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Good games I discovered since last year.
Dec. 2nd, 2015 09:12 amI feel like I should put a proviso on this. Apparently there's a whole board game culture out there which I don't know about, people who mostly play with other gamers who play with designers and publishers and other gamers and talk to each other about what's coming out and buy new games because they're new and exciting and play from each other's collections and thus know what's new and what's hot and so on.
I am not part of that culture, because before last year I didn't know about it! And now I don't really have time to get into new friendships or new things (see also yesterday where you all found places I can dance if only I had more time, thank you!) I get new games by presents or occasionally recommendations or TableTop - which I didn't manage to find the time to watch all of season 3 yet - but they're new to me, not new to the world, most of the time. So if you already know about all these, sorry! Also, we don't get a lot of new games through the year, but mostly at birthdays and Christmas, partly because if we don't make sure there's room on the shelf we lost pieces and end up needing replacements. And maybe we just need an extra games shelf, but there's room for one or two on there atm, we'll see.
That having been said, this is what I wrote on the subject of what tabletop games I like last year and this is where I talked about last year's Christmas present games.
( That being said, here are some game reviews. It got quite long, so a cut. This section is adult or family games, mostly involving playing a specific character or similar. )
( Child games, games which we probably wouldn't play adults only )
The one category of games I'd like more of, both in terms of play and in terms of actual games in our house, is micro games. I mostly carry a silly beggar my neighbour game and Aquarius in my handbag for spare moments, but it would be nice to have something a bit more interesting that doesn't take a lot of space, and to be able to switch them up. We've played a reasonable amount of Letters to Santa, the Christmas version of Love Letters, and that's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. It's fun, quick, and can be played anywhere, on a train, in a car, at a restaurant table between courses, in the foyer while we wait for Judith to finish drama, anywhere. Judith's had her eye on Coup for a while in this category, and I think I'd like that too, and I've a couple of other ideas, but if you have any recs I'd love to hear them, and also if you're looking for present ideas, that's a good place to aim :)
I am not part of that culture, because before last year I didn't know about it! And now I don't really have time to get into new friendships or new things (see also yesterday where you all found places I can dance if only I had more time, thank you!) I get new games by presents or occasionally recommendations or TableTop - which I didn't manage to find the time to watch all of season 3 yet - but they're new to me, not new to the world, most of the time. So if you already know about all these, sorry! Also, we don't get a lot of new games through the year, but mostly at birthdays and Christmas, partly because if we don't make sure there's room on the shelf we lost pieces and end up needing replacements. And maybe we just need an extra games shelf, but there's room for one or two on there atm, we'll see.
That having been said, this is what I wrote on the subject of what tabletop games I like last year and this is where I talked about last year's Christmas present games.
( That being said, here are some game reviews. It got quite long, so a cut. This section is adult or family games, mostly involving playing a specific character or similar. )
( Child games, games which we probably wouldn't play adults only )
The one category of games I'd like more of, both in terms of play and in terms of actual games in our house, is micro games. I mostly carry a silly beggar my neighbour game and Aquarius in my handbag for spare moments, but it would be nice to have something a bit more interesting that doesn't take a lot of space, and to be able to switch them up. We've played a reasonable amount of Letters to Santa, the Christmas version of Love Letters, and that's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. It's fun, quick, and can be played anywhere, on a train, in a car, at a restaurant table between courses, in the foyer while we wait for Judith to finish drama, anywhere. Judith's had her eye on Coup for a while in this category, and I think I'd like that too, and I've a couple of other ideas, but if you have any recs I'd love to hear them, and also if you're looking for present ideas, that's a good place to aim :)
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