New Board Game: Azul
I really enjoyed playing Azul a few months ago. In fact, I liked it so much… I ended up buying it so that Liz and I could play at home.
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Brief Game Night
Liz and I hung out a bit downstairs, where it’s definitely a bit cooler. We had a very short board game night before dinner, deciding to break out Santorini, to give that a go again.
Finally
Looking back, I’m stunned to see that Liz purchased The Royal Game of Ur for us nearly a month ago, in mid-May.
Power Out, Games Out
After a slow morning and spending a few hours doing some around-the-house chores, I was out in the backyard when I heard a series of loud, dull pops in the distance. It sounded like muted gunfire almost, which was really strange.
Friday Games
Liz was looking up more board games for us to play a few days ago, and ordered us a copy of Carcassonne. I’d played it before, but it was a long, long time ago… so we both needed to review the rules.
Ur Losing A Lot
The smack talk has been… pretty nonstop, ever since.
Playing the Royal Game of Ur
At first I thought Liz had the win, but I got myself into a great spot with many of my pieces near the end. I sent Liz’s last remaining piece back to the start not once, but twice! And both times, she rolled her way back to the end, and finished before I could get all my pieces off the board.
The Royal Game of Ur
The Royal Game of Ur is a board game that’s at least four and a half thousand years old, and was played in the Middle East by the Sumerians. The rules itself are fairly straightforward, and the gameplay results in some surprisingly exciting scenarios.
Rob Daviau: Designing a Legacy Game
Rob Daviau is the game designer behind Risk Legacy, a variation on the traditional board game version of Risk that actually has players modifying elements of the game (cards, the board itself). In many ways, the game “remembers” prior games, making subsequent games built off of the history of previous ones.
Large “Monopoly” Community Chest Cards and Dice, Logan Square
Spotted this outside of Longman & Eagle two nights ago: a pair of large dice, and a collection of oversized Community Chest cards from the board game Monopoly.
Battleship Torpedo Attack
Allison recently got a version of Battleship that I’ve never seen before – one where each side comes complete with a periscope that shoots torpedoes (tiny black marbles) under water, at the ships.
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