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Title: Sagrada Players: 1-4 (5-6 with expansion) Play Time: 30-45 minutes Designer: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews Publisher: Floodgate Games Year: 2017 Overview Sagrada uses brightly colored dice to fill a grid. The game concept was inspired by the stained glass windows of the famous church in Spain. There is a drafting mechanism (picking dice) and … Continue reading “Sagrada: A Dicey Challenge”
Tonight we pulled out Sagrada — a game that we picked up after our pleasant experience with Azul. Sagrada is a similar game in that you are picking (drafting) things and placing them on a grid. Both games are also based on historical elements: Azul is based on Portuguese wall tiles, and Sagrada is inspired … Continue reading “First Impression: Sagrada”
“A puzzly tile-laying game of quilts and cats!” …and with that introduction we meet Calico, one of the newest (and recent favorite) games in my collection. I happened upon this game completely by accident, and I am very happy that I did! I was going through the pledge manager process (part of a Kickstarter program) … Continue reading “First Impression: Calico”
Covid sucks. I have barely been able to get out of the house. On the plus side, my car insurance company gave me a rebate, so there’s that… But what do we do about social events like board games? How does that work? I have played games with my sister (remote in Colorado) as well … Continue reading “Zoom For Games”
There are several Half Price Books stores in our area, which I like. I like to read, I like to listen to music, I like to watch movies, and I like board games. They have all of these things. They buy used and resell, but they also sell new items on occasion as well. (For … Continue reading “Bargain Disappointment”
My wife loves to quilt. That’s not normally the way I would introduce a board game post, but in this case it’s relevant. There are styles of games my wife likes to play, and styles of games she is less comfortable / interested in. If I can find something that she likes, the odds of … Continue reading “First Impression: Patchwork”