A couple days ago I started a mini-series of posts writing about my fun experience last weekend at SaltCon. After 2 days of solid board game and card game playing, I headed home having played 20 different games with a lot of great people.
Today, I’m sharing more about this fun gaming weekend – covering the rest of the games I played on my day 1 (Friday).
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After a week away on a business trip, I was sure looking forward to a couple days of non-stop board game playing at SaltCon this past weekend.
And I’m happy to report that it was just as fun as I had anticipated!
SaltCon game tables
Ready to dive into the “Hot Games”.
If you like playing board games, then SaltCon is for you. It’s non-stop open gaming for 3 days.
With a game library of over 800 games, there’s never a shortage of something to play.
And if you’re not familiar with how to play a particular game, there’s always someone close by happily willing to teach you.
Yes, the games I played were a lot of fun. But most of the fun is found in the “who”, not the “what”.
And the people that play games at SaltCon are a fantastic assortment of friendly, fun players.
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The board game Tahiti is a tile-laying game where players set out in their canoes to gather the finest harvest of fruits, vegetables, and spices from the surrounding islands for the tribe.
Players earn glory (victory points) by collecting both variety and quantity of goods over the entire season.
The best gatherer will be named the hero of the tribe.
Tahiti is a fun family game with a good balance of luck and strategy – and of course, also a cool theme.
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When it comes to abstract board games, it’s great to go head-to-head against another player.
That’s why there are plenty of 2-player abstract strategy board games to choose from.
The most popular of course are Chess, Checkers, and Go.
Well, we’ve got another fun one for you to try: Coerceo!
And if you’re lucky, you may be able to win your own copy of the game!
Read on to see how you can win a new, in-shrink copy of Coerceo.
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We’re excited about a big announcement this week – Ghostbusters: The Board Game is coming soon!
Cryptozoic Entertainment is teaming up with Sony Pictures to publish a very fun-looking cooperative board game.
Sure, it’s not out quite yet, but we’re still excited.
Why?
5 simple reasons:
* We love cooperative board games.
* Ghostbusters is a fun, classic movie.
* Cryptozoic Entertainment publishes great games (like Gravwell that we really enjoy).
* Modular, versatile game board.
* The game play sounds like a lot of fun.
The first game we listed on our Board Game Gift Guide 2014 a few months ago was Bugs in the Kitchen.
Well, now’s the time to take a deeper look at this fun children’s board game.
Actually, we can’t dive too deeply into this board game, because it’s such a straight forward game.
It’s not like there’s a bunch of deep strategy to the game. In fact, I’m not sure if there’s any strategy at all.
Bugs in the Kitchen is strictly for fun.
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If you have a lot of board games and are continually getting more, you may frequently wonder how to best organize your games.
Here’s our 3 step process on how we evaluate and organize your board game collection.
It’s a great way to give a fresh start to the new year.
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Avast mateys!
It’s time for another pirate game review.
But don’t think Black Fleet is just another pirate game. Because Black Fleet is more than that – it’s an awesome pirate game for families.
In Black Fleet players get to play both Pirate AND Merchant!
And that’s not all.
Players also get to take on the role of the Navy – keeping the seas free of scoundrel pirates.
Now that we’ve rolled into 2015, it’s time to look back over all the board games, card games, and party games I’ve played during the past year.
For 2014, I’ve played 127 different games!
While 61 of those games (48%) are just single plays, that means I’ve played 52% of those games at least a couple times.
And just because I’ve only played a game once, doesn’t mean it’s a bad game. There are plenty of those 61 games that I’d love to play many times.
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As reviewers, we’re constantly getting new games to figure out and play. And we did get a bunch of new board games for Christmas and have played all but one so far.
Over the last 5 years we’ve posted reviews of 250+ board games, cards games, and party games. Which means we’ve also played a bunch more than that.
So we can attest that some games definitely take more work to figure out than others.
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