Games Played: Parts Unknown
Gamers: Mark, Lewis, Vitas, Josh, Chip, Mike, Joyce
Thanks to Mark for hosting. This was Joyce's first (and hopefully not last) appearance at a SOG session.
PARTS UNKNOWN (2:20 + 0:21 rules and setup)
Lewis: 408
Mark: 349
Vitas: 349
Mike: 342
Josh: 320
Chip: 309
Joyce: 289
Josh wanted to bring out this Cheapass game and, as there were no other suggestions for 7 player games, we decided to play it. The theme, like other Cheapass games, includes mad scientists and various body parts (include "Giblets", pronounced with either a hard or soft G, depending on how much you wanted to infuriate Josh). During your turn, you purchase cards from the deck (or other players) and price the cards you have selected to sell. Additional selling spaces ("shelves") are available for purchase. A die roll determines the type and amount of body part that is in demand for that turn.
There was a certain amount of down time, which is more or less inevitable when seven people sit down to play a 2+ hour game. Fortunately, each player took his or her turn fairly quickly, and there wasn't a lot of room for analysis paralysis.
Personally, I didn't get a good sense of how other players were doing, or even how I was doing as the game progressed. Ultimately, I'd have to say that the game didn't really engage me as much as I had hoped it would. There isn't anything with the game itself that I can single out as offensive to me, it is remarkably well balanced for a Cheapass game, and didn't have any obvious flaws. I would avoid playing it again anytime soon, but it might be okay to drag out once a year or so.
posted by FlyingSheep @ 12:01 PM
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