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New Year's Day Games 05 January 2024

Boxing Day Boardgames had to be cancelled after an extremely tiring incident a few days earlier, but I was able to get out for boardgames at a friend's place on New Year's Day.

We started with NMBR 9, one I haven't had out for a while; not sure why, really. For a completely non-interactive game it's surprisingly mean in terms of what one finds oneself doing. Should play this more. (I have two copies to support up to eight players.)

Another one I don't often get out, Captain Sonar. This wasn't a great success with the new players but I think I might give this a go as a PBF.

Tinderblox over a food and tea break, with the usual appreciation for the rubbish tweezers.

Mysterium, the longest game of the day, with me ghosting. Got to the end, but didn't quite make the final goal. Still love this one, especially with a large chatty group.

One Night Revolution, yet another game I haven't played in too long. The group mostly didn't get on with it (several of them are quite new to social deduction games), but it's still my favourite of the one-night subgroup.

Finally, new to me Chronology: Timeline-style cards, but if one player can't fit the card correctly into their timeline, the next one has a go, and so on. No hands so fewer choices to be made (you can't deliberately choose to keep a large open span), but had its moments.

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