We typically don’t write about board game projects on Kickstarter. But there have been a few noteworthy board game projects we just can’t pass up mentioning (like Ghostbusters the Board Game and The Great War in Feb). And this week two more Kickstarter projects began that we’re also excited about.
The Titan Series by Calliope Games
The Confrontation by Off World Games
“For months the agents have been preparing for this evening. Tonight is the night the secret mission ‘Amun Re’ begins. The team, made up of four cunning secret agents, breaks into the museum and thanks to their precise calculations cracks the tricky codes of the security installation. Who will be the first to overcome all the security’s laser barriers to get hold of the precious mask of Amun Re?”
And thus begins the children’s board game Secret Code 13+4.
As you may surmise from the game title, Secret Code 13+4 is a game that involves math. Players need to use their math skills to crack the security codes to get past the lasers and into the central chamber to win.
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Before the SaltCon Game Library closed on Friday night, we each checked out a game to hang onto over night so we’d have something new to play before the game library opened the next morning.
After a short but good sleep, Jake and I dove into our second day at SaltCon at 8:30 Saturday morning with a lot of game-playing energy.
Between the 2 games we checked out, we decided to play Scoville.
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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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If your family likes light deductions games, Inkognito: The Card Game may be right up your alley. Read on and deduce for yourself…
In Inkognito players are secret agents at Carnival in Venice. Each player is on a secret mission to make contact with his or her partner agent and trade information to discover the code to break into a safe and win the game.
It’s a fun deduction game for 2-5 players that plays in about 30 minutes.
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It’s been over a week since our last board game post because our focus has been elsewhere. Writing about games has taken a backseat to our big family changes.
This week our oldest son, Trevor, left to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
While we’re super excited for this major event in his life, we’re still going to miss him a lot.
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Two weeks from today I’ll be having a blast playing a ton of board games at SaltCON!
What is SaltCON?
SaltCON is a board game convention in Salt Lake City, Utah for casual and competitive gamers alike that keeps getting bigger every year.
Once again this year it’s being held at the Davis Conference Center. And it runs Thursday through Saturday: March 12, 13, & 14, 2015.
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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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