GCOM Games Days

[kmusser]

Games played:
Bombay, Can't Stop, Dominion (11 times at least, twice with the Seaside expansion), Hamlet, Imperial (Asia map variant), Keltis (twice), Kreta, Lokomotive Werks, Mr. Jack, Nexus Ops, Poison, Race for the Galaxy (twice), Saboteur, Small World (twice), Ticket to Ride, Tin Lizzies, Web of Power

Dominion clearly the "hot" game of the con, usually a 1/2 dozen games of it going on at a time. Seaside is the 2nd expansion in the pipeline after Intrigue. Recommended for those that like CCGs but don't like the CCG investment (for me it makes me miss playing my CCGs).

On the new releases played: Small World is a fantasy themed version of Vinci. I was already a big fan of Vinci so it's no surprised that I liked this one, plus it fixes Vinci's endgame problems. Added to the want list. Bombay is a quick pick-up and deliver type of board game, might be worth it for the cute plastic elephants alone.

New to me games: Lokomotive Werks is a kinda interesting game trying to balance supply and demand, like many Winsome Game releases left me kinda meh - they often make for better simulations than games. Nexus Ops is a kind of game I don't usually play, a sci-fi themed war game from Hasbro, complete with plastic figures and using the Axis & Allies combat system, I liked it a lot more than I thought I would, unlike similar games it is pretty fast-paced. Saboteur is a cute sort-of cooperative card game with a dwarves digging for gold theme, players are essentially on two teams, but you don't get to know who is on your team, also nice as it can handle large numbers of players.

Development of Tin Lizzies is going well, played with 4 and all enjoyed it, I still need to test it with larger numbers of players. Overall I'm pretty happy with the mechanics, though it could still use some way to trim down the playing time a bit, I might just chop a turn or two off. I also need to redo the graphic elements, but I don't know when I'm going to find time to do that.

Comments

[blackpaladin.livejournal.com]

> Dominion (11 times at least, twice with the Seaside expansion)

<ears perk up>

So... what information are you at liberty to discuss about Seaside (or Intrigue, for that matter)? If you are able to do so, please go over to dominion_cardgm and let us in on the secrets!! Pleeeeeeeeeeease???? :-)

[kmusser]

Umm, it has a bunch of new cards :-) Intrigue already has a fair amount of info about it on it's boardgamegeek page and the biggy other than more variety is that it expands number of players. For seaside only new mechanic (and I think it's introduced in Seaside, but it might be in Intrigue) is adding "duration" cards with effects that last more than one turn. If you haven't hunted down the Black Market promo card yet it's worth doing, playing with that is great.

[blackpaladin.livejournal.com]

> Intrigue already has a fair amount of info about it on it's boardgamegeek page

The only stuff I can find in the forums for Intrigue is info on three of the cards (discussed here -- linked to protect your readers from potential spoilers); what else has become available that I'm missing?

[auror.livejournal.com]

Seaside is awesome. I also played it twice. *grin*

[blackpaladin.livejournal.com]

Jealous!!! :-)

[chelona.livejournal.com]

I love Dominion!!

[kmusser]

Nothing on specific cards, only confirming what's in http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/391450, Intrigue it's been awhile since I played with any of them so I don't remember much. Seaside I can't say anything on specific cards (and they tend to change every week anyway so what we played with won't be what's eventually released).