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New Year Resolutions

January 13, 2018January 13, 20185 Comments

New Year is a great time for making promises we won't keep by February, but it can also be a great motivator especially when it helps you to focus on something you love such as board games! My Resolutions Start a blog (killing it) Play more of our games, clear that shelf of shame! Spend … Continue reading New Year Resolutions

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There's something so satisfying about a full row of games with no space wasted 😂 Which game do you want to play most from this shelf?

Full review on the blog! Robin Hood and the Merry Men is a semi-cooperative game that walks the line between a euro game and a thematic board game. At it’s heart it is a worker placement game with players taking on the roles of popular Heroes such as Robin Hood or Jane Fortune, with their own bands of Merry Men to put to work defending Nottingham. Use your Heroes and Merry Men to collect resources, steal from the rich to give to the poor, rob carriages and even compete in archery competitions. You can lay traps to capture and ransom guards, build barricades on the roads to prevent carriages full of taxes from entering the city and even help Merry Men escape the gallows. All in the name of gaining reputation and victory points. This is not your usual semi-coop game, such as Dead of Winter or Shadows Over Camelot, where you are all working together with a hidden traitor in your midst. Instead, you are all competing against one another but you must still work together a little to ensure you don’t all lose the game together! If you allow the guards to over run the villagers or let the money on a road be completely depleted then you all lose and any victory points gained were all for nothing! (Link in profile for the full review)

Getting to know this crazy and wonderful community of gamers has been the best and I'm so grateful I get to share my gaming exploits with you all 🥰 THANK YOU! In case you missed it in my stories, I'm currently working on a HUGE load of giveaways to say a massive thank you when I reach 10k followers!! There are some really awesome people and prizes involved, which has really blown me away and I can't wait to tell you more, I'm so excited but still lots to do! (Photo is of Mystic ScROLLS incase you were wondering.)

You can't not include a game that is literally about love on a Valentine's list. @fogoflove, a romantic comedy in a board game! Part co-op game, part RPG, in Fog of Love you and another player take on the roles of two people entering into a relationship, facing various challenges like meeting the parents or facing secrets from one another's past. It's a real rollercoaster that's impossible to predict and quite unlike any game I've ever played. Oh and it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Are you a fan? Would you play this on Valentine's or is it too 'on the nose'? 😂

No two player list would be complete without Duelosaur Island! It may be missing the cute dino meeple of Dinosaur Island but it's still a great game in it's own right. I love the colourful art style personally but I know it's not for everyone. Duelosaur Island is a hand-management game rather than worker placement. The cards can be used in multiple ways. The trick is choosing whether to create a dinosaur, build new attractions or even discard cards to take other actions. It's definitely a game where you will want to try something new each time you play it to perfect your strategy. I look forward to more plays for sure! While I prefer Dinosaur Island because it's a great worker placement, it's is a big meaty game that we don't always have time for, so Duelosaur is a nice middle ground for us. Have you played either? Both? Do you have a preference?

Hero Realms much like Star Realms is a great 2 player deck building game. Deck building is one of my favourite mechanisms and Star Realms was my first so will always have a special place in my heart but Hero Realms is in my opinion the better if the two, just! I prefer the theme and art and I really like that they added the co-op campaign too. We've been all in on both Hero Realms Kickstarter campaigns and I'm really looking forward to continuing the campaign! If you're looking for a compact deck builder I highly recommend both Star Realms or Hero Realms depending on your theme preference mostly. Which has your vote? Star Realms or Hero Realms?

Escape room games are the perfect way to spend an hour or so, working through all manner of puzzles. They work really well as two player games, so they're great fun with a loved one! And a lot cheaper than actual escape rooms! The Exit and Unlock games are my favourites and while some are better than others, they are always highly enjoyable! I still haven't played all of these, but of those I have played I would say Exit has come out in top, just slightly! How about you? Unlock or Exit?

When you find the perfect card game and you feel those fireworks! 🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇 Hanabi is a wonderful two player game if you are looking for a co-operative challenge this Valentine's Day (or any other day of the year)! It is a game of limited communication where you don't know what cards are in your own hand but between you, you must play the correct cards in the correct order. Find out how well you know one another but don't blame me if you fall out over it 😂 what games have you fallen out over?

A Valentine's Day variant for 7 Wonders Duel 😂 All's fair in love and war and board games... and 7 Wonders Duel is a great 2 player game. If you're a fan of 7 Wonders I'd definitely recommend this over the 2p variant of the original, I mean, what even is that?! So glad they brought this out instead! Ok, the ultimate question... 7 Wonders or 7 Wonders Duel, which is your favourite? 7 Wonders is my most played game of all time so I feel like that says it all 😂 P.s If you haven't already seen today's Favourite Game Friday from @dicetower and @epicgamingnight, go take a look and see if you recognise a new face 😉

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There's something so satisfying about a full row of games with no space wasted 😂 Which game do you want to play most from this shelf?

Full review on the blog! Robin Hood and the Merry Men is a semi-cooperative game that walks the line between a euro game and a thematic board game. At it’s heart it is a worker placement game with players taking on the roles of popular Heroes such as Robin Hood or Jane Fortune, with their own bands of Merry Men to put to work defending Nottingham. Use your Heroes and Merry Men to collect resources, steal from the rich to give to the poor, rob carriages and even compete in archery competitions. You can lay traps to capture and ransom guards, build barricades on the roads to prevent carriages full of taxes from entering the city and even help Merry Men escape the gallows. All in the name of gaining reputation and victory points. This is not your usual semi-coop game, such as Dead of Winter or Shadows Over Camelot, where you are all working together with a hidden traitor in your midst. Instead, you are all competing against one another but you must still work together a little to ensure you don’t all lose the game together! If you allow the guards to over run the villagers or let the money on a road be completely depleted then you all lose and any victory points gained were all for nothing! (Link in profile for the full review)

Getting to know this crazy and wonderful community of gamers has been the best and I'm so grateful I get to share my gaming exploits with you all 🥰 THANK YOU! In case you missed it in my stories, I'm currently working on a HUGE load of giveaways to say a massive thank you when I reach 10k followers!! There are some really awesome people and prizes involved, which has really blown me away and I can't wait to tell you more, I'm so excited but still lots to do! (Photo is of Mystic ScROLLS incase you were wondering.)

You can't not include a game that is literally about love on a Valentine's list. @fogoflove, a romantic comedy in a board game! Part co-op game, part RPG, in Fog of Love you and another player take on the roles of two people entering into a relationship, facing various challenges like meeting the parents or facing secrets from one another's past. It's a real rollercoaster that's impossible to predict and quite unlike any game I've ever played. Oh and it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Are you a fan? Would you play this on Valentine's or is it too 'on the nose'? 😂

No two player list would be complete without Duelosaur Island! It may be missing the cute dino meeple of Dinosaur Island but it's still a great game in it's own right. I love the colourful art style personally but I know it's not for everyone. Duelosaur Island is a hand-management game rather than worker placement. The cards can be used in multiple ways. The trick is choosing whether to create a dinosaur, build new attractions or even discard cards to take other actions. It's definitely a game where you will want to try something new each time you play it to perfect your strategy. I look forward to more plays for sure! While I prefer Dinosaur Island because it's a great worker placement, it's is a big meaty game that we don't always have time for, so Duelosaur is a nice middle ground for us. Have you played either? Both? Do you have a preference?

Hero Realms much like Star Realms is a great 2 player deck building game. Deck building is one of my favourite mechanisms and Star Realms was my first so will always have a special place in my heart but Hero Realms is in my opinion the better if the two, just! I prefer the theme and art and I really like that they added the co-op campaign too. We've been all in on both Hero Realms Kickstarter campaigns and I'm really looking forward to continuing the campaign! If you're looking for a compact deck builder I highly recommend both Star Realms or Hero Realms depending on your theme preference mostly. Which has your vote? Star Realms or Hero Realms?

Escape room games are the perfect way to spend an hour or so, working through all manner of puzzles. They work really well as two player games, so they're great fun with a loved one! And a lot cheaper than actual escape rooms! The Exit and Unlock games are my favourites and while some are better than others, they are always highly enjoyable! I still haven't played all of these, but of those I have played I would say Exit has come out in top, just slightly! How about you? Unlock or Exit?

When you find the perfect card game and you feel those fireworks! 🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇 Hanabi is a wonderful two player game if you are looking for a co-operative challenge this Valentine's Day (or any other day of the year)! It is a game of limited communication where you don't know what cards are in your own hand but between you, you must play the correct cards in the correct order. Find out how well you know one another but don't blame me if you fall out over it 😂 what games have you fallen out over?

A Valentine's Day variant for 7 Wonders Duel 😂 All's fair in love and war and board games... and 7 Wonders Duel is a great 2 player game. If you're a fan of 7 Wonders I'd definitely recommend this over the 2p variant of the original, I mean, what even is that?! So glad they brought this out instead! Ok, the ultimate question... 7 Wonders or 7 Wonders Duel, which is your favourite? 7 Wonders is my most played game of all time so I feel like that says it all 😂 P.s If you haven't already seen today's Favourite Game Friday from @dicetower and @epicgamingnight, go take a look and see if you recognise a new face 😉

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