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BOARD GAMES!

2/15/2014

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I recently organized my board games and put them all away, so I thought I'd take a picture to remember that one moment when we didn't have board games strewn throughout the house. There are only three things I care to spend my money on:

Movies, books, and board games.

I'd guestimate that I've dropped a 2-3K dollars into my board game collection, but I absolutely love games. I rarely play with just my wife. Which is fine, because I'm glad she has her own thing. However, she does play with me if I ask. I'm not much of a solo gamer. I will play by myself rarely or if it's an ipad app, but beyond that I much prefer social, interactive games with great themes. Some of my current favs are:

Descent 1st Ed. My number one game for almost 3 years. A wonderful 3-5 hr dungeon crawl featuring 2-4 players squaring off against 1 Overlord.

Letters from Whitechapel - a hidden movement game where one player plays Jack the Ripper, the others play detectives trying to stop him.

Resistance Avalon - a team bluffing game where good guys try to outsmart bad guys who are trying to figure out who Merlin is and assassinate him.

Sentinels of the Multiverse - a 3-5 player co-operative card game where each player takes on the role of a superhero trying to defeat a supervillain. Decks are predetermined. Not a Magic-type deck building game.

Here's some photos of my collection:




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Dustin
2/19/2014 02:21:22 am

Love your books and your game collection. Good to see someone's that is on par with my family's collection. My son loves Descent and I usually get wrangled into running the dungeon for him. Powergrid, Catan, and Dominion are all favorites too.

Didn't see them but a few recommendations if you are interested: Cartegena - great simple game to teach and play in a half hour, can play more than 4 people and has a good deal of strategy. Lords of Water Deep - another great board game we really enjoy. Thunderstone is a similar game to Dominion with a bit more depth (ha! Have to play to understand) to it.

Looking forward to your upcoming books!

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