A great day at Coastal Board Gamers, with over thirty people in attendance. A special shout out to our newcomer Matt!
A great variety of games were brought to the table. The Tiny Towns game started with a minor argument over the meaning of the world Contiguous. Honestly, more people should learn the meaning of the word orthogonal. That would make board games so much easier to teach. Carl began his domination of Root early on, getting a lot of orange cats onto the board. Penny brought our her favourite Pyramido before moving onto Funfair. Despite a huge cinema trying to dominate game play, the punters proved they were there for the roller-coasters and Ferris wheels.
The Role Playing table had an interesting scenario running where everyone was a level zero character. Basically, peasants. Although, one person did have a scimitar. Suspiciously, they proved very handy with it, and much blood ensued.
The Scythe board had a surprising, last minute addition, as Hayden arrived just after the teach and was able to bring the player count up to five – my favourite number when playing Scythe. Surprises aside, Anna and her huge bear, Wotjek, managed to pull off the win with too many stars to catch.
The Thunderspeaker, Devouring Teeth and Eyes Watching tried to repel the invaders of Spirit Island. This went badly at first, but once the mushrooms were established they spirits were able to fight back.
We also saw Project L throwing shapes. The Quacks in Quedlinburg managed to keep the rats mostly out of their potions. The Star Realms quickly got down to battle with some truly massive hits able to finish things off. Three Kingdoms proved to be an interesting game, that requires exactly three players and works surprisingly well against the tactic of two ganging up on one.
Western Legends sprawled across another table, and saw a lot mining, visiting the entertainment establishment, gambling, cattle rustling, and not nearly enough stealing and backstabbing, mostly thanks to one character’s constant failures at this.
There was even a game of Hey, That’s My Fish.
Fun for all.
01/07/2024
Event Report from Narelle
What fun and a range of games played at this weekend’s event. I personally learnt a heavyish game – Wayfarers of the South Tigris – Ettienne as always is a great teacher. Michael then taught me Ship Shape – a fun game trying to bid for different levels of ship you want to get the most Gold and weapons, and contraband – but not the most cos that person gets caught, I had been wanting to learn this for a while and am glad I finally did. Then I learnt Wormholes from Tim, a fun entry level type game – which really felt like you were zipping through wormholes in space. I then taught Honey Buzz – a worker placement game which includes a market and very cute bees making honey. I then finished off the night with a very light but fun game – and just a little bit of cut throatiness Hey that’s my fish. Thanks to all who made it a great night and thanks to all the people who help set up and pack up and clean up at the end of the night. I know I really appreciate it.
- Root
- D & D
- Pyramido
- Scythe
- The Quest for El Dorado
- Wayfarers of the South Tigris
- Spirit Island
- Project L
- Kingless
- The Quacks of Quedlinburg
- Ship Shape: It’s a Smuggler’s Bounty!
- Funfair
- Tiny Towns
- Shifting Stones
- Western Legends
- Wormholes
- Three Kingdoms Redux
- Ticket to Ride
- Raiders of the North Sea
- Blockbuster
- Merchants of the Dark Road
- Honey Buzz
- Hey, Thats My Fish!
- A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King
- Splendor Duel