Joe & Mike had us over for a game night and said they’d have snacks — and by snacks they meant a spread fit for queens and kings.
I think we may have brought over a single board game but they had a stack that looked far more interesting — plus also? They had experience playing each so we went with those!
Shobu — (2-player) Joe and Mike made their own version of this board game that uses four grids and two sets of different colored stones. Each turn has two moves: passive and aggressive. It takes a minute to get the hang of the rules but it becomes cut-throat quickly. Whoever seems to be winning swings wildly as the game progresses. Thumbs up!
Abducktion — (2-4 players) I had minor issues with the card and individual board designs, but I have issues with 94% of game designs. The little duck game pieces made up for any aesthetic deficits and gameplay was spicy. Totes adorbs. Would play again, thumbs up!
Lacuna — (2-player) This game is super pretty and kind of esoteric. A bunch of colored flowers (gears) are dropped randomly in a playing field. You draw imaginary lines between them to place pawns and take control of neighboring gears (flowers). A ruler is involved if folks can’t agree on proximity. Sidenote: This game has a 1 minute overview video and all games should do this.
Pac-Man — (2-5 players) We actually didn’t play this but set up the board so I could take a photo because the game pieces are lovely. We did go over the rules and in short, one person is Pac-Man and everyone else is ghosts. I like this dynamic and think it’d be fun.
An enjoyable evening all around made even better with Mike providing a visual soundtrack with new (to us) music and videos plus an appearance by Oliver the shy cat. ♥️
