ok i'll try to keep this one a bit shorter because there's two lists here so straight into it
games playable by adults that we've enjoyed over the last year and would make nice xmas presents.
Sentinels of the Multiverse -
it's been between print runs until now, it is available from their site now, with new and improved errata and new boxing for the expansions, plus a promotion.
A superhero game with non branded superheroes, it feels like you all have you're own special powers and the bad guys need to be taken down. It's not easy, sometimes you get beaten but working together is fun, and we all know i love a good co-op. And there's a new mega expansion due out in march next year.
Buy it:
Amazon
Forbidden Desert -
new to the shelves this year, it's kind of like a more forgiving Forbidden island, and yet there's more complexity to it. This was an instabuy for us, we're quite the fan of Matt Leacock games in this house.
Buy it:
Amazon
Letters from Whitechapel -
this is a mostly co-op game, all the bobby's work together against my jack the ripper himself. This one is dripping with theme, and atmosphere and a lot of fun. not cheap, but production quality is good, which is no surprise from Fantasy Flight.
Buy it:
Amazon
Escape: The Curse of the Temple -
Ok another co-op. this is a fast paced, fun game that i haven't ever not enjoyed. taking exactly 10 minutes to play there's a lot of 'let's d that again' if you get the right crowd. In the wrong crowd people will declare exhaustion and opt out of replaying it. Still this is one of the games I've been really happy with getting this year.
Buy it:
Amazon
Seasons -
because i had to have at least one non co-op in the list. This is an elegant game, great with four players and I've heard just as great with two. Playing it i kind of got similar feelings from this as i did games like Magic the gathering, 7 wonders and roll through the ages. But don't for a second think that this game is actually anything like any of those games, it is it's own beast and utterly enjoyable.
Buy it:
Amazon
So they're the games we've particularly enjoyed this year, both light-ish and heavier.
But this gaming world is hardly ever cut and dry, it's never just the game is it? Nope, there are expansions to almost any game you buy. Ok that might be an exaggeration but still you get the gist of what i'm saying so...
Here's a list of expansions that we have as a family enjoyed this year.
Quarrirs: Quartifacts
The dice 'deck building' game. it's fun, it's silly, it's all based on chance and luck and now there are quests that make the game a little more involved and add variety. I'm a fan of variety, this is a fun one.
But it:
Amazon
Pandemic: In the Lab
And here's the other Matt Leacock game. We enjoy the base game a lot, and the first expansion 'On the Brink' was ok but this one 'In the Lab' is considerably better, not only adding a new element that makes some of the mechanics make a lot more sense thematically speaking but adding in a 'team game' option that i have yet to try out.
Buy it:
Amazon
Dixit: Dixit Odyssey
Now this is actually an old expansion (2011), and when i say old i mean there's been others since. However this is the one that increases the number of players possible from six to twelve and 'technically' has enough room in it for all of the versions of this game prior to it's publishing. I say technically because i sleeve my cards and therefore have less space. The art is awesome the game play elegant and fun, nothing more to be said about this. I don't happen to own the newest expansion, i'm sure it's just as great as this one.
Buy it:
Amazon
Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus
The first expansion of the three available for this game. It brings with it plastic base stars and new ships, new characters and a whole new mechanic. I did find my enjoyment of this game increased considerably though when playing with this expansion, for one reason or another i can't quite pin point but it's lots of fun and well worth the investment.
Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels and Skullport
New expansion and possibly between print runs right now due to a few printing errors in the first run. I don't mind the errors though, I love the added mechanic, new buildings, and new quests this expansion brings to a game i already enjoyed a great deal. it's a modular expansion which i really like also. It also brings with it the ability to add an extra player to the game.
Buy it:
Amazon
There we have it. Games and Game expansion list recommendations for xmas shopping
All recommendations are based on my own personal and families level of enjoyment, and the limited game play time i have managed to get in lately.
No animals were hurt in the making of these lists.
enjoy!
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