by Stuart Burnham
Yesterday I wrote about Saturday's marathon game session, here it is again, from Billy's* point of view. (Well, surely that many games warrants a couple of posts eh?)
All his own words after the picture, enjoy!*my (currently) 13 year old son for those new to this corner of BGGMy average Saturday:
I wake up at around 7.30. I plod downstairs. I eat my breakfast. I have a shower and do other necessary bathroom deeds. I get dressed. I watch YouTube. I do homework. I play drums. I eat lunch. I do homework. I play a game. I do homework**. I eat dinner. I have a bath. I go to sleep.
My most recent Saturday: I wake up at around 9.00. I get ready. I go out. I play board games…
Hmm… I prefer the sound of the second one, actually.
Yes - it is I: Sir Shit-bag of Nuisanceland! Over the next few minutes, you and I are going to embark on a wonderful journey of many brilliant board games (and
Snowdonia). I hope you enjoy.
So we begin with the usual ‘All Aboard’ session. This consisted of a game of
Cacao,
Ticket to Ride: Europe and *shivers*
6 nimmt!.
I love
Cacao, just because it is so simple and light. It’s more about working out a good turn when it gets to you rather than having a plan from the start. I particularly enjoyed that game of
Cacao particularly. Maybe that’s because I won… Hm, I’m not sure.
Next came
Ticket to Ride (Europe). Ticket to Ride is a simple game of train placement. You have a hand of tracks that you must build and also trains that you can build the tracks with. The European edition added tunnels *sobs quietly in the corner*. If you thought that being given random tickets and having a choice of random trains wasn’t random enough for you, then I would highly suggest the European map… I didn’t enjoy it as much as the base game purely because it was too hard to develop a strategy with so much luck involved.
I don’t quite know what makes me dislike
6Nimmt so much. It’s just the fact that, unless you can read other peoples’ minds (a skill which I unfortunately lack) you can’t really have a decent idea of how the turn will play out.
And with that, the trip to all aboard was over. Onto the pub!
The first two or so hours done, we prepared to buckle down for the next 10 hours.
First game on the list:
Risk 2210 A.D..
Risk 2210 is a highly sophisticated strategy game about conquering the Earth and the moon! The
chuffing moon (apologies; inside joke).
Imagine
Risk...
Now take out the annoying bits and replace them with super mechs. And there is Risk 2210!
My experience of the game was generally quite good, however the sea and the moon were not really utilised to their full potential until the last turn. If I played it again, now that I know that you should focus on everyone, not just the guy who’s trying to pry Oceania out of your hands. I have now given my brother (the winner) the nickname of ‘world’s largest
dicktator’.
Next was a game which I, personally, had never heard of:
Xia: Legends of a Drift System. Or, as I call it, Galaxy Truckers with metal coins! In
Xia, you build up your spaceship and explore the ‘Drift System’. Do you choose the life of the trader, the pirate, or the bounty hunter? I had a rather interesting game of
Xia, in which I travelled far too far away from civilisation, so I had to dive into the sun and hope to respawn back with everyone else. I spent the one turn flying into the sun, and then waited the penalty turn (this took about 20 minutes). Let’s just say, it did not go well. I ended up spawning right next to the sun again! Hooray for me! I didn’t win that game… I don’t think I’d use the same strategy if I played again XD.
After
Xia, it was my turn to pitch a game.
And what else but
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game? A 2 hour long strategy game about surviving a zombie apocalypse? Yes please! I had the joy of playing the saboteur and I almost won. If only the pirate hadn’t stolen my last food card from me on the final turn. The morale had already dropped all the way down to two on the first turn, thanks to Lawrence expertly getting both of his characters eaten on the first turn. It was harder than usual for me as the traitor, because it was difficult to maintain the morale at such a low level.
Last but not… actually, forget that. Last of all, we played a game of
Snowdonia– a worker placement game about building train tracks up a mountain. I was feeling fairly tired at the time and my brain had gone to sleep, so I decided to play the role of ‘right old dick’. This implies taking all of the resources and not spending them (especially the coal). I believe I ended the game with about seven coal cubes. It was great though, because my Dad was the only one who needed them!
Thank you for reading.
**Bullshit! he never has that much homework!
