2/16/2022 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #22-07
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An even dozen for Wednesday 2/16/2022 at Purple Dragon Games
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Odin’s Ravens (led by Emily) 2-player 2002 racing game with clever card play/hand management. The 2016 2nd edition eliminates the ‘magic way’ but lengthens the race path.
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Codenames Duet (led by Sean) 2017 cooperative 2-player (or two teams) version of Codenames
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Mass Transit (led by Emmet) 2-4 player 2021 co-op to get 6 workers home from the city to their homes in the suburbs. Colorful cards can be used to add to transit paths or move the commuters via walking, train, bus or ferry. Our intrepid trio managed both a win and a loss.
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Cathedral (led by Tim) 1978 wooden abstract game of placing 3D building pieces into a square medieval city. A challenging puzzle experience.
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Boss Monster (led by Armando) 2013 dungeon building card game
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Pan Am (led by Tim) 2020 game of building an air travel empire as Pan Am expands through seven decades. Worker placement, auctions to obtain destination cards, establish routes, build airports and sell routes to Pan Am in exchange for shares of stock. Most stock wins.
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Istanbul (led by Sean) Rudiger Dorn (Goa, Luxor, Las Vegas) modular design of network and route building, using pick up and delivery in a race to get the most rubies through clever trading. Won the Kennerspiel first place award in 2014 for gamers games.
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Quacks of Quedlinburg (led by Sean) push your luck game of adding ingredients to your cauldron….but get too greedy and it all blows up. Purchase ingredients that either earn VPs or grant special privileges. Won first place for Kennerspiel for 2018
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The Game (led by K-ban) 2015 co-op game with limited communication as players try to rid themselves of cards using 2 piles of ascending cards and 2 piles of descending cards – without getting stuck. We got down to a handful of cards among the 4 of us.
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An even dozen for Wednesday 2/16/2022 at Purple Dragon Games It was a Reprise Night – mostly an evening of getting games we played once back to the table Next Wednesday, 2/23, is Train Night – all train games. Expect a curated experience likely to include TransAmerica/Europa, Railroad Ink, Ticket to Ride (an expansion), Santa…
An even dozen for Wednesday 2/16/2022 at Purple Dragon Games It was a Reprise Night – mostly an evening of getting games we played once back to the table Next Wednesday, 2/23, is Train Night – all train games. Expect a curated experience likely to include TransAmerica/Europa, Railroad Ink, Ticket to Ride (an expansion), Santa…