From the monthly archives:

March 2010

First impressions of Greed, Inc.

March 31, 2010

We finally got to play Greed, Inc.. It’s definitely as good as it seemed to be! The theme is fun and works well, and the simple mechanics come together as an interesting game.
I got a good taste of how things work, as after the first round of people getting fired, I ended up running a [...]

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WYPS

March 28, 2010

I’ve been playing WYPS recently. It’s a new abstract game that combines word game with a connection game. It’s like The Game of Y, except the pieces have letters on them and must form words. The goal is the same: connect all three sides of the triangular board with a chain of your pieces.
While in [...]

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Cannes and Kansas Pacific

March 24, 2010

I wouldn’t have chosen Cannes for four players, but it turned out that way and I’m surprised to report the game worked out just fine. It took us about an hour to play, with three newbies and my one-game experience.
As seems to be the case, the game was over when the movies started to come [...]

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Peloponnes and Schildkrötenrennen

March 19, 2010

We had scheduled a game of Greed on Wednesday’s game night, but that fell through. Some other time, then. I did get my copy of Greed back, I had borrowed it right after I got it, so I was finally able to take a proper look at it. It sure looks great. The cover is [...]

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Shopping list

March 12, 2010

I’m not interested in buying lots of games, but as time goes by, my list of games I’d like to get slowly grows. It’s now big enough for a blog post…

Samarkand: Routes to Riches is the new Queen-produced family version of Winsome’s Age of Scheme. I’ve missed Age of Scheme, but it sounds like a [...]

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First go on the Tinners’ Trail

March 10, 2010

Today’s game of choice was Martin Wallace’s Tinners’ Trail, a game of tin and copper mining in Cornwall. It’s a delightful little economy game. I didn’t have expectations for it, I’d had just heard good things about the game.
It’s a fairly simple deal. There are areas that are auctioned to players. Once you have a [...]

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First impression: Lokomotive Werks

March 3, 2010

I got my copy of Lokomotive Werks a while ago and got it on the table today. It’s a 2002 Winsome title from Dieter Danziger. It’s been reprinted twice and I managed to get a copy of the most recent reprint.
The game’s about building locomotives, but it could be about any technology, really. What matters [...]

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