RevolutionWe played two fun, quick games this week – Revolution and Galaxy Trucker. I feel like more gamers are familiar with Galaxy Trucker (although I had not played it before, I have heard of it for some time), so I thought I
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Pandemic: Fall of Rome Just about everyone is familiar with the popular Pandemic series of games. One of the latest additions to the series is Fall of Rome (“FoR”), in which the plagues have become barbarian hordes (Huns, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks/Anglo-Saxons, and
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Blue Water Navy: The War At Sea We have finished a few of the starter scenarios and are preparing to dive into the campaign game for Blue Water Navy. I have been promising an update on this game once we started the
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Lincoln This is a very high-level, quick-playing game of the American Civil War for 2 players. It was designed by Martin Lawrence and released in 2018. We had a chance to give this fun game a try this week. The action is
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1846: The Race to the Midwest, 1846-1935 This is a member of the long-lived 18xx series of railroad games – which includes numerous iterations and has a devoted fan base. The most recent versions are produced by GMT. I believe that 1846
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Great Western Trail I have not had a chance to play this game, yet. It keeps taunting me at events and I cannot seem to get into a game of it, so it will be on my cruise list! America
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Brass: BirminghamThis is a fairly new game that has become a favorite for our group. It is similar in style to Brass: Lancashire, but with a couple twists. The game mechanics are fairly straightforward, however there is a lot of depth in
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EclipseThis game has been a popular choice of ours. Despite its depth we have been able to get it finished in one (sometimes two) weeknights of play. Although it has been referred to as “mini-TI4”, it is a different game that focuses
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DiplomacyWe are debating whether we want to play this classic on the cruise, since we don’t want anyone to end up as shark food – but we put it on the flyer! Let us know if you are up for it when
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Food Chain Magnate is a heavy strategy game about building a fast food chain. The focus is on building your company using a card-driven (human) resource management system. Players compete on a variable city map through purchasing, marketing and sales, and on
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