The Last Spike is a pretty straight forward and easy to learn game.
In the game, players cooperate to build a continuous railway from St. Louis to Sacramento.
Yet this isn’t a cooperative board game where everyone works together to beat the game. Instead players are competing against each other to earn the most money by the end of the game.
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Are you kids familiar with the story of The Little Prince?
If so, here’s a great game for you to check out — The Little Prince: Rising to the Stars.
The modular game board allows players to reconfigure the route among the clouds differently each game. And kids will enjoy moving their plane from cloud to cloud on their way to The Little Prince’s planet.
Read moreWhen you last settled into a family game night, did it go a little something like this?… We sure hope
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Last week I was traveling for work and decided to take advantage of some of the evening time visiting a couple game stores along the way.
I stopped by the Fair Game store in Downers Grove, IL as well as the Fantasy Flight Games Center near Minneapolis, MN.
I had a great time visiting both stores and would highly recommend them to anyone either living in those areas or passing through.
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Playing Steampunk Rally reminds me of building crazy contraptions with LEGOs as a kid and racing them around the room.
Sure they could have some wheels hooked on like you’d expect in a race car. But wheels weren’t required because I’d just imagine they were rocket-propelled and could fly instead.
And I could lose a part here or there and it wouldn’t really matter because I’d adjust and keep on flying.
If you’ve ever done such imaginary races, then you’ll have a good feel for what it’s like to play Steampunk Rally.
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How do you carry your board games when you’re heading out somewhere else to play?
We’ve used a variety of options when going away for a family vacation, extended family gathering, or off to game night — such as plastic totes, cloth bags, and standard duffle bags.
Some of those options severely limit the amount of games we can take and don’t protect the games very well.
But recently we found out about The Game Canopy, by Level 3B, and now the issue is solved!
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After a couple great days at SaltCon, I was looking forward to one final day of fun.
So with just a few hours of sleep, I was happily diving back into action before the main gaming hall opened.
Knowing it was the final day of SaltCon, I had to make the most of the day playing games at the top of my want-to-play list. And there were still many people I was hoping to meeting up with before the end of the con. It would be a busy and fun day!
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After a full Day 1 at SaltCon 2016 into the wee hours, I headed to my hotel room for a few hours of sleep before diving back into many more tabletop games on Day 2.
Of course, in addition to playing games, I took more time on Friday to visit with the exhibitors in the game hall and talk to publishers and game designers. I also perused the Game Swap area every now and then for a hidden game gem.
After the main game hall opened that morning, I once again found a couple friends and we headed for the Hot Games area.
Now on to mini game reviews of the 11 games I played on Day 2!
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This past weekend I joined in with 1,124 others to play a ton of board games at SaltCon 2016.
The board game convention, SaltCon was held this past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and I was happy I could attend all 3 days this year. I made sure to get the time off work as well as the time away from home. That way I could completely immerse myself in the fun and play as late as I wanted every night.
Now that I’ve rested up a bit, it’s time to look back on all the fun.
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What do you do when your sweet little daughter looks you in the face and declares that she’s just trying to take 4 baskets of apple to market?
You open and inspect her bag of course!
Especially when you believe she may be trying to sneak some illegal silk or other contraband past you.
Of course, after you inspect her bag and find 4 baskets of apples, you’ll have to pay her 8 coins as a penalty and you’ll think twice about inspecting her bag next time. Because you can rest assured that there will be a next time.
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