I had the privilege of helping out CGE at Gen Con 2018 when they debuted Pictomania 2nd Edition. Over those few days the creativity I saw was matched only by the hilarity of the art. So many four-legged hippo shaped creatures (that were clearly zebras come on!) and so many floating stick men doing the macarena.
Freud would have had a field day.
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The great thing about thematic gaming is the escapism. Imagining new worlds and living unrealistic stories. Pandemic affords you the rosy experience of extinction by plague, rather than the nightmarish Mad Max hellscape we are hurtling toward.
And to be even more cheerful, I can’t post photos of this game without spoiling it. So I’ve included a bunch of cute pets instead!
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Since first playing Spirit Island at GenCon 2015, I’ve learned of the reality I am sorry to have not understood. These past few years, the light of the future has been dimming, and it allowed me to finally see some of the dark holes of our society that my privileged self ignored. One truth that I’m just beginning to understand is the horrible reality ripples caused by colonialism.
Spirit Island lets you devour colonizers in hellish shadow flame and cataclysmic eruptions. It’s delicious.
Continue…I was lucky enough to get a chance to try out Animal Kingdoms from Galactic Raptor games using Tabletop Simulator. Animal Kingdoms isn’t out just yet, so consider this your chance to learn about the game before everyone else.
Ghosts of the Moor feels like an experiment discussed in a boardroom that somehow took on an actual existence. A light weight children’s game that exists as a filler and gateway game for adults. It’s easy enough for younger kids to grok while also being a good opener for game night. It does all this by being a strategic roll and move.
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Have you played Shouty Witch Hunt the boardgame? It’s the newest way to create bad feelings and resentment! Everyone gets a secret role and then spends the next 20 minutes accusing each other with baseless assumptions and I’M LOUDER THAN YOU DISCUSSION.
Yeah, I’m not a fan of social deduction games. But maybe you are?
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Unfortunately, I’ve gotten real busy. My trip to Essen was incredibly fruitful and caused me not to have time to get a review ready for you. However, in honor of Armistice Day and to make sure I put something up this week, here is my review for the Grizzled I did long ago. It won’t follow the typical format, but I always liked it. Hope you enjoy!
You have been sitting in a frozen patch of dirt for hours. The shells continue to fall and the night seems endless. You hear the whistles of the mortars before seeing the explosions, a constant rain of dirt as the blasts ring out all around you. You bury your head in your arms and pray the enemy will soon run out of shells.
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