The Game Stefan Feld’s The Castles of Burgundy is a classic Eurogame. The components are simple and barely adequate. The theme hardly a veneer (you can chip it off with your fingernail). The player interaction minimal. The strategy deep and the paths to victory many. Ironically, there is nothing glamorous about The Castles of Burgundy. … Continue reading Games in the Stacks! The Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game
Historically, modern board gamers tend to turn up their collective noses up at party games, considering them less a game and more an activity beginning and ending on a whim or laugh or pulled groin. Any modern board game entries into the party game space are usually dominated with social deduction games (generally clones of … Continue reading Games in the Stacks! Knit Wit
The Game Designers - Andrea Chiarvesio, Gianluca Santopietro Publisher - Passport Games Number of Players - 3-5 Ages - 12+ Playing Time - 90 minutes Mechanics - Cultist Placement, Dice Allocation, Animal Sacrifice I want everyone to repeat after me -- Lovecraftian Eurogame. Let those words roll off your lips and drip onto the floor. … Continue reading Cthulhu in the Stacks: Kingsport Festival
The Basics: Designer - Michael Kiesling Publisher - Ravensburger Number of Players - 2 ? 4 Ages - 8 and up Playing Time - 45 minutes Mechanic - Hand Management, Pattern Building, Tile Placement (A quick note about this review especially the images. I was provided with a review copy of Sanssouci from the publisher, Ravensburger and upon completing my plays, I donated … Continue reading Games in the Stacks: Sanssouci
The Basics: Designer: John Yianni Game Type: Tile laying Number of Players: 2 Playing Time: 20-25 minutes Mechanics: Tile placement, Grid movement, Abstract strategy The Game: Our library has long had chess sets that players can use in the library. This classic abstract strategy game has been around for centuries, and to be honest, I've never been good … Continue reading Games in the Stacks: Hive
The Basics: Designer: Andreas Seyfarth Game Type: Card, City Building Number of Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 45 minutes Mechanics: Set Collection, Hand Management, Variable Phase Order The Game: San Juan is a city building card game based upon the popular board game Puerto Rico. Unlike its spiritual brethren, it consists of a deck of 143 building cards, … Continue reading Games in the Stacks: San Juan
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