03/20/2024 – Berkshire Gamers Session Report #24-12

An intrepid half dozen on a snowy/sleet filled night at the UNO Park Community Center. We did, however, keep our streak of meeting every Wednesday since June 29, 2021 intact.

Our theme for our March 27 session will be SdJ (Spiel des Jahres – German Game of the Year) winning games. Expect to play some of the following winners from among our table leader’s collections:
Year Game of the Year Designer Also Recommended
2023 Dorfromantik: The Board Game Michael Palm and Lukas Zach Spiel des Jahres
2022 Cascadia Randy Flynn Spiel des Jahres
2021 MicroMacro: Crime City Johannes Sich Spiel des Jahres
2020 Pictures Daniela Stöhr & Christian Stöhr Spiel des Jahres
2019 Just One Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter Spiel des Jahres
2018 Azul Michael Kiesling Spiel des Jahres
2017 Kingdomino Bruno Cathala Spiel des Jahres
2016 Codenames Vlaada Chvatil Spiel des Jahres
2015 Colt Express Christophe Raimbault Spiel des Jahres
2014 Camel Up Steffen Bogen Spiel des Jahres
2013 Hanabi Antoine Bauza Spiel des Jahres
2012 Kingdom Builder Donald X. Vaccarino Spiel des Jahres
2011 Qwirkle Susan McKinley Ross Spiel des Jahres
2010 Dixit Jean-Louis Roubira Spiel des Jahres
2009 Dominion Donald X. Vaccarino Spiel des Jahres
2008 Keltis Reiner Knizia Spiel des Jahres
2007 Zooloretto Michael Schacht Spiel des Jahres
2006 Thurn and Taxis Andreas Seyfarth and Karen Seyfarth Spiel des Jahres
2005 Niagara Thomas Liesching Spiel des Jahres
2004 Ticket to Ride Alan R. Moon Spiel des Jahres
2003 Alhambra Dirk Henn Spiel des Jahres
2002 Villa Paletti Bill Payne Spiel des Jahres
2001 Carcassonne Klaus-Jürgen Wrede Spiel des Jahres
2000 Torres Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling Spiel des Jahres
1999 Tikal Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling Spiel des Jahres
1998 Elfenland Alan R. Moon Spiel des Jahres
1997 Mississippi Queen Werner Hodel Spiel des Jahres
1996 El Grande Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich Spiel des Jahres
1995 CATAN Klaus Teuber Spiel des Jahres
1994 Manhattan Andreas Seyfarth Spiel des Jahres
1993 Perudo Richard Borg Spiel des Jahres
1992 Um Reifenbreite Rob Bontenbal Spiel des Jahres
1991 Wacky Wacky West Klaus Teuber Spiel des Jahres
1990 Hoity Toity Klaus Teuber Spiel des Jahres
1989 Café International Rudi Hoffmann Spiel des Jahres
1988 Barbarossa Klaus Teuber Spiel des Jahres
1987 Auf Achse Wolfgang Kramer Spiel des Jahres
1986 Heimlich & Co. Wolfgang Kramer Spiel des Jahres
1985 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases Gary GradySuzanne Goldberg and Raymond Edwards Spiel des Jahres
1984 Dampfross David G. Watts Spiel des Jahres
1983 Scotland Yard Manfred BurggrafWerner SchlegelDorothy GarrelsFritz IflandWerner Scheerer and Wolf Hoermann Spiel des Jahres
1982 Enchanted Forest Alex Randolph and Michel Matschoss Spiel des Jahres
1981 Focus Sid Sackson Spiel des Jahres
1980 Rummikub Ephraim Hertzano Spiel des Jahres
1979 Hare & Tortoise David Parlett
March 20, 2024 @ UNO Park Community Center
 
IN: Steve, Armando, Chris, Anna, Reimi, Rob O.
 
ON OUR TABLES:
Let’s Go to Japan (led by K-ban) 2024 card drafting game where players are traveler planners who after 13 turns of planning get to experience their own dream vacation to Japan. The game consists of thirteen rounds in which players draw activity cards illustrated by Japan-based artists and strategically place them on different days in their week-long itinerary. These tourist attractions have players bouncing between Tokyo and Kyoto as players try to puzzle out the optimal activities to maximize their experience while balancing their resources. The game ends with a final round in which players ultimately go on their planned trip, activating each of their cards in order along the way. The player who collects the most points by the end of their trip wins!
Splito (led by K-ban) 2022 card game that’s a cross between Point Salad (choice of playing goal cards or veggies/colored numbers) and Between Two Cities (playing cards to a shared area with your two neighbors) plus two shared common goals for all at the table. 13 cards are played, each time players select a card and assign it to one of their neighboring zones and pass the rest to their left hand neighbor. Scores are the points earned for each player’s two zones multiplied together.
Project L (led by K-ban) 2020 charming combination of puzzle solving with engine building. Players start with 2 acrylic puzzle pieces and earn additional shapes by completing puzzles. Players select from among several actions – drafting puzzles, upgrading pieces, placing pieces and the important master building action. The game rewards efficiency in the drafting and in use of their 3 actions per turn. There are two recently released expansions to try, as well as a spin-off similar game in the works called Square One.

An intrepid half dozen on a snowy/sleet filled night at the UNO Park Community Center. We did, however, keep our streak of meeting every Wednesday since June 29, 2021 intact. Our theme for our March 27 session will be SdJ (Spiel des Jahres – German Game of the Year) winning games. Expect to play some of…

An intrepid half dozen on a snowy/sleet filled night at the UNO Park Community Center. We did, however, keep our streak of meeting every Wednesday since June 29, 2021 intact. Our theme for our March 27 session will be SdJ (Spiel des Jahres – German Game of the Year) winning games. Expect to play some of…

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