In this post I give an overview of some recent games played. I am not going to go into great detail on any. I will offer my general impressions and opinions as appropriate for each game.
Mechs vs. Minions: Mission #10 As you may have read in previous posts, my neighbors and I have been playing through all the missions in Mechs vs. Minions. We've been stuck on the final mission for months. Each time we break it out we attempt to beat this level. We get one or two attempts in each game night... and each time we've come up short. This past week we broke Mechs vs. Minions out again. We took extra time at the beginning to review our learnings from past attempts and to discuss our basic strategy. Something must have clicked, because this time we finally defeated the Boss Mech. We were focussed and fierce. It seemed like things went more smoothly than normal. What a fun time! If you like co-op games and the action programming mechanism, then this game is a must play. So well designed and the production quality is through the roof! For more information CLICK HERE to link to the entry on Board Game Geek. Mystic Vale While at my friend Troy's game night I got to play Mystic Vale. This is a deck-building game which ads the interesting element of card crafting to it. Deck building games are card-based games in which each player starts with a similar base deck of cards and over the course of the game ads new cards, making their decks unique. Players typically try to pair cards that work well together and hope to bring them out of their deck in a timely fashion to perform combos and optimize each turn. In this game all players start with the same 20 cards. The back of the cards is the only difference with each player having a different color. So what is "card-crafting"? Mystic Vale ads this crafting element to diversify each player's 20-card deck. Clear cards are drafted from the middle of the table, having image/text covering one third of the card. The clear card is added to the existing card to create a new combination within the card sleeve. Cards can have up to three different additional cards added. This is a clever alternative to your classic deck-builder. Take a look at the photos I posted to get an idea of how this looks/works. I really liked how the game plays. Victory points are gained on some cards when played and more cards are available for purchase with additional victory points. I'm over-simplifying it, however that's the gist of it. We played with the expansions which added a day/night component and new leader cards. If your looking for a unique card-based game that resembles a deck builder but does it in a different way, then jump all over this one. Its fun to build your cards and see how you can create combos within the same card sleeve. To learn more about this one CLICK HERE to link to the Board Game Geek entry. Betrayal at Baldur's Gate Many are probably familiar with Betrayal at House on the Hill. In 2017 Avalon Hill published a Dungeons & Dragons re-skinning of this classic adventure game. I got a chance to play this version for the first time at Troy's game night. I have to say... I heard that they made a few improvements to the game from the original... and they were right! This is truly the same base game mechanics, however with a few tweaks made to improve upon past weaknesses. The new version takes the Dungeons & Dragons theme and replaces the haunted house with the city of Baldur's Gate. Instead of a main level, upstairs and basement, Baldur's gate includes the city level with Buildings and Street tiles as well as a Catacombs level. I'll list some of the changes/improvements as I remember them.
I had a lot of fun playing a variety of games this past week. I'm glad I could share with you my experiences and thoughts about one I've been playing for a long time, one with a new theme plus rules revisions and one new game with a unique game mechanism. Please share your thoughts and comments by posting in the comments section. I'd love to hear from you about your experiences with any of the three games. Keep checking out my gaming blog posts and...
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