Jennifer introduced this game to me and I figured I’d share it with the rest of you. Most people have at least heard of the card game “Rummy”, however there is a variant called “Aggravation Rummy” that makes the original card game that much more challenging. Let’s take a quick look at what you’ll need to play and how the game is played.
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I was anxious to get my hands on Star Trek: The Next Generation Deck Building Game, mainly because I’m a Star Trek fiend. I owned the Star Trek: The Next Generation Customizable Card Game as a kid (review to come eventually) and have recently reviewed Star Trek Fleet Captains and Star Trek Expeditions.
I’ve reviewed a few worker placement games already…Lords of Waterdeep and Agricola, for example. For those of you new to the genre, worker placement games task players with strategically placing (you guessed it) workers around the board in various places in order to gain resources and other bonuses. The kinds of resources you can acquire in this fashion vary from game to game, but you’re ultimately using said resources to perform other actions and ultimately trying to score more points than everyone else.
Tetris Link, a board game that I recently reviewed, was well received in our household. When I discovered that there was a Tetris card game, however, I was on the fence. How can something like Tetris be adapted to cards? Yet, I couldn’t ignore that the board game adaptation was an overall success among the kids.
I recently reviewed an old favorite of mine called Clue: The Great Museum Caper and thought I would keep with the theme by taking a look at a similar game called Scotland Yard.
This was my favorite board game as a kid. I used to play it for hours on end with my younger brother, who gave me a run for my money more times than I can count. I lost the game in a flood during hurricane Ivan and was unable to find a new copy anywhere. I buckled down and bought the game used from Amazon…something I never do…but gosh darnit, I had to.
I first learned how to play Mancala as a kid; it was part of a games pack that came with some other popular “stone” games on the PC. The game was fairly easy to understand, though I remember the computer being quite the jerk. There was no way to adjust the difficulty, so I’m fairly certain that the personal quest for expanding my vocabulary started there…though Top Gun, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Mega Man for the NES were major contributors.
I enjoy a good game of Scrabble, but sometimes I’m not able to commit to an hour of playing board games. Word on the Street, which I’ve previously reviewed, is an excellent alternative…though I came across this card game whilst browsing at my local store and figured I would give it a try.
I can’t count how many times I considered purchasing this game when I passed by it in the store. I was always intrigued by its general premise, but wasn’t sure how much fun placing pieces on a flat playing surface would be. Granted, I got a lot of mileage out of playing Tetris on the Game Boy, but I was skeptical that a lot of its charm would be lost in the conversion. I quickly learned however that Blokus isn’t Tetris, but something far, far better, in my opinion.
I played a lot of Tetris as a kid. I specifically remember being in the back seat of one of my parent’s cars, holding my Game Boy up over my head so that the headlights of the car behind us would allow me to see what I was doing. Those of you who grew up in the XBox / PS2 era might be smirking, but that’s how we rolled in the early 90’s.
Ever fight a big floating nose or a gazebo? Neither had I…that is, until I played Munchkin for the first time a few nights ago. I first saw the game when browsing the “TableTop” videos, which are hosted by Wil Wheaton on Geek and Sundry. I enjoyed watching Felicia Day, Sandeep Parikh, Steve Jackson (Munchkin’s creator), and Mister Wesley Crusher himself backstab their way to victory. As someone who is a fan of lighter dungeon games, it didn’t take much arm twisting for me to buckle down and order it.
Tycoon games are probably my favorite games to play, mainly because I have a crippling need to control everything. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve obsessed over my theme park in Roller Coaster Tycoon. I would sit there for hours changing colors, making the prices just right…it got so bad that even the park guests began waving at me as if to remind me to take a shower. Hotel Samoa reminds me a little of Hotel Giant, another tycoon game, but dumbed down and simplified to make for a quick fix on family game night.
I’ve never owned a game where I got to activate an actual laser to kill enemy pieces. You can imagine my surprise when I heard that such a game existed. I first discovered it a few years ago on ThinkGeek and later ordered it on Amazon…I wasn’t disappointed.
I was fortunate to grow up playing games like Monopoly, Scrabble, and Battleship…just to name a few. I’ve recently realized however that a lot of those classic board games would look relatively new to an eleven year old. I looked in stores to try and find a newer print of the board game Clue, but the version I tended to find had revamped the weapons and characters…it was almost as if I had come across a Clue: 90210 variant. I’m not going to knock it since I haven’t played it, but I instead chose to order the classic edition from Amazon and keep with the characters and weapons that I remember.
I was on the fence when I discovered this game for the first time on Board Game Geek. I enjoy a good city builder game but the reviews were fairly mixed. I also had to consider that the name, “Alan R. Moon” was on the box…the same person who designed Airlines Europe and Ticket to Ride, both of which I own and love playing. I then discovered the game on sale on Tanga* for $12.99 and I figured I’d take the plunge and see what it was all about. It’s…interesting to say the least.
I’ve played a lot of video games that involved zombies (Resident Evil, Left 4 Dead, etc.), but I never actually played a zombie themed board game until a few nights ago. This was actually one of the first board games that I ever purchased online, which led me to a lot of others that I didn’t even know existed. Chalk one up for Amazon’s “Customers who bought this also bought” section…it’s how I found out about new games (in regards to what I’ve heard of) before I discovered Board Game Geek.