Istanbul: The Dice Game - A simple but solid dice based take on the original Istanbul. Like in the original you are racing to get 5 or 6 rubies and the rolled dice faces, saved up resources, upgrade tiles and card draws give you various ways to get there. Nice chunky dice.

Maul Peak - a new version of Skulk Hollow. Only one play so far but looking forward to exploring this further. Very nice production.

Two rounds of Earth. We both played it for the first time and in both rounds the player that thought, he’d be losing won - which was also the player that didn’t complete the grid.

Learned: Take a close look at the bonus cards. Sometimes it’s better to fulfill them partially than to go for the highest score, as that one might limit your options to score points elsewhere. (E.g. 5 cards of type x score 28 points, 6 cards score 30 points. As you can only play 16 cards, playing only 5 cards and then other cards will probably yield more points than these 2 extra points for the 6th card)

A few games of Cascadia: Those time in easy mode, to introduce some kids to this game.

And last but not least a game of Brass: Lancashire. Cool game, but you can severely f yourself if you don’t pay attention. There’s no real catch up mechanism. Start into the second age having a or better several piles of coal strategically placed on the board, having much money and being the first player to move is crucial here. Otherwise this transition will cost you your game.

Played,

Fallout Shelter worker placement card game.

Stone Age worker placement board game.

and

Welcome to the Dungeon push your luck card game.

All were a fun time, and I’d play each one again.