theelfqueen Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Did you miss no healing in Tokyo ? Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 This does sound good! Would you recommend this game if only adults were to play? or do you think of it solely as an enjoyable game to play with children? Regards, Kareni Hmm. I'd absolutely play it with only adults. Dh and played tonight after kids were in bed. But I'm not sure it buy it for my collection if I was only ever playing with adults. But I might. I really liked it. I just think there are likely similar games in adult packaging... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 We learned Battle Sheep yesterday. LOVED it. This is a logic puzzle dressed up for kids. It says 7+ but my 4yo could play. I went through on easy a couple games with him so he could understand, but now he's got it. Or at least the basics. With my dd12, it's no holds barred! In this game you have a stack of 16 sheep that want to take over the pasture. At the beginning of the game you, and every player take 4 "field pieces" (each piece hold 4 sheep) and build the playing field. The spaces are hexagons, and your sheep move in a straight line. On your turn you split your stack of sheep into two, and move one stack as far as you can in a straight line, stopping when you run into another sheep or the edge of the field. Play continues until no one can continue. The person who gets most of their sheep into pasture wins. This is my kind of game. I love logic games. The tiles are heavy and the art is hilariously adorable. It plays quickly. So even if you lose, you can try again quickly. It's an easy game to scale. Id play with little kids and adults. I Wow, Amazon has 157 reviews and 5 stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Hmm. I'd absolutely play it with only adults. Dh and played tonight after kids were in bed. But I'm not sure it buy it for my collection if I was only ever playing with adults. But I might. I really liked it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, athomeontheprairie. I just think there are likely similar games in adult packaging... Any ideas on that front? I love logic games. And, if I may ask, what are you favorite logic games? Regards, Kareni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callapidder Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) Bunny Kingdom https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184921/bunny-kingdom Today Logan (11) and I learned Bunny Kingdom, a game which has been sitting on our shelf for several months. I've been meaning to get it to the table, but it didn't happen until today. At first glance, you might think this game is going to be light and "fluffy." After all, there are piles of adorable plastic bunnies, castles with towers, and amazing, cute artwork on all the cards. But then you get into it, and realize that Bunny Kingdom is rife with strategy, tension, and hard decisions. We had a blast! In Bunny Kingdom, players are "bunny lords" seeking to build, expand, and connect fiefs throughout the kingdom. Players draft cards in order to claim territories on the board, build farms and cities/castles on their territories, and tuck away cards that will earn them bonus points at the end of the game. It is played over four rounds, and at the end of each round, players score their fiefs based on "strength and wealth." Strength is represented by how many towers exist on the cities/castles the player has built in that fief. Wealth is decided based on how many unique resources each fief produces. Then at game-end, the bonus cards (called "parchment" cards) are brought out and final scoring occurs. The parchment cards allow you to score bonuses on a wide range of variables -- for example, how many carrots your territories produce, or how many territories you control along the edge of the game board, or how many separate fiefs you own. These bonuses can have a huge effect on scores and can launch a player in last place into the lead. Our first game took us over an hour to play, but mostly because we were still figuring out how things worked. I think future games should come in around 45-60 minutes. I also think this game will play better with 3 than it did with 2. It was a strong game with 2 players, but the card-drafting was a little fiddly and it could also lean toward being a more ruthless game with 2 than with 3. Either way, we both loved it. I eked out a win, but not by much. What we loved most: The artwork. Seriously cute and funny, too. The time we spent admiring the cards we got each round probably added to our play time. ;) The difficult decisions. Every turn, there was always more we wanted to do than what we were allowed to do. Choosing which cards to play was excruciating. The various ways to score points. The good news was, if one strategy just wasn't working, we could always switch our approach and pursue another path. The bonus card options really opened up opportunities to collect points in all different ways. You can see a few pictures I took of our game HERE. Edited March 20, 2018 by callapidder 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRamblings Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Mattel Games Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters After playing and loving Forbidden Island I decided to give Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters a try. It is a cooperative game as well. It is easier to play than FI and therefore great to play with younger gamers but interesting enough that even adults like the game. We played it 3 times in a row actually swapping out myself and my husband with the kids ages 7, 9, and 11. My husband enjoyed it even though he isn't a gamer. The quality of the board and pieces are outstanding. It seems easy to beat but is more difficult than it appears at first. There is an advance play version that I haven't tried yet. I love playing with my kids and us working together to figure out the best strategy. I was amazed at how strategic my kids minds can be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I'm curious ~ have you played WordSpiel? It's a card game from the makers of SET, and I'd like to hear a review. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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