Almost every avid gamer I know is familiar with the game “Wingspan”, as it is not only a fantastic engine builder but features some really great card art. What’s one to do however if you don’t have 45-90 minutes but still want to get your bird fix? “One Fowl Swoop”, a game currently retailing on Etsy, may just scratch that itch. The game supports 2-6 players, is appropriate for ages 7+, and has an average play time of 20-30 minutes. “One Fowl Swoop” actually tasks players with getting the least amount of points…yeah, don’t see that a whole lot in the Euro games I play. Before I go any further I’m required by FTC regulations to disclose that I was paid to cover this game, but as usual any and all opinions are my own. The only thing paid for here was my time.
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With a name like “Metacell: Genesis, The Card Game”, you might immediately think that this game is complicated…not so. In fact, if I had to compare it to other card games I’ve played, I’d have to say that it was a cross between “Uno” and “Rummy”. All in all, this isn’t a bad pairing. Your objective here will be to match like-colored cards in order to score points, though the game includes some twists that help to make things a bit more strategic. Before we begin with the preview, I’d like to thank Ian Terry from Products for Robots, Inc. for reaching out and providing me with a press copy. It’s important to note that the game is currently seeking funding through the Kickstarter process (as of 4/23/14), making everything featured in this article subject to change.
No matter how hard I try, I can’t stop calling this game jambalaya. Since I have a habit of butchering its name while describing this game to others, everyone ends up getting the impression that I’m not only out of my gourd, but also have a crippling creole addiction.
It’s Friday. The kids (AKA Dad’s Review Crew) are out for the day and thus I am unable to unwind with them by playing some of the board games stacked next to my desk, which are pending to be reviewed. One of them stuck out however, “Friday” ironically, and I decided that now would be a good time to take a look at it.
I have to admit, being a policeman or a fireman was always appealing to me as a kid. It didn’t help that I was the smallest kid in the universe, but I still found the idea of making a difference to be quite appealing. People who risk their lives every day are to be commended for their dedication and service to their fellow-man. It turns out that I was better at calculating “X” than I was doing push ups in gym class…hence why I took up accounting as opposed to something more physically demanding. To that end, I found great pleasure in discovering and purchasing this little gem and unpackaging the components in front of the kids. My eleven year old son looked at the box excitedly and asked, “Do you get to save people in this?” to which I replied proudly, “Yep.”