The "What did you play last week?" thread

New week, new games!

Today it was one of our classics, Merchants & Marauders!
4 player game, ended a bit early as I had to leave for work. But it ended with a tied win, 9-9 between two players. Both had 1 point each from stash, and both had the same amount in their stash! So that's tied. The other two were tied at 4 points (lol). It was a rough day, everything went wrong for me today :P The two winners had good strats and pulled a lot of good rolls and moves when needed, GG! Will get back harder on the next one!
 
Tested Vinhos in a two player game. Was fun, really like the mechanics and they way everything is tied together. Mistakes were made obviously, but learned a lot ^^
It wasn't a super great 2 player game, but both of us saw the potential in 3-4 player games, I think that's gonna be awesome!

Forgot to take a picture during the game, but here was one when I was starting the setup.
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On Mars (3p) and Valor and Villainy: Lludwik's Labyrinth (3p coop) played last week.

On Mars was hectic, lots going on. First game basically just to teach, others had played it multiple times before. Seems like a very solid strategy game, but has a few things that are unnecessarily quirky. Some plays are required to get more in tune with the game flow, but I'm intrigued to get this on the table soon.

Lludwik's Labyrinth was tons of fun! The successor managed to build upon the good things in the first game and add tons of new content and improvements. More advanced heroes, new spell and feat decks, new map and much more. The build quality and attention to detail was honestly incredible. The card box with its thick dividers and lid, the awesome playmat with both boards (dual sided), insert that fits even with sleeved cards, top notch really.

Coop worked very well, just took some time to get used to the AI system. We played the first Act and managed to win. Then our progress meant we could upgrade our base camp in wait of the next act. I don't want to spoil much, but it looks to be significantly harder from the next act and onwards.. ;)

There are 8 acts, and you can play this as you like. You can play quests mode freely in between or skip the campaign all-together if that's your flow. Together with the Arsenal expansion, you can also play all the new villains and content of the new game as 1vsMany, like the first game. Also it will allow you to play on the first game map (Hawkemoor) as coop vs Mordak.
 
Hubbe said:
I had a 3-player game of Lost Ruins of Arnak last week. Fun game, especially with expansion and asymetrical player powers.
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And another one yesterday :)

Yeah it's a nice point salad game that combines various mechanics such as deck building, worker placement and resource management.
 
Got to play three games last week:

3 player Hogwarts Battle with my daughter. Thematic, straight forward deck builder, easy to understand but get progressivly harder as you go a long the campaign.

Got in a two player game of Dead Reckoning. Great pirate 4X game with card crafting. John D. Clair at his finest.

Lastly I got to play a two player game of Valor & Villainy: Lludwik's Labyrinth. It's an RPG dungeon crawler with the right amount goofiness. I have just played one of the first missions, so haven't tried out the boss battle yet.
 
Hubbe said:
Got to play three games last week:

3 player Hogwarts Battle with my daughter. Thematic, straight forward deck builder, easy to understand but get progressivly harder as you go a long the campaign.

Got in a two player game of Dead Reckoning. Great pirate 4X game with card crafting. John D. Clair at his finest.

Lastly I got to play a two player game of Valor & Villainy: Lludwik's Labyrinth. It's an RPG dungeon crawler with the right amount goofiness. I have just played one of the first missions, so haven't tried out the boss battle yet.
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Dead Reckoning was great! Fun pirate game with a very interesting deck building/upgrade mechanic. I'd be eager to try out the game with the expansion that adds more asymmetry.

V&V: LL has been great, the boss battles are challenging and a lot of fun. The game has surprised me (positively), as the game is very well made in terms of campaign, goofy story, excellent balance (tried on 2p, 3p, 4p and 6p) and new mechanics. I have yet to try the 1vsMany in LL, as I will try to complete the campaign first. Currently on Act 4 of 8.
 
Played Western Legends 3p game. Was a fun game that moved back and fourth. I had huge momentum and managed to build a solid VP gap. Sadly it ran a bit out of steam and when I managed to trigger the end game, it was too late and the others had gathered enough points elsewhere to bypass me. I got captured so I lost my wanted points, which was a crucial end to my campaign :P
 
Oni said:
I only had time to play some solo games of "For Northwood!". It's a solid game. I plan to bring it on vacation thanks to its small form factor.
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Looks like a cute solo game ^^

I played the first two chapters of Skyrim board game. Was a lot of fun, first game was 2p and second game was 3p. The second game took 6 hours, so a bit more than I anticipated. :P The only thing that is a bit annoying is that the rulebook isn't the best, so there is a lot of looking rules up and checking rule questions online.
 
Tex said:
Looks like a cute solo game ^^

I played the first two chapters of Skyrim board game. Was a lot of fun, first game was 2p and second game was 3p. The second game took 6 hours, so a bit more than I anticipated. :p The only thing that is a bit annoying is that the rulebook isn't the best, so there is a lot of looking rules up and checking rule questions online.
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I wonder if board games with too many rules are better experienced as videogames.

For example Skyrim videogame has a lot of stuff going on, but it's all handled by the PC, giving the player a "pure gameplay" experience.
 
Oni said:
I wonder if board games with too many rules are better experienced as videogames.

For example Skyrim videogame has a lot of stuff going on, but it's all handled by the PC, giving the player a "pure gameplay" experience.
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Definitely, there are some games that are better suited as video games.
I'm enjoying the board game of Skyrim for the moment though, but I do see areas that I would have liked to have seen an extra focus on. (fex alchemy and dungeon exploration). 😊
 
Played a round of Dune Imperium last night.
Was a tense 3p game that was very close up until the end, although during the second last round I made a major blunder to not go all-in with my tropps to try and claim the 2 VPs. The last round I was unable to capitalize as I misjudged the required troops and the game ended that turn, which was even worse for me :P So I trailed a few points behind the two others that ended up tied, and on second tiebreaker (money) one of them edged it out. Clutch win!
 


Got to try Delta yesterday. It is a steam-punk themed adventure euro point salad game. It was a fun and varied game with a reasonably fast play time. Send your team members to various areas of the board to explore, work in the workshop or do research. It is a game where every mechanic and element feels familiar, but still it was very enjoyable and would like to play it again.
 
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