A COVID-cautious artist friend launched a Kickstarter for a card game he designed: Billionaire Bounties! Premise: What if people decided they weren’t going to take being oppressed by billionaires anymore and started a revolution to fight back?!
Opening games of Origins were actually last night and today I had an easy day.
But first, as some already know, I try and post about conventions I go to. Generally I thread those, but I only tag the first one of the day as #OriginsGameFair and to prevent polluting people's timelines, I'm only tagging today's as #boardgames / #boardgame
So if you're interested in more posts, you'll have to either follow or track through the thread.
Anyway, last night after getting to the hotel, we played with some friends we knew and did two games of Shifty Eyed Spies (7p). I like this game in very specific instances and large groups is one of them as you have to both wink at some people and nod at others. The best reactions are realizing that everyone's head is on a swivel and then just busting out laughing.
The first game is always rough but it only lasts ~20 min. Second game though, we got our act together in both interception and completing missions.
After that, we did two games of Fun Facts, the third game in the Just One series. I'd never played and was hoping to during this convention. I like it and will probably pickup a copy to play with good friends, but I think it suffers from the same issue if Just One where some cards are fantastic and some flop for certain groups.
I am a #boardgame snob. Yet any game can be fun in the right circumstances. Except Munchkin. Just kidding. I will play Munchkin with the right crowd.
I'll play Yahtzee if that's what folks want to play. It's got dice, decisions, and mathematics... and dice. Sometimes a little disappointment too. And dice!
So parents, guardians, and grandparents. Play Yahtzee and other #boardgames with your kids. Stop everything and do it now.
There's no university course or permit needed to make a tabletop game. If you have a #TTRPG or #BoardGame idea in your head, write it down. Work on it. Bring it to life. Nobody can stop you.