Boardgames 10 Aug 2012

[agrumer]

I decided to skip seeing Lewis Trondheim at Bergen St Comics, and went to NerdNYC boardgame night. Here’s what I played:

Rise!
Simple two-player game. Each player gets to take two actions per turn, which is the primary constraint on the action. We didn’t even bother finishing the game out when it became obvious that I’d win and there was no way

Comments

[davidgoldfarb]

Out of curiosity, do you remember what level you played Pandemic on? (I.e., how many Epidemic cards were in the deck?)

[agrumer]

I think we used the simplest level, because I hadn't played before. Either four or five Epidemic cards.

[fairest]

I love Pandemic. I can play that game for hours -- but I've only won it naturally a handful of times (versus controlling roles and # of players).

[kent_allard_jr]

Oooh, that Puerto Rico edition is beautiful!

I haven't played Pandemic but I got a copy of Yggdrasil, another cooperative-save-the-world game. Alas, Kimberly decided it looked "too role-gamey" and it's been sitting on the shelf since purchase.

[drcpunk]

There's now an Yggdrasil rpg from Cubicle 7. Maybe you can convince her that what you have really is a board game now.