A quick recap on these for memories sake as I got lazy about posting for a couple weeks.
4/5/13
Descent: Journeys in the Dark - Lair of the Wyrm (Chris, Emily, Keith, Kyle) Gold Digger. By far the closest and most fun quest yet. I was happily roasting miners on the northern part of the map as the heroes slashed their way through the Blood Apes and other assorted creatures. Grisban was able to move a boulder easily allowing the heroes to pass through to the Stream and bring Valyndra down from the sky just as she roasted the last miner revealing Jorem's discovery. As my blood ape grabbed it and ran, I felt my strategy was flawless. I had clogged the path for two of the heroes to keep them from making their way back to the entrance, and they were also badly damaged, one knocked out. Tasting victory, and cocky I used Valyndra to attack Grisban, dealing only minor damage. I had forgotten about his power to counter any adjacent attack. His attack dealt something like seven damage, and the heroes who had pretty much given the quest up for dead found renewed life. Valyndra scurried back as far as she could, but Grisban caught up, dealing two more attacks, and slaying her. Meanwhile the blood ape dropped Jorem's discovery, screamed in fury and ate a banana.
4/11/13 Work!
Battlestar Galactica (3 player) Not recommended with three, I think 5 is ideal. I received the cylon card at the halfway point, and revealed myself too soon by sabotaging a mission. I thought I ascended to my ship when I revealed myself (though this wouldn't really make sense now that I think about it) and since I didn't got myself thrown in the brig for my efforts. I managed to drag the game out a bit, but after the humans passed my major cylon crisis card by a hair, it was just a matter of time before they took the victory.
King of Tokyo (x2) (5 player) Another handful of dice with this crowd favorite. One co-worker liked it so much he bought it Amazon prime for next day delivery. I took the second game with victory points by utilizing the swingy re-roll an opponents die at the end of their turn card. It felt a little dirty, even for such a confrontational game.
4/12/13
Run for Your Life Candyman This is the game your kids should be playing instead of Candyland. Essentially it is Candyland (and like Candyland it goes on for far too long) but was still a lot of fun (to play once). Each character has a gingerbread man with six or eight hit points worth of health assigned to each body part which corresponds to the candy on the movement cards. Passing characters on the map, drawing them into cage matches, or using action cards allows you to attack other characters, drawing from the same Candyland style movement card pile to assign damage. Chris won, scooting past the evil twins who do significant damage, like the hand from the Addams family, the rest of his body crumbled or consumed.
Sentinels of the Multiverse (Emily, Emily's Friend, Keith, Kyle) This is the second time I've played and can't wait to play again. The co-op is awesome, the villains both times were cool and significantly different, and the choices in heroes, all different from last time really added a lot. This time thankfully Emily's friend (sorry, can't remember his name!) played a character whose main ability was to heal, and Kyle played a character who had a lot of bots who were able to direct damage to themselves, and I played a dude who stacked on the damage. We won again easily. I'm sure with the wrong combination of heroes things could get a lot harder.
Eaten by Zombies (Brandie, Chris, Craig)
Dixit (Brandie, Craig, Emily, Emily's Friend, Keith, Kyle) Second place - sooooooooooooo close. Apparently I need to be more literal, my clue "It's a long way to the top" with a pig looking in a mirror was voted on exactly zero times while pictures of towers and sky and floating things all earned their players points. Brandie took this one with consistent play. Also I learned what an ornithopter is.
Bonus: 4/13
King of Tokyo (Brandi, Jamar, Jen, Keith) I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Jen is a dice whisperer. She played Panda-kai, evolved a couple times, snuck into and out of Tokyo ninja style to kill me when I retreated, blasted ahead of Brandi and Jamar in VP's while making them think they had a chance, won the game, then threw up her Red Lobster dinner which apparently had not agreed with her. ROCKSTAR. She felt much better after.
4/5/13
Descent: Journeys in the Dark - Lair of the Wyrm (Chris, Emily, Keith, Kyle) Gold Digger. By far the closest and most fun quest yet. I was happily roasting miners on the northern part of the map as the heroes slashed their way through the Blood Apes and other assorted creatures. Grisban was able to move a boulder easily allowing the heroes to pass through to the Stream and bring Valyndra down from the sky just as she roasted the last miner revealing Jorem's discovery. As my blood ape grabbed it and ran, I felt my strategy was flawless. I had clogged the path for two of the heroes to keep them from making their way back to the entrance, and they were also badly damaged, one knocked out. Tasting victory, and cocky I used Valyndra to attack Grisban, dealing only minor damage. I had forgotten about his power to counter any adjacent attack. His attack dealt something like seven damage, and the heroes who had pretty much given the quest up for dead found renewed life. Valyndra scurried back as far as she could, but Grisban caught up, dealing two more attacks, and slaying her. Meanwhile the blood ape dropped Jorem's discovery, screamed in fury and ate a banana.
4/11/13 Work!
Battlestar Galactica (3 player) Not recommended with three, I think 5 is ideal. I received the cylon card at the halfway point, and revealed myself too soon by sabotaging a mission. I thought I ascended to my ship when I revealed myself (though this wouldn't really make sense now that I think about it) and since I didn't got myself thrown in the brig for my efforts. I managed to drag the game out a bit, but after the humans passed my major cylon crisis card by a hair, it was just a matter of time before they took the victory.
King of Tokyo (x2) (5 player) Another handful of dice with this crowd favorite. One co-worker liked it so much he bought it Amazon prime for next day delivery. I took the second game with victory points by utilizing the swingy re-roll an opponents die at the end of their turn card. It felt a little dirty, even for such a confrontational game.
4/12/13
Run for Your Life Candyman This is the game your kids should be playing instead of Candyland. Essentially it is Candyland (and like Candyland it goes on for far too long) but was still a lot of fun (to play once). Each character has a gingerbread man with six or eight hit points worth of health assigned to each body part which corresponds to the candy on the movement cards. Passing characters on the map, drawing them into cage matches, or using action cards allows you to attack other characters, drawing from the same Candyland style movement card pile to assign damage. Chris won, scooting past the evil twins who do significant damage, like the hand from the Addams family, the rest of his body crumbled or consumed.
Sentinels of the Multiverse (Emily, Emily's Friend, Keith, Kyle) This is the second time I've played and can't wait to play again. The co-op is awesome, the villains both times were cool and significantly different, and the choices in heroes, all different from last time really added a lot. This time thankfully Emily's friend (sorry, can't remember his name!) played a character whose main ability was to heal, and Kyle played a character who had a lot of bots who were able to direct damage to themselves, and I played a dude who stacked on the damage. We won again easily. I'm sure with the wrong combination of heroes things could get a lot harder.
Eaten by Zombies (Brandie, Chris, Craig)
Dixit (Brandie, Craig, Emily, Emily's Friend, Keith, Kyle) Second place - sooooooooooooo close. Apparently I need to be more literal, my clue "It's a long way to the top" with a pig looking in a mirror was voted on exactly zero times while pictures of towers and sky and floating things all earned their players points. Brandie took this one with consistent play. Also I learned what an ornithopter is.
Bonus: 4/13
King of Tokyo (Brandi, Jamar, Jen, Keith) I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Jen is a dice whisperer. She played Panda-kai, evolved a couple times, snuck into and out of Tokyo ninja style to kill me when I retreated, blasted ahead of Brandi and Jamar in VP's while making them think they had a chance, won the game, then threw up her Red Lobster dinner which apparently had not agreed with her. ROCKSTAR. She felt much better after.