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My review of the Card/Adventure game Cutthroat Caverns is available at Amazon.com here.
This is the game we are playing tonight at game night. It is a LOT of fun particularly with a large group of easily annoyed people. Play this with your political foes.
Just picked up the Talisman Dungeon expansion. Since game night was yesterday I likely won’t get a full blown game in for at least a few days but here are some impressions at first glance:
The first thing that jumps out at you in the rules is the statement that the dungeon is the first of four surrounding regions that you can explore. That gives me high hopes for a city expansion.
The board’s 29 spaces are 4 more than the old dungeon expansion. Other than the treasure chamber and the summoning circle the spaces and effects are basically the same as the old game.
Instead of a straight teleport you battle a 12 strength/craft Lord of Darkness at the treasure chamber your teleport result is directly related to how you do. If you have great stats but just can’t get your hands on a talisman to save your life it’s an alternative choice to win, otherwise the extra treasures aren’t worth the risk.
One problem that might turn up is the size of the board, it is already a good size and this expands it from kitchen table size to dining room table size in my house. Basically a 9″ x 9″ square added. When all 4 expansions are made it will be one killer board.
This expansion really makes the game easier when you play with more than 6 which we always do.
More info is available online at Fantasy Flight Games or the ever popular Talisman Island sites.
My review of the Card game Rage, is now available at Amazon.com here.
This is an excellent party game particularly if you are a whist player, and it’s under $8.
It might this week. We started with a a game of Robo Rally. Frank won that one, but we finished a tad early so we needed a 2nd game, so we decided to play Nuclear War and Nuclear Proliferation as they are usually rather quick to play.
By an odd coincidence in the middle of the game my nephew Dominic got a call from his kids in Minnesota. He was telling his daughter that he would soon be on a plane from Boston, at the same time the background talk was launching missiles, millions dead and so many megatons and bombs.
If anyone was monitoring that call and not familar with the board game they much have gotten rather excited. If the monitoring is done via computer programs then the alarm bells should be ringing off the hook.
I’ll let you know if the men in dark suits show up.
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