Last Night’s Game – Soul Raiders, Chapter 2 – second attempt

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…

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Last Night’s Game – Shinjuku and Trickster Gods

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.…

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Last Night’s Game – Cháng’ān and In Front of the Elevators

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…

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Last Night’s Game – Mystic Vale Harmony, Race for the Galaxy, Dice Forge

This weekend was a bit different for me. Instead of a game night on Friday, I went to one on Saturday. The people were different too: Mike, Michael, and Real Angela. At the Friday-night sessions, the gamers tend to play newer or more obscure games. For yesterday's gathering, we played tried-and-true classics. It was a pleasant evening.…

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Last Night’s Game – Trickadee and Martian Fluxx

In my previous Last Night's Game post, I announced that Andrew and John gave their permissions for me to use their full first names in this series of post. Maria has completed list. M, J, and A were fun to play with, but I can now retire them with the knowledge that their task is done. As…

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Last Night’s Game – Sea Dragons and Roll for the Galaxy

At last night's gaming session, John and Andrew both agreed that I could use their full names in these posts; I don't have to call them "J" and "A" anymore. M couldn't make it last night; I'll ask her about this the next time I see her. It was a fun night. Sea Dragons was more like…

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Last Night’s Game – Take A Seat and La Habana

M, J, A, and I had a relatively short game night. That's because we played two relatively short games relatively quickly (at least for us). The first game was Take A Seat. Instead of being a "roll and write" game, this is a "share and write" game. It involves writing on dry-erase boards. Unfortunately, I completely forgot…

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