What I Played Today: April 5

Werewolf, Tokaido, Incan Gold, Blood Bowl Team Manager

At game night, before we got going, I convinced everyone, about 11 of us, to play a game of Werewolf. There was a lot of weird people being put up for vote, lot of inexperience, but they caught the first werewolf because of his bloodthirst early on, and the good team would have won if the seer hadn't flipped over his card, so instead it ended in a draw.

Then I played a quick game of Tokaido. I went heavy on completing sets and visiting villagers, but I missed a meal, which usually loses you the game, because you need to eat every meal to get the big points. So, didn't win, even though I got four lucky cat cards.

And then Incan Gold, which I didn't win, because I ran too early and too often.

Finally Blood Bowl: Team Manager, which took much longer than it should have, it really dragged, but it was enjoyable enough. I didn't win a few crucial games early on, so I didn't have the star power needed to win a lot of later matches.

What I Played Today: March 19

Blood Bowl Team Manager, Cleopatra

I played a two-player game of Blood Bowl, and it ended up being really fun! The game has a quick one-two punch when you really get down to it, as you quickly build up your deck, try to play the cards in the best positions, and etc. I won because I was able to get a lot of star players, and my deck let me cycle through to find them, giving me a bit of an advantage.

Then a game of Cleopatra, which I hadn’t actually played before. It’s basically a game in which you are slowly building up a common area, playing cards from your hand to buy things and gain points. But, if you use some of the more powerful cards or attempt to keep too many cards, you gain corruption, which is bad, because whoever has the most corruption at the end of the game is fed to the alligators, and automatically loses. So, despite the fact that I didn’t think I built very well, and I didn’t gain as much corruption as everyone else, I also didn’t use the action that would allow to get rid of my corruption, which means even though I had the most points somehow, I also lost immediately, which is nonsense. The game is pretty cute with all its pieces though.

What I Played Today: December 18

The Walking Dead, Blood Bowl Team Manager

I played this Walking Dead board game, it's alright. Each player is trying to collect tiles from each corner of the board and not die. But...when they do die, they suddenly start actively playing against all the other characters. It's a nice way to account for the game being kinda brutal. Unfortunately for my opponent, I was one die roll away from winning the game when he got turned into a zombie, so he didn't really get a chance to mess with me.

Also a game of Blood Bowl, which is weird. It's a resource management thing, where you're trying to use the players in your hand to try and win a series of volleys that offer rewards based on who is more powerful there. Each region you win gives you either a new player or an upgrade you can use. It's strange because it kinda has deckbuilding elements, but not really, and there are just so many cards available, and you're going to gain, at most, maybe 15, if you play really well. I guess variety is good, but it was just odd that all these cards are out there and I can't really use them. I managed to win by going overboard on staff upgrades, which gave me a ton of points at end of game.