Last week I had a chance to spend a whole week down south with friends and family. On the saturday some old friends, my brothers and I spent the whole day gaming!
We played 2 games of Battlestar Galactica the boardgame, 3 games of 7 Wonders, learned the rules to Dreadball, a few games of Magic with my mate who got me into it and capped it all off with some tasty indian take-away.
The highlight for me, and I think most of us(?), was the first game of Battlestar Galactica. This is one of the best heavy weight boardgames out there! In our first game it went to-and-frow, the cylon players played very well and stayed relatively unknown for most of the game and it came down to the wire at the end! I felt playing a 2nd game, even after a fair gap, was a bit of a mistake, but it's such a good game that we couldn't help ourselves.
I've played 7 Wonders once before, but playing a few more times just made me fall in love with it. Every game seemed to get better and better as all 7 of us got to grips with the game and started to be more aware of each other's actions and tried to sabotage each other's development. By the third game we were finished inside 30 minutes, grinning like fools and eagerly totting up the scores to see who'd come out on top. I felt very satisfied to win the first game, which I thought I'd done quite cleverly, but it really didn't matter that much. The well designed mechanics meant it was fun to play and try different things inside the game.
Really hope it's not another 2 years before we meet like this again! And next time I'll try to fit Game of Thrones in my bag.
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