Late on New Year's Day, we got together for eight-player games, and
ended up on the unexpected theme of "games you can't buy right now".
Well, with the exception of
NMBR 9, which is
still generally available; with two copies I can run the game for up
to eight people, so we did. (This also meant we could get started
before everyone had arrived, then catch the others up when they did.)
Did fairly terribly.
Eight-player
Human Punishment
next (kickstarted in 2019, not in retail, but there's a kickstarter
for the expansion coming soon); I still want to try a game with fewer
players, as I think the eight-player game runs a little long, but it
worked very well even so.
More NMBR 9 for a short game in the run up to supper. Did a bit better
this time.
After supper, it was time for
Human Era
(kickstarted in 2017, arrived in August 2018, can be mail-ordered but
not in retail channels), for which I really need to write a turn order
summary card. The first game ended quickly in a machine victory; the
second one went down to the line and a cyborg-human joint win. I keep
being surprised by how much silly fun this is.
Some of the players had to leave; with five remaining, we finished off
the evening with
Senators, still
bizarrely not generally available in retail even though it was
launched at Essen. This is a lovely little game and I'm sorry to see
it sinking into obscurity. (Even if I did come last.)
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