Jan 20, 2010

Today we had the first game club where we got to pick our own game to play. How this worked was that you picked a group to play a game with and then you choose what game you want to play.  Our group chose Pitch car and the other two games were Formula D and Castle Panic. In my game we did a first course that wasn’t that long but had lots of jumps. Then we...

Jan 20, 2010

In today’s game club we played an awesome game called Ad Astra!  This game is where players compete to control the most of deep space, and earn the most victory points!  The game has a very unique form, and this is how it is played.  In Ad Astra, there are six resources;  water, wheat, gold, energy, red rock, and small metal [red rock and small metal...

Jan 20, 2010

If you have ever played Shadows over Camelot, you  must have liked it. This game was manufactured by Days of Wonder. Other games manufactured by them are Fist of Dragonstones, Ticket to Ride, and Small World. Now we will learn how to play Ticket to Ride. Recently in Game Club we played the awesome game of Ticket to Ride. There are two main versions, America and...

Dec 23, 2009

Yesterday in game, some of us played a filler game called Monza. It is a very quick game where everybody has a tiny colored car. The cars go on the start line and we take turn rolling some dice. The dice have different colors on them which match the colors on the board. When you roll, you have to try to get as far as you can on the board. For example, if the...

Dec 15, 2009

Jamaica is a great game where players compete to race around Jamaica on boats as fast as possible!  This is how the gameplay works.  Each person should always have 3 cards in their hand.  The top corners of the card indicate what it gives you.  To determine how much of the product it gives you, the player whose turn it is (play turns rotate clockwise) rolls...

Dec 15, 2009

Family Business is a game that we played in Game Club one day. I really enjoyed it, and didn’t get around to writing a review and session report of it until now. Its a game about the different mafias and includes real life gangsters, such as Al Capone, and  can be played with up to 6 people. Each player starts out by selecting their mafia of choice, when...