Just One and The Crew have gone over well for extended family gaming. This year I might try So Clover and Trio. Happy Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for Tabletop Toolbox and the Weekly Ratchet!
Looking forward to getting Santa's Workshop to the table this year. I got it new last Christmas season but never got it played. Go to games for non gamer family include Dragonwood, King of Tokyo, and Trekking Through History. Non-gamers tend to grok the concepts in those games pretty easily. Great Ratchet as always!
Gaming is always hard on the holidays with family, kids, and other craziness. But i hope to maybe play some Can't Sop, small box TTR's, and maybe some green team wins or wavelength.
For holidays such as Christmas I'd choose a small box game like a card game or a party game since we are a lot during that day. Which makes me think that I need more of those genres. Love games like Time's up for example.
I always look forward to playing games that are little off the beaten path - really good games that don't otherwise get much love on BGG. This weekend my wife and I will probably play a couple of those. First up is Peacemakers: Horrors of War (#7,662 on BGG) and after that will be Project EOS Rise (#17,379). The latter is a space-themed game - if you're not aware of it, you should check it out. So, this weekend it'll be about giving thanks for lesser-known games and their small/boutique publishers.
QoTW: not actually to play myself but hoping to watch 'Table for 1' play "The Mandalorian Adventures". I'm not into the Star Wars theme but do enjoy Paula's presentations. And also to view DiceTower "Land of Evershade" play through. I don't think i've seen a video where Tom and Zee are getting tutored on how to play a game. Yes, I am that weird.
Thanks for the first impressions, Jeff. I’ll be curious what you think after the 2nd play of Deep Shelf. 🙂 In defense of our score theming, you are building a colony ship to another world. You are not allied with any government, many of which have now become hostile with you. The story becomes clearer in the campaign but… You need to secure land both for extraction rights, secure shipping, and as a mooring place for the building site launch pad. Rare metals are needed to build the colony ship. Almost all upgrades are double purpose, they improve your submarine but would also help a spaceship/future colony. Money doesn’t matter if civilization collapses. Use some of it to buy the ores you need to research better upgrades!. 😁 The game ends either when you complete your research and can leave safely…or when the biosphere collapses entirely, and you are forced to leave with the best you have at the time. Happy exploring!
@NinthHavenGames thank you for the clarifications! Yes we definitely want to play more and I want to get into the campaign (though I need to shoot you an email for some rules guidance because the dice bit of the AI isn't clear to me.) It definitely gives that itchy brain feeling I tend to enjoy though!
Just One and The Crew have gone over well for extended family gaming. This year I might try So Clover and Trio. Happy Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for Tabletop Toolbox and the Weekly Ratchet!
whew! Jeff didn't just kick off after reaching 1K subscribers.
Looking forward to getting Santa's Workshop to the table this year. I got it new last Christmas season but never got it played. Go to games for non gamer family include Dragonwood, King of Tokyo, and Trekking Through History. Non-gamers tend to grok the concepts in those games pretty easily.
Great Ratchet as always!
Gaming is always hard on the holidays with family, kids, and other craziness. But i hope to maybe play some Can't Sop, small box TTR's, and maybe some green team wins or wavelength.
For holidays such as Christmas I'd choose a small box game like a card game or a party game since we are a lot during that day. Which makes me think that I need more of those genres. Love games like Time's up for example.
I always look forward to playing games that are little off the beaten path - really good games that don't otherwise get much love on BGG. This weekend my wife and I will probably play a couple of those. First up is Peacemakers: Horrors of War (#7,662 on BGG) and after that will be Project EOS Rise (#17,379). The latter is a space-themed game - if you're not aware of it, you should check it out. So, this weekend it'll be about giving thanks for lesser-known games and their small/boutique publishers.
QoTW: not actually to play myself but hoping to watch 'Table for 1' play "The Mandalorian Adventures". I'm not into the Star Wars theme but do enjoy Paula's presentations. And also to view DiceTower "Land of Evershade" play through. I don't think i've seen a video where Tom and Zee are getting tutored on how to play a game.
Yes, I am that weird.
Thanks for the first impressions, Jeff. I’ll be curious what you think after the 2nd play of Deep Shelf. 🙂
In defense of our score theming, you are building a colony ship to another world. You are not allied with any government, many of which have now become hostile with you. The story becomes clearer in the campaign but…
You need to secure land both for extraction rights, secure shipping, and as a mooring place for the building site launch pad.
Rare metals are needed to build the colony ship.
Almost all upgrades are double purpose, they improve your submarine but would also help a spaceship/future colony.
Money doesn’t matter if civilization collapses. Use some of it to buy the ores you need to research better upgrades!. 😁
The game ends either when you complete your research and can leave safely…or when the biosphere collapses entirely, and you are forced to leave with the best you have at the time.
Happy exploring!
@NinthHavenGames thank you for the clarifications! Yes we definitely want to play more and I want to get into the campaign (though I need to shoot you an email for some rules guidance because the dice bit of the AI isn't clear to me.) It definitely gives that itchy brain feeling I tend to enjoy though!