Games Played: Star Wars: Jedi Unleashed, Gold Digger, Fish Eat Fish, M, Wise or Otherwise
Gamers: Chip, Mike, Matt, Kimberly, Karl, Tom, Gery, Mark
Thanks for Matt for hosting all weekend. This session report covers early Saturday afternoon, from 12 - 4 or so.
On my way to Matt's, I stopped at KB Toy store to take advantage of their 30% off sale/settlement. I picked up a gift for my wife as well as electronic Scattegories and Star Wars: Jedi Unleashed. This last one was marked down to 2.99, so I knew I was taking a gamble. We tried it, and it was about as random as we expected.
STAR WARS: JEDI UNLEASHED (0:19 + ~0:20 rules and setup)
Matt: 11
Chip: 8
Mike: 5
Not much to say about this game. Can't beat Star Wars as a theme, but other then that the game is pretty random. The "move and attack with one of your Jedi, then move and attack with an NPC enemy" is reminiscent of Zombies.
Matt and I racked up a lot of kills for our Jedi while Mike tried to ride the Reek (if you'll pardon the expression). Matt and Mike ganged up on my leading Jedi to kill him, and then Mike and I ganged up on Matt, but we couldn't finish him off before Yoda reached his goal and ended the game.
GOLD DIGGER (0:16)
Kimberly: 14
Matt: 11
Mike: 11
Chip: 7
Despite doing poorly, I still like this game. Kimberly was surprised to win, as she wasn't putting a lot of effort into the game. Matt and Mike seemed unimpressed with it overall.
At that point, Karl arrived, bringing with him Out of the Box's latest addition, Fish Eat Fish.
FISH EAT FISH (0:19 + 0:03 rules and setup)
Chip: 9
Kimberly: 8
Karl: 4
Mike: 2
Matt: 0
I played a demo of this game at GenCon before it was released. According to my notes, "fish can move any number of spaces orthogonally, and then also move any number of spaces in another direction to attack. Thus, board position is of negligible importance [.]" I'm pleased to note that this is not the case with the final product, and I'm glad that I had a slight impact on this game's design.
Karl was the first player to run out of cards, almost taking two large stacks of fish with him. I attacked him when he only had one card left with a shark, and took over one of his larger stacks. My last two cards were both octopi, so I was able to score all of my fish after I was eliminated.
Reactions to this game were mixed. I believe that Mike didn't care for it, and Matt liked it only for the stackable fish bits. I'd like to try it again at some point; I think it's decent for a 20-minute game.
M (0:40 + 0:07 rules and setup)
Karl: 190
Chip: 190
Mike: 190
Kimberly: 140
Matt: 130
The game ended in a three-way tie (Karl and I even tied for the tie-breaker). This game reminded me of a tile-laying version of Set. As a first-time player, I found the redundant information (# of notches = card value, shape of notches = card symbol) distracting, rather then helpful. I'm sure I'll be able to ignore this next time I play.
I'd like to play this game again. I'm not sure that I always made the best decisions, and I think I could improve.
WISE AND OTHERWISE (1:05)
Tom: 20
Gery: 14
Mike: 13
Chip: 13
Matt: 6
Mark: 4
This game is basically Balderdash with "wise old sayings" from different countries. It's a fun party game that focuses more on wit then winning.
I'd play this again, but I prefer Beyond Balderdash, which has five different categories to choose from.
posted by FlyingSheep @ 11:38 AM
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