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Recap of International Tabletop Day

By Meeple Lady | April 17, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

I got to play Lords of Waterdeep for the first time. Here are some of the quests you can collect.

Last Saturday was International Tabletop Day. All my meetup groups around the Valley were hosting their own special event. I ended up going to a friend’s event at his home and then moved over to my usual biweekly gaming group event. It was nice to see friends who don’t usually make it to all the events, so there was some time spent catching up on everybody’s lives.

The first game I played was Lords of Waterdeep. Strangely enough, I’ve never had a chance to play it before. I love the heavy crunchy games, and this game has never been suggested during my usual meetups. It’s a great game though that’s on the short side that introduces the concept of worker placement for new board gamers. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

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When it helps to cooperate … well, sort of

By Meeple Lady | February 24, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

In CO2, if the pollution isn't stopped, it's game over for all of us — In CO2, if the pollution isn’t stopped, it’s game over for all of us.

There are a number of gamers out there who refuse to play cooperative games. I get it … if you’re going to spend hours playing a game, you want there to be one clear winner, preferably yourself. I myself don’t mind some cooperative games (you all know I have much love for Arkham Horror).

But recently I’ve gotten a chance to play a few games under the “One winner but we can all lose” variety. It would fall under semi-cooperative but I don’t particularly like labeling it as that as it can mean games with hidden roles and traitors, such as Battlestar Galactica, another game I love, love playing.

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