Sentient: Doing Math To Score Your Bots
There’s a misconception among a few people (namely some men I’ve dated) that I’m horrible at math. But in reality, I’m actually pretty decent at math; I just can’t for the life of me do it in my head. Give me some writing utensils and/or my cell phone, and I’ll be able to calculate things and cruise into board-game victory any day.
The first time I encountered Sentient from Renegade Game Studios was late last year, and I was so blown away by it that it immediately made the list for my top 10 games I played for the first time in 2017. Sentient is a clever set-collection, area-control, dice-manipulation game that sometimes involves math. I seriously squealed and said, “That’s FOIL!” when one particular card came out in that first game.
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