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More boardgames in the garden, almost in traditional British bank holiday weather (a little chilly, but not actually raining).

We started with VOLT, which I've been playing quite a bit on yucata.de; this was my first outing with the physical game. We played one round of the training mode, then a quick match with the full rules including repairs and upgrades. Great fun – possibly it goes a little too far in trying to fix the problems of Robo Rally but if you're in the mood for a quick game it works well, and there's a multi-match tournament mode too. Shame it only plays 4, really.

Then on to new Kickstarter arrival Project L – complete puzzles to gain pieces, use pieces to complete more puzzles. I was intrigued by this when I saw it at Essen, and I'm glad and slightly relieved to say that I enjoyed the actual game now that I own it. Not much player interaction (pretty much "I drafted that thing that you wanted") but definitely one that would work well in the right mood.

Finally, a couple of rounds of Letter Jam, in which I fear I was the weak link; I just wasn't putting the anagrams together properly. I find it too easy to spot one solution, then concentrate on that to the exclusion of other possibilities.