Actually, a board game version of Oregon Trail sounds like a really good idea. I loved that game!
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Mark Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm pretty sure this won't give anyone a "vicarious thrill", but here goes: > * > Previously Played Games:* > > - *Alhmabra*: Denee and I taught this to a young couple from Idaho. They > seemed to enjoy it although they didn't realize (until it was too late) the > importance of only buying when you have exact change. > > - *Automobile*: I played a 4-player game of this on Friday and a 5-player > game on Saturday. I had heard several people rave about the 5-player game > being the sweet spot and I have to agree. The winning score in our 5-player > game was over $5000 which was as high as our 3 and 4 player games. So I am > thinking the number of players doesn't really slow down one's earning > potential. > * > Games New to Me:* > > - *Healthy Heart Hospital*: Designer Scott Nelson showed Denee and me how > to play his co-op prototype. It was actually better than I thought it would > be. Each player takes on the role of a doctor and works with the other > doctors to keep patients alive. I assume this game was somewhat inspired by > Pandemic where cubes are used to indicate severity of the situation. Rather > than limit outbreaks you must limit number of patient deaths. > > - *Ninja vs. Ninja*: The son of the owner of Out of the Box publishing was > demoing several new Out of the Box games. Denee and I went head-to-head in > this checkers varient. The ninjas are cool looking but the game seemed > quite lame. If you are looking for a very simplified version of Dungeon > Twister maybe this would appeal to you. > > - *Word on the Street*: For our next Out of the Box experience, Denee and > I teamed up in this party game against the owner's son and Alf Seegert (the > designer of Bridge Troll). Denee does quite well at word games which was > enough to power us to victory. Neither of us thought the game was > compelling enough to put on our want list. > > - *Oregon*: Denee bought me this game for my birthday last week but I > hadn't had a chance to play it yet. Tom Vasel of the Dice Tower podcast > recommended it but I take what he says with a large grain of salt because > his sweet spot seems to be the lighter games. Anyway I was glad to get in a > game of this at the gathering. It is a lighter family-type Eurogame that > has some similar elements as in Carcassonne and Hacienda. If you are > looking for a theme-rich experience similar to the old PC Oregon Trail game, > this isn't it. > > - *Finca*: The Spiel podcast reviewed the five Spiel des Jahres nominees > and Finca sounded interesting enough to merit a try. The board and bits are > very nice. The gameplay uses a move mechanic similar to Cartagena and > Emerald where the number of spaces you must move is equal to the number of > pawns on your start space. This is more a game of tactics than long term > strategy since the board can change so much before your next turn. I > enjoyed the game but doubt I will be buying it. > > - *Space Junkyard*: Seth Hiatt, owner of Mayday Games, taught three of us > how to play this game which has enjoyed some popularity as a free > print-and-play design. Mayday is producing a professional version this > fall, but for now we played using a prototype. The artwork and some of > game mechanics reminded me of Galaxy Trucker minus the real-time aspect. I > can see why many people enjoy this game and will be interested to see what > the finished game looks like. > > Well, that is my report. Unfortunately we had to leave early on Saturday > and missed out on a few more games. I wanted to try *Railways of England > and Wales *and *Bridge Troll* but didn't get the chance. Everyone was > very nice and I didn't see any fist fights. > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 5:10 PM, Mark Crane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What, do I have to pay the registration fee before getting the >> vicarious thrill of a session report? :) th >> >> On Jul 12, 9:30 am, "M. Crane" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > So, for those of you that attended AGOS, perhaps you could tell us >> > which new games you played and what you thought of them, and provide >> > any other gripping details of your adventures. Last year I played >> > Dominion--was this year's Dominion being prototyped? Did anyone break >> > into fist fights over a misplaced meeple? Inquiring minds want to >> > know. >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
