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Monthly check in! What have you all gotten to the table recently?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

we had a quick family camping trip. so some small games in the downtime.

Survive!: Escape from Atlantis, is always a blast. I actually won, since the two older kids were so intent on killing each other's people rather than hunting down dad's.

Magical Athlete - my copy is worn and well loved, but it's never leaving. We had a race with the druid (moves whenever someone uses a special ability) and the Ranger (move 4 when rolls a 1 or 2...so almost always at least a 4). The entire race the ranger never used his ability.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Magical Athlete is always a good time. I've only played it once, but it's fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Family was in town and we taught them Cat in the Box and Terraforming Mars. Both were a big hit with an edge to Cat because of the decreased complexity. Haven't played much of TM at 4, usually at 2, and the strategy changes quite a bit!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Big fan of Terraforming Mars. Once you've got an experienced group, I'd try switching over to drafting cards instead of the random draw. It slows the game down a little, but it is an improvement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yup, when my wife and I play we draft cards but to speed things up with the new people we wanted to keep the options down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For me, it’s been Imperium: Classics and Tin Helm! I play both solo, but I:C has been played more frequently and with a friend on a couple occasions.

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