#Tzolk&039;in: The Mayan Calendar

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7th January 2025

Blue and Pink were early for a change and had mostly finished their supper when everyone else arrived.  The “Feature Game” was to be Concordia Venus which is a reimplementation of Concordia, but can also be played with an upgrade-expansion to the original game.  Concordia is a strategy game of economic development in Roman times and although the rules are relatively simple, the game has a lot of…

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Tzolk'in Board Game Review - One of the Best Games Ever

Tzolk’in Board Game Review – One of the Best Games Ever

My wife and I flew to Machu Picchuthis past summer on a whim and were able to see one of the most breathtaking sites known to man. We walked up the long and overly steep trail from Aguas Caliente to the top and had to stop once or twice (ok, maybe a few more times) just to take everything in (along with the limited amount of Oxygen in that altitude). The Indiana Jones movies were based on the…

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23rd December 2024

Being an extraordinary Monday meeting and only two days before Christmas, we didn’t really know who or what to expect, so didn’t have a “Feature Game” planned.  In the event, almost everyone expected turned up and we played some of our all-time favourite games.  Pink was first out of the traps, and persuaded Black, Lime and Pine to join him in a game of his favourite race game, Downforce.  This…

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28th Movember 2023

What started out threatening to be a quiet night with the absence of Green, Lilac, Purple and Black, turned out to be quite lively in the end.  As Blue and Pink finished their supper, Pine, then Jade, Sapphire, Plum and Byzantium arrived, soon followed by Teal, Ivory and Lime.  Ivory was armed with his new, shiny copy of Apiary, which was to be the “Feature Game“.  This is a worker-placement,…

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Deutscher Spiele Preis - 2019

Deutscher Spiele Preis – 2019

With “Essen” approaching, last week the Deutscher Spiele Preis list was announced. This is the result of an open vote by games clubs, gamers and people in the industry.  It typically rewards a slightly heavier game than the the Spiel des Jahres awards, but as the top ten are published, a range of tastes and complexities usually feature.  Last year number one on the list was Azul, the first game…

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21st March 2017

As usual, we started with a debate about who would play what.  Green picked out a load of games he fancied, including The Voyages of Marco Polo which he had only played the once before and fancied playing again.  Blue commented that it was the sort of game that Ivory would probably enjoy and with Black having spent quite a bit of time playing it online, he joined the others to make a trio.  The…