Last night was the first time we were all able to get together in about three weeks... and it's the last time all four of us can meet until late in October. We took advantage by playing a couple of more unusual games from John's collection. Both these games incorporated a mechanic called a "cycle draft." You've…
Maria and Andrew are fans of Ark Nova. They've played the digital version many times. Last night, they brought their copy of the physical game for all four of us to play. Like Wingspan on our previous game night, the game components had not been touched before and required some unwrapping and punching. In addition to requiring…
Yesterday we made an attempt at Chapter 3 of Soul Raiders. To remind you of the "story so far": In August 2025 we played Chapter 1 and got through it successfully in a single night. In September 2025 we started on Chapter 2. It's a bigger and more complex story. We were only able to go part…
In my previous Last Night's Game post, I talked about trying to play a game of Vestige. We had to stop that game because it was getting late. This time, we decided to start the evening with Vestige. From the wording of the above picture captions, you've probably figured out that we didn't finish the game. We…
Maria couldn't make it last night, so it was just Andrew, John, and I. After Space Cats, we tried to move on to a different board game, Vestige. It was at that point that Andrew realized that it was getting late, and there was no way we were going to finish this game at a reasonable hour.…
In my attempts to be a good host, I clean off my gaming table before my guests arrive. According to Jiku and Shuba, any dirt the guests see on the table has nothing to do with them. It must be because Bill didn't clean well enough. Last night we managed to play three games in a single…
John couldn't make it, so last night Maria, Andrew, and I made another attempt at Soul Raiders. As a reminder: Last August we played Chapter 1 and got through it successfully in a single night. In September we started on Chapter 2. It's a bigger and more complex story. We were only able to go part of…
Last night John brought some unusual and hard-to-find games. I've linked to them as best I could. Although I won twice, it was not due to skill. I mis-understood the rules of both games more than once. Shinjuku would have played out differently if the rest of us had understood why John was building his Railroad network.…
For the first time in a while, Maria was able to join us. She and Andrew brought a couple of new games for us to try. Cháng'ān vaguely resembles Wingspan, in that the engine is built from cards that relate to resource production. However, the relationship between producing and engine creation is quite different. The game has…
Maria couldn't make it, and Andrew and I weren't feeling up to an intense brain-burner game. So John brought Inkwell. It was another fun night. Hopefully Maria will be able to join us next time.