than I had after the first play. It's a nice combo of luck and strategy... did feel like it was hard to get hold of ropes or fish once you ran out though. <br /><br />Raj! Well my opinion of that particular game has plummeted (not really, sorry Gonz) - four times I bid higher than other players on red tiles, only to end up with them anyway! Brutal. <br /><br />Fun to play Vegas again too. GNN Reportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982778341361220607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-52112355482763536582014-04-02T09:10:32.685+01:002014-04-02T09:10:32.685+01:00Yes, Happy Birthday Steve - hope you're feelin...Yes, Happy Birthday Steve - hope you're feeling better!<br />And thanks Will for hosting - you might just have the perfect gaming table . . .<br /><br />I enjoyed Quantum - my erroneous strategic plan to oust Ian's cube from his home planet and replace it with my own was my undoing (although Martin was by that point fairly unassailable). The card (Brilliant?) that boosts your research is extremely powerful I think - if that's on the table it's going to need to be a bun-fight to get it, as it effectively gets you a steady stream of cards for the rest of the game.<br /><br />And you could play two straight turns simply boosting your research to six just to pick it up, though your opponents might manage to get a cube on while you did that and grab it from under you. Interesting . . .<br /><br />I enjoy Splendor quite a bit - it's a very stripped-down, abstract engine building game. Martin was under-wowed by it, as was Ian I think. I felt like I messed up in game two, rather than feeling like I lost arbitrarily, which makes me think there's a decent amount of strategy there. And it's nice and quick once you get going.Joe Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710555098761136919noreply@blogger.com