You control a European faction vying for resources, popular opinion, and military glory. It takes place in an alternate 1920s of post WWI diesel-punk patriotism. We've got a bit of Catan, a bit of Agricola, a bit of Game of Thrones, and a lot of flavour. And with good reason - it's a fantastic hybrid of some tried and true mechanics. The expansions add more sea creatures - dolphins that can rescue your swimmers, and giant squid that can kill whales, trash boats, and pull your meeples from the shore into the sea! Why did we come to this island!?īased on the breath-taking art and world-building of artist Jakub Rozalski, Scythe took the world (via Kickstarter) by storm. It’s real fun to see what horrible fates befall your meeple explorers. I love when games pay attention to these little details.Īn oldie but a goodie - get your meeples from the sinking (and exploding) island to safety before their boats are wrecked by whales, before your swimmers are eaten by sharks, by sea monsters, or, worse, before everything is destroyed by the impending and inevitable volcano! This game is the right amount of casual fun, the right amount of luck, and the right amount of marked betrayal as you ruin your opponents chances. When you defeat a guardian that has huge wings in the art you don’t just get a free action or some such - you get to use it like a plane and travel farther into the jungle because you’ve apparently come to an understanding and can ride it. The art is fantastic, and the game design is deeply observant: the effects that specific items and actions give you aren’t just fun - their effects make narrative sense based on what the item or action is. You and up to three others are teams of explorers in the 1930s reclaiming the secrets of the island of Arnak, and you plumb these forbidden ruins by exploring sites deep in the jungle, researching the magic in ancient temples, defeating enormous guardian monsters, recruiting assistants for your team, and buying equipment and relics to add to your explorers action deck. You could easily use the stories that generate as the spring-board for the role playing game of your choice! Lavish art also carries this game high up in Guild esteem.Īs a big fan of Indiana Jones this game appeals to me with the power of one thousand cursed idols. By the end of the game the highest score will win, but everyone must tell the tale of their hero as it was created and reveal what your destinies were - did you defeat the dark lord…OR BECOME THEM. You and up to three others build up and toss handfuls of runes to defeat challenges and draft cards into your character’s heroic journey, building up an engine of runes and abilities. So there you are - an adventurer in a fantasy world with three cards to start you off: an origin card, a card about your emerging role in history, and a secret destiny card that describes your end. Again, it's $8.50 per person! If you're the Game Master and have at least 3 other players at your table, you get $10 store credit for the day! Just a little thanks for drawing up all those damn dungeon maps. Grab one of our classic RPG books and do some adventuring like our fathers and mothers before us: with paper and pen and your wits! Or bring your own books and grab a table and grub.

Lots and lots of retro adventure packed into plastic cartridges! Your $8.50 per person games pass covers vidya games too! We’d ask you to be kind and let other folks have a turn at the stations after an hour, but if no one else is in line you can keep going with no extra charge! staying at home all the time in a dark basement but we're sure the basement is very nice etc. The ranks of The Adventurers Guild swell and we strike deadly blows against the darkness (i.e. It's $8.50 per person for access to all board games all day! Only $5 for adventurers under 12!įor $85 you can be an official member of The Adventurers Guild with a Membership Card, which gets you 6 months of games library time and discounted special events access! It also makes you one of the most respectable people in the village! Adventurers under 12 can have the 6 month membership for $65.

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