The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game - Merry, Pippin and Treebeard wandered into the Forest of Druadan to see what the Wargs were up to. There was again a pack of Ents and a few Eagles. Wow, the deck is already running really well - the balanced stats of the Ents help a lot and the last phase even the normally defense-booked Eagle has drawn, which under the right conditions (siege) he is a super Quester. But the top players were definitely the Ents, the Hobbits only played a subordinate role this time, their tools just wouldn't show up. The side quest "Gather Information" was also used for the first time, a very practical thing. All in all, I already like my Ent deck very much, especially of course because it is a reference to my favorite scene in The Lord of the Rings. Treebeard is just a cool tree.
Archive May 2015
We decided to do something totally new for us this year for our vacation: a tour through France by camping car. And it was a blast! Originally we only planned for northern France, but due to the weath…
Quelle: Tour de France
Assault on Doomrock - played solo again in light of the ongoing Kickstarter and realized that while I really like the idea of the game and especially the system, the result for me is a highly irritating and annoying game due to the extreme influence of chance and the extremely demotivating implementation of the monsters. Too bad, but a game that rather motivates me to flip the table is rather stupid. So I canceled the Kickstarter and the game probably won't hit the table anymore, especially since there's also the long setup (sorting tokens) and the long playtime.
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords – Base Set. Lem, Lini, and Harsk set off for Sandpoint and stumbled upon a goblin fortress on the way. Topatch Lem also got tangled up and summoned a Sandspitter Devil in the process, but in the end, they managed to make it through at the last minute. Harsk even found a better crossbow and a second set of armor to change into (you never know when you might encounter a Sandspitter Devil). I'm still amazed by the game system, even though the first base set was a bit simple in structure. I think when the Pirate set comes out in June, I'll get it again and try to get Juliana involved. I just have to sell the pirates as Johnny Depp's crew...
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Friday is a new addition to my solo games. A small, fine solo deckbuilder in which you play Friday, who helps the clumsy Robinson to survive. Very nice and rounded concept and a pleasant playtime. Above all, very little space on the table is necessary, ideal as a travel game.
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game: Merry, Pippin, and Mablung visited the Fords of Isen, along with a pack of Ents led by Treebeard and a few Eagles. The Dunlanders were flattened. Very solid performance, especially Merry as Voltron, which I liked, as well as the ingeniously low starting threat of the deck. Everything fit this time, the low threat allows time to build up and allows selective fighting. Pippin was a bit less impressive, but Lore is important for quick questing.
