This is a rather unique game … almost like a Where’s Waldo turned into a game! And the map is HUGE.
Quick How To Play:
Micro Macro Crime City
Mandala Stones
Carcassonne (Big Box with 11 expansions)
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Official Website
=> Rule Book
=> VERY detailed rules (339pgs)
=> Scoring Small Cities & Farms (small cities get 4 points plus 2 extra points for each shield / farms are scored on the basis of fields, one field at a time (thus a city can be counted towards two or more fields)
=> Detailed Info and how to use: River / Phantom / Flying Machines / Abbot
=> Carcassonne Rules Wiki (use first to fine rules explained)
=> Video Playlist
See also the co-op stand alone=> Mists Over Carcassonne
NOTE: most expansion just add complexity (not fun) so choose carefully! Probably only choose 2 or at most 3 expansions because as you keep adding more and more tiles, they get diluted and you rarely see the new expansion tiles! PLUS with too many expansions, the game takes A REALLY LONG TIME TO PLAY!
***See bottom of this page for the expansions that I have (many with links)
Here is a playlist of over 90 videos about nearly all of the expansions!
=> Over 90 Expansion Videos (a playlist)
Analysis Paralysis and Play Time => the FIX: Draw tile at end of turn instead of start of turn
How To Play in 3 Minutes (Rules Girl):
Showdown Yahtzee
You likely already know how to play Yahtzee … so you then are ready for the super fun board and dice version, Showdown Yahtzee (one of the favorites for our Game Days).
For 2-4 players (best with 4). Instead of each player having their own Yahtzee score pad, there is just ONE and it is not a pad of paper, but individual large tiles that represent all the typical line items in the normal game of Yahtzee. Each player moves around a board and if you land on an empty square, you can try to get any of the available tiles and if you get it you take that tile and place it on the board on the square where your pawn is along with the stated amount of your chips. If your pawn lands on a square that already has a tile, if you can roll that, the tile becomes yours and you put your chips on it (if it was already yours, you just get a free turn to continue moving your pawn till you get to a spot that is wild or has a tile owned by another player). If you land on WILD, you can treat it as a blank square (try for any available tile) or as an occupied square (try to get it for your own).
I have FOUR boxes of this game (it really is that good). Someday it would be fun to have 16 people over for a Showdown Yahtzee tournament … 4 players at a table … the winner from each of the four tables then have a Showdown Showdown!
Review and examples:
Hive (with two expansions)
Pandemic: Hot Zone Europe
Got this when it was released on August 27 2021.
How To Play:
Doomlings
Doomlings is a fairly quick game played with a unique card system (over 100 different cards). It is just going into manufacturing now and should be delivered in December.
I liked it so much that I created a website for it … which now has over 150 articles!
And the game designers even sent me a prototype of the game! So we can play it now! Anytime we want! I’m ready for a game of Doomlings!
More info about Doomlings? Just visit my website (use the Quick Guide links to get a taste for the game)
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Kickstarter
=> Rules
=> My Own Doomlings Website
And let’s kick of the videos with one of my favorite game reviews of all time:
Canvas
Board Game Geek (for all three editions plus Big Box):
- Canvas (original)
- Canvas Reflections / Deluxe (first expansion)
- Canvas Finishing Touches / Deluxe (second expansion – doesn’t look like it added much)
- Big Box (just a master link list system?)
Official Website=> RoadToInfamy.com
Rules=> Canvas / Reflections / Finishing Touches
Len’s 1 page rules summaries:
Canvas // Canvas Reflections // Canvas Finishing Touches and Big Box
Tabletop Tolson (Kim Tolson) looks at all three … in three videos … first the original Canvas:
How To Play Canvas:
