Back to this small quarterly boardgames convention in Watford. With images;
cc-by-sa on
everything.
I started the day with
Thunderbirds,
including all expansions (particularly the Hood as one of the players
rather than a card-driven force) and some custom rules.
This went more smoothly than it has on previous plays: a couple of
times we were within a card or two of losing, but in the end we made
it with a couple of actions to spare. The expansions definitely make
the game more interesting, even if they do lean heavily on getting the
pod vehicles to arbitrary locations as a resolution mechanic.
After lunch I got into a five-player game of
Black Orchestra,
a cooperative endeavour in which you're German traitors trying to
assassinate Hitler. I've already supported the Kickstarter for a copy
of the second edition (expected some time after Essen), but I did want
to play it too.
This is a famously hard game to beat, and we didn't. But it was tense
all the way through, and great fun.
Last game of the day was
Robo Rally 2016;
I didn't take any pictures because I was effectively game-mastering,
as some players simply weren't listening (and would ask what a
particular rule was, in the exact words in which I'd just explained it
to them). I need to put together a better player mat, too… but it went
well and I think everyone enjoyed it.
It was getting quite sweaty, and I'd been out late the night before,
so I left at this point. Next one's on 22 June.
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