Alright, now with the preamble out of the way we can move
on to list proper. Below are the top 5
games on my top 10 games I want to try from 2015. Enjoy, the read!
#5 – Kraftwagen (ADC Blackfire Entertainment)
Kraftwagen is an economic game where you are working a
rondell in order to take the tiles and actions in order to make the most
money. This game is designed by Matthias
Cramer and is published/distributed by ADC Blackfire Entertainment. This game uses time track/rondell, economic,
and action tiles as its primary mechanics while you are building up your cars
and engines.
I love the way you use the
rondell to take actions. If you move too
far ahead on the rondell then your opponents can come up and take multiple
actions before it gets back to your turn.
This really gives a cool feel to trying to get what you want but not
giving up too much to get that specific action.
You then are trying to manipulate a market of consumers in order to
convince them to buy your cars over the opponent’s cars. This is done in a clever way and makes the
game very interesting. Lastly, I love
that they theme this in the very early 1900’s as German car manufacturers were
vying to be the top company. I am
excited to try this one and every time I see that gorgeous cover I want it
more!
#4 – Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game (Fantasy
Flight Games)
Warhammer Quest: ACG is a co-operative card game where
you are taking your specific character and running through missions in a
certain amount of time trying to complete your objectives. This game is designed by Justin Kemppainen,
Brady Sadler and Adam Sadler and is published by Fantasy Flight Games. It uses hand management, variable player
powers, co-operative play and dice rolling as its primary mechanics as you are
trying to complete your missions. I love
how each of the four characters that you get in the base box play completely
differently from each other. You will
use them and “tap” your cards as you use the specific powers. I also think that it is clever how you will
roll dice for each enemy that is engaged with you and it gives them a chance to
hit you during your turn.
Also, one of
the main reasons that this adventure card game is ahead of Mistfall which is
essentially an adventure card game is because of its time. It is very streamlined, whereas a game of
Mistfall can apparently take up to 2 or more hours to play. All in all, the design on this game is super
clever and it looks to be an incredibly fun adventure card game!
#3 – Champions of Midgard (Grey Fox Games)
Champions of Midgard is a worker placement game that is
set in a mythological Viking theme and finds the players setting up their camps
and going out on adventures against trolls, draugr, and other monsters. This game is designed by Ole Steiness and is
published by Grey Fox Games. It uses
dice rolling, worker placement and set collections as its primary mechanics as
you go on your adventures in order to score points. This game has often been likened to Lords of
Waterdeep in its use of worker placement.
Since I have never played either game yet it is hard for me to comment
on that but I will say that I’ve always been interested in playing Lords of
Waterdeep and since that is also a well received game it seems to be some
pretty good praise.
I also love the idea
that you take dice with some of your workers and they are your warriors which
you take into the adventures. I think
this dice rolling really gives the game a different feel from a lot of other
worker placement games. It is a very
thematic tie in to think that your warriors may have been slightly off in their
battle and thus died epically instead of defeating the scourge. The art and graphic design of this game is
also top notch. All in all this game
ended up moving up my list and landing at the number three spot.
#2 – The Voyages of Marco Polo (Z-Man Games)
The Voyages of Marco Polo is a Euro-style game with dice
rolling that puts you in the shoes of the explorer or someone in his sphere of
influence as you travel along his journeys and score points. This game is designed by Simone Luciani and
Daniele Tascini and published/distributed by Z-Man Games. It uses dice rolling, worker placement,
variable player powers and point to point movement as its primary mechanics as
you are going down the Silk Road and scoring points. Each player takes their set of five dice,
rolls them and then uses them in worker placement style action selections.
This game, however, mitigates the rolls of the
dice by allowing players to place their dice on other players dice to take the
same actions. However, when they do this
they must pay a certain amount of money to piggyback on the action after it has
been chosen the first time. The board
and art are absolutely beautiful and colorful and that just adds to my interest
in this game. I would be surprised if
this game wasn’t in my hands sometime this year!
#1 – Baseball Highlights: 2045 (Eagle-Gryphon Games)
Baseball Highlights: 2045 is a card game that puts
players in the future, when baseball has been dramatically changed into a
different game altogether where all of the “boring” parts have been taken out
and all that is left is the action. This
game is designed by the wonderful Mike Fitzgerald and is published/distributed
by Eagle-Gryphon Games. This game uses
hand management and deck building as its primary mechanics as you take your
team through the end of a season and the playoffs in an attempt to win it
all. This game has taken off in the past
few months as people have really been raving about how good it is.
I love the theme and the designer is an
amazing card game designer. These things
all add together to make this a must buy for me. The only thing that has really held me back
is the slightly high price point for what is essentially just a card game. In the end this doesn’t matter because I will
eventually break down and get this game as it hits all of the points I am
looking for in a great game.
Well folks, there you go.
These are my 1-5 games on the top 10 games from 2015 I have yet to play
but am looking forward to. These are the
crème-de-la-crème and at least a few of these will be on my shelf sometime this
year. On deck is my three part post that
will conclude my “End of 2015” series.
This series will be the games I’m looking most forward to in 2016. Come on back soon and check ‘em out! Thanks so much for taking the time and
reading this post. Until next time, game
on!
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