2/22/2023 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #23-08
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Despite the snow, we kept our streak alive at 86 consecutive Wednesday evenings at Purple Dragon Games as an intrepid half dozen braved the elements.
(led by K-ban) 2022 Reiner Knizia card game with a surfboard theme. Think of this as his next iteration from Lost Cities and Keltis card games. The card swapping mechanic and public goals give it personality.
Raj/What the Heck/Beat the Buzzard
(led by K-ban) we played 2 rounds of this 1988 Alex Randolph classic bluffing card game while waiting for the arrival of one of our table leaders.
(led by Amy) 2019 John D Clair design ( Space Base, Cubitos, Dead Reckoning, Mystic Vale) Players are forces of nature molding the planet, but with competing visions of its grandeur. Gameplay is simultaneous. Each round, one player reveals a series of chunky element tokens from the bag, giving all players the opportunity to complete a card from their tableau and shape the continent to their own purpose. Elements that cannot be used can be converted into energy cubes or additional cards in hand or they can be added to your tableau to give you greater options as the game evolves. Players create landscapes, habitats and species in this planet creation process. The simultaneous play makes the game as there is always something positive to accomplish even on other player’s turns.
(led by Tim) 2022 tile-colliding, volcano erupting, mountain-making, wisdom-gathering, action-economy strategy game. On individual player mats, players move their Followers between action spaces, allowing them to manipulate a shared environment like a giant puzzle of plate tectonics. Action spaces allow players to shift rows of land, move and collide land tiles, form and erupt volcanoes, worship to gain wisdom, journey their Followers around the ever-shifting landscape, and build sacred places of study and worship on mountains. Building sacred places and worshipping in sacred places brings wisdom which is used to improve the abilities available for each action space. Wisdom is also used to improve the end game value of each sacred place built as well as reach other goals worth end game points.
When building sacred places, the Demigods of the Wise One ascend a ziggurat which acts as a timer toward the end of the game. When one reaches the top, players finish the round and then tally a final score.
At the core of Oros is the unique ability to shift, move, build up, erupt, and reposition the land within an infinitely connected play environment. This mechanic turns every action into a puzzle of creative problem solving, abstract thinking, and a constantly evolving strategy. Another chief aspect of the game is the player mat which uses a minimal worker placement mechanic to govern action opportunity.
Despite the snow, we kept our streak alive at 86 consecutive Wednesday evenings at Purple Dragon Games as an intrepid half dozen braved the elements. Welcome to Drake on his first visit Our 3/1 session will encompass Market Manipulation – players influencing the cost/price of stocks and/or products. Our table leaders are preparing for an eclectic…
Despite the snow, we kept our streak alive at 86 consecutive Wednesday evenings at Purple Dragon Games as an intrepid half dozen braved the elements. Welcome to Drake on his first visit Our 3/1 session will encompass Market Manipulation – players influencing the cost/price of stocks and/or products. Our table leaders are preparing for an eclectic…