After a couple great days at SaltCon, I was looking forward to one final day of fun.
So with just a few hours of sleep, I was happily diving back into action before the main gaming hall opened.
Knowing it was the final day of SaltCon, I had to make the most of the day playing games at the top of my want-to-play list. And there were still many people I was hoping to meeting up with before the end of the con. It would be a busy and fun day!
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After a full Day 1 at SaltCon 2016 into the wee hours, I headed to my hotel room for a few hours of sleep before diving back into many more tabletop games on Day 2.
Of course, in addition to playing games, I took more time on Friday to visit with the exhibitors in the game hall and talk to publishers and game designers. I also perused the Game Swap area every now and then for a hidden game gem.
After the main game hall opened that morning, I once again found a couple friends and we headed for the Hot Games area.
Now on to mini game reviews of the 11 games I played on Day 2!
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This past weekend I joined in with 1,124 others to play a ton of board games at SaltCon 2016.
The board game convention, SaltCon was held this past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and I was happy I could attend all 3 days this year. I made sure to get the time off work as well as the time away from home. That way I could completely immerse myself in the fun and play as late as I wanted every night.
Now that I’ve rested up a bit, it’s time to look back on all the fun.
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Between Two Cities is a very simple and fun game to play.
In the game, each player constructs two 4×4 tile cities made out of different types of building tiles. Each building type scores in a unique manner depending on how many and where they’re placed in the city.
However, players don’t construct their own cities. Instead, each city is built between two players. The neighboring players jointly construct the cities between them during the game.
It’s definitely a unique tile-laying, city-building game and one we really enjoy.
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With the kids out of school for two weeks and myself having time off from work during the holidays, it’s a fantastic time for playing board games!
To add to the holiday fun, we’ve had a very white Christmas. Aside from shoveling the driveway and walks many times over the last week, we love having thick blankets of snow everywhere.
The deep snow also makes for a great time to cozy up inside near the fireplace and watch movies and play games. We’ve had our Star Wars run (watching episodes 1-6 over the last month in prep for The Force Awakens last week), as well as a handful of Harry Potter movies. And we’ve had some great laughs playing Just Dance, Mario Party 9, and Rayman Raving Rabbids.
We also took advantage of the fresh snow on some good sledding hills nearby. And of course, we’ve played a bunch of board games.
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If your family finds new board games under your Christmas tree this week, you’re in for a treat.
You’re also in for some learning time. Because in order to know how to play those shiny new games, you’ll first have to learn how to play them.
Your kids won’t want to wait while you to read all the rules. They’ll just want to play.
You’re in luck because we’ve got some tips for you.
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One of the things we like best about Forgotten King is that it contains two play modes:
Classic Mode, in which someone controls the dungeon and its monsters while everyone else takes the roles of the heroes.
Arcade Mode, which allows for a fully co-operative game for up to five players.
Since it’s sometimes tiring to get beat by my hero boys, I really like the Arcade Mode where we’re all on the same team against the onslaught of monsters.
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It’s time to head into a galaxy far, far away!
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens hitting movie theaters this week, we couldn’t wait any longer to post our review of Star Wars: Imperial Assault.
You may have seen mentions of the game pop up on our site before now. We’ve included it in our 2015 Board Game Gift Guide as well as in Dad’s 20 Favorite Board Games list. And now it’s time to dive into it.
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Get ready to board a burning ship with your pirate crew and grab all the loot from the remaining skeleton crew before it’s too late. Because if you’re unable to search the whole ship, if there are too many explosions, if deckhands overrun the ship, or you if run out of pirate crew before you grab all the loot, you’re done for.
Dead Men Tell No Tales is a new cooperative board game from Minion Games and we’ve had a blast playing it!
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Now that everyone else in our family has shared their Favorite Board Games, it’s time for me, Dad, to share my favorites.
While everyone else in the family hasn’t updated their list since 2012, I consider my list a bit more frequently.
Last year (Fall of 2014), I posted my Top 100 Best Board Games. However, I didn’t consult that list, nor my 2012 Top 14 Best Board Games, before creating my current Favorites list below. I wanted to think through my favorites completely fresh.
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