Tiny Towns is a damning indictment on urban sprawl, overcrowding, and an ever-expanding society’s need for quick, affordable housing! Actually, it’s not. It’s a really cute abstract puzzle about space optimisation, forward planning, and the most adorable little wooden buildings.
I recently reviewed Wingspan, a game about collecting birds and playing with tons of little plastic eggs. Its designer, Elizabeth Hargrave, was rocketed from “who’s that?” to a name that everyone in board games knows. So what’s for her follow-up to the birdy game? More birds? More delightful eggs? Nope. We’re still playing with animals that fly, but this time it’s butterflies.
Your goal, if ewe can believe it (sorry…), is to jump the fence enough time to send your person to the land of nod, without letting the nasty nightmares get to them first.
Santa Monica is a game where you’re trying to develop a neighbourhood in South California, and trying to choose the features which will score you the most points.
My little dude got to choose a game for tonight, and he picked Minecraft: Builders and Biomes by @RavensburgerUK . It's a much better game than most of the terrible kid-magnet franchise cash-ins, and I enjoy the tactical choices. Plus, giant wooden cubes! 😃
3I was cleaning up my games and had a little shelf re-organisation at the same time. It's nice to look up from work and see the things I'm most interested in playing.
4Learning how to play Lunar Base by @LunarBaseGame this evening. It's so simple to learn, but really competitive. Base-building needs careful decisions, and there's some great direct interaction going on.
3This is so good! The SDR folk have worked SO hard on this game and campaign, changed expectations for game manufacturing, and PROVEN sustainable is possible. It's not just window dressing either, there's a great game. Please go and take a look.
We spoke too soon!
You know that professionally translated German edition, and the fancy pants box insert?
Yeah we unlocked them too 😏💚 https://twitter.com/SDRgames_studio/status/1440741140639084549
Do you wish you were on another planet sometimes? Try Mars! I've been playing Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, from @tired_wings @_tnl_ @FryxGames & @StrongholdGames . The original game's little sibling is a fantastic game - better than the original? https://punchboard.co.uk/terraforming-mars-ares-expedition-review/
