Wow has it ever been a crazy February into March this
year! I am much later on this post than
I prefer to be and it’s also moving back my “End of 2017” series a little
further than I like. Oh well, it is what
it is I suppose! That being said, we had
a great February of playing games! We
were able to hit over 50 plays in the month of 35 different games! The 50 plays was pretty good but even I was
surprised to see how many different games we got to the table! I’ve already posted my February edition of my
25x5 challenge so feel free to check it out at the link below.
Alright, let’s go ahead and move on to the games that we
played in February 2018! Thanks for
reading and enjoy!
Statistics:
Total plays in February 2018 – 53
Total unique games played in February 2018 – 35
New games played in February 2018 – 5
New games acquired in February 2018 – 1
New expansions acquired in February 2018 – 1
Most plays of a single game in February 2018 – 7
Designer – Christopher Badell/Paul Bender/Adam Rebottaro
Publisher – Greater Than Games/Sentinel Comics
Last play before February 2018 – 12/5/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 7
I got in a bunch of solo plays of this game this past
month and it continues to be one of my favorites. I will take any opportunity to play this when
I have some time to do some solo gaming.
It has been a while since I’ve played multiplayer but I think I may do
that sometime soon!
Designer – Michael Kiesling
Publisher – Plan B Games
Last play before February 2018 – 1/22/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 3
Man is this ever a fantastic game! Plan B is on a roll. It seems that whatever they will put out will
be something special and I hope that the trend continues on! I look forward to playing this game anytime
and can’t wait to play it again.
Designer – Emerson Matsuuchi
Publisher – Plan B Games
Last play before February 2018 – 1/12/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 3
This past month was my birthday and I was able to get
together with Josh, Jeff and Dustin for a game day. We mostly played longer games we don’t get to
do often but we did get in a play of this one during the day and it was
awesome. I love this game!
Designer – Vladimír Suchý
Publisher – Czech Games Edition
New to me
First play – 2/17/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 3
Em got me this game for my birthday and I was able to
play it during our game day for my birthday.
This is an absolutely fantastic dice-drafting game that feels like a 3X
game. I already look forward to more
plays of this amazing game.
Designer – Matt Leacock/Rob Daviau
Publisher – Z-Man Games
Last play before February 2018 – 1/14/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 2
We continued our journey through a world that is dying
this past month and won in April but lost in the first half of May. This game continues to be an awesome ride as
we play through the story with Molly and Dustin.
Designer – Daniel Fremgen
Publisher – Renegade Game Studios
Last play before February 2018 – 1/20/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 2
We got in a couple of plays of this fun, simple
worker-placement game this past month. I
still adore the theme on this although I do think the game could have used a
tiny bit more development as some of the routes to victory seem a little
obvious. Regardless, this is a fun,
family-weight game that I’d play most of the time I was asked and am glad to
have in my collection.
Designer – Inka Brand/Markus Brand
Publisher – HUCH!/R&R Games
New to me
First play – 2/10/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 2
Josh picked up this game this past month and it was one
of the games I was most interested in trying out from 2017. I’m super happy that he picked this one up as
we have really enjoyed it! The
dice-placement in this game is fabulous and the victory track makes the game a
race but super interesting all the while.
I can’t wait to play this again!
Designer – Stephen Betts
Publisher – (self-published)
New to me
First play – 2/12/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 2
The designer got ahold of me and asked if I wanted a
review copy of this game and I told him I’d be happy to check it out. We got it this past month and proceeded to
pull it out and play. This is a light,
quick, easy-to-teach card game that can be picked up and play in minutes. I haven’t been able to play it at enough
player counts yet to do a full review but the game is pretty decent. There isn’t anything stellar here but it is a
fun game in a small package. Possibly
more to come later!
Designer – Kevin Bishop
Publisher – Meromorph Games
New to me
First play – 2/8/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 2
This was a game that Josh got from Kickstarter and it was
delivered this past month. This is
actually a really fun co-operative game in the same style as a game like Hanabi
or Okey Dokey but much with much more math!
The artwork is great, the production is great and I’d highly recommend
this as a co-op experience.
Designer – Alan R. Moon
Publisher – Days of Wonder
Last play before February 2018 – 1/27/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 2
Anytime I get to play Ticket to Ride is a good time and I
got to play twice this past month! We
played the Old West map and the United Kingdom map and it was awesome! I love how some simple tweaks in the
different maps really make the game stay fresh and interesting.
Designer – Antoine Bauza/Bruno Cathala
Publisher – Repos Production
Last play before February 2018 – 11/10/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Em and I pulled this fantastic two-player card drafting
game out this past month and I was able to barely squeak out a win. This is still one of our very favorite two-player
only games and I don’t think that its going to lose its billing anytime soon.
Designer – Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher – Amigo Spiel
Last play before February 2018 – 1/3/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Em and I pulled this one out this past month and played
with Zack and Steph. This game is one of
our favorite card games and this round was close as usual. Em was able to sneak out the win by just a
couple of points.
Designer – Alexander Pfister/Andreas Pelikan
Publisher – alea/Ravensburger Spieleverlag
Last play before February 2018 – 8/27/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
We broke this out this past month and taught it to
Steph. She obviously caught on quickly
as she was able to barely edge me out for the win! I love this game and think it is an
incredibly interesting mix between card play and board play.
Designer – Stefan Feld/Christoph Toussaint
Publisher – alea/Ravensburger Spieleverlag
New to me
First play – 2/23/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Steph and I went over to Josh’s for a gamenight this past
month and he pulled this quick little roll-and-write game. This was a quick and fun roll-and-write and I
think it is very well done. This isn’t
my favorite one in the genre but I really enjoyed it!
Designer – Jamie Stegmaier
Publisher – Stonemaier Games
Last play before February 2018 – 1/28/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Em, Zach, Steph and I were able to get in another play of
this wonderful campaign/Legacy-style game this past month and I was
awesome! We are nearly half-way through
the game and loving every minute of it.
I’m looking forward to more plays!
Designer – Michael Kiesling/Wolfgang Kramer
Publisher – eggertspiele/R&R Games
Last play before February 2018 – 7/9/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
I pulled this game out this past month and taught it to
Josh. He really enjoyed it, which I
figured he would! This is just one of
those perfectly elegant Euro-style designs that this duo always seems to pull
off with flying colors.
Designer – Jonathan Gilmour/Brian Lewis
Publisher – Pandasauras Games
Last play before February 2018 – 2/2/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Em and I taught this game to Steph this past month and
played a round. Em was able to take her
herbivore strategy and barely edge out Steph for the win. I came in third as I let too many of my
customers get eaten! I love this game!
Designer – Andrew Fischer/Nathan Hajek
Publisher – Fantasy Flight Games
Last play before February 2018 – 1/19/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
This was another of my birthday gameday games. Josh took the time to print off some cards
that improved part of the game and made it feel even more like Fallout than
before! Now the game has even more
adventuring and we had an absolute blast playing!
Designer – Kane Klenko
Publisher – Renegade Game Studios
Last play before February 2018 – 11/5/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
One night where Dustin couldn’t come over for Gloomhaven
night and Em was working I pulled this out and taught it to Josh. He loved it!
No surprise there as this is an absolutely fantastic game! We were actually able to win which is not an
easy task in this game.
Designer – Kane Klenko
Publisher – Renegade Game Studios
Last play before February 2018 – 9/15/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
We pulled out and played a 4-player game of this one this
past month during a gamenight. We ended
up pulling out the win with some nice flipping from everyone. Klenko continues to be one of my favorite
co-op designers and I look forward to what he’ll do next!
Designer – Vital Lacerda
Publisher – Eagle-Gryphon games
Last play before February 2018 – 7/8/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
I pulled this one out when Steph, Josh and I got together
for a gamenight. I am really proud of
them for picking up the game very quickly and doing a really good job
controlling the board and their points.
I love this game and look forward to my next play.
Designer – Isaac Childres
Publisher – Cephalofair Games
Last play before February 2018 – 1/25/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
We were only able to get in one play of our campaign this
past month but that is okay. This game
hasn’t gotten old over time at all. We
are nearly at 20 plays and it is just as good as when we started. We are looking forward to opening more
characters and playing with them!
Designer – Dávid Turczi/Vangelis Bagiartakis
Publisher – Artipia Games
Last play before February 2018 – 1/17/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Em, Steph and I pulled this one out this past month and
played a game of it. We were able to do
really well and won on easy level. I
think we are getting to the point where we will start playing it on harder and
with the different expansions.
Designer – Matthias Cramer
Publisher – ADC Blackfire Entertainment/Stronghold Games
Last play before February 2018 – 3/21/16
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Wow, I didn’t realize it had been so long since our last
play of this game! I brought it with me
to a gamenight to attempt to get in a play and was able to teach it to Josh and
Dean. They picked it up really quickly
and did fantastic in the play!
Designer – Peer Sylvester
Publisher – Osprey Games
Last play before February 2018 – 9/1/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
I pulled this game out and taught Josh how to play. I ended up selling him the game because I
just don’t get the plays in of it and he really liked it. It is nice because now it is still in our
“gaming family” but with someone who will get more plays in.
Designer – D. Brad Talton, Jr.
Publisher – Level 99 Games
Last play before February 2018 – 9/28/16
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Here is another game that we hadn’t played in way too
long! This is criminal! I was able to pull it out at my birthday
gameday and play with Josh, Dustin and Jeff and it was awesome! This is such a good game and they really
enjoyed it.
Designer – Bruno Cathala/Bruno Faidutti
Publisher – Fantasy Flight Games
Last play before February 2018 – 1/3/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
We played this at a gamenight in February and had a
blast. I was able to teach Josh, Jeff
and Dean how to play and they had a blast.
We played a few rules wrong but I’m ready for next time! This is a solid action selection and area control
game!
Designer – Thomas Lehmann/Wei-Hwa Huang
Publisher – Rio Grande Games
Last play before February 2018 – 1/22/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Em and I pulled this fantastic game out for the first
time in a while and played a round of it this past month. She was able to eke out a 4 point win against
my tableau. I am looking forward to
playing it again and hopefully soon!
Designer – Keith Matejka
Publisher – Thunderworks Games
Last play before February 2018 – 5/23/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Em and I taught this game to Steph this past month and
had a great round of it. This is
definitely one of my favorite die-drafting/dice-placement games. I love the theme and how it is integrated so
cleverly into the mechanisms of the game.
Designer – Régis Bonnessée
Publisher – Libellud
Last play before February 2018 – 6/22/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
This is still my favorite game and everytime I get a
chance to play it I’m reminded why! This
is just a fabulous card and dice game that may be the first dice-drafting game
I’ve ever played. Em beat me by 1 point
in this particular play!
Designer – Scott Almes
Publisher – Gamelyn Games
Last play before February 2018 – 11/2/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Em and I pulled this out to finish up a night of games
and added in the Quest for the Golden Mushrooms expansion. It was a blast! She got way ahead of me in the beginning and
I was unable to catch up the difference as she beat me.
Designer – Adam Carlson/Josh Carlson
Publisher – Chip Theory Games
Last play before February 2018 – 9/28/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
I pulled this game out this past month and played a solo
round. I took Ghillie up against Nom on
a casual adventure and was able to crush him with my trap and pet heavy
build. I love this game so hard and
don’t know if it will ever drop out of my top 5 games of all times!
Designer – Adam Carlson/Josh Carlson
Publisher – Chip Theory Games
Last play before February 2018 – 11/15/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Em and I pulled this game out and I was able to beat her
just barely. This is just another
example of the greatness of Chip Theory Games and how everything they’ve done
so far has been fantastic. I look
forward to seeing what their next game will be!
Designer – Martin Wallace
Publisher – Space Cowboys
Last play before February 2018 – 1/1/18
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Josh, Jeff and I got together for a gamenight and I was
able to pull this one out and teach them.
They really enjoyed the resource management and route building of the
game and how simple it was to pick up and play.
Designer – Adam West/Dan Schnake/Abe Schnake
Publisher – CrossCut Games
Last play before February 2018 – 11/22/17
Total plays in February 2018 – 1
Em and I decided to play this one since we just recently received
the Forbidden Forest expansion from a Kickstarter. This game is just an awesome card and dice
game and the expansion gives even more ways to score points! This is a game that I wish got more love than
it does now, it deserves it.
New game acquisitions in February 2018:
New expansion acquisitions in February 2018:
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