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The other was Fuse. Fuse is ####### hard. We didn't even get close to winning with a few playthroughs. Not a bad game, but don't expect to win this one much.
We got this for our 5 year old in Kindergarten for X-Mas and while he understands what he's suppose to do as far as making routes, etc; it's still a little too strategy heavy for him at this point. So it's a little advanced, but he has fun making the routes
So we played with the winner being the first to 100 points and disclosed our tickets as soon as we finished one.
I loved Risk too. Friends got me into Axis & Allies. Weekends lost playing the game.
I am thinking about getting this for our house. My 7 year old would get a kick out of it, I'm guessing. I got "Dominion" for a buddy over Xmas but he thinks it's too hard for his 9 year old.We got a bunch of games for Christmas: Ticket to Ride, Machi Koro, iKnow, Game of Thrones.
Ticket to Ride: Really fun even though we didn't read the back page of the rule sheet.
Machi Koro: Really fun, pretty simple. But there's a simple hack for 2 player games. 4 player games are far more dynamic.
iKnow: It's like trivial pursuit with betting. Lots of fun with varying levels of difficulty depending on the age of the players. Up to 6 players is plus.
Haven't opend GoT yet, seems really complicated.
Played The Oregon Trail card game. Kinda fun, but is pretty tough to win even when players try to help each other.
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It really is a great game. And a much different game when it's 3-4 people versus 6.
I don't know any of those, but think the kids would like snake oil a lot (they love apples-to-apples).
That'd be awesome if the get some popular games. Cleaning up and storing boxes is a PITA.
Noted. Looks great.
only one person is in tokyo at a time. you cant heal while you are in tokyo and everyone is attacking only you so that forces you to leave when you get low enough health.
In a 5 or 6 player game you use both spots. People shouldn't typically enjoy a long stay in Tokyo. You get the crap kicked out of you in there.
Love Splendor. Very easy, but still fun for avid gamers. Have played it hundreds of times on my tablet.
We have played 3 times so far and won twice. The last time, we literally won in the last possible moment. My son cured the last disease, but if he had to draw cards, we would have lost since there were none left. That is on easy, as well.
Yeah, on our win there was 1 card left in the draw pile. The other 2 times we ran out of cubes of 1 color after a chain reaction outbreak. If we can bat .500 on this game, I think it will come to the table often. If it's next to impossible I think the kids may lose interest. Personally I'd prefer if it's difficult to win.
I think once you know how to play, 60% or a little higher is doable. We have gravitated to co-op games because then we don't have people getting angry (i.e. my daughter and my wife). Forbidden Island is another one. Just picked up Sentinels of the Multiverse which is supposed to be another fantastic co-op. I have found Dominion to also fit this bill since you are not actively trying to wreck the other players, just do your best in your turns. Well mostly.
My problem with most co-op games is I feel like it ends up being one or two people dictating every move for everyone else.
We played Legacy as a one off just to get familiar and it was tough with 4 players. Needed one more round to win when we ran out of cards. Liked it a lot but I'm not sure I see us going through the full set of scenarios. My gaming group doesn't have the attention span to stick with it. Two guys in my group are kick starter addicts so we are constantly getting/playing new games which can be both good and bad .
I do not like semi-coops. Actually found Dead of Winter's full cooperative mode much more fun, but personal preference and all.
One of the things I find the most interesting about Pandemic is how much this changes for us depending on who's playing. At 4 pandemic cards in the deck, if I play on my phone (you take each of the 4 players' turns), I probably win 25% of the time or less. If I add my 12yo son or 15yo daughter, we jump to about 50%. If all three of us are playing, it's 75%. Add my wife and it feels like we win every time... but as others have said, it's always by the skin of our teeth on the last turn.We haven't played in a bit but I think we were batting .300.
