This week was the first full week of class in quite some time. Tuesday's feature game was Libertalia, not only a fantastic and easy to learn card game, but one of the few engaging games that can play six players. It was a great game, and after the first of three rounds, I was impressed with how quickly the grade 9s picked up on the subtle strategies. With everyone working with the same decks, everyone knows what the others are holding. It takes a great deal of patience, guile, and dumb luck to scratch out a win. If you need any more convincing this is a good game, check out this.
Friday was our first open gaming session we've had in a few weeks, so I ran a playtest of Mission Red Planet. Playtest is the term I use to refer to a game session where we don't know the exact procedures, so we have to read the rules as we play through it (I'm aware of the actual term 'playtest' in the industry, but the term also has an exciting connotation of mystery my students like, so I adapted the term for my club). Even with the awkward bits as we read the rules here and there, this is a fun game. It's tremendously fun to load up a ship with astronauts, sabotage a player's strategy, and send a rival to the moon of Phobos while you harvest ice planet-side. It's a game that has great visual appeal and is really easy to pick up. The students really enjoyed it, and this will definitely hit the table a few more times this year.
Next week, in honour of Halloween, we feature Betrayal at House on the Hill.
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