Archive February 2020

Rurik: Dawn of Kiev is a Kickstarter game that arrived at my place a few weeks ago and has since been on the table a few times. Interesting aspects of the game are the action selection with differently rated advisors in a separate auction phase, in which you select the action possibilities and a bit the order in which you execute them, but how strong the action will be depends on the fellow players. The actions are only evaluated in the second phase, where you then have to see how to cope with what you get. The target scores are very close to each other, every point counts. Also very nice game material and a practical sorting insert.

Bears on a Plane is my attempt to build an effective Prison deck in cEDH. First attempts with the deck were accordingly "disgusting". Can only be tested sporadically due to Anger-Management-Issues of the Playgroup ...