Hey everyone, I’m back with this month’s games
played! This past month was quite a good
month as I was able to go to Gen Con 2018 for a couple of days and thus able to
pick up more stuff that I was interested in!
I was able to get in 78 plays of 28 different games and it was
awesome! Before we move on feel free to
check out my 25x5 challenge post.
Okay, welcome back.
Now it’s time to head on to the main part of my post. These are the different games that I had a
chance to play during the month of August which included Gen Con! Thanks for taking the time to read and I hope
you enjoy!
Statistics:
Total plays in August 2018 – 78
Total unique games played in August 2018 – 28
New games played in August 2018 – 14
New games acquired in August 2018 – 9
New expansions acquired in August 2018 – 14
Most plays of a single game in August 2018 – 18
Designer – Carl Chudyk/Chris Cieslik
Publisher – Asmadi Games
Last play before August 2018 – 9/10/17
Total plays in August 2018 – 18
It had been a while since I’d last played this card game
gem so I brought it with me and taught Steph how to plays. We were able to get in a bunch of plays and
she really enjoyed it so I figured I’ll bring it again!
Designer – Christopher Badell/Paul Bender/Adam Rebottaro
Publisher – Greater Than Games/Sentinel Comics
Last play before August 2018 – 7/14/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 17
Woot, another month in the books and another 17 plays of
one of my favorite games. This game
remains as one of my favorite games of all time and I love every single play I
get in. I’ve finally been shipped the
OblivAeon expansion so I can’t wait to start really digging in to the new
content.
Designer – Emerson Matsuuchi
Publisher – Next Move Games/Plan B Games
New to me
First play – 8/4/18
Total plays in
August 2018 – 5
This is one of the games that I picked up at Gen Con this
year. We were able to play it with a
bunch of different people and play counts and I’m happy to say that I really
like the game at all different counts.
This company so far has done a great job and can’t wait to see what they
do next!
Designer – Liesbeth Bos
Publisher – HABA
New to me
First play – 8/7/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 4
Em had me pick this kids game from HABA while it was at
Gen Con for our daughter. We have played
it a couple of times with her and she seems to enjoy it while her focus is
actually on it. I am still curious to
see if she’ll grow into gamers like her mother and father or not so much! Only time will tell.
Designer – Isaac Vega
Publisher – Plaid Hat Games
Last play before August 2018 – 6/27/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 2
While I was at Gen Con this year I was able to pick up
the remaining four decks that we didn’t have yet and they just add some more
replayability and awesome characters to the game. I will always pick up the new decks for this
game!
Designer – Mike Fitzgerald
Publisher – Eagle-Gryphon Games
Last play before August 2018 – 5/3/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 2
Em and I pulled this wonderful card game out this past
month and played a couple rounds of it.
I was able to win the first one while she took over and beat me in the
second series. This is such a great game
and I always enjoy playing it!
Designer – Gavan Brown/Matt Tolman/Martin Wallace
Publisher – Roxley
New to me
First play – 8/17/18
Total plays in
August 2018 – 2
Josh picked this and Brass: Lancashire up from a
Kickstarter by Roxley. He and I learned
the game and then we were able to play a round with Jeff a week later. This game is absolutely amazing and I love
the way you select your actions via cards.
I will always play this one and wouldn’t mind picking up a copy for
myself!
Designer – Xavier Georges
Publisher – Quined Games
New to me
First play – 8/4/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 2
I was able to get in a demo of this fun little card game
at Gen Con and immediately picked up a copy as it was pretty cheap and actually
a lot of fun. Later in the month I was
able to teach Josh and Jeff how to play and I quite enjoy the auction style
draft along with the tile placement.
Designer – Isaac Childres
Publisher – Cephalofair Games
Last play before August 2018 – 7/14/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 2
We were actually able to get in two plays of our campaign
this past month which was really awesome!
I love the nights that Em, Josh, Dustin and myself are able to get
together to troll through some dungeons, pick up loot and just have a fun time
doing it!
Designer – Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher – Mayfair Games/Lookout Games
New to me
First play – 8/18/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 2
This was an Uwe game that I had never played before and I
loved every minute of it. This could
possibly move up in my favorite Rosenberg games of all time. I look forward to any plays I will get of
this in the future and actually wanna play right now!
Designer – Brett Sobol/Seth Van Orden
Publisher – Nauvoo Games
New to me
First play – 8/7/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 2
This was another game on my Gen Con list and I was able
to pre-order and pick it up at the convention.
This was a last minute decision and I’m glad I made it as it is a really
good co-operative game. We’ve had a
blast every time we’ve played and I look forward to seeing what else they do
with the game in time!
Designer – Scott Frisco/Steven Strumpf
Publisher – HABA
New to me
First play – 8/11/18
Total plays in
August 2018 – 2
Here is another game that I picked up at the HABA booth
at Gen Con. We’ve owned Rhino Hero for
many years and were really excited when this game was announced last year. Finally we decided to pick it up and man is
it ever fun! While we enjoyed the
original game, this game really kicks it up a notch and is a really fun
dexterity game!
Designer – Ignacy Trzewiczek
Publisher – Portal Games
Last play before August 2018 – 9/26/15
Total play before August 2018 – 2
It has been a long time since my wife and I originally
owned the Z-Man Games edition of this game.
I sold it off when the new Portal Games edition was announced and only
now picked it up again and man am I ever happy that I did! I forgot just how great this game is and was
able to play it a couple times this past month to reaffirm my position on it! I can’t wait to play another scenario!
Designer – Craig Van Ness/Jeff Van Ness
Publisher – Soaring Rhino
New to me
First play – 8/3/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 2
This is another Gen Con game that I was able to get my
hands on during the convention. I had a
pretty good idea that I was going to buy it but still decided to do a demo when
we hit their booth. The designer, Craig
Van Ness, was there and gave Josh and me a demo of the game. We played a whole game and both of us had a
ton of fun playing. This is a great game
and I hope it gets some love!
Designer – Kevin Riley
Publisher – Action Phase Games/Indie Boards & Cards
Last play before August 2018 – 6/15/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
I ended up pulling this game out and teaching Steph how
to play. We pulled out a new villain I
got at Gen Con, Wraithmonger, and went against him. Much like all of my plays of this game, we
had an epic round! We were able to win
with only one turn left before the nameless would have destroyed us! I love this game and want to play more!
Designer – Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher – Rio Grande Games/AMIGO
Last play before August 2018 – 7/16/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
Em, Steph, Zach and I pulled out this game one night
after playing Charterstone and played through a round. Em continues her winning streak in this game
as she was able to win again. This is
still one of the best “deck of card” games that I have ever played!
Designer – Jamey Stegmaier
Publisher – Stonemaier Games
Last play before August 2018 – 6/10/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
We were able to pull out this game and play another round
of this wonderful worker-placement/Legacy-style game. I am continuing my winning ways as I was able
to come from behind in this particular game and pull out the win. We only have three games left so I’m
interested to see where it is going!
Designer – Cédrick Chaboussit
Publisher – Ludonaute
Last play before August 2018 – 7/27/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
Em and I had some time after a longer game one night so
we pulled out this smaller and quicker dice game and had a blast. Em was able to pull out the win as she got
some really good set-collections going on.
Designer – Andrew Fischer/Nathan Hajek
Publisher – Fantasy Flight Games
Last play before August 2018 – 2/24/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
This past month I was able to teach Em this game. I quite enjoy this game and I’ve had a ton of
fun each time I play. I’m looking
forward to the upcoming expansion as I just want more for the game! Em really enjoyed the game as well and I’m
looking forward to trying another scenario with her!
Galaxy Runner (Unpublished Prototype)
Designer – Jesse Zimbauer/Danya Zimbauer
Publisher – Zimgamewerks
New to me
First Play – 8/4/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
This was a game that Josh, Ruthie and I went in to
playtest during Gen Con. It is a fairly
large pick-up-and-deliver, space-themed game where you are trying to do a whole
bunch of things in order to score points.
This game had a lot going on but often times to its detriment. I would like to see the designer go back and
streamline much of what is here because I think it may have the bones to be a
good game but right now is contending with many more games that I’d play over
it in a heartbeat.
Designer – Steve Nix
Publisher – Plaid Hat Games
New to me
First play – 8/3/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
This was another demo play that I was able to schedule
into my busy couple of days at Gen Con 2018.
This is the next game in the Crossroads series following up on the hit
Dead of Winter. This one finds the players
in space and seems like it will be a fun campaign style game with the
Crossroads elements. I look forward to
trying it out some more.
Designer – Roberto Fraga/Yohan Lemonnier
Publisher – Devir Games
New to me
First play – 8/4/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
This game was the final demo I played before the dealer’s
hall closed on Saturday of Gen Con 2018.
This was a quick, fun press-your-luck and take-that racing game. The players take on the role of goblin
drivers in the Warhammer 40k world and it is a pretty good dice-rolling and
card game. I was able to play with
Roberto Fraga as well which was pretty cool!
Designer – Levi Mote
Publisher – Daily Magic Games
New to me
First play – 8/24/18
Total plays in
August 2018 – 1
Josh got this game from a Kickstarter earlier this year
and it shipped just after Gen Con. We
picked it up one game night and tried it out.
Man was I ever pleasantly surprised!
I know that Daily Magic Games does some really good stuff but this one
even surprised me. I really enjoyed our
first play and look forward to more.
Plus, as a bonus, the artwork of The Miho is amazing!
Designer – Nigel Kennington/Sarah Kennington
Publisher – One Free Elephant
New to me
First play – 8/3/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
Josh and I had tickets to do
the game playtesting area and hit it up on Friday afternoon of Gen Con
2018. This is a small, two-player game
that won an award for small games that can fit in an Altoids tin. This is one of the best games I’ve ever playtested. The game is quite deep and has some excellent
strategy to it. If you’re looking for a
good two-player game you can carry with you then you may want to check this one
out!
Designer – Isaac Vega
Publisher – Plaid Hat Games
New to me
First play – 8/3/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
While at the Plaid Hat Games
booth at Gen Con 2018 I was able to get in a bunch of demos and this was one of
them. This was my favorite of the ones I
was able to try. It is a reimplement of
Isaac’s prior game, City of Remnants and I had a blast with the demo. This may be one I pick up when its released.
The Networks (w/ Executives)
Designer – Gil Hova
Publisher – Formal Ferret Games
Last play before August 2018 – 8/26/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
Em, Molly, Dustin and I pulled
this game out one night when they came over for some games and dessert and it
was awesome! We played with the new
Executives expansion as I was able to pick that up during Gen Con. The expansion makes this game even better
than it was before as it adds more variability to the opening parts and
assymetrical leader/TV station abilities as wel.
“Rally Boy” (Unpublished Prototype – Name Pending)
Designer – Josh Jacoby
Publisher – (unpublished)
Last play before August 2018 – 7/13/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
Josh brought his prototype to Gen Con for the guys to
play and try it out. He’s made some more
tweaks to the game and I think it is starting to become more polished and ends
up a little more entertaining each time.
Most of the development now would come in shortening the time and making
sure the powers are somewhat balanced but I think it is getting pretty close to
being done!
Too Many Bones (w/ Undertow)
Designer – Adam Carlson/Josh Carlson
Publisher – Chip Theory Games
Last play before August 2018 – 4/13/18
Total plays in August 2018 – 1
Josh picked up his copy of this expansion while at Gen
Con (mine should finally be here on Tuesday!) and we immediately broke it out
to try the new content! It was
amazing! This just reaffirms my position
that this is in my top 3 games of all time and new content just makes it even
better. I look forward to trying out the
other new expansions that make it a campaign as well.
New game acquisitions in August 2018:
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Well there you have it!
Another month down in the books and so many new games tried out! I had a great month with Gen Con and just
playing some awesome games and I hope next month is even half as good! Thanks so much for taking the time to read
and I hope you enjoyed. Until next time,
game on!
