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=> BoardGameGeek
=> Official Website
=> Cartographer Heroes Official Rules
=> Map Packs AND their rules
=> Kickstarter Info
Tutorial Runthrough (Jon Gets Games):
Continue reading “Cartoghraphers – Heroes (stand alone expansion)”
Will Wheaton refers to Alhambra as one of the four pillars of classic European board games along with Catan, Carcassonne and Ticket To Ride.
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Official Rules
The Rules in THREE MINUTES:
=> BoardGameGeek
=> The Initiative – Setup and Play Guide (PDF – Len’s 1 page guide)
=> Guidebook (intro)
=> The Key Rule Book
=> Official Website (more free missions, etc)
=> Bonus Missions (interactive code chart on screen)
=> Bonus Riddle Missions (interactive on screen chart)
Combines an Escape Room into a Strategy Game!
Kim Tolson’s #1 game of 2021 (queued to the right spot):
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Official Website
=> Rule Book
NOTE: most expansion just add complexity (not fun) … but these work well: Inns and Cathedrals // Traders and Builders // The River (or River 2) is a nice way to start the game
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):
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:
Many articles and reviews have been mentioning Spirit Island as a great game, including these from Polygon: 5 Best Coop Games and 5 Best Solo Games
=> BoardGameGeek (8.4 rating – but also a quite hard rating (over 4.0) for difficulty)
IMPORTANT searchable FAQ system => Home Page => Commonly Misplayed Rules
Many of my favorite reviewers have videos on Spirit Island including Kim Tolson, Rahdo, Meeple University, Jon Gets Games, Gaming Rules (Paul Grogan), Before You Play (Monique & Naveen) and One Stop Co-op Shop. So you can pick which of their video’s you’d like to watch!
Actually … Monique says it is her favorite Coop Game! Here is the video for that (queued up to the right spot):
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