Welcome back it is time for our second installment of Worker Wednesdays with a look at what has become one of my favorite worker placement games, Lords of Waterdeep.
The vitals
Released 2012
Designer: Peter Lee & Rodney Thompson
Plays: 2-5
EPT: 60 minutes
I recall many a time for two years looking at friends game shelves, shelves in game stores and on online retailers and seeing the game Lords of Waterdeep looking back at me; a glimmer in it’s eye. The box art showing a fantastic depiction of a fighter, mage and dude wielding a staff with two daggers in his belt that looks totally BA, with Dungeons and Dragons written across the bottom of the box, and a hefty weight when lifted off the shelf. Mental images of journeying through dungeons with the goal of finding...
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Follow Up Tuesday – Pandemic
Yesterday we looked at the mechanic of the Action Point Allowance System; or APAS as no one calls it… today we will be following that up with a review of the Matt Leacock modern classic Pandemic.
The vitals
Released 2007
Designer: Matt Leacock
Plays: 2-4
EPT: 45 minutes
Pandemic is a co-operative game in which players act as members of the CDC working together to stop the spread of diseases across the globe. Players all start the game in Atlanta, Georgia; home of the Center of Disease Control before setting out to trot the globe and rid the world of these spreading diseases.
During setup each player is given a character, each character having unique abilities. The game ships with more characters than players thus making each game vary based upon which people are in play; each player also receives a...
Favorite Fridays – Arkham Horror
Let us journey back to the summer of 2011. My family is on vacation in Ocean City, Maryland in a condo a block from the beach. Those who know me well are aware I have 2 arch nemeses, one of which is the sun (a story for another time) and the other.. well we will discuss that later. I thus avoided the beach more often than not and withdrew to the comfort of the air conditioned condo to enjoy a book or game. My brother and my dad often joined me in this seclusion and we quickly turned to games to fill our time and it was thus that my brother introduced us to Arkham Horror.
The vitals
Released 2005 (remake of a game from 1987)
Designer: Richard Launius & Kevin Wilson
Plays: 1-8 (I’d recommend 4-5 and...
Camel Up (9.1/10)
Brian, Eric, and Sean take a look at the 2014 Spiel Des Jahres winner Camel Up; will it live up to the hype or fall flat like a camel out of the gate?!
Outer Earth (Kickstarter Preview)
Prepare yourselves; it is time to terraform! Check out our preview of Outer Earth; on Kickstarter now!
You can back the game here: http://www.tinyurl.com/outerearthKS