This year it was a Western Themed event & numerous games ran with that theme in mind. However I did not actually get into any of those...playing more along my traditional types of boardgames, as well as a few new ones I'd not seen before.
Friday night consisted of Massive Darkness....we died, just like last year!
I then got into a game called Star Wars - Outer Rim.
We were each dealt 2 characters to choose from...go figure I got Han Solo!
Those familiar with Firefly will see a lot of similarity. The board itself is quite different, forming a half circle. You then sail about the Outer Rim, doing jobs, tracking bounties & performing tasks. The whole purpose of course is to get fame. I quite enjoyed it, although I didn't fare very well.
Saturday I started off with Mansions of Madness with several other folks. I believe we played Escape from Innsmouth.
We started off well enough. I was playing Wendy Adams, the Urchin. I even had brass knuckles to start.
The Innsmouth town mob arrives.
It got to where our priest was pretty much locked down engaging wave after wave of deep ones. He was also our spell caster & was doing quite well with them.
Of course the delays prevented him from determining just what that search marker was.
Unfortunately we were defeated when the Innsmouth mob got to the docks, destroying the boats & preventing our escape. It was a fun game!
I also played games of Escape Plan, & Dogs of War a game I really like!
On Sunday I got into a game called Cerebria, one I had never heard of. It was basically a game of emotions vying for supremecy.
It's a team event & I played Anxiety alongside Misery. I guess he does love company.
Our instructions for the game were muddled & we eventually gave up. Apparently there are 60 pages of rules & they are not well laid out. I would give this another try with someone who knows the rules to run it.
Sadly I never got photos of the game that was likely the hilight of the weekend for me, though the game was dark, it was quite thematic & was called
This game was so good, I ordered it as soon as I got home. Definately not one for the kids!
So another great weekend of gaming. I didn't win any of the Raffles (they had a copy of Gloomhaven!) but everyone seemed to enjoy the weekend & I got to meet some new gamers!
Thanks for reading.
Sounds like a lot of fun. Have been tempted by Mansions of Madness before, but now off to Google the Frankenstein game, sounds intriguing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael, we played the 2nd Ed of Mansions, that uses an app instead of a person to control the scenario. That way everyone gets to play!. Abomination is by Plaid Hat Games...you know those guys who did the Dead of Winter games...so they've kept this game as dark as those.
DeleteI think I've come to the conclusion that I really dislike the 2nd edition with the app. Feels way too forced.
DeleteSome very interesting games there and other than Mansions, none that I'd heard of before'
ReplyDeleteNow off to BGG.
Thanks Zabadak, being a mostly miniatures gamer I tend to only see these newer games at conventions myself
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff Terry! Always fun to boardgame, and how neat to have an event dedicated to it 😀
ReplyDeleteThanks Ivor, certainly allows one to discover new games!
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