GC back at CU
Games Club is back at Columbia for the season. Last night was largely social - talking about games more than playing them. Also politics and other stuff. Including the burning political issues of the week: fonts, kerning, and the IBM Selectric. Just goes to show that no matter what your area of expertise, it can get dragged into the political sphere.
I did play one game: Monkeys on the Moon. A bit more thinky than you’d expect for the premise, but fun and interesting. If it cost $5 less, I’d probably buy a copy for myself. There are six money tribes, with each having a currency (influence) associated with it. Each round, each player gets to play one Civilization card to advance one tribe’s tech level, gaining influence with that tribe, but losing it with the opposing tribe (or possibly gaining you Monkey Scorn, which loses you victory points). Influence is also used to buy monkeys in auctions. Monkeys are loaded into rockets and launched to the moon. Filled rockets are worth victory points, and launching them gains you a bit more influence. Having launched lots of monkeys from a given tribe is also worth victory points based on how civilized that tribe is. So the game does reward thought, but since your array of potential decisions each turn is fairly small, it doesn’t invite endless noodling like Goa does. And every so often you get to shout “Monkey Scorn!”
I did play one game: Monkeys on the Moon. A bit more thinky than you’d expect for the premise, but fun and interesting. If it cost $5 less, I’d probably buy a copy for myself. There are six money tribes, with each having a currency (influence) associated with it. Each round, each player gets to play one Civilization card to advance one tribe’s tech level, gaining influence with that tribe, but losing it with the opposing tribe (or possibly gaining you Monkey Scorn, which loses you victory points). Influence is also used to buy monkeys in auctions. Monkeys are loaded into rockets and launched to the moon. Filled rockets are worth victory points, and launching them gains you a bit more influence. Having launched lots of monkeys from a given tribe is also worth victory points based on how civilized that tribe is. So the game does reward thought, but since your array of potential decisions each turn is fairly small, it doesn’t invite endless noodling like Goa does. And every so often you get to shout “Monkey Scorn!”