June 16, 2005
Lunchtime Poll #30: Whaddaya Got?
In the most recent Lunchtime Poll, Li asks
What’s the last board, card, or roleplaying game you bought, and what do you think of it?
I'll answer each individually.
The last board game I got was awhile ago - Vanished Planet. I haven't played it often (mostly because it's in the top of the gaming closet and I can't reach there!), but when I have, I've found it truly enjoyable. Rather than be a competitive game, it's cooperative, everyone trying to save the save the universe from the big blackness that engulfed the earth and is moving ever outward. Since cooperative is much more to my tastes, I enjoy this game far more than many others where I have to be in just the right mood to be competative. Another major advantage (in my mind) is that this game can be played with anywhere from 1-6 players. Yes, that 1 is right - you can play it solo.
Now on to the card game. We actually picked up three while we were in Minnesota for Rich's interview, but the last one was Aquarius, a goody that's been around from Looney Labs for awhile. I've only had a chance to play it once, as Rich and I far more often throw ourselves into a good game of Chrononauts (though we still need to get Early American Chrononauts so we can play ÜberChrononauts). But I did enjoy it as I played it. It's a good "all ages" game that I look forward to playing as my own family grows.
Finally, the last RPG I picked up was The Babylon 5 Role-Playing Game Pocket Guide. I mainly bought it because, eventually, I want to pick up the Techno-Mage expansion and I want to run a Techno-Mage game of some sort. I've not had much of a chance to really submerse myself into the rules of play with everything else going on, but what I've read has intrigued me enough to make sure the techno-mage book is next on my list of things to buy and think about running a game after things slow down a bit.