Synopsis: Distributed by game publisher ‘Days of Wonder’, Ticket to Ride (2004) was a created in the style of a German board game or “Euro-game” and as with other games of its type it is characterized by a relatively simplistic ruleset, short to medium playing time, and indirect conflict via the accumulation of points. The …
King of Tokyo is a tabletop game that was designed by Richard Garfield. The game was released in 2011 and has since been highly awarded, leading to expansion pieces and a spin off game, King of New York. Players choose a monster to play as and are each given a score keeper that keeps …
Hnefatafl is a game that originated in medieval Scandinavia and surprisingly enough World Championships of this game are still held even to this day, mainly in Europe. With Vikings living such a violent and barbaric lifestyle, it would only make sense for their games to represent much of the same. Much like the rook in chess, pieces …
The Kingdom of Carcassonne Objectives and specifics of Carcassonne: The goal of Carcassonne (whether it be 2 or 5 players) is to acquire plots of land by utilizing cities, cloisters, roads, and farms. Each tile must be perfectly placed so that all four sides coincide with whatever tile it is being matched up with. For example, …
Game Marrero – USA player Elizabeth Blakney – USSR player Early War Play begins with both countries placing influence throughout the countries that existed during the Cold War. Turn one Both the United States and the Soviets begin peacefully doing their own thing. No military operations Headline phase The 5 Year Plan card is headlied …
Max Owen Session Report-Puerto Rico For the gamers out there looking for an intensely layered and engaging board game experience, look no further than Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is a 3 to 5 player board game produced by a German manufacturer, called Alea. Since its introduction in 2004, it consistently scores among the highest ranks …
BattleLore: First Edition was published in 2006 by Days of Wonder and Fantasy Flight Games. BattleLore is a scenario style war game that pairs two players against one another in a Medieval fantasy setting on a hexagonal style board. BattleLore utilizes both dice rolling and card mechanics. While this game is heavily dependent upon chance their …
The game I chose to my session report on is The Walking Dead: The Board Game, which was released in 2011 and published by Z-Man Games. The game allows up to six players but is recommended to play with 3, 4, or 5. Ages 12 and up are suggested to play, which can last up …
Background King of Tokyo is a table top board game that was released in 2011 designed by Richard Garfield. The game includes dice, cards, a score card that keeps track of your monster’s health and victory points, and card board characters that are the monster you play the game with. The game is made for …
The game begins with both the French and the British army’s occupying land on each side of the island. The French control multiple forts on the Canadian side of the island and the British are controlling an isolated number of forts on the opposite side. The amount of territory each side starts with is about …