2016 was the first year that I wrote a Top 50 games. Here's the 2017 version and games 20-11. Each game is linked to the relevant Boardgamegeek page. I have adapted/borrowed descriptions of each game to give you some flavour as to what it's about, then follows my thoughts.
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It was my night to pick, and after several failed attempts (I’m looking at you Steve) to play Lords of Vegas in the past few months, Lady Luck finally smiled on me tonight.
2016 was the first year that I wrote a Top 50 games. Here's the 2017 version and games 30-21. Each game is linked to the relevant Boardgamegeek page. I have adapted/borrowed descriptions of each game to give you some flavour as to what it's about, then follows my thoughts.
Today, I would like to share some thoughts about The 7th Continent.
Marion and I are around 20 hours into the game, close to lifting the first curse of the Voracious Goddess. So far, we are having a blast. Marion is even considering calling it her favourite game ever, just to say.
There is so much cleverness and elegance packed into this game, it is insane. So many different kind of actions to do, so many places to explore, and always with a great sense of purpose, which leads to tough and exciting decisions. It really feels like a well-balanced open-world type of game, even more than games like Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, Time Stories or Arabian Nights.
It was Steve’s night to pick and he wanted to play Battle for Rokugan again. But despite all the many technological advances in the world of scheduling, Steve still can’t read a calendar and his wife was working tonight. So he canceled. Year of Steve my ass.
But guess what? We played Rokugan anyway. Our first back-to-backer in some time. (I mean, I could look it up and see exactly how long it’s been but I don’t really care and neither do you. We both know this.)
Just so you wouldn’t think I reused last week’s image, I went all dramatic angle on this one.