New To Me Games (2/28/2011)

ianoble    Board Games, D&D: Castle Ravenloft, Luna, New To Me Games     D&D Castle Ravenloft, Luna, NewToMeGames

Today’s article will outline a couple of games that ranked very high on my “Want to play list”. One has gotten a lot of buzz on BoardGameGeek and the other hasn’t really been talked about all that much.

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Games on My Radar: 2/24/2011

ianoble    Board Games, Dam It, Drum Roll, Games on My Radar, Yggdrasil     Dam It, Drum Roll, Yggdrasil

Games on My Radar is another weekly series that I will be starting on TheNobleGamer. In this series of articles I will be writing about games that are currently on my radar. The goal is here is to go over a few unpublished (or yet to be published) games that not many people are talking about, but have shown enough from the designers for me to think that they might be able to put out a really good product.

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New To Me Games: 2/21/2011

ianoble    Board Games, Glen More, New To Me Games, Summoner Wars, Tikal II     glen more, NewToMeGames, Summoner Wars, Tikal II

This is the first article in my new segment New To Me Games. Every Monday I will be highlighting 2 or 3 games that I have not played before. These games are either newly published or have been around for a while, I have just not been presented with the opportunity to play them. Basically I will go over some of the things that made me want to buy the game and then talk about how I felt after my first couple of plays.
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First play: Summoner Wars

ianoble    2-Player, Board Games, Summoner Wars     2-player, first play, review, Summoner Wars

Photo by Colby Dauch via BoardGameGeek.com

The majority of games I get to play with Lisa are of the lighter fare, with the exception of a few “multiplayer solitaire” games such as At the Gates of Loyang, Dominion and San Juan (yes, Dominion and San Juan can probably be played much more interactively, but we tend to just do our own thing). Because of this, if we are playing a game that presents us with option of screwage, we tend to take the high road and be friendly to the other player. Unfortunately this limits the types of games that hit the table. Here’s where Summoner Wars comes into play…

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Top 5 Most Fun 2-Player Games*

ianoble    2-Player, Board Games, Innovation, Lords of Vegas     2-player game

* that I’ve played.

Most of my boardgaming is in the form of 2 player games with my fiancée or gaming partner. So it got me thinking about the 2 player games that I think are the most fun to play. Here is what I’ve come up with.

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