Small World Underground, Gears of War, Quarriors, Driver: San Francisco
Still at the cabin, a game of Small World Underground was played. I did not do very well, and it seemed to go on for a lot longer than it needed to. One thing that happened a lot was constant fighting over the relics, which went badly when I ended up being in the middle. The winner managed to get the iron dwarves, who slowly built up extra units at mines, with the mining power, which gave them an extra point from mines. A dangerous combo together, because he was pulling in huge points while being unstoppable.
Played a couple of games of Gears of War: The Board Game, and they both ended pretty poorly. After looking over the first scenario again, I realized that I completely messed up, and didn't get that all of the emergence holes except the last one were suppose to be sealed. I also forgot to shuffle in a few general AI cards. But once that was figured out, the game really trucks. You can get through a turn really quickly when you know what you're trying to do. The first game we managed to knock out most of the bad guys and seal the hole, only the get overrun by the last little squad that showed up before the game finish. The second game was a scenario where you have to lead a big brute outside so that you can hit him with a satellite. We were trying to string him along with four people, because he'll follow you if you attack anything, but spacing issues and some crappy card draws kept us from getting very far, as eventually a bunch of wretches spawned suddenly and wrecked us. You run out of space on these little boards really quickly with four players though. I think it might play a lot better with one or two, because they there's a lot more opportunity to take cover.
Also a light game of Quarriors, I don't remember who won. All I know is that Galaxy Quest was on, and I like that movie.
Once I made it home, I played about thirty seconds of Driver: San Francisco before I decided I was exhausted. It is a neat game though, with its shift mechanic, letting you jump from car to car, and it really varies the challenges available, instead of just racing around.
Still at the cabin, a game of Small World Underground was played. I did not do very well, and it seemed to go on for a lot longer than it needed to. One thing that happened a lot was constant fighting over the relics, which went badly when I ended up being in the middle. The winner managed to get the iron dwarves, who slowly built up extra units at mines, with the mining power, which gave them an extra point from mines. A dangerous combo together, because he was pulling in huge points while being unstoppable.
Played a couple of games of Gears of War: The Board Game, and they both ended pretty poorly. After looking over the first scenario again, I realized that I completely messed up, and didn't get that all of the emergence holes except the last one were suppose to be sealed. I also forgot to shuffle in a few general AI cards. But once that was figured out, the game really trucks. You can get through a turn really quickly when you know what you're trying to do. The first game we managed to knock out most of the bad guys and seal the hole, only the get overrun by the last little squad that showed up before the game finish. The second game was a scenario where you have to lead a big brute outside so that you can hit him with a satellite. We were trying to string him along with four people, because he'll follow you if you attack anything, but spacing issues and some crappy card draws kept us from getting very far, as eventually a bunch of wretches spawned suddenly and wrecked us. You run out of space on these little boards really quickly with four players though. I think it might play a lot better with one or two, because they there's a lot more opportunity to take cover.
Also a light game of Quarriors, I don't remember who won. All I know is that Galaxy Quest was on, and I like that movie.
Once I made it home, I played about thirty seconds of Driver: San Francisco before I decided I was exhausted. It is a neat game though, with its shift mechanic, letting you jump from car to car, and it really varies the challenges available, instead of just racing around.
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