Statistics:
Total plays in June 2016 – 100
Total unique games played in June 2016 – 24
New games played in June 2016 – 4
New games acquired in June 2016 – 3
New expansions acquired in June 2016 – 1
Most plays of a single game in June 2016 – 27
Designer – Kane Klenko
Publisher – Renegade Game Studios
Last play before June 2016 – 5/31/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 27
Well, here we have another month and a whole bunch more
plays of this little gem! Em and I have
become big fans of this quick, dice-drafting filler. June saw us teaching the game to our family
during vacation and everyone really liked it.
It is quite the addicting little game and really gets under your skin
when you really want to beat that certain level! I would highly recommend this one to any fan
of dice-rolling/drafting and real-time games.
Designer – Vlaada Chvátil
Publisher – Czech Games Edition
Last play before June 2016 – 4/10/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 12
Since we were at the beach and hanging out with my family
we decided to break out this wonderful “party-style” word game. This game is so easy to teach and goes over
amazingly well with everyone so we knew they’d all like it. Along with the fam we were able to teach it
to a couple of friends who came to the beach with us for a day. All it all it went over great and everyone
liked it. I do think that it completely
deserved the Spiel des Jahres nomination and wouldn’t surprise me if it won.
Designer – Carl Chudyk/Chris Cieslik
Publisher – Asmadi Games
Last play before June 2016 – 5/11/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 11
We got some more plays of this wonderful little card game
and even taught it to my brother and sister-in-law when they came over for an
evening. This game remains as one of our
go-to games for when we’re just going out somewhere to eat or anything along
those lines. We just throw it in a bag
and will break it out for a couple of hands.
This was our first Chudyk game and really made me go out and find
Mottainai which I completely love!
Designer – Rikki Tahta
Publisher – Indie Boards & Cards
Last play before June 2016 – 4/24/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 7
Another game to hit the table while we were at the beach
with our family was Coup. This is a
great game to break out and teach players newer to the modern boardgame hobby
as it is quick and easy to pick up and it totally different than most games
they’ve previously played. We had a
blast playing this game as I was able to get a couple wins with some seriously
underhanded play! This one is always
fun!
Designer – Antoine Bauza
Publisher – R&R Games
Last play before June 2016 – 3/19/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 6
We were able to teach this game to our family in June
along with the others we’ve talked about so far. I feel that this one went over really
well. Being that it is a co-operative
game and one that is very easy to teach, it is really wonderful to teach to new
players. We played a few times at the
beach and later one with my brother and sister-in-law and we have a couple
scores over 20 points! I am always
amazed at the simplicity of some of these card game designs and this is one of
them! Hanabi is a simple but wonderful
game, another Bauza hit!
Designer – Scott Frisco/Steven Strumpf
Publisher – HABA
Last play before June 2016 – 1/10/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 4
I pulled this game out at the beach and taught it to my
nieces and nephews. They kinda picked it
up but to be honest I think they were still a little young for the game. Regardless, they really loved the game! They just wanted to keep building up the
apartment complex and move Super Rhino around.
I love that they had a blast playing it even if we didn’t “technically”
play it how it is supposed to be played.
I think this just shows that games are meant for fun, regardless of how
it is had!
Designer – Ignacy Trzewiczek
Publisher – Portal Games
Last play before June 2016 – 5/17/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 3
We got in a few more plays of this game in June and I
have to admit…I’m loving it! To be
honest though, this isn’t that surprising.
One of my very favorite game mechanisms is multi-use cards and this game
is the perfect example of that. This is
the streamlining of the original 51st State and New Era games that
came out a few years ago and this does a beautiful job of creating a smooth and
wonderful game experience. I love this
game and it is possible that with more plays it will be in my top 5 and
possibly take over the spot for Imperial Settlers…but we’re getting ahead of
ourselves. I need more plays and always
look forward to getting them!
Designer – Alexander Pfister/Andreas Pelikan
Publisher – Lookout Games/Mayfair Games
New to me
First play – 6/3/16
First play – 6/3/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 3
Here is our first new game of the month. We picked this up in an order along with a
couple of others games as we’ve been quite interested in it. After playing it three times this month I can
honestly say that I am really enjoying it!
The auction and tile laying along with the interesting score tiles
really make this a fun game. So far just
Em and I have played it but I look forward to teaching it to other people. Pfister is on a roll and I think this
definitely deserved its Kennerspiel des Jahres nomination.
Designer – D. Brad Talton, Jr.
Publisher – Level 99 Games
New to me
First play – 6/18/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 3
The second new game of the month for Em and I was this
highly acclaimed card game. This is
labeled as a CCG simulator and man does it ever live up to its billing! I feel like I’m playing a trading card game
and going through the pack buying and tournaments all the while. With more plays this game is going to rocket
up my top games list. I will throw a
word of warning out there, this game it big.
It has a hefty setup and teardown and a lot going on, but if you’re
willing to put in the time it is an amazing experience! Also, Em has never been into trading card
games and she is really enjoying it! There
are some interesting and really fun card combos in this game and that is always
a huge selling point for me.
Designer – Alan R. Moon
Publisher – Days of Wonder
New to me
First play – 6/14/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 3
Yeah…this was a huge blind spot in our game
collection. Neither Em nor I had ever
played Ticket to Ride! We knew that we’d
like it but to be honest we just never picked it up. Finally it went into our cart when we picked
up Isle of Skye, Millennium Blades, and Roll for the Galaxy: Ambition. This is the sixth game on this month’s list
that we were able to teach to our family.
Again, they really seemed to enjoy it as it is super simple to pick up,
fun to play, and looks great on the table.
No wonder that this is a go-to for gateway games.
Designer – Isaac Vega
Publisher – Plaid Hat Games
Last play before June 2016 – 5/4/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 2
YES! June marks
the month that I was finally able to defeat Em with Noah Redmoon. I feel like I finally got his base deck
rolling as I used his illusion dice power to exhaust Em’s dice pool. I lost the first game as Em used Rin against
me and whipped up on me the first time.
The second game we played I was finally able to get some board presence
and defeat her! I love this game and
can’t wait to see the Leo and Victoria decks in all their glory!
Designer – Mike Fitzgerald
Publisher – Eagle-Gryphon Games
Last play before June 2016 – 5/18/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 1
Woot! Here is
another game that Em seems to have a great handle on and really beats up on me
a large portion of the time! Regardless
of that fact this is quickly moving up my favorite game’s list. This was a good month for me however as I was
able to defeat her 4 games to 1 in our only two-player game and I beat the solo
game 4 games to 3. I am hoping that
Fitzgerald just continues to make more expansions for this game as they just
add more replayability!
Designer – Fabien Riffaud/Juan Rodriguez
Publisher – Cool Mini Or Not
Last play before June 2016 – 5/25/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 2
Em and I only got in a couple of plays of this game
during June and they were rough! We
didn’t last very long in either of these rounds as the cards were definitely
against us. This is just a fun and quick
co-operative hand management game where you are just trying to make it to the
end without running out of cards in the “bad” deck. We really like this one and I hope to pick up
the expansion, At Your Orders, sometime soon as I’ve heard it makes the
two-player game even better and even adds a solo option.
Designer – Oleksandr Nevisky/Oleg Sidorenko
Publisher – Libellud/Asmodee
Last play before June 2016 – 3/19/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 2
Here is the eighth game that we were able to teach to our
family this month! I absolutely love
this game. It is one of those games that
are just perfect to bring out in almost any group and they can have fun with it
no matter what level they are at. We
played two games of it and lost the first time but were successful the second
time. Everyone enjoyed the plays of this
and that is always exciting to see! I
look forward to adding Hidden Signs to the mix and improving the replayability
of this already awesome game.
Designer – Alexander Pfister
Publisher – Lookout Games/Mayfair Games
Last play before June 2016 – 5/18/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 2
Em and I got a couple of plays of this fun multi-use card
game and she beat up on me both times!
This is just one of those games that she seems to really have down pat
and I think I tend to try to push my luck a little too far! No matter, I love the game whether I win or
lose! I’ve read in an interview that he
would like to do an expansion and this would be an auto-buy if it ever came
out. This is a go-to every month and we
love it!
Designer – Tom Lehmann/Wei-Hwa Huang
Publisher – Rio Grande Games
Last play before June 2016 – 5/11/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 2
We finally got the Ambition expansion to Roll for the
Galaxy and got a couple of plays of it in this month. I really like this one! The new modules that you can add in add some
cool new features to an already amazing game.
I’m not sure that this is a necessary expansion but it is still totally
awesome. This is one of the games that
any expansion will be on our list as soon as it comes out.
Designer – Adam West/Dan Schnake/Abe Schnake
Publisher – CrossCut Games
Last play before June 2016 – 2/28/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 2
I pulled this game out in June and played it solo a
couple of times. This was actually a
really good solo experience! I enjoyed
that it didn’t seem to lose any flavor of the game and the solo experience was
actually trying to defeat your opponent where solo games are often a point
scoring affair. I won on easy and lost
on medium. I look forward to trying it
again and defeating the next level!
Designer – Antoine Bauza/Bruno Cathala
Publisher – Repos Production/Asmodee
Last play before June 2016 – 5/4/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 1
It doesn’t feel like a month of gaming if we haven’t
gotten in at least one game of this wonderful two-player game. I played fairly well but Em snuck in a
military victory in the last few cards to take me out before we were able to
score. I’d have won! Oh well, getting beaten is something I’m good
at! Love this game and still hoping that
the expansion makes it in time for Essen Spiel.
Designer – Michael Kiesling/Wolfgang Kramer
Publisher – R&R Games
Last play before June 2016 – 4/20/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 1
Em and I got in another play of this Euro-style gem and I
have to say, every time I play it I enjoy it even more! I love how simple the design is but it has
such great decisions to make. I love
being able to optimize my time in order to make the best moves possible. I thought I had beaten Em this time but I was
so unbalanced in my coal mine that she was able to squeak ahead for a two point
win.
Designer – Błażej Kubacki
Publisher – NSKN Games/Passport Game Studios
Last play before June 2016 – 4/9/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 1
I played my second game of Mistfall during June and I
have to say that this is an absolutely great adventure-style card game. It is epic, fiddly, long, and just a ton of
fun! This is definitely not a game I’d
play with most people as it would be a bear to teach, but as a solo adventure I
love it. It somewhat reminds me of Mage
Knight in this way, I love to play it solo, but not necessarily with other
people.
Designer – Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher – Lookout Games/Mayfair Games
Last play before June 2016 – 5/30/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 1
Yup, another month, another play of the wonderful
Patchwork. I don’t know what else to
really say about this game. It is one of
our favorite two-player games and is an amazing abstract. This will be a game we always play and never
get bored with. I can’t wait to see what
Uwe does with the mechanism in a larger game like Feast for Odin!
Designer - François Gandon
Publisher – Days of Wonder
Last play before June 2016 – 5/5/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 1
Em and I got in a play of this fun tile-laying,
city-building game and she was able to just barely edge me out for the win. I am really enjoying our plays of this fun,
quick Days of Wonder production and it actually was the reason that we finally
ripped off the band-aid and bought Ticket to Ride…finally! Back to Quadropolis, this is just a fun game
that we’re quite enjoying thus far. I
look forward to being able to teach it to others as I think it is a good,
light-ish tile-placement game.
Designer – Marc André
Publisher – Space Cowboys/Asmodee
New to me
First play – 6/29/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 1
Em and I got the digital version of this Space Cowboy’s
production and learned it very quickly.
I can understand why this game resonates with people although I’m sure
it is quite a bit better with the actual physical copy. This is a fun engine-builder although maybe a
little lighter than we tend to really like.
Designer – Kristian Čurla
Publisher – Portal Games
Last play before June 2016 – 5/5/16
Total plays in June 2016 – 1
We got a quick play of this great little two-player card
game from Portal Games while we were out getting frozen yogurt with our
daughter at Sweet Frog. This game is so
easy to pull out and play quickly and I absolutely love the puzzle of how to
most benefit from the cards that you get.
I love this game and am looking forward to the new one in the series,
Tides of Madness, which gives some slightly new mechanisms along with the
card-drafting.
New game acquisitions in June 2016:
Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King
Millennium Blades
Ticket to Ride
New expansion acquisitions in June 2016:
Roll for the Galaxy: Ambition
Well, there we have it.
We had another great month of gaming and it was awesome to actually hit
100 plays for the month! Even more so,
it was awesome to be able to game with my family and teach them a bunch of
sweet games that they thought were cool.
I am currently working on a couple of series that I should be starting
soon. The first one that will probably
come out is my Gen Con 2016 series.
There will probably be about five posts in the series by the time it is
finished and will take a look at the games I’m looking forward to at this
year’s Gen Con. The second series will
be mine and Em’s top 10 lists. I may
actually up mine to top 20 as I feel I have enough plays of games to do this
now. This series will also contain
around five posts on our favorite games.
Well, there you have it. As
always, if you have any questions or comments feel free to write them
below. Until next time, game on!
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