We love our annual trip to Board Game Geek gaming convention. This year they moved to a new hotel with cute plantings out front.
The cutest new game we played.
We have the 2D Kodama game, this year they went 3D but same idea. The 3D makes it easier to play.
Each player builds their own tree for spirits. You can optimize for the spirits or the items in the trees like fireflies or glow worms.
It only goes a few rounds so any cards that go with what you are already working on are super helpful. Might be a tad short, feels like it is just getting good and then it ends.
Artwork looks like a old James Bond movie. One player is the getaway driver and the other is the cops.
You start by placing the cop cars, but not the tiles.
Add tiles as the driver tries to get away from the cops.
But there is all sorts of trouble, like traffic. With just one play it was hard to get a sense of how replayable this would be. Getaway driver got away this time!
Have to try a roll and write! We played it a little wrong and it felt like not enough turns to be super satisfying.
But I love that the player board contains everything.
Picked this up just for the pretty artwork and because I saw a bunch of other folks carrying it around.
The game turned out to be excellent. The players are hiking a path, picking up gear to help visit national parks.
The parks are the main victory points. The play is similar to Tokaido, less point salad.
The art is superb and this turned out to be the only game we purchased at the convention.
New game!
Follow the house building rules to make houses that favor your particular quest.
The thing is, I swear we played one exactly like this last year...but couldn't find it, so am I remembering wrong?
Hot Game! We really enjoyed this, has a little of everything.
Individual taverns where we brew beer and serve customers. The customers and servers are in your deck, which you are building by cleverly placing dice.
In the communal area try to advance on the track to get higher point items.
The royalty class of customers all sit at the same table and do bring in some money. Liked this so much we played again later in the week.
Annual play of this fave.
I got absolutely stomped both times. Super bad luck in the way the bears and hunters were randomly placed.
Strange Vending machine! Love this from last year.
Super short and easy rules, but hard to pin down a strategy.
I love a lightly wacky game!
Some of the group played War of the Ring. It is an all afternoon endeavour, but that is why we are here!
We have played many Ticket to Rides.
London is super small and quick, so not something we want to buy, but fun to play.
Nicely themed, instead of the usual train cars they use British modes of transport.
The convention moved downtown this year and we were able to go out to eat. Went to an old school BBQ that was lovely and on the way back the hotel looked all spooky.
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