Being a spy is a lot of work, if television has taught us anything. You have beautiful women constantly throwing themselves at your feet and all the neat gadgets you could ever want, except for maybe the “cone of silence”…that thing never worked right.
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Hello again, readers! As some of you may have read, I really enjoyed playing a recent game that I picked up called, “You’ve Been Sentenced!“. It’s highly educational and the kids and I had a blast putting sentences together. Today, I just wanted to quickly go over the six add-on decks that are currently available to compliment the main game.
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.
I have a bone to pick with a recent sensation that’s been spreading across the globe. In fact, I have a lot of bones to pick. I have a bone to pick with the show. I have a bone to pick with the parents. I have a bone to pick with CYS. And…I have a bone to pick with the general population for watching this sorry excuse for a train wreck.
Every now and then I come across games that are a joy to play, usually they end up being the ones where playing the role of referee isn’t required. What’s more, I enjoy games with an educational theme, mainly because I believe in teaching the kids all that I can in order to prepare them for life as an adult.
Ever try owning a potted plant but are the type of person who tends to forget things? Important things, like how plants need water and all of that jazz? How did that work out for you? Withered and died huh? Well, I guess you just haven’t played enough Santiago to know better…yeah, let’s go with that.
I’ve had the pleasure of playing and reviewing quite a few worker placement games this year…Agricola, Lords of Waterdeep, and Stone Age, just to name a few. I was surprised to learn about Cargo Noir, having never heard of it until last week when I visited a local board game store for the first time (amazing experience, by the way).
For whatever reason, I watched a lot of “Press Your Luck” as a kid. The Whammy animations are pretty annoying now that I’ve had the pleasure of playing the DVD version of the game recently, but I guess back then I was easy to please. The show involved players earning money by pressing a button and having the choice keep going or walk away with what they’ve won lest they stop their selection on a Whammy, in which case they lose everything.
I’m going to take you back in time for a minute, back to 2003. A game released that featured a single player campaign throughout the vast reaches of space, though multi-player was available if one knew how to create a server. It was mainly a space combat simulator, though players could shy away from combat and just ferry goods in between stations and earn credits by buying low and selling high. You could purchase new ships, weaponry, defenses…the works. I still come back to it every now and again; because the game was fantastic…even the soundtrack was top-notch. That game was Freelancer.
Dice…lots and lots of dice. If I’ve ever complained in the past (which I have) about not having spare dice lying around the house…I won’t be anymore. Oh, and dice cups. I won’t be running out of those anytime soon either. Why? Because…Farkel Party.
I’ve never agreed with the title of this show, mainly because I consider a lot of the questions that are asked to be insignificant in relation to what the average person needs to know on a daily basis. What is the French word for above? I don’t know, but I’m fairly certain that knowing how to write a check and balance a bank account ledger makes me smarter than a 5th grader any day of the week. Anyway, I digress…let’s take a brief look at how the Wii version (the game I own) measures up in the grand scheme of things.
Pandemic remains to be one of my favorite cooperative games, but I came across another one that seemed oddly similar. For those of you who haven’t read my Pandemic review, players will rally together to try and save the world from four deadly diseases. Diseases are spread by way of infection cards, which are eventually recycled to the top of the draw deck so that they can be drawn again. This mechanic increases the chances of infections becoming full-blown epidemics. Diseases can be cured by trading in so many cards of that color, and players will be able to utilize specific abilities depending on which character card they chose in the beginning of the game.
Galactus Prime is the capital of an evil empire that the rebellion is about to attack. The only thing stopping the rebellion from taking over the capital is an ion supercannon that they must take out via a successful attack run. Think “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” and the famous Death Star trench run at the end of the movie, but without the creepy voice in your head telling you to trust your feelings.
Once again, the forces of evil have shown their ugly face and this time, it is up to the Destined Hero to put a stop to their plans of world domination.
I’ve never been a hardcore RPG board game player…as appealing as it is to create a character and assign all of these stats to them, I disliked how long it could sometimes take to resolve a game. Some people enjoy one long, epic experience while others like being able to have their quick fix without committing too much time out of their day.
Looking for something relatively easy to play with a lot of depth? Enjoy playing games with a medieval theme? Like earning gold? Have multiple personality disorder? Well, you’re in luck…