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Word Games
Word Games:
Word Games:
Word games
Atlantis Rising 2nd Edition
Community: 3-6 players, best with 4 (solo & 2 player variants included, 7 player included but not recommended)
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Kickstarter
=> Official Website
=> Official Rulebook // Latest edition of rulebook
=> Len’s 1 page Rule Summary
=> Video Playlist
=> Background Music for this game
How To Play:
Untold: Adventure Awaits
More like a story writing activity than a game, but structured like a game! (Note: I have the “voyages” Dice as well that can be utilized during game play)
=> BoardGameGeek (plus: just Rory’s Story Cubes BoardGameGeek)
=> Rulebook
=> Pictures of More Story Dice
Review:
Eila and Something Shiny
Vantage
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Annotated Rulebook v20
=> Official Player Aid Reference Card
=> Lens 1 page Rules Summary Vantage v2
=> Errata (mistakes on the cards) – see end of this article)
=> RulePop (includes the errata and easy to use storybook entries)
=> Vantage Locations Checklist (v2 with room for journal notes)
=> Log Your Journey (location by location) Thin Columns
=> Vantage Travel Journal (lots of room for journaling along with location number space plus print single sided so spiral bound has alternating blank pages)
=> Video playlist
=> Several videos about things we may be playing wrong (officially recommended)
=> Background Music for Vantage
From the designer: Vantage is primarily designed to reward curiosity, observation, and shared knowledge (either with other players or with yourself from previous plays). It is a rewarding, abundant game, not a punishing game; if you pay attention, use your eyes, and discuss what you see and have seen, the game will reward you. [ie, you ALWAYS succeed when you try something … it’s just that the COST to have done it can be minor or MAJOR:) ]
Tip: Games may be harder with fewer players. However, with 4, 5 or 6 players there is quite a bit of lag before you get your turn again!
It is possible to add in or drop players to a game in progress. To add in . . . just like another escape pod landed on the planet, treat them like additional player in start up, and have them land on the planet and add 2 more black dice to the game.
Overview (queued to summing up the game – if you like it, go back to the beginning for his overview of playing the game)
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Original set of cases:
=> Thames Murders and Other Cases (BGG)
=> Baker Street Irregulars (BGG)
=> Video playlist
Their number 21 game of ALL TIME … queued to the right spot:
Pandemic The Cure (coop)
Note: online comments seem to think it best to play with the expansion and the Mutation Variant.
=> BoardGameGeek (The Cure)
=> BoardGameGeek (The Meds Expansion)
=> Rules (for The Cure base game)
=> Rules (for The Meds Expansion)
=> Lens 1 page Rules Summary (base game) v1
How To Play:
Chronicles of Light (coop)
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Lens v1 Rules Summary
=> Tips to help you play the game
=> Official FAQ (ex: Maid Marian’s Birdie add +1 in battle)
How To Play:
Wonderful Overview by the game designer (Pam Walls) – Note that before a game is officially available, some types of “reviews” are not permitted by the game publisher (she refers to this as an “embargo”):
Dice Conquest
Codenames Duet
For 2 players (but can also play as two teams)! It’s a family game (ie, not at my house, but I can get it here).
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Quick Guide (2pgs – not Len’s)
=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary (v1)
Nice overview from Game Like A Mother:
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